youtube.com FDA and Scientists Say ‘No’ to Trump Pandemic Instructions Here’s how the FDA and a band of frustrated scientists stood up to President Trump after months of political pressure over the pandemic. https://t.co/dFdc3UIN6o — The New York Times (@nytimes) October 21, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: As VT has reported, Trump has openly accused the FDA of trying to destroy his re-election chances. Well, Trump accuses […]
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tRump Government/Trump Tries to Control Science Agencies’ Policies The government’s independent watchdog will investigate whether Trump administration officials improperly interfered with the coronavirus response at the CDC and FDAhttps://t.co/HKV10JqTFE — POLITICO (@politico) October 19, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Members of the Senate’s health committee formally requested the GAO investigation into reports that the White House sought to interfere with the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports […]
Megadroughts Plus Humans Killed Giant Wildlife in Madagascar Humans once lived alongside megafauna such as this elephant bird, giant lemurs, dwarf hippos and giant tortoises on Madagascar. https://t.co/5znggfd96L — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 20, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Humans of Madagascar were the straw that broke the elephant bird’s back. Giant lemurs and tortoises, dwarf hippos, the elephant bird went extinct 1,500 years ago. Madagascar had […]
Drawing of Pennsylvania soldiers voting by William Waud, published in Harper’s Weekly, October 29, 1864 (Library of Congress) Mail-In Ballots For Civil War Soldiers In 1864, Democrats and Republicans clashed over legislation allowing soldiers to cast their ballots from the front (via @SmithsonianMag): https://t.co/Et5DPFVo68 — Meilan Solly (@meilansolly) October 20, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: As is so often the case, we experience history repeating itself….Carol Carol […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases wore a Washington Nationals face mask before testifying at a congressional hearing on June 30. The team announced he will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at their season opener on Thursday. Kevin Dietsch/AP Trump, Why is the Truth So Hard to Swallow? Dr. Fauci is one of our country’s most distinguished public […]
Focus Efforts on Prevention and Early Detection of Infections Among Ethnic and Age Groups Race, Ethnicity, and Age Trends in Persons Who Died … https://t.co/yYdTSJBP3H via @CDCgov — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 19, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Members of minority racial and ethnic groups and persons aged 65 and older have highest numbers of deaths due to COVID-19. Prevention and early detection is imperative for these […]
An illustration from the May 26, 1882 issue of the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp depicts three ghoulish figures called malarium, smallpox and leprosy and one holding a sash that says “Chinatown.” (NMAH) The Long History of Blaming Immigrants in Times of Sickness “Fear and Scapegoating during a Pandemic” kicked off “Pandemic Perspectives: Stories Through Collections,” a twice-monthly online panel discussion organized by the curators and historians […]
Bar-tailed godwits spend their summers in the Arctic, where they breed and build up their energy reserves before flying south for the winter. (Ben / Flickr under CC BY-ND 2.0) Male Bar-Tailed Godwit Sets New Record for Nonstop Flight Bird Flies 7,500 Miles, a New Record for Longest Nonstop Bird Migration https://t.co/VyEX0vsULP via @smithsonianmag — Klaus Rave (@RaveKlaus) October 18, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: A male […]
Well-Preserved Brain Cells Turned to Glass Two millennia after the infamous volcanic eruption, a new study published in the journal PLOS One adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting shards of strange black matter recovered from the unlucky man’s remains are indeed remnants of his brain. https://t.co/3c9DRfcm1R — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 16, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD the […]
Surprise Discovery in Peru’s Nazca Lines Predates Nazca Culture Large 2,000-year-old cat discovered in Peru’s Nazca lines https://t.co/Uz6xiEFTFb — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) October 18, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: A 120 foot long cat was recently discovered in Peru’s Nazca lines and is believed to be 2,000 years old. The cat figure pre-dates the Nazca culture when most of the Nazca figures were formed from 200 […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s U.S. Drought Outlook map for November 2020 through January 2021. Brown represents the areas where drought is expected to continue or worsen. (NOAA) Lack of Precipitation and Higher Temperatures Predicted NOAA expects the South and Southwest will be warmer and drier than usual in the coming months, offering no relief to the already parched regions. https://t.co/J6pXEz7Pwk — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) […]
Stan, a 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, will go on the auction block at Christie’s on Oct. 6. (Christie’s Images Ltd. 2020) T. Rex Sells for Mega Bucks The famous Tyrannosaurus rex specimen went at auction for $31.8 million on October 6. https://t.co/gdVKyNABJc — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 16, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Just who does own fossils? Is it the people whose land those fossils were […]
Conservationists report that the Przewalski’s horse is extinct in the wild, and only an estimated 2,000 remain in zoos and reserves. (Tanya Durrant / Flickr under CC BY-ND 2.0) Cloning Will Save the Last Living Truly ‘Wild’ Horse Przewalski’s horses are the last living truly “wild” horses. https://t.co/sg4yztwmY5 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 16, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Przewalski’s horse is extinct in the wild with […]
NIH Director’s Blog Liquid Biopsies Can Guide Cancer Treatment FDA Approves Blood Tests That Can Help Guide Cancer Treatment https://t.co/uceAapeOOW — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 16, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Liquid biopsies analyze DNA that tumors have shed into the blood stream. Up till now, a biopsy takes a sample of the tumor and is far more invasive and usually quicker. Immunotherapies and targeted therapies work […]
France to Being Nighttime Curfew France declares public health state of emergency over COVID-19 https://t.co/4y85IHOVXd pic.twitter.com/VPTqM2fNMq — Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) October 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: A night curfew, 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. is going into place for the people of France. The original French state of emergency was lifted in mid July due to decreased cases of COVID-19, but as is the case in […]
Trump’s Executive Order 13950 Will Set Healthcare Back Decades The AMA, American Hospital Association, and American Nurses Association called on Trump and his administration to rescind Executive Order 13950 which blocks ‘race and sex stereotyping. This order would reverse decades of progress in fighting racial inequality as it would prohibit federal agencies from the conduction of and funding for trainings that promote racial reconciliation. Yet another […]
youtube,com Trump Rallies On Despite Increasing Cases of COVID-19 Across the Nation Here Are the States Where COVID-19 Is Increasing https://t.co/s42FhyuzPL via @healthline — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Coronavirus cases have increased in 41 states. Last week the number of states was 33. Not going in the right direction to end this pandemic. Rallies continue and states stop restrictions…..Carol The United […]
youtube.com FDA Says ‘No’ to Attempts of Trump Administration to Interfere in Vaccine Authorization Process The administration proposed labeling a Covid-19 vaccine authorization a “pre-licensure,” which the FDA says would undermine its procedures https://t.co/bpoiZwBJ3o — POLITICO (@politico) October 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn stops attempts of Trump to alter terminology tied to the regulatory process for coronavirus vaccines. If the FDA accepts […]
This image shows the stratification of Lake Kivu, with its lower, warmer waters separated from its higher, cooler waters. (D. Bouffard and A Wuest / AR Fluid Mechanics 2019) Potential for Profit or Disaster The Explosive Hazard Hiding in an African Lake https://t.co/aZfCs5GhND — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: A lake in Africa, Lake Kiva, is not like the usual deep lake […]
The asteroid, discovered in 1999, was named Bennu in 2013 by a third grade student who won a contest. (NASA/GSFC/University of Arizona) OSIRIS-REx Mission To Obtain Samples From Asteroid Bennu A series of studies published last week in the journals Science and Science Advances offer a new, detailed look at the makeup of a small asteroid called Bennu. https://t.co/VkixsNh1ER — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 14, 2020 […]
Hundreds of Dead Sea Creatures Wash Ashore in the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia Last month, hundreds of dead seals, octopuses, sea urchins and other sea creatures washed ashore the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East region. https://t.co/t7x7Pv2aiK — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Hundreds of sea creatures were washed ashore on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia after a yellow- gray, putrid […]
More Ancient Egyptian Findings to Come The deceased’s mummified remains were wrapped in burial linen and laid to rest in a wooden coffin. https://t.co/dOwmpWTT1d — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 13, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Coffins dating to Egypt’s 26th Dynasty, 664 to 525 B.C., found in burial shafts in Southern Cairo have been unearthed and probably contain members of importance in Egyptian society…..Carol Carol graduated […]
Recall of Metformin Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets Marksans Pharma Limited Issues Expansion of Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Metformin Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets, USP 500mg & 750mg, Due to the Detection of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) https://t.co/S8NBMTlVQY pic.twitter.com/07ZoYL9oAy — U.S. FDA Recalls (@FDArecalls) October 6, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: If you are taking this medication contact your healthcare provider….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio […]
Beware! of Caterpillar That Look Like a Toupee Virginia residents warned to stay away from hairy, venomous caterpillars https://t.co/OWeELbkCrC — CBS News (@CBSNews) October 9, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: this caterpillar is the larva of the southern flannel moth and a slight touch of it will give you horrible pain and more. For your sake, leave it alone!.Keep pets away…Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White […]
White House Hosted COVID-19 Superspreader Event White House hosted Covid “superspreader event”, Dr Fauci says https://t.co/W4qmAoWb3B — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 9, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Old news but we need to keep at this. Trump thinks he is too good to wear a mask or maintain physical distancing. Just more proof that Trump has no clue what he is doing and cares nothing for […]
youtube.com Doctors Who Refused to Sign NDAs in 2019 Excluded From Trump’s Care Team Trump asked Walter Reed doctors to sign NDAs in 2019 https://t.co/0wOe12R53Y via @nbcnews — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 10, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Reasons for non-disclosure agreements are as follows: Discussing the sale or licensing of a product or technology. … When employees have access to confidential and proprietary information. … Presenting […]
California Continues to Burn Australia’s bushfire earlier this year reached gigafire status, but California’s is the first gigafire in the United States for ten years. https://t.co/bVkxKrartm — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 9, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has announced that the August Complex Fire has been upgraded from megafire to gigafire status after burning a million acres. Climate change […]
youtube.com Galapagos Island Specimens to Be 3-D Digitized How an Expedition to the Galápagos Islands Saved One of the World’s Largest Natural History Museums https://t.co/IboANWw57u — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 10, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Back in 1905 researchers from the California Academy of Sciences surveyed the Galapagos Islands for 17 months. The fields of geology, paleontology, entomology, botany, ornithology, herpetology, and malacology were represented. Specimens […]
Mask Burning Over Cuomo’s Crackdown on Size of Religious Gatherings Protesters burn masks in Brooklyn coronavirus hotspot over Cuomo’s crackdown on religious gatherings https://t.co/ShlUQTEgCo — CBS News (@CBSNews) October 7, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Cuomo ordered return to lockdown in nine New York City neighborhoods due to localized spikes in COVID-19 cases. Yes, lockdowns in only the neighborhoods which had increases in COVID-19 cases. An additional […]
Kenshu Shimada and team created a chart showing the maximum sizes of sharks, with megalodon being the largest. ( Kenshu Shimada) Megalodon was 50 Feet of Shark No other shark species, even among its close relatives, grew quite so large. But how did megalodon become so exceptional? https://t.co/IAFjdE6UB2 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 5, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The mega-shark Megalodon was not warm-blooded or cold-blooded, […]
youtube.com CRISPR-Cas9 Gene-Editing Technology can Improve Lives CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology has the power to improve the lives of millions of people. https://t.co/wd4K5LWZ3D — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 7, 2020 Heath Editor’s Note: CRISPR-Cas9 is like a cut-and-paste command for DNA and can alter DNA to rewrite the code of life. Genomes can be manipulated and this can result in positive improvements for crops, clinical therapies for […]
Multi-Inflammatory Disease Seems to Hit Minorities Harder Case Series of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults… https://t.co/cL8wkI3y8O via @CDCgov — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 5, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: I think it is noteworthy that many of the adults in this study had NO underlying medical conditions that would have contributed to the person developing severe COVID-19. Also, all but one of these patients in this report […]
Paris Europe Struggles to Contain Coronavirus Cases Europe struggles to contain surge of coronavirus cases https://t.co/KkakWt7uKL — Guardian US (@GuardianUS) October 5, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Citizens of Madrid cannot leave their city, Ireland is about to introduce tighter national restrictions, and bars in Paris have been ordered to close for two weeks in an effort to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases in Europe. Here […]
youtube.com Return of the Tasmanian Devils It’s been 3,000 years since the Tasmanian devil’s raspy shriek rang through the forests of mainland Australia. But now, thanks to a dogged reintroduction effort, 26 of these tiny terrors have returned. https://t.co/B1XDa1R7eM — National Geographic Magazine (@NatGeoMag) October 5, 2020 Conservation groups released Tasmanian devils in mainland Australia earlier this month, marking a major milestone in the process of […]
Largest Great White Shark in the Northwest Atlantic Caught On the morning of October 2, a team of scientists working with the non-profit OCEARCH caught and tagged the largest great white shark they’ve seen in the Northwest Atlantic. https://t.co/tMnusRTIVI — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 6, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: She must have been very impressive in person….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing […]
This tracing of a rock painting shows three bilby-like animals no longer found in Arnhem Land. (Fiona Brady via Australian Archaeology) Aboriginal Rock Art Dating Between 6,000 and 9,400 years Ago Found Dated to between 6,000 and 9,400 years ago, many depict relationships between humans and animals—particularly kangaroos and wallabies. https://t.co/hnRGNlI1z6 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 5, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: It is illuminating and exciting […]
youtube.com Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded Today This morning, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics to three scientists for their research that illuminated details of black holes’ existence and function in the universe. https://t.co/mWVLpNBJKW — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 6, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: ‘Closer to the edge of the unknown.”… Sheperd Doeleman, project director for the Event Horizon Telescope….This […]
Wash. D.C. Politicians Have Truly Lost Their Minds! For many of Washington’s most powerful, #COVID19 public health guidance does not apply https://t.co/xGs4FxyBby #MaskUpAmerica #FineArtofSocialDistancing — Medical Society NY (@mssnytweet) October 5, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: D.C. politicians continue to believe they are immune to contracting COVID-19 and if they have it, they need not be concerned about spreading it to others. Maskless and non adherence to […]
Woodrow Wilson (far right) contracted the flu while attending peace talks in Paris in April 1919. (Public domain via Wikipedia Commons) Woodrow Wilson Denied Being Ill Will Influenza What Happened When Woodrow Wilson Came Down With the 1918 Flu? https://t.co/FYUxeMLGaX — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 3, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The influenza pandemic in 1918 killed about 675,000 Americans in the 15 months that it raged. […]
pinterest.com Mummified Penguins Under the Antarctic Ice Some of the corpses looked newly dead but have actually been preserved in ice for more than 800 years. https://t.co/Slot4q0qOU — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 3, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Melting Antarctic ice exposed mummified bodies of Adelie penguins which appear to be at least 800 years old and some are 5,000 years old according to radiocarbon analysis. Maybe […]
pinterest.com Joshua Tree Is First Plant to be Placed on the California Endangered Species Act Despite prevailing through many cycles of ice ages and warming periods, a study from last year suggests that at the current rate of climate change, only 0.02 percent of Joshua trees’ habitat will remain by the end of the century. https://t.co/ih52fmk88x — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: […]
youtube.com Flowers are Developing Their Own Sunscreen To adapt to climate change, some flowers are darkening their hue to protect themselves from the sun’s radiation, new research shows. https://t.co/fu535NnraI — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 2, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Ultraviolet pigments in flowers have increased over the past 75 years in response to increasing temperatures and thinning ozone layer. Humans cannot see this change but it […]
Gilead Remdesivir can Now Be Bought Directly From the Company Supply of our investigational COVID-19 treatment is now meeting demand in the U.S. Today, Gilead has assumed responsibility for U.S. distribution of the drug. Read more: https://t.co/MtZVLkL3SH — Gilead Sciences (@GileadSciences) October 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Gilead is able to keep production of remdesivir (veklury) up and is meeting demand for this antiviral in the […]
Trump’s Campaigning Could Not Come at a Worse Time During COVID-19 Pandemic Wisconsin governor calls on Trump to consider canceling rallies amid Covid surge https://t.co/28iEvdTfOG — The Guardian (@guardian) October 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Trump needs to win Wisconsin votes, to win re-election so he plans to have not one but two rallies this Saturday in Green Bay and LaCrosse. Despite the 22% increasing coronavirus […]
DOJ Charges Hundreds in Connection with $6B Healthcare Fraud DOJ charges hundreds in connection with $6B in healthcare fraud in largest takedown ever https://t.co/dHierDWYoS — FierceHealth (@FierceHealth) October 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Sad state of medical affairs in the U.S. During this COVID-19 pandemic or maybe because of this pandemic, we have rampant malfeasance on the part of some 100 doctors, nurses, and other medical […]
An exhibit at the Neanderthal museum in Krapina, Croatia. A strand of DNA increasing the risk of developing severe Covid-19 has been inherited from the Neanderthals, scientists believe. Photograph: Nikola Solic/Reuters/Corbis Modern humans and Neanderthals could be forgiven for having other issues on their minds when they interbred in the stone age. But according to researchers, those ancient couplings laid a grim foundation for deaths around the world today. […]
youtube.com Why People Fall for the ‘Big Lie’ Psychologists are piecing together the personality profiles that are most prone to falling for “Big Lie” theories https://t.co/SeWrvGKXHX — NYT Health (@NYTHealth) September 30, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Why would someone believe that coronavirus was designed and released to destroy the human race? Why would someone believe that the CDC is trying to politically ruin Trump? These beliefs […]
pinterest.com White House Blocked CDC Order to Keep Cruise Ships Docked Breaking News: The White House blocked a CDC order to keep cruise ships docked until February, a step that would have displeased the politically powerful tourism industry in the crucial swing state of Florida. https://t.co/zp63aX5an5 — The New York Times (@nytimes) September 30, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Yet more proof of White House total disregard […]
Trump Ignores Threat of Environmental Death-Dealing Chemicals Did the White House stop the EPA from regulating PFAS? https://t.co/l9ZJYS8y84 by @fastlerner — The Intercept (@theintercept) September 29, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: So typical of Trump….the PFAS Action Plan was just a’ plan to plan’….Think about what I just wrote. After Trump promised to designate PFOS and PFOA as hazardous substances two years ago, nothing has been done […]
FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Former FDA Commissioners Accuse Trump of Undermining Credibility Seven former FDA commissioners accused the Trump administration of “undermining the credibility” of the agency in a Washington Post op-ed published Tuesday.https://t.co/nheT4MamMB — Axios (@axios) September 29, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: […]
youtube.com Brad Parscale Hospitalized Ex-Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized; was armed and threatening himself in Fort Lauderdale home https://t.co/oKs0SDxcIJ — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 28, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: VT hopes Mr. Pascale is going to be okay. This summer Pascale gained Trump’s disfavor when he chose 6,000 people who would be at Trump’s Tulsa Rally. Trump was not happy at the the empty seats […]
Former Leaders of Holyoke Soldier’s Home Indited for Abuse and Neglect Which Left 76 Dead Two Charged in Coronavirus Outbreak at Veterans’ Home That Left 76 Dead https://t.co/B1qwN3TsiU — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 28, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: VT applauds this indictment and wants to see more groups/ individuals/ brought to task for neglect and abuse of veterans or any person who must live in a […]
pinterest.com Trojan Horse Nanoparticle Cause Cancer Cells to Kill Themselves Well that’s some good news! https://t.co/gy6mAKvUtX — RT (@RT_com) September 28, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: If this works, I cannot think of a better way to treat someone who has cancer. A nanoparticle coated with L-phenylalanine, an amino acid not produced in the body, but one of the main amino acids cancer cells require to grow […]
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (red), isolated from a patient sample.NIAID Scientists Find Reasons for Severe COVID-19 Scientists discover genetic and immunologic underpinnings of some cases of severe COVID-19 https://t.co/v0GUnkaIXe — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 27, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Scientists are discovering why some people develop a severe form of COVID-19 and others do not. 10% […]
Known as Devil’s Corkscrews, each structure is the infilling of a left- or right-handed spiral or helix that can extend up to seven feet into the ground. At the deep end of the spiral, a tunnel extends sideways and up at an angle. ( Wikimedia Commons) One of the most unusual fossils ever to be found are strange tall structures recovered across Nebraska. https://t.co/06NoFj2C7V — […]
This book, printed in 1634, contains what may be the first Shakespeare play to reach Spain. (John Stone) Shakespeare’s play, the Two Kinsman, Found in Spain A literary historian in Spain has found a rare 1634 edition of one of the last plays William Shakespeare ever put to paper. https://t.co/Sh98f9iRB1 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 26, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Shakespeare’s last play, The Two Kinsmen, […]
Scientists can’t predict where the invaders will strike next. But one nightmare scenario is California’s vineyards—the fourth-largest global wine producer. (Marc McAndrews) Spotted Lanternfly Invades the U.S. Like wine? Read this. https://t.co/9ZJBavsdzu — MacGregorSmithsonian (@Jeff__MacGregor) September 24, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: This four-winged, multicolored, polka-dotted Spotted Lanternfly, first spotted in Pennsylvania in 2014, is on destructive insect. It has now infected five other states, New Jersey, […]
Evidence That Younger Adults Contribute to Transmission of COVID-19 to Older Adults Changing Age Distribution of the COVID-19 Pandemic … https://t.co/Kfm2Q1z5BU via @CDCgov — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 25, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Careless behavior and lack of adherence to mask wearing and physical distancing can kill Granny. Initially COVID-19 cases were in older adults, but age distribution has changed to the group aged 20-29 having […]
COVID-19 is Mutating As It Spreads Across the U.S. Massive genetic study shows coronavirus is mutating and potentially evolving amid its rapid spread in the U.S. https://t.co/XvzMgGNuWL — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 23, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: While viruses are excellent at mutating, the coronavirus seems to be especially good at becoming something different than it was before. One of the mutations may have made […]
A “mummy portrait” affixed to a 3- to 4-year-old Egyptian boy’s mummy (left) and a 3-D facial reconstruction based on the child’s bone structure (right) (Nerlich AG, et al. PLOS One 2020) Artist’s Reconstruction Used Egyptian Boy’s Bone Structure Plus Average Development of Soft Tissue The digital likeness bears a startling resemblance to a lifelike portrait of the deceased buried alongside his remains. https://t.co/Gij1h8sudm — Smithsonian […]
Human islet-like organoids express insulin (green). Credit: Salk Institute Managing Type 1 Diabetes Managing #type1diabetes can be challenging. Read how @salkinstitute scientists combine #cancerimmunotherapy and #ipscells technology to make transplantable organoids that make insulin and avoid rejection by the immune system. #NIH https://t.co/LvVW0IYc0v — Francis S. Collins (@NIHDirector) September 24, 2020 Heath Editor’s Note: With type 1 diabetes the body no longer makes insulin which is […]
One of two perfectly preserved fossil skeletons of the newly discovered burrowing dinosaur Changmiania liaoningensis and an artist’s rendering of the species. (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences / Carine Ciselet) A Possible Victim of a Volcanic Eruption, Proficient Digging Dinosaur Found in China A new paper describing the species, published this month in the journal PeerJ, argues it is the most primitive ornithopod ever found. […]
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator. She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and […]
COVID-19 Can Cause Parosmia and Phantosmia Some Covid-19 patients are reporting that foods including coffee, chocolate and red wine smell awful. https://t.co/1amx1QlyTU — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 21, 2020 Heath Editor’s Note: As if not being able to breath is not bad enough, we find out that loss of smell and subsequent and then distortion of smells into unpleasant odors befall COVID-19 patients. This article is […]
Researchers identified seven prehistoric human footprints at Alathar, a dried-up lake bed in Saudi Arabia. (Palaeodeserts Project) Footprints Could be the Oldest Evidence of Homo Sapiens on Arabian Peninsula Researchers identified seven prehistoric human footprints at Alathar, a dried-up lake bed in Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/3gIbWVAHJ5 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 21, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: A new analysis argues that anatomically modern humans created the seven […]
FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Trust is Lacking Not trusting the FDA, Black doctors’ group creates panel to vet Covid-19 vaccines https://t.co/FmbR4Sgfrh via @statnews — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 21, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: With Trump crowing over ‘herd immunity’ for a virus that […]
Rep. Andy Harris Denounced Stay At Home Orders and ‘Cult of Masks’ Rep. Andy Harris is an anesthesiologist who’s broken with the scientific mainstream during the pandemic — decrying stay-at-home orders and warning of a “cult of masks.” Now, he’s taken an unpaid side gig overseeing a drug company trial. https://t.co/tZHRGvPH0J — POLITICO (@politico) September 19, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: A five-time republican congressman has joined […]
pinterest Woodpeckers That Fight to the Death These Woodpeckers’ Bloody Wars Draw Crowds https://t.co/xKADUKGAmC — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 20, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: We have one humongous and two other suet feeders included in our bird feeding world. Before beginning the suet offerings her at Duff Pond, I had not idea that suet was such a staple for birds. Along with other birds, I have […]
“Armed with a fierce intelligence and a love of analytical reasoning, Ginsburg (by Everett Raymond Kinstler, 1996) fought passionately for all Americans to have equal representation under the law and inspired women in particular, to believe in themselves to make positive change,” say Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery. (NPG, gift of © Everett Raymond Kinstler) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87 From Metastatic […]
Contrary to popular belief, Vikings weren’t simply blonde, seafaring Scandinavians. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons) Vikings Were Not Always Blonde-Haired and Blue-Eyed Sweeping DNA Survey Highlights Vikings’ Surprising Genetic Diversity https://t.co/LqDPJNCscR — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 18, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Viking DNA shows a great diversification in genetic backgrounds and does not fit with what has become a Viking stereotype. The genomes of 442 humans, […]
Cave Bear Is So Well-Preserved It Has a Recognizable Nose Scientists at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia, announced on Saturday the discovery of a well-preserved cave bear on the New Siberian island of Bolshyoy Lyakhovsky. https://t.co/kBZJHjZRTe — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 18, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Because this cave bear is so well preserved its DNA will provide information about what it ate, where […]
pinterest Respiratory Function Can Be Slow to Recover Most people hospitalized with #COVID19 will #recover. The bad news is that the illness may spell months of #lung trouble. Take a look. #NIH https://t.co/O8ijCiDrGQ — Francis S. Collins (@NIHDirector) September 15, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: As the course of the COVID-19 pandemic has proceeded, doctors are gaining experience in treating this virus and more people are surviving. […]
The cave angel fish’s unique pelvic shape was first documented in 2016. Its uncommon anatomy allows it to walk with all four appendages the way a salamander or a lizard might. (FLAMMANG ET AL. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS) Walking Fish Have a Unique Pelvic Shape The cave angel fish’s unique pelvic shape was first documented in 2016. Its uncommon anatomy allows it to walk with all four appendages […]
pinterest Potential Sign of Alien Life on Venus A tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth, scientists said they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbor https://t.co/NXA0Dfe9p6 — Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) September 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Phosphine has been detected in the acidic clouds of Venus. On earth phosphone is […]
The CoronaVirus molecule Scientists at University of Pittsburgh Make Huge Discovery University of Pittsburgh scientists discover antibody that ‘neutralizes’ virus that causes coronavirus https://t.co/nHkzgzDH0x #FoxNews — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 15, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: This newly discovered antibody (biomolecule) is 10 times smaller than a regular sized antibody. The drug Ab8 which is a potential prevention against SARS-CoV-2 has been tested in mice and hamsters […]
Ancient Roman Roundhouse Discovered at Bamburgh Castle in Northern England Volunteers at Bamburgh Castle discovered the foundations of an ancient roundhouse. https://t.co/jAnZF2ABnn — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 11, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: As is often the case, the Romans were the first to build at what is now Bamburgh Castle in Northern England. Castles are often placed on land that would give its inhabitants an advantage […]
Left: an artist’s rendering of the GW Orionis system depicts its misaligned rings of dust and gas. Right: a view of GW Orionis (European Southern Observatory) Two New Studies Explain Why GW Orionis is Misshapen GW Orionis is one of the most oddly shaped interstellar arrangements that astronomers have witnessed. https://t.co/QhsSVgxmPv — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 12, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: There may be a planet […]
youtube.com Stanford Medical School Researchers and Doctors Call Out Scott Atlas A group of 78 researchers and doctors from Stanford Medical School are calling out former colleague and White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Scott Atlas for spreading what they characterized as “falsehoods and misrepresentation of science.” https://t.co/B8d9fd0S18 — NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) September 11, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Stanford medical faculty have called to task Dr. […]
www.youtube.com Fear of More Teacher Deaths Teachers in at least three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the new school year began, and a teachers’ union leader worries that the return to in-person classes will have a deadly impact across the U.S. without proper precautions. https://t.co/BQJvSgkz0J — ABC News (@ABC) September 11, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Teachers in Missouri, South Carolina, and Mississippi […]
Youtube.com Zombie Fires in the Russian Arctic Wildfires scorching the Arctic have already spewed a third more planet-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than the region emitted in the entirety of 2019. https://t.co/S2PxjxTllL — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 10, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Wildfires in the Arctic have produced one third more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than that region emitted in all of 2019. When […]
View of pier with Alcatraz in the distance at Crissy Field ( Natalie Grant via Twitter ) Wildfires Continue to Burn in California, Oregon, and Washington At least 2.5 million acres have burned in California so far this year, breaking the previous record set in 2018 and exceeding last year’s total 20 times over. https://t.co/B1aJ8Jxa0P — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 11, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: More […]
2.500-Year-Old Coffins Found in Ancient Necropolis This week, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the latest archaeological wonder to surface at the ancient necropolis: a cache of at least 13 sealed, roughly 2,500-year-old coffins. https://t.co/enm7DAIwXY — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 10, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Ancient Egypt’s first known “funeral home” gives up more treasures! Awesome that looters and those pesky gravediggers or grave robbers […]
New Theory Of How COVID-19 Infects Humans A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged by @tomsmith585 in @elemental https://t.co/5k43HLJsFN — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 10, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The Oak Ridge National Lab’s Summit supercomputer put together data of more than 40,000 genes from 17,000 genetic samples to try to better understand COVID-19 and how it infects people. After analyzing 2.5 billion […]
Emails Evidence Points to Political Tampering With America’s Health Exclusive: Emails show a Trump appointee is trying to stop Dr. Fauci from talking about the risks coronavirus poses to kids https://t.co/7oMOg4tIsP — POLITICO (@politico) September 9, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Email evidence that Paul Alexander, senior advisor to HHS’s assistant secretary for public affairs, Michael Caputo, instructed press officers and others at the NIH about what […]
Egyptians embalming a corpse. (Bettmann / Corbis) People Have Eaten Corpses to Cure Many Ills, But Did it Work? The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine https://t.co/OzHmoCp6S4 — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 10, 2020 Heath Editor’s Note: Just when you think you have heard it all….you find out you are a long way from it. People used to eat human blood, fat, and bones as […]
youtube.com Asphalt Releases Air Pollution On Hot Days, Asphalt Can Release as Much Air Pollution as Cars https://t.co/H4hYnJqLp4 — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 9, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Maybe less parking lots?….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree […]
Colleges and Universities Openings Have Created Increase in COVID-19 Cases Here are the latest results of our coronavirus survey of more than 1,500 U.S. colleges and universities:— at least 51,000 cases since the pandemic began— at least 60 deaths— dozens of recent spikes as dorms have reopened and classes have started. https://t.co/WbWYuLh3no — NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) September 3, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The New York Times […]
Photo by Carol Duff China Requires U.S. Passengers Present Negative COVID-19 Certificate Before Boarding Flight to China Notice on Mandatory COVID-19 Negative Certificates for China-bound Passengers Before Boarding https://t.co/LNwhGB2TEL pic.twitter.com/SBByhXJ2mT — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 8, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Travelers from the U.S. are not welcome in many countries due to coronavirus and the large numbers of daily cases we continue to have. All U.S. […]
Excavation of Gribshunden Shipwreck Archaeologists first spotted the sturgeon’s bony plates near a barrel in the Gribshunden shipwreck. https://t.co/1E7gzmfwab — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 8, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The Atlantic sturgeon is just one of the items in the royal’s stash in this 15th century time capsule. The Atlantic sturgeon is critically endangered so this find brings the discoverers to a time when sturgeon was […]
Youtube.com Russia’s Coronavirus Vaccine Safety and immunogenicity of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine in two formulations: two open, non-randomised phase 1/2 studies from Russia https://t.co/hG3io8w0Yf — Dr Sabin Nsanzimana (@nsanzimanasabin) September 4, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Here are the findings from phases I/II for the Russian COVID-19 vaccine. Note how few subjects they used. This may prove to be an effective and […]
Pinterest The Zoot Suit Riots: Causes, Significance, and Legacy by Robert Longely/Thought.Co Health Editor’s Note: The TV series, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (Showtime) is a good interpretation of this time and pretty entertaining in the bargain…..Carol The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of violent conflicts that occurred from June 3 to June 8, 1943, in Los Angeles, California, during which U.S. servicemen attacked young Latinos and […]
Youtube.com Russia’s Coronavirus Vaccine Safety and immunogenicity of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine in two formulations: two open, non-randomised phase 1/2 studies from Russia https://t.co/hG3io8w0Yf — Dr Sabin Nsanzimana (@nsanzimanasabin) September 4, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Here are the findings from phases I/II for the Russian COVID-19 vaccine. Note how few subjects they used. This may prove to be an effective and […]
youtube.com COVID-19 Vaccine Not Expected Until Mid-2021 Widespread COVID-19 vaccinations not expected until mid-2021, WHO says https://t.co/fn3Mvvtj9K pic.twitter.com/zY2cOkClOZ — Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) September 4, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: In the race to formulate an effective and safe coronavirus vaccine, WHO has announced the world will probably not see a wide-spread availability of this vaccine until the middle of 2020. That is basically one year from […]
Sediments recovered from the Great Blue Hole, off the coast of Belize, hint at extremely severe storms during the late Classic period in Maya history. ( Ian Bottle / Alamy Stock Photo) Maya Collapse Why the once great Maya civilization withered away is still a matter of debate among historians, archaeologists, and geoscientists. https://t.co/3PzTZHt3L2 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 3, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: What killed […]
www.youtube.com Reopening Schools In the U.S. There are currently no large-scale plans in the U.S. to move classrooms into the open, but it’s not for lack of precedent. https://t.co/aA84lKOcMi — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Tuberculosis is also a disease that is passed from human to human by droplets during coughing and sneezing. In 1905 TB was causing great fear in the […]
www.youtube.com Convalescent Plasma Has Been Used to Treat Diseases in the Past 100 Plus Years Every time the world faces a novel disease threat, the treatment seems to experience another 15 minutes of fame. https://t.co/gxSsyJsH63 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: While we have been hearing a lot about convalescent plasma during the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of convalescent plasma has been […]
The CoronaVirus molecule COVID-19 Information to Consider COVID-19 often goes undiagnosed in hospital workers; virus may impair heart functions https://t.co/sBpD8GmlsD pic.twitter.com/a5CFNJZenL — Reuters (@Reuters) August 31, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Covid-19 is often undiagnosed in healthcare workers, coronavirus may impair the ability of heart muscle to contract, with COVID-19 children often have the eye symptoms of pinkeye, and COVID-19 spread can be tracked by cell phone […]
Polish explorers check a footage from a remote-operated vehicle deep in the Czech Republic’s deepest cave. (AP Photo/ Marcin Jamkowski) World’s Deepest Freshwater Cave, Located in Czech Republic, is Now Even Deeper The world’s deepest freshwater cave in the Czech Republic just got a whole lot deeper https://t.co/hXorUsXMJ1 — Canadian Geographers (@CanGeographers) August 31, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The Hranice Abyss has now measured to be […]
Trump Continues His Snit With WHO Trump administration won’t join World Health Organization-linked effort to develop and equitably distribute coronavirus vaccine https://t.co/dce9pFZn33 — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 1, 2020 The president’s response to #COVID19 has been incompetent from the start. And this misguided decision is a major abdication of United States’ leadership. This is a GLOBAL pandemic, we ALL need to work together to end […]