Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
06.03.2025 05:45
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AARP Urges Outreach to Congress to Protect Social Security
Older Americans continue to raise concerns about payments, customer service
AARP has created an easy way to contact your lawmakers and tell them Social Security must be protected. Learn more.👇
05.03.2025 17:16
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'Omg, did Pubmed go dark?' Blackout stokes fears about database’s future
A brief outage has focused attention on scientists’ reliance on the US-government-funded website.
🧪 PubMed’s brief outage sent researchers into panic, underscoring global reliance on the free biomedical database. While restored, the incident raises concerns about access, resilience, and the need for backups. 🩺💻
04.03.2025 15:35
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Joining 400 pediatricians at #AAPAdvocacy to advocate for Congress to reject funding cuts to Medicaid/CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program)
In IL, Medicaid covers 35% of children, 40% of births, and 43% of children with special needs
#KeepKidsCovered
@quigley.house.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
04.03.2025 19:26
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Representation matters. This meant the world to people. It’s just as important as putting up a menorah or a Christmas tree
#RamadanMubarak
04.03.2025 15:33
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Tuxedo cat laying down on a puzzle
He’s so helpful.
04.03.2025 01:14
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🦟 Did you know the CDC was originally created in 1946 to help eradicate malaria in the U.S.?
A quick 🧵 on how they accomplished this mission & eliminated malaria by 1951
03.03.2025 18:31
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Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.
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02.03.2025 21:36
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PubMed is essential for scientists and doctors to access the latest medical research.
With PubMed down, we can’t search for the latest research and newest treatments for diabetes, cancer, infectious diseases, and more.
This directly impacts patient care—everyone should be concerned.
02.03.2025 03:02
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✅Measles was declared eliminated in U.S. in 2000 due to the measles vaccine.
📍Today, Mexico has issued a warning to avoid traveling to the U.S. because of measles outbreaks in Texas and 7 other U.S. states.
02.03.2025 05:18
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Opinion | Will They Come for PubMed Next?
Here's what we lose if the administration takes away this invaluable resource
PubMed has been down for at least 11 hours and we are EXTREMELY concerned. We hope it’s mere incompetence and not an official action. If any of our followers have media events today, please mention it.
02.03.2025 13:37
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Missouri bill would offer $1,000 to help turn in undocumented immigrants | CNN
Opponents say the proposed bill is already spreading fear and changing the lives of immigrants with and without permission to be in the US but its sponsor said the intent was ensuring safety.
A bill before the Missouri state Senate would introduce $1,000 rewards for people identifying undocumented immigrants who are then taken into custody. Opponents say it’s already spreading fear and changing the lives of both legally residing and undocumented immigrants: cnn.it/3QEaswU
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Bracketed by a torn flag and the cracked Liberty bell, the following warning to the creators of, to the standard bearers of, America's intellectual rigor:
NOW
NOW is the time for ALL American SCIENCE, medical, EDUCATIONAL, environmental, HUMAN RIGHTS, arts, LEGAL and JOURNALISTIC entities, big & small, to
SHIFT AS MUCH OF YOUR DATA OVERSEAS
& air-gap it!
In Jan '25,
NO President will be inducted,
the US will be ANOINTING it's first King
- a venal, anti-intelligence ludite as King.
I posted the following repeatedly following Nov 7th, 2024.
I didn't do it to show what a 'clever boy' I was, nor someone who recognised the patterns of history but, principally, because
I could see the bleeding obvious.
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02.03.2025 08:39
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Back up for me!! 😅🥳
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It’s still not working for me. Really hoping this is just a prolonged, very scary glitch… hopefully others will continue posting status updates.
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Wheels up! 🛫 Headed to DC with #AAP and 400+ of my closest friends to advocate for kids ❤️
Who else is going?
@deannamarie208.bsky.social @annieandrewsmd.bsky.social @drdrmaya.bsky.social @neodrswenson.bsky.social @sheilarazdan.bsky.social @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social ?
01.03.2025 18:04
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Damn. If only there were a way to prevent measles AND rubella at the same time
01.03.2025 17:28
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Hot take: Social security is good actually
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CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
01.03.2025 12:46
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On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles.
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The measles had turned into measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do. That was in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do.
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