The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands

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March 29, 2021

Behavior & Society The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands Rejection of mainstream science and medicine has become a key feature of the political right in the United States and, increasingly, around the world By Peter J. Hotez

Policy & Ethics To Achieve Mental Health Equity, Dismantle Social Injustice Substance use disorders and other problems cannot be addressed from a position of willful ignorance about our society's inequalities By Ruth S. Shim,Sarah Y. Vinson

Public Health A City in Brazil's Amazon Rain Forest Is a Stark Warning about COVID to the Rest of the World Manaus and cities like it will continue to generate dangerous viral variants if vaccination campaigns are not expanded to broadly reach all nations, rich or poor By Luke Taylor

Biology Some Deep Sea Bacteria Are So Strange, Our Immune Sensors Miss Them These microbes are redefining our understanding of how bodies recognize potential pathogens By Stephanie Melchor

Environment National Carbon Tax Upheld by Canada's Supreme Court The tax, now equivalent to $24 in U.S. dollars, will rise to $135 by 2030 By Maxine Joselow,E&E News

Public Health Data and Technology Can Help Us Make Progress on COVID Inequities The pandemic gives an opportunity to turn the tide for our nation's most vulnerable communities By Daniel E. Dawes,Karen DeSalvo

Biology Female Botanist Published the First Ever Photo Book Nineteenth century researcher Anna Atkins collected specimens of algae and imaged them using the then cutting-edge blueprinting process By Leslie Nemo

Conservation Vaccine Could Save Critical Tiger Population Canine distemper threatens a key group of Amur tigers, but an unconventional vaccination program could help By Rachel Nuwer

Biology Guardians of the Microbial Galaxy Culture collections of bacteria play an unheralded but crucial role in science By Janani Hariharan

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FROM THE ARCHIVE George Floyd's Autopsy and the Structural Gaslighting of America The weaponization of medical language emboldened white supremacy with the authority of the white coat. How will we stop it from happening again? By Ann Crawford-Roberts,Sonya Shadravan,Jennifer Tsai,Nicolás E. Barceló,Allie Gips,Michael Mensah,Nichole Roxas,Alina Kung,Anna Darby,Naya Misa,Isabella Morton,Alice Shen | June 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY "Antiscience has emerged as a dominant and highly lethal force, and one that threatens global security, as much as do terrorism and nuclear proliferation." Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine

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