1 in 5 US retail milk samples test positive for H5N1 avian flu fragments

The FDA continues to believe that the nation's milk supply remains safe. Early work on milk samples positive for H5N1 fragments haven't found any (potentially infectious) virus.
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Long-COVID patients more likely to report psychiatric symptoms, cost barriers to therapy | CIDRAP cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/long-…

Very important to note here that qPCR positives are not the same as 'virus particles.' It's much easier to detect viral RNA by qPCR than it is to detect infectious virus or intact virus particles (as the article correctly notes).

This finding does have some big implications:

I was shocked to hear the politicization of measles by the gullible and indoctrinated. They say measles is back because of immigrants, measles shedding, immunity debt, and they minimize it because on a Brady Bunch episode it was fun.

It’s because vaccination rates are down!

On this day in 1942, Mort Cooper throws a complete game 3 hit shut out boosting the Cardinals 8-0 over the Reds. Enos Slaughter goes 2-4 with 3 RBIs and Musial 2-4 batting in 2.

Measles is back. It’s wildly more contagious than covid with an RO of 18. In the 1950-60s we saw approximately 48,000 hospitalizations and 500 deaths per year in USA. Why is it coming back? The answer is clear. scientificamerican.com/article/what-t…

While I am still doing healthcare consulting through ImagineHealth, I am honored to work alongside the best public relations professional in my 35 year career, Kaitlyn McConnell, as we develop a crisis communications firm, McConnellEdwards
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Happy Jackie Robinson Day. On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke Baseball's color barrier when he made his historic MLB debut. #JackieRobinson

Horrifying—Massive nationwide measles outbreak has now spiked to 7800 cases in the small country of Kyrgyzstan (pop 7 mil)—2x the 3,811 cases from Dec 2023 UNICEF report. Anti-vaccine disinfo is the cause.
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Sportsman’s Park reading for opening day against the Cubs on April 14, 1942. #stlcardinals #cardinalsnation

Maryam says she's been misrepresented and misunderstood during her first term. Let's review.

In opposition to masks for students, she claimed that mask wearing was linked to child suicide.

She accused her board members of 'groupthink' and characterized them as a 'mob'. 1/2

The invisible shield of public health, life saving response to the covid pandemic.

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A Journey in Science: Molecular vaccines for global child health in troubled times of anti-science | Molecular Medicine | Peter Hotez MD Bio molmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Maybe a free thinker but not a critical one: High conspiracy belief is associated with low critical thinking ability - Applied Cognitive Psychology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Viktor E. Frankl

I hope you will consider following my historical account 1942 St. Louis Cardinals paralleling the simply joy of Cardinal baseball juxtaposed to the world at war, 1942.

Preventing early-onset colorectal cancers aim of $25 million award – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis medicine.wustl.edu/news/preventin…

CoxHealth and Journeys Metabolic Partner to Tackle Metabolic Disease | Newswire. This is exciting news. newswire.com/news/coxhealth…

Meanwhile, the Cardinals rival Brooklyn’s Dodgers have moved their Spring training camp to Havana Cuba. General manager Larry MacPhail hailed catcher Mickey Owens as the winner of a 1.5 mile. Looks like we have a new sheriff in town!

Branch Rickey signed Player manager George Kissell holds a bat for the St. Louis Cardinals' farm team in Mobile, Alabama. You’re going to do great things George, the Cardinal Way. #stlcardinals