JoeMcK
@washjoe.bsky.social
PA from PA, Family and Community Medicine Enthusiast, Community Health Center advocate, Father of 2 best kids in world. Phillies fan.
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Never before have so many of our sources requested—or been granted—anonymity to share their stories of being detained by ICE and/or having their student visas revoked. And no one is following the story more closely than @liamknox.bsky.social.
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Trump Admin Broadens Scope of Student Visa Terminations
Immigration officials are rapidly revoking hundreds of student visas. Many more are going unreported at small colleges anxious to avoid federal scrutiny.
www.insidehighered.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Never before have so many of our sources requested—or been granted—anonymity to share their stories of being detained by ICE and/or having their student visas revoked. And no one is following the story more closely than @liamknox.bsky.social.
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www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
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On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
March 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
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"Higher physical activity levels provide a substantial increase in population life expectancy."
Longevity ain't about seed oil, cold plunges, BS supplements, or young blood!
#Move!
And promote living environments that fuel healthy longevity.
Study: bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/5...
Longevity ain't about seed oil, cold plunges, BS supplements, or young blood!
#Move!
And promote living environments that fuel healthy longevity.
Study: bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/5...
Physical activity and life expectancy: a life-table analysis
Objective Low physical activity (PA) levels are associated with increased mortality. Improved measurement has resulted in stronger proven associations between PA and mortality, but this has not yet tr...
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March 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Higher physical activity levels provide a substantial increase in population life expectancy."
Longevity ain't about seed oil, cold plunges, BS supplements, or young blood!
#Move!
And promote living environments that fuel healthy longevity.
Study: bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/5...
Longevity ain't about seed oil, cold plunges, BS supplements, or young blood!
#Move!
And promote living environments that fuel healthy longevity.
Study: bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/5...
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech
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March 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech
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Dr Alawieh is a kidney doctor who works with patients who get kidney transplants.
She trained at Yale.
She works at the VA, treating American vets.
She had a passport and visa.
And she is being detained without a lawyer.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
She trained at Yale.
She works at the VA, treating American vets.
She had a passport and visa.
And she is being detained without a lawyer.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.
www.providencejournal.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Dr Alawieh is a kidney doctor who works with patients who get kidney transplants.
She trained at Yale.
She works at the VA, treating American vets.
She had a passport and visa.
And she is being detained without a lawyer.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
She trained at Yale.
She works at the VA, treating American vets.
She had a passport and visa.
And she is being detained without a lawyer.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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Congress will be deciding in the next few weeks on whether to extend Medicare coverage for telehealth beyond the current March 31 deadline. Fortunately it has widespread bipartisan support and it will hopefully escape current budget cuts as it saves money.
Medsky
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Medsky
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More telemedicine equals less spending
www.politico.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Congress will be deciding in the next few weeks on whether to extend Medicare coverage for telehealth beyond the current March 31 deadline. Fortunately it has widespread bipartisan support and it will hopefully escape current budget cuts as it saves money.
Medsky
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Medsky
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Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation.
"The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]."
This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities.
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
"The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]."
This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities.
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The National Science Foundation - this is not business as usual
The National Science Foundation was created 75 years ago, at the behest of Vannevar Bush , who put together the famed study, Science, The E...
nanoscale.blogspot.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation.
"The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]."
This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities.
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
"The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]."
This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities.
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
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Keep pressuring Republicans. Call them. Write them. Visit their district offices.
Some GOP members feel helpless as DOGE cuts hit.
A growing number of congressional Republicans are desperately trying to back-channel with White House officials as Trump’s DOGE ramps up its slash-and-burn firings of federal workers.
A growing number of congressional Republicans are desperately trying to back-channel with White House officials as Trump’s DOGE ramps up its slash-and-burn firings of federal workers.
The private GOP panic over the slash-and-burn DOGE firings
White House aides are inundated with congressional calls as Republicans fret.
www.politico.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Keep pressuring Republicans. Call them. Write them. Visit their district offices.
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Show up at their town halls.
They are all home the next week
They are all home the next week
“DON’T BEND OVER!”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc.com) reporting from a Republican stronghold district in Georgia tonight:
Packed room of angry constituents demanding their congressman stand up for them.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc.com) reporting from a Republican stronghold district in Georgia tonight:
Packed room of angry constituents demanding their congressman stand up for them.
February 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Show up at their town halls.
They are all home the next week
They are all home the next week
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I want to be clear once more that every single vaccine on the childhood vaccine schedule in the United States has already been subjected to a randomized clinical trial. There is no evidence that giving more than one of these vaccines within the time period specified by the schedule poses any risk.
February 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.
February 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.
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I'm a journalist.
My profession is the only one named and protected in the U.S. Constitution. Our founding fathers understood that if the press was stifled, their new democracy would not survive.
Here's how you can help journalists like me preserve democracy:
freedom.press/digisec/blog...
My profession is the only one named and protected in the U.S. Constitution. Our founding fathers understood that if the press was stifled, their new democracy would not survive.
Here's how you can help journalists like me preserve democracy:
freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press
Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.
freedom.press
February 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'm a journalist.
My profession is the only one named and protected in the U.S. Constitution. Our founding fathers understood that if the press was stifled, their new democracy would not survive.
Here's how you can help journalists like me preserve democracy:
freedom.press/digisec/blog...
My profession is the only one named and protected in the U.S. Constitution. Our founding fathers understood that if the press was stifled, their new democracy would not survive.
Here's how you can help journalists like me preserve democracy:
freedom.press/digisec/blog...
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Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Patients with Type 2 #Diabetes www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Among patients with DM, the incidence of major CV events was significantly lower with intensive tx targeting a SBP <120 than with standard tx targeting a SBP of <140 mm Hg. #MedSky #PrimaryCare
Among patients with DM, the incidence of major CV events was significantly lower with intensive tx targeting a SBP <120 than with standard tx targeting a SBP of <140 mm Hg. #MedSky #PrimaryCare
Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes | NEJM
Effective targets for systolic blood-pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes are unclear. We enrolled patients 50 years of age or older with type 2 diabetes, elevated systolic blood press...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Patients with Type 2 #Diabetes www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Among patients with DM, the incidence of major CV events was significantly lower with intensive tx targeting a SBP <120 than with standard tx targeting a SBP of <140 mm Hg. #MedSky #PrimaryCare
Among patients with DM, the incidence of major CV events was significantly lower with intensive tx targeting a SBP <120 than with standard tx targeting a SBP of <140 mm Hg. #MedSky #PrimaryCare
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🩺COVID Post-Exposure Prophylaxis with Ensitrelvir:
Shionogi announced that their Phase 3 trial, called SCORPIO-PEP, showed that the oral drug Ensitrelvir helps prevent COVID infection in people exposed to infected family members. buff.ly/40nQeNR
Shionogi announced that their Phase 3 trial, called SCORPIO-PEP, showed that the oral drug Ensitrelvir helps prevent COVID infection in people exposed to infected family members. buff.ly/40nQeNR
November 2, 2024 at 10:17 PM
🩺COVID Post-Exposure Prophylaxis with Ensitrelvir:
Shionogi announced that their Phase 3 trial, called SCORPIO-PEP, showed that the oral drug Ensitrelvir helps prevent COVID infection in people exposed to infected family members. buff.ly/40nQeNR
Shionogi announced that their Phase 3 trial, called SCORPIO-PEP, showed that the oral drug Ensitrelvir helps prevent COVID infection in people exposed to infected family members. buff.ly/40nQeNR
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Study hard or study smart? Discover the relationship between research-based study techniques, beliefs, attitudes, and school achievement. #gocrpi paper by Héctor Ruiz‑Martín, Fernando Blanco (@fbpsy.bsky.social), and Marta Ferrero
Study time! What works and what doesn’t
Last week, I was eating dinner with some friends. One friend shared his dream, in which he was taking a high school exam and was just so nervous about thinking how he didn't study and hence wouldn't…
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October 31, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Study hard or study smart? Discover the relationship between research-based study techniques, beliefs, attitudes, and school achievement. #gocrpi paper by Héctor Ruiz‑Martín, Fernando Blanco (@fbpsy.bsky.social), and Marta Ferrero
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Today is the deadliest day for child pedestrians in the US. Please be extra cautious (this and every day), as a driver or pedestrian.
October 31, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Today is the deadliest day for child pedestrians in the US. Please be extra cautious (this and every day), as a driver or pedestrian.
Great piece on puzzles and dementia. The number one question most patients ask is "what can I do?"--and puzzles and word games is usually part of the answer. Wish we had more definitive therapies.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/w...
Can Puzzles and Games Prevent Dementia?
Experts say the answer is a puzzle.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Great piece on puzzles and dementia. The number one question most patients ask is "what can I do?"--and puzzles and word games is usually part of the answer. Wish we had more definitive therapies.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/w...
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Two pieces from me this weekend on the ongoing IV fluid shortage post-Hurricane Helene. The first looks at the broader issue - that we seem to have decided its okay to always be just one natural disaster or one bankruptcy away from a crisis for hospitals & patients (gift link):
IV Shortage After Hurricane Helene Reveals a Bigger Problem
If one big storm can take out 60% of the US supply of intravenous fluids, what else should we be worried about?
www.bloomberg.com
October 27, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Two pieces from me this weekend on the ongoing IV fluid shortage post-Hurricane Helene. The first looks at the broader issue - that we seem to have decided its okay to always be just one natural disaster or one bankruptcy away from a crisis for hospitals & patients (gift link):
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