The 80s saw the horror of AIDS.
Science Magazine recognized Lenacapavir as the 2024 Breakthrough of the Year.
These type of breakthroughs, w/ humble beginnings in academic labs, would not see the light of day if it weren’t for #NIH funding.
🧪 www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/lena...
happy summer solstice to those who celebrate <3
Biomedical advances such as lenacapavir depend on years of publicly funded basic research
“Weeks after the Civil War's guns fell silent and 2 months after President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Union troops arrived in Galveston, TX…freeing enslaved people...the date they arrived — June 19, 1865 — is now remembered as the first "Juneteenth."
Source: www.npr.org/2026/06/19/n...
One of my best friend's dad, US Army General John Fugh used to say, "You've got to have a horse to get a horse." Meaning, I think, take any job and go from there.
Biodiversity all around us
Great Egrets, cormorants, snowy egrets at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, August 2024 #BirdsintheirElement #BirdoftheDay
I miss my dad. He made a point of telling his adult daughters that he was proud of us.
While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves.
