“We must use our time and our space on this little planet that we call Earth to make a lasting contribution, to leave it a little better than we found it, and now that need is greater than ever before.” TY John Lewis. tinyurl.com/yyasa7k2

"A kind of genealogical amnesia was eating holes in these family histories as permanently as moths eat holes in the sweaters lovingly knitted by our ancestors." tinyurl.com/3hmmej6h

Even in the darkest times I appreciate wit

Peace. Not pieces. 🕊️

"Life offers few greater pleasures than that of passing on your enthusiasms and secret discoveries. But the greatest pleasure of all may be to uncover something that no one else has mentioned." I have loved Pico Iyer since I read Video Nights in Kathmandu after 6 wks in Thailand tinyurl.com/3k9r6wjm

I have heard many monikers associated with #data - e.g. junkie, hippy, etc... but this was a new one: #data thug. From the #MedicalEvidenceProject Factoid: "one in every 50 papers published by scientific journals should probably be retracted." tinyurl.com/3v7t248j @academyhealth.bsky.social

The recommendations focus on protecting users from technology misuse that could infringe on their human rights, including their autonomy and freedom of thought. Delegates [...] included scientists, ethicists and legal specialists. tinyurl.com/3re4azy5 😲 @academyhealth.bsky.social @aaas.org

It just keeps getting worse. Yay for #Standupforscience! tinyurl.com/42xfpmby @aaas.org @academyhealth.bsky.social @nationalacademies.org

Profound. tinyurl.com/5ybs7p4k

"Racism, too, carries an economic toll. A 2020 analysis from Citi found that systemic racism has cost the U.S. economy $16 trillion since 2000." tinyurl.com/ydwvzrnx

"Our country has always run on the quiet competence of people committed to their work, whether they’re keeping credit card companies from ripping us off or making sure our airplanes land safely." tinyurl.com/4r278sr6

I spent all of Monday and Tuesday watching capstone presentations from students in our program. Media, Medicine and Health at Harvard Medical School. These people (doctors and future doctors) want to save the world. So many of them are international students. They deserve the wind at their backs.

I love Arthur C. Brooks's Thursday column in @theatlantic.com. This week's really resonated: "...choose what’s morally beautiful, and you will be rewarded." Every single day is a choice to find moral beauty, especially in a country so focused on power, wealth, and hate. tinyurl.com/2v538ahp

Here’s how Trump’s war on science is going. NSF funding is at the lowest level in decades. We’ll lose knowledge, generations of scientists, and US competitiveness. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

So proud of my sister launching this new partnership! tinyurl.com/22694mp3

Excellent news. Let's hope the cuts are permanently stopped. tinyurl.com/y93ebcaf @academyhealth.bsky.social @nationalacademies.org @apha.org

WELL DONE @AcademyHealth! We must challenge the disappearance of public data!! academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...

An excellent post from @aaronecarroll.bsky.social, CEO @academyhealth.bsky.social "When we produce and communicate research, we embrace moral responsibility, not neutrality." @aaas.org @nationalacademies.org @rasushrestha.bsky.social @helenburstinmd.medsky.social tinyurl.com/mtm5hm9w

Medicaid: CBO releases preliminary estimates of House Budget reductions Proposal would lead to $912 billion in cuts over 10 yrs, $715 billion from health provisions. Proposal would raise uninsured by 13.7 million, including 8.6 million from new proposal timothymcbride.substack.com/p/medicaid-c...

"Cost reductions from laying off federal employees have been too small to show up in the data. This is not surprising, because even laying off one quarter of the 2.3 million federal civilian employees would shave off just 1 percent of federal spending" tinyurl.com/34vd9bp7

So important that NSF uses "broader impacts" as a criterion for funding! Wish NIH did more of this. @academyhealth.bsky.social @aaas.org @nationalacademies.org tinyurl.com/67efftcp

At a 24-hour vigil to protect Medicaid on the National Mall in Washington, DC, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) was to the point: to protect democracy, Medicaid has to be protected, too.

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

I had not heard of the 4 B's that religious communities offer: BELONGING: social support BONDING: spiritual connection BEHAVING: cultivation of character through religious practices n norms BELIEVING: embracing hope, forgiveness n shared spiritual convictions. tinyurl.com/yjece3sf

"...younger adults today face growing mental health challenges, financial insecurity and a loss of meaning that are disrupting the traditional U-shaped curve of well-being." @theconversation.com @academyhealth.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yjece3sf

"A statistical analysis revealed that congressional reports are now more likely to cite science papers than before. But, in every 2 yr congressional cycle, documents from committees under D control had a higher probability of citing research papers" tinyurl.com/57w7vwt6 @academyhealth.bsky.social

Proud of @thelancet.bsky.social for this editorial: "Science and medicine in the USA are being violently dismembered while the world watches." tinyurl.com/3hh28s6j @academyhealth.bsky.social @aaas.org @nationalacademies.org @drsforamerica.bsky.social @cmssmed.bsky.social @jama.com

Why am I not surprised? @statnews.com @academyhealth.bsky.social @rasushrestha.bsky.social @aaronecarroll.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2vty6vyh

Learned of this last week from a colleague, now sad to read the full scope of it. tinyurl.com/4a2u277n @academyhealth.bsky.social @cmssmed.bsky.social

May her memory be a blessing. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

"Americans have fought against injustice before, and we can do it again." Secular Week of Action starts tomorrow! Find an action in your community and join us in creating the world we want to live in: weekofaction.org/events thehumanist.com/news/nationa...

“I don’t see this as speculative. It is a modeling exercise, but it’s based on good numbers,” says Jeffrey Griffiths, professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts University… “The big point is that measles is very likely to become endemic quickly if we continue in this way.”

"Experiments are screeching to a halt, data is vanishing, careers are ending, opportunities are contracting, trust is breaking, and the historical benefits of a vibrant scientific community in the U.S. are starting to evaporate." tinyurl.com/yj3pwptv @academyhealth.bsky.social @aaas.org

Hooray for @harvard.edu prez Alan Garber! "12 words to summarize Harvard’s stance: “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.” So proud of him! A @nationalacademies.org colleague and HSR'er back in the day! @academyhealth.bsky.social

And methinks our government will do NOTHING about this... 🧪 😥 😥 😥

"Helping a stranger, giving to charity, or even expecting kindness from others turns out to be a stronger predictor of happiness than avoiding harm." Decades ago, an Irish friend observed that the US "is not a kind country." What would she say today? tinyurl.com/56bh3uhj @rasushrestha.bsky.social

O.M.G. It just keeps getting worse... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... @academyhealth.bsky.social @researchamerica.bsky.social @aaas.org

"Trump n DOGE have frozen, canceled, or otherwise slowed billions of dollars in grants and fired hundreds of staff from the fed agencies that have funded the nation’s pioneering academic research for decades, including NIH n NSF." @academyhealth.bsky.social @researchamerica.bsky.social @aaas.org

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

"Here we show that children and adolescents with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection are at a stat. sig. increased risk of various cardiovascular outcomes, including hypertension, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrest..." So what to the #Barringtondeclaration authors say about that??

The courts have been clear: They have to bring him back. They’re now blowing the courts off. We need to continually remind ourselves: This isn’t just about this one guy. If they get away with deporting him with no due process & then refuse to bring him back, they can do the same to citizens.

I make a version of this w EV Olive oil and Za'atar. So yummy and they keep in a sealed container or baggie for a week. Trick is to NOT overcook or soak in too much EVOO.

This is exciting!

Perfect MG moment.

"Public health isn’t the sum of individual choices. It’s our collective agreement to protect the most vulnerable among us [...] The idea that all health decisions are personal is a myth born of privilege." tinyurl.com/mm2aae5m @statnews.com @rasushrestha.bsky.social @academyhealth.bsky.social

"Without continued PEPFAR programmes, models predict that by 2030, an additional 1 million children will become infected with HIV, 0·5 million additional children will die of AIDS, and 2·8 million children will additionally become orphaned by AIDS." tinyurl.com/n3dc797n @academyhealth.bsky.social

Well done, Rick Kronick! tinyurl.com/mc4c96f5 @academyhealth.bsky.social @rasushrestha.bsky.social @larrylevitt.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org