Amid the 10,000 job cuts so far this month at the U.S. health department, the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health — responsible for projects aimed at spotting trends in tobacco use and preventing it — is effectively shuttered. The greatest gift to the tobacco industry in the last half century.
April 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Amid the 10,000 job cuts so far this month at the U.S. health department, the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health — responsible for projects aimed at spotting trends in tobacco use and preventing it — is effectively shuttered. The greatest gift to the tobacco industry in the last half century.
Vitamin A has been shown to reduce measles mortality in populations with a high prevalence of undernutrition and vitamin A deficiency. That’s generally not the case in the U.S.
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Vitamin A has been shown to reduce measles mortality in populations with a high prevalence of undernutrition and vitamin A deficiency. That’s generally not the case in the U.S.
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The answer is yes. Absolutely, yes.
March 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The answer is yes. Absolutely, yes.
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Musk and Trump could not possibly be sending a clearer signal that the Tesla protests are working than this pathetic stunt today.
March 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Musk and Trump could not possibly be sending a clearer signal that the Tesla protests are working than this pathetic stunt today.
“Whispering Clouds” acrylic on 8x8” gallery wrapped canvas.
March 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
“Whispering Clouds” acrylic on 8x8” gallery wrapped canvas.
A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response
Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.(Wired)
March 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response
Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.(Wired)
Data show that only 89,000 people over 98 received Social Security payments in December 2024….not the millions over 150, as Trump stated.
March 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Data show that only 89,000 people over 98 received Social Security payments in December 2024….not the millions over 150, as Trump stated.
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Rubio has always fought for the Ukraine. Do you think he might be regretting taking on Secretary of State? I’m sure he worries for his and his family’s safety should he step down.
February 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Rubio has always fought for the Ukraine. Do you think he might be regretting taking on Secretary of State? I’m sure he worries for his and his family’s safety should he step down.
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We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
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It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.
February 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.
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The organization RFK Jr formerly led is actively putting information out stating that the measles vaccine is to blame for this outbreak, not declining vaccination rates.
It’s a lie.
The measles vaccine is both incredibly effective and very safe.
His rhetoric is responsible for these realities.
It’s a lie.
The measles vaccine is both incredibly effective and very safe.
His rhetoric is responsible for these realities.
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The organization RFK Jr formerly led is actively putting information out stating that the measles vaccine is to blame for this outbreak, not declining vaccination rates.
It’s a lie.
The measles vaccine is both incredibly effective and very safe.
His rhetoric is responsible for these realities.
It’s a lie.
The measles vaccine is both incredibly effective and very safe.
His rhetoric is responsible for these realities.
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a fair question, concisely stated
what the actual fuck
February 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
a fair question, concisely stated
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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at the E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals.
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde.
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde.
February 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at the E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals.
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde.
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde.
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NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
VA Research Funding Slashed
Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.
prospect.org
February 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
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If you look at official HUD webpage, the press release is just a long list of Fox News and NewsMax hits claiming that the agency is engaged in massive fraud.
We are witnessing the merging of private and state media.
www.hud.gov/press/press_...
We are witnessing the merging of private and state media.
www.hud.gov/press/press_...
February 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you look at official HUD webpage, the press release is just a long list of Fox News and NewsMax hits claiming that the agency is engaged in massive fraud.
We are witnessing the merging of private and state media.
www.hud.gov/press/press_...
We are witnessing the merging of private and state media.
www.hud.gov/press/press_...
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Super disappointing but it shouldn't stop us as reviewers from hammering grants and manuscripts that don't consider sex as a biological variable. We don't (...shouldn't) need an NIH mandate to do good science.
(But come on seriously this is so frustrating)
(But come on seriously this is so frustrating)
Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Super disappointing but it shouldn't stop us as reviewers from hammering grants and manuscripts that don't consider sex as a biological variable. We don't (...shouldn't) need an NIH mandate to do good science.
(But come on seriously this is so frustrating)
(But come on seriously this is so frustrating)
