Independent public health reporter. 2022 @ReportingHealth national fellow, @KSJatMIT alum 20-21. Knitter and cyclist. Tell your cat I said pspspsps.

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🥇Medical/Health, Diseases and Epidemics for “Viruses Play A Leading Role In Humanity’s Story, And Not As A Villain” by @edbites: noemamag.com/viruses-are-us/
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" One-third of dialysis patients in the United States are Black, but Black patients account for more than half of all involuntary discharges," reports 2022 National Fellow Carrie Arnold @edbites for @MotherJones. ow.ly/9VQC50S8ClM
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Did you know people & pigeons have had a 10,000-year fellowship, predating the domestication of all other birds, including chickens & ducks? With such a long, storied history, pigeons have all but wiped out their wild counterparts, @edbites writes. noemamag.com/wild-pigeon-cha…
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11 clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2024 - from base editing and a vaccine against HIV to AI tools for lung cancer and patient triage. Part of our Year in Review, by Paul Webster and @edbites nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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PSA: Being alarmed about climate change does not equal being an "alarmist." The state of our climate right now is *objectively* alarming. If you are *not* alarmed by it, you are not engaging with reality.
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A little smile for your timeline.. 😊 xitter.cf/buitengebieden/status/…
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MOST READ NEWS this week: From Canaries to Cats: Domestic Animals as Sentinels for Human Exposure Effects ➡️ ow.ly/zewJ50Q8S0M @edbites
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Climate change is real. The warming we’ve observed is entirely human-caused.* Its impacts are serious, including making heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, droughts and floods more severe and more dangerous.** But there are solutions and we can fix it.*** 💪🌱
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A chatbot from the nonprofit National Eating Disorders Association aimed to provide patients with 24/7 guidance. It failed, fueling their angsts instead. Can AI provide medical advice and should it? Experts and patients share thoughts leaps.org/eating-disorders/ @edbites
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If you don't occasionally meow back at your cats then it's safe to say you've made a few wrong turns in life
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"Forget the Hatfields and McCoys, or the Jets and the Sharks. One of the most vehement conflicts in modern America is between the Cat People and the Bird People." For @NoemaMag, @edbites investigates the villainization of Felis catus. noemamag.com/cat-astrophe/?s…
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