CATA expose UK government bodies' aerosol transmission cover up CATA's press release exposes failure of government bodies to provide full disclosure of evidence to the Covid Inquiry with evidence that the IPC Cell altered minutes in favour of droplet precautions

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After France, Denmark is moving too: its Digitalisation Ministry plans to phase out Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice in the coming months. The goal is clear—reduce dependence on a handful of global tech giants and strengthen digital sovereignty.

Forest Service Cuts Would Devastate Years Of Hawaiʻi Research, Experts Warn The Forest Service is looking to close its Big Island labs — the only ones of their kind, researchers say, that help protect the Pacific's unique tropical forests.

The Forest Service’s proposed closure of research facilities in Hawaiʻi, including the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry and a biocontrol lab, threatens years of research on biocontrol agents and disease-resistant ʻōhiʻa strains, impacting efforts to protect Hawaiʻi’s forests and watersheds.

Donna Gustafson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019. Last year, she hiked Mt. Etna in Italy last year to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary.

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/pancreatic...
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Climate change is leading to many impacts, but not every impact is caused by climate change. For example, we find limited evidence for the impact of climate change on the recent range expansion of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in the Horn of Africa

doi.org/10.1088/1748...

Didn't expect this bizarre outcome. In 2021 @pubs.acs.org published a paper by Ariel Fernández full of COVID lab leak conspiracy nonsense (Twitter thread x.com/PeterDaszak/...). They refused to retract but issued an Expression of Concern. Forward 5 yrs & @retractionwatch.com contacted me about it..

One of the most challenging issues in studying mental health during COVID-19 was separating the impact of containment policies (lockdowns) from pandemic severity (societal infection rates), as both can contribute to mental distress.

In this extensive international effort, we aimed to address this 🧵

Can we take a moment to salute Beverly Cleary, who was born on this day? From Henry Huggins on (first book) through Beezus and Ramona and so many others, she shaped laughter, wisdom, and a love of reading in so many children, some of them becoming adults with … a love of reading.

A blessed memory.

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become 'sitting ducks' in measles outbreaks Babies too young to be vaccinated are among the most vulnerable in measles outbreaks like the one in South Carolina, which is the largest the U.S. has seen in decades.

Too young for MMR, babies become 'sitting ducks' in measles outbreaks: reminder: the risks for young babies are higher than older children.
They are very vulnerable when anti-vaccine movements bring back disease. @lauraungar.bsky.social and Devi Shastri @apnews.com apnews.com/article/meas...

‘Continuity over novelty’: why environmental science needs to rethink its focus With government funding in decline, researchers should prioritize data collation and training the next generation of scientists.

"The age of abundance in US environmental research is ending"...🌎
Why environmental science needs to rethink its focus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

>10,000 STEM PhDs have left federal service over the past year (including 30% of the federal colleagues with whom I’ve worked closely). Those still left are holding federal science together with duct tape.

What an extraordinary act of sabotage against the American people.

The budget of USAID was $22 billion per year.

It was *saving the lives* of 4.1 million men, women, and children per year, all over the world.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Temporary Shock or Lasting Scar? Life Expectancy Trajectories Since COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic led to substantial life expectancy losses globally. Historically, life expectancy reversals have been followed by rapid returns to previous trajectories, but whether this is true...

7/ Our findings suggest that COVID-19 may not be a short-lived shock, but a multi-year disruption w/ lasting implications for population health. #mortality #demography #covid @oxpop.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @erc.europa.eu

🚨 A defining moment for global health data.

The termination of the #USAID-supported Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program has wide-ranging consequences. We reflect on the collapse and argue what should come next in a new PNAS: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

📊 9,000+ studies

Please share this around #MedSky. Far too many clinicians are still practicing like it's 2019.

#SciSky #StandUpForScience

Cleaner Air. Safer Communities. - UC San Diego Researchers at UC San Diego have for the first time found a direct airborne link between contaminated rivers and the air that surrounding communities breathe.

Honored and excited to have our research featured by @UCSanDiego. 🌎🔬

Our research connects air quality, climate, and community health—with a focus on building cleaner air and safer communities. Watch the video to see why this matters now more than ever.

impact.ucsd.edu/story/cleane...

also noise pollution in the U.S. is almost entirely from cars and it’s literally giving people heart attacks

I wrote an article about it because it’s so absurd

Report underscores death toll of health care-related infections

Infections acquired in health care settings kill three times more people than car accidents each year.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...

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Study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks, despite good ventilation

Study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks, despite good ventilation.

Kirby Institute researchers sampled air and surfaces in a Sydney hospital ED and ICU during two COVID-19 waves (Nov 2023–Jul 2024), detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in 39% of aerosol samples collected.

Alberta measles cases on the rise, as exposure at an Edmonton hospital prompts public alert Alberta is seeing an increase in measles cases as the province issues with a public alert issued after exposure in an Edmonton hospital

edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

For those who actually care about evidence-based city-making, there’s a ton of evidence that decongestion pricing has been a massive success in New York City, by every measure of success, and many ways that can’t be measured.

Alberta Moves to Protect Greenwashers Lost in the news cycle about the Alberta-Canada memorandum of understanding (MOU) in the past days was a legislative move by the Alberta government to reduce investor accountability for Alberta-based ...

"Alberta’s Bill 12 enables the gov't to pass regs reducing accountability for “climate-related” disclosures by AB-listed companies... this would be the first instance of a province moving to reduce investor accountability specifically with regard to climate claims."

Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:

In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.

In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

A PBS News tweet explains how two laid-off USAID employees created a website to match donors with canceled programs, keeping nearly 80 projects running in 30 countries. Below the text is an image of two people—Caitlin Tulloch and Rob Rosenbaum—appearing in a split-screen video interview, each seated in their respective rooms.

Meet two heroes of our times.

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-10 chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it is a nine-in-10 chance

“If you get hit by a car travelling at 50km/h, you’ve only got a 1.5-in-10 chance of surviving. If it’s going 30km/h you’ve got a nine-in-10 chance.”

“But it was not enough to put up a sign that says 30km/h…there also needed to be design changes to slow down traffic.”

Speed is always a factor.

Empathy + Action = A Better World

Thank you, Jane Goodall