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Psychologist, dept Chair Population health sciences at UCF MED; research focused on LGBTQ+ health, mental health, and HIV prevention. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Russia is aiding Iran’s war effort by providing intel on US military targets, sources say | CNN Politics Russia is providing Iran with intelligence about the locations and movements of American troops, ships and aircraft, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue, ...

Super shocking. Given that Russia helped our enemies during Vietnam, Korea, and both gulf wars, who could have guessed this would happen. www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/p...

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Image of first page from the journal article mentioned and linked in post, Peer Navigator Intervention and Opioid-Related Adverse Events for Emergency Department Patients.

Image of first page from the journal article mentioned and linked in post, Peer Navigator Intervention and Opioid-Related Adverse Events for Emergency Department Patients.

Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigators Kelly Doran, Ethan Cowan, Marya Gwadz, Donna Shelley, Chuck Cleland, and Jennifer McNeely - Peer Navigator Intervention and Opioid-Related Adverse Events for Emergency Department Patients
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

06.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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St. John’s University in New York No Longer Recognizes Faculty Labor Unions St. John’s University’s recent decision to cease recognizing faculty labor unions after 56 years stirred a conversation on Catholic social teaching.

β€œFather Brian Shanley is violating New York state law & ignoring decades of St. John’s institutional practice & centuries of Catholic social teaching around respect for labor & workers."

β€” Sophie Bell, St. John's University AAUP President

06.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Study promotion for a great PhD student!

If you and/or your romantic partner are experiencing depressive symptoms, consider participating in this online study. Your participation can help researchers better understand romantic partner support. Open to couples of any gender or sexual orientation 🌈

06.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Stand Up For Science is trying to 'pull every lever' to win over the public Stand Up For Science has become a formal organization and adopted a new strategy that's more confrontational with grassroots tactics

#GoTeam! πŸ™

@standupforscience.bsky.social pulls every lever www.statnews.com/2026/03/06/s... @statnews.com

"...we think people care about science. We think people care about biomedical innovation."

"We think that people care about not getting polio. Like, it’s really simple. That’s our strategy."

06.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump is adding anti-trans provisions to SAVE America Act Trump appears to be using culture-war issues, which are popular among Republican voters, to increase the pressure on Republican lawmakers to back the bill.

🚨BREAKING: The White House confirmed Friday that President Donald Trump is pressing Congress to add new provisions targeting transgender people to the SAVE America Act β€” a sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Violent. Anti-Abortion. Anti-Trans. Tweets from Trump's new DHS pick preview more of the same. Sen. Markwayne Mullin new role would grant him leeway to control how detained immigrants receive reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin's new role could grant him leeway to control how detained immigrants receive reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare.

06.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 13
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Despite Promises, Veterans Affairs Department Cut Thousands of Roles for Doctors and Nurses

Got it. There's plenty of funding to send troops into harm’s way, but not to take care of their health afterwards. This is shameful.

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β€˜Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students β€” and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

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Community Water Fluoridation and Birth Outcomes This cohort study evaluates the association between prenatal exposure to community water fluoridation and birth weight and other birth outcomes in US counties.

Cohort study of ~11.5M singleton births across 677 counties between 1968-1988, aggregated to the county-month level, finds community water fluoridation was not associated with statistically significant changes in birth weight.
πŸ›ŸπŸ˜· health policy

04.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

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BREAKING: Babe, wake up. New war just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

04.03.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 8132 πŸ” 3649 πŸ’¬ 900 πŸ“Œ 490
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Iowa College Student With β€˜Bright Future’ Among U.S. Soldiers Killed U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan Coady, 20 years old, of West Des Moines, Iowa, was a student at Drake University. He studied information systems, cybersecurity and computer science, according to a spoke...

Tragic.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

04.03.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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14 measles cases reported at El Paso ICE tent camp The latest outbreak comes after a spate of COVID-19 and tuberculosis cases were reported at Camp East Montana, which holds more than 3,000 immigrants.

What a public health nightmare. β€œAt least 14 active measles cases have been reported at a troubled El Paso tent camp holding more than 3,000 immigrants… Another 112 people in the facility are being isolated. The outbreak has closed the detention center to visitors” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

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Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps

These NOFO delays have created so many gaps in longstanding programs, including programs that are congressionally mandated.

www.science.org/content/arti...

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The 4 Americans Killed in the Iran War Who Have Been Identified They were from Nebraska, Florida, Iowa and Minnesota. One was wrapping up his final deployment and hoped to open a martial arts studio.

U.S. officials have identified four of the U.S. soldiers killed by an Iranian drone on Sunday. They were Army Reserve officers from Nebraska, Florida, Iowa and Minnesota. One was wrapping up his final deployment and hoped to open a martial arts studio. nyti.ms/4r9Cnoa

04.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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This is what Donald Trump used to say about war.

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Want to know more about the little-known history of sex research? Start in our archives kinseyinstitute.org/collections/...

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Minnesota is mourning the loss of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake who was killed in Kuwait on Sunday.

She answered the call to serve and gave her life in service to our state and nation. Minnesotans are wrapping our arms around her loved ones.

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14 measles cases reported at El Paso ICE tent camp The latest outbreak comes after a spate of COVID-19 and tuberculosis cases were reported at Camp East Montana, which holds more than 3,000 immigrants.

New: At least 14 active measles cases have been reported at a troubled El Paso tent camp holding more than 3,000 immigrants, Democratic U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar said Tuesday.

Another 112 people in the facility are being isolated.

04.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 399 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 35
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Development and Validation of the Online and In-Person Dating App Facilitated Sexual Aggression Perpetration Scales for Men Who Have Sex with Men(O-DAFSA-P-MSM and IP-DAFSA-P-MSM) Dating app facilitated sexual aggression (DAFSA) includes sexually aggressive behaviors that occur during online dating app communication or in-person during an initial meetup with someone from a d...

Our new measures of dating app aggression among MSM are here!! 🚨Now published in JSR with co-authors @jackiewoerner.bsky.social @ericschrimshaw.bsky.social and @ahlewis.bsky.social !!

urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

03.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care

Tish James to NYU Langone on cessation of gender affirming care: Stop obeying in advance. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

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Florida Department of Health cuts to HIV, AIDS program enacted as thousands risk losing access An emergency rule from the Florida Department of Health went into effect on Sunday that could restrict tens of thousands of people from accessing HIV medication.

"These cuts will impact communities throughout the state, will threaten the lives of people with HIV and will lead to spikes in new HIV diagnoses and a rise in health care costs as people with HIV develop serious infections requiring hospitalization."
abcnews.com/Health/flori...

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Quick takes: 2 new ACIP members, stalled NIH funds, growing HIV stigma The White House Office of Management and Budget has been slow to authorize the release of funds to the NIH.

Quick takes: 2 new ACIP members, stalled NIH funds, growing HIV stigma

The White House Office of Management and Budget has been slow to authorize the release of funds to the NIH.

02.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Resist β€˜dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.

"There is no scientific evidence to support the assumption that banning minors from accessing services would have a positive effect on their mental health and development." www.politico.eu/article/age-...

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States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

"H.I.V. medications suppress the virus to undetectable levels, eliminating the chance of spreading the virus to others, so interrupting treatment may lead to an increase in new infections."

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Kirsti Miller on X: "Myth No. 1 Testosterone is the male sex hormone. In answer to the question β€œWhat are male sex hormones?” the National Institutes of Health says testosterone is one of the most abundant of the androgens, β€œa class of hormones that control the development and maintenance of male" / X Myth No. 1 Testosterone is the male sex hormone. In answer to the question β€œWhat are male sex hormones?” the National Institutes of Health says testosterone is one of the most abundant of the androgens, β€œa class of hormones that control the development and maintenance of male

Five Myths about Testosterone!

1. T is the male sex hormone.

2. T drives aggression and sexual violence.

3. T supercharges your love life.

4. T caused the 2008 market crash and boom-bust cycles.

5. The more T, the better the athlete.

twitter.com/kirstimiller...

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The shooting happened as the venue was closing.

https://mrf.lu/S-H4

02.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
NYU Langone Ceases Gender-Affirming Care for Minors For A Second Time – The Brooklyn College Vanguard

Hard-hitting reporting from the Brooklyn College student paper, with firsthand interviews from students & staff on NYU Langone’s latest decision to stop gender-affirming care for minors.https://vanguard.blog.brooklyn.edu/2026/02/nyu-langone-ceases-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-for-a-second-time/

02.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Medical experiments on prisoners?

Where have we seen this before?

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