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Julia FS
@rheumepi.bsky.social
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epidemiology and population health research in rheumatic autoimmune disease (lupus and more), pregnancy, and bias in medicine | standard disclaimer: views are my own
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Election Day!
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
rheumepi.bsky.social
Please include confidence intervals with your relative risks (risk ratios, odds ratios, hazard ratios, etc) and not just the RR and a p-value. Bonus points for other measures too, but need to see how wide those intervals are not just whether they are significant. #postconferencefeedback
October 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
rheumepi.bsky.social
So excited that this work is out. Thank you to all the great collaborators and coauthors involved in this work! Great work by first author @amadeia.bsky.social

lupus.bmj.com/content/12/2...
Risk of preterm delivery and early pregnancy hydroxychloroquine use from a Californian lupus cohort
Objective Pregnant patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have 2-3 times higher risk of preterm delivery (PTD). Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is recommended during pregnancy and may reduce PTD ri...
lupus.bmj.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
rheumepi.bsky.social
And like that a 1-yr sabbatical comes to an end. Enjoying the day with family and getting ready for the new challenges. What an odd time to have been offline in public health and what a critical time to be ready and rested to get back to it. Wish me luck!
September 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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davidrvetter.bsky.social
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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altnoaa.bsky.social
Much of the regulations at USDA have been removed; consume anything at your own risk.
Boar's Head plans to reopen troubled deli meat plant, but reports of sanitation problems persist
The Boar's Head deli meat plant at the heart of a deadly food poisoning outbreak is set to reopen in the coming months.
apnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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alanpaul.bsky.social
I come from a family of pediatricians and have longed for my dad to have the opportunity to dress down RFK Jr, who is a true no-nothing menace. Thank you Congresswoman Schrier.
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jun 24
MUST SEE: Congresswoman Schrier nails conspiracy theorist and unfortunate HHS Secretary, RFK Jr., on the value of vaccines—and it’s glorious.

Schrier also happens to be the first pediatrician in Congress.
June 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One Minnesota lawmaker and her spouse were fatally shot and a second lawmaker and his spouse were injured in separate "politically motivated" shootings at their homes in eastern Minnesota.

Suspect, who authorities say had been impersonating law enforcement…
Minnesota politician shot and killed, another injured in 'politically motivated assassination'
The assailant, who is still at large, allegedly impersonated a police officer.
www.nbcnews.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
rheumepi.bsky.social
New work out with colleagues from Karolinska including @elizabetharkema.bsky.social and many more!
thelancetrheum.bsky.social The Lancet Rheumatology @thelancetrheum.bsky.social · Jun 13
NEW RESEARCH—Exposure to #hydroxychloroquine in early #pregnancy and incidence of pre-eclampsia and pre-term delivery in patients with systemic #lupus erythematosus in Sweden: a nationwide population-based cohort study bit.ly/3FBPz3J @rheumepi.bsky.social

Plus, linked Comment bit.ly/3Tknh0D
June 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
rheumepi.bsky.social
Excited to share that our next paper on evaluating diagnostic and treatment patterns in chronic illness is out - this time, exploring how race and gender may influence decision making in #neurology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Influence of race and gender on variability in clinical decision-making in neurology - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Influence of race and gender on variability in clinical decision-making in neurology
www.nature.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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npr.org
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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wordswithsteph.bsky.social
•••MEASLES ALERT•••

A traveler with measles was at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey for several hours while infectious this week.

Anyone who was in Newark Airport's Terminal B on Monday between 12:30 and 4:00 p.m. may have been exposed to measles — considered by health…
May 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social
With the destruction of federal funding for research, people have been hoping foundations fill in some of the gaps. HHMI decided to suspend their competitions AFTER applicants had already spent hours working on the application.
May 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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uabookbans.bsky.social
In the face of book bans in our public libraries and schools, Little Free Libraries serve as vital distribution points for free access to banned books. Help expand access to these stories by celebrating #LFLweek through May 17: lflib.org/lfl-week @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social #UniteAgainstBookBans
A digital illustration of a bench, balloons, and four Little Free Libraries. Text reads: We're celebrating Little Free Library Week! LittleFreeLibrary.org/LFL-Week.
May 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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epiellie.bsky.social
I always knew the “vaccines cause autism” crowd used sketchy science.

But this is the second time I’ve looked into a super popular analysis, only to discover that they didn’t even have the data they claim to have.

Now I’m curious how much of this “research” is just straight up lies.
epiellie.bsky.social Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · Apr 22
FACT CHECK:

This viral graph from twitter claims to *prove* vaccines cause autism.

But there's something fishy about the data! Let's dive in.
April 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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jamellebouie.net
they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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alisonfincher.bsky.social
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.

They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.

Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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sculdiva.bsky.social
It is open comment time (until May 23) for the proposed OPM rule to remove civil servant protections (Schedule F) www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
#ArmchairResistance
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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
April 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
rheumepi.bsky.social
So excited to dig into this sci-fi thriller by @pfracassi.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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arrianna-planey.bsky.social
If you're an academic on BlueSky, there's a fairly good chance that your employer is on this "list"
adamhsays.com Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · Mar 10
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus, including uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities. The letters are addressed to all U.S. universities that are presently under investigation for Title VI violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination. “The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “U.S. colleges and universities benefit from enormous public investments funded by U.S. taxpayers. That support is a privilege and it is contingent on scrupulous adherence to federal antidiscrimination laws.” The schools that received letters from the Office for Civil Rights include: American University Arizona State University Boston University Brown University California State University, Sacramento Chapman University Columbia University Cornell University Drexel University Eastern Washington University Emerson College George Mason University Harvard University Illinois Wesleyan University Indiana University, Bloomington Johns Hopkins University Lafayette College Lehigh University Middlebury College Muhlenberg College Northwestern University Ohio State University Pacific Lutheran University Pomona College Portland State University Princeton University Rutgers University Rutgers University-Newark Santa Monica College Sarah Lawrence College Stanford University State University of New York Binghamton State University of New York Rockland State University of New York, Purchase Swarthmore College Temple University The New School Tufts University Tulane University Union College University of California Davis University of California San Diego University of California Santa Barbara University of California, Berkeley University of Cincinnati University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Michigan University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of North Carolina University of South Florida University of Southern California University of Tampa University of Tennessee University of Virginia University of Washington-Seattle University of Wisconsin, Madison Wellesley College Whitman College Yale University
March 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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leonardlloyd.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
rheumepi.bsky.social
“...A lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants [of NurembergTrials], a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” Captain G. M. Gilbert, Army psychologist assigned to watching defendants at the Nuremberg trials
March 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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rheumcat.bsky.social
This is the internal paperwork from the NIH detailing the process of screening grants for "DEI words" that would violate the Executive Order

Hard to read but see the alt text
In accordance with the Secretarial Directive on DEI Related Funding, NIH will no longer prioritize research and reserach training programs that focus on ... DEI. Terminations that result from science that no longer effectuates NIH's priorities must follow the appeals guidance below. All other terminations for noncompliance require, always, appeal language. Prior to issuing all awards (competing and noncompeting) or approving requests for carryover, ICs must review the specific aims [sic] assess whether the proposed project contains any DEI research activities or DEI language that give the perception that NIH funds can be used to support these activities. To avoid issuing awards, in error, that support DEI activities ICs must take care to completely excise all DEI activities using the following categories. Category 1: The sole purpose of the project is DEI related (e.g., diversity supplements or conference grant where the purpose of the meeting is diversity), and/or the application was received in response to a NOFO that was unpublished as outlined above. Action: ICs must not issue the award. Category 2: Project partially supports DEI activities (i.e., the project may still be viable if those aims or activities are negotiated out, without significant changes from the original peer-reviewed scope) ... Action: Funding IC must negotiate with the applicant/recipient to address the activities that are non-compliant, along with the associated funds that support those activities, obtain revised aims and budges, and documen thte changes in the grant file Category 3: Project does not support DEI activities, but may contain language related to DEI (e.g., statement regarding institutional commitment to diversity in the 'Facilities & Other Resources' attachment and terminology related to structural racis - this is not all-inclusive). Action: Funding IC must request an updated application/RPRR with the DEI language removed
March 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM