Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

'Lisbon-based Somai Pharmaceuticals, which is involved in the extraction, development and distribution of medical cannabis products, is seeking €250mn as a “reasonable” valuation in a Nasdaq IPO, with a secondary listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange or the LSE, said chief executive Michael Sassano.'

https://www.ft.com/content/e5e099b5-d7c9-4281-b370-79cb437459e6

'Isto em nada implica descurar a investigação básica, cujos resultados são impossíveis de prever, e que é fundamental precisamente por isso. Mas que deve ser, além de apoiada, devidamente explicada. Sobretudo, explicada de maneira a envolver a comunidade, não usando um tom professoral para recetores passivos, algo que em comunicação de ciência se designa por “modelo do défice”. Por mais boa vontade que se tenha, há sempre a sensação de alguma arrogância neste tipo de iniciativas, que pode afastar as pessoas a quem se dirige, acabando por cristalizar numa bolha que inclui apenas os já convertidos.'
https://www.publico.pt/2024/07/15/ciencia/opiniao/ciencia-comunidade-2097321

'Global vaccine coverage has yet to return to 2019’s levels, before the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted immunisation programmes. That year, 12.8 million children were classed as “zero-dose” and a further 5.5 million as under-vaccinated.

More than half of the world’s zero-dose children live in 10 countries, which officials said were “a mix of those with large birth cohorts, weak health systems or both”'

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/15/war-conflict-immunisation-vaccination-vaccine-hesitancy-nutrition-disease-children-who-unicef-measles-hpv?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

'Correlation is not causation: this simple and uncontroversial statement has far-reaching implications. Defining and applying causality in biomedical research has posed significant challenges to the scientific community. In this perspective, we attempt to connect the partly disparate fields of systems biology, causal reasoning, and machine learning to inform future approaches in the field of systems biology and molecular medicine'

https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44320-024-00041-w

'Academics researching online misinformation in the US are learning a hard lesson: Academic freedom cannot be taken for granted. They face a concerted effort—including by members of Congress—to undermine or silence their work documenting false and misleading internet content. The claim is that online misinformation researchers are trying to silence conservative voices. The evidence suggests just the opposite.'
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr3820

'The goal must be to ensure that people of color have fair access to the full array of medical treatments and resources available, said Dr. David Jones, a Harvard professor who has been a leading proponent of removing race from clinical algorithms.
But critics of the Apgar score’s reliance on skin color fear that it is resulting in extra medical treatment being heaped on babies of color who are healthy, potentially sending them to intensive care unnecessarily.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/health/apgar-score-black-infants.html

'Apesar da retórica popular, a União Nacional (RN) opôs-se ao aumento dos salários médios e mínimo, optando por propor a redução das contribuições para a Segurança Social, e defendeu menos regras ambientais. Como nos anos 30, a chegada dos fascistas ao poder teria o amparo do dinheiro.'

https://expresso.pt/opiniao/2024-07-11-a-desdemocratizacao-da-democracia-65133d3f