Lakshmi G
@lakshmi-ganapathi.bsky.social
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician/ Global Public Health
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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.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
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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.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
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Pregnant women can't access the #COVID vaccine. If they get #COVID and develop a fever, they can't take Tylenol? 🫠.
Both COVID infection and untreated maternal fever increase the risk of bad outcomes for both fetus and mother ranging from preterm delivery to death.
None of this is pro-life.
Both COVID infection and untreated maternal fever increase the risk of bad outcomes for both fetus and mother ranging from preterm delivery to death.
None of this is pro-life.
September 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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A huge shoutout to all the dedicated grants management specialists at the NIH who are working around the clock to push grants out before the Sep 30 deadline. And also to the POs responding to frantic emails.
Not an easy job under the best of circumstances and right now it's the pits.
Thank you!
Not an easy job under the best of circumstances and right now it's the pits.
Thank you!
September 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A huge shoutout to all the dedicated grants management specialists at the NIH who are working around the clock to push grants out before the Sep 30 deadline. And also to the POs responding to frantic emails.
Not an easy job under the best of circumstances and right now it's the pits.
Thank you!
Not an easy job under the best of circumstances and right now it's the pits.
Thank you!
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Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️
August 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️
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Hey, we #NIH folks have gotten new followers. Want to keep up with NIH news on funding, conference appearances, research publications, or grant review? Follow #NIH (current and alumni) on Bsky! These are our opinions and not the opinions of the NIH, HHS, or the federal government.
Follow the #NIH on Bluesky!
August 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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Demetre Daskalakis' resignation letter. One for the history books. www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-resign...
The Resignation Letter Of Dr. Demetre C. Daskalakis Of The Centers For Disease Control
"FIRE HIM"- wrote Senator Patty Murray tonight about the deeply malevolent Robert Kennedy after a day of extraordinary chaos
www.hopiumchronicles.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Demetre Daskalakis' resignation letter. One for the history books. www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-resign...
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Today, ACOG released updated clinical guidance on vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. These guidance documents reflect a large and growing body of research and data regarding the safety and benefits of maternal immunization. Learn more: https://bit.ly/45w9LOD
August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today, ACOG released updated clinical guidance on vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. These guidance documents reflect a large and growing body of research and data regarding the safety and benefits of maternal immunization. Learn more: https://bit.ly/45w9LOD
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Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
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david rose grew up in our community. his mom was an icu nurse at emory. his wife is pregnant and he had two kids. please share this & help if you can.
August 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
david rose grew up in our community. his mom was an icu nurse at emory. his wife is pregnant and he had two kids. please share this & help if you can.
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AG Sulzberger insists that @nytimes.com has no politics. In his Reuters lecture at @ox.ac.uk he stressed the independence of his newspaper. The idea is that they are non-partisan, above the fray. It’s simply not true. That’s the most damning part: pretending your paper no viewpoint. 1/
How many credulous puff pieces did the NYTimes run on Chris Rufo, whose top assistant was a groyper who got his college Republican club sanctioned for tweeting about "GloboHomo?" Why would they participate in Rufo's racist BS panic about Claudine Gay that got her fired? bsky.app/profile/seth...
With Chris Rufo's former assistant now working comms at the WH office of OMB, we can rest assured that the amount of "gay race communism" coming out of that office will now be kept to a minimum.
July 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
AG Sulzberger insists that @nytimes.com has no politics. In his Reuters lecture at @ox.ac.uk he stressed the independence of his newspaper. The idea is that they are non-partisan, above the fray. It’s simply not true. That’s the most damning part: pretending your paper no viewpoint. 1/
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So pleased and proud that my former PhD student, Dr Srinath Satyanarayana, is the new Director of National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, India’s premier research institute! 👏🏽👏🏽
June 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
So pleased and proud that my former PhD student, Dr Srinath Satyanarayana, is the new Director of National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, India’s premier research institute! 👏🏽👏🏽
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Support the brave staffers at @NIH! #BethesdaDeclaration actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
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 2:11 PM
Support the brave staffers at @NIH! #BethesdaDeclaration actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
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📰 The Journal of the International AIDS Society's co-Editor-in-Chief Kenneth H. Mayer has penned a new viewpoint, “The lavender purge”, warning of the impacts of US policy decisions to halt HIV research & programmes supporting sexual- & gender-minority communities.
📣 Read it, share it & speak up!
📣 Read it, share it & speak up!
<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📰 The Journal of the International AIDS Society's co-Editor-in-Chief Kenneth H. Mayer has penned a new viewpoint, “The lavender purge”, warning of the impacts of US policy decisions to halt HIV research & programmes supporting sexual- & gender-minority communities.
📣 Read it, share it & speak up!
📣 Read it, share it & speak up!
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Gift link to a must-read from my colleagues.
"I think people should know that research that they probably would support is being canceled," said Eden Tanner, who lost a grant to work on a new glioblastoma treatment. "I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial."
"I think people should know that research that they probably would support is being canceled," said Eden Tanner, who lost a grant to work on a new glioblastoma treatment. "I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial."
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 4:06 PM
Gift link to a must-read from my colleagues.
"I think people should know that research that they probably would support is being canceled," said Eden Tanner, who lost a grant to work on a new glioblastoma treatment. "I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial."
"I think people should know that research that they probably would support is being canceled," said Eden Tanner, who lost a grant to work on a new glioblastoma treatment. "I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial."
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I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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"If the proposal is enacted, Americans today and tomorrow will be sicker, poorer, and die younger”
an $18 Billion cut
Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
an $18 Billion cut
Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
May 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"If the proposal is enacted, Americans today and tomorrow will be sicker, poorer, and die younger”
an $18 Billion cut
Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
an $18 Billion cut
Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
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If you had a grant cancelled by the administration, please share your story:
democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-r...
democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-r...
Ranking Member Lofgren Invites Individuals Whose Grants Have Been Canceled by Trump to Share Their Experience | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov
May 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you had a grant cancelled by the administration, please share your story:
democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-r...
democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-r...
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ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO
May 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO
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I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
May 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
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All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
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A not very happy Friday. CERI had 6 NIH grants canceled, which will impact operations, surveillance and response to epidemics. We are working to try to minimize disturbance but not easy with 6 grants terminated at the same moment. A crisis is unfolding in SA www.news24.com/southafrica/...
SA universities face funding crisis as US federal agencies freeze research grants | News24
An investigation into the impact of the US aid freeze on research funding to South African universities has found that 44 programmes worth R2.5 billion were affected.
www.news24.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
A not very happy Friday. CERI had 6 NIH grants canceled, which will impact operations, surveillance and response to epidemics. We are working to try to minimize disturbance but not easy with 6 grants terminated at the same moment. A crisis is unfolding in SA www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Great reporting @roniNYTimes on recent NIH foreign sub-awards announcement. The manner of implementation to existing awards and new awards lays bare the real intent to immediately kill international collaborations. @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Studies of Breast Cancer and Other Diseases Threatened by New Policy
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Great reporting @roniNYTimes on recent NIH foreign sub-awards announcement. The manner of implementation to existing awards and new awards lays bare the real intent to immediately kill international collaborations. @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
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China will replace the United States as the WHO’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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China to donate $500 million to WHO, stepping into gap left by U.S.
Beijing will replace the United States as the organization’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
China will replace the United States as the WHO’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...