Monthly Archives: August 2023

Links 8/20/23

Posted on August 20, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Risk of autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 and the potential protective effect from vaccination: a population-based cohort study Texas Bats Face a Pandemic of Their Own Effectiveness of Monovalent and Bivalent mRNA Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19–Associated Emergency … Continue reading →

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Links 8/19/23

Posted on August 19, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How do we best use Paxlovid and other covid antivirals? The fast, furious, and brutally short life of an African male lion CDC: New strain of E. coli is behind outbreaks traced to lettuce (paper here; … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on August 19, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: COVID Is Still Rising in D.C. The Risk of Long COVID Is Still Not Negligible: The Western Australian Edition One Key Point About the Georgia Indictment An Issue Equal to Scientific Fraud: Bad Editing … Continue reading →

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Links 8/18/23

Posted on August 18, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

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Bulk Sales and Tucker Carlson’s New ‘Book’

Posted on August 18, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Over at Mediaite, they’re taunting Tucker Carlson about selling just over 3,000 copies of his most recent book. This is good! One should never pass up an opportunity to mock that asshole. While the article chalks the poor sales up … Continue reading →

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Links 8/17/23

Posted on August 17, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Wolves, once confined to fairy tales, are back in Germany, stirring debate Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts Long Covid: Mitochondria, the Big Miss, and Hope W. Jason Morgan, … Continue reading →

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An Issue Equal to Scientific Fraud: Bad Editing and Reviewing

Posted on August 17, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

The Mad Biologist, of course, is never a bad reviewer… Every so often, there’s a spate of articles about scientific fraud. I don’t mean to downplay the issue–it is serious. In my daily work though, I encounter far more issues … Continue reading →

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Links 8/16/23

Posted on August 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A New Omicron Subvariant, Dubbed ‘Eris,’ Heralds Covid-19’s Resurgence. What we know about EG.5, the most common U.S. subvariant Prevalence and Risk Factors for School-Associated Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 COVID vaccines and boosters shown to protect pregnant … Continue reading →

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One Key Point About the Georgia Indictment

Posted on August 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist
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Links 8/15/23

Posted on August 15, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: This Maui center houses some of the world’s rarest birds. Staff saved it from the flames. Cascading environmental impacts feared from ‘wasteland’ of Maui fires These trout evolved rapidly to find food in lakes 508-Million-Year-Old Fossils … Continue reading →

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