Monthly Archives: July 2024

Links 7/6/24

Posted on July 6, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens. Candidate vaccine could provide enhanced breadth of protection against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants Detection of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria from commercial tattoo and permanent makeup inks The Rubik’s Cube Turns … Continue reading →

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Links 7/5/24

Posted on July 5, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Scientists can now detect antibiotics in fingerprints, aiding the fight against drug-resistant TB Stunning trilobite fossils include soft tissues never seen before. The discovery helps reveal the weird way trilobites ate and perhaps why they went … Continue reading →

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Links 7/4/24

Posted on July 4, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Happy Fourth of July! Let’s celebrate with some links. Science: Virologic Response and Safety After Oral Administration of Ibuzatrelvir, a Novel SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Inhibitor, in Non-Hospitalized Adults With Symptomatic COVID-19 The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think … Continue reading →

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Some Hope for July 4th

Posted on July 4, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Things do seem gloomy right now, since if Republicans win, the America most of us have known, as imperfect as it is, will be far worse, and unlike anything all but a subset of the oldest Americans have lived through … Continue reading →

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Links 7/3/24

Posted on July 3, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The Covid summer wave is here New Mpox strain Clade 1b ‘most dangerous so far’ and ‘could spread internationally’, scientists warn A dinosaur from Montana had huge blade-like horns. It’s been named after Norse god Loki. … Continue reading →

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Links 7/2/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Long Beach’s Shark Lab at risk due to funding challenges Short- and long-term neuropsychiatric outcomes in long COVID in South Korea and Japan And Now Xylitol “Panel stacking”: John Ioannidis versus a Delphi consensus statement on … Continue reading →

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Ghost Jobs and the Importance of the Petit Authoritarian

Posted on July 2, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s important to note that this trend isn’t being promulgated solely by CEOs, but also middle managers (boldface mine): Forty-percent of companies said they have posted a fake job listing this year, according to a survey in May of 650 … Continue reading →

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Links 7/1/24

Posted on July 1, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: SARS-CoV-2 wastewater variant surveillance: pandemic response leveraging FDA’s GenomeTrakr network Persistence of Influenza H5N1 and H1N1 Viruses in Unpasteurized Milk on Milking Unit Surfaces Commensal E. coli limits Salmonella gut invasion during inflammation by producing toxin-bound … Continue reading →

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Viruses Don’t Care about Your Politics

Posted on July 1, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

One would have thought people in positions of power would have learned this by now (boldface mine): Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass began the week by suggesting that her city consider a new mask ban for protesters, and ended it … Continue reading →

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