IU researchers are seeking the help of residents in four states for a study of chemicals known as #PFAS in well water. news.iu.edu/stories/2021/0… via News at IU

The entire STL area has just 73 ICU beds open. STL Mercy's ICU is operating at 98% capacity, while the largest hospital in Missouri, BJC's main complex in STL city, has reached 91% ICU capacity.

Today I issued a Surgeon General’s Advisory to call our country’s attention to health misinformation – an urgent threat to our health that requires an all-of-society response. surgeongeneral.gov/healthmisinfor…

Health misinformation is information that is false, inaccurate, or misleading according to the best available science at the time. During this pandemic, it's divided our friends, families, and communities. It’s led to threats against our health workers. And it’s cost us lives.

Jess Hudson with children, ages 10 & 14 will use the $500 to cover most of the $585 monthly cost of after school care. "Being able to have that money now so that we can step back into the economy…I can’t even overstate how important that is” reuters.com/article/us-usa…

The fact that we have WILLINGLY exposed our #Children to #COVID and put them at risk for #LongCOVID and #PermanentDisability over egos, politics, and blatant disregard for human life is a stain on our society that should never be erased nor ignored. And it’s still happening.

In today's Senate Banking and Housing Democrats hearing, Sen. Jon Ossoff asked Fed Chair Powell what he believes the the most significant threats to financial stability are. Powell's response: cyber attacks and the slow vaccine rollout worldwide.

Today the U.S. Surgeon General classified misinformation as a public health danger. Purveyors of lies about vaccines are as dangerous as people who dump toxins in our lakes and rivers.

Explorer Kartik Sawhney on #DisabilityPrideMonth: “People with disabilities continue to be one of the most underrepresented and marginalized groups, and COVID-19 has made it even more pertinent with community members around the world struggling to access basic rights.”

Elections chiefs in Republican GA counties tell me they too had piles of no-crease "mail" ballots. That's because, for scanning, counties have to *duplicate* military/overseas ballots (printed out on nonofficial paper) + damaged ballots. They store duplicates in a separate box.

Major League Baseball postponed tonight’s Yankees game because three of the team’s pitchers — all vaccinated — tested positive for the coronavirus. nyti.ms/3yZrB9x

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Don't let this one slip past you: Since leaving office, candidates have visited Trump properties more than 60 times. It's no secret that the best way to get into Trump's good graces is by spending money at his properties. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

ICU doctor Jason B. Martin, MD is running for office after watching his governor ‘mishandle’ the COVID-19 crisis