Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

@kakape.bsky.social KSJ '24, shares actionable tips for journalists seeking to reduce the harm of misinformation. ksj.mit.edu/news/2025/10...

Maine described its HIV outbreak as a significant health concern, but the government shutdown has kept a CDC team from coming to the state's aid.

Laura is so smart. #sciwri25

Excellent writing (and photos) per usual. This is a SNAP piece you must read.

NEW YORK (AP) — James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97.

Had a incredible discussion with @ferrisjabr.bsky.social + @ksjatmit.bsky.social fellows diving into how and why he wrote this "preacher" (profile/feature), and how he wove science, personality, culture, + his own realizations about beauty into a seamless read. www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/m...

I am so upset. Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/

Incredible visualizations in this piece. Must read: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...

This Wednesday on the beautiful Tufts campus! Please join @ferrisjabr.bsky.social and I for this conversation we all need right now.

Absolutely chilling story by @aniloza.bsky.social on censorship in grant titles at NIH and how researchers are complying and sometimes fighting back. "They are trying to make people afraid to use the word equity," said one program officer. "It's highly effective." www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...

Let's talk about how science journalism and writing can keep us sane and in the ✨ light ✨right now. I'm excited to have this conversation with @ferrisjabr.bsky.social whose writing I have long admired. We need these conversations rnow more than ever. Please join us. Register👇

So happy to be back with former colleagues at #STATSummit. First session on CRISPR gene editing featured adorable Baby KJ who received life saving treatment in Pennsylvania.

Many thanks to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, @akuchment.bsky.social, @aniloza.bsky.social, @sarareardon.bsky.social, @katherinejwu.com, and MIT STS professor @edenmedina.bsky.social.

What an incredible conversation last night. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Thanks to our speakers and the audience.

Looking forward to unpacking These Times with such a great panel on Thursday 🫡 If you 🫵 are in Boston, please come hang out and be part of the conversation!

My first post as head of KSJ! Our first public event. This Thursday. Cambridge. Science journalism in a time of crisis. It's going to be 🔥. Join me and @katherinejwu.com @aniloza.bsky.social @sarareardon.bsky.social @akuchment.bsky.social @jeremyfaust.bsky.social and @edenmedina.bsky.social

Had an amazing time at the incredible NMF gala with absolute legends @mclemoremr.bsky.social @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social @joelbervell.bsky.social Aletha Maybank Nick St. Fleur Micheleen Davis and fellow awardee Toyin Ajayi. So inspired by your work. Thank you for recognizing mine. ♥️

I'm truly humbled to be honored tonight by @nmfonline.bsky.social with the Truth to Power Award for amplifying marginalized voices and exposing inequality through storytelling. Other incredible honorees include @richbesser.bsky.social @jbetancourtpr.bsky.social and -- not lying -- Ben Vereen.

Thank you @usha.bsky.social & colleagues at @statnews.com for always speaking truth to power! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 Terminating or not funding health disparities research is not the path to making Americans healthier. Denying scientists funding by terminating grants or opportunities does not make it a meritocracy.

Thanks Jeremy. We felt this important to document.

NEW: Massive and confusing inconsistencies at NIH. New director says health disparities research is critical yet grants are being cut left and right. With @aniloza.bsky.social and @ericboodman.bsky.social. (Also my last story for STAT. 😢) www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...

Congratulations to all the amazing scientists named 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars by @hhmi.org! We’re proud to have to #BlackInBiophysics faculty members, @doctheagrif.bsky.social and @cobarnes27.bsky.social among this outstanding group. We wish you the best in this next stage of your careers! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Important story: Native American longevity rates even lower than previously thoughts because their race is often recorded wrong on death certificates. Story by new STAT intern Marissa Russo. www.statnews.com/2025/06/18/l...

Please, please, please give money to @thecity.nyc You saw @gwynnefitz.bsky.social's video of Lander's arrest today. I'll say it: @thecity.nyc is very poor. The staff is working on measly salaries. You can count on Gwynne to cover ICE and all of the protests. They need help to keep going.

⚡️👀MEMPHIS: “The @NAACP filed an intent to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI over concerns about air pollution generated by a supercomputer located near predominantly Black communities.” www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Reading these quotes from Judge Young is just so satisfying. They validate what so many of us have been saying inside #NIH. He called it “palpably clear” that what was behind the government actions was “racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community.”

Things at CDC really mind-boggling. Of course STAT's @helenbranswell.bsky.social is on the case. www.statnews.com/2025/06/17/c...

The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

In an email to staff, NIH deputy director Matt Memoli says: "It has come to our attention that some staff are giving guidance... that the word 'diversity' may not be used in any context." "Obviously this is bad guidance... Please ask your staff to use common sense when implementing NIH priorities."

THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!! PLAINTIFF'S WIN!! Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!

While funding cuts on "topics such as geosciences, computer science, biology, and social science" have been heavily covered. "What you don't see is #healthequity, which I think is a really glaring lack and something we as reporters need to start focusing more on," @usha.bsky.social McFarling said.

Fraud, misconduct, and group-think in Alzheimer’s research - thanks to @healthjournalism.org and @usha.bsky.social for inviting me to speak to health journalists about the findings in my book, "Doctored" -- good recap by @emilybazar.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/06...

“I have never seen racial discrimination by the government like this” in 40 years on the bench, says Reagan-appointed judge (to gasps in the courtroom) as he calls NIH grant terminations "void and illegal." Story by @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/n...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

More on the battle over indirect costs within research funding by my colleague @jonathanwosen.bsky.social (who you should follow!) www.statnews.com/2025/06/13/n...

More rehiring of fired federal employees. Anyone else dizzy? By @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/h...

Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...

As @aniloza.bsky.social says so well, "File it under bureaucratic whiplash." NIH rescinds anti-DEI policy only to reinstate it hours later. Was it a mistake? Will it be rescinded again? HHS not answering questions, leaving researchers only more confused. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/n...

This is the big one: Kennedy is firing the entire #ACIP in a move he says is needed to restore confidence in vaccines. "It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” Mike Osterholm of CIDRAP told me. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...

BREAKING: Sec. Kennedy fires CDC vaccine advisory panel www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...

Our June 16 webinar features Dr. Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director @apha.org, @usha.bsky.social, national science correspondent @statnews.com, and Dr. Monica Peek, Ellen H. Block Professor of Health Justice at the University of Chicago Medicine. Register here: bit.ly/HealthEquity...

NIH walks back ban on DEI -- but officials there are not answering questions from @aniloza.bsky.social so unclear what this means for new/existing/pending/terminated grants, or why policy was suddenly rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/n...

Proud of the opportunity to share and have my career story highlighted in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Two VA pulmonologists rebuked by Trump administration for warning, in a @nejm.org article, that cancelled contracts, layoffs, and planned staff reductions jeopardize the health of a million veterans seeking help for conditions linked to toxic exposure. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is such a smart way to do local journalism. More, please.

‘Corrupt’ medical journals, including NEJM and JAMA, have to change, RFK Jr. says, or the NIH will publish in-house, per new @aniloza.bsky.social story. The remarks come a week after the FDA commissioner rolled out a new vaccine framework in ... NEJM. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/r...