@moisesvm

Contributing writer @nytmag. Author of An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases

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Some Raw Truths About Raw Milk (Published 2025)

Despite the serious risks of drinking it, a growing movement — including the potential health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — claims it has benefits. Should we take them more seriously?

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via @NYTimes brava ⁦@apoorva_nyc⁩ for this piece. Well done nytimes.com/2024/05/03/healt…

Thousands Believe Covid Vaccines Harmed Them. Is Anyone Listening? (Published 2024)

All vaccines have at least occasional side effects. But people who say they were injured by Covid vaccines believe their cases have been ignored.

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Can We Save the Redwoods by Helping Them Move? (Published 2023)

The largest trees on the planet can’t easily ‘migrate’ — but in a warming world, some humans are helping them try to find new homes.

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This happened to me. My latest in @nytmag nytimes.com/2023/10/04/magaz…

The Mystery of My Burning Esophagus (Published 2023)

As a science writer, I’ve spent years covering the rise of allergic conditions. Why couldn’t I figure out my own?

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Can an Island Feed Itself? (Published 2022)

After years of destructive weather that have disrupted Puerto Rico’s food supplies, new visions of local agriculture are taking root.

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Slava Bobrov
@slava__bobrov17 Jul 2022
Neuron vs viruses vs bacteria. Microorganisms size comparison: #biology
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Although vasovagal #syncope (also known as "the simple faint") is the most common autonomic disorder in the world, there is nothing "simple" about a #faint. #MedTwitter
Daily Mail Australia@DailyMailAU23 Jun 2022
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A US swimmer is lucky to be alive after she fainted while competing at the World Championships and sank to the bottom of the pool in Budapest + Her coach leapt into the water and dragged her back to safety while lifeguards watched on
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Wonder of Science
@wonderofscience21 Jun 2022
This is what happens when you wring out a wet towel while floating in space. Credit: CSA/NASA
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The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier (Published 2022)

A wave of parents has been radicalized by Covid-era misinformation to reject ordinary childhood immunizations — with potentially lethal consequences.

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Metcalf Institute
@MetcalfURI11 Apr 2022
🥜"@jorilewis reveals how demand for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well into the twentieth century" Register for the 4/26 webinar, in which @moisesvm will moderate a discussion with Jori Lewis about her new book: bit.ly/37wS1XQ
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Jesse Pesta@JessePesta14 Dec 2021
“Nothing like it on Planet Earth.” The sea around Antarctica is an immense, spinning engine that helps drive the world’s climate. What scientists now see there has them increasingly worried about the future. Brilliant from @henryfountain + @blueshirt nytimes.com/interactive/2021…
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Jesse Pesta@JessePesta5 Aug 2021
The Gulf Stream is in the news today. Well, here's what you need to know about that. Our visual project earlier this year cut right to the heart of the issue. By @moisesvm + @blueshirt nytimes.com/interactive/2021…
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Bay Nature magazine@BayNature7 May 2021
Rats don't have the best reputation, but you've gotta respect these adaptable survivors! 🐀 #NaturalistsNotebook by John Muir Laws in Bay Nature, Spring 2021
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Prof. Akiko Iwasaki
@VirusesImmunity29 Apr 2021
After many months of planning and hard work by so many (incl. @hmkyale @Dianaberrent @wade_schulz @CharleszYaleMed @Aaronmring @DaisySMassey @JeffGehlhausen), today, we are launching our research study to understand how vaccination may help improve #longcovid. 🧵 (1/n) Pls RT🙏🏼
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They caught the attacker. Apparently stabbed his own mother to death in 2002.
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Attack on Asian Woman in Midtown Prompts Another Hate Crime Investigation (Published 2021)

The New York Police Department said it was searching for a man who kicked a 65-year-old woman, stomped on her and made anti-Asian statements. Building staff members who witnessed the attack and did...

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