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new results finds MA patients more likely to be stuck in hospital when they need SNF care, we found similar areas of concern with very sick patients being more likely to be sent home with no home care (along with less SNF) in MA vs TM jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Hey Firefox users.

Who wants to plan a field trip if we can’t get them at work?

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

They important thing about #TaylorSwift getting engaged is that millions of dollars in grants funding for research projects on how to cure cancer,reverse alzheimer's dz and discover vaccines for serious infections, are being canceled daily and we really should care about how devastating that is.

no phds at harris, jesus

Good. I agree with the American College of Ob-Gyns. I was horrified when RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, & Marty Makary announced, in a video on X, that they were advising against vaccination in pregnancy—a closed-door decision that flies in the face of science & evidence www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/h...

Really simple instructions for how to turn off the auto AI on your web browser. I use Firefox and it does indeed work and only took a second! 🔥

Instead of making numbers into unwanted dates, now excel wants to make up AI “data” too 🙄

great news for everyone who hates these texts, also protective for dementia patients (i.e. www.cnn.com/interactive/...)

American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy. Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule. www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social) mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...

Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains? My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙 Apply by Nov 1! Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

People who know me IRL, or know my career, know the degree to which I know the CDC (first/only reporter to embed with their disease detectives, wrote a book about it, etc.). That's a bias if you want to interpret it as so. Still it's just astonishing to me that this attack hasn't been bigger news.

What could go wrong?

On the (almost) 105th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment in the US, women are * 51% of population * 29% of House of Representatives * 26% of Senate * 18% of full professors at PhD granting economics departments

These estimates represent a lot of promising science that won’t get done if these policies continue 🙁

I expand on why I--like just about every economist and wonk I know--believes that EJ Antoni is a terrible pick for BLS Commission. Shout outs to Alan Cole, Stan Veuger and if more space would have called out dozens more. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...

FYI if you’re waiting on a FOIA request

really need folks to understand how close CDC came to a mass casualty event. i saw all the news photos and was still shocked when i saw the dozens of bullet holes across the windows of HQ offices—including some of senior agency leadership. it is truly a miracle more people weren’t hurt

NIH comment request for public access fees on NIH grants:

UPDATE: The pause was scrapped Tuesday evening after intervention by top White House officials. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Eek!

IHEA-bound friends, let me know if you would like to join a conference-adjacent hike/ outdoor networking session!

NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding. NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.

This would be a devastating loss

My HCRIS hospital cost report code + data is updated through 2024! I threw the switch and moved everything to R. The new code lets you pull variables from the alphanumeric file, like hospital names and IDs. NB: I'm using this data now but pls think of it like beta testing. github.com/asacarny/hos...

agree, I learn so much from paper summary posts!

Visa bans are blocking foreign doctors—just as hospitals face a physician shortage. New doctors from abroad make up 1 in 6 U.S. medical residents — the foot soldiers of hospitals. Now, residency programs risk being gutted… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h... #BlueSky #MedSky #ObSky #NurseSky #NeuroSky

Here's an easy way to contact your senators if you want to help protect the millions of acres of forest service and BLM land Congress is proposing to sell: www.accessfund.org/action-alert...

Happy to be here representing some of Janet’s influence on the economics of aging. Amazing celebration of important research and training that has happened and the many contributions this lineage will make going forward. #econsky

NIH APPLICANTS: Your application will be WITHDRAWN BEFORE REVIEW if you have an international collaboration and do not include a Foreign Justification. Normally this could be provided after review as JIT but NOT ANYMORE. You have been warned.

These recommended pediatric and adult vaccine schedules reflect ACIP guidance, and were archived on Feb 18, 2025. 🚨 If you- or your kids are behind for any reason, get caught up now. Parents: cancer-preventing HPV vax is approved for all kids 9 yrs and up. Please don’t miss out on this protection.

always thought the bleach crowd just wanted you to drink chloroform but of course someone unironically sells it as “God’s detox”

super bad news for research :(

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Did the Tr*mp administration cancel your NIH or NCI grant proposal? Know someone who was affected? The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in the House wants to hear from you. Please fill out this link and share. forms.office.com/pages/respon... #CancerResearch #OncoSky #CanSky

scroll all of the way down to see all of the science that we've lost over the last few months... best case scenario it takes a year from idea to grant award, usually it's more like 2, and the work can't continue without support

Are you a PI of a federal grant cancelled by the Trump administration? Please share your info with the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, who launched this portal yesterday to track funding cancellations 🔭🧪 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

⚠️Sociologists and economists take note. This survey needs your support. If you use ATUS data, get your comments in TODAY. (And please share widely) #EconSky

Some seriously bonkers current events

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Are women under-represented in publishing in #HealthEconomics? We did an analysis of submissions and acceptances to Value in Health. Results are quite encouraging - but still scope for improvement. open access paper here: tinyurl.com/WomenAuthors...

ICYMI: Researchers, now is your chance to tell us what questions you want to see in our surveys of the dementia care workforce. Submit ideas for Wave 3 data collection by June 4. Suggestions can include new questions, revisions, or ideas for a new interview component. www.ndws.org/surveys-and-...

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar. Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

👏💯🎯 Save the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)! “investing in scientific research is crucial for the advancement of knowledge and the betterment of society” #SaveNSF #StrongerTogether www.savensf.com

We have all been this woman. I have definitely, repeatedly, been this woman. 🫥

Confused over who's in the running to become the next pope? But you do have some knowledge of financial-crisis era central bankers? This is the thread for you!