Opinion | When Your Child Dies of Measles

To RFK Jr. and all the anti-vaxxers: this is your handiwork. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

Robust flu protection may rely on B cells that are long-lived residents in the lungs Deep in the lungs, resident memory B cells stand guard against influenza reinfection—but whether they remain there may depend on how strongly they are signaled through their own receptors. New researc...

Deep in the lungs, resident memory B cells stand guard guard against influenza reinfection. Robust flu protection may rely on these cells that are long-lived residents in the lungs. By Delthia Ricks medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04...

Chloride ions do more than help neurons fire—they may also help control how genes are expressed Chloride ions, best known for helping cells maintain fluid balance and electrical stability, may also play a more direct role in regulating brain development than previously thought. In a new study, p...

Chloride ions are best known for helping cells maintain fluid balance & electrical stability. Now, scientists have learned they do more than help neurons fire—they may also help control how genes are expressed. By Delthia Ricks medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04...

Experts warn of rising HIV, mpox cases | The Express Tribune Experts warn of rising HIV, mpox cases

“the spread of HIV, mpox, typhoid, and other diseases in Pakistan is largely driven by poor infection control. She highlighted the rise of quackery in rural and peri-urban areas” tribune.com.pk/story/260370...

Measles outbreak means my immunocompromised son can’t leave the house without extreme safety measures Hundreds of thousands of families are making life-or-death decisions as measles continues to spread.

Measles outbreak means my immunocompromised son can’t leave the house without extreme safety measures www.statnews.com/2026/04/20/i... via @statnews.com

Predicting competition & substrate preferences for targeted #microbiome alteration.

Microbial interaction & niche determination (MIND) infers microbial niches from mRNA translation to predict competition & guide interventions.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #microbiota #MicroSky

Forest plot titled 'Figure 3. Forest Plot of Adjusted Associations Between Clinical Risk Factors and Cognitive and Academic Achievement z Scores in Participants With Cerebral Malaria or Severe Malarial Anemia'.

Presented at #ESCMIDGlobal2026: Children with prior #CerebralMalaria or severe malarial anemia had lower long-term cognitive ability and math achievement than unaffected children when assessed up to 15 years later, while attention and reading scores were similar.

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2'3'-cGAMP-induced membrane shearing promotes broad antiphage immunity.

CBASS 3TM‑SAVED effectors form cGAMP‑linked filaments that shear membranes and induce death.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAcces #virology #immunology #microbiology #MicroSky #phage #bacteriophage

Genomic and structural analysis of major antigenic proteins' variability in the human relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia persica.

Antigenic variation in TBRF #Borrelia preserves Vlp structure despite sequence diversity.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #microbiology #MicroSky

Lineage - specific #endosymbiosis in Mucorales: restriction of Mycetohabitans to the genus Rhizopus.

Endobacteria occur mainly in Rhizopus, with Mycetohabitans forming lineage‑specific symbioses.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #symbiosis #microbiology #MicroSky

Not just passengers: Phages as agents of genetic exchange in fecal #microbiota transplantation.

#Phage ‑mediated gene transfer may shape FMT outcomes by altering gut communities and microbial functions.

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The iron-responsive transcription factor HapX drives iron starvation adaptation and virulence in Talaromyces marneffei.

HapX controls iron use, stress tolerance, and virulence, supporting T. marneffei survival and fitness.

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The genome-scale sugar metabolic model from Neurospora crassa reveals lower gene redundancy than that of Aspergillus niger.

Modeling shows N. crassa has low pathway redundancy & distinct sugar‑metabolic regulation.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #mycology #MicroSky #metabolism

What to Know About the Cicada SARS-CoV-2 Variant This JAMA Medical News article discusses the unusual trajectory of BA.3.2, the most recent version of SARS-CoV-2 to be designated a Variant Under Monitoring by the World Health Organization.

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #publichealth @jama.com Why the Cicada #SARSCoV2 Omicron subvariant is Unusual ?

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Here’s the director of the NIH explicitly espousing populism over expertise as the means of determining priorities for federally science funding by leaning into the stupidest possible examples: ivermectin as cancer therapy .

Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years.

Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”

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The CODA workflow works for:
- any tissue type (eye, kidney, pancreas, brain,...)
- any disease (cancer, fibrosis, diabetes,...)
- any species (human, mouse, rhesus macaque, ...)

It can be integrated with any spatial omic technique (CODEX, Visium, IF, IHC,..)

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We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification The damage he and his cronies have wrought could take decades to repair, particularly when it comes to science and public health.

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Chloride ions do more than help neurons fire—they may also help control how genes are expressed Chloride ions, best known for helping cells maintain fluid balance and electrical stability, may also play a more direct role in regulating brain development than previously thought. In a new study, p...

Chloride ions are best known for helping cells maintain fluid balance & electrical stability. Now, scientists have learned they do more than help neurons fire—they may also help control how genes are expressed. By Delthia Ricks medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04...

Robust flu protection may rely on B cells that are long-lived residents in the lungs Deep in the lungs, resident memory B cells stand guard against influenza reinfection—but whether they remain there may depend on how strongly they are signaled through their own receptors. New researc...

Deep in the lungs, resident memory B cells stand guard guard against influenza reinfection. Robust flu protection may rely on these cells that are long-lived residents in the lungs. By Delthia Ricks medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04...

Anyone hear from the Board of Peace lately?

JD showering a little bit of that MAGA magic over the Hungarian election campaign...

New cases of a deadly bacterial disease alarm doctors The Hib vaccine drastically cut cases of a once feared contagious disease. New cases in unvaccinated kids feed concern that Hib may have a resurgence.

Every doctor who cared for kids before the Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b) vaccine has horror stories of wards full of children, of kids with meningitis, of healthy kids who died the night they arrived

This is Hib:
New cases of a deadly bacterial disease alarm doctors

The average American in the 1970s had lead levels that would be considered toxic today, and probably shaved several IQ points off the kids who grew up at the time

US health officials appear to shy away from anti-vaccine talk ahead of midterms Elections seem top-of-mind for the Maha movement as key polling indicates anti-vaccine views are a liability

Another great piece on RFK Jr. by @melodyschreiber.com.

I believe he’s been told to tone it down, but I also believe that much like his boss, he won’t be able to squelch his true nature.

This is what happens when 77 million people take leave of their senses and put a manifestly unqualified, unfit, mentally ill narcissistic man-child in charge of the country and the world's most powerful. military. This is what happens when the media 'bothsides' election coverage.

Christopher Penn wrote: Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines.

A different perspective.
Always helpful.

Excellent Infographic From Fouad Saade PhD Candidate in Microbiology | Owner of ALAMAT Tutoring Platform

Unexplored biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria isolated from Brazilian stingless bee honey with activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens.

Bee honey microbes yield new antibiotic‑producing strains active against MDR pathogens.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #MicroSky