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just started watching and he's talking about the importance of NIH funded research: "let me repeat 99.4% of FDA approved drugs were funded by NIH research" 🧪
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
just started watching and he's talking about the importance of NIH funded research: "let me repeat 99.4% of FDA approved drugs were funded by NIH research" 🧪
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Dr. Richard Youle was fired today. He is an eminent scientist who has done important work on brain diseases like dementia and Parkinson’s.
Musk and Trump are stopping NIH research into cures, for diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s. Americans did not vote for this.
Musk and Trump are stopping NIH research into cures, for diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s. Americans did not vote for this.
NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Dr. Richard Youle was fired today. He is an eminent scientist who has done important work on brain diseases like dementia and Parkinson’s.
Musk and Trump are stopping NIH research into cures, for diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s. Americans did not vote for this.
Musk and Trump are stopping NIH research into cures, for diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s. Americans did not vote for this.
In ATL 1 more week. Gimme some good trouble to get into
March 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In ATL 1 more week. Gimme some good trouble to get into
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mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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There’s a new Health Alert Network (HAN) notification out for Dengue virus, which is most commonly spread through the bites of infected mosquitos of the Aedes species in warmer climates, including the southern US and Puerto Rico.
www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han...
www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han...
Health Alert Network (HAN) - 00523 | Dengue Virus Infections in the United StatesMinusSASstats
Ongoing Risk of Dengue Virus Infections and Updated Testing Recommendations in the United States
www.cdc.gov
March 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There’s a new Health Alert Network (HAN) notification out for Dengue virus, which is most commonly spread through the bites of infected mosquitos of the Aedes species in warmer climates, including the southern US and Puerto Rico.
www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han...
www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han...
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If federal scientists don't have freedom to publish what they think is correct, then fed science is dead.
Science depends on free speech—free speech for all, not just for rightwing contrarians, as Bhattacharya and his rightwing allies want.
We must protect scientists' free speech rights.
Science depends on free speech—free speech for all, not just for rightwing contrarians, as Bhattacharya and his rightwing allies want.
We must protect scientists' free speech rights.
"Officials from federal institutions have requested the withdrawal of articles supported by federal funds, citing concerns that they address politically sensitive topics such as transgender health."
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epdf/10....
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epdf/10....
AJPH and the Threat of Political Interference in Scientific Publishing
ajph.aphapublications.org
March 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If federal scientists don't have freedom to publish what they think is correct, then fed science is dead.
Science depends on free speech—free speech for all, not just for rightwing contrarians, as Bhattacharya and his rightwing allies want.
We must protect scientists' free speech rights.
Science depends on free speech—free speech for all, not just for rightwing contrarians, as Bhattacharya and his rightwing allies want.
We must protect scientists' free speech rights.
<looks around> hi. really hoping this place is better for my mental health....gonna curate this feed HARD. still me, though. fist in the air and "fuck you" at the ready. just more strategic and less reactionary. let's go. ✊️😎
February 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
<looks around> hi. really hoping this place is better for my mental health....gonna curate this feed HARD. still me, though. fist in the air and "fuck you" at the ready. just more strategic and less reactionary. let's go. ✊️😎