Jonathan Eisen
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Deutsche Bank fined $150 million for Epstein relationship — DW
New York authorities cited numerous payments that \"at the very least, should have prompted additional scrutiny.\"
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Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now
How to protect yourself from a virus that may be floating indoors? Better ventilation, for starters. And keep wearing those masks.
UC names first Black president. Michael Drake, former Ohio State leader, picked to replace Janet Napolitano
Michael Drake, 69, succeeds Janet Napolitano, the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security under President Obama who led UC for seven years. He served for nine years as president of UC Irvine until 2014, earned his medical degree at UCSF and took...
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UC names first Black president: Michael Drake, former Ohio State leader, picked to replace Janet Napolitano
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The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay
Many American public-health specialists are at risk of burning out as the coronavirus surges back.
Find Your Representatives - Common Cause
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Common cause has a simple system to find your government representatives and provides ways to contact them
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Just before a massive outbreak, a California prison declined free coronavirus tests and urgent advice
San Quentin prison is dealing with the third-largest coronavirus outbreak in the United States: researchers fear that other prisons are at risk.
Scientists Urge Consideration of Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
An open letter points to outbreaks that cannot be explained by large droplets and contact with surfaces alone.
Jonathan Eisen
ICYMI - this is insanely important -- Scientists Urge Consideration of Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Transmission the-scientist.com/news-opinion/s… kudos to @Don_Milton and Lidia Morawska and all the others involved
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Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale
Its decision to carry on in the face of the pandemic has yielded a surge of deaths without sparing its economy from damage — a red flag as the United States and Britain move to lift lockdowns.
The coronavirus death rate in the US is almost 50 times higher than that of the flu. See how they compare by age bracket.
On average in the US, the flu's death rate is .1%, while the coronavirus' death rate is 4.9%. The comparison is even more stark for people over 85.
Jonathan Eisen
Reading: The coronavirus death rate in the US is almost 50 times higher than that of the flu. See how they compare by age bracket. businessinsider.com/coronavirus-de… via @businessinsider
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Reproducibility, Replicability and Trust in Science - Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences
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This new meeting will bring together an international audience of researchers motivated to improve the robustness of scientific research.
Right-Wing Media Outlets Duped by a Middle East Propaganda Campaign
Conservative sites like Newsmax and Washington Examiner have published Middle East hot takes from “experts” who are actually fake personas pushing propaganda.
Neuroscience Researcher Receives $1.5 Million Grant from Department of Defense to Develop New Diagnostic Tool for Hearing Loss
A $1.5 million grant from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) will help UC Davis Professor Lee Miller, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior and the Center for Mind and Brain, expand his lab’s research on hearing loss, an...
Epstein accuser: 'Prince Andrew should be panicking'
Jeffrey Epstein accuser says "Prince Andrew should be panicking" after Ghislaine Maxwell arrest.
Jonathan Eisen
Umm, no @cnn a photo did not drag the royal family into the #JeffreyEpstein scandal. It is the behavior of the royal family, including Prince Andrew's role in child sex trafficking and rape of children that is "dragging" the royal family into this. bbc.com/news/av/world-… pic.twitter.com/o4Vmu2GsWE
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Canada’s Sparrows Are Singing a New Song. You’ll Hear It Soon.
Over 20 years, scientists tracked the transformation of the traditional trill of a common bird from western Canada to Ontario.
239 Experts With 1 Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say. The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive.
"Kill 'em." Houston GOP powerbroker Steve Hotze left Greg Abbott a voicemail requesting National Guard "shoot to kill" rioters
Hotze, a staunch critic of Abbott's coronavirus response, left a voicemail with the governor's chief of staff in early June with the incendiary instruction.