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CIA shifts assessment on Covid origins, saying lab leak likely caused outbreak. This defies credibility b/c the only factual change is a new president. That's politics, not science. Also note, it has "low confidence" in its evaluation. And there isn't a shred of evidence given.

Researchers paid $8.968 billion for their findings to be freely accessible. 🧵1/10

After adjusting for inflation, it was shown that annual spending almost tripled from $910.3 million in 2019 to $2.538 billion in 2023, that hybrid exceed gold fees, and that the median APCs paid are higher than the median listed fees for both gold and hybrid. 8/10

Translation of Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s Open Letter to President Donald Trump Here is a translation that attempts to capture the nuances of Colombian Spanish and the cultural references in Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s open letter to Donald Trump, President of

With the US decision to waive suspension of “life-saving humanitarian assistance”, the emphasis must be on ensuring #PEPFAR implementers return to work so critical HIV services are not further interrupted & communities get the care & treatment they need: iasociety.org/ias-statement/…

“I don’t know” is not an admission of ignorance. It’s an expression of intellectual humility. “I was wrong” is not a confession of failure. It’s a display of intellectual integrity. “I don’t understand” is not a sign of stupidity. It’s a catalyst for intellectual curiosity.

Academia: reading an article, only to realise you need to read 10 more articles.

PEPFAR is one of the most popular, bipartisan US foreign aid programs. The State Department says it has saved 25million lives, but there isn't much public, independent verification. Last week I invited some friends to a weekend hackatjon to see if PEPFAR's numbers held up.

Feliz Día Internacional de la Niña y la Mujer en la Ciencia 🙌🏼

"We hope this campaign will reach the communities who are often left out of the health conversation" Athena Lamnisos on the collaboration between Arsenal Women and The Eve Appeal to raise awareness of cervical cancer at the North London Derby. For Forbes SportsMoney forbes.com/sites/asifburh…

IMJ Feb 2025 #FreeAccess Editor's choice (original article): Antifungal stewardship in Australian hospitals bit.ly/4gBVKkB Jeff Szer The Royal Australasian College of Physicians Wiley Clinical Health @ianjohnwoolley2 NCAS_Australia

JUST IN: A Spanish expedition in Antarctica finds bird flu ‘in all animal species detected at each site’

So much for Paris lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Probably the closest we’ll get to world peas this week

Pubmed is down, but europepmc.org is still running. Can’t comment on how good the overlap is, but I think it’s probably wise to start becoming familiar with the non-NIH versions of most websites, since the NIH versions are not working.

Humanity’s relationship with nature is at a tipping point. It’s time to choose a smarter path. Investing in healthy ecosystems is vital to providing clean air and water, regulating our climate, and supporting livelihoods.

I can't imagine how tough this was , c 1942.

Let’s not praise the Australian electoral system too much tallyroom.com.au/60577 via @The Tally Room. Very interesting discussion of what is already a very good system.

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“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” ― Plato