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Science Notes for this week. MAHA opens the door to cervical CA. Hegseth fails at flu. Was vaccine dementia prevention overhyped? Gabbard weaponizes redaction. and more from notes.scienceaccountability.org substack.com/profile/3979...

The idea of the world’s richest man destroying programs to help sick and needy children is just so perverse and disgusting, it’s hard to fathom that we allow it. This man needs to be investigated.

AI is coming to medical practice. @erictopol.bsky.social Natural is not a prevention strategy. @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social Trump DOJ reimburses misinformation. @walkerbragman.bsky.social Leadership vacuum at NIH. @27unihted.bsky.social 🧪 #episky #medsky substack.com/@scienceacco...

Science Matters.

- Sens. Lee and Tuberville file bill to block FDA regulation of homeopathy. - Bill eliminates need for testing of efficacy or even ingredients - Snake Oil Legalization Act Steven Novella, MD June 10, 2026https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-baloney-protection-act/ notes.scienceaccountability.org

“Gold Standard Science”? -Peptides, microproteins pushed by wellness industry -Loophole allows sale without FDA approval -RFK Jr uses them and is pushing approval of 7 banned under Biden -Top seller BPC-157 has just 1 unblinded 12-person trial sciencebasedmedicine.org/injectable-p...

"Gold Standard Science" Theater -Implementation science was created to assess implementation of proven technologies -NIH proposed to use it to evaluate “planned NIH initiatives” -9 months later, no report -Not science. Evaluation theater elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/evaluation...

Science Notes -Outbreak 2-3 months old, true count ~2,000. Second-largest ever -No Bundibugyo vaccine. Ervebo and mAbs may help. Limited supply -Treatment center burnings recur when responders ignore burial customs craigaspencer.substack.com/p/ebola-upda...

1. #Flu & #measles updates from #CDC today. 6 more pediatric deaths from 2025-26 were reported to CDC last week. The season's is now 172; 85% of those children were not fully vaccinated. Flu season is over but the death toll will continue to climb; these reports are often delayed.

Yet another Trump policy protecting polluters while worsening the climate crisis. Corporate profit should NEVER come before public health. We are #StandingUpForScience to fight back. Find ways to #TakeAction at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/pSYGk #Science #Climate zurl.co/OA8Uq

The war on science goes thermonuclear. 🧪 www.aip.org/fyi/republic...

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Every news story about the commissioner's priority review voucher program is more concerning than the last: www.pbs.org/newshour/hea... And Makary apparently "does not use a government email account to do business" 🤯

RFK Jr has to go now and take his quacks with him!

gift link. this will be challenged in court

It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis. This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.

While vaccines for diseases that no longer carry a universal recommendation will still be covered by federal health insurance programs, RFK Jr’s schedule change will increase confusion and distrust in vaccines, lower vaccination rates, and increase disease and death.

Source:

Vaccine experts have warned that the actions the agency is taking will create chaos in pediatricians’ offices around the country and discourage parents from using demonstrably safe vaccines to protect their children against dangerous diseases. www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...

Study outlines recurring symptom clusters that define long COVID Fatigue is the most frequently identified symptom. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Statement from Stand Up For Science: Politicizing the Childhood Vaccine Schedule Will Cost Lives. "Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, this change will lead to preventable illness, death, and devastation for American families. Congress must act now to impeach and remove Secretary Kennedy."

DPH statement on the changes to the US vaccine schedule - its a tragic mistake. Read more 👉https://www.defendpublichealth.org/press-release/denmarks-vaccine-schedule-makes-no-sense-us-defend-public-health-says

On the theme of international press coverage of US public health, here’s Canada’s take. They’re not wrong. If disinformation spreads like a virus, Canada may want to mask up. Or at least wash its hands frequently. Too bad there’s not a vaccine to protect against malicious policies…

Absolutely ill about this even though we knew it was coming. Zero expert input, no meetings, just a fiat and poof, done.

AN AMAZING HEALTH TOOL Click and see!

The measles totals are in: 2025 cases 235 hospitalizations A big shout out to RFK Jr.

Tracy Beth Høeg has no apparent experience with creating or regulating drugs, but she did make a name for herself casting doubt on some vaccines. Her appointment as the acting FDA drugs chief signifies a greater focus from Trump's FDA on (ending) vaccines. From me www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Uh oh. Definitely stay off the roads around midnight with this happening.

“The administration is just trying to reduce govt spending…” NO, THEY ARE NOT. They are trying to wreck centers of independent thought that do not support their goals. I will suffer no fools in 2026. MAGA/MAHA does not care about you, our science, our health, our govt, or our constitution.

What would Denmark's vaccine schedule do to us? Try it out with the vaccine scheduler. scienceaccountability.org/counterfactu... #vaccines #episky #cdc

Follow the year end vaccine prevented disease counters as they reach their annual totals on the Vaccine Scheduler. scienceaccountability.org/counterfactu... If you want to see more projects like this, please support us at. scienceaccountability.org/support-the-... #vaccines #misinformation 🧪

reminder that rfk jr. illegally cut the CDC team responsible for tracking outcomes at these clinics

The unfounded idea that chlorine dioxide can be a miracle cure began to spread about 20 years ago when a gold prospector wrote a book claiming his team in Guyana fell ill with malaria and recovered after drinking safe amounts of chlorine dioxide.

Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts. George, Edwin and Josephine Moran Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory

BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.

After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late.

"A new analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) Reaffirmed there is no link between vaccines and autism -contrary to theories being propagated in the United States (US)." borneobulletin.com.bn/vaccines-do-...

The FDA doesn’t routinely test generic drugs for quality concerns. Here’s what we found when we did.

It’s astonishing that NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has this level of insight about the administration he currently serves. /s

The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too. people.com/alabama-boy-...

Nothing to see here Just the NIH Director trashing, um, one of the world’s best respected journals, Science It makes sense really—power-hungry, power-consolidating autocrats love to criticize the media, it’s one of their favorite tactics

Anti-vax "scientist" James Lyons-Weiler Phd shows how dangerous MAHA is to our health. Speaking at the Sept 2025 meeting of the anti-vax physician group AAPS, Lyons-Weiler noted he is "the strategic director of policy integration and research realigment at the MAHA Institute"

It appears there is no holiday from the upheaval in the #HHS agencies. Yet another #NIH institute director appears to be on the verge of leaving, @jonathanwosen.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...

Back in the old days, we used to call this a purge. Firing all your senior leaders at NIH? It's a purge. Just call it what it is.