Effort to eliminate respiratory viruses being backed by Stripe, Anthropic and OpenAI Foundation. My story for @medscape.com #IDSky #vaccines #influenza #cold #publichealth #aircleaning #engineering #COVID #RSV

On one hand, it seems astounding that RFK Jr.’s anti-vax organization didn’t vet her before including her in a lawsuit against AAP, in which she claimed that vaccines killed her twins. On the other, it shows the endless capacity of anti-vaxxers to take the word of a random person over facts.

As punishing heat sends the U.S. power grid to the brink and Americans reel from rising electricity costs, the Trump administration is moving to weaken efficiency standards for home appliances proven to cut power demand and lower utility bills.

In addition to record-breaking heat, attendees of the "fair" on the Mall will be subjected to the hot air coming from the stage for a good 45 minutes and then poisoned by an airborne plume of explosives-related toxic chemicals. #DMV #JulyFourth #WashingtonDC #politics #publichealth #climatechange

Doesn't bode well for all of the activities on the National Mall this weekend.

Budget signed by DeSantis includes money for AIDS Drug Assistance Program. #publichealth #LGBTQ #IDsky #politics #HIV #Florida

Where is Mitch McConnell? #Medsky #politics #Kentucky #healthcare #healthpolicy #Congress #USSenate

Rep. Castro says Air Force confirmed that a recruit died from influenza during Lackland outbreak. #IDsky #EpiSky #flu #vaccines #military #prevention #familymedicine #healthcare #politics

“The irony of this celebration could not be sharper,” said Aaron Weiss, executive director of the Center for Western for Priorities. “Donald Trump and Doug Burgum are going to cut the ribbon on a library honoring America’s first true conservation president.” #nature #outdoors #nationalparks

Father Time remains undefeated. Serena made a pretty good effort, but it's hard to move your feet properly or correctly gauge court geometry and aggressively employ match strategy when you haven't played in 4 years and you're 44. #Wimbledon #grandslam #tennis #WTA

Serena Williams is currently on court at Wimbledon, about to show whether she can defeat Father Time. #Wimbledon2026 #tennis #WTA #womenssports

Federal regulator gives Philip Morris International a win for nicotine pouches. on.wsj.com/4y2sbmg

Former NFL running back has ALS at 39. Neurodegenerative diseases not uncommon in football players. #NeuroSky #sports #brain #concussion #Parkinsons #neuroscience #pediatrics #trauma

Meanwhile, FDA staffers have proposed that none of these peptides be declared safe and effective for compounding. Documents released ahead of meeting. #wellness #aging #longevity #sports #Medsky #pain

When FDA's adcom meets in late July to consider whether compounded peptides are safe and effective, "they will hear from a new set of voices: doctors and pharmacists with deep financial ties to the burgeoning industry of unproven chemicals." #Medsky #insomnia #opioids #drugsafety

Happiest of birthdays to a man who has always delivered just the right amount of insult to those who deserved it the most. Thanks for all the laughs! #MelBrooks #comedy #film #humor #culture #arts

Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft newjerseyglobe.com/media/nearly...

Better surveillance or increasing cases? This article posits that the rare Powassan virus--spread by deer tick bites--is on the rise. #NeuroSky #outdoors #virology #ticks #tickborne #nature #hiking #publichealth #CDC

CDC chief nominee Erica Schwartz has a minimum net worth of $4.6M; rec'd $2M in salary, bonuses, and other income. Has no liabilities, per financial disclosure filed with federal ethics office. #publichealth #IDsky #chronicdisease #politics

Former FDAer Rick Pazdur reportedly being considered for a return! #Medsky #oncology #pharma #biotech #devices

New exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery focuses on its former occupant, the Patent Office, and American inventors. Via @meilansolly.bsky.social @smithsonianmag.bsky.social #Americanhistory #America250 #culture #museums #ingenuity #technology #innovation

More Americans predict AI will be bad rather than good for society. Younger adults are more wary of AI’s impact on society and themselves than older groups. 

KFF Poll Shows Three in Ten Adults Turn to Social Media or AI for Health Information, with Lower-Income Adults More Likely to Cite Cost and Access Barriers as a Reason www.kff.org/health-infor...

Did any reporter actually ask Sinner or his team what kind of "testing" he had? Or what the results were? Or what it said about his health? Why the tip-toeing around? #tennis #JannikSinner #Wimbledon #ATP #sports

"CDC Successfully Eradicates Children" LOL #Medsky #IDsky #publichealth #pediatrics #vector

Scoop with @mercohn.bsky.social: Johns Hopkins University is laying off more than 100 employees in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey Business School and central administration. Hopkins is suffering "debilitating" decreases in federal research funding www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Incredible. Charity Hospital flooded in Hurricane Katrina, 21 years ago. It has been an empty, monstrous sad hulk ever since. Hope the rebuild attracts new talent to New Orleans. #hospitals #NOLA #Louisiana #publichealth #healthpolicy

FDA final guidance closes door on stool banks like the now-shuttered OpenBiome. It could mean less access to fecal microbiota transplants for severe C diff. Children w/recurrent C diff also left in the lurch. My story for @medscape.com #IDsky #pediatrics #Gastrosky #antibiotics

This has got to be the weirdest human evolution story I've ever covered. I'm still baffled -- yes, baffled -- by these results. 🏺🧪

A new philanthropic initiative called 'Intercept' will invest $500 million in preventatives and air cleaning technologies to combat respiratory infections. Hope this will also have an effect on postviral diseases such as ME/CFS and Long Covid. www.interceptfund.com

FINAL ICYMI: How Trump is turning the nation's 250th anniversary celebration into MAGA campaign events stretching over weeks, even with the same props of 2024 @ashleymurray.bsky.social @samgauntt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

You mean not requiring the influenza vaccine for thousands of humans who share close quarters may have been a mistake? #IDsky #publichealth #immunology #science #politics

Can the Smithsonian withstand further attacks? Some speculation on whether Lonnie Bunch will continue to ride out the storm. #arts #culture #museums #history #Americanhistory #scholar #research #science #politics

Well, at least no deaths. So far. Raw milk claims new victims, in Louisiana. #CDC #HHS #IDsky #pediatrics #familymedicine #nutrition #foodsafety #foodpolitics

America First Policy Institute alum Heidi Overton reportedly in the running to head FDA. #Medsky #healthpolicy #regulation #pharma #biotech #medicaldevices #foodsafety #healthcare #medicine

Take a gander at this chart--from the @federalnewsnetwork.com story. New hires at CDC have fallen off a cliff. #IDsky #EpiSky #healthpolicy #publichealth #politics

source: federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-reten...

Employees at Scientific American were told today that the magazine has been sold to LabX Media Group, the outfit that runs Discover Magazine and IFLScience. And that means -- of course! -- editorial layoffs. The media mass extinction rolls ever onward.

HHS and USDA efforts to deny soda and some foods to SNAP recipients has hit a big speed bump. #nutrition #diet #healthlaw #foodpolicy #foodpolitics

DEA permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico from 2023-2025, according to three current and former agents and records reviewed by @apnews.com #opioids #addiction #Psychsky #harmreduction #mentalhealth

Utah has a measles problem. #IDsky #EpiSky #publichealth #pediatrics #vaccines #MMR

"Chronic Lyme isn’t just a harmless belief. It can lead people to fruitless, even dangerous interventions." #IDsky #healthpolicy #publichealth #familymedicine #tickborne #ticks #vector #climatechange

People are flocking to see the algae-streaked Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and are eager to weigh in on the solution. on.wsj.com/3SikwzQ

Glucosamine might accelerate cognitive decline. #orthopedics #NeuroSky #PsychSky #Alzheimers #dementia #geriatrics #wellness #supplements

Bob Blendon, Harvard health policy expert and pollster, has died. via @joycefr.bsky.social #Medsky #politics #healthpolicy #healthlaw #Medicare #Medicaid

Wyden and Hassan demand answers from HHS and RFK on how ACIP members were selected and how vaccine recommendations were made. #Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #CDC #politics #healthpolicy #publichealth

HHS is seeking nominations for 12 members to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. First Trump admin fired all PACHA members in 2018; it met regularly again starting in 2019, but last met Dec 2024. #healthpolicy #healthlaw #IDsky #LGBTQ #pediatrics #publichealth #PEPFAR

A mystery for now, but could potentially be heat-related deaths. #arts #culture #film #SanFrancisco #climate

A gene therapy for Huntington’s disease has a new path toward approval from the Food and Drug Administration after the exit of several Trump officials, particularly Vinay Prasad.

More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program www.propublica.org/article/snap...