Una Bella Niente
@unabellaniente.bsky.social
Med student, writer, wife, mom, gardener, hiker, raging feminist, and the kind of future doctor who cares what happens to you.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" --Mary Oliver
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" --Mary Oliver
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Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products. The outbreak now includes at least 51 infants in 19 states.
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Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products
Federal health officials expanded an infant botulism outbreak tied to recalled ByHeart baby formula to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in March 2022.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products. The outbreak now includes at least 51 infants in 19 states.
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As I noted a few weeks ago, my colleagues and I identified the area of Arizona where the measles outbreak has exploded as a region of low vaccination coverage a decade ago.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
US exceeds 1,900 measles cases as outbreaks expand
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December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As I noted a few weeks ago, my colleagues and I identified the area of Arizona where the measles outbreak has exploded as a region of low vaccination coverage a decade ago.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Let's also promote the real resources and not just say RFK has run the CDC into the ground. I love the work being done at CIDRAP's Vaccine Integrity Project.
#cidrap
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#cidrap
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Vaccine Integrity Project
CIDRAP provides an initiative dedicated to safeguarding vaccine use in the U.S, so that it remains grounded in the best available science.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Let's also promote the real resources and not just say RFK has run the CDC into the ground. I love the work being done at CIDRAP's Vaccine Integrity Project.
#cidrap
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
#cidrap
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
For your daily dose of irony, here's a CDC chart showing what happened when the infant dose of hep B vaccine was introduced in 1991. RFK and ACIP are doing harm.
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
For your daily dose of irony, here's a CDC chart showing what happened when the infant dose of hep B vaccine was introduced in 1991. RFK and ACIP are doing harm.
I have been getting my information from WHO and CIDRAP since RFK Jr. was put in charge of the CDC. I like the Vaccine Integrity Project, too. This is a decision that will increase Hep B cases, and I'm wondering how quickly we'll see issues obtaining the vaccine.
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Live updates: CDC advisers to vote on hepatitis B vaccine practice | CNN
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today on what could be a major change to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I have been getting my information from WHO and CIDRAP since RFK Jr. was put in charge of the CDC. I like the Vaccine Integrity Project, too. This is a decision that will increase Hep B cases, and I'm wondering how quickly we'll see issues obtaining the vaccine.
www.cnn.com/health/live-...
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New review finds no evidence to support delaying universal hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination
Analysis of over 400 studies ahead of ACIP mtg reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness
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Analysis of over 400 studies ahead of ACIP mtg reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness
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December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New review finds no evidence to support delaying universal hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination
Analysis of over 400 studies ahead of ACIP mtg reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Analysis of over 400 studies ahead of ACIP mtg reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness
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I could not choose certain medical schools because I am a first gen student from a low income family. New limits will make medical education even more unattainable for students like me, creating a more rigid American caste system. But maybe that's the point?
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I could not choose certain medical schools because I am a first gen student from a low income family. New limits will make medical education even more unattainable for students like me, creating a more rigid American caste system. But maybe that's the point?
If you want to reduce your carbon footprint, but don't want to support Tesla, here's a new alternative.
I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you want to reduce your carbon footprint, but don't want to support Tesla, here's a new alternative.
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Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
Finally. A decent candidate in AL, who actually lives in AL. Doug Jones would have my vote.
Former Senator Doug Jones is running for Alabama governor, setting up a possible rematch with Senator Tommy Tuberville. nyti.ms/3XLPfVh
Former Senator Doug Jones Enters Alabama Governor’s Race
The move sets up a possible rematch between Mr. Jones, the last Democrat to win statewide office in Alabama, and Tommy Tuberville, the Republican who ousted him from the Senate in 2020.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Finally. A decent candidate in AL, who actually lives in AL. Doug Jones would have my vote.
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I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
Mark Kelly is only reminding them of their oaths. "I was obeying orders" was not a defense that worked at Nuremberg.
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Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Mark Kelly is only reminding them of their oaths. "I was obeying orders" was not a defense that worked at Nuremberg.
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apnews.com/article/pent...
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Five people have now died in the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
Death toll from Ethiopia’s Marburg outbreak rises to 5 - Namibia Daily News
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 24 -- The death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg virus disease outbreak has risen to five, the country's Ministry of Health has said. In its latest update issued late Saturday, the minis...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Five people have now died in the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
This bill has no exceptions. So, women who are dying from complications of pregnancy will die, regardless of whether a fetus is even viable, and young girls raped by family members will be expected to give birth. SC is trying to be TX, and no one wants that.
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South Carolina lawmakers debate abortion bill that could imprison people who receive the procedure
South Carolina lawmakers are holding a hearing on a near-total abortion ban that removes exceptions and could send pregnant people who receive an abortion to prison.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This bill has no exceptions. So, women who are dying from complications of pregnancy will die, regardless of whether a fetus is even viable, and young girls raped by family members will be expected to give birth. SC is trying to be TX, and no one wants that.
abcnews.go.com/Health/south...
abcnews.go.com/Health/south...
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Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
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The Art of Medicine was tonight, an event where medical students can perform or display their art. I read one of my poems, "Needing a Bit of Hocus POCUS". And I appreciated my biggest fan, recording me, just as I've recorded her for her whole life.
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Art of Medicine was tonight, an event where medical students can perform or display their art. I read one of my poems, "Needing a Bit of Hocus POCUS". And I appreciated my biggest fan, recording me, just as I've recorded her for her whole life.
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New test promises faster, more accurate #Lyme disease diagnosis, researchers say
The test had 91% sensitivity in detecting Borrelia burgdorferi.
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The test had 91% sensitivity in detecting Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Photo: James Gathany / CDC
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
New test promises faster, more accurate #Lyme disease diagnosis, researchers say
The test had 91% sensitivity in detecting Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Photo: James Gathany / CDC
The test had 91% sensitivity in detecting Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Photo: James Gathany / CDC
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🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
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Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"And much lesser things, things that take place in the home, they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say 'this was a crime, see,' so now I can't claim 100%," Trump said. 🤬 🤬🤬
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Trump questions whether 'lesser' crimes such as domestic violence should count toward DC crime statistics
Trump said "things that take place in the home" prevent crime from going down.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"And much lesser things, things that take place in the home, they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say 'this was a crime, see,' so now I can't claim 100%," Trump said. 🤬 🤬🤬
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Single-dose #malaria treatment as effective as multi-dose regimen, trial shows
At day 28, 93% of recipients of the single-dose therapy were free of parasites in their blood, compared with 90% of multiple-dose recipients.
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At day 28, 93% of recipients of the single-dose therapy were free of parasites in their blood, compared with 90% of multiple-dose recipients.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Single-dose #malaria treatment as effective as multi-dose regimen, trial shows
At day 28, 93% of recipients of the single-dose therapy were free of parasites in their blood, compared with 90% of multiple-dose recipients.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: Ken Doerr / Flickr cc
At day 28, 93% of recipients of the single-dose therapy were free of parasites in their blood, compared with 90% of multiple-dose recipients.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: Ken Doerr / Flickr cc