I so much believe in #longcovid that I think that all childhood infections may play a role in several (without known cause) neuropsychiatric illnesses. in this piece we summarize what is already known and why my statement should not surprise you pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40619589/

Why doesn't the @aau.edu account have like 50k followers?! The Association of American Universities (www.aau.edu) is out here trying to #DefendResearch, people. Follow them and reskeet, please!

I had the chance 2 join Drs Wentzel (NWU, S. African Medical Research Council Unit 4 Hypertension & CVD) and Harmancey (UTHSC) on the AJPHeart Podcast 2 discuss Dr. Wentzel’s paper “Allostatic load & cardiometabolic health in a young adult South African population: the African-PREDICT study”. more/2

🎧The AJP-Heart and Circ Podcast ajpheart.podbean.com... How can we better understand the developmental nature of CV disease & improve health for people with early life stress? Listen as Dr. Nate Jenkins interviews author Dr. Annemarie Wentzel @theNWU & expert Dr. Romain Harmancey @uthealthhouston

Good morning. Please take a moment to have a look at this from my colleague… Viral infections affect the heart, and vaccinations can protect the heart. www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

I’ve been in academic medicine for 45 years. This is the first time I’m seeing a perfect storm, as proposed federal funding cuts threaten our ability to provide patient care, train the next generation of doctors, and conduct life-saving research. More from my conversation with @cnn.com last week.

I’m not typically a fan of cost benefit analysis in valuing life years gained or lost. But here the numbers are too big to ignore. $8.2 trillion of life years lost over 25 years vs a US budget savings of $500 billion over the same period. These NIH cuts will cost us dearly.

Dr. Timothy Johnson "Put simply, we are facing the choice of smart decisions or reckless destruction that may affect our nation's health for generations to come. And, if I may use a sophisticated medical term, it seems to be that the right choice is a 'no-brainer'."

"Data revealed novel evidence that previously infected students exhibited distinct prefrontal haemodynamic patterns during cognitive engagement, reminiscent of those observed in adults four decades older, and this appeared to be especially true if they reported experiencing brain fog due to #COVID

Multiple recent studies, including 3 impressive natural experiments, consistently show a link between Shingles vaccines and reduced dementia. This week a nationwide S Korea study added a reduction of cardiovascular events My summary Table. More here on dementia erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...

As a follow-up to the Kaiser interview, here is my exchange with Dr. Bhattacharya starting Sunday evening... 1/n

Grateful to have had the opportunity to be one of the 70. As Scott said so well, “I hope we’ll say this was the inflection point ... when we stood up for science, for truth and for each other.”

Fun speaking in this symposium today with a great line-up of presenters! Thanks @ausrob-phd.bsky.social and @matt-babcock.bsky.social for organizing and moderating

My quote of the day Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction. Pope Francis, June 2024

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

“I don’t know how we’ve come to demonize the idea that people deserve to breathe clean air, drink clean water and have access to environments that are non-polluting.”

On Easter Sunday, we celebrate joy, hope, and our faith in renewal — even through the darkest of times. To all those celebrating today, our family wishes you a happy Easter.

I've been making a series of videos called "What the FUNDING" that highlight all the incredible science that federal funding supports. If DOGE just fcked up your NSF grant and you wanna collaborate on a video, lmk? I'm @science_irl on insta & TT #scicomm 🧪 #nsf

Today in weird statistical coincidences

This is disrespectful and a flat out lie that further stigmatizes autism. It’s not a virus or a disease - it’s a neurological condition with a wide spectrum. Many Americans with autism work, pay taxes, and are living happy and healthy lives.

Kevin Hall has done some of the most interesting nutrition research I've ever seen. And now he's resigning from the NIH because, well, let him tell it. This is a huge loss for nutrition science.

For example just this morning I was mentioning to a friend the gutting of entire departments that track and control AMR, STI, Hepatitis B and C, Impacts of Tobacco use and this middle class highly educated person was absorbing this as "breaking news".

I have at least one interaction daily which reminds me of how oblivious most average Americans are to the aggressive destruction of public health & the unravelling of protections for their health happening in real time. That really scares me because it will be too late when realization sets in.

Are you registered for Day 1 of C4BP #BlackInX? Our theme this year is “Rise Up”, and we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Patricia Molina as our Day 1 Keynote Speaker. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #BiP #BlackInPhysiology

The 5th Annual Conference for Black Physiologists is almost here! Happening April 13–14 (virtual) & April 24 (in person in Baltimore)! 📝 Register for the conference 🎟️ Grab your $30 ticket for the BiP Social Event at B&O #BlackInPhysiology2025 #C4BP2025

April 19th. Stay peaceful. Be LOUD!

I await further details, but core facilities are crucial in research. They make specialized & expensive techniques/equipment (deep sequencing, proteomics, electron microscopy) accessible, reliable, and efficiently used. A grave mistake to cut cores. It stops progress in many labs at once.

That tweet didn't even last the day. RFK Jr is once again extolling the virtues on X of unproven remedies including aerosolized budesonide (a steroid) and clarithromycin (an antibiotic). A reminder: www.health.com/rfk-jr-cod-l...

“Trump’s tariff plan came to pass through “a fake memo from a fake person with a fake email address in order to make it look like this was a serious issue being debated by real experts.” They don’t even have to be good liars to fool their gullible cult. They don’t even have to try hard.

After 24 hours on his feet, Cory Booker is defending the scientific research establishment of this country - calling out an experience like the one that drives me and SO MANY of my fellow scientists to do the work we do - that maybe we can do for others what we couldn't for our own loved ones.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Collecting my thoughts at the end of one of the worst days of my life... At NIH, > 1300 people were RIFed. These range all across the board from institute directors to low level administrative staff. Communication staff and procurement appear to be hardest hit as anticipated from the HHS plan 1/n

@booker.senate.gov you have undoubtedly made John Lewis and millions of Americans proud. Thank you! #goodtrouble #rightfromwrong #moralchoice #booker #filibuster #congress

Even more alarming is the stenographic normalization of the obviously unconstitutional authoritarianism in the headlines, still, in 2025 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

If you can “sneak onto” a signal chat, prolly shouldn’t have used signal right?

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

Republicans have also brought back their tuition remission tax proposal from 2018. That would mean that graduate students who make around $30k to teach or do research would be taxed as if their take home pay was $50-$70k depending on the university.

This breakthrough study shows the antiviral drug obeldesivir administered once daily orally was effective against a lethal challenge of Ebola in non human primates. This is an NIH funded study, the likes of which are being cut by the current administration. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In a new Science study, cryo–electron tomography captures the in-cell architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, illuminating how the coordinated action of molecular machines drives life’s fundamental energy conversion. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/3FA3Ygq

Look, folks, you don't have to believe me. Literally, the guy who wrote the books & coined the terms is telling you it's a five-alarm fire. If Steve is saying this, you should be deeply, immediately, & overwhelmingly concerned.

By attacking science: We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care. We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit. We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.

RFK Jr. & his brain worm would just like to remind everyone that he doesn’t give a flying fuck. ‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

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I now have multiple sources that say at least one round of NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS will now be announced in the Federal Register.

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What’s in yesterday's House Continuing Resolution? Major shifts in U.S. health spending you should know about: HRSA cut by $891 million NIH CURES Act cut by $280 million Children & Families Services cut by $40 million These cuts hit essential services and future innovation. 🧵⬇️

Amazing time at #StandUpForScience in Chicago on Friday. Thank you to the IL team for letting me help organize!! Reminder: call your representatives!! Use 5calls.org for a streamlined process to make your voice heard.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️