The mink outbreak that is currently unfolding in Utah is crazy in a lot of ways, and this is a very nice write up of the genomic analysis by @martha-nelson.bsky.social @flodebarre.eurosky.social @acb-virevo.bsky.social and @peacockflu.bsky.social

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A year ago today was the last episode of the BBC World Service's long-running Science in Action strand. The difficulties in in trust in science and the motivated effort to undermine that trust which we discussed in that episode have not gone away.

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Breaking: The Trump Admin just side-stepped the FDA to allow the sale of six unapproved peptide drugs. Several people in the MAHA movement stand to profit from this decision. They call it medical freedom, but my reporting shows how consumers have been harmed. kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

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😡 BOO! Vaccines: • Substantial effectiveness evidence via well-controlled studies • Randomized controlled trials = gold standard 🥳 YAY! Peptides: • No trials, no evidence, no testing required or needed • Trust me bro!

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but a few other people will get rich, so...

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