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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also, come see @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social in Pittsburgh TONIGHT at the Byham Theater!

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Death Dragging an Old Man to His Tomb, by Stefano della Bella, 1648

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Kicking off 30 years of Steelers tailgates

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sarasuliman.bsky.social @sarasuliman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

For innate T cell enthusiasts, happy to share our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We show that mycobacterial lipid–reactive CD1b-specific T cells transcriptionally resemble conventional CD4 T cells more than other innate-like T cells, challenging how we classify these T cells. #CD1b #GEM

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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#4 PITT BEATS #3 KENTUCKY, 25-14, 21-25, 25-13, 25-21 The Panthers' front-row defense absolutely went to *work* today. 14 blocks. 33 Kentucky attack errors overall. Starck feeding to Babcock? Already dynamite. 27 kills for Liv on .339 hitting. Outstanding start to the 2026 season.

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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A really good (and readable) review of the 1977 H1N1 flu pandemic is just out. It's a startling story, which I've always been surprised doesn't get more attention TL;DR: '77 was almost certainly a pandemic caused by a lab leak, and it turns out that when this happens *it is pretty obvious*

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’ve submitted a comment in strong opposition to this proposal that would even further damage medical research in the US

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

UPitt’s Victory Heights opens today with the Blue-Gold volleyball scrimmage. Beautiful facility. Uber-talented team. Should be an AWESOME season. H2P 🏐

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy to see a professional society standing up for Dr Fauci and for the truth.

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Tatiana Moiseeva @tat1anamoiseeva.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our lab at Pitt is looking to hire a technician. Ideal candidate would be a recent graduate with some cell biology skills, looking to expand their experience before applying to a PhD program in a couple of years. If you are this person, interested in DNA replication, please email me. moiseevalab.com

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Tatiana Moiseeva Lab

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Zandrea Ambrose, Ph.D. 🦠🧬🧪🧫 @zandrea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

There is still time to submit your comment on the proposed new OMB rule! Get it in before midnight ET tonight!

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Happy birthday to me. After racing a 2-stroke Husqvarna for 5 years, I'm switching to a Yamaha 4-stroke. Meet my 2026 YZ250FX from Lojaks Cycles.

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Some more positive news on vaccines

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A good start to breaking the anti-vax fever that had taken over the FDA.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Last year, the Trump administration suddenly & massively slashed aid for global health & humanitarian assistance, an unprecedented & brutal act In 2025, Americans spent more on Halloween candy than their own government did on life-saving humanitarian aid www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/stat...

Halloween Candy Spending Surpasses President Trump's Humanitarian Aid Funding in 2025
The figure companres U.S. spending on Halloween candy ($3.9B in 2025) and U.S. humanitarian aid funding ($3.4 B in 2025)

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21st Century Schizoid Tran @grayathena.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I do get emotional at this speech every time I read it

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Really awful. Write to American Diabetes Association CEO Charles "Chuck" Henderson at chenderson@diabetes.org and Chief Scientific and Medical Officer Rita Rastogi Kalyani at rkalyani@diabetes.org. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...

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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Today is June 6. My birthday. But far more importantly, the anniversary of D-day. I am always reminded of my Uncle Mike, who passed in 1989. He was in the 101st and jumped before dawn that morning. Fought all the way through the Battle of the Bulge.

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Pirates’ bullpen is terrible

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The full proposal is now available: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf Some comments / highlights here: bsky.app/profile/kgan... TL:DR - It's exactly as expected. And that's not good, in case that wasn't clear.

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Pitt VB's European tour was a success. Went 5-0 (won all 15 sets). Great team bonding. Finished the tour with two more players than they began it with. Welcome to Trinity Thompson (L/S) and Maaike Heilig (MB)! Can't wait to see them play for real at the AVCA First Serve in Aug.

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Fascinating study by @danbarberphd.bsky.social and his team that leads me to reassess what I thought I knew about the role of IFN-g in TB #Tuberculosis

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

4 U.S. children who developed tetanus in 2024. Average hospital stay: 25 days.1 child was hospitalized for 45 days. 2 needed inpatient rehab after discharge. All unvaccinated. In two cases, parents were offered the antitoxin in the ER after the injury and declined. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

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Notes from the Field: Tetanus in Four Children — Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin, 2024 | MMWR

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The longest strike in modern history almost killed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. How a nonprofit just beat a corporate giant to save local news: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/veterans-d...

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy Earth Day! View from Keystone Resort, CO. (although not from this past year 😕). Remember- there is no Planet B.

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

True HIV cures are wonderful but also are exceedingly rare. A reminder that a FUNCTIONAL cure exists for everyone else, in the form of ART. We need to invest in identifying every person living with HIV and making ART drugs available to them- cheaply and efficiently.

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This would be one positive consequence of Trump’s foray in Iran

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Positive development for the news landscape of Western PA.

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Here for the last athletic event ever in The Fitz. H2P!

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Pitt VB vs WVU: Not dressed: Marina, Abbey, Sophia Ayanna dressed and warming up… even though left wrist in a cast!

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Dave DiCello @davedicello.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The cherry blossoms on the North Shore of #Pittsburgh are in full bloom and looked amazing today when the sun rose above the bridges. I spent a couple hours capturing them, and can't wait to share more, including some film images. These are some early favorites.

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Early impressions: Liv working on her topspin serve. Starck’s sets are butter and her defense is good Izzy > Mal Dailey started slow but some nice kills and blocks towards end set 1 Smallwood playing like a freshman

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

At the Pitt VB scrimmage and sad to report that Ayanna is not dressed and has her L wrist wrapped 😕

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social and @27unihted.bsky.social are co-sponsoring an event covering this lecture with the first NIH Freedom From Science lecture with scientists who have actually worked to find evidence and unravel the origin of COVID-19 #NIHFFS 2/3

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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 19/03/2026

This collection highlights recent JEM studies investigating the adaptive and innate immune response induced by M. #tuberculosis and HIV-1 infection. Read new findings to accompany @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meetings on #TB and #HIV Vaccines: rupress.org/jem/collecti... #KSTB26 #KSHIVVax26

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Why is "Lady Windermere syndrome" likely a misnomer? Read Dr Sax's NEJM piece to find the answer to this and other NTM questions.

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Pittsburghers- come join me at the Allegheny Landing rally on Saturday!

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

RIP to Bill Mazeroski. Once, he was golfing in the group ahead of me and my wife at Nemacolin. Struck up a convo in the clubhouse bar. Embarrassed to say it took 15 min. to realize who I was talking to. Talked of Latrobe, St Vincent's, marriage, golf, etc before I realized he was The Maz.

Photo of Bill Mazeroski with me and my wife following a round of golf

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A good read from @pkrugman.bsky.social “Under Trump 47, people who have enriched themselves by peddling medical misinformation are no longer just influencing policymakers. They have become policymakers.”

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Charles Scanga @cscanga.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I just called and left a message for Sen Fetterman and also left a message on his website. He promised repeatedly during his campaign to be the 51st vote for Dems. No issue is more important to demonstrate that commitment right now than stopping DHS lawlessness.

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STAT @statnews.com · 17/01/2026

Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is not likely to raise the risk of having a child with autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, according to a new study. www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/t...

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Tylenol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, new study says

Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is not likely to raise the risk of having a child with autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, according to a new study published Friday.

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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The Barber lab is looking to hire post-docs to work on #tuberculosis #immunology using murine and NHP models. BSL3 experience not required. Check out our lab in the NIH intramural program in Bethesda MD!

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