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Disguised Repression: Targeting Opponents with Nonpolitical Crimes to Undermine Dissent
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Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

Make kids sicker again!

Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall

Virus wins again

Betting on the weather emerges as a solution as insurance costs skyrocket Amid more extreme weather events, parametric insurance — described as a bet on the weather —is on the rise. It is now being touted as a possible solution for Australians, who have some of the highest ...

#CookingWithCarbon

US Breaks New Measles Record, Surpassing 1,500 Cases – The Most In 33 Years Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 – that is no longer the case. Maddy Chapman twitter-icon twitter-icon twitter-icon Editor & Writer Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. View full profile Edited by Katy Evans

US Breaks New Measles Record, Surpassing 1,500 Cases – The Most In 33 Years.

"Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 – that is no longer the case."

As of Sept 30, there have been 1,544 confirmed cases in 2025 — the most since 1992, when 2,126 cases were recorded.

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Opinion | Dietary fat was a scapegoat. Now MAHA is naming a new one. Targeting ultra-processed food repeats America’s missteps on nutrition.

Dietary fat was a scapegoat. Now MAHA is naming a new one. Based on 2 week observational trials....

Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the elec...

Spain's wholesale electricity prices were 32% lower than the European average in the first half of 2025 -- thanks to wind and solar reducing the influence of costly fossil fuels on prices. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

Double Blinding Science

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"UNICEF Spox James Elder is back in Gaza and says the violence is worse than ever.

"A horror show, paid for with US tax dollars."

Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

Interesting summary

Host cell entry and neutralisation sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 BA.3.2 The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing endemic have been characterised by the continuous emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants, each showing augmented antibody evasion due to mutations in the viral sp...

Study: Host cell entry and neutralisation sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 BA.3.2

Published: June 03, 2025

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New Covid variant 'evades antibodies' and is 'potentially emerging' says World Health Organisation.

New Covid variant 'evades antibodies' and is 'potentially emerging' says World Health Organisation.

"UK Health Security Agency has restated Covid advice including 'wearing masks' if you get it"

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Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year For decades, these aid programs received bipartisan support and made a difference. Cutting them will cost lives.

Read the new article by Simon van Teutem and Hannah Ritchie: ourworldindata.org/us-foreign-a...

This article suggests the pandemic ended and it’s time to reflect on what worked or didn’t. The fact is, we’re still in an ongoing pandemic.

#COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

We're paying a lot more tax. But, in the biggest rort in the budget, guess who isn't?

The PRRT is the biggest rort in the budget. We're exporting nearly twice as much gas as we did twenty years ago but earn less in tax revenue, @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.

Opinion | Elon Musk’s latest power grab points in a clear direction His SpaceX deal could fundamentally alter the relationship between a state and its citizens.

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"COVID-19 has remained the leading cause of acute respiratory infection mortality across 2023–2025."

#COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE

I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation OPINION: “What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so,” Michael E. Mann writes.

“I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation” | My new op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com:
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#ScienceUnderSiege

tern @1goodtern Wanting to not catch a virus that has killed 40 million and caused long term disability in 400 million people already is not health anxiety. Pretending that virus doesn't exist: That's health anxiety. 12:01 AM · Sep 27, 2025 · 26.1K Views

By tern @1goodtern.bsky.social

Wanting to not catch a virus that has killed 40 million and caused long term disability in 400 million people already is not health anxiety.

Pretending that virus doesn't exist:
That's health anxiety.

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US refuses to back UN declaration on noncommunicable diseases General assembly backs new targets on cancer, diabetes and heart disease but Robert F Kennedy Jr objects

#BASTURDS

Medscape Now! Managing Fire Ant Stings: A Guide for the Interprofessional Healthcare Team Can a sting from an ant really send your patient into anaphylactic shock—and would your team know what to do?

Medscape Now! Managing Fire Ant Stings: A Guide for the Interprofessional

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People signing the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at the UN

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.

Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!