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Max Kozlov
@maxkozlov.bsky.social
· Nov 21
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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On delayed application review, the NIH grant terminations lawsuit appears to be headed for a settlement.
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
On delayed application review, the NIH grant terminations lawsuit appears to be headed for a settlement.
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
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Oh how generous of the NIH to suddenly be concerned about the scientific merit of the grants they cancelled
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Oh how generous of the NIH to suddenly be concerned about the scientific merit of the grants they cancelled
On delayed application review, the NIH grant terminations lawsuit appears to be headed for a settlement.
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
On delayed application review, the NIH grant terminations lawsuit appears to be headed for a settlement.
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
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This is how it’s done by @maxkozlov.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is how it’s done by @maxkozlov.bsky.social
Thanks @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for the mention! Just the lift I needed to carry forth the reporting energy into 2026. 🙏
Here are the people and institutions that gave me hope in 2025. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Public Health Heroes of 2025
The Trump administration wants to destroy our health infrastructure. These warriors aren't letting that happen without a fight.
www.thenation.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for the mention! Just the lift I needed to carry forth the reporting energy into 2026. 🙏
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Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social.
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social.
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
INBOX: Former NIAID director Jeanne Marrazzo is suing the Trump administration.
She alleges the NIH violated her constitutional rights and illegally fired her after she blew the whistle on actions that jeopardized public health and violated federal law.
She alleges the NIH violated her constitutional rights and illegally fired her after she blew the whistle on actions that jeopardized public health and violated federal law.
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
INBOX: Former NIAID director Jeanne Marrazzo is suing the Trump administration.
She alleges the NIH violated her constitutional rights and illegally fired her after she blew the whistle on actions that jeopardized public health and violated federal law.
She alleges the NIH violated her constitutional rights and illegally fired her after she blew the whistle on actions that jeopardized public health and violated federal law.
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Attendance at US-based science conferences is bouncing around this year but generally down. #AGU25 has ~10k fewer this year! I explored these trends for @nature.com — including solutions to keep conferences local & productive:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Scientists skip key US meetings — and seize on smaller alternatives
Researchers are devising creative ways to get together as Trump’s policies curb travel to US gatherings.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Attendance at US-based science conferences is bouncing around this year but generally down. #AGU25 has ~10k fewer this year! I explored these trends for @nature.com — including solutions to keep conferences local & productive:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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When should a paper be corrected?
Last December, @elisabethbik.bsky.social and other sleuths began flagging papers by a prominent bioengineer, Ali Khademhosseini. They found over 80 with image issues.
Khademhosseini and his colleagues have issued over 40 corrections, but avoided retractions.
Last December, @elisabethbik.bsky.social and other sleuths began flagging papers by a prominent bioengineer, Ali Khademhosseini. They found over 80 with image issues.
Khademhosseini and his colleagues have issued over 40 corrections, but avoided retractions.
Science sleuths raise concerns about scores of bioengineering papers
Prominent bioengineer Ali Khademhosseini has so far corrected more than 40 of the papers in question, but critics say some should have been retracted.
www.nature.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When should a paper be corrected?
Last December, @elisabethbik.bsky.social and other sleuths began flagging papers by a prominent bioengineer, Ali Khademhosseini. They found over 80 with image issues.
Khademhosseini and his colleagues have issued over 40 corrections, but avoided retractions.
Last December, @elisabethbik.bsky.social and other sleuths began flagging papers by a prominent bioengineer, Ali Khademhosseini. They found over 80 with image issues.
Khademhosseini and his colleagues have issued over 40 corrections, but avoided retractions.
Psychiatrists have long relied on diagnostic manuals that regard most mental-health conditions as distinct.
Now a genetic analysis of more than one million people suggests that most major psychiatric conditions have common biological roots.
For @nature.com:
Now a genetic analysis of more than one million people suggests that most major psychiatric conditions have common biological roots.
For @nature.com:
Huge genetic study reveals hidden links between psychiatric conditions
Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a specific set of genetic variants.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Psychiatrists have long relied on diagnostic manuals that regard most mental-health conditions as distinct.
Now a genetic analysis of more than one million people suggests that most major psychiatric conditions have common biological roots.
For @nature.com:
Now a genetic analysis of more than one million people suggests that most major psychiatric conditions have common biological roots.
For @nature.com:
Fired CDC director Susan Monarez is one of Nature's 10 people who shaped science in 2025.
“I always challenge the status quo because that’s what you do in science,” Monarez told me. “You challenge it to try to do better, but you don’t compromise your moral and scientific integrity for expediency.”
“I always challenge the status quo because that’s what you do in science,” Monarez told me. “You challenge it to try to do better, but you don’t compromise your moral and scientific integrity for expediency.”
The top US health director who stood up for science — and was fired
Susan Monarez is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Fired CDC director Susan Monarez is one of Nature's 10 people who shaped science in 2025.
“I always challenge the status quo because that’s what you do in science,” Monarez told me. “You challenge it to try to do better, but you don’t compromise your moral and scientific integrity for expediency.”
“I always challenge the status quo because that’s what you do in science,” Monarez told me. “You challenge it to try to do better, but you don’t compromise your moral and scientific integrity for expediency.”
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The top 10 people of 2025 @nature.com who shaped science.
Recognizes Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC Director who was "fired for holding the line on scientific integrity"
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Recognizes Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC Director who was "fired for holding the line on scientific integrity"
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The top 10 people of 2025 @nature.com who shaped science.
Recognizes Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC Director who was "fired for holding the line on scientific integrity"
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Recognizes Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC Director who was "fired for holding the line on scientific integrity"
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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!!!
The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.
"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M
The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.
"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
!!!
The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.
"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M
The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.
"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M
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This thread and article is really quite something.
"Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians." 👀
"Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians." 👀
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This thread and article is really quite something.
"Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians." 👀
"Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians." 👀
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$80 for 6 bags of potato chips. What’s this, MAHA or “HAHA”? Like laughing. I’m available to explain further if need be
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
$80 for 6 bags of potato chips. What’s this, MAHA or “HAHA”? Like laughing. I’m available to explain further if need be
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no collidial silver? how can i get the full RFK experience without the funni smurf serum
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
no collidial silver? how can i get the full RFK experience without the funni smurf serum
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Americans need to eat fewer ultra-processed foods and more dubious powders
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Americans need to eat fewer ultra-processed foods and more dubious powders
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This is achingly beautiful and almost too painful to read in places (but you still should). The cruelty of cancer, the longing to be with your children — and the twist of fate, being RFK Jr’s cousin as he unwinds U.S. health research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is achingly beautiful and almost too painful to read in places (but you still should). The cruelty of cancer, the longing to be with your children — and the twist of fate, being RFK Jr’s cousin as he unwinds U.S. health research.
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RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, The Food Babe, Dana White, Russell Brand, Bryan Johnson, and a slew of influencers.
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, The Food Babe, Dana White, Russell Brand, Bryan Johnson, and a slew of influencers.
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
Reposted by Max Kozlov
This is some stand-out, exclusive reporting about a MAHA conference held in DC that was nearly absent of scientists (and reporters.)
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social 👏🏻
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social 👏🏻
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is some stand-out, exclusive reporting about a MAHA conference held in DC that was nearly absent of scientists (and reporters.)
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social 👏🏻
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social 👏🏻
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Wow...this is really embarrassing. Reads like an @theonion.com article.
Read my full story here!
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Wow...this is really embarrassing. Reads like an @theonion.com article.
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that's literally a MAHA starter pack
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
that's literally a MAHA starter pack
I mean, it's one bag of tallow chips, Michael. What could it cost? 13 dollars?
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I mean, it's one bag of tallow chips, Michael. What could it cost? 13 dollars?
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Max Kozlov
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Sickle cell disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer & much more
A dive into the list of NIH's 383 shelved clinical trials, obtained by Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Sickle cell disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer & much more
A dive into the list of NIH's 383 shelved clinical trials, obtained by Scientific American
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Sickle cell disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer & much more
A dive into the list of NIH's 383 shelved clinical trials, obtained by Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Sickle cell disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer & much more
A dive into the list of NIH's 383 shelved clinical trials, obtained by Scientific American