An analysis of scientific papers reveals a new threat. LLMs can rewrite studies using open data, creating redundant papers that pass plagiarism detection. This AI-driven approach risks flooding journals with low-quality, synthetic research. #AcademicSky

Conversei com @luizacaires.bsky.social do Jornal da @cienciausp.bsky.social sobre nosso artigo recentemente publicado em #Vaccine. Para ler o artigo: jornal.usp.br/ciencias/mai...

Come spend the midnight hour with @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social. We have some great presentations from Africa and Asia, as we head into the second half of our 24 hour livestream to Save AIDS Research! saveaidsresearch.org.

Update: we are at 379 signatures in support of Lisa Cook and Fed independence! The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top). If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🚨 LAST CHANCE! EGAP PhD Lab closes applications TOMORROW 📍 GRADE, Lima Apply now → buff.ly/5kOitOa #EGAP2025 #DoctoralLab #PhD

So excited to share our paper with Natália de Paula Moreira has just been published in the @Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, studying presidential approval dynamics in the context of exogenous shocks. #AcademicSky #polisky www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XZWHP...

The mpox outbreak remains a global health emergency. Complex challenges, limited vaccine access, and inadequate testing hinder mpox control—especially in Africa where resources are stretched thin. Our latest Editorial highlights the need for urgent, coordinated action: tinyurl.com/rt4bpc4e

Please share! The Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is now recruiting fellows for the Global Child Health (CGH) Fellowship training program! The deadline to apply is June 30, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Starting on or before July 2, 2026.

Importante escuchar este episodio sobre El Salvador del @elhilopodcast.bsky.social. Grave e preocupante.

I am stunned to receive a peer review from a colleague using AI that was not caught by editors at a journal. Curious to know if others are experiencing similar violations of peer review conduct and how this is being addressed more systematically.

Thoughtful piece by @emassard.bsky.social + her father on Brazil's avian flu emergency: theconversation.com/gripe-aviari...

Just out and for free download. With #nataliamoreira and #isabelseelander, we wrote a chapter on #jairbolsonaro's vaccine discourse and the politics behind it.

The US helped ensure a world on the verge of controlling HIV as a public health threat. This could have cemented their legacy. Now, people may remember that the US pulled out. Read @jasongale.bsky.social on the HIV miracle that wasn't because the US pulled the plug. bit.ly/444ERwm

No @senado.leg.br, o Senador Márcio Bittar apresenta uma ementa que "Proíbe as escolas de exigirem de crianças comprovante de vacina covid-19". Como parte do projeto de e-cidadania, ha como opinar sobre esta ementa. www25.senado.leg.br/web/atividad...

Important piece by #NataliaPires on the right to health of individuals detained in US prisons. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/04/18/t...

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A network that included doctors, judges, and religious figures facilitated illegal adoptions in Chile. Years later, the state still refuses to recognize it as a crime against humanity. Will there be justice? Listen to the story in our latest episode. 🎧 elhilo.audio/adopcion-chile

Together with Kelly Senters Piazza and George Avelino Filho, we recently published a study, "The Cycle Continues: An Assessment of Democratic Transitions in Latin America with New Data and Indicators" in the Journal of Politics in Latin America. #polisky journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Here a summary of what @mbarber.bsky.social flagged yday. Data from the report she shared and a link to the interactive viz public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now. abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews....

After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

There’s a website called Pepfar Impact Counter where you can track the # of adults & infants who’ve most probably died because Trump & Musk/DOGE suspended funding. George W. Bush founded PEPFAR. While his Iraq war cost up to 1 million lives, PEPFAR has saved over 25 million. 🧵

Yesterday, Lula III administration announced the replacement of the health minister, Nísia Trindade. A few points worth noting on the replacement of health leaders in Brazil. 1/

So I am interested in learning more about the #Sanitario movement in #Brasil, how they, public health people and clinicians, worked with other movements against the dictatorship. Calling all historians, political scientists who may have insights. Drop books, articles into the replies.

Here is the estimate of the annual number of HIV/AIDS deaths prevented thanks to access to antiretroviral therapy provided by programs like PEPFAR, whose funding Presidents Trump/Musk abruptly froze. via @dadakim.bsky.social @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/pepfar-...

Artigo no Jornal da @uspoficial.bsky.social sobre nosso artigo recente no @jplaeditor.bsky.social com Kelly Senters Piazza e George Avelino. jornal.usp.br/ciencias/ame...

An excellent question. Where are the Fortune 500 & Wall Street CEOs? Where are the university presidents? Where are the civil society leaders? Not just speaking out specifically in defense of their institutions & democracy, but also about 🇺🇸's global interests? The silence is deafening & shameful.

📰 Na quarta (dia 12/02), a coluna da Mônica Bergamo da Folha de S. Paulo divulgou, em primeira mão, a notícia sobre a carta de entidades da sociedade civil organizada à Casa Civil da Presidência da República contra o envio do PL que altera a Lei de Acesso à Informação (LAI) ao Congresso.

Elon Musk has purchased $40M on a series of Superbowl ads attacking USAID as "wasteful spending." Colleagues have created this video and are asking that it be posted across social media at exactly 5:30 pm EST today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

The @washingtonpost.com has just reported that CDC staff have been instructed to STOP engaging in any way with WHO. We have 71 WHO collaborating centers in the US and rely on consultation with WHO to develop annual flu vaccines. Read more 👇🏼 bit.ly/3Eg3POr

Please help us keep up the pressure on the US Government to reverse the decision to halt foreign assistance.

US withdrawal from WHO: Has it happened? Are other political actors powerless to prevent it or (if it happens) shape how it affects global health? On both fronts, the answer is no. My new piece in @foreignpolicy.com on danger and opportunity. A thread...

Read every word of @stephanienolen.bsky.social 's story on how the demolition of #USAID, #CDC, and #PEPFAR is setting research back years and harming trial volunteers, some of whom are on experimental treatments and have lost access to care shd something go wrong. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

#JMilei's copies the #Trump Administration announcing that Argentina will withdraw from the WHO. This is a tragic decision that threatens not only Argentina but has wider implications. www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-...

Importante y preocupante. Por favor ayuden a divulgar y apoyar la salud pública e las vacunas en Argentina.

So excited to share our paper with George Avelino and Kelly Senters Piazza in @jplaeditor.bsky.social which is open access.

‼️ Another NEW #openaccess article to finish the week ‼️ @lorenagbarberia.bsky.social and coauthors present new indicators, data and analysis to measure democratic transitions and regression journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#PolSci people, I need your help: Do you know of papers that investigate citizens‘ preference or perception of „where“ policy-making takes place? With „where“ I mean on which level (local, regional, national..). What is the most important level for citizens? Any hint is appreciated. #followerpower

Important read. Military officials who tortured and killed Brazilians are not only still without trials, but also supported by generous pensions.

The Emerging Threat of H5N1 to Human Health | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Important read in @nature on the bleeding of science in Argentina and the tragic implications on so many fronts www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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American scientists funded by the NIH, behold the future. Silence will not protect you from the incoming anti-science regime when they strip funding across the board. You’ll just be another scoundrel who didn’t speak up. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Gisèle Pelicot is also my person of the year. Thank you for your courage and all that you represent for women around the world! #GiselePelicot

Thank you, @zulmacucunuba.bsky.social, for your inspiring work in Latin America. You are a star! Fabuloso el trabajo que haces, inspirando a los demás. Muchas gracias. "Zulma M. Cucunubá — shaping public health with mathematical modelling" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

🚨Actualizado #CientificosLatam🚨 Con colegas de Argentina 🇦🇷 México 🇲🇽 Colombia🇨🇴 Perú 🇵🇪 Brazil 🇧🇷 Perdón que sólo hace poco activé las notificaciones y noté las solicitudes de inclusión en la lista. Muchas gracias @lorenagbarberia.bsky.social por todas las sugerencias! go.bsky.app/2oEhFSh

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