Bill Hogan
@hoganwr.bsky.social
Mary T. and Ted D. Kellner Chair of Data Science; Professor and Director, Data Science Institute; Associate Director for Data Science, Mellowes Center; Professor, Medicine; Medical College of Wisconsin. Opinions are my own.
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Preliminary human bird flu case reported in Washington state
If confirmed, it will be the first human bird flu case in the United States since February.
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If confirmed, it will be the first human bird flu case in the United States since February.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Preliminary human bird flu case reported in Washington state
If confirmed, it will be the first human bird flu case in the United States since February.
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If confirmed, it will be the first human bird flu case in the United States since February.
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#Rift Valley fever vaccine safe, immune-producing in adults, early-stage trial shows
The vaccine elicited both antibody and cellular immune responses.
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The vaccine elicited both antibody and cellular immune responses.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#Rift Valley fever vaccine safe, immune-producing in adults, early-stage trial shows
The vaccine elicited both antibody and cellular immune responses.
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The vaccine elicited both antibody and cellular immune responses.
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With 42 news measles cases, US total tops 1,700
Last year the United States had 285 measles cases.
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Last year the United States had 285 measles cases.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
With 42 news measles cases, US total tops 1,700
Last year the United States had 285 measles cases.
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Last year the United States had 285 measles cases.
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Pakistani study finds high levels of drug-resistant bacteria in raw milk samples
Half of the Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates found in raw milk from dairy cattle and sheep were multidrug resistant.
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Half of the Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates found in raw milk from dairy cattle and sheep were multidrug resistant.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Pakistani study finds high levels of drug-resistant bacteria in raw milk samples
Half of the Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates found in raw milk from dairy cattle and sheep were multidrug resistant.
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Half of the Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates found in raw milk from dairy cattle and sheep were multidrug resistant.
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Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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For the love of God stop calling capitalism “Technofeudalism.” This is not a mutant regression off the track of benign capitalism’s progress to utopia. This is capitalism doing capitalism.
November 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For the love of God stop calling capitalism “Technofeudalism.” This is not a mutant regression off the track of benign capitalism’s progress to utopia. This is capitalism doing capitalism.
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A word that has become a euphemism for promoting and selling things without data or evidence
November 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A word that has become a euphemism for promoting and selling things without data or evidence
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Review: Human #H5N1 avian flu cases can be asymptomatic, and the virus likely spreads among people
The findings highlight a critical gap in many national and global H5N1 surveillance systems.
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The findings highlight a critical gap in many national and global H5N1 surveillance systems.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Review: Human #H5N1 avian flu cases can be asymptomatic, and the virus likely spreads among people
The findings highlight a critical gap in many national and global H5N1 surveillance systems.
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The findings highlight a critical gap in many national and global H5N1 surveillance systems.
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Quick takes: Avian flu in Wisconsin poultry, plague in New Mexico, new UK mRNA vaccine plant
The H5N1 finding in Wisconsin is part of a recent rise in poultry outbreaks in a handful of Midwestern states.
The H5N1 finding in Wisconsin is part of a recent rise in poultry outbreaks in a handful of Midwestern states.
Quick takes: Avian flu in Wisconsin poultry, plague in New Mexico, new UK mRNA vaccine plant
The H5N1 finding in Wisconsin is part of a recent rise in poultry outbreaks in a handful of Midwestern states.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Quick takes: Avian flu in Wisconsin poultry, plague in New Mexico, new UK mRNA vaccine plant
The H5N1 finding in Wisconsin is part of a recent rise in poultry outbreaks in a handful of Midwestern states.
The H5N1 finding in Wisconsin is part of a recent rise in poultry outbreaks in a handful of Midwestern states.
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2024-25 study shows nirsevimab 77% protective against RSV hospitalization in infants
Among those not treated, 2,535 had RSV-associated admissions, compared with 850 in the treated group.
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Among those not treated, 2,535 had RSV-associated admissions, compared with 850 in the treated group.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
2024-25 study shows nirsevimab 77% protective against RSV hospitalization in infants
Among those not treated, 2,535 had RSV-associated admissions, compared with 850 in the treated group.
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Among those not treated, 2,535 had RSV-associated admissions, compared with 850 in the treated group.
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So if you aren't perfectly healthy your punishment is....preventable death? What are we doing here. “Dr. Memoli reiterated the administration’s position that vaccines are unnecessary if populations are healthy,” the complaints said.
Former infectious-diseases chief Jeanne Marrazzo and international-research chief Kathleen Neuzil allege in a whistleblower complaint they were removed from their posts after objecting to Trump administration efforts to undermine vaccines, flout court orders, withhold research money, NYT reports.
Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.
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September 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
So if you aren't perfectly healthy your punishment is....preventable death? What are we doing here. “Dr. Memoli reiterated the administration’s position that vaccines are unnecessary if populations are healthy,” the complaints said.
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American Medical Informatics Association Statement on the Recent Department of Health and Human Services Actions That Undermine Equitable Healthcare and Scientific Integrity amia.org/news-publica... #informatics #healthit #bioinformatics #amia #healthcare
American Medical Informatics Association Statement on the Recent Department of Health and Human Services Actions That Undermine Equitable Healthcare and Scientific Integrity
Washington, D.C. – It is the position of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) that U.S. health system leaders are accountable for assuring equitable access to care and preventive servic...
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September 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
American Medical Informatics Association Statement on the Recent Department of Health and Human Services Actions That Undermine Equitable Healthcare and Scientific Integrity amia.org/news-publica... #informatics #healthit #bioinformatics #amia #healthcare
In light of today’s news
September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In light of today’s news
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My video about how LLMs are not search engines has led to many, MANY comments telling me that I should be using Perplexity. Some insisting that Perplexity does not hallucinate.
Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
August 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My video about how LLMs are not search engines has led to many, MANY comments telling me that I should be using Perplexity. Some insisting that Perplexity does not hallucinate.
Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
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US COVID-19 levels continue to climb gradually
Over the past week, test positivity for SARS-CoV-2 rose from 10.2% to 11.2%
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Over the past week, test positivity for SARS-CoV-2 rose from 10.2% to 11.2%
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August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
US COVID-19 levels continue to climb gradually
Over the past week, test positivity for SARS-CoV-2 rose from 10.2% to 11.2%
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Over the past week, test positivity for SARS-CoV-2 rose from 10.2% to 11.2%
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If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…
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August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
Petition to remove RFK Jr, signed also by Nobel laureates and National Academy members:
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August 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Petition to remove RFK Jr, signed also by Nobel laureates and National Academy members:
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c.org/CktVLHHFRF
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Atrocities Keep Getting In Frame Of D.C. Tourist’s Shot https://theonion.com/atrocities-keep-getting-in-frame-of-d-c-tourists-shot/
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Atrocities Keep Getting In Frame Of D.C. Tourist’s Shot https://theonion.com/atrocities-keep-getting-in-frame-of-d-c-tourists-shot/
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Quick takes: RSV vaccination in Scotland, wastewater polio detections in Israel and Germany, CDC accepts ACIP RSV monoclonal recommendation
Officials estimated that 228 fewer babies younger than 3 months older were hospitalized for serious RSV.
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Officials estimated that 228 fewer babies younger than 3 months older were hospitalized for serious RSV.
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Quick takes: RSV vaccination in Scotland, wastewater polio detections in Israel and Germany, CDC accepts ACIP RSV monoclonal recommendation
Officials estimated that 228 fewer babies younger than 3 months older were hospitalized for serious RSV infection during the peak of the season, a number they hope will increase as more women are vaccinated.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Quick takes: RSV vaccination in Scotland, wastewater polio detections in Israel and Germany, CDC accepts ACIP RSV monoclonal recommendation
Officials estimated that 228 fewer babies younger than 3 months older were hospitalized for serious RSV.
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Officials estimated that 228 fewer babies younger than 3 months older were hospitalized for serious RSV.
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Raw milk linked to 21 E coli, Campylobacter infections in Florida
Seven people have been hospitalized, and severe complications have been reported for at least two cases.
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Seven people have been hospitalized, and severe complications have been reported for at least two cases.
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August 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Raw milk linked to 21 E coli, Campylobacter infections in Florida
Seven people have been hospitalized, and severe complications have been reported for at least two cases.
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Seven people have been hospitalized, and severe complications have been reported for at least two cases.
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The statement says 'these [mRNA] vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections.'
'Protect' against what endpoint?
Death, hospitalization, poor seroconversion, incubation time, transmission?
Cause 1-3 is pretty good, and 4-5 is poorer.
But that is universal virology.
'Protect' against what endpoint?
Death, hospitalization, poor seroconversion, incubation time, transmission?
Cause 1-3 is pretty good, and 4-5 is poorer.
But that is universal virology.
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The statement says 'these [mRNA] vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections.'
'Protect' against what endpoint?
Death, hospitalization, poor seroconversion, incubation time, transmission?
Cause 1-3 is pretty good, and 4-5 is poorer.
But that is universal virology.
'Protect' against what endpoint?
Death, hospitalization, poor seroconversion, incubation time, transmission?
Cause 1-3 is pretty good, and 4-5 is poorer.
But that is universal virology.
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this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
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they're so stupid
The National Weather Service has reportedly been given the OK to hire 450 new meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians following DOGE cuts.
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National Weather Service To Fill 450 Positions After Firing 600, Report Says
Cuts to the federal weather forecasting agency have been criticized in the wake of a deadly flooding event in Texas, where local offices were understaffed.
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August 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
they're so stupid
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I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.