A new study published in @PNASNews and led by @UMichSPH's @Kellbroen is adding to evidence of the association between cumulative malaria infections and endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) in the sub-Saharan African countries of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. ➡️➡️https://t.co/m6ibFyxGFK
A study finds that the cumulative number of Plasmodium falciparum infections is strongly associated with an increased risk of developing #endemic Burkitt #lymphoma among children in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. In PNAS: https://t.co/j7J8vQSfVf
Burkitt lymphoma risk increases by 39% for each 💯 #Plasmodium falciparum infections in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, study shows! @NCIEpiTraining , @Kellbroen@AFENETAfrica. ? Link malaria and pediatric cancer in Africa! Read and share, please! PNAS https://t.co/JyRe28sdVY
This news is fuel for my mission: the safety & protection of the students of this university. After 99 days of being ignored in front of former President Mark Schlissel’s home, the regents finally made 1 good choice. But there must be many more if U-M is to be fully accountable.
Remember, accountability is what happens after the trauma, justice is the idea that the trauma shouldn’t exist in the first place.
The police have already killed over 300 people in 2021. One verdict does not bring them back.
The demand for justice continues.
🚨 We're predicting a big push of migrants through the Midwest tonight. If you can, help these birds by turning off your lights. Happy birding, happy listening!
This kind of "bothsides" just dumbfounds us scientists. An opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal should not be compared to a peer-reviewed, multi-continent collaborative effort manuscript published in Nature Microbiology.
I see lots of conversation about "race being a risk factor." No, it is not. Race is a fundamental cause, in other words, a causal factor. Becase the ideology of racism is embedded in the construction of race #BlackEpiMatters#epitwitter