Katie Bar
@katharinebar.bsky.social
Infectious Disease Physician, HIV Researcher, deeply uncool parent, spouse, progressive. Trying my best.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
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It is a great essay.
Also the author of the Times piece at issue is Jeremy Peters. So. There you go.
Also the author of the Times piece at issue is Jeremy Peters. So. There you go.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It is a great essay.
Also the author of the Times piece at issue is Jeremy Peters. So. There you go.
Also the author of the Times piece at issue is Jeremy Peters. So. There you go.
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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The fight is local, Pennsylvania!
Elect more Democrats up and down the ballot by November 4th!
Elect more Democrats up and down the ballot by November 4th!
October 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The fight is local, Pennsylvania!
Elect more Democrats up and down the ballot by November 4th!
Elect more Democrats up and down the ballot by November 4th!
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For the crowd who STILL thinks activism cannot be absurd if it is to be effective, may I remind you that ACT UP—perhaps the most effective activist group in US history not just on AIDS but on medicine in general—once covered Sen. Jesse Helms’s house with with a giant condom
October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
For the crowd who STILL thinks activism cannot be absurd if it is to be effective, may I remind you that ACT UP—perhaps the most effective activist group in US history not just on AIDS but on medicine in general—once covered Sen. Jesse Helms’s house with with a giant condom
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For the Sept. 16 marathon, global HIV experts will unite online to warn about massive federal budget cuts and help the public understand the benefits of HIV research. @avac.org
www.poz.com/article/acti...
www.poz.com/article/acti...
ACTION ALERT: Watch “24 Hours to Save AIDS Research,” an Online Marathon to Highlight HIV Research Advances
Global HIV experts unite online to warn about massive federal budget cuts and help the public understand the benefits of HIV research.
www.poz.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
For the Sept. 16 marathon, global HIV experts will unite online to warn about massive federal budget cuts and help the public understand the benefits of HIV research. @avac.org
www.poz.com/article/acti...
www.poz.com/article/acti...
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What a beautiful tribute to love and the power of AIDS research from Faye Landsman. Come join us next week to hear about the miracles HIV research has given the world. #saveaidsresearch @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social
24 Hours to Save AIDS Research is sharing personal stories of the impact of HIV research. This moving testimonial from organizer Faye Landsman describes the profound role HIV research has played in her life. #saveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch
September 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What a beautiful tribute to love and the power of AIDS research from Faye Landsman. Come join us next week to hear about the miracles HIV research has given the world. #saveaidsresearch @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social
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Come join us! We start at 11AM on Tuesday September 16th and end at 11AM on Wednesday September 17th. We have researchers from around the world talking about how their work has revolutionized health and saved millions of lives from HIV/AIDS. end/
September 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Come join us! We start at 11AM on Tuesday September 16th and end at 11AM on Wednesday September 17th. We have researchers from around the world talking about how their work has revolutionized health and saved millions of lives from HIV/AIDS. end/
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We have our line-up for our 24-hour AIDS research livestream on September 16/17th: saveaidsresearch.org
Allison Agwu, MD, SCM • Ali Ahmed, PhD • Frederick Altice, MD • Annukka Antar, MD, PhD • Shashika Bandara, MSc • Katie Bar, MD • Joshua Barocas, MD • Rachel Bender Ignacio, MD, MPH 1/
Allison Agwu, MD, SCM • Ali Ahmed, PhD • Frederick Altice, MD • Annukka Antar, MD, PhD • Shashika Bandara, MSc • Katie Bar, MD • Joshua Barocas, MD • Rachel Bender Ignacio, MD, MPH 1/
24 Hours to Save AIDS Research
saveaidsresearch.org
September 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We have our line-up for our 24-hour AIDS research livestream on September 16/17th: saveaidsresearch.org
Allison Agwu, MD, SCM • Ali Ahmed, PhD • Frederick Altice, MD • Annukka Antar, MD, PhD • Shashika Bandara, MSc • Katie Bar, MD • Joshua Barocas, MD • Rachel Bender Ignacio, MD, MPH 1/
Allison Agwu, MD, SCM • Ali Ahmed, PhD • Frederick Altice, MD • Annukka Antar, MD, PhD • Shashika Bandara, MSc • Katie Bar, MD • Joshua Barocas, MD • Rachel Bender Ignacio, MD, MPH 1/
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A mom who is a legal US citizen gets separated from her family by ICE GOONS after getting back home from a family vacation.
August 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A mom who is a legal US citizen gets separated from her family by ICE GOONS after getting back home from a family vacation.
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it’s hard to overstate:
-how beneficial vaccines are
-how massively overwhelming the evidence is showing no link between vaccines and autism
-how impossible it is that RFK will somehow “find the cause” (at all, let alone in his first year)
-how much RFKjr want to get rid of childhood vaccines
-how beneficial vaccines are
-how massively overwhelming the evidence is showing no link between vaccines and autism
-how impossible it is that RFK will somehow “find the cause” (at all, let alone in his first year)
-how much RFKjr want to get rid of childhood vaccines
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told President Donald Trump to expect “announcements” in September around his quest to find the cause of autism, the developmental disorder that affects the brain.
https://to.pbs.org/45RUyGy
https://to.pbs.org/45RUyGy
WATCH: Trump claims 'we maybe know' the cause of autism, teases September announcement
The health secretary had promised the president in April that he would undertake a “research effort” using “scientists from around the world” to determine the cause of the disorder, but the health dep...
www.pbs.org
August 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
it’s hard to overstate:
-how beneficial vaccines are
-how massively overwhelming the evidence is showing no link between vaccines and autism
-how impossible it is that RFK will somehow “find the cause” (at all, let alone in his first year)
-how much RFKjr want to get rid of childhood vaccines
-how beneficial vaccines are
-how massively overwhelming the evidence is showing no link between vaccines and autism
-how impossible it is that RFK will somehow “find the cause” (at all, let alone in his first year)
-how much RFKjr want to get rid of childhood vaccines
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What Republicans are doing in Texas is clear evidence that they are afraid of voters and they know they’re unpopular.
This kind of blatant power grab can’t go unanswered.
We’re in uncharted territory here, and Democrats have to fight like it.
This kind of blatant power grab can’t go unanswered.
We’re in uncharted territory here, and Democrats have to fight like it.
August 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What Republicans are doing in Texas is clear evidence that they are afraid of voters and they know they’re unpopular.
This kind of blatant power grab can’t go unanswered.
We’re in uncharted territory here, and Democrats have to fight like it.
This kind of blatant power grab can’t go unanswered.
We’re in uncharted territory here, and Democrats have to fight like it.
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“Where’s the Palestinian Gandhi?” Hate that question. But here’s a mini thread on a few ppl and stories that don’t get told enough
There are MANY Palestinian Mandelas, actually.
Many are in Israeli prisons
One was just recently murdered by a settler
Several more are frequently pursued by the Israeli (judicial and extrajudicial) legal system
AND THE FIRST INTIFADA WAS LARGELY A NONVIOLENT WOMEN-LED UPRISING
Many are in Israeli prisons
One was just recently murdered by a settler
Several more are frequently pursued by the Israeli (judicial and extrajudicial) legal system
AND THE FIRST INTIFADA WAS LARGELY A NONVIOLENT WOMEN-LED UPRISING
August 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Where’s the Palestinian Gandhi?” Hate that question. But here’s a mini thread on a few ppl and stories that don’t get told enough
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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There is not a single person in the Democratic Party who is treating the death of USAID with the gravity it deserves. There’s no political issue more important than the death of 14 million people, but they’re just delivering boilerplate condemnations and nothing more.
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 AM
There is not a single person in the Democratic Party who is treating the death of USAID with the gravity it deserves. There’s no political issue more important than the death of 14 million people, but they’re just delivering boilerplate condemnations and nothing more.
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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this is a remarkable interview
Mamdani being on message, of course, but also Erin Burnett's combination of detailed preparedness, good faith journalistic antagonism, and real interest in having him expand on his ideas
Mamdani being on message, of course, but also Erin Burnett's combination of detailed preparedness, good faith journalistic antagonism, and real interest in having him expand on his ideas
Erin Burnett asks Zohran Mamdani what it means to be a Democratic Socialist. Hear his response
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
this is a remarkable interview
Mamdani being on message, of course, but also Erin Burnett's combination of detailed preparedness, good faith journalistic antagonism, and real interest in having him expand on his ideas
Mamdani being on message, of course, but also Erin Burnett's combination of detailed preparedness, good faith journalistic antagonism, and real interest in having him expand on his ideas
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"[A] sleeper issue is the proposed 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health, in the White House’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year."
Perhaps injecting some economic impact data may help awaken what should not be a sleeper issue... @prospect.org
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
Perhaps injecting some economic impact data may help awaken what should not be a sleeper issue... @prospect.org
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
June 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
"[A] sleeper issue is the proposed 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health, in the White House’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year."
Perhaps injecting some economic impact data may help awaken what should not be a sleeper issue... @prospect.org
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
Perhaps injecting some economic impact data may help awaken what should not be a sleeper issue... @prospect.org
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Good. I voted for @neilmakhija.bsky.social and this is what I want him and my other Commissioners to do. I will point this out to other voters as a reason to vote for him again.
Take notes, Dems of less conviction. Stop texting me for donations and start doing stuff.
Take notes, Dems of less conviction. Stop texting me for donations and start doing stuff.
Montgomery County announces new ICE interaction policy for employees
The policy includes protocol for how county employees should interact with federal immigration agents.
whyy.org
June 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Good. I voted for @neilmakhija.bsky.social and this is what I want him and my other Commissioners to do. I will point this out to other voters as a reason to vote for him again.
Take notes, Dems of less conviction. Stop texting me for donations and start doing stuff.
Take notes, Dems of less conviction. Stop texting me for donations and start doing stuff.
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@stephanienolen.bsky.social's piece on the destruction of the South African biomedical research effort by the Trump Administration is a must-read. Please circulate. This is a disaster for South Africa AND the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h...
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
@stephanienolen.bsky.social's piece on the destruction of the South African biomedical research effort by the Trump Administration is a must-read. Please circulate. This is a disaster for South Africa AND the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h...
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The destruction of the medical research enterprise in the U.S. will go down in history as one of the most damaging choices a government has made in setting its population backwards
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The destruction of the medical research enterprise in the U.S. will go down in history as one of the most damaging choices a government has made in setting its population backwards
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...