Misinformation Researcher Sander Van Der Linden Caught Lying, Spreading Misinformation
Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The Disinformation Chronicle (subscribe here), Sander van der Linden's webpage at Cambridge University says he is an esteemed academic, with prior positions at Princeton and Yale,…#sandervander #pauldthacker #cambridgeuniversity #princeton #yale #economist #nbcnightlynews #vander #natesilver #linden (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hong Kong is changing. Too bad outsiders see only decline
Most famous was the Fortune magazine cover story “The Death of Hong Kong” in June 1995, written by veteran correspondent Louis Kraar: “It’s time to stop pretending,” he wrote. “The naked truth about Hong Kong’s future can be summed up in two words: It’s over.” Ever since 1984, when Britain acceded…#fortune #deathofhongkong #louiskraar #hongkongs #sino #hongkong #yale #avian #western #globalsouth (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US universities settle financial-aid antitrust lawsuit for $166 million
Dartmouth, Northwestern, Rice and Vanderbilt universities have agreed to pay a combined $166 million to resolve claims that they favored wealthy student applicants, pushing total settlements in a federal antitrust lawsuit over college financial aid practices to $284 million. Lawyers for a proposed…#dartmouth #northwestern #yale #columbia #cornelluniversity #georgetownuniversity #tednormand (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adjunct Professors Vote to Unionize at USC ’s School of Cinematic Arts
Adjuncts at the University of Southern California’s prominent School of Cinematic Arts have officially voted to unionize in a National Labor Relations Board ballot count on Friday. Two hundred and six workers voted to join the United Auto Workers union in the count, while 13 workers voted against…#unitedautoworkers #hollywoodreporter #sca #katygarretson #nlrb #yale #johnshopkins #universityofchicago (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Making associations: Yale-developed tool helps personalize psychiatric care
A new generative modeling framework can help neuropsychiatrists better predict the relationship between multiple neural readings and patient symptoms. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Walking pneumonia: What you should know
Walking pneumonia is generally mild, but there are still precautions to take. Yale Medicine doctors discuss the common lung infection. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
The Political Failure of Bidenomics
After Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016, most sensible Democrats realized they had a problem. The party was hemorrhaging support from the white working class. More than 60 percent of Americans over 25 do not have a four-year college degree; it’s very hard to win national elections without them. So…#hillaryclinton #democrats #harvard #yale #robertpollin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News 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
News at a glance: Protecting a queen, cell therapy for solid tumors, and a UV telescope
CONSERVATION
U.S. protects iconic marine snail
The queen conch, a large marine snail known for its showy shell and delectable flesh, has been added to the U.S. government’s list of species threatened with extinction. Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the species (
Strombus gigas
, pictured), which is native to the Caribbean region and grows up to 35 centimeters long, needs protection because populations are sparse, scattered, and heavily overfished. NOAA’s listing decision, issued on 14 February, has no immediate impact but authorizes the age...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Yale chemists synthesize unique anticancer molecules using novel approach
Yale researchers have developed a novel approach to synthesize a highly complex group of molecules found in marine invertebrates. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Educational exchange brings Ugandan hematologist to Yale
Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire of the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala recently visited Yale to work alongside Robert Bona and other faculty members. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
World ’s most powerful 3D super-resolution microscope arrives at Yale
Researchers at Yale ’s West Campus will soon watch individual molecules move through living cells with the aid of a cutting-edge device. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Stem cells ‘migrate’ to repair damaged lung cells, study shows
A new Yale-led study has found that stem cells migrate to help repair damaged lung cells caused by injuries such as viral or bacterial infections. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 21, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
‘Good’ fats can help control damaging bouts of inflammation in colitis
A new Yale-led study found that unsaturated fats such as those found in olive oil can alleviate symptoms of colitis in mice. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 21, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
New tool can assess the climate of equity and inclusion in medical schools
Getting timely and recurrent data on the state of equity and inclusion in medical schools has been challenging. A new tool could change that. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 21, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
