​Trump says the U.S. has completed air strikes on Iran - The Wall Street Journal

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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated. “I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.

Trump Republicanism at its finest. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Crockett: He wants there to be a portion of the budget that goes up to $1 trillion on the defense side. They have failed the very last seven audits. So why would they continue to get raises, which they always do. Yet we're going to hurt the most vulnerable amongst us.

Huge thank you to @pccmdoc.bsky.social for his excellent Grand Rounds today at Advocate Children’s Hospital on improving post-cardiac arrest outcomes! Many shout-outs to Dr. Maya Dewan! #PedsICU @chriscarrollmd.com @nsanchezpinto.bsky.social @yoncabulutmd.bsky.social @jennamillermd.bsky.social

buried underneath news of this week's financial fuckery is the ongoing revocation of 300 or more visas from students at 80 universities, mainly for speaking out about Palestine. An ongoing effort to silence speech that opposes Israeli policy and a broader charge to disempower universities.

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

the white house press secretary just announced that the president intends to strip americans of citizenship and send them to torture camps

So far there have been three measles deaths in under six weeks in the ongoing US measles outbreak. Prior to this year there had only been three measles deaths in the United States in total in the entire last thirty years.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has a bill to return tariff authority to Congress. If it were to pass, the purposeless tariffs would end. Speaker Johnson is blocking it. Call your member of Congress, R or D, & urge a discharge petition on the bill, which forces a vote. U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

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Just so we’re all clear, the Supreme Court *expressly ruled* that the president cannot fire FTC commissioners without cause in 1935’s Humphrey’s Executor. Trump’s action here is brazenly illegal under any interpretation of the law as it stands. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?” NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY* (not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

The numbers are in: Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February #Canada #Boycott #cdnpoli #TradeWar #ElbowsUp 🍁 The number of trips hasn't been this low since the COVID-19 era www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."

This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.

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Science is good for America

Open letter from a pediatrician to Senator BillCassidy: You promised to supervise HHS leadership. You promised to prevent the US from devolving into an anti-vaccine, disease ridden dystopia. You promised to protect children. I am begging you to please do your job.

It all makes sense once you realize a recession is actually a good thing for the 1%.

We recently went to Orlando for #SCCM2025 The #pedsicu team represented well with 5 abstracts and a session moderator! @childrensmercy.org

In the year of our Lord 2025 Has anyone ever done ECMO for measles? #pedsicu

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to everyone except Apple who took it off their calendar, so many people in the government (including women) trying to systematically erase the progress women have made, and the mainsplainers. So grateful to know so many amazing women #PedsICU

In today's episode, we check in on the Stand Up for Science rallies that spread to 32 cities. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/YgplAQ4

“This is private, confidential data including Social Security numbers and earnings of virtually all people in the country...” "Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Goddamit. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

I know I’ve praised The Pitt before, but it is so intentional about showing many of the things we in healthcare are experiencing This week: the constant threat of workplace violence. It really hits a nerve after the horrifying events at UPMC last week tvline.com/interviews/t...

What's it gonna take for everyone to realize the occupant of the white house is fundamentally anti-American?

NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.

"America is great because of science" is a terrific slogan, because it's true from Kitty Hawk to Tranquillity Bay, we have a legacy that calls us to step up and do what has never been done before

I don't know who to 'credit' with this demonstration of American power -- DOGE? State? the White House? In any case, it is a moral stain on all of us as Americans we know better and can do better -- we just choose not to www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/h...

NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny

PubMed is essential for scientists and doctors to access the latest medical research. With PubMed down, we can’t search for the latest research and newest treatments for diabetes, cancer, infectious diseases, and more. This directly impacts patient care—everyone should be concerned.

“DO YOUR JOB!” TEXAS: @RepKeithSelf’s turn

Warning from Healthcare Do not mess with PubMed

This is going to be a big problem. Not typically on pubmed (a free online database of medical literature) on Saturday nights but heard it was down and had to check for myself.