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While little is known about the mysterious virus in Latin America, a number of deaths have been reported along with impacts on unborn babies. A study has discovered that the pathogen is more widespread than previously thought.

👉 https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/a_mysterious_pathogen_oropouche_virus_more_common_in_latin_america_than_previously_thought

Map of Latin America, with different regions shaded in a color scale from light yellow (low infection risk) to dark purple (high infection risk). The Amazon rainforest and other regions along the coast of Brazil, in Central America, and in the Caribbean are shown in purple. © Charité | Anna Frühauf (image taken from the original publication in The Lancet Infectious Diseases)

The three-drug protocol first used by states was intended to make sure the person on the gurney died. Extremely high doses of three drugs—each lethal in its own right—would ensure that if one drug failed, one of the other two would surely work. But this three-drug plan wasn’t reviewed by anyone before adopted it, followed the next day by . https://www.texasobserver.org/sordid-story-behind-lethal-injection/

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Update. "Peer review is a cornerstone of academic publishing, but essentially no formal training exists at the [undergraduate] or graduate medical education levels to prepare trainees for participation in the process as authors or reviewers. This clinical research primer presents an introductory set of guidelines and pearls to empower trainee participation in the peer-review process as both authors and reviewers."
https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-2554-2357

"In recent weeks, academics who focus on improving the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans have been subjected to waves of grant cancellations from the National Institutes of Health. More than 270 grants totaling at least $125 million of unspent funds have been eliminated, though the true sum is likely much greater, researchers told NBC News."

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trump-administration-axes-125m-lgbtq-health-funding-upending-research-rcna199175

"A group of scientists and health groups sued the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday, arguing that an 'ideological purge' of research funding is illegal and threatens medical cures...The suit aims to restore the money and end the terminations, arguing they violate NIH’s usual science-based review process, specific orders from Congress to tackle health equity and disparities, and federal regulations."

https://apnews.com/article/nih-funding-trump-dei-research-094ed2abe5ba529cdb74f7e0b429c4f3

The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades

After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone

By Ella Jeffries

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-black-female-doctor-blazed-a-path-for-women-in-medicine-but-she-was-left-out-of-the-story-for-decades-180986328/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550

Rebecca Lee Crumpler at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Rebecca+Lee+Crumpler&submit_search=Search

Cover of A Book of Medical Discourses (1883) by Rebecca Lee Crumpler, M.D. ​The original 1883 cover of A Book of Medical Discourses by Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler is understated and formal, characteristic of 19th-century medical publications. It features the title in a classic serif font, centered on a plain background, with no additional imagery or elaborate design elements. The cover includes the full title: "A Book of Medical Discourses in Two Parts," followed by a brief description of each part's focus. The author's name, "Rebecca Crumpler, M.D.," is prominently displayed beneath the title, along with the publication details: "Boston: Cashman, Keating & Co., Printers. Fayette Court, 603 Washington St. 1883."

"Innovations in Continuous Glucose Monitoring" website topic

This website has a wealth of information on continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps, mined from information in patents. Some of the information is free and other parts are paywalled. The information has been edited into plainer English making it easier for someone who is not a patent attorney to understand.

https://xray.greyb.com/glucose-monitoring


Screenshot of website with a wealth on information on continuous glucose monitoring devices.