It's been a heck of a week. Reposting this in case there is something on your mind

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Just a week left! cmsw.mit.edu/applications... "We seek a candidate to contribute to the Institute’s intellectual life by pursuing an active publishing agenda, teaching courses in creative writing and related subjects at the undergraduate level, advising students, and directing senior theses."

“Any reductions could affect disabled people’s ability to live with loved ones, go to school, hold jobs, enjoy public activities and contribute to their communities… “I don’t want to just survive… Medicaid helps me live a fulfilling, independent life in my community.”

Due to legal threats and political pressure, Children’s National Hospital will “no longer will be prescribing medications, evaluating patients for or recommending medications, or providing services for monitoring of medications, including laboratory evaluations, for gender-affirming care.” 2/2

Nude photos for cash? Immigrants go to new lengths to raise funds to cover legal fees www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Weather experts warn the U.S. could see more tragedies like the recent flash floods in Texas. Concerns are growing about the accuracy of weather forecasting amid contract cancellations, staff reductions and other efforts by the Trump admin to reduce the federal bureaucracy. Read: bit.ly/4nIJzqY

Something to celebrate! A push for on-demand gene-editing cures for children with severe genetic diseases, supported by @cziscience.bsky.social. What warms my heart: family advocates inspired this, and individuals who had the power to do so made it happen. chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/cen...

ACIP draft agenda revives anti-vaccine boilerplate topics The group is expected to vote on thimerosal, despite no evidence of harm, and will discuss the MMRV use in young children. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Yikes!!! Doctors Were Preparing to Remove Their Organs. Then They Woke Up. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

New: Every mother thinks her son is a saint. Hers actually will be. Antonia Salzano, the mother of soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis, spoke about her son's daily life and how he relates to young people today. From the Bronx, my latest dispatch for @usatoday.com, edited by @karenweintraub.bsky.social:

Dangerously hot in Alaska? New warnings show climate change impact. Despite federal budget cuts to climate change-related programs and deletions of the phrase on websites, evidence of warming temperatures keeps showing itself. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... via @usatoday

The pair of wandering North Atlantic right whales made it out of the Gulf and showed up in Bimini. www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...

Important and crushing story about the continued risk of maternal mortality in America, especialy for Black women...https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/04/24/nurse-hailey-okula-death-pregnancy-childbirth-risks/83030226007/

Powerful story by @trevorhughes.bsky.social ‪https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/03/trump-deportation-el-salvador-venezuela-gang/82783868007/

The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence "implications are profound" New @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/s41...

Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department said they could be linked to an ongoing outbreak that has infected at least 379 people across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Tremendous reporting and writing by @laurenvillagran.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

My new column @statnews RFK Jr.’s regenerative medicine roundtable on stem cell deregulation raises red flags www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/r... #stemcells #stemcell

A lovely story and one of the reasons I will always be an obit reader: inspiration from lives well lived. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

Another US measles death: www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...

Grateful to Atlanta journalistic colleague @alexip718.com, editor and publisher of the fantastic science news outlet @thexylom.com, for making sure this news is widely seen. Location support withdrawn for the largest US science journalism/writing conference (maybe largest globally?). Dismaying.

Tremendous story by my colleague @cuevasreports.bsky.social about what it’s like to treat a disease you’d only seen in textbooks. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

How would cuts to SNAP benefits affect your state and county? The @urbaninstitute.bsky.social just published a new tool showing that SNAP benefits will fail to cover the cost of a modestly priced meal in every county in the US. www.urban.org/data-tools/s...

Provocative piece by the terrific @sciwriabdul.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

1. Some #flu news: This has been a big flu year. #CDC reported a couple of weeks ago that this has been a high severity season for all age groups & has been one of the worst seasons in years. Eg: the cumulative hospitalization rate for the week ending 2/22 is the highest seen since the 2010-11.

President Trump's remarks about disabled workers and "woke" DEI have alarmed federal employees with disabilities, especially military veterans. Here's what they want you to know:

“Our building is filled with accomplished scientists who have climbed through the ranks of our profession and now they’re being treated like lazy people who don’t want to do their jobs,” Robyn Smyth said. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

With the #measlesoutbreak in Texas, I’m looking to speak with physicians about measles and other “historic” diseases resurfacing. Younger docs, have you seen measles before (or trained for it)? Older docs, when was your last case? #health #academicsky #sciencebsky #MDsky #medsky @usatoday.com

NEW: Measles continues to spread in Texas, with 124 people infected so far (that we know of) and 18 people hospitalized. Here's why it's not stopping any time soon. Latest for @usatoday.com

I'm still writing about federal workers and I'd love to hear about the experience, what you're thinking about the future and what work won't get done without you. If you're interested, reach me at sarahdwire.71 (Signal) or swire@ usatoday.com or at this form: forms.office.com/r/G7LE5Bh02V

By @dinahvp.bsky.social Wasteful spending or crucial for US security? Differing views on USAID. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Yes, people can give bird flu to their cats: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Reports of patients with possible Ebola exposure at a CityMD in Harlem are NOT founded, per FDNY. "After consulting with DOH determined NOT to be Ebola," FDNY says.

Thoughts? Reactions? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Life expectancy in the US —by educational attainment, by county www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @ihmeuw.bsky.social —the growing inequalities abcnews.go.com/Health/growi... @amymaxmen.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.bsky.social

“It is gut-wrenching,” said Doug Corwin, the fourth-generation duck farmer who owns the farm, pictured here in 2020. “You work your whole life for something, and then one day everything is gone.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/n...

NEW: The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites, social media posts, according to officials and others familiar. Our story. wapo.st/4aqfN44

Breaking for @usatoday.com: Trump orders United States to exit WHO again. Health experts warn of danger as U.S. charts isolationist path once more. “In the next pandemic, we might find ourselves at the back of the line, on the outside looking in.” My latest with @karenweintraub.bsky.social edits

‘It’s hard to live to be 62 years old and lose your entire life in one night’ Artists Diana Thater and Paul McCarthy are among the many artists and homeowners who lost their homes, studios and artwork to the wildfires www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/u...

My Op Ed in Sunday @washingtonpost.com with Dr. Lu Borio on steps we need to take to better prepare in the event bird flu begins to circulate in humans; and past failings in our approaches to these kinds of risks that we need to learn and correct from

The kind of excellent writing and reporting we’ve come to expect from @propublica.org

Quite a life…. Jimmy Carter, 39th US president and noted humanitarian, has died www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...