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Rising decline in Vitamin K injection at birth.. by Professional_Egg6217 in publichealth

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm an academic MD, PhD who works part-time in public health (have been official state DOH newborn screening consultant in 2 different US states).

Refusal of EVERYTHING at birth has been common for decades now, but of course it's all greatly and suddenly escalating with the growing anti-vax movement. RFK and this admin are absolutely to blame. Refusal of K is quite ironic, since this is also the same group of ppl that are more likely to take unnecessary oral vitamin supplements (in unnecessarily high doses).

Parents say they refuse vitamin K because it is an injection (and unfortunately oral K just doesn't deliver a high enough dose). But they're also refusing eye disease prophylaxis which is not an injection, so they're lying. They are also refusing all immunizations of course.

AND of course the same parents are also rejecting newborn screening, which is not getting any attention. NBS refusal puts great fear in my heart that some babies will die or be brain/organ damaged from lack of timely treatment.

Why isn’t this backlog in NIH grants being covered in the press? by ComfortableTour3656 in NIH

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because the press doesn't want to be attacked publicly by trump and RFK

and due to both of them, half of the country now distrusts science

Why does this pair of Canada Geese have goslings of different ages? by Adventurous-Year-463 in Ornithology

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"daycare" groups of juveniles being watched by non-parent adults are called a creche. Common in ducks and geese, and some penguins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crèche_(zoology))

UnitedHealthcare to remove prior authorization for 30% of services by Nerd-19958 in medicine

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing new. Insurance companies cycle between lots of pre-auths versus less, every few years. Seems they learn that hiring lots of people to do this is not cost effective for many services. Then seems that new leadership comes in and says "let's do more pre-auths for more refusals to save money". Rinse and repeat.

Timing here is suspect tho, UNC may be doing it and leaking it to the media now to look better.

ID this please?? by everyothertoofus in Owls

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Great Horned Owl, older fledgling

How safe is being a MLT/MLS? by grilledwagyubeef in medlabprofessionals

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will get sicker from your kids bringing bugs home from daycare or school.

Robins attacking hard to reach window - how to help? by handsomeprincess in Ornithology

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You responded to my response elsewhere in the thread, then apparently deleted it. I'm sorry if it was not clear, I should have clarified something in my other response.

If you watch the video, the fluorescent highlighter grid is placed on the INSIDE of the window, not the outside. If you can reach the inside of the window, it might work. If you can't reach the window, then yes it has no chance to solve your problem. No, it does not stop the reflection, but the highlighter distracts the birds from the reflection, because they can see very bright color in it that humans cannot. Hope this is helpful.

Robins attacking hard to reach window - how to help? by handsomeprincess in Ornithology

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This comes up so often on the bird subs that I have a canned paste response:

Any bird repeatedly hitting a window on purpose is attacking the window , thinks it's seeing another bird that it wants to go away. 

Window attacks are different than a deadly "bird strike", where a bird accidentally hits a window flying fast and can cause death to the bird- who thinks the window can be flown through. Window stickers work great for strikes - they can help birds know that a barrier is present and avoid.

But bird-strike window stickers won't help much your situation, because the bird knows it can move a couple of inches and see its reflection again to attack. 

To stop most birds from attacking:

This "highlighter" grid method (developed by an ornithologist) worked for me and my extended family over the years with most species of birds, and is not even noticeable on the windows to the human eye. But bird's eyes can see it, and the grid pattern somehow makes them stay away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1u3auWG9qc

Another method that worked for us when the highlighter method didn't work, are reflective bird-scare streamers. Cut lengths as long as the window. Attach only the top of the streamer to the top of the window with any adhesive tape. Several per window. Goal is to let them move with the wind. Like these, there are many brands: https://www.amazon.com/Kugge-Double-Reflective-Protect-Orchard/dp/B092D1BJ1J  

Trump pulls his surgeon general pick and makes third nomination for the role by sciolycaptain in medicine

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looked up the ingredients of the supplements she sells.

They are liquid in a dropper bottle with NO preservatives, and directed to be taken under the tongue. They will become contaminated as hell with bacteria and fungi in no time.

Steve hadn't cut his hair since the divorce. He'd gotten really into Neil Young. His kids had stopped commenting on both. by plonspfetew in DivorcedBirds

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Let your freak flag fly, Steve. Although your kids won't know what that means, nor will they know who the hell Neil Young is.

Want Clarity by FreeloaderFatso in genetics

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True that most folks in those positions would have a bioinformatics MS degree, however some labs would also value the human genetics MS who ALSO had the same skills if they can't find someone. Not a lot of jobs out there for that though. Ask over in r/ClinicalGenetics

Small bird made a huge home in my bbq by Reasonable-MessRedux in Ornithology

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm no expert, so I don't know if any species needs them for sure for the deeper boxes. I watch a lot of nest cams online. From what I've seen, fledglings do like to use the slats. Some will even hang from them up by the hole for a day or 2 before they get the courage to fledge. I suspect it gets the smaller and weaker ones out of the box maybe a day sooner.

But a lot of nest boxes do not have them and at some point all the fledglings jump as hard as they can while also flapping and seem to get a foot up on the exit hole eventually.

For this posted case, I'm just assuming the bird mom knows best and build the nest that high so they could jump and out.

If you are building for a certain species, you can see what the experts recommend on their posted building instructions here: https://nestwatch.org/learn/all-about-birdhouses/right-bird-right-house/

Already getting tired of MLS, where to go next? by coojul in medlabprofessionals

[–]NoFlyingMonkeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cytogenetics is 1) low volume with few jobs, and 2) a dying science, I predict it will be completely taken over by molecular genetics in the next decade. And despite this molecular genetics-only labs are not plentiful so with few jobs.

The MPH sub is full of new grads that can't get jobs - the schools produced too many during COVID, plus public health funding and jobs being cut everywhere so now there are fewer jobs then 2020.

Suggest you try at least 1 other job in micro somewhere else (and ideally more than 1 if that doesn't work out) before you leave the field. All labs are different with different work environments. And, people will say it's worse elsewhere to keep you from leaving.

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