@jlbrown-uiowa.bsky.social
Congratulations to Michael Welsh, MD, UIowa professor and Iowa native, winner of the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award!🎉 #Lasker2025 uihealthcare.org/article/univ...
University of Iowa physician–scientist receives prestigious Lasker Award
Michael Welsh honored for fundamental cystic fibrosis discoveries that helped create life-saving therapies
uihealthcare.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Congratulations to Michael Welsh, MD, UIowa professor and Iowa native, winner of the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award!🎉 #Lasker2025 uihealthcare.org/article/univ...
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Incredible reporting by @propublica.org. We are actively losing so much it's difficult to wrap one's head around it.
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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...
projects.propublica.org
June 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Incredible reporting by @propublica.org. We are actively losing so much it's difficult to wrap one's head around it.
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), and the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB) that represent more than 150,000 people are taking action against NIH
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Unlawful grant terminations pose grave threat to America’s innovation pipeline
www.asbmb.org
May 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), and the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB) that represent more than 150,000 people are taking action against NIH
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FFS We don't need new expensive treatments for a disease that we can prevent!
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
FFS We don't need new expensive treatments for a disease that we can prevent!
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At least 95% measles vaccine coverage is needed in all communities to prevent #measles and stop outbreaks.
The only way to prevent measles? Two doses of measles vaccine.
Let’s close the gap and keep measles away!
The only way to prevent measles? Two doses of measles vaccine.
Let’s close the gap and keep measles away!
March 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
At least 95% measles vaccine coverage is needed in all communities to prevent #measles and stop outbreaks.
The only way to prevent measles? Two doses of measles vaccine.
Let’s close the gap and keep measles away!
The only way to prevent measles? Two doses of measles vaccine.
Let’s close the gap and keep measles away!
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**Iowa mRNA bill is dead**
Thank you! to @sarahforiowa.bsky.social and other leaders in the Iowa Senate for blocking the anti-mRNA vaccine bill. A huge relief for Iowans looking to a brighter future with better cancer treatments and lifesaving pandemic influenza vaccines
Thank you! to @sarahforiowa.bsky.social and other leaders in the Iowa Senate for blocking the anti-mRNA vaccine bill. A huge relief for Iowans looking to a brighter future with better cancer treatments and lifesaving pandemic influenza vaccines
the Health and Human Services Committee (the second step after sub) did not take it up. it’s done in the senate.
March 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
**Iowa mRNA bill is dead**
Thank you! to @sarahforiowa.bsky.social and other leaders in the Iowa Senate for blocking the anti-mRNA vaccine bill. A huge relief for Iowans looking to a brighter future with better cancer treatments and lifesaving pandemic influenza vaccines
Thank you! to @sarahforiowa.bsky.social and other leaders in the Iowa Senate for blocking the anti-mRNA vaccine bill. A huge relief for Iowans looking to a brighter future with better cancer treatments and lifesaving pandemic influenza vaccines
My moment of unadulterated joy today amidst the WTAF chaos.
Smash. And. Grab !!
www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
Smash. And. Grab !!
www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
Paris Saint-Germain v Liverpool: Champions League last 16, first leg – live
Can Liverpool take a step towards the last eight of the Champions League in this tricky tie against the Ligue 1 leaders? Join Scott Murray
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My moment of unadulterated joy today amidst the WTAF chaos.
Smash. And. Grab !!
www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
Smash. And. Grab !!
www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
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Well said, Pete Buttigieg
January 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Well said, Pete Buttigieg
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I hope University Presidents who like to cozy up to their state’s GOP electeds are on the phone this morning fighting for science.
And I hope they learn a lesson or two about using their power for good in the future.
www.science.org/content/arti...
And I hope they learn a lesson or two about using their power for good in the future.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I hope University Presidents who like to cozy up to their state’s GOP electeds are on the phone this morning fighting for science.
And I hope they learn a lesson or two about using their power for good in the future.
www.science.org/content/arti...
And I hope they learn a lesson or two about using their power for good in the future.
www.science.org/content/arti...
I feel like this goes for all of us!
January 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I feel like this goes for all of us!
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No, school shootings do not have to be a "fact of life."
— Gun laws in other countries have stopped mass shootings
— More guns don't make us safer
— A majority of Americans want gun reform
We do not have to live like this. No other country does.
— Gun laws in other countries have stopped mass shootings
— More guns don't make us safer
— A majority of Americans want gun reform
We do not have to live like this. No other country does.
December 16, 2024 at 11:09 PM
No, school shootings do not have to be a "fact of life."
— Gun laws in other countries have stopped mass shootings
— More guns don't make us safer
— A majority of Americans want gun reform
We do not have to live like this. No other country does.
— Gun laws in other countries have stopped mass shootings
— More guns don't make us safer
— A majority of Americans want gun reform
We do not have to live like this. No other country does.