Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for mRNA vaccine development is the "most dangerous public health decision" ever, epidemiologist Michael Osterholm said.

“As a public university, we are stewards of taxpayer resources, and a payment of this scale would completely devastate our country’s greatest public university system as well as inflict great harm on our students and all Californians.” —UC President James B. Milliken

The Health Equity, Medical, and Scientific Costs of Dismantling DEI | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Original Article by S. Shekar et al.: People Overtrust AI-Generated Medical Advice despite Low Accuracy nejm.ai/43xKDG0 #AI #MedSky #MLSky

Perspective by Marlene Millen, MD, Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, and Christopher A. Longhurst, MD: A Call for Disclosure When Using AI for Patient Communications nejm.ai/3GKwGeU @marlenemillen.bsky.social @chrislonghurst.bsky.social #AI #MedSky #MLSky

HHS and CDC can no longer be trusted for 💉 info for the United States. CIDRAP’s Vaccine Integrity Project is setting up to help with action plans and information. This uodate also includes a google doc form to catalog current local initiatives. www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...

In light of today’s announcement about cdc vaccine committee. “CIDRAP's Vaccine Integrity Project is an initiative dedicated to safeguarding vaccine use in the U.S. so that it remains grounded in the best available science…” www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...

If you came across the MAHA report, here are some examples of how it misleads readers, reflecting old, debunked anti-vaccine tropes. "Misleading and False Vaccine Claims from the MAHA Report" docs.google.com/document/d/1...

When UCSD Health began using AI in drafting patient messages we made a decision to be transparent with patients. We share our experience and call to action in NEJM AI. A Call for Disclosure When Using AI for Patient Communications | NEJM AI ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants. Here's how you can help our reporting 👇

“[23andMe] has publicly reported that it is in financial distress…Due to the trove of sensitive consumer data…, [CA AG] reminds Californians of their right to direct the deletion of their genetic data under the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) and California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA).”

#Influenza no joke this year. Our 12 yo (flu vaccine in early September) with 105(!) temperature and horrible sounding cough. She started tamiflu after video visit with her doctor. Ps- home tests for the win.

Aurora Forecast Update for 2025-01-23T08:04:02Z Additional Details Here.

Government website offering reproductive health information goes offline www.cbsnews.com/news/governm...

Ted Williams Fire in San Diego Now 3 acres. Evacuating nearby area. Winds just starting in this area.

San Diego didn’t want to miss out on the fun

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas. Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏

Public safety power shutoff in San Diego (and LA) began last night due to humidity in 10’s and winds with high fire risk. 1 small fire so far. #redflagwarning #weather #sandiego

Distribution of Raw Farm's products suspended amid bird flu concerns www.yahoo.com/news/sales-r...

1/ Influenza wastewater activity levels are currently low across the US, aside from conspicuous areas in CA where #H5N1 is spreading in dairy cows. A deeper dive into the Wastewater Scan data paints a very concerning picture and should add to our sense of urgency.

Some (more) Covid Vaccine positive news! Meta-analysis of studies which include over 14 million people in the Journal of Infection shows that COVID-19 vax is associated with a lower risk of developing long COVID. Two doses reduced the odds by 24%! www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016...

Just worked on my patient in-basket testing an early version of AI note summarization feature from Epic. You can use it to summarize a few notes(as long as not too long!). It is growing on me.

California Acts to Protect Public Health: ​CDPH Warns Against Drinking Single Lot of Raw Milk Following Bird Flu Detection; Secures Voluntary Recall​ www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA...

Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Our Jacobs Center for Health Innovation is here now: bsky.app/profile/jchi... Follow for updates on AI and digital health work happening at our center!

What transformative potential and challenges does #AI have in #healthcare? JCHI's @kdpsingh.bsky.social offers offers a candid look in the latest episode of @csail.mit.edu podcast. @ucsdhealth.bsky.social Listen⤵️

"All the data in the world will not make a difference, unless there are people ready to use it." — Atul Butte, MD, PHD, FACMI 2024 Morris F. Collen Award Winner

Ludmil Alexandrov, Ph.D., speaks to #CNN about the new #AI program for examining routine biopsies, called DeepHRD, which identifies #biomarkers in breast and #ovariancancer tumors. @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social Watch full video: www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/w...

San Diego County increase in whooping cough cases www.countynewscenter.com/county-publi...

Canadian teen’s bird flu infection not the version found in cows. Still no source of infection. No contacts or pets tested positive. www.statnews.com/2024/11/13/b...

B.C. teen with bird flu is in critical care, infection source unknown: health officer #H5N1 ca.style.yahoo.com/b-c-teen-bir...

British Columbia teenager with H5N1 bird flu in critical condition. Admitted Friday November 8th. Source unknown at this time. Link to press conference. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

Lopez Canyon sunset

Nothing like a cup of coffee and a journal rejection letter to start your day.

A Review of Significant HPAI H5 Related Events Over The Past 3 Weeks flutrackers.com/forum/forum/...

Watching age of ultron as part of a nightly series of marvel movies to recover from the events of the week. Love the scene with all the men trying and failing to lift Thors hammer and black widow is all “that is not a question I need answered”.

#USDA confirmed 3 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in California, bringing the national total to 446 in 15 states. CA now has 236 confirmed herds. But the highest number of a confirmed herd there is CA 300, which means there are at least 64 tests confirmed by CA awaiting USDA confirmation.

Canada has reported a human case of #H5N1 #birdflu, the country's 2nd ever. This one appears to have been contracted domestically. The earlier case, in 2014, was a person who contracted the virus in China. www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Anna’s Hummingbird at the hot lips sage, San Diego CA. #birds

“Save us from the evil ant apocalypse!”

Joining to get back to learning and having fun! Would love to find new STEM folks to follow. Especially AI in medicine, infectious disease and meteorology. I share my work at UC San Diego, disease outbreaks and daily life.