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    Today's @usatoday.com front page
    First US death from measles in 10 years
    First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US
    All of this fully preventable

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    Feb 27, 2025
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    HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.

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    Mar 24, 2025
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    Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
    "Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
    www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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    Jan 24, 2025
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    A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

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    Mar 23, 2025
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    This week's cover @thelancet.com

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    Feb 26, 2026
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    Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
    www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

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    Mar 1, 2025
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    In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics
    www.science.org/content/arti...
    www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
    www.science.org/content/arti...

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    Mar 25, 2025
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    When the word Reckless is not strong enough

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    Nov 15, 2024
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    This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig...
    The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.

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    Apr 22, 2026
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    Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
    www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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    Jul 6, 2025
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    Discovery of a 14-protein biomarker that predicts lung cancer 5.6 years before it is diagnosed, even in non-smokers, and an anti-inflammatory medicine that prevents its progression. And, challenging dogma, the proteins are not coming from cancerous cells!

    2,370 711
    Jun 14, 2026
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    Dirty air, dementia, and other adverse brain effects
    www.nature.com/articles/d41...
    new Feature @nature.com open-access

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    Jan 14, 2025
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    Texas measles outbreak now at 400 cases and 41 hospitalizations.
    It was at 327 cases 3 days ago. Unclear how many of the hospitalizations are due to Vitamin A liver toxicity, as promoted by RFK Jr. The number of actual cases surely exceeds 1,000 at this point
    www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

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    Mar 28, 2025
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    Covid accelerates vascular aging
    An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
    —Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
    —Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
    —Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
    apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...

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    Aug 17, 2025
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    Texas measles outbreak update today, up 14% since Tuesday (actual cases likely 4-5X reported)
    And further spreading in New Mexico and multiple other states throughout the US.

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    Apr 4, 2025
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    The letter signed by >15,000 physicians re: RFK Jr
    www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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    Jan 10, 2025
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    We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
    www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

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    Oct 31, 2025
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    Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring
    A new review of the evidence just out
    www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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    Jan 16, 2026
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    DOGE ended our wastewater surveillance program for San Diego County

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    Apr 8, 2025
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    Texas measles update today
    309 cases; 40 have been hospitalized (<-which means there are far more than 300 cases diagnosed)
    www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

    1,299 481
    Mar 21, 2025
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    Strong new evidence for T cell exhaustion in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) reflecting chronic viral infection, relevant to #LongCovid, and possible path to treatment candidates
    www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... @pnas.org

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    Dec 2, 2024