Brain organoids are helping researchers, but their use also creates unease Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can responsibly use these bits of gray matter.

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can responsibly use these bits of gray matter.

Ontario - Wastewater 🇨🇦 At-a-glance graphs of COVID-19, RSV, and flu levels in Ontario, Canada.

Yikes! Ontario wastewater posted today (Jan 2) with data up to Dec 21st…be careful out there folks. Layered protections work, are equity-supportive, and are simply logical:

wwater.ca/Ontario

Experts are warning people to stay away from the crows and keep animals away as well

Deceased crows in Chatham-Kent tested positive for avian flu www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/chat...

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

If it’s norovirus, they’ll know very soon 🫠🫠

Happy Voodsmas to all who celebrate

2 schools and a restaurant among new measles exposure sites in southern Manitoba | CBC Southeast Manitoba Public health officials are asking people to monitor themselves for symptoms of measles over the holidays if they recently were at one of two schools or a restaurant in southern Manitoba.

“Public health officials are asking people to monitor themselves for symptoms of measles over the holidays if they recently were at one of two schools or a restaurant in southern Manitoba.”

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Whispers: <we are still in the pandemic >

Pigeons lined along electrical lines against a blue sky

Does this count as 1 or 42?

US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’ Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies

"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...

"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Such an amazing series!!!

I really hate that I have to tell my Infectious Disease students about this when we meet for the first time next term.

Nice!!!

Years of street hockey have prepared us for this moment 🤣🤣🤣

It was the curse of the Leafs jersey

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On so many levels!

This game will 💀me 🤣🤣 Go Jays 🇨🇦

Jinx the black leopard at Florida Big Cat rescue absolutely tearing into a pumpkin. You can read more about Jinx (and his rescue story) here: https://bigcatrescue.org/jinx/

The news in the world is awful, but it's almost Halloween, so let's talk about pumpkin enrichment for big cats.

This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.

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Or bikes (and then show 🚲 and 🏍️ ) 😬

This image shows gauges with the Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 8.9 Alberta: HIGH - 7.0 British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 14.9 New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 11.3 Newfoundland & Labrador: SEVERE - 17.0 North: VERY HIGH - 12.3 Nova Scotia: SEVERE - 16.3 Ontario: HIGH - 7.5 Prince Edward Island: VERY HIGH - 11.8 Quebec: HIGH - 10.0 Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 17.0 A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025
SEVERE: NL, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, PEI
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, ON, QC
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

‘Am I redundant?’: how AI changed my career in bioinformatics A run-in with some artefact-laden AI-generated analyses convinced Lei Zhu that machine learning wasn’t making his role irrelevant, but more important than ever.

A run-in with some artefact-laden AI-generated analyses convinced Lei Zhu that machine learning wasn’t making his role irrelevant, but more important than ever

go.nature.com/4hd7MCU

Dare we hope the panda ears make a reappearance?

The place where the first report of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in a cohort of gay men revealed the disease that came to be called AIDS

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Team Brassica 🎉