Assessing face mask littering in urban environments and policy implications: The case of Bangkok.  Tesfaldet YT, Ndeh NT, Budnard J, Treeson P. Assessing  Sci Total Environ. 2021 Oct 16:150952. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150952. Epub…

‘I hope you die’: how the COVID pandemic unleashed attacks on scientists Dozens of researchers tell Nature they have received death threats, or threats of physical or sexual violence. (Nature, 13.10.2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021…

UK. Women Who Dressed as Couriers With Pink Backpacks to Deliver Drugs Over Lockdown Jailed Four women and their male boss jailed for 37 years after selling party drugs, including their own heart-shaped ecstasy, while disguised as delivery riders d…

The value of open-source clinical science in pandemic response: lessons from ISARIC The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 0, Issue 0  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00565-X/fulltext

Kratom Use Within the Context of the Evolving Opioid Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.  Prozialeck WC, Lamar PC, Krupp M 2nd, Moon M, Phelps LE, Grundmann O.  Front Pharmacol. 2021 Aug 26;12:729220. doi: 10.3389/fpha…

Serious health threats of novel adulterants of the street heroin: a report from India during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Mahintamani T, Ghosh A, Jain R.  BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Aug 25;14(8):e242239. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242239. PMID: 34433525;…