Global warming and more foodborne disease Salmonella and Campylobacter can also cause ReA #ACR26 #GlobalSummit
Laura Lewandowski
@lupusdnadoc.bsky.social
Global lupologist, pediatrician, mother, avid reader. Writing good science and bad poetry. Citizen of earth. Runner. Seeking truth and excellent ice cream. Views are my own and do not reflect my employer #Rheumsky
#ACR26 #GlobalSummit Physical Activity session ⭐Helene Alexanderson, Karolinska - physical activity, exercise, self management in rheumatology
One of my favorite parts of #ACR26 - the Global Rheumatology Summit. It's virtual, it's diverse, it's accessible.
Congratulations to the #ACR26 Philip Robinson Global Scholars The program aims to foster collaboration, facilitate mentoring, and promote interactions between early-career rheumatologists, health professionals and patient advocates around the world
Thank you to the poll workers and election staff who make voting possible. Your work keeps our elections running smoothly and our democracy strong.
A big night for pediatricians! Congrats Dr. Annie Andrews!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.WOW -- NBC calls South Carolina for Annie Andrews!
In a timeline of very bad news this is the best news that I have read today. The controversial Hepatitis B study planned by Danish researchers in Guinea Bissau has now been halted. It was unethical when it was proposed and is still unethical today. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Controversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns halted
Hepatitis B study in Guinea-Bissau that was to be funded by CDC and that drew global backlash ‘will not move forward’
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Mars has its own Table Mountain 🏔️ So cool!
ESA Space Science@science.esa.int · last mo.🌍South Africa has the famous Table Mountain.. 🔴Mars has Amazonis Mensa, which is three times as high! And can you spot the ancient lava flows? Zoom into this slice of Mars shaped by wind and lava 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🔭 🧪 #planetsci
The legacy of Dolly is enormous - her talent and work ethic and most of all her generosity 💜
Justine@justine.cool · 3mo agoIn a world where you can be like anyone, be like Dolly. Be kind. Be generous. Donate to the Imagination Library. tribute.imaginationlibrary.com
The headlines are still covering the cyclosporiasis outbreak from lettuce, but let's talk about a different summer, long ago. The headlines in Bavaria would have called it "summer diarrhea" & it was killing babies. Enter our hero, Professor Theodor Escherich of the Julius Hospital, Würzburg.
It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
A good weekend to stop and look up at the night sky 🤩🌘🪐
EarthSky@earthskyscience.bsky.social · 5mo ago#Mercury is farthest from the sunset this weekend. And #Venus and #Jupiter are still blazingly bright! This is a great weekend for viewing all 3 planets, especially since elusive Mercury will reach its greatest elongation. Read about it at: buff.ly/mWmydJR
Literally all the referees, including the American ones, should boycott. But nobody will because most people excuse racism unless it's happening to them personally.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 5mo agoAward-winning Somali referee, Omar Abdulkadir Artan, has been removed from the World Cup roster after being denied entry to the US despite holding a valid visa.
💜 We're halfway through #LupusAwarenessMonth and there's still time to make #lupus viisble. We've rounded up everything you need to learn about lupus, spread awareness with the #KnowLupus Quiz, and take action all in one place. Read the blog: buff.ly/FlO3DOi
I #PutOnPurple because May is #LupusAwareness Month! 💜🦋 Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease, which means the inflammation can affect any organ in the body. #SLE #lupuswarriors #cSLE #kidsgetlupustoo
Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar Barrios has been released! She should never have been locked away by ICE. As an emergency and trauma doctor, she served patients in South Texas with dedication. I am grateful that she will be reunited with her 5 year-old daughter Milena and husband.
May 10 is #WorldLupusDay. Today we honor all the #lupuswarriors who live everyday with unpredictable flares or debilitating symptoms. I #PutOnPurple with my colleague and friend Dr. Sarfaraz Hasni to raise #lupusawareness 💜
#Lupus is a leading cause of kidney disease, stroke and premature cardiovascular disease in young women and is highly individualized, extremely volatile, debilitating, life-diminishing, and potentially fatal. #lupusawareness #lupusawarenessmonth @lupuschat.bsky.social @caringforlupus.bsky.social
May is #LupusAwareness Month! I #PutOnPurple to raise awareness about this chronic illness. So many of my amazing #lupus patients are suffering from one of the many systemic manifestations of #SLE 💜💜💜💜🦋 #lupus #lupuswarriors #kidsgetlupustoo
Lupus is an extremely complex chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease where a triggering agent causes the immune system to dysregulate and attack the patient affecting any organ system of the body; including the skin, joints, kidney, brain, heart, lungs, blood & blood vessels. @lupuschat.bsky.social
💜 May is Lupus Awareness Month! Lupus is a autoimmune disease that can impact the entire body & it’s often invisible. This month we encourage you all to help spread awareness, amplify patient voices, & advocate for better diagnosis, treatment, and support for those living w/ lupus. #LupusChat 💜
The number one cause of childhood death in America is guns, and this won’t change until politicians begin seeing kids’ lives as more valuable than unfettered access to guns.
When Einstein developed general relativity the closest thing to a practical application that could even be imagined at the time was a slightly more precise description of where to look for the planet Mercury in the sky, and yet now we’d all be literally lost without it. Anyway: fund basic research.
Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · 7mo agoGPS satellites move at 1/100000 the speed of light, causing their clocks to tick slower by 7 microseconds per day, and orbit at a height that makes their clocks tick faster by 45 microseconds per day. Two relativistic effects, both at the 1 part in 10 billion level, both essential for GPS accuracy 🧪
2026 is the 2nd time in WNBA history a school has 4 players drafted in the first round (top 10, even) of the same draft. 2002 UConn: Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams 2026 UCLA: Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez, Kiki Rice, Angela Dugalić
