As I was saying…

Evidence-based vaccination recommendations are about more than individual decisions A child infected with measles as a baby “not old enough to be vaccinated at the time of infection” recently died of a complication 💔 Vaccines protect kids who receive them — & infants & others in their communities

Can't publish science without political approval, what could go wrong [🎁]

Today, scientists know that genetics plays a role in many conditions and diseases. But back in the ’90s, geneticist Mary-Claire King was the first to link a gene to an inherited form of a common cancer.

Just received our NHGRI NOA for year 3 of our Pathways in Genomic Data Science training program! 3 months late but I’ll take it! 🎉🎉. Thanks so much to the tireless work from the NIH community!

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters. Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence. These docs show she did not. www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Google today is my jam! Learning about DNA #GoogleDoodle g.co/doodle/q3twree g.co/doodle/q3twr...

Vaccines don't cause autism. What does? Mostly genes. The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.

The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.

The Trump administration, seemingly determined to hobble the NIH, continues to devise new and insidious ways to politicize what has long been considered the crown jewel of US research. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):

When people ask me what gives me hope, my answer is simple: you do. Every person who refuses to look away. Every lawyer who files a brief. Every protester who shows up. Every voter who refuses to surrender their rights. You give me hope—not because victory is certain but precisely because it is not.

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Lisa Cook, Federal Reserve Governor, is a Black woman with exemplary credentials, education and history of accomplishments. Trump has baselessly accused her of mortgage fraud.

Shocking, shocking I tell you - the person they’re trying to force out is a black woman

Really hard to tell what these targets of Trumps attacks and smears have in common Trump says Fed Governor Lisa Cook 'must resign' www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Translation for 🧪 folks: Due to recent court order, OMB has finally released data on its withholding of $ to agencies like NIH, NSF, etc. Including the "footnote" about stopping NIH from spending billions (WSJ story from last month). Explore here: openomb.org More details in next post... 🧵

Great John Oliver segment summarizing the MAHA movement... I'm amazed how they were able to package this into 30 mins. with all that has been afoot (including leveling well-deserved criticisms at "The Food Babe" and Callie Means). 🛟🧪😷 medsky health policy sociology polisky idsky

Now is the time to be curious about our universe, to be imaginative about all its possibilities, including the potential for humans to live in good and sustainable relations with each other and the ecosystems that we depend upon. This is a time of stubborn freedom dreaming.

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

Yes. And more than just "safe and effective": mRNA vaccines are a spectacular breakthrough; they are already providing cures for cancer. As @astrokatie.com noted, mRNA vaccines won the 2023 Nobel Prize. Other nations are salivating at their chance to take over the lead in this game-changing tech.

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share this far & wide. MISINFORMATION at CDC is spreading throughout our country & most people have no clue. Please stay updated & bookmark this page for your health & well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

The Trump administration is blocking funding for a swath of public health programs run by the CDC, the latest flashpoint in a push by the White House to withhold money already approved by Congress www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social

JAMA study finds no increase in adverse events in those who received the mRNA Covid vaccine for the 2024-5 season. #vaccines jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

1.6 million people showed no statistical increase in 29 adverse events after mRNA covid vax jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #MedSky

one cool thing about Scandinavian countries with comprehensive public health insurance is places like Denmark can do a study on… everybody and conclude that yes COVID vaccines are safe

🎉 Congrats @audreyhendricks.com on receiving the 2025 ASHG Education Award! Hendricks is recognized for her contributions to human genetics and genomics education. From founding training programs to mentoring the next generation of scientists, she continues to make a lasting impact on the field.

The Camden County Police Department is showing what community policing should look like. Social workers are now riding alongside officers to address mental health crises, homelessness, and emergencies related to substance use disorder. And it's working. Crisis calls are down 40% since last year.

Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors are tumor cells that can remain dormant for decades — until they one day trigger a relapse. Now, experiments show for the first time these rogue cells can be roused from their slumber by common respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 or the flu.

One might think, oh the fiscal year is only two months. But many of our grants are already delayed by weeks to months and we are on borrowed time as is. This is devastating and heralds darker times ahead.

I am very honored to have received the ASHG Education award! Grateful to work with so many amazing people to provide opportunities to folks that may not have even known that genetics and biomedical research was a career! Lots more work to do, but together we do make a difference!

Huge congrats to @audreyhendricks.com for her 2025 ASHG Educator Award! So incredibly well-deserved.

Special congratulations to our Associate Editors @audreyhendricks.com & Elizabeth Bhoj!! 🥳🥳

UBI would literally save lives.

This news dropped the same day as this marvelous work from UF on a new immunotherapy method that could treat a variety of different cancers. We are so close to life changing, life saving breakthroughs, and ignorant ghouls are throwing it all away www.nature.com/articles/s41...

LLMs are inherently backwards looking. Not even Amazon has solved the "we see you bought a toilet, here's a dozen more toilets you might like" problem in traditional ML models. Even if they were somehow collect new data, they'd only look where they already got data from

It's a bias amplification engine thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...

We each find our way through these times As an academic, I am doing this: Uplift those whose research you admire. Diversify the academy. Many ways to do this: -Nominate for awards (did 2 yesterday) -If you are in an academy, nominate to it (did 3 this month) -cite them in a paper and/or talk

“US health policy: the Senate must act”—our latest Editorial. Read here: tinyurl.com/3wb3vxyu

The Colorado Secretary of State opens an investigation into an apparent attempt by the White House to access CO’s voting machines. This is in addition to the WashPost reporting that the DOJ has requested non-public private voting information from 9 states. @meidastouch.com @legalafmtn.bsky.social

Applications opening soon for the @geneticssociety.bsky.social Human Genome Scholars Initiative! Deadline is Aug 18 for this wonderful two-year program for early career researchers. ashg.org/membership/a... 🧬 🧪

SCOOP: DOGE moved to kill Direct File, the IRS's popular free tax filing tool, days after meeting with private tax filing software lobbyists. www.wired.com/story/doge-d...

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

The Washington Post has the Schnabel story. "A $3.3 million NIH [sole source] contract to a Louisiana company, Argo Chasing, named Trish Duffy Schnabel, the wife of the NIH’s chief operating officer on its list of staff, according to the officials. " 1/

Update on funding curves and late non-competitive renewals. First, funding curves for new and competitive renewals. 1/n

Wondering why #altgovs are changing their banners to show support for EPA? EPA civil servants drafted a public Declaration of Dissent to their Administrator, Lee Zeldin, imploring he recommits to protecting Americans people and environment. Read here: www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...

Genome Sciences is looking for a Director of Departmental Computing. This is a rare opportunity for someone interested in leading our excellent IT team, building and maintaining computational infrastructure, and working closely with our faculty and labs uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat...

Actions mean more than words. And the fact that the new COI rules are not being applied to the new hand-picked Advisory Council on Immunization Practices, speaks volumes. www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/k...