Bénédicte C
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Biosciences & Tech policy
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Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. says he gets fan mail from scientists and doctors, the letters sent to Congress actually ask for his resignation | Defend Public Health
Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...
www.defendpublichealth.org
Whopper: RFK Jr. says he’s supported by doctors & scientists.
Reality: Thousands of physicians, dozens of institutions, & multiple medical societies oppose his leadership and call for his resignation.
#PublicHealth #ScienceFirst #Accountability
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Reality: Thousands of physicians, dozens of institutions, & multiple medical societies oppose his leadership and call for his resignation.
#PublicHealth #ScienceFirst #Accountability
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
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Great to see our march against RFK in DC used as the banner photo!! I think thsts @rdmorris.bsky.social stacking some of the >150,000 signed petitions to oust him… H/t @cdelawalla.bsky.social & @standupforscience.bsky.social for great planning & execution! www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘You can't eat if you're dead’: Dems eye RFK Jr. as their 2026 boogeyman
Inside Democrats’ effort to attack RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves without angering his base.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Great to see our march against RFK in DC used as the banner photo!! I think thsts @rdmorris.bsky.social stacking some of the >150,000 signed petitions to oust him… H/t @cdelawalla.bsky.social & @standupforscience.bsky.social for great planning & execution! www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Populism!
The Trump admin is killing a Biden-era proposal that would have required airlines to pay passengers up to $775 in cashfor significant travel disruptions within carriers' control.
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Populism!
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🎧 New on Hoosier Health Matters:
Indiana’s voucher freeze, new attacks on mifepristone, and why cutting syringe exchanges hurts everyone. When lawmakers play politics with public health, we all lose.
Listen now. Then speak up.
#INLeg #HoosierSky #ReproJustice #Childcare #PublicHealth
Indiana’s voucher freeze, new attacks on mifepristone, and why cutting syringe exchanges hurts everyone. When lawmakers play politics with public health, we all lose.
Listen now. Then speak up.
#INLeg #HoosierSky #ReproJustice #Childcare #PublicHealth
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🎧 New on Hoosier Health Matters:
Indiana’s voucher freeze, new attacks on mifepristone, and why cutting syringe exchanges hurts everyone. When lawmakers play politics with public health, we all lose.
Listen now. Then speak up.
#INLeg #HoosierSky #ReproJustice #Childcare #PublicHealth
Indiana’s voucher freeze, new attacks on mifepristone, and why cutting syringe exchanges hurts everyone. When lawmakers play politics with public health, we all lose.
Listen now. Then speak up.
#INLeg #HoosierSky #ReproJustice #Childcare #PublicHealth
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The Affordable Care Act created a marketplace where consumers could use subsidies to help purchase private-sector plans. Trump’s concept of a plan involves no such marketplace, plunging consumers into a state of nature
"It’s so good ... They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs" trib.al/7cyWvzQ
"It’s so good ... They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs" trib.al/7cyWvzQ
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Affordable Care Act created a marketplace where consumers could use subsidies to help purchase private-sector plans. Trump’s concept of a plan involves no such marketplace, plunging consumers into a state of nature
"It’s so good ... They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs" trib.al/7cyWvzQ
"It’s so good ... They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs" trib.al/7cyWvzQ
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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“Planned Miracles - How to prevent future pandemics “ by Jin Cohen (2025)
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Planned Miracles - How to prevent future pandemics “ by Jin Cohen (2025)
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We can safely say at least 150,000 Americans are ready to #impeachthequack. And we can't wait any more – every day, his impact on our health and science grows more harmful. Our campaign to have Congress impeach and remove RFK Jr. won't stop until he is out of office!
TAKE ACTION! zurl.co/yx9Yr
TAKE ACTION! zurl.co/yx9Yr
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We can safely say at least 150,000 Americans are ready to #impeachthequack. And we can't wait any more – every day, his impact on our health and science grows more harmful. Our campaign to have Congress impeach and remove RFK Jr. won't stop until he is out of office!
TAKE ACTION! zurl.co/yx9Yr
TAKE ACTION! zurl.co/yx9Yr
Articles like this are a reminder that propaganda works and that public interest really is malleable.
We were treated to years of QANON hallucinations & stories about their deeply held beliefs. And now they have real life child trafficking and now it’s “whatever”.
We were treated to years of QANON hallucinations & stories about their deeply held beliefs. And now they have real life child trafficking and now it’s “whatever”.
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Articles like this are a reminder that propaganda works and that public interest really is malleable.
We were treated to years of QANON hallucinations & stories about their deeply held beliefs. And now they have real life child trafficking and now it’s “whatever”.
We were treated to years of QANON hallucinations & stories about their deeply held beliefs. And now they have real life child trafficking and now it’s “whatever”.
Oh wait “getting unusually emotionally attached” to the chatbot is a feature not a bug.
These mofos want you to have maladapted, dependent responses to their unregulated software.
These mofos want you to have maladapted, dependent responses to their unregulated software.
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Oh wait “getting unusually emotionally attached” to the chatbot is a feature not a bug.
These mofos want you to have maladapted, dependent responses to their unregulated software.
These mofos want you to have maladapted, dependent responses to their unregulated software.
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Disband CDC Vaccine Panel, Updated Lawsuit Says via @kristinafiore.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Disband CDC Vaccine Panel, Updated Lawsuit Says
New appointees lack the credentials and experience to serve on ACIP, groups argue
www.medpagetoday.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Disband CDC Vaccine Panel, Updated Lawsuit Says via @kristinafiore.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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Another reminder of why, at this time, we cannot take medical or public health advice from USA public health institutions ⬇️
The article by the director of the National Institutes of Health and the principal deputy director is, literally, a string of errors or misrepresentations, one after another 😞
The article by the director of the National Institutes of Health and the principal deputy director is, literally, a string of errors or misrepresentations, one after another 😞
A new approach to pandemic preparedness:
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook
The old one failed to cope with Covid and may even have caused it.
www.city-journal.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Another reminder of why, at this time, we cannot take medical or public health advice from USA public health institutions ⬇️
The article by the director of the National Institutes of Health and the principal deputy director is, literally, a string of errors or misrepresentations, one after another 😞
The article by the director of the National Institutes of Health and the principal deputy director is, literally, a string of errors or misrepresentations, one after another 😞
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Anyone heard of efforts to remove #publichealth as a professional degree designation from DOE aspph.org/department-o... #publichealthsky #episky #edusky
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Anyone heard of efforts to remove #publichealth as a professional degree designation from DOE aspph.org/department-o... #publichealthsky #episky #edusky
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Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
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Rock on! UCs and CA for the win!! Trump can’t withhold funds or demand payment from University of California, federal judge rules - CalMatters. #MedSky
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Rock on! UCs and CA for the win!! Trump can’t withhold funds or demand payment from University of California, federal judge rules - CalMatters. #MedSky
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Celebrating Gerty Cori on #WorldDiabetesDay.
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Celebrating Gerty Cori on #WorldDiabetesDay.
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
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“Dubal…said…she was “kind of in tears” after the ruling. “This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students,” said Ms. Dubal, who is also a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
“Dubal…said…she was “kind of in tears” after the ruling. “This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students,” said Ms. Dubal, who is also a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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The New York Times won’t use the word but we should because it’s obvious: right wing political influencers aren’t just ‘close to’ the administration — they are its propagandists in the most literal sense of that word. They financially benefit from access & loyalty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
Conservative Media Picks an Epstein Story Line and Sticks to It
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The New York Times won’t use the word but we should because it’s obvious: right wing political influencers aren’t just ‘close to’ the administration — they are its propagandists in the most literal sense of that word. They financially benefit from access & loyalty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
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Jay Bhattacharya's plan for a new pandemic is for everyone to suddenly be healthy.
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Jay Bhattacharya's plan for a new pandemic is for everyone to suddenly be healthy.
I have mixed feelings about this piece.
Why "should" doctors just show up at Children Health's Defense meetings? To learn that the antivax movement exists and has political ambitions? To learn that people have animus toward pharma, the medical system & PH?
www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c...
Why "should" doctors just show up at Children Health's Defense meetings? To learn that the antivax movement exists and has political ambitions? To learn that people have animus toward pharma, the medical system & PH?
www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c...
I’m a physician who went to the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering. More of my colleagues should too
A pro-vaccine physician went to the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering. He warns that public health must learn what it’s up against.
www.statnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I have mixed feelings about this piece.
Why "should" doctors just show up at Children Health's Defense meetings? To learn that the antivax movement exists and has political ambitions? To learn that people have animus toward pharma, the medical system & PH?
www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c...
Why "should" doctors just show up at Children Health's Defense meetings? To learn that the antivax movement exists and has political ambitions? To learn that people have animus toward pharma, the medical system & PH?
www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c...
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Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
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Researchers discovered that the vaccine’s immune-activating properties may boost cancer-fighting responses, acting like a nonspecific “flare” that reawakens the immune system.
• news.ufl.edu/2025/10/covi...
• www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/res...
• news.ufl.edu/2025/10/covi...
• www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/res...
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Researchers discovered that the vaccine’s immune-activating properties may boost cancer-fighting responses, acting like a nonspecific “flare” that reawakens the immune system.
• news.ufl.edu/2025/10/covi...
• www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/res...
• news.ufl.edu/2025/10/covi...
• www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/res...
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🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
On measles and vaccines, Canada can’t keep ignoring the elephant in the room
Study after study has shown that political affiliation is one of the single strongest predictors of vaccination status.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
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👀 WATCH NOW: our latest Guest Lecture with Professor Sir Richard Peto & our OxTAG team.
'Tobacco deaths: the past 75 years and the next 75' explores decades long research into tobacco addiction & public health, plus future priorities to reduce the burden of smoking-related disease world-wide 👇
'Tobacco deaths: the past 75 years and the next 75' explores decades long research into tobacco addiction & public health, plus future priorities to reduce the burden of smoking-related disease world-wide 👇
Guest Lecture Series: Professor Sir Richard Peto - Tobacco deaths: the past 75 years and the next 75
YouTube video by Oxford Primary Care
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November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
👀 WATCH NOW: our latest Guest Lecture with Professor Sir Richard Peto & our OxTAG team.
'Tobacco deaths: the past 75 years and the next 75' explores decades long research into tobacco addiction & public health, plus future priorities to reduce the burden of smoking-related disease world-wide 👇
'Tobacco deaths: the past 75 years and the next 75' explores decades long research into tobacco addiction & public health, plus future priorities to reduce the burden of smoking-related disease world-wide 👇
Interview w Arati Prabhakar on why she submitted an Amicus brief in support of restoring federal funding for science. Case to be heard by 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in NY on Nov 18.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Harms of the Federal Funding Freeze on Science
A venture capitalist and former White House science adviser discusses the impact of the Trump administration’s attempted funding freeze on the future of research and innovation.
www.brennancenter.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Interview w Arati Prabhakar on why she submitted an Amicus brief in support of restoring federal funding for science. Case to be heard by 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in NY on Nov 18.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...