Excellent insight from Dr. Mark Burns of the @universityoflou.bsky.social Division of Infectious Diseases 🦟 🦠

How to protect yourself from West Nile virus

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With 35 hyperscale data centers in the pipeline in Kentucky, data centers are top of mind for communities across the Commonwealth. Envirome's @tedsmithphd.bsky.social joins a panel discussion on KET's Kentucky Tonight about various aspects of these projects. ket.org/program/kent...

Data Centers | Kentucky Tonight

Renee Shaw and her guests discuss data centers. Guests: State Rep. Josh Bray (R-Mount Vernon); State Rep. Adam Moore (D-Lexington); John Bevington, vice president of customer services, LG&E and KU Ene...

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Global warming may make it too hot for malaria-carrying mosquitoes to survive in parts of Africa, but could also shift the problem to less affected areas

Climate change may help eliminate malaria from West and Central Africa | New Scientist

Global warming may make it too hot for malaria-carrying mosquitoes to survive in parts of Africa, but could also shift the problem to less affected areas

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Maryland-based TeraWulf, which wants to build hyperscale data center projects at both ends of Kentucky, told the Beshear administration in a filing that it would meet their requirements to limit impacts on the environment and ratepayer utility bills. From @tatecurtis.bsky.social @weku.bsky.social

Developer says KY data center with Anthropic ties meets new limits on environmental, energy impact

The company says the project it is building in Hancock County will not increase electric bills.

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The event will feature keynote presentations, technical breakout sessions, interactive case-study discussions, vendor-led technology showcases, drone demonstrations and mobile laboratory exhibits. @universityoflou.bsky.social

Professionals from government agencies, industry, environmental consulting firms, academia, public health organizations and technology providers will explore emerging trends, regulatory developments, innovative technologies and collaborative approaches to air quality monitoring.

Are you a Kentucky air quality expert? Join us on Nov 19 for the 2026 Kentucky Air Monitoring Summit! 🕣 8:30am-5pm EST 📍 UofL Shelby Campus - 450 North Whittington Parkway Louisville, KY 40222 Early-bird discount available until Aug 28! Get tickets at: kentuckyairmonitoringsummit.eventbrite.com

The Envirome Institute's Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar addresses the cardiovascular concerns of nicotine pouches as the FDA approves new marketing. www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-nic...

As FDA approves new marketing for nicotine pouches, some doctors sound alarms

One health advocate called nicotine pouches a "profound risk" for young people.

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Interested in learning more about what's happening at the Belvedere? On Sun, Aug 16 from 2-6pm, drop by this family-friendly event and learn more about the new design and talk to the designers in person.

Join us for #Louisville's biggest #cardiology conference in the last 25 years! ⏰ Register now: bit.ly/iacs-nas26 #IACSNAS2026 #Cardiology

IACS-NAS 13th Annual Conference - IACS-NAS 13th Annual Conference September 10-12, 2026 Louisville, Kentucky

IACS-NAS 13th Annual Scientific Conference 16.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM & 19.2 CE Nursing Credits offered! Register Now Roberto Bolli MD Young Scientist

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This piece resulted from several conversations Dr. Johnson and I had with each other and with other moms about navigating recent #wildfiresmoke for our kids. When smoke becomes a regular occurrence, it is no longer an acute health threat, but a chronic one. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/31/o...

Doctors: Wildfire smoke will return. Illinois needs a better plan for its kids.

With no statewide standard in Illinois for children’s outdoor activity in poor air quality, program policies represent a patchwork.

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Are you a Kentucky air quality expert? Join us on Nov 19 for the 2026 Kentucky Air Monitoring Summit! 🕣 8:30am-5pm EST 📍 UofL Shelby Campus - 450 North Whittington Parkway Louisville, KY 40222 Early-bird discount available until Aug 28! Get tickets at: kentuckyairmonitoringsummit.eventbrite.com

Congratulations to Dr. Helen E. Collins (pictured) for being named Chair Elect for the American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Communications Committee for 2026-2028. #Cardiosky @ahascience.bsky.social @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Our Green Heart Louisville Project was featured on the "Forest for the Trees" episode of @PBS Eco Sense for Living program. The Green Heart Project is studying the impact of better air quality on heart disease through urban greening. youtu.be/VHahY3zzah0?...

Check out this scholarship opportunity in honor of George Bakris: George Bakris Scholarship Program 2026 | Cardiometabolic Health Congress www.cardiometabolichealth.org/george-bakri... I'm looking forward to participating in this conference this year. The line up looks great! Join us!

George Bakris Scholarship Program 2026

CMHC is accepting applications for the 2026 George L. Bakris Scholarship Program, honoring Dr. Bakris' commitment to cardiorenal metabolic medicine education.

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🆕 Key Takeaways are available from the recent ECDP on postpartum CV care. Learn how CV care teams can identify pts at elevated risk, reduce early postpartum CV events, & use pregnancy history to guide earlier prevention, & more. https://bit.ly/3QKTyk2 #CardioObstetrics #ACCPrev #CardioSky #MedSky

Measles cases reach 35-year high in US. More states are reporting outcomes following measles infection. Read more: https://bit.ly/3RwE839

Congratulations to our Center Director, Dr. Steven Jones (pictured), for being named Chair Elect for the American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Conference Program Committee for 2026-2028. #CardioSky @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @stevenpjones.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social

Fibroblast-specific TAK1 deletion improved cardiac function and reduced fibrosis after myocardial infarction in male mice. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... #CardioResearch #HeartFailure #MI #Fibroblasts #Inflammation

TAK1 drives inflammatory fibroblast acquisition and shapes myocardial infarction responses in male mice - Nature Communications

After a heart attack, fibroblasts help coordinate inflammation and repair, but the signals controlling this response are unclear. Here, the authors show that TAK1 drives an inflammatory fibroblast sta...

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Proud to share a new Nature Communications paper led by Dr. Daniel Nguyen of the Hill lab. The team identified TAK1 as a gatekeeper of inflammatory cardiac fibroblasts, regulating immune cell recruitment and post-MI remodeling.

With 35 hyperscale data centers in the pipeline in Kentucky, data centers are top of mind for communities across the Commonwealth. Envirome's @tedsmithphd.bsky.social joins a panel discussion on KET's Kentucky Tonight about various aspects of these projects. ket.org/program/kent...

Data Centers | Kentucky Tonight

Renee Shaw and her guests discuss data centers. Guests: State Rep. Josh Bray (R-Mount Vernon); State Rep. Adam Moore (D-Lexington); John Bevington, vice president of customer services, LG&E and KU Ene...

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Envirome's Dr. Daniel Riggs shares new insights on the impact of routine exposure to elevated temperatures on cardiovascular health. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/summ...

Summer heat could be hurting your heart without you knowing it » Yale Climate Connections

New studies hint that rising temperatures may trigger inflammation tied to heart attacks, strokes, and accelerated aging.

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Congratulations, Dr. Jones!

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Congratulations to our Center Director, Dr. Steven Jones (pictured), for being named Chair Elect for the American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Conference Program Committee for 2026-2028. #CardioSky @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @stevenpjones.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social

Emergency alert in Louisville for hazardous material incident at the address of the Chemours plant in Rubbertown

I’ve been saying for years that this is the most important area of climate science. The research could be used in legal cases against fossil fuel companies for damages caused by extreme weather events. Follow @frediotto.bsky.social and others at @wwattribution.bsky.social for more.

National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science (Gift Article)

Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.

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Recognizing sensitive exposure windows could help identify intervention strategies in the future and indicates that timing is as important a contributor to air pollution toxicity. Congratulations to the team on this paper, which can be found here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42384942/

In contrast, changes in glucose homeostasis seem to occur independent of the advanced pulmonary antioxidant defense during the active phase.

The team found that exposure to concentrated PM2.5 during the inactive phase induces a more profound vascular, pulmonary, and systemic inflammatory and redox responses than exposure during the active phase, when antioxidant defenses are enhanced.

The data presented in “Exposure timing is a determinant of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pulmonary, vascular and metabolic toxicity in male mice” reveals chronotoxic effects of PM2.5 air pollution exposure.

New publication alert! Petra Haberzettl and colleagues have a new publication in Toxicological Sciences.