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 the FDA along with others, but this story is about Trump and the FDA locking horns, so to speak. Dr. Hahn, FDA commissioner, has asked that any communication with the White House be routed directly […]
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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 and placing pressure on the CDC to loosen guidelines for re-opening schools and Azar’s overruling the FDA on coronavirus testing rules. Very unfortunately this probe will not begin for 3 months. I wonder what Trump […]
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 survived megadroughts but during this latest time humans were there and with humans came habitat destruction, overhunting, disease, fire and agriculture and these stressors plus megadroughts lasting decades, the giant wildlife could not survive and […]
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 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 […]
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 servants. He has served 6 presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan. If more Americans paid attention to his advice, we’d have fewer cases of COVID-19, & it would be safer to go back to school & […]
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 groups….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 […]
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 @amhistorymuseum. https://t.co/OosRSeBnda — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 19, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The xenophobia that has come from the COVID-19 pandemic was here long before we experienced the the current pandemic. How many times can […]
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 bar-godwit, a type of shore bird, was tracked by a tiny satellite flag as it flew 7,500 miles on a nonstop flight from Alaska to New Zealand at up to 55 mph for 11 days. […]
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 pyroclastic surge boiled the blood and exploded the skulls of some of the residents of Herculaneum. A new study believes the matter taken from one of the unlucky resident’s skull resemble neurons which are 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 to 700 AD……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 […]
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) October 17, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Warmer winter temperatures, lack of rain, and COVID-19 pandemic….what will the U.S. be after this? Nearly half of the U.S. is experiencing drought and it seems that winter will […]
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 found on? Like mineral rights? Is the owner the person who ‘finds’ the fossil. Certainly, often the fossil is named after them. If you are willing to spend mega bucks should you be able to […]
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 only a few in zoos or reserves. A foal has been cloned from stallion cells which have been frozen for 40 years. The stallion cells were fused with an egg of a female domestic horse, […]
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 against tumors that have genetic changes and after analyzing the genetic changes: tumor profiling, genomic profiling, or tumor sequencing a specific therapy can be chosen. These liquid biopsies, from two different companies are used for […]
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 the U.S. coronavirus cases have increased exponentially. Those of you who protest mask wearing, physical distancing, common sense medical efforts to avoid contracting and spreading COVID-19, have any of you been made to stay 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 ‘what is he thinking?’ act…Carol Full Letter to White House to Rescind Executive Order 13950 Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered […]
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 States’ coronavirus cases are rising again, driven by rapid transmission in Midwestern states and sparking fears that a forewarned wave of infections this fall and winter has begun. https://t.co/L6OSXTl9IZ — The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) October […]
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 Trump’s administration attempts to rebrand emergency authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine this would politicize science. Coronavirus vaccines will be held to a higher standard than would be acceptable for ’emergency authorization.’ Politics has positively no […]
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 because it does not have convection. Layers of cold and warm water do not mix in this lake which lays on the East African Rift Valley, where Africa is being slowly pulled apart by tectonic […]
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 Health Editor’s Note: Asteroids do not change with wind and water which makes them primitive and closer to when the Solar System formed. Asteroid Bennu was chosen to be studied since it is rich in […]
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 smelling sludge was found floating on the surface of the ocean. Surfers were affected with nausea, fever, stinging eyes before the sludge appeared. Varying explanations have been offered for this great killing off of sea […]
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 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 […]
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 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, […]
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 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 […]
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 Americans. Who had COVID-19 at the event? Who really cares when everyone there obviously thought they were immune to COVID-19….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her […]
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 an offer to a potential partner or investor. … Receiving services from a company that has access to sensitive information. … Sharing business information with a prospective buyer. Healthcare workers do not share health information […]
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 is to blame….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 […]
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 were gathered. This Academy has started an endeavor to digitize some of these 78,000 specimens. The 3-D images will give virtual access to researchers and the public and will be placed online beginning in 2021. […]
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 12 zones were placed under slightly less restrictions. The lockdown does not mean you are locked into your house and can never leave. Restaurants will still have carry out food, only nonessential businesses will be […]
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, but somewhere in between, and was the largest carnivore of all time. There is intense speculation that these sharks had babies which ate their siblings while in the uterus and this may have pushed this […]
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 diseases, such as cancer, and even bring extinct animals back to life…..Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling […]
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 belonged to ethnic or racial minority groups. Health inequities result in an increased risk for coronavirus infection and severe outcomes for COVID-19. The small study size limits looking at other reasons for this disparity…..Carol Carol […]
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 in the U.S. some states are relaxing restrictions on mask wearing and what businesses can be open. States continue to see surges in coronavirus cases and deaths. Despite Trump taking this virus lightly, since he […]
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 restoring a species that has been missing for thousands of years. https://t.co/LPIvkOdlqc — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 6, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Happy news for everyone that they are not going to eat!….Carol Carol graduated […]
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 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, […]
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 when new paintings are found and can add to the evidence of how ancient men and women viewed their world. These paintings may be a ‘missing link’ between the dynamic figures and x-ray paintings, two […]
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 is awesome!…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 […]
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 physical distancing is the dress and mode of the day. Is there a message that has somehow gotten lost on these people who do not seem to have two brains to rub together? Mask wearing […]
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. There was another president who ignored the global health crisis by offering ‘no leadership or guidance’ during that pandemic. His name is Woodrow Wilson so Trump must be patterning his responses/lack of responses to the […]
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 with the weather changing, more Adelie penguins will again begin to use the site as it has become available to them….good for penguins looking for a place with lots of pebbles, but not a good […]
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: Joshua trees have existed in the Mojave Desert for 2.5 million years, through ice ages and periods of warming, but at the current rate of climate change they will not survive until the end of […]
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 is evident to pollinators which may not be able to see the flower at all and thus not land on it…..Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and […]
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 U.S. Remdesivir is currently authorized for Temporary use under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for treatment of COVID-19 patients in the hospital, moderate to severe disease, regardless of the need for supplemental oxygen. “Veklury has […]
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 infections in that state as well as other states in the U.S. Trump plans to politic on. COVID-19 be damned. Coincidentally, Trump is on his campaign trail as a Cornell University study suggests that Trump […]
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 professionals. In total 345 people were charged in connection for cases responsible for more than $6 billion in losses. Billions of dollars in false claims were submitted to both private and public insurers, with $4.5 […]
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. Scientists have claimed that a strand of DNA that triples the risk of developing severe Covid-19 was passed on from Neanderthals to modern humans. The genetic endowment, a legacy from more than 50,000 years ago, […]
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 would fall under the auspices of conspiracy theory. The belief in conspiracy theories offers a sense of control for those who feel threatened by their environment. What better time, now during the COVID-19 pandemic, to […]
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 for human life in the U.S. Blatant proof that state (Florida) politics are more important than humans. Due to cruise ships becoming coronavirus hot spots, not allowed to dock in various ports, responsible for spreading […]
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 to date. These chemicals are linked to cancer, cause reproductive and developmental harm, liver problems and immune dysfunctions and live in the body for years and in the environment forever. Designation of PFAS chemicals as […]
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: Trump works with every breath he takes to undercut scientists and with hundreds of people dying daily of COVID-19, a virus that he knew the veracity of and totally mishandled any hope of stopping, he […]
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 which greeted him at the rally. VT believes the parring down of attendees was to try to meet pandemic physical distancing standards during the July rally, but Pascale was replaced as campaign manager. We all […]
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 care facility….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 […]
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 and spread, would be introduced into a person with cancer, and the cancer cells would be tricked into using this and would in turn self-destruct. No chemotherapy drugs used, no radiation and cancer patients will […]
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% of the people who develop severe COVID-19 have autoantibodies which attack the immune system rather than the virus. Also, at least 3.5% have a specific kind of genetic mutation that affects immunity. Both of these […]
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 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 25, 2020 Health Editor’s Note:I have to say this is amazing….and was a mystery to researchers for a long time. Simply an extinct beaver’s burrow which is a spiral tunnel […]
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, was found inside an unlabeled volume of English plays in Spain…..Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling […]
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, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. The spotted lanternfly is especially destructive to grape vines, hops, trees, stone fruit, apples and other crops. this insect is a good hitchhiker so it is only a matter […]
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 the highest incidence of coronavirus. Since many cases in the younger group are asymptomatic and that group is less likely to adhere to personal preventative behaviors they can be the cause of spread those who […]
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 the virus more contagious. The good news, if there can be ‘good’ news where coronavirus is concerned, the study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of coronavirus show the mutations do not make the virus […]
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 Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 25, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: And a fact check is the digital picture looks very much like the portrait on the front of the boy’s mummy. Awesome!…Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White […]
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 needed to allow sugar to move into cells to sustain cell life and body system functions. Someone with type 1 diabetes must take replacement doses of insulin and eat a diet where the sugar intake […]
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. https://t.co/ofnX5KR5YS — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 24, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: This newly found dinosaur was named for its sleeping posture when it was trapped in an underground chamber where it either suffocated or starved […]
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 writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – two daughters-in-law; Suzy and Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares […]
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 a good explanation of why and how this happens…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 […]
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 footprints between 112,000 and 121,000 years ago…….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 […]
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 offers no trusted immunity (lasting antibodies) against itself and a question of when or if there will be a vaccine that the U.S. will allow to be used, it is no wonder this group seeks […]
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 the hunt for coronavirus treatments as he is overseeing NeuroRx drug company trial. His close ties to NeuroRx CEO, Jonathan Javitt, could create issues of bias. Also called into question is his lack of experience […]
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 seen the downy, hairy, pileated (quite a showy guy or gal and very similar to the ivory bill wookbecker which is believed to be extinct), red headed, and red-bellied woodpeckers to date. I have presently […]
“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 Pancreatic Cancer “Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not just create history, she embodied the true origins of the word’s original meaning by acquiring knowledge through years of inquiry and research and adding her own opinions,” says […]
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, buried between 2400 B.C. and 1600 A.D. were analyzed….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 […]
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 it grew up, and more. You can even recognize its nose.This find is very exciting and a potential window into the lives of animals that are now extinct…..Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross […]
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. These patients recover, but that recovery may be long and difficult. Three months after discharge from the hospital 70% continue to have abnormal lung scans as the lungs are still not healed. These patients did […]
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 the way a salamander or a lizard might. https://t.co/LzCb0Zoudw — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) September 15, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Fish that have hips could have walked on land….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School […]
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 produced by bacteria which live in environments with little to no oxygen. The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii has confirmed the presence of phosphine by using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope […]
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 and since it does not bind with human cells, hopefully it will not cause negative side-effects in humans. Ab8 has the potential to be used as a therapy to treat COVID-19 but also as a […]
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 against intruders. Romans were good at finding the best areas to defend and those that would be most difficult to breech. While Bamburgh Castle is defined as a Medieval Castle this place of importance for […]
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 hiding in the weirdly-shaped triple-star system….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 […]
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. Scott Atlas who was appointed coronavirus advisor by Trump. Many of Atlas’s opinions and statements run opposite to established science. Atlas had no background in infectious diseases and has pushed for reopening schools, questioned the […]
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 have died after the beginning of the new school year. Early in the pandemic dozens of teachers and employees contracted coronavirus and across the U.S. the American Federation of Teachers lists 210 union members, support […]
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 it gets cold snow can insulate the smoking mat from the cold and allows it to continue to use peat and pockets of flammable methane gas to stay lit. This leads to zombie fires which […]
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 than 20 major fires are burning in California, Oregon, and Washington. In California over 2.5 million acres have burned setting a new record for incinerated land. The smoke laden air is altering weather patterns. Why […]
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 did not get there first…..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 […]
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 genetic combinations the a new hypothesis evolved to explain many of the bizarre symptoms associated with COVID-19 and potential treatments. The new findings are that the virus enters the nose through the many ACE2 receptors […]
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 Fauci should say during media interviews with the science journal Cell, Bloomberg News, Huff Post, and Buzzfeed has surfaced. Emails have continued up to this week and show that Trump appointees in HHS, the White […]
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 remedies for various medical afflictions. You might ask where they got these human parts. Well, there was once a job with the title of ‘gravedigger’ and those who practiced this robbed graves and sold the […]
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 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 writes on medical […]
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 survey of 1,500 universities and colleges reports 51,000 coronavirus cases and 60 deaths. Spikes in cases have occurred as dorms have reopened and face to face classes began. Some of the states which have the […]
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. passengers are required to show a certificate for a negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test three days before flight. This restriction begins on September 15. When you look through the other hoops one would need to […]
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 plentiful. As an aside, the Toledo Zoo has been raising lake sturgeon, whose numbers have diminished, for release into the Maumee River and Lake Erie. The second release of these baby sturgeon occurred a year […]
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 safe vaccine….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 […]
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 other minorities who wore zoot suits—outfits featuring balloon-legged trousers and long coats with wide lapels and exaggeratedly padded shoulders. While ostensibly blamed on the so-called “zoot suiters’” lack of “patriotism” during World War II, the attacks […]
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 safe vaccine….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 […]
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 now…With well over 1,000 new COVID-19 deaths per day and 36,000 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, in the U.S. alone, this is way too long to wait. Will there be anyone left?….Carol […]
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 off the Mayan civilization? Could it have been droughts, severe weather, certainly not COVID-19, but then perhaps a disease similar in nature? Testing the sediment cores from blue holes have provided records of bad weather […]
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 U.S. and health officials identified the need for adequate ventilation to cut down on the spread of this very contagious disease. Moving school rooms/classrooms outdoors made perfect sense then and makes sense now…..Carol Carol […]
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 going on since the late 19th century. Over the years convalescent plasma had been used to treat measles, diphtheria, pneumonia, meningitis, plague, scarlet fever, Spanish flu, and other diseases, as well as being used to […]
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 activity….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 […]
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 3280 feet deep, far surpassing its original measurement of 1,300 feet. Using geophysical techniques, electrodes, and small explosives were used to find the true depth. Sediment covered the trenches that reached over a half mile […]
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 it & ensure lasting economic recovery. https://t.co/TGucqOwIBy — Tom Udall (@SenatorTomUdall) September 2, 2020 In my book WHAT UNITES US, I wrote about the amazing story of the elimination of smallpox, and American leadership of […]
Thought to Be Extinct, New Guinea’s Singing Dogs Found Alive in the Wild by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com The New Guinea singing dog was thought to be extinct in the wild, but new genetic research suggests their distinctive howl still echoes in the highlands of the Oceanic islands, reports James Gorman for the New York Times. Not seen in the wild by scientists since the 1970s, conservation biologists thought the only New Guinea singing dogs left on Earth were the 200 to 300 captive animals residing in zoos and sanctuaries, reports Michael Price for Science. But anecdotal reports and a pair of photographs suggested a similarly tan-colored, medium-sized wild dog was […]