@ScienceConfab

Start learning in the lecture hall and never stop; dispel science disinformation. #biomed #epidemiology #scicomm #scienceliteracy

 Toronto, ON Canada
Joined June 2014
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Honduras 🇭🇳 reports five suspected cases of the more infectious and deadly Mpox clade one. All cases are from the same family, according to Health Minister Carla Paredes.
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BREAKING: Tour de France 2024 @LeTour instigates full C19 protocol today, face masks with visitor/press restrictions.....about time! 👏👍
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This is an iron lung I saw today that was hand crafted when there weren't enough to go around. Preventing this is what vaccines do for people.
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#NEW: A child under the age of 5 in Ontario has died from the measles virus. toronto.citynews.ca/2024/05/…

Child under 5 from Hamilton dies from measles virus: PHO

Public Health Ontario noted that 12 of the children were unimmunized against measles, and one child's immunization status was unknown.

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.@USDA confirms #H5N1 #birdflu in 4 more dairy cow herds, bringing the cumulative national total to 46. The newly confirmed herds are in Texas, Michigan (2), & Idaho. USDA isn't announcing results very quickly. Texas confirmatory test is dated May 9. aphis.usda.gov/livestock-pou…
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Everything from BA.1 and to the right is "Omicron". Everything to the left is the variants that got Greek letters over a period of 180 days between May and November 2021.
Prof. Dr. Sanjeev Bagai@BagaiDr26 Jan 2024
Replying to @BagaiDr
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New, highly mutated #COVID variants #Pirola BA.2.86 & JN.1 may cause more severe disease, new studies suggest. “We cannot ignore the evidence” that #Omicron may be evolving into a more severe form of itself, @ShanLuLiu1 told me. #COVIDTwitter #pandemic tinyurl.com/5n77e2ma
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Cambodia MoH reports 2nd human H5N1 avian flu case in the last 2 days - both died - different provinces flutrackers.com/forum/forum/…… h/t @Fla_Medic

Cambodia - MoH confirms 2 new H5N1 avian flu human deaths -...

hat tip Shiloh I can not translate the MoH report but I do see "H5N1" mentioned. So there is some official announcement of an H5N1 avian flu event. Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of...

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@ASMicrobiology26 Sep 2023
Helicobacter pylori is the cause of 78% of gastric cancer cases. To control the bacterium, researchers engineered probiotics that secrete selective guided antimicrobial peptides; the probiotics outperformed antibiotic treatment in mice. @JournalSpectrum: asm.social/1td
Precision targeting of H. pylori using probiotic delivery of guided antimicrobial peptides (gAMPs). The probiotic Lactococcus lactis carries the Escherichia coli/L. lactis shuttle vector, pTKR, for the expression of gAMPs in the mouse stomach, allowing rapid engineering in E. coli and transfer to L. lactis. The gAMPs were placed downstream of the acid-inducible P1 promoter and the usp secretion signal peptide to allow secretion in the acidic stomach environment. The guide attached to the N-terminus of the AMP was that portion of the human thrombin protein, Multimerin-1, that binds to H. pylori.

ALT Precision targeting of H. pylori using probiotic delivery of guided antimicrobial peptides (gAMPs). The probiotic Lactococcus lactis carries the Escherichia coli/L. lactis shuttle vector, pTKR, for the expression of gAMPs in the mouse stomach, allowing rapid engineering in E. coli and transfer to L. lactis. The gAMPs were placed downstream of the acid-inducible P1 promoter and the usp secretion signal peptide to allow secretion in the acidic stomach environment. The guide attached to the N-terminus of the AMP was that portion of the human thrombin protein, Multimerin-1, that binds to H. pylori.

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Eric Topol
@EricTopol18 Sep 2023
The latest on human total body cell count and cell size derived from >1,500 sources @PNASNews Men ~36 trillion cells Women ~28 trillion cells an inverse relationship between cell size and count pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
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Raj Rajnarayanan@RajlabN8 Sep 2023
#COVID19 #VariantDashboard - #USA Top #SARSCoV2 Lineages #21DAYTRENDS XBB.1.16.6 (8.3%) EG.5.1.1 (6.9%) FL.1.5.1 (6.7%) EG.5.1 (6.4%) XBB.1.16 (6.0%) GJ.1.2 (3.5%) XBB.1.5 (2.8%) HV.1 (2.5%) Tracker: tinyurl.com/mryj4uu7 | 09/07/23 1/n
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What happens when you give 50 homeless people $7,500 each? They spend it on rent, clothing and food (not alcohol, drugs and smokes), a stereotype-shattering B.C. study shows, by @Brie_Charlebois theglobeandmail.com/canada/b… via @globeandmail @jiayingzhao

B.C. researchers studied how homeless people spent a $7,500 handout. Here’s what they found

Instead of blowing the windfall on ‘temptation goods’, such as alcohol, drugs or cigarettes, they spent it on rent, clothing and food, study finds

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#Aspartame is soon to be deemed a ‘possible human #carcinogen’ by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (@IARCWHO). Should we panic? 😱
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⚠️ BREAKING: Chile 🇨🇱 reports more than 13,000 sea lions killed by H5N1 bird flu, up from 9,000 previously reported.
Workers wearing N95 masks and white protective suits carry black plastic bags with dead birds inside them.

ALT Workers wearing N95 masks and white protective suits carry black plastic bags with dead birds inside them.

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Canada's CPHO@CPHO_Canada8 Jul 2023
You are not alone. Whether you’re in crisis or just need to talk, there’s someone there for you 24/7. Help is just a click, call or text away. Free supports are available to people of all ages in Canada & Canadian abroad. Learn more: ow.ly/9WXS50MPPUy
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Two mountain lions, a black bear, a raccoon and a red fox are the latest mammals to test positive for H5N1 bird flu in the US 🇺🇸 as the outbreak continues.
A raccoon can be seen walking in Central Park, NY.

ALT A raccoon can be seen walking in Central Park, NY.

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Teaching critical thinking KEY in battle against bunk! "In Finland, We Make Each Schoolchild a Scientist" issues.org/finland-education… by @Kari_Kivinen Students "expected to think & to enjoy thinking." "..science teachers should explain how knowledge is established in science..." "...build social resilience to misleading information." #ScienceUpFirst

In Finland, We Make Each Schoolchild a Scientist

Kari Kivinen explains how Finland’s education system combats misinformation by teaching critical thinking and scientific literacy from a young age.

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Have you had an #AppleWatch since 2019 or earlier? Are you 18+ & live in 🇨🇦? Participate in our study (@UofT) looking at physical activity during the pandemic. Download our app ⬇️, share historic activity data, do a 20 min survey & delete the app. Thanks!apps.apple.com/ca/app/covfit…
Recruitment poster for the COVFIT study. There is a University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health logo at the top, followed by text that reads "Do you have an Apple Watch? Are you 18 or older? Do you live in Canada? Participate in our study looking at changes in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Complete a survey and share your Apple Watch data. It only takes 30 minutes to participate. Click above or scan (there is QR code next to the text) to download the app & learn more. The study has been approved by the University of Toronto Health Sciences Research Ethics Board. Please direct questions about the study to shelby.sturrock@mail.utoronto.ca". Please note, the app is called "COVFIT Research Study" and you can access it by searching for "COVFIT Research Study" in the Apple App Store, if the link and/or QR code is not accessible.

ALT Recruitment poster for the COVFIT study. There is a University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health logo at the top, followed by text that reads "Do you have an Apple Watch? Are you 18 or older? Do you live in Canada? Participate in our study looking at changes in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Complete a survey and share your Apple Watch data. It only takes 30 minutes to participate. Click above or scan (there is QR code next to the text) to download the app & learn more. The study has been approved by the University of Toronto Health Sciences Research Ethics Board. Please direct questions about the study to [email protected]". Please note, the app is called "COVFIT Research Study" and you can access it by searching for "COVFIT Research Study" in the Apple App Store, if the link and/or QR code is not accessible.

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Today is #WorldCancerDay Few diseases reflect global inequities as starkly as #BreastCancer and #CervicalCancer. Nearly 8⃣0⃣% of deaths from breast and cervical cancer occur in low- and middle-income countries. #CloseTheCareGap in #cancer ⬇️

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Vaccine hesitancy, fuelled by #misinformation and conspiracy theories, led to thousands of unnecessary deaths and costly hospital stays during two #COVID19 waves in 2021, according to @cca_reports, by @carlyweeks theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… via @globeandmail @CaulfieldTim #infodemic

Vaccine hesitancy, COVID conspiracies led to thousands of deaths, high cost for health care system,...

Report published by Ottawa non-profit, Council of Canadian Academies, shows how misinformation is eroding trust in public institutions and exacerbating health crises

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