John Pietro

Mar 15, 2024 | medrxiv.org | James Wilkinson |John Pietro |Danny Toomey |Jupiter Adams-Phipps

The authors have declared no competing interest. This research was funded in whole, or in part, by the Wellcome Trust [203132] and [221719] and 1Day Sooner. The funders had no role in the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data, the writing of the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication. The Trust and Confidence research program at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford is supported by an award from the Moh Foundation.

Sep 25, 2023 | mdpi.com | Jake Littman |John Pietro |Jon Olansen |Chanika Phornphutkul

1. IntroductionOchronosis, named in reference to the Greek word “ochre” meaning “earthy” or “yellowed in appearance,” is a rare disorder that presents primarily as discolored blue-black or grey-blue pigmentation of the skin, cartilage of the ears, and sclerae [1]. Endogenous ochronosis is synonymous with alkaptonuria (AKU, OMIM 203500), which has also been called “black urine disease,” since the urine collected from those affected turns black upon standing.

Aug 18, 2023 | thespectator.com | Oliver Wiseman |Charles Lipson |Ben Domenech |John Pietro

Donald Trump has reportedly decided that he won’t be attending the first Republican debate next Wednesday and will counter-program by sitting down for an interview with Tucker Carlson. (The choice is a double middle-finger: one from Trump to the RNC, another from Carlson to his former network.) In the end, the question of whether Trump would show up or not became a fairly low-stakes question. A candidate with a lead as large as his just doesn’t need to sweat decisions like this all that much.

Aug 18, 2023 | thespectator.com | Charles Lipson |Ben Domenech |John Pietro |Kevin Cook

At tragic moments, like the deadly fires in Hawaii, our nation expects the president to speak to all of us and for all of us. The task is not a political one. He is not being asked to speak as the head of a political party or even the head of government. Those moments will come later.

Aug 18, 2023 | thespectator.com | Charles Lipson |Ben Domenech |John Pietro |Kevin Cook

Is the Democratic Party trying to be more masculine? An eagle-eyed political observer pointed out recently that the DNC’s official logo has mysteriously changed color without any public fanfare. The logo, which features a “D” inside of a circle, used to be a sky blue. At some point in 2022, the “D” went quite a few shades darker to a royal blue.