Radhika Sundararajan MD PhD
@radhikalu.bsky.social
Emergency Physician | Anthropologist | Implementation Scientist | Global Health Researcher | Philadelphia Eagles season ticket holder 🦅🦅
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JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives
Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
I know this is supposed to be some fear mongering threat … but personally I am super excited about this.
Don’t change your mind now, you million worst-people-in-NYC! 👋🏽
Don’t change your mind now, you million worst-people-in-NYC! 👋🏽
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I know this is supposed to be some fear mongering threat … but personally I am super excited about this.
Don’t change your mind now, you million worst-people-in-NYC! 👋🏽
Don’t change your mind now, you million worst-people-in-NYC! 👋🏽
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RIFed:
Office of Science (OS) - MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
MMWR is crucial to quickly disseminate info about infectious disease.
Like the famous MMWR in 1981 about an outbreak of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in LA. That was the first mention of what is now known as AIDS
Office of Science (OS) - MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
MMWR is crucial to quickly disseminate info about infectious disease.
Like the famous MMWR in 1981 about an outbreak of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in LA. That was the first mention of what is now known as AIDS
June 5, 1981—The First Report of AIDS in the U.S.
By Erika Mills ~ In the June 5, 1981 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC described a rare lung infection among a group of gay men in Los Angeles. This article, titl…
circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov
October 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
RIFed:
Office of Science (OS) - MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
MMWR is crucial to quickly disseminate info about infectious disease.
Like the famous MMWR in 1981 about an outbreak of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in LA. That was the first mention of what is now known as AIDS
Office of Science (OS) - MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
MMWR is crucial to quickly disseminate info about infectious disease.
Like the famous MMWR in 1981 about an outbreak of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in LA. That was the first mention of what is now known as AIDS
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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FYI there are a ton of DHS vehicles in Old City right now, be careful out there Philly
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
FYI there are a ton of DHS vehicles in Old City right now, be careful out there Philly
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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~40% of Hepatitis B infections are caught in childhood. It is contagious enough that it can be spread just from sharing common household objects.
The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.
The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.
There’s a rumor that Kennedy’s revised, biased ACIP will move hepatitisB age up to 4, creating real access issues to parents that want to to protect babies and setting babies up for lifelong harm.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children
RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.
www.npr.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
~40% of Hepatitis B infections are caught in childhood. It is contagious enough that it can be spread just from sharing common household objects.
The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.
The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.
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Tomorrow I’ll be joined by @yalesph.bsky.social alum Alex Urry, MPH ’19, now Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for what I'm SURE will be a fascinating discussion.
🔗 Register here: yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🔗 Register here: yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tomorrow I’ll be joined by @yalesph.bsky.social alum Alex Urry, MPH ’19, now Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for what I'm SURE will be a fascinating discussion.
🔗 Register here: yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🔗 Register here: yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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"Public health is under siege in our country. This time it is not from fringe communities scattered across the nation but from our appointed leaders, who were nominated by our president and confirmed by our elected officials in the Senate."
A must-read anonymous piece
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
A must-read anonymous piece
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Struggling on in the US federal research system
In February The BMJ allowed me, a US federal researcher, to publish anonymously two accounts of the anger, despair, harm, and chaos we are experiencing in our work.12 They had to be anonymous, as is t...
www.bmj.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Public health is under siege in our country. This time it is not from fringe communities scattered across the nation but from our appointed leaders, who were nominated by our president and confirmed by our elected officials in the Senate."
A must-read anonymous piece
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
A must-read anonymous piece
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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@drdemetre.bsky.social has resigned as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. His letter is a must-read.
August 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
@drdemetre.bsky.social has resigned as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. His letter is a must-read.
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Trump proposes to rescind AIDS funds. Congress rejects the proposal. So Trump and his henchman Russ Vought just refuse to spend the money and try to hide that decision from Congress and the public. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...
Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Trump proposes to rescind AIDS funds. Congress rejects the proposal. So Trump and his henchman Russ Vought just refuse to spend the money and try to hide that decision from Congress and the public. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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Really disheartening to see African countries doing these trafficking deals with the West.
We literally dump tons e-waste and secondhand clothing in Africa.
Now these governments are basically striking trade deals for unwanted humans.
Sick.
We literally dump tons e-waste and secondhand clothing in Africa.
Now these governments are basically striking trade deals for unwanted humans.
Sick.
BREAKING: Uganda has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors, officials said.
Uganda agrees deal with US to take deported migrants if they don't have criminal records
Uganda says it has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Really disheartening to see African countries doing these trafficking deals with the West.
We literally dump tons e-waste and secondhand clothing in Africa.
Now these governments are basically striking trade deals for unwanted humans.
Sick.
We literally dump tons e-waste and secondhand clothing in Africa.
Now these governments are basically striking trade deals for unwanted humans.
Sick.
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I finally made it through this @hubermanlab.com podcast with Jay Bhattacharya. It took a while because it’s 4(!!) hours long and I had to take multiple breaks for deep breathing. (Not gonna lie, I played it at 1.25 speed.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Some reactions… 🧵 1/8
Some reactions… 🧵 1/8
Improving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Podcast Episode · Huberman Lab · 06/09/2025 · 4h 27m
podcasts.apple.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I finally made it through this @hubermanlab.com podcast with Jay Bhattacharya. It took a while because it’s 4(!!) hours long and I had to take multiple breaks for deep breathing. (Not gonna lie, I played it at 1.25 speed.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Some reactions… 🧵 1/8
Some reactions… 🧵 1/8
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• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
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Update: After my story came out on Friday, the NIH told staff yesterday to stop renegotiating the scope of research projects to align with the agency's new priorities — but only at public institutions in the 16 plaintiff states, per an email I obtained.
SCOOP: NIH appears to be disregarding last week's court order to stop screening grants using a process a judge ruled illegal.
This has many NIH staffers confused and worried about the legality of their actions.
This has many NIH staffers confused and worried about the legality of their actions.
Exclusive: NIH still screens grants in process a judge ruled illegal
Directives by the Trump administration are still being applied to grant applications despite court order.
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Update: After my story came out on Friday, the NIH told staff yesterday to stop renegotiating the scope of research projects to align with the agency's new priorities — but only at public institutions in the 16 plaintiff states, per an email I obtained.
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NEWSFLASH for anyone submitting NIH grant applications: applications are being withdrawn from review if they contain foreign subawards, regardless of justification. This was NOT included in NOT-OD-25-104 that was published on May 1.
This policy applies PROSPECTIVELY as of May 1. 🧐🧐
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This policy applies PROSPECTIVELY as of May 1. 🧐🧐
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July 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEWSFLASH for anyone submitting NIH grant applications: applications are being withdrawn from review if they contain foreign subawards, regardless of justification. This was NOT included in NOT-OD-25-104 that was published on May 1.
This policy applies PROSPECTIVELY as of May 1. 🧐🧐
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This policy applies PROSPECTIVELY as of May 1. 🧐🧐
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Not to mention *many* of the 600,000 South Asians living in NYC … where he is running for Mayor.
So many people need to STFU.
So many people need to STFU.
about 70% of the world eats like this. This tweet is the most racist thing I've seen in years
As a Brown man who grew up with a family who all eat like this, I can't tell you how deeply this hurts and genuinely cuts. The racism is unbelievable. I eat like this and am proud to do so but it doesn't stop how painful the shock is that someone views you this way.
June 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Not to mention *many* of the 600,000 South Asians living in NYC … where he is running for Mayor.
So many people need to STFU.
So many people need to STFU.
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At a recent hearing, Sen. Hassan asked Bhattacharya whether he'd follow the president's directives even if it meant breaking the law.
Bhattacharya said, “I don't believe the president will ever ask me to break the law."
Here, NIH is defying a court order — which ruled the agency broke the law
Bhattacharya said, “I don't believe the president will ever ask me to break the law."
Here, NIH is defying a court order — which ruled the agency broke the law
SCOOP: NIH appears to be disregarding last week's court order to stop screening grants using a process a judge ruled illegal.
This has many NIH staffers confused and worried about the legality of their actions.
This has many NIH staffers confused and worried about the legality of their actions.
Exclusive: NIH still screens grants in process a judge ruled illegal
Directives by the Trump administration are still being applied to grant applications despite court order.
www.nature.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
At a recent hearing, Sen. Hassan asked Bhattacharya whether he'd follow the president's directives even if it meant breaking the law.
Bhattacharya said, “I don't believe the president will ever ask me to break the law."
Here, NIH is defying a court order — which ruled the agency broke the law
Bhattacharya said, “I don't believe the president will ever ask me to break the law."
Here, NIH is defying a court order — which ruled the agency broke the law
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STAT story about NIH policy (at least temporary) to terminate no more grants.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/n...
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www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/n...
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NIH halts grant terminations ‘effective immediately,’ email says
The National Institutes of Health is halting further terminations of research grants, an internal email shows
www.statnews.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
STAT story about NIH policy (at least temporary) to terminate no more grants.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/n...
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www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/n...
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NIH BREAKING NEWS NIH BREAKING NEWS
Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon
Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.
Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon
Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.
two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room
ALT: two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room
media.tenor.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
NIH BREAKING NEWS NIH BREAKING NEWS
Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon
Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.
Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon
Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.
There has not been much be excited about lately. It feels risky but … thank you NYC ❤️
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.
June 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
There has not been much be excited about lately. It feels risky but … thank you NYC ❤️