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PhD Epidemiologist focused on aging. I'm worried about how difficult it's becoming to do it well.
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“.. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was named by Congress.” 🤡
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December 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“.. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was named by Congress.” 🤡
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
October 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
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Imagine a world where Alzheimer’s, cancer, and deadly diseases could have been stopped and then realize someone chose to let it slip away. Ending research that could have cured Alzheimer’s, cancer, and countless diseases isn’t politics it’s a crime against humanity’s future.
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Imagine a world where Alzheimer’s, cancer, and deadly diseases could have been stopped and then realize someone chose to let it slip away. Ending research that could have cured Alzheimer’s, cancer, and countless diseases isn’t politics it’s a crime against humanity’s future.
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Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past two decades studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. has now cut her entire division.
RFK Jr. has now cut her entire division.
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past two decades studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. has now cut her entire division.
RFK Jr. has now cut her entire division.
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Let me say the same thing today, in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, as I said when Brian Thompson was assassinated, when the CDC campus was shot & a police officer lost his life, and when school shootings happen:
*Violence is never the answer.*
Our rhetoric & actions need to make that clear. 💔
*Violence is never the answer.*
Our rhetoric & actions need to make that clear. 💔
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Let me say the same thing today, in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, as I said when Brian Thompson was assassinated, when the CDC campus was shot & a police officer lost his life, and when school shootings happen:
*Violence is never the answer.*
Our rhetoric & actions need to make that clear. 💔
*Violence is never the answer.*
Our rhetoric & actions need to make that clear. 💔
This is a great must-read column by Paula Span and one of those pieces where the comments add even more to the topic of falls. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/h...
Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?
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September 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This is a great must-read column by Paula Span and one of those pieces where the comments add even more to the topic of falls. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/h...
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Please help me welcome to Bluesky @drdebhoury.bsky.social - brave, brilliant, and principled.
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Video Chief CDC scientist resigns amid the firing of director over vaccine policy
Dr. Debra Houry stepped down as chief medical officer and deputy director for programs after Trump fired CDC Director Susan Monarez.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Please help me welcome to Bluesky @drdebhoury.bsky.social - brave, brilliant, and principled.
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Q: If Trump is gonna ban mail-in voting is he gonna make voting day a national holiday to help people deal with the massive lines?
A: Of course not. Because it isn’t about voter fraud, it’s about voter suppression.
A: Of course not. Because it isn’t about voter fraud, it’s about voter suppression.
August 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Q: If Trump is gonna ban mail-in voting is he gonna make voting day a national holiday to help people deal with the massive lines?
A: Of course not. Because it isn’t about voter fraud, it’s about voter suppression.
A: Of course not. Because it isn’t about voter fraud, it’s about voter suppression.
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There is simply not enough to say about how bad this is. Not only will we miss out on cures for infections & things like pancreatic cancer, the US will fall behind in science, tech, economy, and while other countries will take this over it will still be slowed/delayed. It’s a national security risk!
This is so harmful. Scientists are developing mRNA-based cancer vaccines that could save so many lives.
August 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There is simply not enough to say about how bad this is. Not only will we miss out on cures for infections & things like pancreatic cancer, the US will fall behind in science, tech, economy, and while other countries will take this over it will still be slowed/delayed. It’s a national security risk!
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Care beyond kin: Study urges rethink as nontraditional caregivers step up in dementia care news.umich.edu/care-beyond-... by @umich.edu
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
Care beyond kin: U-M study urges rethink as nontraditional caregivers step up in dementia care
Friends, ex-spouses and neighbors are playing a growing role in caring for older adults with dementia—yet surveys and policies still act as if only spouses and children matter.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Care beyond kin: Study urges rethink as nontraditional caregivers step up in dementia care news.umich.edu/care-beyond-... by @umich.edu
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
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Respectfully, Mr. Reich, they're gonna go up a lot more than 75% for a lot of enrollees.
That's just the AVERAGE amount @kff.org estimates they'll increase.
In some cases enrollees will have to pay 3-4x as much as they do today, or even more than that.
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That's just the AVERAGE amount @kff.org estimates they'll increase.
In some cases enrollees will have to pay 3-4x as much as they do today, or even more than that.
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Respectfully, Mr. Reich, they're gonna go up a lot more than 75% for a lot of enrollees.
That's just the AVERAGE amount @kff.org estimates they'll increase.
In some cases enrollees will have to pay 3-4x as much as they do today, or even more than that.
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
That's just the AVERAGE amount @kff.org estimates they'll increase.
In some cases enrollees will have to pay 3-4x as much as they do today, or even more than that.
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
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EXCLUSIVE
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported after firing shots in a Houston suburb & reentering the U.S. illegally.
Now he’s being freed.
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Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported after firing shots in a Houston suburb & reentering the U.S. illegally.
Now he’s being freed.
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Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
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June 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
EXCLUSIVE
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported after firing shots in a Houston suburb & reentering the U.S. illegally.
Now he’s being freed.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported after firing shots in a Houston suburb & reentering the U.S. illegally.
Now he’s being freed.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Trump wants to punish Harvard by cutting off federal grants but the result is cutting research into cancer, mental health, opioid addiction, sleep deprivation and hundreds of other projects that benefit Americans. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
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June 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Trump wants to punish Harvard by cutting off federal grants but the result is cutting research into cancer, mental health, opioid addiction, sleep deprivation and hundreds of other projects that benefit Americans. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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My God, the mindless destruction : www.al.com/politics/202... Only you can save Birmingham’s medical rainforest: op-ed from UAB researcher - al.com
Only you can save Birmingham’s medical rainforest: op-ed from UAB researcher
he fuel that propels Academic Health Centers like UAB comes, in large part, from NIH funding.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My God, the mindless destruction : www.al.com/politics/202... Only you can save Birmingham’s medical rainforest: op-ed from UAB researcher - al.com
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If Joe Biden did not know that Russia was ejected from the G8 in 2014 precisely because it invaded Crimea, & that Justin Trudeau was not PM at the time, we would be having a National Conversation™️ about how Democrats can continue supporting a senile president who is a huge national security danger.
Russia was kicked out of the G8 in March 2014 exactly BECAUSE it launched its war in Ukraine by invading and forcibly annexing Crimea.
Trump with Mark Carney: "The G7 used to be the G8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in, and I would say that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn't have a war right now if you had Russia in."
June 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If Joe Biden did not know that Russia was ejected from the G8 in 2014 precisely because it invaded Crimea, & that Justin Trudeau was not PM at the time, we would be having a National Conversation™️ about how Democrats can continue supporting a senile president who is a huge national security danger.
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“Researchers catalogued many fears — about the questions they won’t get to answer, the cures they will fail to find and the colleagues they will lose... But most of all, they said they worried about the people who, because of these cuts, will die”
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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
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June 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“Researchers catalogued many fears — about the questions they won’t get to answer, the cures they will fail to find and the colleagues they will lose... But most of all, they said they worried about the people who, because of these cuts, will die”
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The Trump and Elon breakup would be pretty funny to watch if I didn't know how much is on the line here: 10 million people could lose Medicaid and 2 million kids could lose food assistance.
Don't let this drama distract you from what matters.
Don't let this drama distract you from what matters.
June 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Trump and Elon breakup would be pretty funny to watch if I didn't know how much is on the line here: 10 million people could lose Medicaid and 2 million kids could lose food assistance.
Don't let this drama distract you from what matters.
Don't let this drama distract you from what matters.
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“Alarm bells about the GOP Medicaid cuts aren’t partisan fear-mongering. They're coming from the independent CBO.” The budget office warns of terminated insurance for millions. Jeff Nesbit explains the proposal’s real intentions.
CBO: The GOP’s Medicaid cuts will drop millions of people
It was never about 'waste, fraud, and abuse.'
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May 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Alarm bells about the GOP Medicaid cuts aren’t partisan fear-mongering. They're coming from the independent CBO.” The budget office warns of terminated insurance for millions. Jeff Nesbit explains the proposal’s real intentions.
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Making America healthy? 🤔😕🛟
After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Making America healthy? 🤔😕🛟
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Because… Why, exactly?! Tell me how this actually makes America healthy?!
April 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Because… Why, exactly?! Tell me how this actually makes America healthy?!
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If you’re on the fence about going to the march today, read this piece by @lisaborders.bsky.social and consider it your rally cry. It packs a punch.
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"Hell is here, in Boston, in the way a woman’s voice goes unnaturally high as she strangles a shriek when surrounded by six masked people in plainclothes who claim to be police. Hell inhabits the place in your heart where you feel her fear."
Meditations on Hell
“I’m coming to Boston, I’m bringing hell with me.” —Tom Homan, “border czar” and former acting director of ICE - - - Hell is not a lake of fire, no...
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April 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If you’re on the fence about going to the march today, read this piece by @lisaborders.bsky.social and consider it your rally cry. It packs a punch.
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