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It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed. #medlibs
PubMed is running on autopilot during shutdown, but key independent committee has been abolished #medlibs www.bmj.com/content/391/...
PubMed is running on autopilot during shutdown, but key independent committee has been abolished
PubMed, the life sciences search engine maintained by the US government and relied upon by researchers worldwide, is still performing its basic automated functions during the federal shutdown, but new...
www.bmj.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed. #medlibs
I really thought this was going to be a headline out of Florida ...
Man's Emotional Support Alligator Denied Entry to Walmart After a Customer Complaint. He Says They've Been Going for 'Years'
A man in Pennsylvania and his alligator were denied future entry into a Walmart in West Brownsville, Pa. Wesley Silva, 60, and his alligator Jinseioshi were photographed on a shopping trip in the box ...
people.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I really thought this was going to be a headline out of Florida ...
Ugh, why is my home state often at the helm of such asinine shit?
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say
Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health mandates during the COV...
uk.news.yahoo.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ugh, why is my home state often at the helm of such asinine shit?
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I'm going to be watching the ACIP meeting live and posting updates. To start though- AAP will publish its own immunization schedule regardless of ACIP:
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Also, yesterday AHIP announced insurers will continue to cover vaccines:
www.ahip.org/news/article...
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Also, yesterday AHIP announced insurers will continue to cover vaccines:
www.ahip.org/news/article...
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June 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I'm going to be watching the ACIP meeting live and posting updates. To start though- AAP will publish its own immunization schedule regardless of ACIP:
www.instagram.com/reel/DLUyCih...
Also, yesterday AHIP announced insurers will continue to cover vaccines:
www.ahip.org/news/article...
www.instagram.com/reel/DLUyCih...
Also, yesterday AHIP announced insurers will continue to cover vaccines:
www.ahip.org/news/article...
Supposedly this is meant to ”restore trust.” Maybe for RFK Jr’s crowd, but not for anyone who actually believes in science.
Wow.
Now CDC has no interim director and no scientific advisory committee for immunization practices
Is RFK de facto CDC director?
Who will the new ACIP members be who will advise him & determine what recommendations come out of CDC for immunization practices?
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
Now CDC has no interim director and no scientific advisory committee for immunization practices
Is RFK de facto CDC director?
Who will the new ACIP members be who will advise him & determine what recommendations come out of CDC for immunization practices?
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.
www.statnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Supposedly this is meant to ”restore trust.” Maybe for RFK Jr’s crowd, but not for anyone who actually believes in science.
WTF. Easy to not care when you're in a privileged position.
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”
June 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
WTF. Easy to not care when you're in a privileged position.
Oh, the irony. #medlibs
RFK Jr. May Despise Top Medical Journals, but MAHA Report Still Cites Them
Report cites 26 studies from three journals Kennedy recently criticized
www.medpagetoday.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Oh, the irony. #medlibs
Very concerning, but not surprising. #MedSky
President Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general has criticized the health, medical and food systems for being influenced by profit-driven special interests.
Yet, she has profited off promoting wellness products and partnerships, according to an Associated Press review.
Yet, she has profited off promoting wellness products and partnerships, according to an Associated Press review.
Trump’s surgeon general pick criticizes others’ conflicts but profits from wellness product sales
A review by The Associated Press found Dr. Casey Means, who has carved out a niche in the wellness industry, set up deals with an array of businesses.
nbcnews.to
June 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Very concerning, but not surprising. #MedSky
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#ProudBlue
A Meteorologist went live on air & talked about the cuts to NOAA & Science.
He explained that the cuts are impacting the ability to forecast hurricanes & other catastrophic weather events.
This needs to be discussed daily on air. It is beyond dangerous.
A Meteorologist went live on air & talked about the cuts to NOAA & Science.
He explained that the cuts are impacting the ability to forecast hurricanes & other catastrophic weather events.
This needs to be discussed daily on air. It is beyond dangerous.
June 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#ProudBlue
A Meteorologist went live on air & talked about the cuts to NOAA & Science.
He explained that the cuts are impacting the ability to forecast hurricanes & other catastrophic weather events.
This needs to be discussed daily on air. It is beyond dangerous.
A Meteorologist went live on air & talked about the cuts to NOAA & Science.
He explained that the cuts are impacting the ability to forecast hurricanes & other catastrophic weather events.
This needs to be discussed daily on air. It is beyond dangerous.
Why am I not surprised? Makes me wonder if they use ChatGPT or something similar to write the report.
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Why am I not surprised? Makes me wonder if they use ChatGPT or something similar to write the report.
WTF. I can't even ...
May 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
WTF. I can't even ...
Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today. action.everylibrary.org/bannedbooks via @everylibrary.bsky.social #medlibs
PETITION: Don't Ban Books in the United States
Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.
action.everylibrary.org
May 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today. action.everylibrary.org/bannedbooks via @everylibrary.bsky.social #medlibs
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CDC staff are still fighting the good fight with all available tools — including today’s MMWR email alert.
May 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
CDC staff are still fighting the good fight with all available tools — including today’s MMWR email alert.
Yes! Great news.
JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from removing medical research papers from an HHS database over references to transgender people.
It is unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, he rules.
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It is unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, he rules.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yes! Great news.
The majority of this country has forgotten what it's like for people to die or have life-lasting complications from vaccine-preventable illnesses (e.g., iron lung). Not me. My maternal great-grandfather died of polio circa 1940. My children are fully vaccinated and I have zero regrets.
The US health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at a House subcommittee hearing, calls vaccines “irrelevant,” but says he'd probably inoculate his own kid against measles. Asked about immunizations against polio, he replies: "I don't want to be giving advice.”
May 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The majority of this country has forgotten what it's like for people to die or have life-lasting complications from vaccine-preventable illnesses (e.g., iron lung). Not me. My maternal great-grandfather died of polio circa 1940. My children are fully vaccinated and I have zero regrets.
Sad that they fired Dr. Hayden but not surprised.
The Trump administration fired Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla D. Hayden as part of their sweeping book ban efforts. One of the titles removed? Freckleface Strawberry, a children’s book about self-acceptance. Seriously, who gets offended by that?
May 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Sad that they fired Dr. Hayden but not surprised.
I'm very concerned for public health and science in the United States and throughout the world because of Trump's decisions.
President Trump has only been in office 100 days. But the harmful impact of his actions will last for much longer, APHA says in a new statement. "Trust in science and federal agencies will take years to rebuild...Our nation is clearly being led down the wrong path." Read & share: bit.ly/100daysAPHA
May 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm very concerned for public health and science in the United States and throughout the world because of Trump's decisions.
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Work on insuring clinical algorithms are free of bias has been underway for years. Now a May 1 deadline to show tools are bias-free is in limbo as all information about the new rules have been removed from HHS websites. More from @katiepalmer.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/h...
Health systems in limbo as HHS stays quiet on nondiscrimination rules for AI, algorithms
Lack of clarity from officials delay providers' efforts to ensure clinical decision support tools don't discriminate.
www.statnews.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Work on insuring clinical algorithms are free of bias has been underway for years. Now a May 1 deadline to show tools are bias-free is in limbo as all information about the new rules have been removed from HHS websites. More from @katiepalmer.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/h...
I hate seeing this research curtailed. Women comprise half the population and so much research has and continues to be biased toward men.
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I hate seeing this research curtailed. Women comprise half the population and so much research has and continues to be biased toward men.
Yet another journal targeted by the Trump admin. Their response includes "We support the editorial independence of medical journals and their First Amendment rights to free expression." Good to see, esp. since NEJM publishes some research on topics that Trump disagrees with. #medlibs
New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias
Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias. Now, NEJM has received a similar inquiry as well.
www.statnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Yet another journal targeted by the Trump admin. Their response includes "We support the editorial independence of medical journals and their First Amendment rights to free expression." Good to see, esp. since NEJM publishes some research on topics that Trump disagrees with. #medlibs
The numbers are telling. There's also been an increase in Vitamin A toxicity.
The spread of measles in the Southwest now constitutes the largest single outbreak since the U.S. declared the disease eliminated in 2000, federal scientists told state officials in a meeting on Monday.
Measles Surge in Southwest Is Now the Largest Single Outbreak Since 2000
Growing case numbers suggest that national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The numbers are telling. There's also been an increase in Vitamin A toxicity.
You know what would actually help families? Paid parental leave, affordable child care (not cutting Head Start), not cutting research on domestic violence (#1 COD for pregnant people), not passing anti-abortion legislation that makes it harder to procure an abortion/have life-saving interventions.
Speaker Johnson touts the Republican Party as ‘pro-family’ amid Trump’s push for ‘baby bonus’ | Fox News Video
House Speaker Mike Johnson discusses President Donald Trump’s support for a $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ for new mothers and more on ‘The Will Cain Show.’
www.foxnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You know what would actually help families? Paid parental leave, affordable child care (not cutting Head Start), not cutting research on domestic violence (#1 COD for pregnant people), not passing anti-abortion legislation that makes it harder to procure an abortion/have life-saving interventions.
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Hey @brettchapman.bsky.social I saw this at the Post Office and started talking to the guy behind the counter about it. Got to talk a little Ponca history. Dude was so happy to hear it that he gave me their extra magnet. Every day is a good day to talk Native history.
April 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hey @brettchapman.bsky.social I saw this at the Post Office and started talking to the guy behind the counter about it. Got to talk a little Ponca history. Dude was so happy to hear it that he gave me their extra magnet. Every day is a good day to talk Native history.
"prev. reported cuts to DEI grants have been 'misunderstood.' DEI is a 'political ideology' that doesn’t directly address chronic disease. The term doesn't apply to studying disease in minority populations, which “are a central focus of the NIH & will continue to be under my watch.” #medlibs #medsky
Breaking news: Jayanta “Jay” Bhattacharya, the new director of the NIH, told biomedical researchers in his first public remarks today that he’s pushing to “restore regular order” to the agency after funding cuts and delays, firings, and leadership purges. scim.ag/42pW6XP
New NIH director defends grant cuts as part of shift to support MAHA vision
In his first public remarks, Bhattacharya emphasizes his overall support for agency
scim.ag
April 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"prev. reported cuts to DEI grants have been 'misunderstood.' DEI is a 'political ideology' that doesn’t directly address chronic disease. The term doesn't apply to studying disease in minority populations, which “are a central focus of the NIH & will continue to be under my watch.” #medlibs #medsky