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The Department of Health and Human Services has pressed the NIH to ignore court orders, dismissing NIH lawyers' advice to resume business as usual, @katherinejwu.com reports. As of this week, some institutes and centers are still not issuing any new grants: theatln.tc/MVl9uWmj
Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
theatln.tc
February 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.

bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy

Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
January 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I am fortunate to be a survivor of Stage 3 colon cancer. I have lost many friends to glioblastoma - a form of brain cancer that has been regarded as terminal in all cases.

The linked article from New York Magazine describes clinical results showing hope from immunotherapy.

Fuck Cancer!
Good News About Brain Cancer
Immunotherapy is making tumors melt away.
nymag.com
December 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM