Amazing reporting from the Washington Post's Hannah Natanson, who looked at requests to ban books in more than 100 school districts across the country, and found that the majority of them were filed by .... 11 people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/

Think of ferritin as your “iron savings acct.” About 40% of young females are low in iron, causing fatigue, brain fog, hair loss, cold extremities, & more. If you’re just looking for #anemia, you’ll miss many of these people. Check ferritin! #MedSky #health #WomenInMedicine

Many young women and girls have low levels of this essential mineral. Why symptoms are often missed.

Doctors don't typically screen for it, but almost 40% of teenage girls and young women had low levels of the important mineral needed to make red blood cells, new research shows.

With upcoming #COVID19 boosters for fall 2023 designed for XBB 1.5, will be important to keep an eye on #SARSCoV2 viral evolution over the fall/winter. 👀 #MedBlueSky #vaccineswork https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions

Following a unanimous vote by external advisors, the FDA has advised #COVID19 vaccine manufacturers to develop monovalent #boostershots for fall 2023 against the dominant variant now circulating (XBB 1.5). #MedBlueSky #regulatory #VaccinesWork https://t.co/TGYWVonOst

Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Use in the United States Beginning in Fa

FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) met on June 15, 2023, to discuss and make recommendations for SARS-CoV-2 strain(s) for updated COVID-19 vaccines for use in t...

“Even if people escape brain damage during the initial attack of #COVID19, they remain at considerably greater risk of… #stroke, #depression, #anxiety, & #psychosis for the next several yrs.” #LongCovid #COVID19 #MedBlueSky https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/does-covid-19-damage-the-brain

Does COVID-19 damage the brain? - Harvard Health

Most people who get COVID-19 don't suffer damage to the brain. But some do, and even people who initially get just mild COVID symptoms are vulnerable. COVID's potential to damage the brain is anoth...

Thanks for the nudge to join & the warm welcome, my friend. 💞

Hey @erictopol.bsky.social! Just joined. Nice to find you here. 😊

Variants in FOXP4, the 1st gene identified to be associated with Long Covid, from over 6,400 cases and >1 million controls 🧪https://medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.29.23292056v1

After the Supreme Court limited affirmative action, a group filed a complaint demanding the federal government end Harvard’s special treatment for children of alumni and donors, arguing fairness was even more imperative since the ruling.

Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white.

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