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Medical & science journalist. Contributor @Fortune @TIME @SciAm. 25-year Emergency Medicine physician. Book: Runaway Medicine. Co-Founder of a homeless work program, Wheels of Change. Pls send tips!

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Carolyn Barber, MD

BREAKING: FIRST U.S. HUMAN BIRD FLU DEATH 🦅

An elderly patient who was hospitalized in Dec. with respiratory difficulties in critical condition from bird flu has died. The patient reportedly had underlying medical conditions & contracted H5N1 after exposure to a backyard flock and wild birds.

PH reports that their investigation has identified no additional cases and they see no evidence of human-to-human transmission.

ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-death


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A new study strengthens the growing evidence that  HSV-1 might play a role in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s.

“HSV-1 may directly affect tau and contribute to the changes seen in Alzheimer’s.” eurekalert.org/news-releases/1


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BREAKING: Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada 🇨🇦


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NEW: Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters.

"This is an epic ocean victory!" said Joseph Gordon, campaign director for the environmental group Oceana

cbsnews.com/news/biden-offshor


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Looks like we’ll each get about $20 for letting Apple surreptitiously use Siri to eavesdrop on us while we were on our devices. Allegedly, Apple recorded conversations through iPhones for MORE THAN A DECADE. Sound fair? (And @Apple won’t admit any wrongdoing.)

shorturl.at/Gvu4B


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Don’t get that tattoo!!

Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the lymph node and impairs the immune response against a COVID-19 vaccine!

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20


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26yo nurse arrested in VA after several NICU babies found with mysterious injuries & bone fractures, police say.

wsaz.com/2025/01/03/nurse-arre


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