Meet the expert jury for the JMIR Publications Early Career Researcher Award: Dr. Andrew Coristine, Dr. @tleungmd.bsky.social‬, Dr. Nidhi Rohatgi and Dr. @eceuzun.bsky.social‬. Apply by July 30, 2025: landingpage.jmirpublications.com/jmir-publica... #ResearchFunding #MedEd #HealthTech #Researcher

Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.

This is an important finding.

So the guy leading RFK Jr.'s vaccine-autism study? A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.

"Angry, disappointed, frustrated"--Scientists were making progress on vaccines and antivirals for the next pandemic--until this week, when the Trump administration abruptly told them to stop. Here's my story with @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/43Xz77q

On Jay Bhattacharya's first day as NIH director, the agency directed staff to identify contracts related to “fighting misinformation or disinformation” www.statnews.com/2025/03/26/n...

Iowa Senate passes bill protecting pesticide manufacturers from cancer lawsuits www.kcrg.com/2025/03/26/i...

The NIH plans to resume posting notices of new solicitations for grant proposals. But there’s a catch: The HHS and DOGE will review each draft notice to ensure the research that will be funded aligns with the priorities of President Trump’s administration, Science has learned. scim.ag/3DJsafL

The restrictive lung disease in #LongCovid has 2 different immune system roots www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natimmunol.bsky.social Elegant work that was supported by NIH

23andMe is going under. Californians have the right to delete their genetic data before it's turned over to next party buying the assets. If you have a 23andMe account, go log in to download whatever reports you want to save, then follow these instructions to delete your data.

A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

This is my shocked face.

Join @marynmck.bsky.social and me tonight for a talk about AIR-BORNE. Watch us on YouTube at 7pm ET here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn9d...

It's not too late! If you plan to watch @carlzimmer.com talk this Wednesday at 7pm US ET about his new book AIR-BORNE — with me! in the Health Storytelling series at @emorycshh.bsky.social ! in the Atlanta Science Festival! — RSVP for the livestream links here: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts www.nature.com/articles/d41...

These restrictions are nothing more than a way to shape the scientific discourse to meet political ends.

NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters nyti.ms/4iFAI5X

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@tatonetti.bsky.social is presenting Translational Bioinformatics and Data Science year-in-review @amiainformatics.bsky.social Informatics Summit #IS25

The reckless termination of grants at NIH continues www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

🧠 Spheres of Now – A reflection on Alzheimer’s. This From Life and Tales story explores how time and memory drift for those with Alzheimer’s. Moments exist in isolation, untethered from the past and future. link: www.biocomicals.com/LT2.html?car... #Alzheimers #Memory

Excited to kick off @amiainformatics.bsky.social #IS25 in Pittsburgh. This meeting, our community and its science, and our values have never been more important!

I have the pleasure to serve as the Vice Chair for Translational Bioinformatics and Precision Medicine track at the AMIA Informatics Summit #IS25. Looking forward to attending these fantastic sessions!

Check out our new article, "Associations of COVID-19 vaccination with risks for post-infectious cardiovascular complications: An international cohort study in cancer patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection". Open access link: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... #CCC19

18 R01s…

Penn Medicine pauses pilot grant programs, citing federal funding uncertainty. Maybe layoffs are eminent, and they are preparing for optics?? #penn #ivyleague www.thedp.com/article/2025...

How it started. How it went.

Stop collaborate and listen! 😀Yesterday was a great day for science! Thank you @standupforscience.bsky.social !The real work begins now. People are listening! We need to challenge misunderstandings and show that investment in science is crucial for our health for our economy and for our future!

The U.S. State Department is going to use artificial intelligence to scan social media accounts of college students in “an effort to cancel the visas of foreign nationals who appear to support Hamas or other designated terror groups”. Absolutely chilling. www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...

Stand up for Science NYC! @standupforscience.bsky.social

Currently, NIH's Center for Scientific Review reviews 66,000 grant applications a year, with panels run by NIH’s separate institutes reviewing the rest. Under a new plan, the institute-run panels will be eliminated, and many of the scientists overseeing them will be laid off. scim.ag/3QP0FUG

The @standupforscience.bsky.social DC rally is on. What we are hearing from around the country: "this is big!" "biggest rally I have seen around here in years and years" The public cares about medical research--and students, GenZ, and other people too are ready to stand up.

My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example

Scenes from the incredible turnout today at Berkeley's @standupforscience.bsky.social rally. @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social, and dozens of researchers, elected officials, and citizens defended science and the jobs, health benefits, and progress it creates for all Americans.

Close to 600 people for the Trenton Stand Up For Science rally. Great chants, NJ schools out in force, and scientists discovering their inner extrovert. Rush Holt led off, me at end.

#standupforscience2025 In Philadelphia was beautiful. Sending love to all my bothers and sisters of the laboratory. #sciencenotsilence #standupfightback @standupforscience.bsky.social These were my fav signs. Good job @x

As I said at the time, “I could never feel good about purposely infecting a child with a disease like that." Yes, our moms did it before there was a vaccine. But now there is a vaccine. www.kold.com/story/166663...

Marjorie Taylor Greene advocating for “measles parties” reminds me of this story for which I was interviewed in 2012, where people were sending lollipops and washcloths from kids infected with chickenpox to other kids across the country.

A good diet won’t do it. Exercise won’t do it. Supplements won’t do it. Raw milk won’t do it. The only thing that prevents measles is a vaccine.

Francis Collins Said science is of the people, by the people, for the people

Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4

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There are now 198 cases of measles in the Texas outbreak with no end in sight. Two human beings including one child have died, and 23 have been hospitalized. Meanwhile the HHS Secretary continues to cast doubt on the one thing that prevents measles, the MMR vaccine. This is a damned disgrace.

Please don’t even come here and suggest that RFK Jr. has little to do with the measles outbreak in TX. He has been spreading misinformation about MMR vaccine specifically for two decades. He is the reason that many parents don’t vaccinate their kids. And he still refuses to strongly promote MMR.

Getting reports of some sound problems with our Twitch livestream. Here's another stream while we sort out some technical difficulties! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eemj...

DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million (government press release) www.gsa.gov/about-us/new...

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