Monthly Archives: February 2025

Links 2/12/25

Posted on February 12, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: As Trump shuts down USAID missions, officials warn Ebola outbreak in Uganda will spread US scientists feeling ‘stress and fear’ as sweeping Trump orders hit funding NASA Ordered to Remove Anything About ‘Women in Leadership’ From … Continue reading →

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Links 2/11/25

Posted on February 11, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: RFK Jr.’s allies have a plan to upend childhood vaccination Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in drug-resistant bacteria: zinc-or a lack thereof. Depriving bacteria of certain nutrients can cause important physiological changes, rendering them vulnerable to … Continue reading →

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45 Years Later

Posted on February 11, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Assuming we still have free and fair elections, Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a challenger (boldface mine): “I respect what Nancy Pelosi has accomplished in her career, but we are living in a totally different America than the one she knew … Continue reading →

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Links 2/10/25

Posted on February 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Texas measles outbreak puts New Mexico health officials on alert Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology C.D.C. Site Restores Some Purged Files After ‘Gender Ideology’ Ban Outcry. Intense backlash prompted the reinstatement … Continue reading →

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A Defense of USAID

Posted on February 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

A response to the anti-USAID propaganda from Musk:

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Links 2/9/25

Posted on February 9, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NIH funding in Pittsburgh: What does it look like? Rare Pacific Sleeper Shark Spotted In Southern Hemisphere Bird flu highlights need for federal communication The surprising reason cities are losing the war on rats. A new … Continue reading →

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Links 2/8/25

Posted on February 8, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The Damage to Federal Medical Research Is Already Done. Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause … Continue reading →

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Links 2/7/25

Posted on February 7, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material Who Made this Radioactive Saharan Dust Cloud? NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis … Continue reading →

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Links 2/6/25

Posted on February 6, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Long Island’s last duck farm weighs closure after outbreak leads to killing of entire flock ‘A Dangerous Virus’: Bird Flu Enters a New Phase National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their … Continue reading →

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Links 2/5/25

Posted on February 5, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like The hospital and mortality burden of COVID-19 compared with influenza in Denmark: a national observational cohort study, 2022–24 Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting … Continue reading →

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