Kenneth Sherr
@kennethsherr.bsky.social
Professor of Global Health, Implementation Scientist, live music enthusiast (Phish, Grateful Dead, Goose, KGLW to name a few)
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Fascinating piece from Paul Krugman with Jonathan Gruber with a powerful argument for public funding of science.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/health-car...
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Health Care: Jonathan Gruber
A key founding father of Obamacare on what comes next
paulkrugman.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Fascinating piece from Paul Krugman with Jonathan Gruber with a powerful argument for public funding of science.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/health-car...
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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/health-car...
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Anchorage - 5k
Fairbanks - 2k
Gustavus - 113
Homer - 1.3k
Juneau - 1.7k
Kodiak - 170
Kotzebue - 42
Matsu/palmer - 350
Valdez - 70
Seldovia - 33 (pop 78)
Sitka - 379
Talkeetna - 85
#NoKings! ❌👑
We had more folks show up in #Alaska than showed up at the saaaad 😥💔birthday parade in DC. Just sayin...
Fairbanks - 2k
Gustavus - 113
Homer - 1.3k
Juneau - 1.7k
Kodiak - 170
Kotzebue - 42
Matsu/palmer - 350
Valdez - 70
Seldovia - 33 (pop 78)
Sitka - 379
Talkeetna - 85
#NoKings! ❌👑
We had more folks show up in #Alaska than showed up at the saaaad 😥💔birthday parade in DC. Just sayin...
June 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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11 / 340 is 3.2% of the population of these United States!
We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
June 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
11 / 340 is 3.2% of the population of these United States!
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When Senator Bill Cassidy announced he would vote to confirm RFK Jr, he included this in his statement:
“If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.”
WITHOUT CHANGES.
“If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.”
WITHOUT CHANGES.
BREAKING via AP
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.
June 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
When Senator Bill Cassidy announced he would vote to confirm RFK Jr, he included this in his statement:
“If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.”
WITHOUT CHANGES.
“If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.”
WITHOUT CHANGES.
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"We don't need the fucking Marines
@jesscraven101.bsky.social
Now from downtown L A.
It's peaceful
It's their right under the first Amendment
"People have their dogs with them "
No looting
No violence
Thank you so much Jess
Be peaceful
Be safe
We Stand with Los Angeles
@jesscraven101.bsky.social
Now from downtown L A.
It's peaceful
It's their right under the first Amendment
"People have their dogs with them "
No looting
No violence
Thank you so much Jess
Be peaceful
Be safe
We Stand with Los Angeles
June 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"We don't need the fucking Marines
@jesscraven101.bsky.social
Now from downtown L A.
It's peaceful
It's their right under the first Amendment
"People have their dogs with them "
No looting
No violence
Thank you so much Jess
Be peaceful
Be safe
We Stand with Los Angeles
@jesscraven101.bsky.social
Now from downtown L A.
It's peaceful
It's their right under the first Amendment
"People have their dogs with them "
No looting
No violence
Thank you so much Jess
Be peaceful
Be safe
We Stand with Los Angeles
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Here is a link you can blast out to all of your networks to ask them to consider signing on in support of our NIH heroes.
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
We are at 5000 folks who have signed on. But we can do better
Only for people who have ever been sick or knows someone who has been.
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
We are at 5000 folks who have signed on. But we can do better
Only for people who have ever been sick or knows someone who has been.
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom tonight says he was told Trump is sending *another* 2k National Guard troops to LA. Newsom says first batch of 2k troops is sitting mostly "unused" without food or water (minus the 300 deployed)
June 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom tonight says he was told Trump is sending *another* 2k National Guard troops to LA. Newsom says first batch of 2k troops is sitting mostly "unused" without food or water (minus the 300 deployed)
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New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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 3:01 PM
New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I LOVE THIS!!!
This video is making the rounds again for a reason.
A great example of how you make your voices heard—without saying a word. Power in numbers and it sends a clear message. This is what democracy looks like: standing up to fascism, tyranny, and racism.
This is the way!
A great example of how you make your voices heard—without saying a word. Power in numbers and it sends a clear message. This is what democracy looks like: standing up to fascism, tyranny, and racism.
This is the way!
May 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I LOVE THIS!!!
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Wonder if Clarence Thomas is starting to think he settled a bit low with that luxury RV.
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Wonder if Clarence Thomas is starting to think he settled a bit low with that luxury RV.
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NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
Grant Watch
grant-watch.us
April 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
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This was the most accurate account I have seen done. Made me tear up a few times. So much trauma in such a short amount of time.
Here is the link to the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about RFK, Jr, public health, and HHS (including NIH)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...
RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This was the most accurate account I have seen done. Made me tear up a few times. So much trauma in such a short amount of time.
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I just updated the T mechanism data. The non-competitive renewals are picking up a little bit, but the new and competitive renewals are flatlined...
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It seems some T32s are finally moving, is this correct?
April 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I just updated the T mechanism data. The non-competitive renewals are picking up a little bit, but the new and competitive renewals are flatlined...
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Your assignment is both the comment and to share this will colleagues, friends, networks, etc.
We need an overwhelming response.
The government is required to respond to comments.
This may not be sufficient but it certainly is necessary!
/fin
We need an overwhelming response.
The government is required to respond to comments.
This may not be sufficient but it certainly is necessary!
/fin
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media.tenor.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Your assignment is both the comment and to share this will colleagues, friends, networks, etc.
We need an overwhelming response.
The government is required to respond to comments.
This may not be sufficient but it certainly is necessary!
/fin
We need an overwhelming response.
The government is required to respond to comments.
This may not be sufficient but it certainly is necessary!
/fin
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ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
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Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
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the word alert is in a purple circle
ALT: the word alert is in a purple circle
media.tenor.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
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Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
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King Holmes was a giant in STI research. He built the UW into a powerhouse in the area and steered my own thesis advisor, Maggie So, toward what would become her pathbreaking career of work on Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Our work as researchers, educators, and mentors sends ripples to distant shores.
Remembering King Holmes | UW Medicine Huddle
UW School of Medicine Professor Emeritus
huddle.uwmedicine.org
March 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
King Holmes was a giant in STI research. He built the UW into a powerhouse in the area and steered my own thesis advisor, Maggie So, toward what would become her pathbreaking career of work on Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Our work as researchers, educators, and mentors sends ripples to distant shores.
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UW faculty join the call for a Big 10 Mutual Defense Compact
“An attack on one is an attack on all,” [me] says, quoting the core premise of the military alliance that formed in the aftermath of World War II. “That’s what this is — a NATO for higher education.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
“An attack on one is an attack on all,” [me] says, quoting the core premise of the military alliance that formed in the aftermath of World War II. “That’s what this is — a NATO for higher education.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
UW profs push for defense pact — against our own government
UW faculty joins a NATO-style pact against the U.S. government. Washington bars other states from invading. Two more signs the nation may be splitting apart, Danny Westneat writes.
www.seattletimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
UW faculty join the call for a Big 10 Mutual Defense Compact
“An attack on one is an attack on all,” [me] says, quoting the core premise of the military alliance that formed in the aftermath of World War II. “That’s what this is — a NATO for higher education.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
“An attack on one is an attack on all,” [me] says, quoting the core premise of the military alliance that formed in the aftermath of World War II. “That’s what this is — a NATO for higher education.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
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In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.”
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.”
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
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Collecting my thoughts at the end of one of the worst days of my life...
At NIH, > 1300 people were RIFed. These range all across the board from institute directors to low level administrative staff.
Communication staff and procurement appear to be hardest hit as anticipated from the HHS plan
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At NIH, > 1300 people were RIFed. These range all across the board from institute directors to low level administrative staff.
Communication staff and procurement appear to be hardest hit as anticipated from the HHS plan
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April 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Collecting my thoughts at the end of one of the worst days of my life...
At NIH, > 1300 people were RIFed. These range all across the board from institute directors to low level administrative staff.
Communication staff and procurement appear to be hardest hit as anticipated from the HHS plan
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At NIH, > 1300 people were RIFed. These range all across the board from institute directors to low level administrative staff.
Communication staff and procurement appear to be hardest hit as anticipated from the HHS plan
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Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
March 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.