teldon james turner
@t-james-turner.bsky.social
science geek. democracy fan.
a 25% more effective mrna flu vaccine mFlusiva is now approved for ages 50 and older. it should start shipping to pharmacies in the next couple weeks. if you are age 50 to 65 and in the usa, you should consider asking your pharmacy for it. #usa #vaccine #flu www.pharmexec.com/view/fda-mod...
FDA Approves Moderna's mRNA-Based Flu Vaccine | PharmExec
The FDA has approved mFLUSIVA (mRNA-1010), Moderna's mRNA-based influenza vaccine, for use in adults 50 and older.
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cdc.gov shows covid wastewater levels flat at 1 since 2026-04-25. but wastewaterscan.org shows rates more than tripling from 14.9 on --06-11 to 54.56 on --07-19.
fyi: payneglasses.com lets you search for frames that work with you prescription, so you don't get 5 steps into ordering on zenni or eyebuydirect just to find out the frames you picked aren't compatible with your eyes.
iga vaccination strategies are advancing rapidly. hopefully that will get an hsv vaccine over the finish line, especially given the recently-discovered link to alzheimer's. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42319912/
Bioactive enhanced adjuvant chemokine oligonucleotide nanoparticles (BEACONs) for mucosal vaccination against genital herpes - PubMed
Genital herpes, caused by herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2), remains a prevalent sexually transmitted infection with no available vaccine. Effective local immunity, mediated in part by tissue-resident me...
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the shingles vaccine does protect against dementia. the evidence is too strong to hedge with "may"
Crawford Kilian@crof.bsky.social · 2mo ago
There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
looks like screw worm is back in the usa. there goes a billion dollars..... www.americanagnetwork.com/2026/06/03/s...
Suspected New World Screwworm Detection in South Texas Triggers USDA Response
Photo courtesy of ReutersA suspected case of New World screwworm has been detected in South Texas, prompting an immediate response from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as officials work to determin...
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Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)
@microbetv.bsky.social don't fall for ai slop knock-offs of legitimate scientists youtu.be/A2_8199CL1I?...
Richard Feynman is Now A.I. Slop
YouTube video by Kyle Hill
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1/5 🚨 HHS continues removing CDC webpages from public access. This time it’s CDC’s “Safer Sex, Social Gatherings, and Monkeypox” guidance page -- practical, evidence-based harm reduction information during an ongoing infectious disease threat.
mapping the brain's histamine usage seems like a landmark achievement, but i'm not sure how it will advance the field www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brain-h...
Brain histamine map connects genes to brain function and mental health | King's College London
New research, from King’s College London and the University of Porto, has mapped the histamine system in the brain. Histamine, a molecule more commonly associated with allergies, also plays a separate...
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psa: google drive sync will not sync your google docs/sheets/forms/presentations. it will only create a link file on your local drive, which becomes useless when the original document is deleted from the cloud. going forward, i will keep google docs in a separate folder that i must manually backup.
i would prefer to eliminate invasive species of mosquitos. but if that's too much to ask, making them resistant to the second most deadly infectious disease on earth is a nice consolation prize #malaria #mosquito www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Gene-drive-capable mosquitoes suppress patient-derived malaria in Tanzania - Nature
Engineering of local Anopheles gambiae under containment enables the generation of a transgenic strain equipped with non-autonomous gene drive capabilities that robustly inhibits genetically diverse P...
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Under protest, Raw Farm has pulled unpasteurized cheddar from the market after a 3-week delay. Nine cases of Shiga toxin–producing E coli tied to the unpasteurized block & shredded cheese occurred from Sept 2025 - Feb 2026. ow.ly/AcZe50YEEul 📷: Zan Ready / Flickr cc
Spain's defense minister says the country has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war.
Spain says it has closed its airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war
Spain’s defense minister says the country has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
this is transformative tech. a drop-in replacement for gas stoves, with twice the power, and sous-vide precision. oh, and it works during a power outage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sue7...
Impulse Labs: Engineering a Better Induction Stove
YouTube video by Munro Live
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evidence keeps piling up that the shingles vaccine significantly reduces dementia open.substack.com/pub/erictopo...
Spotlight on the Shingles Vaccine—Again!
Two new studies add to a remarkable body of evidence for benefit
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ICE only has about 20-30,000 employees nationwide. Including desk jobs so there's even fewer armed. It's smaller than the NYPD. There's a reason they do their mega raids on one or two cities at a time, and it's not optics. It's because that's all the dudes they've got. Something to keep in mind.
it's the worst flu season in record in "maha" america. more dead children for rfk jr www.aol.com/articles/flu...
Flu-like illness activity now at highest rate on record, new CDC data shows
There have been at least 120,0000 hospitalizations so far, the CDC says.
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psa: all chocolate has lead and cadmium. i try to minimize my exposure by buying good brands (e.g. tony's chocolonely, trader joe's, ghirardelli). this year's report from consumer lab is consistent with my previous research. note: i buy blueprint or nestle cocoa www.consumerlab.com/reviews/coco...
Dark Chocolates, Cocoa Powders & Supplements Review & Top Picks - ConsumerLab.com
See CL's top picks for best dark chocolate bars and cocoa and cacao powders based on independent tests for cocoa flavanols and contaminants like cadmium. Find out which ones passed or failed our revie...
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"You know the difference between a real science and a pseudoscience? A real science recognizes and accepts its own history without feeling attacked." - Foucault
"'One trouble with living beyond your deserved number of years is that there's always some reason to live another year. And I'd like to live another year so that Nixon won't be President. If he's re-elected I'll have to live another four years.' -Rex Stout (1886-1975)" wordsmith.org/words/quidam...
quidam
noun: 1. An unknown person. 2. An unimportant person.
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using gene drive to fight viruses is brilliant in it's simplicity. it can pull integrated retroviruses out of latency, and you don't need to worry about overwhelming immune response to your virus vector since that would be also be a functional cure. www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
Engineered HSV can trigger genetic chain reaction, rejigger HSV genes during co-infection
New work from Fred Hutch Cancer Center virologists shows that gene drive, which pushes a trait through a population, occurs during HSV infection. The findings are a first step toward a possible futur...
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Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo agoMark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them."
another sobering data point from the romanticized past
David Frew@drvon2.bsky.social · 9mo agoAnd in the above PDF, there's the answer to @faineg.bsky.social question: Data from Chicago show that in 1916 there were 16.9 horse-related fatalities for each 10,000 horse-drawn vehicles; this is nearly seven times the city’s fatality rate per auto in 1997.
