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Prabhat Jha

@countthedead.bsky.social
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U of Toronto. Epidemiologist, author, father, husband and mediocre skier. Professionally obsessed with death. www.cghr.org

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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
@aircanada.bsky.social Your new user interface on tbe app is dreadful. Shows for trips the booking ref and nothing else. Please correct immediately. SE member. Prabhat
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Time for Canada to offer to move the UN from the USA to Canada (preferably one Eastern and one Western city)? Win-win-win for the UN independence, for urban economic growth and for Canada politically. @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
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Anbu Paramasivam @anbup.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
A powerful session at #PrevConf25 on why health inequalities must be front and centre in cancer risk and primary prevention—co-chaired by Profs Davis & Bhatla, with key insights from Prof Chambwe, Prof Chibwesha, Dr McCullough & @countthedead.bsky.social.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/06/2025
"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California
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Human Mortality Database @hmdatabase.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#episky #mortality 📣 #Sweden #HMD series updated through 2024 🔓 Data is freely available at mortality.org In 2024, the gap between #lifeexpectancy for men at birth and women at birth continues to narrow in Sweden.
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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky 🧪🛟 🫁 HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings, including of staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice. But not the Office of Smoking and Health (OSH). www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/h...
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HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings
The Trump administration has reversed the firings of hundreds of staffers at the CDC.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
pewrsr.ch/3MNDkkW 11 Million Illegal immigrants in the US- and understanding where/why is essential to any non-hate based solution.
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What we know about unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S.
The unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. grew to 11 million in 2022, but remained below the peak of 12.2 million in 2007.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Years ago... we came up with a simple spreadsheet to calculate live saved from higher cig tax... Still be used... eg Bangladesh... Effective Tobacco Taxation Reduces Deaths and Increases Revenue thenewse.com/effective-to... @tcrgbath.bsky.social
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Effective Tobacco Taxation Reduces Deaths and Increases Revenue - দ্যা নিউজ
Economists and public health experts have stated that implementing effective taxes and price hikes on tobacco products, free from the interference of tobacco companies, in the upcoming FY 2025–26 budg...
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
External regulation!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/o...
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Opinion | These Internal Documents Show Why We Shouldn’t Trust Porn Companies
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Really cool universal antivenom for snakebites?~100K snakebite deaths a year, including ~50K in India elifesciences.org/articles/54076 Universal Antivenom from Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h... @picardonhealth.bsky.social @isaacbogoch.bsky.social @dndi.org @who.int
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Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him Hundreds of Times
Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other deadly species.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
To 258 million American friends, I am so pleased Donald Trump single handedly stopped you from overdosing on Fentynl. Phew! That was close.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The Next Generation of American Scientists Is Losing Faith www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Please join me on May 21st for a stimulating discussion on global health featuring Sir Richard Peto, Prof Dean Jamison, and many others. Online and free. Register at: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-pgme-... @picardonhealth.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @dlsphjournalism.bsky.social
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2025 PGME Global Health Day
Current and Incoming Residents and Fellows and Faculty are invited to attend the 12th Annual PGME Global Health Day.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Siddhartha Mukherjee's troubling diagnosis of Public Health erosion in the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o... @stephanienolen.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social
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Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear (Gift Article)
What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I don’t blame the lobsters
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Dear Friends in the US. You will understand why I am cancelling all trips, vacations in the US and purchases of American products. Canada and our brothers/sisters in Mexico will not be bullied by one man.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Shreya Jha writes thoughtfully about death, arts, and medical care. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/... @uoft.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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An afternoon on the hospice piano
As a composer, I have channelled emotions into art for as long as I can remember. When death was still only an abstract concept to me, I approached it with tentative curiosity. I allowed myself to fee...
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump/Musk actions will kill people. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h... @stephanienolen.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social @who.int
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World (Gift Article)
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
BigTobacco + (sloppy) economists = Nonsense economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-c... ITC smuggles own cigs to scare finance Min then complains! Low cig excises in India means GoI loses Rs to BigTobacco See correct policy: www.epw.in/journal/2011... @mohfw.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social
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India’s high tax rates: Boon for bureaucrats, bane for the economy
India has one of the highest GST rates globally, leading to lower tax revenue efficiency and economic activity. High tax policies have deterred consumption, increased black market activities, and driv...
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Worth watching. USAID update, with Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust. open.substack.com/pub/insideme... @agawande.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social
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USAID update, with Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust.
February 24, 2025. An in-depth and up-to-date deep-dive on where things really stand in the Trump administration's assault on USAID, which has long been one of the United States' greatest assets.
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
"However, is there a bridge too far, a point where it is no longer appropriate for medicine and public health to accede? Under what conditions must the profession stand its ground and vocally oppose problematic policies or disinformation?"
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Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Sometimes we get a piece into @plosglobalpublichealth.org that is so, so urgent. From my personal vantage point in North Texas, this Opinion by the incomparable Peter Hotez is one of them. Please do check it out and share widely.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
It’s fascinating—& painful—to look back at Michelle Obama’s impressive record in improving America’s diet, especially for kids The GOP did all it could to torpedo it—that party has a long record of opposing progressive public health measures (they cry “nanny state!”) www.vox.com/2016/10/3/12...
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How Michelle Obama quietly changed what Americans eat
I was skeptical of the First Lady’s work on childhood obesity — until I looked at her track record.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
How did COVID hybrid immunity build in Canada, India, China, and Sierra Leone? Lessons for early vax + need to understand African paradoxes. tiny.cc/2ph3001 @isaacbogoch.bsky.social @patrickborgnine.bsky.social @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social
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COVID mortality and hybrid immunity from infection and vaccination: a global perspective
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Jimmy Carter’s Quiet but Monumental Work in Global Health www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/h...
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Jimmy Carter’s Quiet but Monumental Work in Global Health
In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to poor people around the world.
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Jared Boyce @jared-boyce.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
How Jimmy Carter’s global health efforts elevated ‘the art of the possible’ www.statnews.com/2024/12/29/h... via @statnews.com #episky #medsky #science
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How Jimmy Carter's global health efforts elevated 'the art of the possible'
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, gave visibility to devastating health problems that are often invisible.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
1. Vertical (mother to child) transmission of HIV in the US is close to being eliminated—one of the greatest public health successes in modern times 2. RFK Jr is an AIDS denialist, & I fear that putting an AIDS denialist in charge of the nation’s health could be a huge setback to progress
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
It was a privilege to work with Dr. Manmohan Singh on global commissions and to support India's National Health Mission. I showed him MDS data that NHM conservatively averted 1M child deaths, but further action could save even more. My thoughts are with his family. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/w...
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Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister, Dies at 92
The country’s first Sikh prime minister, he introduced free-market reforms that turned India into an economic powerhouse and sought reconciliation with Pakistan.
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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
There was a Leverage episode about this, over a decade ago. It is not new, and you'd best not look too deeply into health economics if you don't like it, because it gets worse.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Can we halve deaths before age 70 by 2050 worldwide? Yes, with faster rates of progress on adult mortality... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Halving premature death and improving quality of life at all ages: cross-country analyses of past trends and future directions
Halving premature death by 2050 is feasible, although substantial investments in child and adult health are needed to sustain or accelerate the rate of improvement for high-performing and medium-performing countries. Particular attention must be paid to countries with very low or a worsening rate of improvement in PPD. By reducing premature mortality, more people will live longer and more healthy lives. However, as people live longer, the absolute number of years lived with chronic disease will increase and investments in services reducing chronic disease morbidity are needed.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We are hiring! Exciting post on adult malaria vaccine trial in Sierra Leone. Fasten your brains, this will be fun! tinyurl.com/AMRITrial Please share with networks @isaacbogoch.bsky.social @globalvectorhub.bsky.social @globalhealthnow.bsky.social @ghs.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social
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Job opportunity: PROGRAM COORDINATOR – Adult Malaria Reduction Intervention Trial - CGHR
The Adult Malaria Reduction Intervention Trial (AMRI), which will recruit participants in 2025, is a malaria vaccine...
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Quitting smoking and reducing initiation have avoided millions of cancer and other deaths. More to be done, especially to address low cessation rates in low education adults. Big federal excise hike best option @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 09/12/2024
#MedSky🧪 #OncoSky #publichealth Could #breastcancer survival rates be improved simply by timing treatment to a specific stage of the menstrual cycle? 🐁 & human data suggest sensitivity to #chemotherapy is affected by fluctuations in ovarian hormones. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What is the best time of the month to treat breast cancer?
Sensitivity to chemotherapy is affected by hormonal fluctuations.
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
A legend leaves the NYT.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
"Immigration policy is long-term care policy," said David Grabowski, who's chronicled how foreign-born workers filled key nursing home roles early in the pandemic. The American Immigration Council estimates a third of home health aids in the U.S. are immigrants. www.axios.com/2024/12/04/t...
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Trump's immigration crackdown could reduce caregiving workforce
Promised immigration crackdowns, including planned mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, could ripple across America's already stretched caregiver workforce.
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Sam Wassmer @malaria-sam.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Just Released: The LSHTM Malaria Centre 2022-2024 Report is now available! See the latest insights on our progress & challenges in the fight against #malaria. Read more here: bit.ly/3Oq7ScT #MalariaResearch @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Scientists who have studied #H5N1 #birdflu for years are flummoxed by the lack of severe cases among the 55 human cases the US has confirmed this year. I talked to lots to explore the theories of what's going on. www.statnews.com/2024/12/02/b...
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Scientists confront a mystery: Why have U.S. bird flu cases been so mild?
The H5N1 bird flu outbreak in the U.S. has so far been shockingly mild. Researchers have some theories as to why.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Walking pneumonia cases surging in Ontario children, with a rate more than three times higher than pre-COVID levels, new data show, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #pediatrics
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Walking pneumonia cases surging in Ontario children, new data show
Most cases of walking pneumonia are mild, but it can develop into a more serious lung infection if left untreated
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“RFK Jr. has apparently been trying to claim that he is not an anti-vaccine activist. This is a contemptible lie. Until he began his ill-fated presidential campaign, he had spent years being exactly that.” This is how you write about RFK Jr. Speak truth to power. www.science.org/content/blog...
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A Note on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
@isaacbogoch.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
India did not get "herd" immunity from widespread initial COVID wave in '20 but did get hybrid immunity after killer wave in '21 + successful vax program in later '21. So few '22-23 excess deaths. Claims of herd immunity in late '20, early '21 misled. Sadly ~3-4.5M Indians died, most in '21.
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Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
If you've been wondering where I went: my team in Oxford (60 of us!) build beautiful tools for NHS data. We help researchers work on the whole nation's GP records while protecting - provably - everyone's privacy. It's big potatoes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjR...
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OpenSAFELY in a nutshell
YouTube video by Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
If only all public health professionals had as much courage and integrity as former FDA commissioner @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social He refuses to normalize or accept the destruction of American public health. I stand with him in solidarity and gratitude.
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Tom Churcher @thomaschurcher.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Interesed in the inteaction between global health, modelling and policy? Come join us at @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social as a technical analyst primarily working on malaria! www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
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Dr. Brian Goldman ER MD and Broadcaster @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Those who are ambivalent or even hostile about masking will feel different should H5N1 mutate into the next pandemic. The mortality rate is likely less than the 50% often quoted but is probably at least 10-15% or which is serious. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying
Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection. And the arrival of flu season has scientists on edge.
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Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Mortality Epidemiology, UK 1982-2022 In the past 41 years, there have been substantial reductions in mortality at every age. Modern medicine, which includes vaccination, medications, surgeries, therapies, and approaches, as well as public health initiatives, have saved lives.
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Prabhat Jha @countthedead.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
A shout out to my daughter, Shreya, on her second lead-authored paper- in a good neuroscience journal. Bravo Shreya! academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
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Neuronal viability/astrocyte activity ratio in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as a biomarker of Alzheimer’s dementia: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
Abstract. N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA) and myo-inositol (mI) are neurometabolites reflecting neuronal viability and astrocyte activity, respectively. These are
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Very much this, from Dan Drezner. He focuses a lot on universities, but rightly so. U.S. educational, scientific and technological preeminence are closely linked — and all have a lot to do with the past openness of our society 1/ open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
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The Return of The Erosion of the Pillars of American Power
American structural power will decline slowly and then suddenly.
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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Saloni, Edouard, and Lucas wrote up the history of Our World in Data during the COVID pandemic. It's about the impact we hoped to achieve and how it felt to us during that time. ourworldindata.org/owid-covid-h...
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How our team at Our World in Data became a global data source on COVID-19
Our small team made COVID-19 data clear, reliable, and accessible to a global audience. This is how it happened.
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
According to Swiss Re Institute's report, “The future of excess mortality after COVID-19, if the ongoing impact of the disease is not curtailed, excess mortality rates may remain up to 3% higher than pre-pandemic levels in the US and 2.5% in the UK by 2033.” shorturl.at/eoFWt #MedSky #CardioSky
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Covid-19 may lead to longest period of peacetime excess mortality, says new Swiss Re report | Swiss Re
Covid-19 may lead to longest period of peacetime excess mortality, says new Swiss Re report
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