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Mashup Score: 143
I normally don’t publish email exchanges, but when someone like Paul Thacker misleadingly characterizes one with me, I make an exception.
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Mashup Score: 4Dog dies after contracting avian flu in Oshawa - 22 day(s) ago
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the number of documented cases of H5N1 — also known as avian flu — in other species like cats and dogs is low, and based on current evidence, the risk to the general public remains low. (Maryse Zeidler/CBC) A pet dog in Oshawa has died after testing positive for avian flu, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says. In a news release issued Tuesday, the agency said the dog was infected and died last week after chewing on a wild goose. The CFIA says the number
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Mashup Score: 10Now that bird flu is spreading among cows, scientists worry where H5N1 will jump next - 22 day(s) ago
Just days after early reports of sick cows at several U.S. farms, H5N1 bird flu has been identified in at least a dozen herds across six states. Scientists are on high alert. But many say what worries them more is whether this virus will jump to more livestock — and pigs, in particular. (Ohio Department of Agriculture) On March 25, American officials published an urgent announcement: Dairy cows in Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico were falling sick. The cows had low appetites, and produced less milk than
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Mashup Score: 47The Deaths of Effective Altruism - 30 day(s) ago
Sam Bankman-Fried is finally facing punishment. Let’s also put his ruinous philosophy on trial.
Source: www.wired.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet
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Mashup Score: 291
A doctor became infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) after attending to a patient who had been diagnosed with it.
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Mashup Score: 32Kristian G. Andersen (@kgandersen.bsky.social) - 2 month(s) ago
That feeling when you think you’re Big on Twitter, but then stumble into the real world. Meanwhile: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8337 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00991-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
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Mashup Score: 53Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2022 - 2 month(s) ago
This report describes progress towards global measles elimination.
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Mashup Score: 185
PostU of Saskatchewan@usaskDeer in N. America have been ravaged by a disease caused by infectious misfolded proteins. #USask’s Dr. Scott Napper is among those fighting to save them—and, in doing so, helping to protect people against a similar scourge. Read more via @TheAtlantic: theatlantic.com/science/archivread image descriptionALT1:40 PM · Feb 18, 20247,139 Views5 Reposts1 Quote11 Likes1…
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Mashup Score: 59
Don’t miss what’s happeningPeople on X are the first to know.
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Mashup Score: 84The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died - 3 month(s) ago
Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk’s claims.
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Seems as though this "journalist" has a persistent problem misrepresenting the credentials of women whom he disagrees with. He called me a "middle-aged postdoc." At least I'm in good company with real physician @AliNeitzelMD, among other colleagues. https://t.co/AIsdUKg4R4