Thanks, Gregg. It is a blessing to be able to help and to get to know so many outstanding people who are committed to facts and who have principles for which they are willing to stand.

Something you might note about this Nobel Prize article is there's a side bar on women and the Nobel Prize: www.snexplores.org/article/nobe... Noting how few women have won science prizes. My editor asked me hey: what are the stats for Black scientists? There is no sidebar....

Gotta wonder what values bright him to HSPH… bsky.app/profile/hsph...

Judge Cote went all reviewer 2 on your whole crew, “Cote said all five of the experts who testified in the unsuccessful lawsuit against Kenvue “have not served to enlighten but to obfuscate the weakness of the evidence on which they purport to rely and the contradictions in the research.”” Oof!

Hi there @deanbaccarelli.bsky.social How about committing to donating that 150k, as well as the firehose of money coming your way in the inevitable glut of upcoming lawsuits spurred by your work, to a worthwhile Autism cause?

The Harvard School of Public Health’s dean says he charged $150,000 because it took him 200 hrs to prep to be a witness—so he charges…wait for it…750 per hour 😳 The judge ruled: “He cherry-picked & misrepresented study results & refused to acknowledge the role of genetics in the etiology” 🤯

Highly normal. Nothing to see here, folks.

When times are tough and we’re stressed out, we have to take extra care to not make other people’s lives unnecessarily hard, especially if they don’t have the freedom to easily avoid us (e.g., employees, students, family). Don’t let your shit roll downhill

Worse, it seems he was in contact with and maybe even encouraging administration officials in making unfounded claims that harm pregnant ppl by seeding doubt about a necessary medication. An administration which pulled so much funding from HSPH barely still exists! hsph.harvard.edu/news/funding...

Thanks to @epiellie.bsky.social for this clear and beyond fair review of this hot mess of a paper! epiellie.substack.com/p/time-to-re...

As an @hsph.harvard.edu alum (SM & ScD in reproductive epidemiology) I’m absolutely horrified by Dean Baccarelli’s choices. What an absolute disgrace. He should resign immediately.

Yes please!

I had a patient I used to take care of when I was running a school-based health center…she died at age 19 from an asthma attack. She was in her second semester of her freshman year of college. One of the sweetest, smartest kids I knew from that job-gone b/c she couldn’t afford the meds.

As an @hsph.harvard.edu alum (SM & ScD in reproductive epidemiology) I’m absolutely horrified by Dean Baccarelli’s choices. What an absolute disgrace. He should resign immediately.

Baccarelli acted irresponsibly here and really is not fit for the Dean's position at Harvard Public Health. If he did 200 hours of actual work reviewing literature then he would have known that he could not claim any causal relationship involving Tylenol.

“Don’t look for certainty in the science of uncertainty- it’s like looking for snow in the dessert” - Nicola Orsini ending his talk on statistical thinking in public health #episky

One of the most common traits amongst RFK Jr's lackeys - Bhattacharya, Makary, Prasad - was their regular habit of disgusting misogyny on social media. Dismissing COVID-induced chronic illness, mocking disabled women, female journalists and scientists, etc etc. So this isn't surprising.

Serving on the Vaccine Integrity Project Scientific Team @cidrap.bsky.social alongside so many epidemiology/medicine/public health colleagues is an honor and a daily reminder of the commitment that so many of us have made to shining a light on the rigorous evidence we all need to protect our health.

U.S. intelligence has removed "T" from "LGBT" in their reports - including those intended to warn of threats to the community. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-disap...

Agreed. This from a folate researchers is excellent for ASD parents who want to understand the cerebral folate hypothesis, and what studies are underway, and why they should NOT buy the supplements or get a MTHFR test this week: kcklatt.substack.com/p/folate-and...

I hate these people.

Not only has Trump never mentioned the CDC shooting (incl. killing of Officer Rose) but RFK Jr almost immediately went back to demonizing CDC employees and spreading the same disinformation that motivated the shooter. It's not hard to get the underlying message being sent to CDC employees...

It was Officer David Rose. He worked for the DeKalb County Police Department. He deserves a lot more praise and recognition than he is receiving. My wife worked at the CDC for 30+ years until her retirement a couple of years ago. All of us here in Atlanta appreciate Officer Rose.

The absolutely predictable thing that will happen is that lots of Dems will denounce the violence at the ICE facility in a way that largely did not occur with the attack on the CDC among Republicans. bsky.app/profile/atru...

It is too early to know what motivated the shooter in Dallas, but it is not sustainable for government officials to selectively emphasize that some forms of political violence are bad, but others barely merit a mention. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

RfK Jr. did not call the head of the CDC at the time, but ordered her back to DC to lecture her about how awful CDC employees were. The shooter shared RFK Jr's views. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

A police officer was killed in the attack on the CDC by an antivaxxer. Trump did not mention it. Use this as a benchmark to compare how the Trump administration responds to an attack on an ICE facility to judge which federal employees are deemed worth protecting. abcnews.go.com/US/1-week-af...

In news that the HHS should be shouting from the rooftops: Availability of the RSV vaccine for pregnant people and RSV shots for infants lead to a 50% reduction in RSV-associated hospitalization of newborns during the last year! 🥳 Spread the good word, folks! #Episky

Probably my favorite of all biases: highly sneaky, can massively change effect estimates, and involves immortality! OTOH, it’s tricky to explain and wrap your head around. @epiellie.bsky.social does a great job of making this as straightforward as possible!

Today's post is all about how a badly designed study can make it look like people live forever. And how, if you only apply this to one group, you can essentially guarantee any study result you want. 😬 open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

All September, I'm explaining common research biases. Today is detection bias. Which is so simple even Trump understands it! Read here: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

You: want to do a target trial emulation or other observational study design but don’t know where to start. Me: available to consult.

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

Well, idk about you, but tbh that press conference was even worse than I was expecting. open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

Today's E is for Epi reveals the one weird trick that prevents all illness! Check it out here👇 open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

Maybe I sound like a health journalist snob saying this, but I still think part of the COVID communication mess was that every journalist -- even sports & entertainment reporters -- were suddenly expected to act as health reporters, many of them without the appropriate background.

Maybe leucovorin is effective for some people with autism. Seems like it would be a good idea to do a sizable RCT before changing the FDA indication. Where's Vinay Prasad now?

I'm sorry to post this so sooner after the timeline cleanse. But wtf. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/h...

jokes like this reinforce and spread addiction stigma, and that stigma is a huge reason why they successfully gutted public health work addressing addiction and overdoses. and it’s why they’re targeting adhd medications next. this isn’t funny. it’s harmful

Treating those deficiencies did not “cure my autism”, it treated my anaemia which means that my symptoms of anaemia. Which was manly fatigue, & fatigue leads to cognitive difficulties So yeah a kid might have a reduction in perceived symptoms of Autism, but in reality they’re not as fucking tired!

Fun fact: Doctor Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, close friend of Trump and RFK Jr., and self-admitted fraudulent supplement huckster, sells multiple forms of leucovorin through his supplement company, iHerb, which he didn’t divest when taking his federal gov role.

As People Mag Points out, a treatment for autism Dr. Oz just announced Trump’s FDA is approving is sold by a supplement company owned by… Dr. Oz. people.com/what-is-leuc...

American Psychiatrist Association Statement on White House Announcement on Autism

This is a big deal.

Hep B is transmitted vertically (from parent to child) & via fomites (it lives on surfaces for hours, & if you know anything about (drooly) children, you can see how they'd contract Hep B). Even if it was sexually-transmitted, a preventative vaccine is still a good idea. See also: the HPV vaccine!

🎯 When Trump said, “There’s no harm in not taking it,” that was incredibly inaccurate, as we know that fevers can cause birth defects and even fetal death. It’s yet another reason why health recommendations 1️⃣ should come after careful & sufficient study 2️⃣ should come from actual health experts.

The president's recommendations could put children in harm's way. Even if clinical guidance does not change, pregnant people risk hurting themselves and their children when they run fevers and do not treat them. This is a completely avoidable & self-inflicted public health crisis in the making.

good reminder that while many of us on here know this stuff is nonsense, most people around the world don’t know much about it. and many will hear this misinfo from usgov and other media platforms they trust for reliable health information. it’s so dangerous