New Zealand: Improving air quality brings health and economic benefits - report "Improving air quality in offices and schools would benefit New Zealand to the tune of $1 billion in improved productivity and better health, according to a new report." www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Improving air quality brings health and economic benefits - report

Improving air quality in offices and schools would benefit New Zealand to the tune of $1 billion in improved productivity and better health, according to a report.

No better illustration of the existential crisis in Higher Ed than the gap between all the love and care and sweat that goes into academic articles and their use to... train an AI. Completely unsustainable gulf between the workforce and the endpoint of it all. www.thebookseller.com/news/sage-co...

Sage confirms it is in talks to license content to AI firms

The publisher said licensing its authors’ content would be a 'preferable route' to having it illegally 'harvested'.

And it’s not our fault we don’t live in the US… They’ve had it weeks now, including novovax.

Ah, Fall. Temperatures start to cool, the leaves start to turn, and Nova Scotians re-load the NS Health vaccination page over and over looking for updates on when we might get a bit of protection from the current surge...

LOL “Tri-Agency Research Training Strategy”—tarts. www.canada.ca/en/research-...

New preprint by @dfisman.bsky.social@sameo416.bsky.social@mark-ungrin.bsky.social@jvipondmd.bsky.social@dickzoutman.bsky.social. Yes, a COVID Inquiry will be difficult. Yes, it will be imperfect. But it's an opportunity to learn & improve the pandemic response.

Had a win today. A (masked, Covid-cautious) teacher flagged me down at pick up to tell me that the school has decided to upgrade and buy all new air purifiers for classrooms and common areas. I’ve been working on this for a while and I’m so happy they are finally taking this step.

After study with 118 subjects FDA says now authorized Apple to begin marketing a feature for AirPods Pro that turns it into an over-the-counter hearing aid "similar perceived benefit as subjects who received professional fitting of the same device" www.fda.gov/news-events/...

Two away from a palindrome. TWO!!

#CanadaCOVIDInquiryNow We know more than we did 2-3 years ago—we can do more. Why aren’t we?

JVjvipondmd.bsky.socialSep 13, 2024 2:44pm

Canada Needs a National COVID-19 Inquiry Now Preprint, with @dfisman.bsky.social @JillianHortonMD @sameo416.bsky.social @mark-ungrin.bsky.social @juliamwright.bsky.social and @dickzoutman.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/so...