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Maggie Fox

@maggiefox.bsky.social
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Journalist. Health, science, tech in plain English and in context. Truth is not liberal bias. Facts matter, but stories stick. maggie.34 on Signal maggiefox.com www.scientificamerican.com/author/m… onehealthtrust.org podcast host

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 9h
Does adding a cat make any picture bettter? I say yes. maggiefox.substack.com/p/never-unde...
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Never Underestimate the Value of the Shot in the Arm Shot
Normalize normal behavior
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h
One day after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals came out against the Pentagon’s plan to livestream an execution, Pope Leo has published a tweet reiterating the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty.
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The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Except those of us who have known the actual experts for a few decades now and know who spins and who doesn't
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Viewpoint: When trust is gone, show your work For every vaccine study now being undertaken by HHS, the methods and findings must stand up to careful scrutiny. Read the full viewpoint by the Vaccine Integrity Project Staff and Advisers: bit.ly/4sfE3Pr
Trust wooden puzzle pieces in man's hands
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Emily Carney @emilycarney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Please share far and wide. Read my latest on Substack, “For the Love of God, Please Read the Woman’s Obituary” emilycarneyspace.substack.com/p/for-the-lo...
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For the Love of God, Read the Woman’s Obituary
On Margaret Hamilton, the historic record, and the need to make women smaller.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"News-like content" is the best description of what that Murdoch product, which ruined a perfectly good name, pumps out.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh. Read every word of this. Then share it. mcsweeneysinternettendency.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
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An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student
by Anaïs Godard
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Dan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The facility was just upgraded this year after 15 years of running icecube.wisc.edu/news/press-r...
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory gets a major upgrade beneath the ice
In 2019, the U.S. National Science Foundation, together with US institutional and international partners, approved funding of the IceCube Upgrade project, an improvement that would significantly push ...
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Keith Smith @drkeithsmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Nobel Committee's scientific reasoning for the prize cites five key discoveries, made by Halzen and the IceCube Collaboration, that were published in @science.org. I had the pleasure of being the editor who handled four of them. Here's a thread of what each of those studies found. ☄️🔭⚛️🧪
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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In his Vax/unVax book he says it is NBD because women can get screening, and if there are any abnormal cells they can just be scraped off in an outpatient procedure. Like everyone gets screening. Like the cancers that affect men get screened. Like a LEEP is nbd and doesn’t affect fertility…
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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RFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker Merck
RFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Maybe not the worst pain but when a male gynecologist told me I couldn't possibly feel pain in my cervix because there were no nerves there, that was the last time I went to a male gynecologist. Also, why are there even male gynecologists, anyway?
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Except a regional manager could pull this off. Not so a more junior employee, especially a female one.
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Brian “Enemy of Civilization” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me, just now, at the drugstore getting a prescription: “$90? That seems pretty high.” Clerk: “Oh, maybe we have a coupon.” Pause…. “Yes, now it’s $30.” So, because I thought to ask, the price dropped by 2/3rds. This system’s just great!
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today in a thing I cannot believe I have to do... I basically had to set up 2-Factor Authentication. On MYSELF. On my work. Because people are out there impersonating science journalists to take their work. Yes really. brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/2-factor-a...
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2-Factor Authorification
I hate that I even have to do this.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
GAH!!!
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Viewers have been asking me if the other major TV networks will stand in solidarity with CNN over the president's ban. The answer is yes. The other networks are declining to assign a different “TV pool” camera crew to cover Trump "effective today" >>>
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CherieAnne @cherieanne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
About bloody time.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You need your local news. by.brianralexander.com/local/?ref=b...
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Local
Smaller places can rot with undiscovered corruption just like big places can, and those smaller places need reporters.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How can we live in a world where this guy is HHS secretary? maggiefox.substack.com/p/shameless-...
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Shameless or Clueless?
Or both?
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Anna Zand @annazand.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How many people have done the imperial march, I know it’s more than 1.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump's surgeon general pick made big bucks selling barely regulated supplements proven to do ... nothing. Oh, and don't forget she also invested in tobacco and sugary sodas. But sure, she cares about your health. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US surgeon general nominee made $270,000 from supplement company
Tobacco investments raise new concerns about Dr Nicole Saphier ahead of confirmation hearing
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026
We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack
Call for independent Max Planck Research Groups
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wow! I was going to forget all those things, but this social media post sure did help me remember not to forget. Thanks!
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What kind of adults will these children grow up to be?
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think this is an appropriate discussion for 9/11, from @brianralexander.bsky.social by.brianralexander.com/safety/?ref=...
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Safety
We live in a security nation now. We are supposed to be afraid of everything, all the time, and so give up much of what makes life worth living for the blessing of "safety."
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 11/09/2026
Jesus Christ: · According to Miami Herald deputy investigations editor Carol Marbin Miller, the reporter who broke the news of Ron Desantis diverting $10 million in child welfare funds to defeat a statewide marijuana legalization referendum is gone. Their replacement at Tallahassee is also gone.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ugh more bad news.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just take a second to read this one.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
They're not completely banning masks, but Mom's doesn't let staff wear masks without giving a "reason." Seems patronizing and controlling, to say the least. People should be free to protect themselves from airborne germs and allergens.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
By any definition, these things are not "markets" but gambling, straight up.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Folks who even think they might have petted one of these kids needs to ask about getting rabies shots. Rabies is almost 100% deadly and once symptoms start, it’s too late. www.cnn.com/2026/09/04/h... The shots aren’t bad at all. I have firsthand knowledge. substack.com/@maggiefox/p...
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Nearly 300 people exposed to goats with rabies at mobile petting zoo | CNN
Local health departments in North Carolina have evaluated hundreds of people for rabies after they interacted with baby goats that were part of a mobile petting zoo, according to the state Department ...
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What journalists need is for you guys to explain these processes in really. simple. language.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Climate change and public health epidemiologists have only been warning about this for, like, 25 years. It's finally hot enough for the mosquitoes that spread dengue, yellow fever and Zika to live in London.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Keep it short and sweet and everyone will want to kiss you. @susanmayne.bsky.social gets a call out #scicomm maggiefox.substack.com/p/short-and-...
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Short and Sweet Works for Everyone
A Journalist, Your Neighbor, The Local School Board – It’s All the Same
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Eye-opening profile of the ever helpful and incredibly knowledgable Bob Garry by @jasongale.bsky.social. He risks losing his lab thanks to you-know-what. Read every word. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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A Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at Stake
The battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It is almost unheard of for the CDC to countermand state level decisions on public health. To do so destabilizes the very foundations of public health.
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The case of the baby #goats at the petting zoo with rabies has people talking about #rabies shots. I'm here to tell you it's not that bad. maggiefox.substack.com/p/heres-what...
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Here’s What It’s Like To Be Vaccinated Against Rabies
It’s not nearly as bad as people fear it is
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Not this one. Jeez, I have been writing the same story over and over again on sooooo many subjects: pandemic preparedness (lack thereof); antivaxxers and the repeated made-up arguments; the fake supplements industry; contaminated food; underfunding of public health....
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Infectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Petting zoo rabies and transplant transmission, there's likely a lot more rabies in the US. Perhaps only 7% of rabies deaths are diagnosed. - and every undiagnosed case is a death, as most cases are. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Substantial under-detection of human rabies cases in the United States - Communications Health
Based on multiple instances of human-to-human rabies transmission via organ or tissue transplantation from initially undiagnosed rabies-infected donors, we estimate 856 (213–2220) human rabies deaths ...
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Nice one from Joe Palca. NPR lost too much of its science coverage www.npr.org/2026/08/28/n...
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NASA's newest telescope has a top secret past : Short Wave
The new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is slated to launch this weekend. It was originally built for the National Reconnaissance Office as a spy satellite, but was never launched. Instead, NRO gave...
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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm so pleased to have made my debut in @sciencenews.bsky.social with this story about (a taste of) all the cool science NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope--launching Sunday!--is due to tackle 🧪 🔭
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NASA’s new space telescope will reveal the universe like never before
NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will tackle nearly every aspect of astrophysics, including dark matter, dark energy and alien planets.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 29/08/2026
W/out taking a position on this 2012 email, what happened with Fauci’s diaries bears on open gov too. Fauci took personal notes on his work computer. (It was common then for longtime NIH scientists to not carry two computers.) And Rand Paul invaded Fauci’s privacy and leaked them. 1/
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
People pay attention when it's about babies. substack.com/@maggiefox/p...
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A Baby Died of Measles. There’s an Important Message Here About Vaccines
Vaccination never was about personal choice
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is a perfect tweet.👇
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
👇 Even I know this. How do reporters writing this stuff retain any self-respect?
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Now there's more proof, anyway
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We did not need new documents to know he lied.
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