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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled (Melody Schreiber/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/hepatitis-b-vaccines-study-africa-cancel
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p51#a260115p51

"The fragility of Africa’s coasts is further exacerbated by the deteriorating condition of its marine ecosystems... under mounting pressure from both climate anthropogenic stressors, including unregulated development, dam-induced sediment trap habitat degradation"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02965-z

messal_shale: Messel Shale food web (2014)
A network of feeling links among taxa based on the 48 million years old uppermost early Eocene Messel Shale. Edge property 'certainty' denotes the certainty of the edge. Metadata include evidence, habitat, and trophic roles. The edge direction goes from consumer to resource.
This network has 700 nodes and 6444 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food Web, Uncertain, Weighted, Metadata

The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas leasing vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife.
The U.S. Interior Department said the final rule would be published next week but announced it is repealing rules put in place last year.
Those rules restricted future leasing and industrial development in areas within the National …

Trump administration repealing rules to protect parts of Alaska petroleum reserve
The Trump administration says it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife. The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday said the final rule would be published next week. But it announced it is repealing rules put in place last year. The rules restricted future leasing and industrial development in areas within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that were designat…

"From concrete walls to living edges, here’s how riverside habitats are being restored along the Thames"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

From concrete walls to living edges, here’s how riverside habitats are being restored along the Thames
From concrete walls to living edges, the Thames is being reshaped to support fish, wildlife, and a healthier urban river.

Garden ponds provide vital habitats – and a revival is under way in Britain https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/04/garden-ponds-provide-vital-habitats-and-a-revival-is-under-way-in-britain

Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. "This is another Tuskegee." (Jeremy Faust/Inside Medicine)
https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-leaked-protocol-of-the
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p44#a260115p44

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Mos Def:
🎵 Habitat
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https://brucelee315.bandcamp.com/track/habitat
https://open.spotify.com/track/18uybjGpRLZPrfX9SxceAW

messal_shale: Messel Shale food web (2014)
A network of feeling links among taxa based on the 48 million years old uppermost early Eocene Messel Shale. Edge property 'certainty' denotes the certainty of the edge. Metadata include evidence, habitat, and trophic roles. The edge direction goes from consumer to resource.
This network has 700 nodes and 6444 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food Web, Uncertain, Weighted, Metadata

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced legislation on Wednesday seeking to
reverse the Trump administration's new childhood vaccine schedule that has alarmed health experts.
The measure, an amendment to an appropriations package currently under consideration by Congress,
would prohibit any funds going to the Health and Human Services Department from being used to implement the changes,
which removed the HPV, RSV, Rotavirus, COVID-19, Flu, Hepatitis A & B and Men…

ICE Has Been Detaining Native Americans In Minnesota