Megan Coe, PhD, RN
@megan-c.bsky.social
Postdoc Scholar at University of Washington. Interests: Global Child Health, Implementation Science, Nursing, Hospital Care
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Good night, friends.
Thinking of everyone in the Caribbean facing Hurricane Melissa - we hope you and your loved ones all stay safe.
💚
Massive thanks to our NOAA colleagues, literally flying into the eye of the storm, working without pay (‼️), because their expertise saves lives.
#NOAA #FedStrong
Thinking of everyone in the Caribbean facing Hurricane Melissa - we hope you and your loved ones all stay safe.
💚
Massive thanks to our NOAA colleagues, literally flying into the eye of the storm, working without pay (‼️), because their expertise saves lives.
#NOAA #FedStrong
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Good night, friends.
Thinking of everyone in the Caribbean facing Hurricane Melissa - we hope you and your loved ones all stay safe.
💚
Massive thanks to our NOAA colleagues, literally flying into the eye of the storm, working without pay (‼️), because their expertise saves lives.
#NOAA #FedStrong
Thinking of everyone in the Caribbean facing Hurricane Melissa - we hope you and your loved ones all stay safe.
💚
Massive thanks to our NOAA colleagues, literally flying into the eye of the storm, working without pay (‼️), because their expertise saves lives.
#NOAA #FedStrong
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The Trump administration spent $167,000 to destroy $9.7 million worth of birth control and other contraceptives that were supposed to go to low-income countries. Imagine hating helping so much that you’d actually spend money just to make sure others don’t get help.
Unconscionable: US plan to destroy $9.7 million of contraceptives
MSF condemns the decision to destroy these critical medical supplies, which will have devastating consequences for the communities where we work.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Trump administration spent $167,000 to destroy $9.7 million worth of birth control and other contraceptives that were supposed to go to low-income countries. Imagine hating helping so much that you’d actually spend money just to make sure others don’t get help.
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Of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, which allows hundreds of NIH grant terminations to proceed, @scott-delaney.bsky.social says: “I see no viable, no reasonably likely scenario where that research comes back. I think it’s gone.”
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
‘I Think It’s Gone': Hundreds of NIH Grant Terminations Can Proceed, Supreme Court Says
<i>The Chronicle</i> is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. Here’s the latest.
www.chronicle.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, which allows hundreds of NIH grant terminations to proceed, @scott-delaney.bsky.social says: “I see no viable, no reasonably likely scenario where that research comes back. I think it’s gone.”
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
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As I wrote in @thehill.com, federal science funding isn’t just about labs, it’s about livelihoods. Cuts to NIH, NSF & NASA mean lost jobs today, stalled discovery tomorrow, and fewer opportunities for the next generation. When we invest in research, we are investing in workers and communities. ⬇️
Trump’s cuts to science & innovation could stall innovation, eliminate jobs, and undermine U.S. global competitiveness. @alondra.bsky.social explains for @TheHill.com:
The administration is attacking America’s opportunity engine
The damage is already apparent. A future Congress may want to restore funding, but talent pipelines, lab capacity and institutional knowledge cannot simply be switched back on.
thehill.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
As I wrote in @thehill.com, federal science funding isn’t just about labs, it’s about livelihoods. Cuts to NIH, NSF & NASA mean lost jobs today, stalled discovery tomorrow, and fewer opportunities for the next generation. When we invest in research, we are investing in workers and communities. ⬇️
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This Executive Order is a gross overreach of Presidential power and undermines democracy. It steals from taxpayers, will destroy science and the economy, and ultimately, America.
Congress must act now.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Congress must act now.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Federal Grantmaking Gets a Christofascist Glow-Up
Read my zero star review of the new Executive Order
open.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This Executive Order is a gross overreach of Presidential power and undermines democracy. It steals from taxpayers, will destroy science and the economy, and ultimately, America.
Congress must act now.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Congress must act now.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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From AIDS medications to treatment for severe acute malnutrition, foreign aid has saved millions of lives in #SouthSudan. But now as much of that funding is slashed, we're already seeing devastating, deadly consequences, writes @nytimes.com' @nickkristof.bsky.social:
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
From AIDS medications to treatment for severe acute malnutrition, foreign aid has saved millions of lives in #SouthSudan. But now as much of that funding is slashed, we're already seeing devastating, deadly consequences, writes @nytimes.com' @nickkristof.bsky.social:
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A recent report showed that the destruction of just one USAID program, the anti-AIDS PEPFAR initiative, would lead to the deaths of one million people *every year* www.vox.com/future-perfe...
March 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A recent report showed that the destruction of just one USAID program, the anti-AIDS PEPFAR initiative, would lead to the deaths of one million people *every year* www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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These cuts mean:
- Thousands dying daily from TB, HIV, Malaria, avoidable deaths!
- Devastation to global pandemic surveillance making certain next pandemic will come soon.
- Children going hungry in war torn zones
Human lives are not "waste".
This is mass murder!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Thousands dying daily from TB, HIV, Malaria, avoidable deaths!
- Devastation to global pandemic surveillance making certain next pandemic will come soon.
- Children going hungry in war torn zones
Human lives are not "waste".
This is mass murder!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rubio says 83% of USAid programs terminated after six-week purge
Surviving aid to be administered by state department in radical narrowing of definition of US national interest
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
These cuts mean:
- Thousands dying daily from TB, HIV, Malaria, avoidable deaths!
- Devastation to global pandemic surveillance making certain next pandemic will come soon.
- Children going hungry in war torn zones
Human lives are not "waste".
This is mass murder!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Thousands dying daily from TB, HIV, Malaria, avoidable deaths!
- Devastation to global pandemic surveillance making certain next pandemic will come soon.
- Children going hungry in war torn zones
Human lives are not "waste".
This is mass murder!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“about a million additional people will die terrible deaths every single year for the foreseeable future if PEPFAR doesn’t get reversed”
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Killing PEPFAR means killing millions of people
All to save 0.08 percent of the budget.
www.vox.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“about a million additional people will die terrible deaths every single year for the foreseeable future if PEPFAR doesn’t get reversed”
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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On this day of the Stand Up For Science events, a reminder:
The typical anti-vax parent is wrong, but well-intentioned.
The people like RFJ Jr that are financially profiting from lying about vaccines to vulnerable people are evil.
They're not the same.
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
The typical anti-vax parent is wrong, but well-intentioned.
The people like RFJ Jr that are financially profiting from lying about vaccines to vulnerable people are evil.
They're not the same.
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
Researchers believe personal stories are more persuasive than facts alone in addressing vaccine skepticism
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
On this day of the Stand Up For Science events, a reminder:
The typical anti-vax parent is wrong, but well-intentioned.
The people like RFJ Jr that are financially profiting from lying about vaccines to vulnerable people are evil.
They're not the same.
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
The typical anti-vax parent is wrong, but well-intentioned.
The people like RFJ Jr that are financially profiting from lying about vaccines to vulnerable people are evil.
They're not the same.
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
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SCOOP: The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to a whistle-blower from USAID.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
SCOOP: The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to a whistle-blower from USAID.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
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Today is Rare Disease Day, and a great reminder of the importance of NIH and science funding in driving hope 🧬⬇️
www.rarediseaseday.org
www.rarediseaseday.org
Rare Disease Day 2025 – Raising awareness for people living with rare diseases and their families worldwide.
www.rarediseaseday.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Today is Rare Disease Day, and a great reminder of the importance of NIH and science funding in driving hope 🧬⬇️
www.rarediseaseday.org
www.rarediseaseday.org
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Goodnight friends. Rest well.
It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
Robert Kennedy
It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
Robert Kennedy
February 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Goodnight friends. Rest well.
It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
Robert Kennedy
It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.
Robert Kennedy
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