Dan Vergano
BuzzFeed News science desk in Washington D.C. Contact: [email protected] * On CARES Act work sharing program, which may extend reply time.
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Coronavirus Update With Anthony Fauci - October 28, 2020 - 2P Central Time US
Anthony S. Fauci, MD returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic, including the continued importance of nonpharm...
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Tony Fauci on MLB World Series: "They did it. They got through the season."
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"Next year we will have a regular World Series" pic.twitter.com/P3SuwdvGWD
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The Electoral College Still Favors White Voters
This election, voters who are white wield far more power than voters of color.
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The Electoral College Still Favors White Voters buzzfeednews.com/article/johnte… via @jtemplon
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City Pages is closing, ending the era of alternative weeklies in Twin Cities
Pandemic-related closures led to a decline in ads and revenue that owner Star Tribune Media Co. could no longer sustain.
Screw Those Guys: Polarization, Empathy, and Attitudes About Out‐Partisans
Empathic ability is the ability to interpret the emotional state of others. In today's highly partisan and polarized environment, empathic ability may play a key role in determining how partisans res...
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"Screw Those Guys: Polarization, Empathy, and Attitudes About Out‐Partisans" - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
"...we asked participants to read about a partisan individual who may lose their health insurance if the Affordable Care Act were to be repealed..." pic.twitter.com/wOP6kwylSP
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New findings in Paleolithic art in the Picos de Europa region (eastern Asturias, Spain). Pre-Magdalenian signical techniques and iconography and their territoriality
During the past three years, as part of a doctoral thesis research project, several caves containing Paleolithic art in eastern Asturias (Cantabrian C…
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New prehistoric cave art reported in Spain -- sciencedirect.com/science/articl… pic.twitter.com/bB7zk2PS4T
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Why Covid-19 death rates have fallen, and why they could rise again
Doctors can now save many more lives from Covid-19 — until hospitals reach capacity.
ORPHANS BY DESIGN: THE FUTURE OF GENETIC PARENTHOOD
Establishing the nature of genetic parenthood is an important task. This is, firstly, because many people desire that relationship and it is in their interest to know what that is, and secondly, beca...
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"... technologies such as cloning and genome editing, we see that in lieu of the traditional two parents, there are possible beings who have no genetic parents, one genetic parent, or many genetic parents."
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The Salt Lake Tribune Ends Daily Print Edition After Nearly 150 Years
The Salt Lake City newspaper will move to weekly editions. The change will not result in any layoffs in the 65-person newsroom, according to the newspaper’s interim editor.
Coronavirus Cases Are Now Rising In Almost Every State In The US
The difference between the previous spikes in cases and the one we’re in now? COVID-19 cases are now rising almost everywhere.
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Coronavirus Cases Are Now Rising In Almost Every State In The US buzzfeednews.com/article/petera… via @paldhous
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Here Is The Last Day Mail-In Ballots Will Be Accepted In Every State
Many states recommend sending in your ballot a week out from the election; that’s today.
Scientists use clues in the human genome to discover new inflammatory syndrome
Study used a “search the genome” approach to reveal how mutations in a gene called UBA1 are associated with inflammatory diseases.
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NIH -- Scientists use clues in the human genome to discover new inflammatory syndrome
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Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority
This Viewpoint looks at the range of medical and public health issues that could be adversely affected by appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, including weakening or elimination of the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid work...
As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science
The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.
Monuments as Mobilization? The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Memorialization of the Lost Cause
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The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) played an important role in constructing monuments commemorating the Civil War. Memorialization of the “Lost Cause” and preserving southern he...
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"Monuments as Mobilization? The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Memorialization of the Lost Cause" - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… pic.twitter.com/XHiRnjYjhh
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Scott Atlas Said It’s Safe To Open All Schools. The Science Is Much More Complicated.
So far, schools don’t appear to be COVID-19 superspreading sites. But Atlas’s assertion that there is “zero excuse” to keep classrooms closed is an oversimplification, experts say.
Pfizer Inc. - Investors Overview
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Pfizer says that it expects to see whether COVID-19 vaccine works "soon" but has not yet, has not as of today, unblinded data to monitoring committee - investors.pfizer.com/investors-over…
expects to reach FDA safety median data point by 3rd week of Nov. pic.twitter.com/miipzv2J5L
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The White Extremist Group Patriot Front Is Preparing For A World After Donald Trump
In its secret chat, the group that sprang from Charlottesville is creating a new generation of white supremacists.
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The White Extremist Group Patriot Front Is Preparing For A World After Donald Trump buzzfeednews.com/article/janely… via @janelytv
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The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Research Enterprise | Ithaka S+R
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated disruptions have had a major impact on the US academic research enterprise. This report provides a landscape review of what is known about these impacts, from March through mid-October 2020, with an aim of...
Tennessee Sen. Joey Hensley defends prescribing opioids to relatives, lover
Tennessee Sen. Joey Hensley is accused of prescribing opioids to relatives, including a second cousin with whom he was in a romantic relationship.