Megan Ranney MD MPH
@meganranney.bsky.social
Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪
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While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
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With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
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Contaminated infant formula is really bad. @jnaleccia.bsky.social is paying attention. apnews.com/article/byhe...
A baby formula recall linked to an infant botulism outbreak is expanding. Here's what to know
ByHeart, which makes organic infant formula, has recalled all of its products sold throughout the U.S. amid a growing outbreak of infant botulism.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Contaminated infant formula is really bad. @jnaleccia.bsky.social is paying attention. apnews.com/article/byhe...
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In a perfect world, scientists could focus on science, and not have to worry about politics, much less get involved in it. Alas: we do not live in that world.
@meganranney.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @pahlkadot.bsky.social
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@meganranney.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @pahlkadot.bsky.social
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Support Your Neighborhood Scientist
These are, it must be said, grim times for American science. Between the Trump budget cuts, the Trump attacks on leading research…
medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In a perfect world, scientists could focus on science, and not have to worry about politics, much less get involved in it. Alas: we do not live in that world.
@meganranney.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @pahlkadot.bsky.social
medium.com/@kimbellard/...
@meganranney.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @pahlkadot.bsky.social
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Happiness is:
Seeing your kids happy.
Seeing your kids happy.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Happiness is:
Seeing your kids happy.
Seeing your kids happy.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Adaptation 🤝 Mitigation
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Adaptation 🤝 Mitigation
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"The U.S. wants countries to share pathogen samples and genomic sequencing data within five days of an outbreak, according to the document from the U.S. State Department, but it does not guarantee that any drugs or vaccines developed as a result of that exchange would go to the countries affected."
The new US official: in exchange for restarting foreign aid, the US gets other countries’ genomic data on diseases.
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The U.S. wants countries to share pathogen samples and genomic sequencing data within five days of an outbreak, according to the document from the U.S. State Department, but it does not guarantee that any drugs or vaccines developed as a result of that exchange would go to the countries affected."
The new US official: in exchange for restarting foreign aid, the US gets other countries’ genomic data on diseases.
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The new US official: in exchange for restarting foreign aid, the US gets other countries’ genomic data on diseases.
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
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"Exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute) just published this amazing op-ed" -Megan Ranney
➡️ From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4
➡️ From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
"Exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute) just published this amazing op-ed" -Megan Ranney
➡️ From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4
➡️ From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4
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On the latest #SGEMPeds Xtra, we chat with Dr. @kmpanthagani.bsky.social about how health communication strategies and approaches must evolve in today's world.
@yalesph.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social #FOAMed #SciComm #MedSky
@yalesph.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social #FOAMed #SciComm #MedSky
SGEM Xtra: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution…Training Health Communicators - The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
Date: October 17, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kristen Panthagani is an emergency medicine resident and Yale Emergency Scholar at Yale New Haven Hospital. She’s a physician-scientist, having completed her ...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On the latest #SGEMPeds Xtra, we chat with Dr. @kmpanthagani.bsky.social about how health communication strategies and approaches must evolve in today's world.
@yalesph.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social #FOAMed #SciComm #MedSky
@yalesph.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social #FOAMed #SciComm #MedSky
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“as the…administration has rescinded its support for scientific research, restricted vaccine access, dismissed expert advisers, attacked doctors & scientists, & worked to curtail health-insurance coverage, researchers & health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office.”🧪🛟
The Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Instead of trying to depoliticize their field, a swell of scientists want to become politicians.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“as the…administration has rescinded its support for scientific research, restricted vaccine access, dismissed expert advisers, attacked doctors & scientists, & worked to curtail health-insurance coverage, researchers & health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office.”🧪🛟
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My latest, in @msnbc.com, on how ICE, CBP, and Bovino may be overplaying their hand in Chicago.
Also: this will only make hiring go ICE harder.
And: I hope ppl appreciate that the lying Judge Ellis calls out is NOT an aberration, but a very consistent problem w police claims.
Also: this will only make hiring go ICE harder.
And: I hope ppl appreciate that the lying Judge Ellis calls out is NOT an aberration, but a very consistent problem w police claims.
Opinion | ICE and CBP's aggressive tactics may have finally gone too far
A federal judge dealt federal agents a setback – and shed light on a much more persistent, deeper problem with policing.
www.msnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My latest, in @msnbc.com, on how ICE, CBP, and Bovino may be overplaying their hand in Chicago.
Also: this will only make hiring go ICE harder.
And: I hope ppl appreciate that the lying Judge Ellis calls out is NOT an aberration, but a very consistent problem w police claims.
Also: this will only make hiring go ICE harder.
And: I hope ppl appreciate that the lying Judge Ellis calls out is NOT an aberration, but a very consistent problem w police claims.
Trying again: amplifying the great work of the executive director of the Non Violence Institute in Providence RI :)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
From neighborhood ‘beefs’ to public health crisis: As culture of violence shifts, nonviolence work must reach further - The Boston Globe
Television, music, social media, and video games have shifted the culture of violence, writes the director of the Nonviolence Institute in Providence.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Trying again: amplifying the great work of the executive director of the Non Violence Institute in Providence RI :)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
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Coming up this week is an #SGEMPeds Xtra. Dr. @kmpanthagani.bsky.social joins us to talk about the evolution of health communication! #FOAMed #SciComm #MedSky @nejm.org @yalesph.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social
Training Health Communicators - The Need for a New Approach - PubMed
Training Health Communicators - The Need for a New Approach
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November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Coming up this week is an #SGEMPeds Xtra. Dr. @kmpanthagani.bsky.social joins us to talk about the evolution of health communication! #FOAMed #SciComm #MedSky @nejm.org @yalesph.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social
YOU GUYS!!!
The exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute, Providence, RI) just published this amazing op-ed in @bostonglobe.com !!!!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
The exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute, Providence, RI) just published this amazing op-ed in @bostonglobe.com !!!!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
YOU GUYS!!!
The exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute, Providence, RI) just published this amazing op-ed in @bostonglobe.com !!!!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
The exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute, Providence, RI) just published this amazing op-ed in @bostonglobe.com !!!!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...
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Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
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Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown trib.al/5WGvUOq
Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown
The only dining facility for junior troops at the Army’s Fort Leavenworth in Kansas has been closed due to funding issues.
trib.al
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown trib.al/5WGvUOq
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Almost one billion children have died globally since 1950
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Almost one billion children have died globally since 1950
😂
By crushing the opposition in the elections last night, the Democrats have fallen right into Trump’s hands.
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
😂
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I am grateful for the many experts who contributed to this powerful report on solutions to reduce firearm violence, including @bradyunited.org Chief Medical Officer @josephsakran.bsky.social and @thisisourlane.org Advisory Council members @meganranney.bsky.social & Rochelle Dicker. #ThisIsOurLane
In March 2025, the JAMA Summit on Firearm Violence convened thought leaders from medicine, academia, advocacy, government and industry to develop solutions to reduce firearm violence by 2040.
📽️ Hear from the experts themselves and read the report: ja.ma/4hHjJB8
📽️ Hear from the experts themselves and read the report: ja.ma/4hHjJB8
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I am grateful for the many experts who contributed to this powerful report on solutions to reduce firearm violence, including @bradyunited.org Chief Medical Officer @josephsakran.bsky.social and @thisisourlane.org Advisory Council members @meganranney.bsky.social & Rochelle Dicker. #ThisIsOurLane
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Got some great answers already, but figure it can’t hurt to reup this…
Actually, I know I have several followers who are media studies people.
What would be the three or four most important books I should read to move from pure amateur to something slightly less-so?
What would be the three or four most important books I should read to move from pure amateur to something slightly less-so?
When I started this job 20 years ago, I just wanted to study the mechanics of prison growth from a crime policy perspective.
But now I spend half my life thinking about how the media works. I didn’t plan to be a (still-amateur) media studies person, but … that’s what drives so much of this.
But now I spend half my life thinking about how the media works. I didn’t plan to be a (still-amateur) media studies person, but … that’s what drives so much of this.
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Got some great answers already, but figure it can’t hurt to reup this…
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Exclusive: Hundreds of travel businesses, including casinos, hotels and convention bureaus, are asking Congress to end the shutdown, citing worries about the holiday travel season.
Travel Industry Sounds Alarm Over Government Shutdown
Hundreds of travel businesses, including casinos, hotels and convention bureaus, are asking Congress to end the shutdown, citing worries about the holiday travel season.
on.wsj.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Exclusive: Hundreds of travel businesses, including casinos, hotels and convention bureaus, are asking Congress to end the shutdown, citing worries about the holiday travel season.