This is highly unusual. I have received much of my grant funding from NIEHS. www.science.org/content/arti...

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“A 2023 study in the Journal of Public Economics estimates that direct-to-consumer advertising drove about 31 percent of the rise in U.S. drug spending since 1997, when the F.D.A. relaxed ad restrictions.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

“Europe bans substances it harbors doubts about, while the United States tends to allow substances unless there is solid evidence of harm. That may have something to do with the millions that companies spend lobbying and donating to political candidates.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

“User complaints about Twitter included a noticeable increase in spam, porn, bots, and promoted posts from users who paid for a verification badge, many spreading extremist content…There were also complaints about the rise in misinformation…" #SciComm arstechnica.com/science/2025...

With social media site Bluesky growing in popularity among academics, a new study has revealed how it measures up against X when it comes to sharing and promoting scientific research.

MAHA? 🤬 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

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MAHA? kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

This happened to me ~15 years ago when I was a junior faculty member. Bitter memories of my research contributions not being acknowledged by co-authorship of the resulting paper.

A small kernel of hope, perhaps. www.tiktok.com/@steve_vlade...

After 10 days of increasingly agitated deliberations, what was supposed to be the end of multilateral negotiations to create a global plastics treaty once again ended with no treaty, little progress toward one, and many raised tempers. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪

Our appeal for my terminated NIH grant was unsuccessful. “Due to the specific focus on culturally responsive education practices for underrepresented minority students, this project supports DEI and does not align with the agency’s priorities. Accordingly, the award will not be reinstated.”

“…many scientists whose work depends on N.I.H. grants described the terminations as harrowing and bewildering. Many felt their research was not evaluated on its merits, but nixed because words like “race” or “gender” were in the project’s title or description.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...

I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible

"Humans are porous beings, in ways more fluid than fortress. And though environmental contamination is not new it increasingly plays like a grievous violation..." #SciComm www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

If you are visiting a National Park, consider participating in the “Save Our Signs” initiative. sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...

Another ignorant and short-sighted decision. MAHA? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

I needed this reminder today.

My LA Times comments on the deletion of globalchange.gov. “It’s scientific censorship at its worst,” said Peter Gleick... “This is the modern version of book burning.” www.latimes.com/environment/...

At least hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants have been lost since January. This scientist, who studies violence against marginalized communities, is now suing the NIH.

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#SciComm #SciEd www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...

Required reading www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-consti...

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Here is a list of the ACIP members who were fired. #SciComm www.cdc.gov/acip/members...

It’s not just people and scientific expertise we’re losing. History is being erased. www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...

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President Trump has slashed funding for medical research, threatening a longstanding alliance between the federal government and universities that helped make the U.S. the world leader in medical science. Here are the nearly 2,500 grants that have been canceled or delayed. https://trib.al/iBstU2B

Today I introduced the BARK Act to help America feed hungry shelter animals. We need everyone involved to get this bi-paw-tisan bill passed into law, including from our furry friends. We’re in dogged pursuit of passage this Congress. Send good pet pictures below ⬇️

My 2nd NIH grant was terminated. We were 1 year into our 5-year project, "Culturally Responsive Education to Enhance STEM." I am sad, but I am mostly angry that this will lead to the end of many years of productivity and collaboration with teachers and community partners. #EduSky #SciComm #SciEd

MAHA? “Bird Flu is a well known threat and the virus has continued to evolve. If the virus develops the ability to spread from person to person, we could see a large number of people get sick and die.” www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n...

MAHA? The 1964-1965 rubella (German measles) epidemic in the US resulted in 12.5 million cases. 20,000 children were born with Congenital Rubella Syndrome - 11,000 were deaf, 3,500 blind, and 1,800 intellectually disabled. Additionally, there were 11,000 miscarriages and 2,100 neonatal deaths.

NSF funding for STEM education is ⬇️ 80% in 2025. “You can’t have science without scientists.” #SciEd #EduSky #SciComm www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“…the report misrepresents existing scientific consensus. It implies, for example, that the increase in routine immunizations given to children may be harmful to them, which many scientists say is based on an incorrect understanding of immunology.“ #SciComm www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Can NIH-funded research on racism and health survive Trump’s cuts? The US cut ‘DEI grants’ w/o clearly defining DEI. Result: basic health research, e.g. on kidney disease in people from minority ethnic groups, was also cut. @smritimallapaty.bsky.social | @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“The researchers emphasized the role government funding played in the development.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

“The decimation of antismoking work follows a year of lavish campaign donations by tobacco and e-cigarette companies to President Trump and congressional Republicans.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

ICYDK…The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH helps make work safe for all of us. www.cdc.gov/niosh/index....

Really nice discussion on the disappointment of the American far right to the announcement of Pope Leo XIV with @gregsargent.bsky.social and @mattpolprof.bsky.social. They get into the theological details of the Pope's dispute with Vance on extending morality beyond kith and kin.

This is happening to a bunch of NIH grants that I am part of. Sounds like they are being “ghosted”. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-n...

Looking a farmer in the eyes and petting his cow is not a substitute for the FDA and CDC.

Definitely, double secret probation

Double secret probation www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...