Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

"Given their obvious academic and innovation contributions to US academia and economy, one would expect that foreign-born researchers would be welcomed with open arms. In practice, however, they continue to face significant barriers to enter and participate in the US research enterprise. The most commonly discussed obstacles are the various forms of visa barriers faced by immigrant researchers, which have also been leveraged as a form of control of researchers in already vulnerable and precarious positions"

https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44319-023-00053-x

Madalena's Lion King masks, all made from paper/cardboard. @madparreira
#art #arts #theaterarts #theater #handmade

https://madalenaparreira.com

"In 2022, there were 941 reported cases of measles in the World Health Organization’s European region. Over just the first 10 months of last year, according to an alarming bulletin the W.H.O. issued in mid-December, there were more than 30,000."
#publichealth #vaccines #measles

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/opinion/health/measels-europe-vaccination.html

"Chama-se Gene T e o nome dá já pistas sobre a área em que o novo centro de investigação da Universidade de Coimbra se irá focar: a terapia genética. Com um financiamento de 38 milhões de euros provenientes de investimentos europeus e nacionais, ao longo de seis anos, este será, aliás, o primeiro centro de investigação dedicado à terapia genética do país, cujo objectivo passa por desenvolver terapias inovadoras para doenças graves e sem tratamento, em particular para as doenças raras e de origem genética."

https://www.publico.pt/2024/02/02/ciencia/noticia/centro-dedicado-terapia-genetica-nasce-coimbra-financiamento-38-milhoes-2078837

"Não é preciso apresentar argumentos para afirmar que se trata de uma ação ilícita de natureza racista e xenófoba e que consistirá em puro incitamento ao ódio e à violência contra pessoas em razão da sua cor, nacionalidade, ascendência ou religião. Cada um de nós sabe exatamente do que se trata."

https://www.publico.pt/2024/02/02/opiniao/opiniao/extremadireita-ruas-martim-moniz-imigrantes-fechados-casa-2078977

"Infections are the second-leading cause of death among cancer patients, and lead to one in five being hospitalised during treatment. Given that many cancer therapies weaken the immune system, making patients more susceptible to infections, this is to some extent to be expected. But increasingly clinicians see infections that are becoming drug-resistant — antibiotics once effective against them no longer work. Without new and effective antibiotics, this is only going to get worse, with more people surviving cancer only to die of an infection that was previously treatable."

https://www.ft.com/content/196fc183-cd54-461c-a3dc-215bfbcd90fa

I wish I could see this:

"Here, at this particular moment, means a rather spartan meeting room in the Almeida Theatre’s north London rehearsal rooms. The American actor, loved by many as the wise detective Lester Freamon in HBO’s The Wire and now 71, is taking a break from working on one of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic characters: the Fool in King Lear."

https://www.ft.com/content/59f78daa-78ca-4400-aebc-fd1239324823