Maggie Fox
@maggiefox.bsky.social
Journalist. Health, science, tech in plain English and in context. Truth is not liberal bias. Facts matter, but stories stick. maggie.34 on Signal maggiefox.com
https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/maggie-fox/
onehealthtrust.org podcast host
https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/maggie-fox/
onehealthtrust.org podcast host
It's very dangerous. Roads are bone dry for cars, while pedestrians slip onto busy roads because snowplow drivers piled ice onto sidewalks. Who thought that was a good idea, @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social ?
Days after a major winter storm swept through the county, many bus stops and sidewalks remain blocked by snow and ice, forcing riders to wait in the street and step into traffic when boarding and exiting buses. https://bit.ly/3Og44Og
Snow and ice block county bus stops, disrupt public transit
After days that a major winter storm swept through the county, many bus stops and sidewalks remain blocked by snow and ice forcing riders to to wait in the street and step into traffic when boarding and exiting buses, according to residents.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:23 AM
It's very dangerous. Roads are bone dry for cars, while pedestrians slip onto busy roads because snowplow drivers piled ice onto sidewalks. Who thought that was a good idea, @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social ?
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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A breakthrough new oral rabies vaccine for street dogs could make elimination achievable. Learn why removing the threat at its source could defeat the disease with the highest fatality rate in the world: bit.ly/3Mf0eV6 #WorldNTDDay
Could a new oral rabies vaccine help us finally end the disease?
A new dog vaccine for rabies can be tucked into a bait and eaten, making it much easier to protect street dogs.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A breakthrough new oral rabies vaccine for street dogs could make elimination achievable. Learn why removing the threat at its source could defeat the disease with the highest fatality rate in the world: bit.ly/3Mf0eV6 #WorldNTDDay
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The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press.
Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.
Read our statement:
Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.
Read our statement:
January 30, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press.
Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.
Read our statement:
Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.
Read our statement:
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The arrest of my friend and colleague Don Lemon is an outrageous attack on the First Amendment and free speech in America. This cannot stand.
January 30, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The arrest of my friend and colleague Don Lemon is an outrageous attack on the First Amendment and free speech in America. This cannot stand.
"Whatever you do or don’t do, you will get shit from some people."
I mean, feel free to unfollow me if I am insufficiently pure for you. Otherwise, unless one lives in a stick lean-to and drinks naught but pure rainwater, all any of us can do is choose what level of hypocrisy we live at and with. I wrote about this, in fact:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
"Whatever you do or don’t do, you will get shit from some people."
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The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
U.S. makes exit from the WHO complete
The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO became official Thursday, formalizing a fissure between the Trump administration and the Geneva-based global health agency.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
“This is such a strange decision with no clear rationale. None of it really makes sense."
NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups
The U.S. space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
The U.S. space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups
The U.S. space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year
www.scientificamerican.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:34 PM
“This is such a strange decision with no clear rationale. None of it really makes sense."
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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🇵🇸 🇮🇱 An Israeli air strike killed three journalists including an AFP freelancer in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory's civil defence agency said, while the military said it struck "suspects" operating a drone ➡️ u.afp.com/SBMo
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 An Israeli air strike killed three journalists including an AFP freelancer in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory's civil defence agency said, while the military said it struck "suspects" operating a drone ➡️ u.afp.com/SBMo
Good midwives can win the trust of pregnant women and help them take care of their own health while staying respectful of cultural practices, Kaura says. #medsky #onehealth #maternalmortality #midwives
One way to save the lives of new mothers: deploy trained midwives. Professor Doreen Kaura of the @internationalmidwives.org tells us how on the @onehealthtrust.bsky.social quick podcast onehealthtrust.org/news-media/p...
Saving Lives with Midwives - One Health Trust
In this podcast, Doreen Kaura discusses the importance of improving access to midwifery care to decrease neonatal and maternal mortality.
onehealthtrust.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Good midwives can win the trust of pregnant women and help them take care of their own health while staying respectful of cultural practices, Kaura says. #medsky #onehealth #maternalmortality #midwives
One way to save the lives of new mothers: deploy trained midwives. Professor Doreen Kaura of the @internationalmidwives.org tells us how on the @onehealthtrust.bsky.social quick podcast onehealthtrust.org/news-media/p...
Saving Lives with Midwives - One Health Trust
In this podcast, Doreen Kaura discusses the importance of improving access to midwifery care to decrease neonatal and maternal mortality.
onehealthtrust.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
One way to save the lives of new mothers: deploy trained midwives. Professor Doreen Kaura of the @internationalmidwives.org tells us how on the @onehealthtrust.bsky.social quick podcast onehealthtrust.org/news-media/p...
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For the fifth consecutive year, more than 300 journalists were behind bars at year-end, according to CPJ's #2025PrisonCensus. China, Myanmar, and Israel were the leading jailers of journalists on the census date of December 1, 2025, followed by Russia and Belarus.
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cpj.org?p=554905
Journalist jailings imperil a free press worldwide amid reports of life-threatening prison conditions: CPJ - Committee to Protect Journalists
China, Myanmar, and Israel lead jailers of journalists in 2025 New York, January 21, 2026 — For the fifth consecutive year, more than 300 journalists were behind bars at year-end, according to a new r...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
For the fifth consecutive year, more than 300 journalists were behind bars at year-end, according to CPJ's #2025PrisonCensus. China, Myanmar, and Israel were the leading jailers of journalists on the census date of December 1, 2025, followed by Russia and Belarus.
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cpj.org?p=554905
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Insurance companies are not the primary driver of health care costs. It's hospitals.
But, it’s also not clear that we’re getting a lot of value from insurers in driving down health care costs.
But, it’s also not clear that we’re getting a lot of value from insurers in driving down health care costs.
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Insurance companies are not the primary driver of health care costs. It's hospitals.
But, it’s also not clear that we’re getting a lot of value from insurers in driving down health care costs.
But, it’s also not clear that we’re getting a lot of value from insurers in driving down health care costs.
It's more than the "cost of doing business." With an infectious disease, especially one as contagious as measles, the more you have circulating, the more chances for people to get infected. "Your choice" becomes everyone else's choice, too.
Try telling that to the parents who lost children to measles.
Jesus Christ www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/c...
January 21, 2026 at 3:26 PM
It's more than the "cost of doing business." With an infectious disease, especially one as contagious as measles, the more you have circulating, the more chances for people to get infected. "Your choice" becomes everyone else's choice, too.
It's a hard test!
I dare you to try to take our new ACA quiz and get 10 out of 10 correct.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Affordable Care Act | KFF
Take this ten-question quiz to see how much you know about how the ACA affects health insurance coverage and costs as well as who is eligible for financial assistance
www.kff.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
It's a hard test!
The pictures that go along with this paper are simply the best
January 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The pictures that go along with this paper are simply the best
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More DOJ retribution: The retired peace professor who brought her protest to Stephen Miller’s home www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
The retired peace professor who brought her protest to Stephen Miller’s home
Barbara Wien, a retired peace studies professor, believes she was confronting a threat to her community with her protest of Stephen Miller. Some say she’s the danger.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM
More DOJ retribution: The retired peace professor who brought her protest to Stephen Miller’s home www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Learning this lesson over and over again: the complete dumbness of everything breaking my brain (today it’s ICE and Greenland). People can’t possibly be this stupid. But apparently they can.
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Learning this lesson over and over again: the complete dumbness of everything breaking my brain (today it’s ICE and Greenland). People can’t possibly be this stupid. But apparently they can.
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P.S. No need to tell me Isaac Newton almost certainly *didn't* invent the catflap. I know, but allowed myself to do the joke anyway, because the internet isn't my mum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Exeter Cathedral door hole could be world's oldest cat flap
Records show a hole was cut as part of an attempt in the 16th Century to keep rodents under control.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
P.S. No need to tell me Isaac Newton almost certainly *didn't* invent the catflap. I know, but allowed myself to do the joke anyway, because the internet isn't my mum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Is anybody surprised?
Christopher Gardner of Stanford, former adviser to dietary guidelines, pushes back on new version.
#Medsky #foodpolicy #nutrition #healthpolicy #diet #obesity #diabetes #heartdisease #cardiology #endocrinology
#Medsky #foodpolicy #nutrition #healthpolicy #diet #obesity #diabetes #heartdisease #cardiology #endocrinology
Experts Who Advised on Diet Guidelines Say RFK Jr.'s Version Is Full of Errors
New dietary guidelines riddled with mistakes, sloppy language, and cherry-picked evidence
www.medpagetoday.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Is anybody surprised?
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President Trump has talked about having concepts of a health care plan. The plan he released today is, in fact, heavy on concepts and light on details.
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
President Trump has talked about having concepts of a health care plan. The plan he released today is, in fact, heavy on concepts and light on details.
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This study is like the Schrodinger's Cat of vaccine research. The Africa CDC says it's been canceled. HHS says it's not.
Controversial CDC Vaccine Study in Guinea-Bissau May Be Canceled
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Controversial CDC Vaccine Study in Guinea-Bissau May Be Canceled
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Controversial CDC Vaccine Study in Guinea-Bissau May Be Canceled
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
This study is like the Schrodinger's Cat of vaccine research. The Africa CDC says it's been canceled. HHS says it's not.
Controversial CDC Vaccine Study in Guinea-Bissau May Be Canceled
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Controversial CDC Vaccine Study in Guinea-Bissau May Be Canceled
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...