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NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵

Thousands of biomedical studies are stuck in limbo as NIH drags out renewals months after annual budgets expire. Since 2025, the rate of overdue renewals has TRIPLED. This leaves scientists unable to plan, keep staff employed, or maintain long-term research. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NIH 🧪

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.

Proposed rules in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will hit all federal grant programs. Universities will be hammered, but also local government, Medicaid, rural communities.

I am not sure I would consider this "compassionate use" material.

"I hear you're sending me a seventh prime minister"

Larry the Cat has been the only stable presence at No 10 and should automatically be PM.

This Father's Day, I'm thinking about how my dad immigrated to the US after escaping the bloody Vietnam War, only to see his bloodline die out because his son stumbled into a menswear forum, where he spent the bulk of his adult life arguing about pants with teens named Pablo Thriftscobar.

Heard from a colleague in a different department that a candidate they were trying to promote got two identical outside letters because the letter writers both used the same AI prompt to generate them. 🙃

As America ages, millions of unpaid family caregivers are burning out. LDI experts explain how policy change and scaled support programs could help an overburdened population caring for older adults. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4fuk9fa

Ninja Parade Slips By Town Unnoticed Once Again

Adjusted analysis demonstrates lower controller inhaler use in Asian, Black, and Hispanic adults with #Asthma than in White adults, despite accounting for clinical, socioeconomic, and health care access factors. ja.ma/4ektuoP

Brutal grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...

Missing my dad on this Father's day. He was so reliable and funny. A master storyteller. A craftsman. I wish everyone had someone like him in their lives. Call your dad. ❤️

Waiting for clinical teams to order NGS slows down turnaround time by 2 weeks on average. It's time for insurance companies & cancer centers to work together & set up automatic pipelines in these situations, so patients don't have a long anxious wait to start treatment. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

Beginning July 1st, $50/month for Ozempic or Zepbound for all Medicare Part D enrollees sounds great. But here's the truth and it's not very good at all. by @dusetzinas.bsky.social @nejm.org today nejm.org/doi/full/10....

"'Frankly, I was appalled,' said Richard Frank, who served as assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at HHS during the Obama administration." (More on that ASPE "report" on Medicaid work requirements)

"Gas station drug."

THANK you, KTLA

Be ungovernable

Today’s farside

girl me too

Through an innovative program, parents in Senegal had easy access to a therapeutic food that's a boon for malnourished kids. Now there are shortages. Health specialists say U.S. aid cuts are to blame. n.pr/4gjSVbf

Two former ASPEs Glied and Frank comment on ASPE’s Analysis Of Medicaid Work Requirements: Argument By Assumption | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

Great to see this guidance on drug combos. These products are helpful for patients but should still be candidates for negotiation. Win for Medicare and patients to have these reformulation negotiated.

Great to see this guidance on drug combos. These products are helpful for patients but should still be candidates for negotiation. Win for Medicare and patients to have these reformulation negotiated.

4. As Jevin West and I have been saying for several years now, because a seemingly credible message no longer implies a human sender, LLMs will push us toward more emphasis on reputation and status — and as such serve as an anti-egalitarian force in all aspects of society, science included.

big blankie time

The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself? Gina Kolata for @nytimes.com #GiftLink www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/s...

Good editorial on what happened at ADA and the threat of the OMB proposed rule, featuring @sekahn.bsky.social www.celinegounder.com/p/ada-remova...

Our official guide to help you write a public comment on the OMB-2026-0034 is here: zurl.co/XgyzA Submit your comment and take additional actions here: zurl.co/RiDuv #StandUpForScience #OMB #Vought #SaveScience #FundScience

13 years ago today I finished my last round of chemo and radiation for stage 4 throat cancer. My only advice from the experience is for parents: make sure your kids get the HPV vaccine - save them or their partner from having to go through the gauntlet of cancer treatment.

Medical journals should do this, too. Fake citations = 1 year ban on submission for lead and corresponding authors.

Sad events here at #ADA26 - ADA has chosen the side of this administration - pretending it's unsafe to an invited federal speaker to hand out an editorial - over supporting its own leadership who've dedicated countless volunteer hours to the org's right to protest. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...

White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants

New research examines Waymo's California robotaxi trips btw Aug 2023 and Dec 2025. Conclusion: 46% of miles driven involved no one inside the car. That's 40 million miles of deadheading, with Waymo vehicles using road space w/o transporting a human. doi.org/10.32866/001...

FDA today is issuing industry-friendly guidance on gene and cell therapies www.axios.com/2026/06/02/f...

It's inexcusable, and it's remarkable there's not more pushback. Y'know what ETFs like SPY & VOO do when they add a stock? They rebalance by selling all the other stocks in proportion. They are literally changing the rules to take value from shareholders of every S&P 500 company to give it to Musk.

If an inaccuracy has made its way into your doctor's notes because they were using an AI scribe, please email me at [email protected]! I am a health AI reporter and would love to talk to you about this problem!

Dr Wing-Lok Chan #ASCO26 @ascocancer.bsky.social showed a Proactive app-facilitated #pallonc (with digital symptom reported and nursing support) improved QOL and self efficacy. It also reduced hospitalizations. 🤲Caregivers were major users. This is live in @jamanetworkopen.com today

At least 3.5 million people lost SNAP aid amid 'big beautiful bill' cuts, analysis finds www.cnbc.com/2026/05/30/s...

Presenting at #ASCO26 now! Our new study: Bribes from the drug industry can lead oncologists to use WORSE treatments (not just better ones) @ascocancer.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social @dusetzinas.bsky.social @commonwealthfund.org @nihcm.bsky.social @arnoldventures.bsky.social

Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

Proposed regulations from Office of the Management of the Budget will be devastating for science. Fight back by getting informed and writing personalized comments in the Federal Register comment period. Excellent resources from @standupforscience.net fight2win.standupforscience.net

Google had perfected something to the point that its brand name became a common verb and then they decided, wait, let's fuck that up completely.

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

Probably my all-time favorite quote about editing is, some clueless individual asked Martin Scorsese's editor Thelma Schoonmaker how such a nice lady could edit such violent movies, and she replied "Marty's movies aren't violent until I edit them."

The White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. https://scim.ag/43HgW4s

I was just elected to the Council of the University Senate for a three year term. My first legislative proposal will be to charge any University of Chicago faculty member a $3000 fee for any peer-review publication that conflates odds ratios with relative risk