April Kaur, PhD (she/they)
@aprilkaur.bsky.social
Infectious disease researcher working on evaluating biomedical prevention modalities for globally important pathogens incl HIV, TB, SARS-Cov-2, and others.
I love pronouns, seed oils & vaccines.
👩🏽🔬💉🐈🌮🐶🌍🏳️🌈🍁
I love pronouns, seed oils & vaccines.
👩🏽🔬💉🐈🌮🐶🌍🏳️🌈🍁
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“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
Nothing like finding out via social media that a major study you’ve been working on has been stopped…
Call to action! Tell the FDA that COVID vaccines must remain universally available, aligned with future variants, and available twice a year.
tinyurl.com/fdavaccinemeeting
tinyurl.com/fdavaccinemeeting
May 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Call to action! Tell the FDA that COVID vaccines must remain universally available, aligned with future variants, and available twice a year.
tinyurl.com/fdavaccinemeeting
tinyurl.com/fdavaccinemeeting
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"HPV cancers are treatable but, as my oncologist told me, they have one of the nastiest courses of treatment in the oncology field."
Prevention over treatment. www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-struggled-...
Prevention over treatment. www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-struggled-...
I Struggled with HPV-Related Cancer. Our Kids Don’t Have To.
HPV cancers don’t have to overshadow the next generation if we vaccinate our young people now.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"HPV cancers are treatable but, as my oncologist told me, they have one of the nastiest courses of treatment in the oncology field."
Prevention over treatment. www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-struggled-...
Prevention over treatment. www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-struggled-...
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Before Friday, Covid.gov was a tool to connect people to information about Covid vaccines, treatment, testing and long Covid. The website helped people find pharmacies and community health centers that offered Covid tests, medical visits and medications.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
White House replaces Covid resource page with lab leak website
The move comes after the Trump administration slashed billions in Covid funding on the grounds that “the pandemic is over.”
www.nbcnews.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Before Friday, Covid.gov was a tool to connect people to information about Covid vaccines, treatment, testing and long Covid. The website helped people find pharmacies and community health centers that offered Covid tests, medical visits and medications.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Yes.
Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars?
DOGE argues killing grants saves money, but a Science analysis suggests more than $1.4 billion in sunk research costs may produce few results
www.science.org
April 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Yes.
Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Seattle: March for Trans Youth Care TOMORROW March 2nd starting at Ballard Locks at 12pm
Trans rights are human rights.
linktr.ee/hcw4transyouth
Trans rights are human rights.
linktr.ee/hcw4transyouth
March 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Seattle: March for Trans Youth Care TOMORROW March 2nd starting at Ballard Locks at 12pm
Trans rights are human rights.
linktr.ee/hcw4transyouth
Trans rights are human rights.
linktr.ee/hcw4transyouth
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Does “radical transparency” mean not allowing open forums, discussion, modification and or dissent?
Transparency isn’t developing policies in the dark
When he actively prevents public debate, we can expect policies that will be radical and unpopular.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
Transparency isn’t developing policies in the dark
When he actively prevents public debate, we can expect policies that will be radical and unpopular.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment in HHS decisions
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to rescind the longtime practice of giving the public a chance to comment on the health agency’s plans.
www.statnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Does “radical transparency” mean not allowing open forums, discussion, modification and or dissent?
Transparency isn’t developing policies in the dark
When he actively prevents public debate, we can expect policies that will be radical and unpopular.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
Transparency isn’t developing policies in the dark
When he actively prevents public debate, we can expect policies that will be radical and unpopular.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
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Important discussion with our esteemed colleague Linda Gail Bekker who has dedicated her entire career to reducing harms of HIV & TB in the most vulnerable groups
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warns
Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Important discussion with our esteemed colleague Linda Gail Bekker who has dedicated her entire career to reducing harms of HIV & TB in the most vulnerable groups
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Ending virology and vaccine research is far more dangerous than virology and vaccine research itself.
We can mitigate risks in the lab, but we can’t mitigate the catastrophic risk of being unprepared and defenseless against emerging viruses.
We can mitigate risks in the lab, but we can’t mitigate the catastrophic risk of being unprepared and defenseless against emerging viruses.
It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
February 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Ending virology and vaccine research is far more dangerous than virology and vaccine research itself.
We can mitigate risks in the lab, but we can’t mitigate the catastrophic risk of being unprepared and defenseless against emerging viruses.
We can mitigate risks in the lab, but we can’t mitigate the catastrophic risk of being unprepared and defenseless against emerging viruses.
Reposted by April Kaur, PhD (she/they)
It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
February 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
Reposted by April Kaur, PhD (she/they)
86 children and 19000 adults have died from flu this season in the U.S. and that's with a vaccine. If we have no vaccines come September these numbers will increase.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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 12:06 PM
86 children and 19000 adults have died from flu this season in the U.S. and that's with a vaccine. If we have no vaccines come September these numbers will increase.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Fake hypotheticals about trans ppl forcing themselves into ppls bathrooms do not outweigh the VERY real discrimination against one of our most vulnerable populations, our trans community. Your issue is with men, not with trans ppl, stop punishing the wrong ppl
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...
Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections
If signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Republican-backed measure would eliminate state civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Fake hypotheticals about trans ppl forcing themselves into ppls bathrooms do not outweigh the VERY real discrimination against one of our most vulnerable populations, our trans community. Your issue is with men, not with trans ppl, stop punishing the wrong ppl
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
Nothing like finding out via social media that a major study you’ve been working on has been stopped…
NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Nothing like finding out via social media that a major study you’ve been working on has been stopped…
“I don't think we have any choice but to speak up. Self-censorship is its own way of setting back science.” 💯
www.positivelyaware.com/articles/lay...
www.positivelyaware.com/articles/lay...
Lay low or mobilize? HIV researchers agonize over how to respond to Trump administration’s attacks on science
www.positivelyaware.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
“I don't think we have any choice but to speak up. Self-censorship is its own way of setting back science.” 💯
www.positivelyaware.com/articles/lay...
www.positivelyaware.com/articles/lay...
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I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...
you.leadnow.ca
February 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Prime Minister to revoke Elon Musk's dual citizenship status, and revoke his Canadian passport effective immediately
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-5353 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Prime Minister to revoke Elon Musk's dual citizenship status, and revoke his Canadian passport effective immediately
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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It is really short-sighted and stupid to be gutting public health and outbreak surveillance capacity right now:
- H5N1 nationwide - uncontrolled
- TB in Kansas - largest U.S outbreak
- Measles in Texas - Expanding
- Seasonal flu - Worst in 15 years
- Pertussis - outbreaks in multiple states.
- H5N1 nationwide - uncontrolled
- TB in Kansas - largest U.S outbreak
- Measles in Texas - Expanding
- Seasonal flu - Worst in 15 years
- Pertussis - outbreaks in multiple states.
February 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It is really short-sighted and stupid to be gutting public health and outbreak surveillance capacity right now:
- H5N1 nationwide - uncontrolled
- TB in Kansas - largest U.S outbreak
- Measles in Texas - Expanding
- Seasonal flu - Worst in 15 years
- Pertussis - outbreaks in multiple states.
- H5N1 nationwide - uncontrolled
- TB in Kansas - largest U.S outbreak
- Measles in Texas - Expanding
- Seasonal flu - Worst in 15 years
- Pertussis - outbreaks in multiple states.
Reposted by April Kaur, PhD (she/they)
The Stonewall Riots happened because trans people, particularly of color, rose up against state violence. You can’t even begin to tell the story without our trans ancestors and elders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Stonewall Riots happened because trans people, particularly of color, rose up against state violence. You can’t even begin to tell the story without our trans ancestors and elders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
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Dr. Janet Mitchell is an HIV Hero!
www.thebody.com/hiv/janet-mi...
I commissioned & edited this article by Tim Murphy last Aug after he wrote about ACTG 076―which Mitchell helped lead―a study showing that people w HIV could give birth to babies w/o transmitting the virus.
Happy Black History Month!
www.thebody.com/hiv/janet-mi...
I commissioned & edited this article by Tim Murphy last Aug after he wrote about ACTG 076―which Mitchell helped lead―a study showing that people w HIV could give birth to babies w/o transmitting the virus.
Happy Black History Month!
February 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Dr. Janet Mitchell is an HIV Hero!
www.thebody.com/hiv/janet-mi...
I commissioned & edited this article by Tim Murphy last Aug after he wrote about ACTG 076―which Mitchell helped lead―a study showing that people w HIV could give birth to babies w/o transmitting the virus.
Happy Black History Month!
www.thebody.com/hiv/janet-mi...
I commissioned & edited this article by Tim Murphy last Aug after he wrote about ACTG 076―which Mitchell helped lead―a study showing that people w HIV could give birth to babies w/o transmitting the virus.
Happy Black History Month!
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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
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3. Measles
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10. Smallpox
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February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
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