I don't know whether this has been discussed by anyone yet, but the meta-analysis that claims to find a relationship between acetaminophen and autism: ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Here's how it reported the results for the largest study. This study carries massive weight...

NHS guidelines stand In the UK, paracetamol (acetaminophen in USA) is the first choice of painkiller if you're pregnant. It's commonly taken during pregnancy and does not harm your baby www.nhs.uk/medicines/pa...

While I am genuinely concerned for my colleagues who are doctors currently on H1B visas, I acknowledge that I can't make people care about other humans. But American *should* care about the fact that their ability to get medical care WILL be affected by these visa restrictions.

This is the whole goal now for American patriots who love democracy and freedom: generate enough momentum and outrage in the public before Trump, Vought, and Miller consolidate authoritarianism. It’s a race. We can still win. Step up, everyone.

The deadline is today at midnight which means H1B visa holders who are currently out of the US maybe visiting family you name it will not be able to come back in unless their visa sponsor pays the 100K fee. This will impact so many people and disrupt so many lives needlessly .

25% of Drs in US are foreign grads. Many are on an H1B visa. This will hit health systems hard especially rural hospitals and hospitals in underserved areas that sponsor these visas through waiver programs. The old cost was about 5000$ a year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is a horrible horrible idea. Many rural hospitals are struggling/failing as is. It's just damning people in rural areas to less care/no care or best case if the local hospital goes under, a longer drive to care.

If you’ve seen one kid with whooping cough, you will never forget the sound. Vaccines save lives.

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

Stated at ACIP: MMRV isn’t acceptable for kids <4 to prevent measles, mumps, rubella & varicella. ❌ False. MMRV/MMR vaccines are safe & highly effective. Studies show only a very small increase in febrile seizure risk after the 1st dose.

🔬 It’s Day 4 of #FungalWeek25 focusing on histoplasmosis, a common but underdiagnosed fungal infection in the Americas. Researchers at the MRC CMM LATAM Unit are studying: 🌳 Environmental factors 🧫 Fungal biology & virulence 🛡️ Immune response & susceptibility To improve outcomes for communities.

Great news! @msgerc.bsky.social has just launched a new Dr Fungus App. All of the great information that is on the website is now on a (very) easy to use app put together by Matt Pullen. Apple (L) and Google (R) play store QR codes below.

We are looking to hire post-docs to work on T cell responses to M. tuberculosis infection using murine and NHP models. If you know T cells and wanna work on the top global infectious killer check us out. BSL3 experience not required. The NIH intramural program in Bethesda MD is an amazing place!

Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years. Speaks for itself.

Oh Good God: Retsef Levi (ACIP panelist) is an *extreme* anti-vaxxer who wants COVID-19 vaccines WITHDRAWN He now has new powers that "allow him to appoint other panel members, set the work priorities & shape recommendations on who should receive COVID-19 vaccines"😨 www.yahoo.com/news/article...

former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."

RFK Jr. needs to step down now. He is systematically and aggressively making us less safe and more ill pushing aside any brave professional that refuses to go along with his nonsense.

ALSOBROOKS: Did you receive a call from the secretary upon reports an active shooter at CDC HQ had shot at employees? MONAREZ: I did not speak to the secretary on the 8th or any successive day A: So are you telling me the HHS secretary failed to even give you a courtesy call? M: He didnt call me

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

Dr. Houry calls on RFK Jr. to resign:   "After seeing his Senate Finance testimony and the number of misstatements, seeing what he has asked our scientists to do and to compromise our integrity, and the children that have died under his watch, I think he should resign."

Just got back from getting Covid and flu vaccines for the family

We have 2 vaccines that prevent cancer, the HBV vaccine that prevents hepatitis B related liver cancer and the HPV vaccine that prevents cervical cancer and other HPV associated cancers. On Thursday, RFK.JR's ACIP will attack one of these vaccines (HBV) and restrict access to it. Let that sink in!

PSA: If you haven’t yet, it may be a good idea to get your COVID shot this week. Reports suggest that CDC may further restrict COVID vaccine access to people aged 75 and up, unless you have an condition. The committee that advises the CDC on vaccines meets this Thursday.

Happening now! IDSA is part of 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research. Join us NOW as scientists, researchers, and advocates showcase successes in HIV research and call for an end to federal budget cuts and project terminations. Watch the livestream: https://bit.ly/41WAMbF

Horrible idea. Will cause infection of children with hepatitis B across the US and result in unnecessary death and disability.

I am deeply saddened and angered by news that more NIH RIFs may happen next week. This is unacceptable, especially after NIH staff have worked nights & weekends to dig out from the backlog created by this admin's incompetence. Tell your Congress people NIH needs its staff to keep delivering cures

#SAVEAIDSRESEARCH 🔈 Join us TOMORROW, September 16th, starting at 11:00 ET, for a 24-hour livestream to #SAVEAIDSRESEARCH. I'll be hosting hours HOURS 4 (2-3p ET),5 (3-4p ET), and 23 (9a-10a ET). Join us on Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UClT... Read more here: saveaidsresearch.org

It has been a winding road to get here but I feel incredibly fortunate to have received two large NIH awards in the past week or so - both with collaborators outside of the US.

Critics of newborn hepatitis B shots overlook why the CDC adopted the policy, and how cases dropped 99% after universal vaccination began www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/n...

Abstracts, Clinical Conundrums and FungArt for the Fungal Update conference in London (March 2026) are all now open for submission: mycologyconference.co.uk/abstracts/

The proposed cuts to the Ryan White program could lead to 75,000 new HIV infections in the US in the next five years #IDSky

If you're a reporter, please stop referring to RFK Jr and his cronies as "vaccine skeptics." They're not skeptical. Skepticism would be fine. Skeptics look at evidence and can be persuaded. These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.

Once Donald Trump gets the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law – what comes next?

RFK Jr is dismantling public health as we speak. He must resign. Thanks @theatlantic.com for this excellent summary of the damages caused thus far. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Aside from the incredibly flimsy evidence claiming a link between ASD and acetaminophen use in pregnancy, there is something remarkably cruel about effectively trying to restrict one of very few pain medications that are known to be safe in pregnancy.

The medical community understands that vaccines are safe, effective & have led to the elimination of polio, measles & small pox. Secretary Kennedy does not. President Trump must ask for his resignation.

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

This claim that RKF Jr. continues to make about childhood vaccines not being tested in placebo-controlled trials is total BS. All vaccines that are recommended have been studied in placebo-controlled trials. cidrap.umn.edu/adult-non-fl...

RFK Jr. must resign.

Wyden: This isn’t about you and me, this is about kids being put in harms way by reckless and repeated decisions to get scientist and doctors out of the way and allow conspiracy theories to impact American healthcare.

To be clear there are no credible scientists/doctors supporting RFK and amazingly, every day I have >5 hallway conversations with different people bemoaning what he's doing to HHS. I have had not heard anyone defend his record. He is hurting us all, systematically and rapidly.

Our public schools went back to school today with heavy hearts. We can’t resign ourselves to believe that our little ones can’t be safe from guns in what should be the safest possible environment.

I had to see it for myself after a colleague told me about this- the University of Minnesota hosting a webinar on "Border Patrol Agent Recruitment". Stop fentanyl! Provide humanitarian aid! (nothing about renditions, kidnapping, profiling, etc) I can't believe my University is promoting this 😳🤬😱

Don't forget, the "tough on crime/ eliminate Medicare/Medicaid watse, fraud, and abuse" president commuted the sentence of the grifter who stole $87 million from Medicare. Every action, including the National Guard deployments, are performative and self-serving.

Has anyone checked if every sitting DFL legislator would vote for an assault weapons ban?

Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

It shouldn't be up to American children to save each other from getting shot. It's the job of American adults to stop shootings from happening in the first place. Ban assault weapons again now.

Gun violence is the #1 cause of death among children in this country. This is a policy choice made by people who hypocritically profess to be “pro-life,” the same people who have increased maternal mortality and refuse to feed children or provide them healthcare. We don’t have to live like this.

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.

We are the only developed country where mass shootings happen on a regular basis. It doesn’t have to be this way.