So excited to see this out in ERJ!!! Congrats @kerrijohannson.bsky.social and Na’ama Avitzur for getting this important and innovative work out there!!

The Impact of Pulmonary Fibrosis on Sex and Sexual Function - A Multinational Mixed Methods Study Just out in ERJ and led by Dr. Na'ama Avitzur A 🧵👇 (key take-away 👉 sex matters to patients with PF and their disease impacts this) #OpenAccess #CurePF #CureIPF publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...

Epigenome-Wide Analysis Identifies Pollution-Sensitive Loci in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease PM2.5 and its constituents are associated with differential DNA methylation in the blood of patients with fibrotic ILD @gilliangoobie.bsky.social #medsky 🔗 tinyurl.com/2rk6wwmn

Was great to participate in this. Scientists were arguing up to the deadline about individual sentences, showing the difference in rigor when you care about accuracy, and how non-orthodoxy the “mainstream” actually is. But when comments are open for just 30 days it’s designed to be difficult.

Alison Lee, MD, discusses the impacts of the recent cuts and changes to the EPA and how the increase in air pollution will negatively affect human health, with Gillian Goobie, MD, PhD, on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTL_...

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to rescind the greenhouse gas emissions Endangerment Finding goes against the EPA’s mission [and] will be felt for generations," says ATS President @raeddweikmd.bsky.social. Read the full statement here: site.thoracic.org/press-releas...

This is a critical concern for anyone who cares about combatting climate change and facing this existential public health threat. I encourage anyone and everyone to take the opportunity to comment and voice their opposition to the overturning of the GHG Endangerment Finding. This is not a drill!

Trump's EPA is trying to destroy the Endangerment Finding -- the solid scientific conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerously changing the climate. They've published fake, misleading claims from climate deniers. This will devastate efforts to stop climate change. The EPA comment period is open.

The top court at the United Nations said Wednesday that countries must protect their citizens from the effects of climate change — and if they failed to protect the planet, they could be breaking international law.

I know so many dedicated and brilliant scientists who work (and I guess now worked) at EPA. The loss of expertise and ability to make science-informed decisions will have lasting damage for our health. Academics and advocates will have to try to fill the gap. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels. roll_safe.gif

This is mind-boggling. While the US deregulates coal plants, defunds anything addressing climate change, & rolls-back the GHG endangerment finding, 6 Republicans have the audacity to write the Ambassador of Canada abt what we are doing to address Cdn wildfires... 🤯 tiffany.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

On immigrants: "Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed". H. Melville. New legislation will allow mass "hunts" for undocumented [email protected]

Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality of Interstitial Lung Diseases in Alberta, Canada: A Population-based Study www.atsjournals.org/doi/suppl/10... 🧵👇 📣 TL:DR Incidence stable, prevalence rising, improved survival for ILD & IPF over 10 years. Numbers much higher than prior reports for ILD & IPF.

The Blue Journal thanks Maeve Georgia MacMurdo, MBChB, MPH, for her contribution to the July issue Letting Cooler Heads Prevail: The Necessity of Occupational Regulation of Heat and Smoke Exposure www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....

It's #ShowYourStripes day. Climate change is real. It's happening now. It's caused by us. There is still hope. The coming heat wave will be part of a more than doubling of such events. We owe it to future generations to #ActOnClimate showyourstripes.info/c/northameri...

The Blue Journal thanks Clarus Leung, MD, MAS, for her contribution to the May issue Clinical and Biological Features of a Thickened Basement Membrane Zone in Asthma @atscommunity.bsky.social atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Cancelling science will only lead to increased disease, costs, and deaths. #NIH #ResearchFunding #PublicHealth

"By canceling a multi-year study of older people with lung disease – a few months before it was due to end – the Trump administration has left patients without help, doctors without answers, & wasted taxpayer dollars" says Mary B. Rice, MD, MPH Read more: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/breathe-easi...

Quick and easy petition asking for Minister Loewen to rescind recent wildlife management decisions. Please share and help us get the word out. www.change.org/p/petition-d...

Worth a listen #ILD raised questions for me: 1) how might we calculate risk in these patient - and their families 2) if they are at high risk what intervention/monitoring 3) will there be an appetite to have a easy accessible air quality measure?

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Out of the Blue: An AJRCCM Podcast: Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Development and Progression of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease @atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky Have a listen: share.transistor.fm/s/32b0f46d

TL/DR? No worries! Listen to Dr. Tamera Corte and I discuss our paper on the Impact of Environmental Exposures on ILD in the @atsblueeditor.bsky.social podcast 🫁👇 Thanks @mohleenkang.bsky.social for hosting us! 😊

Great podcast from @atscommunity.bsky.social Dr. Gillian Goobie and Dr. Allison Lee discuss the impacts of proposed EPA policy changes on 🫁 health 💪 @gilliangoobie.bsky.social @ats-eoph.bsky.social (can find it on podcasts app for listen only: ATS Breathe Easy)

Happy Earth Day!🌎 When it comes to air pollution, what's good for the planet is also good for us! Alison Lee, MD, explains on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast how "bad air" has profound effects on our health and the role policy plays in ensuring we breathe clean air. Learn more: youtu.be/51ZzGPj8UF4

President Trump has proposed a miserly budget for America with potential for untold suffering. What's at risk? Public health, patient care, the environment, America's universities, as well as the economy and state budgets. Congress, fix this mess! www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

This is a remarkable letter and everyone should read it.

CMO of an NIH institute: “I can no longer…be a part of or lend any kind of support to what I see as increasingly strenuous efforts to comply with each and every immoral and often illegal directive being sent to the National Institutes of Health from the Executive Office of the President…”

What a letter. This is an historically bad time in government, and not everyone yet has the words or even lexicon for it. Dr. Fessell does. Please read it. (Once at the link, select the "PDF" tab, then scroll down to get to the body of the letter.)

“While the risks to civil servants and academics’ livelihoods are real and understandably frightening, bullies are only emboldened by acquiescence or indifference.” The @thelancet.bsky.social comes out swinging against the thuggery from Washington DC www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #MedSky

Was just coming on here to post this article but @kerrijohannson.bsky.social beat me to it! Truly inspirational words from Dr. Fessel in the face of the tragedy of destruction of public health institutions. Incredibly important read for all:

Wow! Read this letter! They first came for Universities, now they’re coming for Medical Journals, next they’ll come after all of us! Chest is one of the top journals in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Rigorous and fair. Let’s all stand with @accpchest.bsky.social!!

Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to scholarly journals inquiring about their process and principles. As an organization, we respect and support the CHEST journal's editorial leadership and long-standing reputation. Read more here: www.chestnet.org/newsroom/che...

WaPo op-ed: Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined. wapo.st/4luJyph

The proposed rolling back of major EPA policies not only endangers the health of those in the U.S. but will have a sizeable global impact. Learn more on this week's ATS Breathe Easy, with Alison Lee, MD; Gillian Goobie, MD, PhD; & host Patti Tripathi. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Zz...

Fantastic read in @annalsats.bsky.social about the misattribution of dyspnea in women to anxiety & the history behind the term “hysteria”. I have taught my friends, family, trainees, & colleagues about why I never use that term. This explains why perfectly! www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...

“When you’re looking at the various source of pollution, it’s the car in front of you, it’s the truck in front of you, it’s the roads you walk along,” ATS member George Thurston, ScD, told @nytimes.com in response to recent comments on auto emissions. "It causes impacts that we all experience."

“Our nation’s health has been undermined,“ said Jesse Roman, MD, ATS Treasurer. “The Administration again cut employees at HHS, directly impacting ATS members working at NIH, CDC, FDA. Our nation’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to health crises is threatened. We urge Congress to act.”

Gary Ewart, ATS chief of advocacy and government relations says, “It’s time to act – call your elected representative NOW to demand the restoration of these health programs." Find your representative: house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative.

Tariffs are tax on your grocery bill. Among many other things. Message on a billboard outside Atlanta, brought to you by the Canadian Government. #ElbowsUp #TrumpsTradeWar #CanadaStrong

I'm proud of the ATS Executive Committee for writing this editorial, "Protecting the Future of Medical Innovation," published today in all 4 ATS research journals. www.atsjournals.org/doi/epdf/10.... @atsblueeditor.bsky.social

Glad to see @atscommunity.bsky.social leadership speaking out about the critical necessity of preserving government-funded research, public health administration, and commitments to improving health equity in this well-written editorial: www.atsjournals.org/doi/epdf/10....

Talked with @andersoncooper360.bsky.social about what is, and what IS NOT, DEI. And what Trump & his confederates are trying to accomplish with erasing the accomplishments of non-white people, women and LGBTQ people.

ALL OF THIS. The attack on DEI is simply a means of inculcating a shorthand for viewing all people of color and women in positions of authority as unqualified and undeserving.

This puts the mission of the EPA to protect human health and then environment at enormous risk. The EPA Office of Research and Development is essential to the Agency’s mission and its dismantling will contribute to worsening air and water quality across the country.

President Trump is considering dismantling the EPA Office of Research and Development, created by the U.S. Clean Air Act, the law of the land. This office provides critical scientific guidance throughout the EPA rule-making process. Please share and speak out. #scisky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...

“Nowhere in the video did [the Trump EPA head, Zeldin,] refer to protecting the environment or public health, twin tenets that have guided the agency since its founding in 1970.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/c...

Nowhere is this more true than the Trump EPA’s 100% destructive rollback agenda to increase harmful pollution to water, air, land & climate. ‘Beyond My Wildest Dreams’: The Architect of Project 2025 Is Ready for His Victory Lap - POLITICO. www.politico.com/news/magazin... ($)

ATS and 50+ medical societies oppose government cuts to clinical research. The affected institutions will likely challenge this action in federal court. Time is critical; the abrupt stop of funding means that vetted and quality research is lost. Patients will suffer.

It's now the Enhancing Pollution Administration.