Saturday, October 29, 2016

Zika causes birth defects (another case of Moms Across America ignoring science for ideology)

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A friend of mine (Iida from Thoughtscapism < FB ; website > sent me an interesting story that seems to be gaining steam in the anti-GM...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

Sexual transmission of a bee virus

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A queen honeybee. Via wiggledanceforme . When sexually transmitted infections are discussed, one might think of human viruses, such a...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Rift valley fever virus as a risk factor for miscarriage

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Distribution of Rift valley fever virus via CDC . New research has discovered that Rift valley fever virus (*more on this virus below) ...
Monday, October 17, 2016

Misusing definitions is not the way to counter misinformation: Colony collapse disorder

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European honeybee,  Apis mellifera . Image via Wikipedia . A nyone who has followed my page for awhile knows that one of my big pet pe...
Saturday, October 8, 2016

Quantifying the harm that Zika does to unborn babies

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Artificially colored EM image of the Zika virus. Credit: CDC Last week on my page, I posted an article from NBC news about how Zika m...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Publication by press release: When an HIV cure may not be a cure

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I'm sure that many people have seen the news that a cure for HIV has been found; however, when you start digging into the claims, it...
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Zika Update 10-2-2016

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Aedes aegypti It's been a busy two weeks with news on Zika. As usual, there is good news and not so good news. First the best new...