RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."

When even folks in our government are spreading "weather modification" conspiracy theories, it's unsurprising that some groups act on those ideas and destroy devices they think are responsible for the flooding, tornadoes, etc.

The 1st year class of Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) fellows is being terminated today. We don't know the fate of 2nd years nor the future of the EIS program. CDC’s 2-yr EIS fellowship recruits talent from across the world and trains MDs, PhDs, nurses, vets, and others in field epidemiology.

Viewpoint: Recent disruptions and funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) undermine the infrastructure and stability of US scientific research, threatening the nation's global leadership and scientific productivity.

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#MedSky

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Isaac Asimov was ahead of his time in his writing but also his take on American society - “my ignorance is as good as your knowledge”

Hickenlooper sounds like a yes to me, I’m sorry to say.

He’s asking about vaccines now, differentiating healthy skepticism from promoting reckless info without understanding the field at all

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Soft power is hard earned and easily lost.

The writers of the onion have one of the hardest jobs I can imagine: writing farcical stories in our very unserious current state of affairs.

Jimmy Carter has died. I wrote about one of his less well-known but arguably most important achievements: saving millions of the world’s most vulnerable people from debilitating disease, blindness, and death. www.forkingpaths.co/p/jimmy-cart...

This story on the link between pregnancy and homicide is bone-chilling. 🛟 #reprosky

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Disease outbreak news on undiagnosed disease in #DRCongo bit.ly/3Zpj12M

Health officials in Marin country are investigated another potential case of H5N1 in a child with no clear exposures. If the positive test is confirmed by the CDC this will be third human case reported during this outbreak without clear zoonotic exposure.
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