Column: Two Rutgers professors are accused of poisoning the debate over COVID's origins. Here's why
Richard Ebright and Bryce Nickels of Rutgers have labeled leading virologists fraudsters, perjurers, felons and murderers. Is this how scientific debate is supposed to be conducted? (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - March 20, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Michael Hiltzik Source Type: news
Possible TikTok ban has U.S. science communicators on edge
For biologist Brooke Fitzwater, a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, the social media platform TikTok has become a key tool for
sharing her knowledge of marine biology
with some 250,000 followers. Her short, humorous videos on everything from whale sharks to zombie worms have attracted up to 2.1 million views. “TikTok has been an unparalleled way for me to communicate science to the public,” Fitzwater says.
Last week, however, Fitzwater and many other science communicators who rely on TikTok got some worrying news: The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve legislation...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 19, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
‘Lab-leak’ proponents at Rutgers accused of defaming and intimidating COVID-19 origin researchers
Fraudsters. Liars. Perjurers. Felons. Grifters. Stooges. Imbeciles. Murderers. When it comes to describing scientists whose peer-reviewed studies suggest the COVID-19 virus made a natural jump from animals to humans, molecular biologist Richard Ebright and microbiologist Bryce Nickels have used some very harsh language. On X (formerly Twitter), where the two scientists from Rutgers University are a constant presence, they have even compared fellow researchers to Nazi war criminals and the genocidal Cambodian dictator Pol Pot.
But now, their targets have had enough. A dozen scientists filed a
formal complaint
...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 15, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Decoding Variants and Virology With Professor Marc Van Ranst Decoding Variants and Virology With Professor Marc Van Ranst
Learn from Prof Van Ranst about SARS-CoV-2 with insights on varied immune effects, systemic implications, evolving variants, and their influence on vaccination and healthcare practices.Medscape Medical Affairs (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None Virtual Symposium Source Type: news
New Once-Daily HIV Oral Alternative Advances New Once-Daily HIV Oral Alternative Advances
The single-pill combination of bictegravir-lenacapavir shows good virologic suppression and tolerability in a 2-year clinical trial; about 8% of people with HIV are still on complex regimens.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - March 9, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS Source Type: news
Scientist fed classified information to China, says Canada intelligence report
Report says Xiangguo Qiu secretly worked with Wuhan Institute for Virology and posed a ‘threat to Canada’s economic security’A leading research scientist at Canada ’s highest-security laboratory provided confidential scientific information to Chinese institutions, met secretly with officials and posed “a realistic and credible threat toCanada’s economic security” according to newly released intelligence reports.The dismissal of Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, has been shrouded in mystery ever since the couple were escorted from Winnipeg ’s National Microbiology Laboratory in 2019 and formally fi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 29, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Leyland Cecco in Toronto Tags: Canada China Science Research Americas Source Type: news
A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why
Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
Irrua, Nigeria, and Kenema, Sierra Leone—
Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease of West Africa. At first the 33-year-old wasn’t alarmed—his fever, headache, body aches, and cough were innocuous enough. A doctor at his local clinic gave him antibiotics for typhoid fever and antimalarial drugs. But his symptoms persisted, so he tried anoth...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Lawmaker raises new flap over U.S.-funded virology research that critics call risky
A U.S. senator has thrown a political spotlight on yet another U.S.-Chinese research collaboration that critics suggest includes dangerous experiments that could create “superviruses” capable of sparking a pandemic. But contrary to assertions raised by Senator Joni Ernst (R–IA), none of the U.S. funding for the project goes to foreign researchers, and scientists who are part of the collaboration challenge other concerns she raised. And the U.S. funding agency she questioned this week issued a blistering response.
Prompted by information given to her by a group that opposes animal research, the White Coat Waste ...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 17, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Texcell-North America Celebrates Achievement: First Graduate of Maryland Biological Technician Apprenticeship Program
A significant milestone for a prominent name in the field of custom cell culture and virology biosafety testing FREDERICK, Md., Feb. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Texcell-North America, a prominent name in the field of custom cell culture and virology biosafety testing proudly announces... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news
Mosquitoes may transmit West Nile virus to one another via feces
West Nile virus—the most common mosquito-transmitted disease in the United States—infects thousands of people every year, killing more than 2750 since it first appeared in the United States in 1999. It’s also becoming more of a concern in Europe and other parts of the world. Now, scientists say they’ve found a new way the virus can be transmitted, which may help explain why the pathogen is so persistent.
In a study published on the preprint server bioRxiv, researchers report that
mosquitoes may transmit West Nile to one another via feces
. Knowing more about this “diagonal transmission,” as the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 13, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
News at a glance: Weird early trees, CERN ’s next big collider, and protecting U.S. gray wolves
PALEONTOLOGY
Rare fossil reveals weird early tree
The earliest trees, from nearly 400 million years ago, are known mostly from fossils of their trunks; their leaves and canopy shapes have remained a mystery. A newly reported, 350-million-year-old tree found in Canada provides a vivid answer for one such primordial species: As if having a perpetual bad hair day,
a thick crown of spiky leaves stuck out perpendicularly from the trunk
. Scientists named the tree
Sanfordiacaulis densifolia
, after the owner of the New Brunswick quarry where they found five specimens. The fossils, amo...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
David A. Leib Reappointed Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Dartmouth ’s Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Dean Duane Compton, PhD, has announced that virologist David A. Leib, PhD, has been reappointed to a second term as chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 1, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Appointments News David Leib Department of Microbiology and Immunology Source Type: news
Virologist debunks age-old wisdom on treating fever
As winter rages on, the cold and flu season is in full swing. And with a runny nose and a pounding head, even the most skeptical among us may be tempted to turn to old wives' tales and folk remedies. However, not only are these often ineffective, but scientists have warned that some can be harmful…#pedropiedra #piedra (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In Early 2020, A Chinese Source Trusted By FBI Said COVID Leaked From Wuhan Lab, Sources Say
Authored by Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag via Public subsatck, FBI’s entire 25-person Chinese intelligence squad knew of reliable human intelligence that SARS-CoV-2 Covid leaked from a lab...…#fbi #covidleaked #wuhanlab #michaelshellenberger #alexgutentag #wuhan #chs #virologyinstitute #anthonyfaucis #niaid (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
