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Autism, like synesthesia, is a condition, not a disability.
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Doctor groups form united front against RFK Jr’s efforts to limit vaccine access
Physicians say a federal advisory panel's proposed restrictions on hepatitis B vaccine are part of a broad assault on vaccine access.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Physicians say a federal advisory panel's proposed restrictions on hepatitis B vaccine are part of a broad assault on vaccine access.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Doctor groups form united front against RFK Jr’s efforts to limit vaccine access
Physicians say a federal advisory panel's proposed restrictions on hepatitis B vaccine are part of a broad assault on vaccine access.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Physicians say a federal advisory panel's proposed restrictions on hepatitis B vaccine are part of a broad assault on vaccine access.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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Vitamin K Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/vita...
A Vitamin Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out
Vitamin K injections have prevented deadly brain bleeds in infants for more than 60 years. New research shows refusal rates have recently jumped nearly 80 percent
www.scientificamerican.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Vitamin K Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/vita...
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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11/ He's pushing "too many, too soon" — 11 doses in 1986 vs. 50+ today. What he won't mention: a single 1980s whole-cell pertussis shot contained ~3,000 antigens. Today's entire schedule? ~165. More protection, 95% fewer antigens. I wrote about this - @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/t...
‘Too many, too soon’? Debunking a common fear about kids’ vaccines
Despite a significant increase in injections, today's vaccines expose children to a fraction of the immune-stimulating material that previous generations encountered.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
11/ He's pushing "too many, too soon" — 11 doses in 1986 vs. 50+ today. What he won't mention: a single 1980s whole-cell pertussis shot contained ~3,000 antigens. Today's entire schedule? ~165. More protection, 95% fewer antigens. I wrote about this - @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/t...
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Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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#Shingles vaccine may prevent, delay, or slow dementia process
Among eligible adults, shingles vaccination reduced new mild cognitive impairment diagnoses by 1.5 percentage points.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/v...
Among eligible adults, shingles vaccination reduced new mild cognitive impairment diagnoses by 1.5 percentage points.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/v...
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#Shingles vaccine may prevent, delay, or slow dementia process
Among eligible adults, shingles vaccination reduced new mild cognitive impairment diagnoses by 1.5 percentage points.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/v...
Among eligible adults, shingles vaccination reduced new mild cognitive impairment diagnoses by 1.5 percentage points.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/v...
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It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week!
Today the team took on RFK Jr.’s belief in miasma theory, which got cooked around the same time that humans discovered germ theory.
Thanks to @benecal.bsky.social, @erohealthcomms.com, and Aurora Horstkamp.
Today the team took on RFK Jr.’s belief in miasma theory, which got cooked around the same time that humans discovered germ theory.
Thanks to @benecal.bsky.social, @erohealthcomms.com, and Aurora Horstkamp.
Whopper of the Week: RFK Wants You to Fortify Your Immune System So He Can Deprive You of Modern Medicine | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr. believes that with a healthy diet, exercise, and the avoidance of environmental toxins and stresses alone, an individual can prevent disease. While these are good health practices, they are no...
www.defendpublichealth.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week!
Today the team took on RFK Jr.’s belief in miasma theory, which got cooked around the same time that humans discovered germ theory.
Thanks to @benecal.bsky.social, @erohealthcomms.com, and Aurora Horstkamp.
Today the team took on RFK Jr.’s belief in miasma theory, which got cooked around the same time that humans discovered germ theory.
Thanks to @benecal.bsky.social, @erohealthcomms.com, and Aurora Horstkamp.
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Twelve former US FDA commissioners express deep concern about agency's vaccine change reut.rs/48wqb9N
Twelve former US FDA commissioners express deep concern about agency's vaccine change
Twelve former U.S. FDA commissioners said on Wednesday they were deeply concerned about proposed changes to vaccine regulation by the agency's chief scientific officer and the details of his assertion that the COVID-19 vaccine killed 10 children.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Twelve former US FDA commissioners express deep concern about agency's vaccine change reut.rs/48wqb9N
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
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BREAKING NYT:
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BREAKING NYT:
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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The magnitude of the change over time is striking.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The magnitude of the change over time is striking.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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The MAHA pitch was supposed to be that Americans don’t really need insurance, vaccines, or other “establishment” medical care — they just need better nutrition and less exposure to environmental toxins.
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
F.D.A. Withdraws Rule to Require Testing Cosmetics Made With Talc for Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The MAHA pitch was supposed to be that Americans don’t really need insurance, vaccines, or other “establishment” medical care — they just need better nutrition and less exposure to environmental toxins.
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Do you struggle with mental health issues, headaches, and fatigue?
A new study suggests your brain may be primed for #LongCOVID before you ever come in contact with the virus.
A new study suggests your brain may be primed for #LongCOVID before you ever come in contact with the virus.
#COVID patients have higher rates of #depression, #anxiety, #headache, and #fatigue before diagnosis, study suggests
The association may be explained by shared biological pathways, such as chronic inflammation and neuroinflammation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The association may be explained by shared biological pathways, such as chronic inflammation and neuroinflammation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Do you struggle with mental health issues, headaches, and fatigue?
A new study suggests your brain may be primed for #LongCOVID before you ever come in contact with the virus.
A new study suggests your brain may be primed for #LongCOVID before you ever come in contact with the virus.
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CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back. @notus.com
CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
“I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back. @notus.com
"I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me." - RFK Jr.
RFK Jr. apparently promised Senator Bill Cassidy that he wouldn’t delete the statement “Vaccines do not cause autism” from the CDC website.
Instead, RFK Jr. published a litany of lies claiming that vaccines *do* cause autism, left the statement with an asterisk, and added this:
Instead, RFK Jr. published a litany of lies claiming that vaccines *do* cause autism, left the statement with an asterisk, and added this:
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me." - RFK Jr.
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More new NIH institute and center director positions posted
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
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with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
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hr.nih.gov
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
More new NIH institute and center director positions posted
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
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with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
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"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
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An analysis of medical records found that patients with melanoma or lung cancer lived longer if they received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine appears to generally boost the immune system, enhancing the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitor therapies.
#MedSky 🛟
#MedSky 🛟
People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
An analysis of medical records found that patients with melanoma or lung cancer lived longer if they received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine appears to generally boost the immune system, enhancing the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitor therapies.
#MedSky 🛟
#MedSky 🛟
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The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
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I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
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I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
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