Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Tag: viruses

Viruses can remain infectious on microplastics for three days

“It doesn’t take many virus particles to make you sick.”

What FDR’s polio crusade teaches us about presidential leadership amid crisis

In this sense, FDR was both a statistical anomaly and cautionary lesson.

Reducing climate change will prevent future deadly epidemics says new study

"Recent outbreaks of animal-borne emerging infectious diseases have likely been precipitated by a complex interplay of changing ecological, epidemiological and socio-economic factors."

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Trump’s education department freezes civil rights investigations while targeting schools over ‘culture war’ issues

Since returning to office, the Trump administration has stalled thousands of civil rights investigations in education while redirecting federal enforcement toward politically motivated cases.

Musk’s double standard: SpaceX wins government contract while public services face deep cuts

A $38.85 million contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX sparks outrage as his government office slashes funding for health care, education, and social programs.

Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza!

Manifest destiny gets a reboot under President Donald Trump.

Tesla paid zero federal income tax in 2024 while GOP pushes more corporate tax...

Musk’s trillion-dollar company paid nothing in federal taxes while working Americans foot the bill.

Pentagon projected to hand $407 billion to private military contractors this fiscal year

"Military spending involves a massive redistribution of wealth from the public to private sector."