“ ‘There seems to almost be a hostile reaction to the idea of going on caring for a kid with trisomy 18,’ Dr. James Hammel, then the division chief of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery … at Children’s Nebraska ... ‘So what constitutes a worthwhile life?’ he said. ‘That’s the question.’ “

My latest for the @nytimes.com , with with photographer Stephanie Sinclair. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/m...

Trisomy 18 is usually fatal within weeks of birth. Some families are getting more time, with surgeries, luck and incredible effort. This is the story of what Noah, and his family, are up against. https://nyti.ms/44Z7TgU

Trisomy 18, a rare chromosomal condition also known as Edwards syndrome, is normally fatal within weeks of birth. But some parents are getting more time — with surgeries, luck and an incredible amount of effort. This is Noah's story.

Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis as Israeli restrictions on aid lead to widespread malnutrition and starvation, with hospitals overwhelmed by malnourished children.

And for anyone who wants to dig into just how flawed this AI tool was in concept and execution, @bxroberts.org and @vernalcoleman.bsky.social talked to a bunch of experts to drill down on the code itself:

Thank you @kevinault.bsky.social for this

Some day hopefully soon we’ll say, “we did what?” when told dentists irradiated lots of mouths without sufficient reason www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/w...

Wanna see something cool? At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is. The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

5 Places to Turn for Accurate Health Information www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...

The fact that NWS field offices are not able to operate 24/7 anymore in growing number of locations, & that offices servicing major population centers no longer have supervisory meteorologists in charge, & that radar techs are becoming unavailable, is highly alarming.

Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10

Are Trump’s Actions Truly Unprecedented? We Asked 35 Historians. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

If we really want to take on chronic diseases.... by @virusesimmunity.bsky.social and @hmkyale.bsky.social #LongCovid, post-infection syndromes, immune system assessment and intervention gift link www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...

A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here

Why buying groceries in Canada is taking forever: Shoppers have to study the lineage of every can of soup.

For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.

"When a government begins to imprison writers for their words, when it abandons legal norms for political convenience, when it cloaks oppression in the language of national security, alarm bells must ring. Loudly." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx

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"Firing on a U.N. vehicle, the statement added, involved 'a breach of orders' in a combat setting." "Israeli soldiers later buried most of the [15 medics'] bodies in a mass grave, crushed the ambulances, fire truck and a U.N. vehicle, and buried those as well." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/w...

"Like the other 11 children, Abdo starved to death in the weeks after President Trump froze all U.S. foreign assistance"..."as the American money dried up, hundreds of soup kitchens closed in a matter of days." For shame. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...

“This person constitutes a bridge, and we’ve torn that bridge down instead of embracing it.” ... “He is working on a peace process. That is what is so ironic about it. It is just the complete opposite of what the government is painting him as.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/n...

Tonight, WHO Member States converged on a draft text for the pandemic treaty, which will (surprises notwithstanding) be adopted at World Health Assembly in a couple weeks. Here's an explainer on the last three years of negotiations, what they've won, and what happens now. (1/10)

"Employees who were subject to the RIF, as well as some who remain at the agency, tell WIRED that without intervention, they believe the systems they managed could go dark, potentially putting the entire health care system at risk."

Israeli military strikes Gaza City's last functioning hospital www.nbcnews.com/news/world/i...

Sanders: A woman is walking down the street, a car stops, and these guys — in plain clothes and masks — grab her, throw her into the car, and take off. That happened in Vermont today. That’s the kind of thing that happens in dictatorships, not in a democracy.

It sounds cliche but get a library card, not only do you support your library but it gives you an opportunity to read a book and THEN if you like it you can decide whether or not to buy.

Among the Trump Administration's demands: "Harvard must implement a comprehensive mask ban with serious and immediate penalties for violation, not less than suspension." www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

From Reuters: "The president of the [International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org ] described the humanitarian situation in Gaza on Friday as 'hell on earth' and warned that its field hospital will run out of supplies within two weeks": www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...

Over half of 108 @who.int country offices surveyed in March reported moderate or severe aid cuts. Vast majority experienced health system disruption. Most severely affected: humanitarian aid, health emergency preparedness/ response, public health surveillance/services www.who.int/publications...

The US government holds a tremendous amount of data about US citizens. Now, The Trump administration is trying to access that data and link it together. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

"Some 42 programs that were previously slated to survive the final round of USAID cuts were killed, primarily for humanitarian assistance or emergency food aid in Africa and the Middle East." A 'death sentence for millions' as US cuts more aid www.devex.com/news/a-death...

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

The House Budget Appropriations Comittee is about to discuss #PEPFAR streaming live. AVAC Comms Director @kenyonfarrow.bsky.social wrote recently on the human cost of PEPFAR’s PrEP restrictions. avac.org/blog/prep-ba... www.youtube.com/live/MgyFrQx...

My NEH grant was terminated in service of a new focus on “patriotic programming,” but as an American and an Americanist, I know that resisting this dangerous decision and the broader movement of which it is a part is my patriotic duty. Wrote abt it @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1936...

The posts by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social on the destruction of American biomedical science and health infrastructure are becoming increasingly painful and necessary reading open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Today marks the 31st anniversary of the first full day of the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda — an ominous memory.

"Washington Post review of websites operated by the National Park Service — among the key agencies charged with the preservation of American history — found that edits on dozens of pages since Trump’s inauguration have already softened descriptions of some of the most shameful moments of the nation"

New measles death in TX - a child. C/w last week: CURRENT CASE COUNT: 569 Texas: 481 (+59) New Mexico: 54 (+6) Oklahoma: 10 Kansas: 24 (+1) HOSPITALIZATIONS: 58 (+14) Texas: 56 (+14) have been hospitalized, 11.6%. New Mexico: 2 (No change). This is 4.5% of NM cases. DEATHS: 3 (+1)

"It’s all about business and money,” Mr. Davis said. “That’s what it’s all about. America is a business. It’s a corporation.”