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Chris Dall
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Reporter for CIDRAP News. Eternal Optimist. New York Mets fan.
The WHO says it's too early to assess the impact of reduced international funding for TB, but people I spoke with over the summer say the loss of USAID funding has had profound effects.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis...
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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First story from our new writer, Laine Bergeson!

RSV vaccine highly effective against hospital admission in older adults, study suggests

82% effective against any RSV-related illness & 87% effective against severe RSV

www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...

Pic: Whispyhistory/Wikimedia Cmmns
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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🚨 We’re hiring! @CIDRAP is seeking a Digital Communications Lead to drive strategy, content, and analytics that amplify our global public health mission.

Apply here 👉 hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...

#Hiring #DigitalComms #PublicHealth #ScienceCommunication
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#FDA political appointees Vinay Prasad & Tracy Beth Høeg believe #vaccine safety surveillance programs aren't adequately geared to finding risks. They're trying to restructure the programs, often leaving FDA scientists out of the effort. By @lizzylawrence.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/f...
How two top FDA officials are quietly upending vaccine regulations
Vinay Prasad and Tracy Beth Høeg mix skepticism with new ways to define risk in pursuing sweeping changes to vaccine policy at the FDA.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The Jeff Tweedy show tonight was thoroughly enjoyable. All the songs from the current album sounded great. Sammy Tweedy took the lead on a couple cover songs during the encore.
"Kiss"
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
@chrissteller.bsky.social Tweedy played Androgynous tonight at First Ave, in case you haven’t heard.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social nails it every time.
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Really wish the Mets could have signed Yamamoto.
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I didn’t really care who won this series but man do I feel bad for the Jays and their fans. What a gut punch.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is unbelievable.
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
What a series.
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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WHO too reliant on funding from donor organizations, paper argues

Researchers say reliance on earmarked voluntary contributions from external donors like the Gates Foundation undermines the WHO's independence.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ernie Clement is a serious old-timey baseball name.
October 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Everyone’s talking about Ohtani but I want to know the deal with Mary Hart. Is she at every Dodgers game?
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This Ohtani guy is pretty good.
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections tied to E coli in meat

The researchers also discovered that UTIs in patients from high-poverty neighborhoods were 60% more likely to be caused by animal-to-human strains

-from @cvdall

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Is something wrong with the audio on the Vikings TV broadcast? Sounds tinny.
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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A recent HHS video is filled with selective data and misleading claims about vaccines.

Dr. Michael Osterholm of @CIDRAP breaks down how – and why - it misleads.

🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/Lh5hP6zcVrs
Vaccine Integrity Project - Response to HHS claims about vaccines (Oct 2025)
YouTube video by CIDRAP
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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If I send you this, know I’ve lost my shit
October 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM