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 […]
Carol Duff, MSN, BA, RN
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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. […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 — […]
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 […]