Health Canada authorizes mRNA vaccine trial for Ebola virus causing huge outbreak in Congo More than 3,800 cases have been recorded in eastern Congo, with some 1,700 deaths, according to latest figures www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Health Canada authorizes mRNA vaccine trial for Ebola virus causing huge outbreak in Congo | CBC News

Health Canada has given Moderna the green light to launch a clinical trial for a vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo form of the Ebola virus, which continues to surge throughout the Democratic Republic o...

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Zhashagi Light Luke Swinson ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

🚨🚨🧵 Let me elaborate, for folks suggesting it's not a bad thing to report that the 2 cyclospora patients who died had underlying risk factors: 🔹️Whether or not it's a "bad thing" or a "good thing" depends on how it's done. 🔹️Informing people of risk factors for serious infection outcomes is... 1/16

J. Offir, PhD@joffirphd.bsky.social · 2d ago

They note "pre-existing conditions," but folks, that's not a better argument now than in 2020. As much as 61% of the US population has pre-existing conditions; 85% of those aged 55 & up. Appropriate framing is that RFK's HHS is responsible for these 2 deaths. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Attention Canadian Shoppers 🇨🇦👇

a Page in your life 🍁📎@sailorgirl2017.bsky.social · 2d ago

Great Canadian alternatives to Scotts Miracle-Gro include: Pro-Mix, Golf Green, and Acadie. These brands offer reliable water-soluble, liquid, or organic-based plant foods and soils made by Canadian companies.

For those with real inflammatory disorders, MAHA's misinformation isn’t just annoying—it’s harmful.

The great inflammation panic

The wellness world's favorite buzzword has gone federal. For those of us with real inflammatory disorders, the misinformation isn't just annoying—it's harmful.

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Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d ago

People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.

🎯🧵by Prof @michael-hoerger.bsky.social on XTwitter: "'Lockdown' was and is an anti-public health term. If nobody locked your door, it was not a lockdown, despite some using that term, sometimes even as 'official' language. It was shelter in place, which was..." threadreaderapp.com/thread/20836...

Interesting thread on risk assessment. 🥬

J. Offir, PhD@joffirphd.bsky.social · 3d ago

Psych 🧵: Risk assessment: Folks are scarfing down Taco Bell. Regardless of how safe/unsafe eating at Taco Bell might be rn, people don't seem to be making their risk assessments in ways that make great sense. (This is par for the course, for humans). 1/19 www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/07...

Hey anonymous internet people, I'd like to start taking an experimental hormone with vaguely defined benefits. I know I could self-experiment by ordering from a random website, but I'd rather pay an unethical grifter to spin lies to me first before I inject myself with a mystery substance. Any tips?

Indigo Summer Elizabeth Lennie 2021

As we recall the trauma caused by COVID in 2020, we should not forget COVID continues to harm. Many still suffer from Long COVID, people who mask are often harassed, and we haven’t scaled clean air infrastructure. If we truly acknowledge past harms, we should be working to create a better future.

Good editorial from Alwine et al addressed the harm of pushing the lab leak origin journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... An earlier editorial by another group with Alwine went through the evidence for both hypotheses, concluding that lab leak had no empirical support journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

A Critical Analysis of the Evidence for the SARS-CoV-2 Origin Hypotheses | mSphere

When humans experience a new, devastating viral infection such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), significant challenges arise. How should individuals as well as societies respond to the situation? One of the primary ...

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The evidence supports the alt theory of a spillover from animals sold at the market. Spillovers also happen to account for all other novel infectious disease epidemics. I'm tired of writing about this since I'm tired of the harassment. Pretty much every science writer I know feels the same.

Air Filtration Doesn’t Work To Prevent Illness Says Study Done By People Who Didn’t Switch The Air Filters On Properly

Telltale DNA: First direct evidence found that the Spanish brought smallpox to the Inca The findings provide definitive proof that the disease was present during early colonization. Read more: https://bit.ly/4fFgJVe 📷: Draceane / Wikipedia

And on the lab leak hypothesis... While a lab leak has not been disproven (and likely can never be), every piece of positive evidence that has emerged since 2020 about where the outbreak began points to a natural origin from the Wuhan wet market. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

The Emergence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2

The origin of SARS-CoV-2 has evoked heated debate and strong accusations, yet seemingly little resolution. I review the scientific evidence on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and its subsequent spread throug...

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Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d ago

🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12

What defines a pandemic? What gives a pathogen pandemic potential? CIDRAP Director @mtosterholm.bsky.social answers these questions and more. Read the full conversation: https://bit.ly/44VI54y

A UK trial in 95 nursing homes found HEPA air purifiers didn't reduce winter respiratory infections. However, air quality scientists criticised the study, saying, "Air purifiers only work if they're turned on." The researchers acknowledged poor compliance, making the results difficult to interpret.

Can air purifiers prevent flu and COVID-19 in nursing homes? Only if they’re used properly

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Eating less protein could help you live longer RFK Jr. - Let's put protein in everything from pop tarts to soda www.scientificamerican.com/article/eati...

Eating less protein could help you live longer

While “protein maxxing” is all the rage, reducing your protein intake could add years to your life

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I really need everyone to remember that the fossil fuel industry knew-knows exactly the climate hell we now inhabit, and are determined to make it FAR worse. That's because they have decided our lives are worth far less than their profits. We are not angry -or organised- enough.

This was suspected and now epidemiological investigation points to the Ebola outbreak having silently spread for at least four months before it was formally identified. There have been 1500 confirmed deaths but the real number is likely a lot higher. www.science.org/content/arti...

EXCLUSIVE: Congo’s Ebola epidemic started at least 4 months before it was detected

A remote mining town gripped by fear saw hundreds of suspected cases before the government declared an outbreak, report says

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If a climate scientist like @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @wwattribution.bsky.social says it's extremely scary how climate change is intensifying hot, dry, flammable conditions conducive to wildfires, you should probably be worried.

‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather

Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely

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The Gathering Norval Morrisseau ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

My quote of the day I consider myself a perpetual student. You seek and learn every day: from an experiment in the lab, from reading a scientific journal, from taking care of a patient. Because of this, I rarely get bored. Anthony Fauci

“On behalf of the Government of Canada, the Canadian Red Cross is distributing N95 respirator masks ...” www.redcross.ca/sa/n95-respi... #PublicHealth #N95sSaveLives

Summer days featuring conditions that promote wildfire ignition, intensity, and spread have more than doubled across large parts of the Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy, and Greece since 1981, according to a study in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/44U6vLR 🌎🧪

Sun Setting over a Prairie Landscape Robert Newton Hurley 1973

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Hilda Bastian@hildabast.bsky.social · last wk.

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Happy Glads Alexandria Eaton 2025