Dear all scientists and everyone who cares about #NIH and medical cures: This is very important! Please read the thread and blog post. The Supreme Court looks very likely to blow up NIH grants and create chaos. Decision could come any time. 🧪

Noise is the second leading environmental cause of disease and death in Europe, second only to air pollution. It’s time for other regions, especially the U.S., to recognize that noise isn't merely a nuisance but a serious public health issue. The first step is accurately measuring noise.

@oregonstate.edu researcher @mbozi.bsky.social led America's first comprehensive citywide noise assessment, monitoring Portland's 145-square-mile area with 635,000 residents using 24h digital monitoring & machine learning. #AcademicSky #Epidemiology #PublicHealth DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00794-y

It is unbelievable that The Atlantic would publish this anti-science garbage. The author is one of the COVID deniers who pushed “herd immunity” — that is, “kill lots of people so things can go back to “normal.” This is a rightwing political stance. Why would the Atlantic publish him?

How often do you think of #noise as a serious pollutant? 🔊 If you are in Brussels on 24 June, we encourage you to attend the event: "Noise: the overlooked pollutant – Impacts and solutions for a healthier Europe." ✍️ Spots are limited, so take the opportunity and register 👇

🆕This survey shows that residential green reduces road traffic noise annoyance. Further, noise from construction sites is also disturbing for a substantial part of the population. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Since Lincoln was President, the National Academies has provided unbiased expert guidance to the government. I’ve had the privilege of serving on multiple committees, and the excellent staff takes their responsibility to help the country very seriously. What are we doing here?

By @alejandrabee.bsky.social The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.

“Pro-life.”

(3/3) Not sure how to call your reps? Here’s a quick guide - www.lcv.org/blog/how-to-... Post. Share. Tag. Make sure this doesn’t vanish from the headlines. @scott-delaney.bsky.social #StandUpForScience #NSF #ScienceUnderAttack #FloodTheZone

Three users on X who feuded with Elon Musk in December saw their reach on the social platform practically vanish overnight, The New York Times found, signaling that Musk or others at the company have the power to punish critics and that they may be willing to use it. nyti.ms/4lF3pm1

Shame on you, Trump www.science.org/content/arti...

Study by Assistant Professor @mbozi.bsky.social that covers two of our signature areas of research "Environmental Impacts on Human Health" and "Health and Well-being of Children and Youth" #publichealth #epidemiology #asthma doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

‼️Home exposures are tied to lung health in kids with asthma‼️ ⭐For children with asthma, lung function worsened if homes had pests (cockroaches/rodents) ⭐Electronic health records with geospatial data showed indoor/residential risks in vulnerable youth Read more at t.co/mme3hJJ4QY

I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.

"The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects, from breast-feeding support efforts in Baltimore to mosquito-net programs in Mozambique."

We are getting a LOT of messages asking "why say the Democratic Senators need to be pressured, aren't they doing everything they can?" No, they are not. Not close. Democrats in the Senate are going along with what Republican Senators want, because they want to be buddy-buddy with those R's. 1/2

Today would be yet another good day for university presidents to loudly, collectively, & publicly start defending our institutions & industry. The silence is deafening & frankly, incomprehensible. What exactly are you waiting for? How many Columbias, Maines, & Johns Hopkins will it take?

This is true. Please tell all your scientist colleagues to come here to bluesky, a platform that is not controlled by the people trying to destroy us. 🦋 @jay.bsky.team @mcuban.bsky.social

One workaround for including "censored" words in scientific writing is to spell them backwards - no need to change sentence structure while tripping up the bots/goons. For example, we investigate health effects of "etamilc egnahc" in the context of "latnemnorivne ecitsuj," particularly in "nemow".

Salem, OR @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience

It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!

ICYMI www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmDV...

Daily choices about what you buy and where matters. It matters because it impacts our most privileged people...corporations. Together we can make a positive impact on our civic institutions by boycotting everyday products from bad actor corporations. Here's a list: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦, not with this administration.

Imagine the thundering voice we could have if we each gave a fraction of our time to action instead of sharing clickbait in echo chambers. Democracy isn’t someone else’s job to protect—it’s everyone’s responsibility. "1% for all. Give 1% of your time—reclaim what the 1% is taking." #onepercentforall

With science increasingly politicized, my AI sidekick helped me develop a cost-effective plan connecting blue- to red-state rallies, ensuring representation alongside our colleagues at the March 7th Stand Up For Science rally. docs.google.com/document/d/1... @standupforscience.bsky.social

Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage https://go.nature.com/4aYn9Me

Not sure where to find datasets that were previously hosted on government websites? The @busph.bsky.social Center for Health Data Science has developed a streamlined interface to let you search for essential public data: www.FindLostData.org Please share!

Apparently I can only discuss men and **men in my grant applications now?

Protest against hate in Salem, OR! Join or organize one near you!

Radon is linked to more than just lung cancer. Tune in on Monday if you are interested, and please share. The recording will be available afterward. hsph.harvard.edu/environmenta...

Good morning. RFK Jr would be an absolute disaster for NIH. The HHS Secretary has enormous power over NIH. Enormous. He could effectively end the agency as a science funder. Please organize to stop RFK Jr. Students, you can help: use all the channels you have to get the word out.

Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.

This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US. Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪 We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.

More important findings from research on residential radon exposure.