A reminder that The Atlantic and Elizabeth Bruenig didn’t need to publish a work of fiction about measles and severe consequences. Plenty of real patients exist.

Excited (and deeply honored) to moderate this panel today at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 on the intersection of AMR and conflict - a polycrisis that demands our attention well before infections occur - from innovation to IPC, One Health, and stewardship, we’ll be touching on it all.

🎶 Hey, farmer, farmer, put away your DDT 🎶

🎶 I don't care about spots on my apples 🎶

🎶Leave me the birds and the bees, please🎶

Imagine trying to explain this sentence ^^^ to people 15 years ago.

never forget

The article spends most of its time explaining why drinking raw milk is extremely dangerous but then poses the false dichotomy of either "banning raw milk sales" or "conducting targeted educational campaigns."

Why not both? I don't see how one option runs in opposition to the other.

Yep: “It’s easy to respond to this movement with outrage.”

Also yep: “After all, it will almost certainly lead to more foodborne illnesses.”

No, Leana, no: “Still, I think it’s important for public health leaders to take a more measured approach.”

Hungary's dancing politician steals the spotlight after Orbán's landslide defeat YouTube video by NBC News

The boy has moves: "Zsolt Hegedus, a leading candidate for health minister in a future Hungarian government ..." youtube.com/shorts/tDqpR...

Trump officials are now beginning the process of seeking approval for the project.

Not sure why images aren’t unfurling on Bluesky, but here’s one and can see more renderings at washingtonpost.com/documents/f7...

A screenshot of a Wired article discussing the concept of the rewrite desk, explaining how it historically transformed reporters’ raw details into polished articles. The excerpt notes that the AI tool Claude now serves a similar role for journalist Alex Heath.

If news outlets can vibe code a rewrite desk to mimic a journalist’s writing style, it could increase the demand for hiring field reporters.

Or the opposite, I suppose.

www.wired.com/story/tech-r...

Meet the Tech Reporters Using AI to Help Write and Edit Their Stories Independent writers are using AI agents all throughout their reporting process. What’s the value of a human journalist, anyway?

This WIRED story about AI writing keeps resurfacing in my mind, and it’s because of this line:

“Several longtime journalists remarked to me that Heath’s workflow feels like a modern version of a long-standing institution: the rewrite desk.”

www.wired.com/story/tech-r...

Image of a boy that is sick and resting in hospital bed.

The US flu season is receding but still deadly, as CDC documents 12 more pediatric deaths.

So far this season, 139 children have died from the virus, and about 85% with a known vaccination status were unvaccinated.

Read more: ow.ly/aqxk50YHfNZ

I was like “oh no!” and then “less oh no”

Screenshot of a WHO Disease Outbreak News alert: Avian Influenza A(H9N2) - Italy 10 April 2026. The excerpt states that on March 16, a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen tested positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and detected unsubtyped influenza A virus. The patient was placed in a negative-pressure isolation room with airborne precautions, treated with antitubercular medication and oseltamivir, and was stable and improving by April 9.

It’s important to note that the man had caught tuberculosis, meaning the flu infection may have been opportunistic and not the primary cause of his illness.
www.who.int/emergencies/...

There's something utterly fantastic about the WB-57 footage of launches, like the one we just got for Artemis II, and I clipped it just after SRB separation.

If I had a nickel for every time something “could reshape medicine” …

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And here is where you can donate to @statesnewsroom.com --as little as $10--to keep this ship of local news afloat. Thank you.
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You can’t replace this ^^^ human creativity!!

::shakes fist at data cloud::

I've encountered so much today that my eyes might melt.

AI writing is best described by one word:

gobbledygook

Lyme disease vaccine 70% efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials Pfizer and Valneva announced their Lyme disease vaccine candidate demonstrated 70% efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials.

Lyme disease vaccine 70% efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social

If the image doesn’t trigger an immediate earworm …

toddlers, ya know...

Meet the Tech Reporters Using AI to Help Write and Edit Their Stories Independent writers are using AI agents all throughout their reporting process. What’s the value of a human journalist, anyway?

I still suspect you'll see a homogenized flattening of tone, voice, and substance caused by AI that puts a distinct premium on authentic people who actually have something useful and interesting to say

Alaska Senate advances bill to allow surrender of infants in climate-controlled boxes  | Alaska Beacon Alaskans have been able to surrender infants since 2008. Newborns must be given directly to police officers, firefighters, doctors or other medical personnel.

A complicated issue but dang: Alaska Senate advances bill to allow surrender of infants in climate-controlled boxes

📝: Sean Maguire

alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA’s Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II mission. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009571

"That's no moon. It's a spa..."

No, in this case, it's the Moon.

Family of young ICU patient who died while in the care of a ‘teledoctor’ sues hospital The family's lawsuit says staffing issues prevented constant and consistent care in the 18 hours Conor Hylton, 26, was hospitalized.

When I saw this headline I was expecting the hospital to be in a much less populated area. Hard to understand the justification for an off-site doc here.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.