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Epileptologist/Asst Prof. Data Science, Functional Seizures, Clinical Trial Stats. he/him
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Dr van Tilburg
12 days ago
Pursuing a PhD isnât just academically demanding â it can strain mental health. Study shows PhD students increase use of psychiatric meds each year compared to masterâs students. Exception: medical & health sciences, where use stayed steady.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The impact of PhD studies on mental healthâa longitudinal population study
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationshipâŠ
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629625001055
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New manuscript describing criteria for levels of evidence for co-occurring epilepsy in functional/dissociative seizures. 65% were unlikely and 11% were clinically established/documented.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@epilepsiajournal.bsky.social
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Proposed criteria of levels of evidence for coâoccurring epilepsy in people with functional/dissociative seizures
Objective This work was undertaken to describe the level of evidence for co-occurring epileptic seizures in patients with known functional/dissociative seizures (FDS) using stratification criteria a...
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://doi.org/10.1111/epi.70040__;!!NHLzug!JgIgzWj07FVMs0pxLBT1TnL0gqxwPjL61IFeb11EQhVjF2-ZD7EEYJ6HYIRuY0oRViOtb4a52axX1P0FYw$
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Kelly
18 days ago
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s. This is the power of vaccines. The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer. Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain âinstrumentalâ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/australia-set-for-world-first-cervical-cancer-elim
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Ian Weissman, DO
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An infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky, the third case in the past 12 months. The infant and their mother were not vaccinated against the illness.
#RSNA25
thehill.com/policy/healt...
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5622458-kentucky-infant-pertussis-death/
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Dr. Stephanie
20 days ago
Todayâs xkcd made me cry. In a good way.
xkcd.com/3172/
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Ian Weissman, DO
21 days ago
More than 1 in 4 physicians surveyed by the AMA in December said that prior authorization had led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care. And 8% responded that prior authorization led to a disability, birth defect, or death.
#RSNA25
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After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late. - KFF Health News
Eric Tennantâs doctors recommended histotripsy, which would target, and potentially destroy, a cancerous tumor in his liver. But by the time his insurer approved the treatment, Tennant was no longer c...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/prior-authorization-denials-cancer-treatment-west-virginia-death/
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In case others are in New Orleans for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies conference, let me know because Iâm going!
#ABCT
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This is a big deal for clinical trials! Previously, I was a NeuroNEXT fellow and some of these can fund early stage clinical trials of the next big seizure treatments!
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
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25 days ago
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Ian Weissman, DO
29 days ago
Leading neuroscientists say that ongoing disruptions in federal funding are causing many young scientists in the field to reconsider their career choice â with potentially dire consequences for research into Alzheimer's, autism and other brain disorders.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/15/nx-s1-5609389/neuroscience-funding-falters-trump-careers-autism-alzheimers
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Kelly
about 1 month ago
Everyone thinks they will be the exception. Serious illness or disability wonât happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it. The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesnât guarantee healthcare for all.
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James Van Der Beek selling âDawsonâs Creekâ merch to help pay for cancer costs
The âVarsity Bluesâ star was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer last year.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/entertainment/james-van-der-beek-selling-dawsons-creek-merch-to-help-pay-for-cancer-costs/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost
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Ian Weissman, DO
about 1 month ago
This year, with Congress in a stalemate about subsidies, Affordable Care Act marketplace consumers will need to be more informed than ever to navigate their health coverage choices.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Shopping for ACA health plans this open enrollment? Here's what to know
This year, with Congress in a stalemate about subsidies, Affordable Care Act marketplace consumers will need to be more informed than ever to navigate their health coverage choices.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/31/nx-s1-5591404/aca-open-enrollment-health-care-premiums
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New paper alert! This is a time-to-event study of JNJ-40411813 which, unfortunately, did not hit it's primary efficacy endpoint. The time-to-event design did reduce exposure to ineffective treatments.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@epilepsiajournal.bsky.social
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A randomized, doubleâblind, placeboâcontrolled, timeâtoâevent study of the efficacy and safety of JNJâ40411813 in combination with levetiracetam or brivaracetam in patients with focal onset seizures
Objective Up to 30% of people with epilepsy are refractory to current antiseizure medications (ASMs). JNJ-40411813 is a positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate 2 receptor, a presynap...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/epi.18707
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New editorial alert: This highlighted the importance of following statistical best practices in preclinical studies because better statistical practices was associated with more Phase 2 success!
www.neurology.org/doi/full/10....
@greenjournal.bsky.social
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NeurologyÂź Journals
https://www.neurology.org/doi/full/10.1212/WNL.0000000000214309
about 2 months ago
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The Tennessee Holler
2 months ago
OBAMA: âBetterâs good⊠weâre not gonna get to perfect. Do I think single-payer with no profit motive wouldâve been smarter? Absolutely.â President Obama tells Maron the ACA was a compromise because he didnât have the votes for what he really wanted.
#MedicareForAll
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2 months ago
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Carl T. Bergstrom
3 months ago
Yet again, machine learning â even gussied up via the transformer architecture â encodes and reinforces societal biases. This study reveals that LLM-based peer review relies heavily on author institution in its decisions.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.15122
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Prestige over merit: An adapted audit of LLM bias in peer review
Large language models (LLMs) are playing an increasingly integral, though largely informal, role in scholarly peer review. Yet it remains unclear whether LLMs reproduce the biases observed in human de...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15122
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Magdalena Skipper
3 months ago
A great review of a must read timely publication of âScience under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our Worldâ by
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
and
@michaelemann.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How did assaults on science become the norm â and what can we do?
An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02920-0
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
3 months ago
âIf government support weakens, medical and health research may become more dependent on commercial markets and philanthropic donors. That can narrow the kinds of problems studiedâŠâ
theconversation.com/proposed-cut...
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Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades
Taxpayer-funded investment supports basic research that can yield crucial medical advancements down the line and make lifesaving drugs and technologies affordable for everyday people.
https://theconversation.com/proposed-cuts-to-nih-funding-would-have-ripple-effects-on-research-that-could-hamper-the-us-for-decades-262419
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Kevin Mitchell
3 months ago
We're going to see a lot of bullshit in the coming days and weeks about "causes of autism", and most will be based on flawed, over-interpreted observational studies (1/n)
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Shematologist, MD
4 months ago
Drowning is the leading cause of death in children between 1 and 4 years of age but apparently the CDC Drowning Prevention program is no longer needed.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC
A few years in, a CDC drowning prevention program was ready to share its findings on how to mitigate the leading cause of death among young children. Then the administration terminated that staff.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5509976/drowning-prevention-program-halt-cdc
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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
4 months ago
âIn total, more than 20,500 workers, or about 18% of the Department of Health and Human Servicesâ workforce, have left or been pushed out, according to ProPublicaâs analysisâ And we are all looking for jobs - essentially the same jobs- at the same time. This is evil, devastating, & life altering.
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Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
https://projects.propublica.org/federal-health-worker-cuts-rfk-trump-administration/
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD
4 months ago
What they are doing to NIH defies all logic and reason. This admin is needlessly, irreversibly destroying one of the greatest resources our country has ever built. A few quotes from yours' truly are in the video below. Thanks to
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
for covering
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/opinion/trump-defunding-medical-research.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawMX7_ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpP-MFroM7t4fHE9C9-RheFxrPcX4bXfpNsXHA65TZhaE-bwfbR8z7L67aO4_aem_ZUgmbKdmjY-3qPn2ketF-Q
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Jeremy Berg
4 months ago
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/opinion/trump-defunding-medical-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk8.iN9o.HYW2vUoXfu0I&smid=url-share
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Saganism
4 months ago
When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.
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Jen Heemstra
4 months ago
Feeling awed and a bit starstruck that
@science.org
chose to run a book review on
#LabworkToLeadership
!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Leading a lab, and all it entails
A chemist offers actionable leadership advice to principal investigators
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady7700
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Dr. David Miller đłïžâđ
4 months ago
Govt Accountability Office (GAO) determines Trump admin broke the law by withholding billions in new NIH awards. Full GAO report:
www.gao.gov/assets/890/8...
NYT article (no paywall):
archive.is/202508051916...
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Maxine Joselow
4 months ago
Scoop: EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/c...
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E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/climate/epa-cancels-solar-energy-grants.html
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Steve Herman
4 months ago
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs.
https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
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Melissa Sanchez
5 months ago
The terror began immediately. Salvadoran guards beat them with their fists, boots and batons, shot them with rubber pellets, and forced them to lick other men's backs. What happened when we sent 230+ Venezuelans to a prison known for human rights abuses.
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
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Now That Theyâre Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump
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Jeremy Berg
5 months ago
New Science story about multi-year funding and it potential catastrophic consequences
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite
Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards
https://www.science.org/content/article/odds-winning-nih-grants-plummet-new-funding-policy-and-spending-delays-bite
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Jeremy Berg
5 months ago
Touching story about NIH staff damaged or lost by "efficiency" efforts (Fact check: TRUE)
drweinerinsights.com/2025/07/27/t...
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The Lie of Efficiency Hurting You.
By Wayne Weiner, D.Ed., Former Senior Consultant, Now Streaming Television Broadcaster Efficiency. Itâs the buzzword that launches a thousand memos and dismantles a thousand good teams. Itâs sold aâŠ
https://drweinerinsights.com/2025/07/27/the-lie-of-efficiency-hurting-you/
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đŠâïžđBaronđâïžđŠ
5 months ago
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Ian Sample
5 months ago
Weâre hiring for a major role in the US, an investigative journalist to cover whatâs happening with science in the US and beyond. This is extremely important territory for us. đ§Ș
workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795
The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
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The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
https://workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795
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HĂ Phan
5 months ago
The grief counselor said, âYou are the most important person in your life. You need to save yourself first.â I understand it intellectually but itâs very hard to put into practice because we make each other whole. Sometimes you need others to save you.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist
5 months ago
Recently, federal judge scrapped a Biden-era rule that would remove medical debt from credit reports for millions of Americans. Financial toxicity affects ~137 mil adults. It was coined 10 yrs ago highlighting the costs of cancer treatment. đ§Ș
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Financial toxicity: a common problem affecting patient care and health
Financial toxicity describes the negative effects of the economic burden of medical care on patients that potentially lead to poor well-being and quality of life. Co-ordinated efforts at the care prov...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9731797/
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Romaine Johnson, MD MPH
5 months ago
This is what accountability journalism looks like. The reporter challenges official claims with evidence, centers the stakes for citizens, and serves democracy by making policy consequences visible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/w...
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Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/well/medicaid-bill-disabled-americans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YE8.egNQ.qKzJoS56I-su&smid=url-share
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
5 months ago
Clinical trials stopped midway, fellowships, grants and studentships cancelled, grants cut are causing irreparable harms to progress of US science đ§Ș
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âA disaster for all of usâ: US scientists describe impact of Trump cuts
Presidentâs assault on science âparticularly climate science â has led to unprecedented funding cuts and staff layoffs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/science-trump-funding-cuts-layoffs?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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The Conversation UK
5 months ago
âDonât rush the tears. Let go of the stages. Make the offer specific.â A psychologist and grief therapist shares what really helps someone whoâs grieving.
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How to support someone who is grieving: five research-backed strategies
âDonât rush the tears. Let go of the stages. Make the offer specific.â A psychologist and grief therapist shares what really helps someone whoâs grieving.
https://tcnv.link/WShqCfC
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Angie Rasmussen
6 months ago
The people in power who are obliterating science are working out of McCarthyâs playbook: -Donât attack vaccines or research directly -Attack the scientists doing the work indirectly -Imply they are untrustworthy or conflicted -Accuse them of perpetrating what they are actually the targets of
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Angie Rasmussen
6 months ago
Often academia & industry are presented as opposing forces, but this just isnât true. Both are part of a synergistic ecosystem that has led US to the forefront of innovation & improved global health. Grateful to my industry colleagues for speaking out for our entire scientific community.
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You donât have to earn rest. You need it because youâre human. Rest helps you be your best self. I like your best self.
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6 months ago
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National Nurses United
6 months ago
Medicaid keeps 1 in 5 people in our country aliveâincluding veterans, kids, and disabled elders. Call lawmakers and urge them to not to support the budget bill. People will die. 202-978-5357
prismreports.org/2025/06/18/m...
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Medicaid cuts will âdevastateâ millions, advocates say
An estimated 16 million would lose insurance, including via Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, in the next decade if budget bill passes
https://prismreports.org/2025/06/18/medicaid-cuts-budget-bill/
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George Takei
6 months ago
Say it with me. RFK Jr. is killing children.
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The Tennessee Holler
6 months ago
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Timothy McBride
6 months ago
How proposed cuts to Medicaid could affect rural hospitals | PBS News
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How proposed cuts to Medicaid could affect rural hospitals
Rural hospitals across the country, many already struggling to stay afloat, could face devastating consequences if proposed Medicaid cuts in the domestic spending bill become law. To help understand w...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-proposed-cuts-to-medicaid-could-affect-rural-hospitals?fbclid=IwY2xjawLJz8pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFrUXBiMzRBa25uZ2VxaFFHAR7bDRARsM7s7vDpYG7JdxRr6NNAewR5HVr3RlRUGaQaDJpArK297saligIlEA_aem_EaKkc8fHDB-9e1fgOFmofg
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Ferric Fang, MD
6 months ago
Bipartisan letters from over 200 legislators urging "strong and sustained funding" for the NIH make me cautiously optimistic.
www.aamc.org/advocacy-pol...
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House, Senate Members Send Letters in Support of NIH Funding
Members of the House and Senate sent letters to appropriations leadership in support of NIH funding.
https://www.aamc.org/advocacy-policy/washington-highlights/house-senate-members-send-letters-support-nih-funding
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Rachel Maddow
6 months ago
Senate Republicans' one-finger salute to rural America: "Hospital networks said they may reduce pediatric, maternity or behavioral health services; end telehealth programs; close rural facilities; or enact layoffs if the Medicaid cuts become law..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Senate Republicans propose deeper Medicaid cuts. Hereâs what that means.
Senate Republicans are taking Medicaid cuts even further than their House counterparts with legislation that targets hospital payments.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06/18/medicaid-cuts-hospital-funding-senate-republicans/
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Johanna Joyce
6 months ago
Are you looking to start your
#lab
in a fantastic scientific đ§Șenvironment, with great colleagues, and in a spectacular place to live? Then check out our open
#junior
#faculty
position at the Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland:
www.unil.ch/dof/en/home/...
â° Deadline 27 June
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Nicole Rust
6 months ago
All that said, my absolute joy around all this discovery is tempered by the destruction of science that's currently happening in the US. I've been able to chase my awe via a win-win that benefits society too. We MUST ensure this is also true for the next generation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers
Nature Human Behaviour - Federal funding of science has been cut, and trainee scientists in the USA face an unstable and uncertain future. Nicole Rust explains how and why we should act to support...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02246-x.epdf?sharing_token=hcXev4a-31TU_a-OJK6ZMtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MYALIXurixdPyNhiHwMhlzGSYzTbCgk8k-LvtRgSz04GX7xmjDu30cxJslQ-hufZZA8Li3FllJdSC3Le0yVRFBhJDn4VkC9QTpwrJeB0iXHDc0lY-LY-dngmlCZxfZYjE%3D
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