This is Alex Pretti. This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE. #ScientistsAgainstICE

Abolishing ICE is not nearly sufficient. State and local officials need to start arresting and prosecuting these kidnappers and murderers.

just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.

I can't believe this needs to be said... but ending universal polio vaccination isn't "freedom of choice" (as Milhoan puts it). Making all vaccines optional takes *away* our liberty, by putting all of us -- esp. those who can't vaccinate -- at risk of getting sick with vaccine-preventable disease.

I know I keep posting about this but every time I check, the list gets longer and longer and longer. Hundreds and hundreds of places, everything from huge local institutions to small spots that will definitely struggle. No exaggeration, it's the most astonishing act of solidarity I've ever seen.

One court decision, two different headlines. Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?

Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again. Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.

This is sickeningly cruel and inhumane.

I’ll be surprised if it’s something besides “We hope our republican colleagues will work with us, otherwise we’ll be forced to write a strongly worded resolution opposing this.”

The story you need right now. Gift link: wapo.st/48DKS54

👋 Call for sources: My name is Julia Métraux, and I am @motherjones.com disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging independently while taking care of your health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨Attention! AshEcon call for papers! 🚨 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap... Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025 I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular Some tips for prospective authors in thread below

Interested in being a social media editor for Health Services Research? Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/hsr-jo...

This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.

Judge Mulls Stepping In as Detainees Detail ‘A Lot of Blood’ and ‘Terrible Smells’ Inside 26 Federal Plaza

The order strips the basic rights of people who are homeless, people with mental health disabilities, and people who have substance use disorders & further stigmatizes mental health disabilities and homelessness. In essence, [it] makes communities less safe. www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...

Just used @statacorp.bsky.social 's -reshape- function without receiving an error message... I'll take the win, as small as it may be

Going to Nashville for #ASHEcon2025 ? Come see my colleagues present work on capacity, productivity, and access in the VA health care system

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

Going to Nashville for #ASHEcon2025 ? Come see my colleagues present work on capacity, productivity, and access in the VA health care system

see also: the widely accepted "gravity theory" of things falling down

Alternatively, “Thousands of Americans expected to take to the streets in defense of their neighbors and their democracy” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

More PEPReC #arm25 presentations today!

do you have any idea how furious you have to make career civil servants to get them to put their names to a letter

If you’re in Minneapolis for @academyhealth.bsky.social ‘s #arm25, come see PEPReC presentations on methods, the health care workforce, and more

If you’re in Minneapolis for @academyhealth.bsky.social ‘s #arm25, come see PEPReC presentations on methods, the health care workforce, and more

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...

On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n

Are you a health equity researcher who has lost federal funding for a project? RWJF’s Evidence for Action is offering Rapid Response grants to support community-centered, social science research disrupted by cuts. ☀️ More details: www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

I was denied permission to host a roundtable at the Puget Sound VA to hear from women veterans about their health care. I have NEVER been outright denied from having open & honest conversations with VA—until this administration. I'm demanding an answer from VA Secretary, Doug Collins.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... Great to see this

I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.

The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.

An idea I’ll float here while I figure out how to operationalize:

All of the Administration for Community Living's Center for Policy and Evaluation staff were laid off. For @motherjones.com, I talked to its former heard and an employee terminated today on the irony of getting rid of a department that focuses on efficiency.... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How are MA plans recruiting a veterans that get most of their care paid by VA and not by MA? 1. Make it cheap to enroll (offer $0 premiums & cash backs) 2. Offer no Part D drug coverage (rare for MA) Our new #JAMAHealthForum study led by PhD student Allie Dorneo jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The Administration for Community Living, housed in HHS, is shutting down. I spoke to disability experts for @motherjones.com about questions they have for what’s next, the services ACL provides, and how this move may lead to more folks being institutionalized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Viewpoint from former VA employees, including former Veterans Health Administration Undersecretary for Health and former director of the Health Services Research program jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

For a @motherjones.com story, I am looking to speak to a veteran whose healthcare was interrupted as a result of VA firings/people being put on administrative leave. My email is [email protected] and my signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts appreciated.

This is the message federal employees receive after trying to send in their mandatory “5 bullets” email about what they did this week:

Avoidable mortality has worsened for all US states while other high-income countries show improvement. And while other countries seem to gain health with more spending, no such relationship exists across US states. Our new @JAMA_IM study led by @IPapanicolas jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u... Having virtual mental health care providers in a shared office space will lower quality of care and reduce availability of care

Interested in what NIH grants have been cancelled to date? You can see award numbers, institutions and titles here. Not sure how often this list is being updated but seems to reflect only those that have received "official" notices from NIH (some of us haven't yet) taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...

Call for econometrics papers! AHEW in Michigan this year, local chair @edwardnorton.bsky.social

Timeline cleanser: first signs of spring

“Discussion of federal policies”