Category: health
Anthony Fauci’s enduring impact on the AIDS crisis
After 38 years as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci announced on Monday that he will be stepping down from his role in December. Appointed to the position in 1984 by then-president Ronald Reagan, Fauci has personally overseen the federal government’s response…
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Hitting the Books: How Moderna dialed-in its vaccine to fight COVID’s variants
The national news cycle may have largely moved on from coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic — despite, as of this writing, infections being on the rise and more than 300 deaths tallied daily from the disease. But that certainly doesn’t diminish the unprecedented international response effort and warp speed development…
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Facebook is blocking posts about the mailing of abortion pills
If you post about being able to mail abortion pills to those who need it on Facebook, don’t be surprised if you get a warning — or even get your account restricted. A tipster told Motherboard that they were notified a minute after posting “I will mail abortion pills to…
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Facebook and Instagram are blocking posts about mailing abortion pills
If you post about being able to mail abortion pills to those who need it on Facebook or Instagram, don’t be surprised if you get a warning — or even get your account restricted. A tipster told Motherboard that they were notified a minute after posting “I will mail abortion…
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Researchers made cyborg locusts that can smell cancer
Early in the pandemic, scientists tried training dogs to detect COVID-19 infections in humans. The results were predictable. Man’s best friend proved adept at sniffing out the disease, but the question researchers kept asking themselves was how they would scale that approach. After all, training a dog is expensive, and…
Read MoreFacebook’s advertising tools are tracking people seeking abortion services, report says
Facebook is collecting data about people who visit the websites of pregnancy crisis centers, according to a report from Reveal. The findings raise questions about how that data could be misused, and Meta’s ability to enforce its advertising rules. In an investigation conducted with The Markup, Reveal found that hundreds…
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