Megan Allyse
@meganallyse.bsky.social
Reproductive bioethicist and health disparities researcher. The clear result of too many science fiction novels, British humor, and over education.
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NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE - Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
www.nature.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE - Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Here is what we confirmed: After Musk’s rise to power in the U.S. government, the State Department has repeatedly coaxed, lobbied and browbeat this tiny West African country into giving business to Musk’s satellite company Starlink.
The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a...
www.propublica.org
May 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Here is what we confirmed: After Musk’s rise to power in the U.S. government, the State Department has repeatedly coaxed, lobbied and browbeat this tiny West African country into giving business to Musk’s satellite company Starlink.
Finally mustered the energy and enthusiasm to really get a start to the day when this happened
January 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Finally mustered the energy and enthusiasm to really get a start to the day when this happened
Could not possibly have been predicted. By anyone. Ever.
Breaking: AAMC reporting steep (double-digit) drop in Black and Hispanic medical school enrollees following Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action. Story developing, please reply here with reactions. www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/m...
Medical schools report steep drop in enrollment of Black and Hispanic students after Supreme Court ruling
Black and Hispanic enrollment in medical schools fell after the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in admissions, new data show
www.statnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Could not possibly have been predicted. By anyone. Ever.
More of this please
Drug Company to Share Revenues With Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes: Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes | The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...
Drug Company to Share Revenues With Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes
Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
More of this please
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Democrats' new push to block RFK Jr's confirmation: mention Samoa.
Kennedy visited Samoa in 2019, meeting with activists who discouraged measles vaccines.
Samoa suffered a devastating measles outbreak several months later.
Public health experts warn it's a possible preview of empowering RFK Jr.
Kennedy visited Samoa in 2019, meeting with activists who discouraged measles vaccines.
Samoa suffered a devastating measles outbreak several months later.
Public health experts warn it's a possible preview of empowering RFK Jr.
Democrats’ new push to stop RFK Jr.: Highlight Samoa’s measles outbreak
They say the island’s public health crisis, which followed Kennedy’s meeting with local anti-vaccine activists, reveals the consequences of questioning vaccines.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Democrats' new push to block RFK Jr's confirmation: mention Samoa.
Kennedy visited Samoa in 2019, meeting with activists who discouraged measles vaccines.
Samoa suffered a devastating measles outbreak several months later.
Public health experts warn it's a possible preview of empowering RFK Jr.
Kennedy visited Samoa in 2019, meeting with activists who discouraged measles vaccines.
Samoa suffered a devastating measles outbreak several months later.
Public health experts warn it's a possible preview of empowering RFK Jr.
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You know maybe we should just try 2024 again instead, I feel like that was not our best work
December 31, 2024 at 2:00 PM
You know maybe we should just try 2024 again instead, I feel like that was not our best work
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The bioethics/applied health ethics/public health ethics starter pack is full (150 people!). Rather than removing less active folks or gatekeeping I'll start another one - so keep letting me know if you're interested in being listed or see anyone who should be added. go.bsky.app/ERXDCeB
I just set up a starter pack for bioethics/applied health ethics/public health ethics. I'm sure I've missed a ton of people, so let me know if you'd like to be included.
go.bsky.app/HQVYom8
go.bsky.app/HQVYom8
December 5, 2024 at 4:40 AM
The bioethics/applied health ethics/public health ethics starter pack is full (150 people!). Rather than removing less active folks or gatekeeping I'll start another one - so keep letting me know if you're interested in being listed or see anyone who should be added. go.bsky.app/ERXDCeB
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“More is needed to help develop and bring to market newer [ #PulseOx ] devices that don’t have the same problems,” said Shachar. “Once we have alternatives, more thinking needs to be done about whether we can remove the older devices”
www.statnews.com/2024/12/30/f... via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2024/12/30/f... via @statnews.com
Fixing pulse oximeters requires federal might and possible legal action, researchers say
The devices remain unreliable in darker skinned people. Researchers say more guidance, enforcement and even legal action may be needed to spur improvement.
www.statnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:48 PM
“More is needed to help develop and bring to market newer [ #PulseOx ] devices that don’t have the same problems,” said Shachar. “Once we have alternatives, more thinking needs to be done about whether we can remove the older devices”
www.statnews.com/2024/12/30/f... via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2024/12/30/f... via @statnews.com
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For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access - KFF Health News
A legislative effort to expand access to prenatal care in rural Oregon with mobile clinics was scuttled because those clinics would have provided abortions in rural areas. Opposition to the proposal s...
kffhealthnews.org
January 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Sesame Street es a huge part of my childhood and millions of others. This would be a tragedy.
We’re close to losing Sesame Street, a show that was started to provide free educational media to marginalized kids in our country.
That’s not an accident in my opinion and it’s just one more example of how Capitalism robs our society of the sweet and good things we build to care for one another.
That’s not an accident in my opinion and it’s just one more example of how Capitalism robs our society of the sweet and good things we build to care for one another.
HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
December 16, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Sesame Street es a huge part of my childhood and millions of others. This would be a tragedy.
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Mothers were reported for positive drug tests after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections. | The Marshall Project www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/11/p...
Hospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble?
Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 11, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Mothers were reported for positive drug tests after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections. | The Marshall Project www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/11/p...
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"Protecting the health of pregnant women & newborns must become a priority in our response to climate change."
Reports show rising temperatures pose severe health risks to pregnant women & newborns, highlighting a need for action to protect them
www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...
Reports show rising temperatures pose severe health risks to pregnant women & newborns, highlighting a need for action to protect them
www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...
‘We are failing to protect the most vulnerable’ – pregnant women and babies at risk from climate change, researchers warn
Rising temperatures due to climate change pose severe health risks for pregnant women and their babies, yet the dangers are frequently underestimated, according to a new Irish study.
www.independent.ie
December 2, 2024 at 10:55 AM
"Protecting the health of pregnant women & newborns must become a priority in our response to climate change."
Reports show rising temperatures pose severe health risks to pregnant women & newborns, highlighting a need for action to protect them
www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...
Reports show rising temperatures pose severe health risks to pregnant women & newborns, highlighting a need for action to protect them
www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...
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@ifbookspod.bsky.social I think we can all agree that one of the worst missed opportunities in 20th century scientific nomenclature is up, down, charm, snark. Which should also be Michael’s new Grindr profile.
September 15, 2024 at 10:47 PM
@ifbookspod.bsky.social I think we can all agree that one of the worst missed opportunities in 20th century scientific nomenclature is up, down, charm, snark. Which should also be Michael’s new Grindr profile.
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Disappointing essay insinuating FDA should have approved an ALS stem cell therapy that was not demonstrated to work in any trial...so that desperate patients could have hope and "decide for themselves whether to take drugs that might be helpful." 1/
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/o...
Opinion | Can Hope Ever Be a Form of Medicine?
An A.L.S. drug rejected by the F.D.A. made me rethink how doctors should give hope to patients.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2023 at 12:18 PM
Disappointing essay insinuating FDA should have approved an ALS stem cell therapy that was not demonstrated to work in any trial...so that desperate patients could have hope and "decide for themselves whether to take drugs that might be helpful." 1/
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/o...
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‘Worse Than People Can Imagine’: Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Breeds Chaos in States kffhealthnews.org/MTc2NzE1Nw via @kffhealthnews.bsky.social
‘Worse Than People Can Imagine’: Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Breeds Chaos in States - KFF Health Ne...
As Medicaid programs across the nation review enrollees' status in the wake of the pandemic, patients struggle to navigate the upheaval.
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November 2, 2023 at 3:44 PM
‘Worse Than People Can Imagine’: Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Breeds Chaos in States kffhealthnews.org/MTc2NzE1Nw via @kffhealthnews.bsky.social
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We need to focus on the AI harms that already exist | MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/30/1...
We need to focus on the AI harms that already exist
Fears about potential future existential risk are blinding us to the fact AI systems are already hurting people here and now.
www.technologyreview.com
October 30, 2023 at 2:28 PM
We need to focus on the AI harms that already exist | MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/30/1...
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From a Fledgling Genetic Science, A Murky Market for Prediction undark.org/2023/10/27/c...
From a Fledgling Genetic Science, A Murky Market for Prediction
The commercial push is raising tension between scientists seeking new genetic links, and entrepreneurs seeking profit.
undark.org
October 30, 2023 at 2:49 PM
From a Fledgling Genetic Science, A Murky Market for Prediction undark.org/2023/10/27/c...
I can’t wait to read it!
It cannot be overstated how much everyone, everywhere needs to read @ashleyshoo.bsky.social's work, especially her new book.
You're a technology designer? An architect? A social worker? Psychologist? Educator? Parent? A newly-disabled person? Long-time disabled person? Friends w/ disabled people?…
You're a technology designer? An architect? A social worker? Psychologist? Educator? Parent? A newly-disabled person? Long-time disabled person? Friends w/ disabled people?…
Against Technoableism
Book page for Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
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October 25, 2023 at 5:32 PM
I can’t wait to read it!
For one Speaker of the House to be cast into the outer darkness makes a good story. For it to happen four times makes it look like there is some kind of institutional problem.
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
October 25, 2023 at 5:04 PM
For one Speaker of the House to be cast into the outer darkness makes a good story. For it to happen four times makes it look like there is some kind of institutional problem.
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
“I always think that should be the focal point to the story: The loss of access is profound and enormous,”
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/u...
Despite State Bans, Legal Abortions Didn’t Fall Nationwide in Year After Dobbs
The first full-year census of U.S. abortion providers shows significant increases in abortion in states where it’s legal.
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2023 at 1:36 PM
“I always think that should be the focal point to the story: The loss of access is profound and enormous,”
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/u...
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com preparing for the 60th and saw you on Dr. Who Confidential. You look very natural on the deck of a Tardis.
October 22, 2023 at 7:11 PM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com preparing for the 60th and saw you on Dr. Who Confidential. You look very natural on the deck of a Tardis.
