Andy Cox
@andypedsid.bsky.social
Pediatric Infectious Disease physician scientist passionate about vaccinology as a means to improve public health. Views my own.
Thank you PBS and Dr Offit
for highlighting the new recommendations for vaccination that are backed by science and pediatricians. It is an absolute failure that the same is not true for the recommendations of the ACIP.
#believescience
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
for highlighting the new recommendations for vaccination that are backed by science and pediatricians. It is an absolute failure that the same is not true for the recommendations of the ACIP.
#believescience
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverging from CDC vaccine guidelines
The American Academy of Pediatrics released new COVID vaccination guidelines, and for the first time, they diverge significantly from the recommendations from the CDC. The changes leave parents with c...
www.pbs.org
August 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Thank you PBS and Dr Offit
for highlighting the new recommendations for vaccination that are backed by science and pediatricians. It is an absolute failure that the same is not true for the recommendations of the ACIP.
#believescience
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
for highlighting the new recommendations for vaccination that are backed by science and pediatricians. It is an absolute failure that the same is not true for the recommendations of the ACIP.
#believescience
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Reposted by Andy Cox
The loss of highly experienced CDC leadership is the latest devastating result of the Administration’s sustained attacks on public health, and it absolutely must be the last.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/41XOkU7
Our statement: https://bit.ly/41XOkU7
August 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The loss of highly experienced CDC leadership is the latest devastating result of the Administration’s sustained attacks on public health, and it absolutely must be the last.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/41XOkU7
Our statement: https://bit.ly/41XOkU7
This will be a landmark day in the history of US science in a terrible way. Our administration fired 4 institute directors including NIAID without any cause. Being a scientist in America is quickly becoming impossible.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This will be a landmark day in the history of US science in a terrible way. Our administration fired 4 institute directors including NIAID without any cause. Being a scientist in America is quickly becoming impossible.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I also was a recipient of this incredible grant and this is a gigantic blow to the development of pediatrician scientists. #NIH do you want to improve children’s health?
The NIH grant that has supported 38 years of training the best pediatrician-scientists in the country (I’m a proud former recipient) was cancelled. It was just approved for a 5 year renewal. The PSDP has supported the careers of many NIH-funded pediatrician-scientists and thought leaders
March 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I also was a recipient of this incredible grant and this is a gigantic blow to the development of pediatrician scientists. #NIH do you want to improve children’s health?
Happy to see labs from the sane parts of the world open their arms to US PhD candidates who have been harmed by our government policies!
So, this is a open call to American students who lost a PhD offer into medicinal chemistry/drug design/organic synthesis. Please share broadly.
The Trant Team wants you. Apply now.
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The Trant Team wants you. Apply now.
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
March 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Happy to see labs from the sane parts of the world open their arms to US PhD candidates who have been harmed by our government policies!
And the NIH anti-vaccination epoch officially begins. . . Terribly worried that vaccine development will be next.
NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying why some people are hesitant to receive vaccines or evaluating strategies that could encourage vaccine uptake. scim.ag/4how23i
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines
Move reflects vaccine skepticism of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
scim.ag
March 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
And the NIH anti-vaccination epoch officially begins. . . Terribly worried that vaccine development will be next.
@kimberlyadams.bsky.social
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@kairyssdal.bsky.social
thanks for sharing my comment on Make Me Smart yesterday! It is a breath of fresh air to be heard and seen by someone. Thank you for all your thoughtful and careful reporting. I appreciate you and the whole @marketplace.org team.
And
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
thanks for sharing my comment on Make Me Smart yesterday! It is a breath of fresh air to be heard and seen by someone. Thank you for all your thoughtful and careful reporting. I appreciate you and the whole @marketplace.org team.
March 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
@kimberlyadams.bsky.social
And
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
thanks for sharing my comment on Make Me Smart yesterday! It is a breath of fresh air to be heard and seen by someone. Thank you for all your thoughtful and careful reporting. I appreciate you and the whole @marketplace.org team.
And
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
thanks for sharing my comment on Make Me Smart yesterday! It is a breath of fresh air to be heard and seen by someone. Thank you for all your thoughtful and careful reporting. I appreciate you and the whole @marketplace.org team.
Very helpful data pulled from NIH RePorter by David O’Connor at U Wisconsin. Shows how different this years funding has been compared to the past 9 years. Helpful but scary to see.
github.com/dhoconno/rep...
github.com/dhoconno/rep...
GitHub - dhoconno/reporter: Plot cumulative awards in NIH RePORTER by date
Plot cumulative awards in NIH RePORTER by date. Contribute to dhoconno/reporter development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Very helpful data pulled from NIH RePorter by David O’Connor at U Wisconsin. Shows how different this years funding has been compared to the past 9 years. Helpful but scary to see.
github.com/dhoconno/rep...
github.com/dhoconno/rep...
So now all NIH.gov websites are down including PubMed where the public can access the results of scientific research. This coupled with the firing of all internal researchers at NIH is one more chapter in the end
of US science.
of US science.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health and medical research. The NIH website offers health information for the public, scientists, researchers, medical professionals, patients, educators, and students. The Site has extensive information on funding and training opportunities, clinical trials, health news and links to the many Institutes and Centers that make-up the NIH.
NIH.gov
March 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
So now all NIH.gov websites are down including PubMed where the public can access the results of scientific research. This coupled with the firing of all internal researchers at NIH is one more chapter in the end
of US science.
of US science.
Cancelling this meeting is so concerning. This meeting determines what goes into the flu vaccine every year. No flu vaccine 2025-2026 is a possible outcome of cancelling this meeting. The flu shot isn’t perfect but it saves lives every year.
An FDA vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for March to select the strains to be included in next season's flu shot has been canceled, a panel member says.
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Cancelling this meeting is so concerning. This meeting determines what goes into the flu vaccine every year. No flu vaccine 2025-2026 is a possible outcome of cancelling this meeting. The flu shot isn’t perfect but it saves lives every year.
Nice to finally see a publication backing up what I have been stalking the NIH website to find. NIH is still effectively blocked from issuing new grants.
My email was blowing up re: study section cancelations and I find it pretty alarming. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Nice to finally see a publication backing up what I have been stalking the NIH website to find. NIH is still effectively blocked from issuing new grants.
Reposted by Andy Cox
First nukes, now eggs
A sign that the Trump admin is taking your egg price concerns very seriously www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
First nukes, now eggs
Really looks like they are trying to #makeamericainfectedagain
"We're on the verge of potentially another pandemic and we're firing the people who have probably more expertise than anyone else in the country collectively.”
Trump Admin Fires CDC 'Disease Detectives' As Bird Flu Fears Rise: Sources
www.barrons.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Really looks like they are trying to #makeamericainfectedagain
What an absolute disaster. Just one example of the terrible #dogeeffect.
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
What an absolute disaster. Just one example of the terrible #dogeeffect.
Reposted by Andy Cox
I am an ID doctor STILL standing in front of Congress, asking them to take action on antimicrobial resistance. ❤️ #HealthPolicyValentines
February 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I am an ID doctor STILL standing in front of Congress, asking them to take action on antimicrobial resistance. ❤️ #HealthPolicyValentines