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Some bird flu stats from CDC, as of June 2025: 13,324 wild birds detected 51 jurisdictions with bird flu in wild birds 174,804,048 poultry affected 51 jurisdictions with outbreaks in poultry 1,073 dairy herds affected 17 states with outbreaks in dairy cows 🛟 #PublicHealth #EpiSky #H5N1 #BirdFlu

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Digital fossil-mining of ancient squids (100 mya). Credit, Ikegami et al., 2025 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪 #EvoSky #AnthroSky #BioSky #Evolution #Biology #Squids #Mollusca #InvertSky

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I’ve activated the State Emergency Operations Center. Local law enforcement in Champlin and Brooklyn Park have the full resources of the State of Minnesota behind them. We are monitoring the situation closely and will share more information soon.

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We send our most heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of MN Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were assassinated today, and our best wishes to MN Senator John Hoffman and his wife for their recovery.

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There are no laws in Biology. General rules..OK "A general rule on the organization of biodiversity in Earth’s biogeographical regions" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Enamel proteins recovered from Paranthropus robustus fossils. This is super cool because DNA cannot physically survive longer than 1.5 million years due to its relatively short half-life of only 521 years. In this case, researchers were able to sequence the peptide chains and detect polymorphisms. 🧪

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Another good reason to always do a thorough literature review before starting a new project: "We believe this new version of MATEdb will accelerate research on animal phylogenomics while saving thousands of hours of computational work..." Definitely save me a few dozen hours! 🧪🧬🖥️ #PhyloSky

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From hundreds of terminated grants in biomedicine to selective prosecutions to organizational overhauls at the nation's science funding agencies, today's news reports salvo after salvo from a Republican administration dead set on destroying higher education—and with it, US leadership in technology.

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"By manipulating the resin, the predator amplifies chemical cues that stimulate colony defense, facilitating hunting by luring attacking bees to the predator’s optimal hunting position. This finding provides comprehensive empirical evidence of tool use..." 🧪🐛🐝 #Bees www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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🧪🧬💻 #Bioinformatics #RNA #Biology #BioSky #BioPhysics #Physics "Unlike x-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, Small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) is a fast and reliable technique performed under dilute conditions, thus requiring minimal amounts of RNA samples." www.cell.com/biophysj/ful...

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We at Defend Public Health ran our first social media campaign today to spread awareness that RFK Jr. is committing #PublicHealthMalpractice. Imma tell my boss this was us. Back me up.

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Characterization of Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health - May 8, 2025 “The cumulative amount of terminated grant funding was $1.81 billion” 🧪🧬🖥️🦠💉🩺🔬 #PublicHealth #MedSky #EpiSky #NIH #AMA #JAMA #USDHHS #NIMHD jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union will work together to create US federal report on climate change due to the shuttering of group (400 scientists) tasked with completing the 2027 National Climate Assessment. 🧪🌎 #Climate #ClimateSky apnews.com/article/clim...

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Nearly all of remaining staff at CDC's NIOSH received lay off notices today, we're told This is an org chart shared with us illustrating eliminated divisions to date Cuts had already upended approvals of new N95 respirators and probes of firefighter injuries www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...

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"The budget plan would cut $209 million from NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations satellite program... It would also cancel contracts for instruments 'designed primarily for unnecessary climate measurements rather than weather observations.'" subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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US measles total passes 900 as CDC responds to alternative treatment push The CDC today addressed what's known about treatments pushed by Kennedy, urging caution about vitamin A use and citing individual decision-making by heath providers for others. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

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Some fun 3D prints I’ve been working on #alien #bacteriophage #spiders #3dprinting #bambu #sciart 🐡

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So we haven't heard much in the news about H5N1 lately...is it because the threat is gone? I don't think so. Viruses don't just go away when you stop looking for them. I spoke with @carlynzwaren.bsky.social @salonnewsroom.bsky.social about it 👇 www.salon.com/2025/04/30/b...

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“You are watching the gradual dissolution of the vaccine infrastructure in this country,” said Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told the Post. “The goal is to make vaccines less available and less affordable.” 🧪🛟🦠🩺🔬🧬🖥️

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Again, they're trying to take away our vaccines. From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains. His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.

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🧪🦠🧬💻🛟🌎 #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The potential loss of the world’s greatest climate forecasting tool has ramifications for long-term safety and security. NOAA’s climate modeling systems help the Defense Department not just operate but anticipate and prepare for emerging threats. By @abrahm.bsky.social

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The US is facing a significant #measles outbreak. Nearly 900 cases across 30 states as of 4/24. Its resurgence is accompanied by a wave of misinformation. In #KFF poll, 60% of US adults have heard MMR-autism myths. >50% are unsure if false. 24% of misinformed parents delayed or skipped vaccines.

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Terrifying report in @thelancet.bsky.social, the distinguished medical journal. Trump's suspension of #PEPFAR, the successful program to fight HIV/AIDS, may have already condemned at least an additional 60,000 people to death in #Africa. @gregggonsalves.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

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I reviewed the 3 major reports on alcohol intake and health outcomes, and had a conversation with Dr. Vivek Murthy, who issued one of them. There is little agreement between them, expect for the risk of breast cancer, and even that is discordant! erictopol.substack.com/p/a-ground-t...

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Holy mother of shadow drops #Oblivion #ByTheNine

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Listen, pairing this with RFK talking about how people with autism don’t lead dignified lives or pay taxes, I have to tell you, the eugenic facets of the authoritarian movement and historic precedent really make a person start to wonder what roads we’re being forced down.

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Here are some nice mushrooms

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H5N1 detections in US dairy cattle reach 1,000 Affected herds that put the nation at the 1,000 mark were from Nevada and California. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

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Cases top 500, outbreak area expands in Texas measles outbreak In other developments, Indiana reported its first case of the year and Colorado reported its second infection. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

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Yes, I do all my shopping directly in Paris now. Nice thing is I can take a train to Rome and pick up a pizza on the way home.

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