DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.

Based again on zero evidence of harm and no public discussion, they want to take away protections for our kids.

New story in STAT with data about Early Stage Investigators www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n... 1/4

Tuberculous meningitis is often fatal, and current therapies need to be improved. In the HARVEST phase 3 trial, high-dose rifampin plus standard treatment was assessed. Full trial results: nej.md/49iiDsQ #MedSky #NeuroSky #IDSky

House Republicans are now canceling Friday votes. Congress will recess for the rest of the year on Thursday afternoon. Obamacare subsidies expire Dec. 31.

Trial of High-Dose Oral Rifampin in Adults with Tuberculous Meningitis Congratulations to David Meya, Fiona Cresswell, @natebahrid.bsky.social @drboulware.bsky.social & co on this important trial No mortality benefit to high dose rifampin in adults with TB meningitis www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"

Trump announces his golden ballroom may now cost $400 million, which is double the original estimate of $200 million. This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.

Trump just endorsed a post calling for the arrests of Chris Wray and Merrick Garland. There's almost no media coverage of the sitting president supporting the arrest of a former FBI director and former Attorney General.

Tap tap tap. Does this work? @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is serves the people. Not the political will. We are #scientists. #NIHStrong #imwithjenna #BethesdaDeclaration

Can't pass ACA extensions but don't worry. We're going to probe whether Lyme disease is a US bioweapon instead.

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

1. Measles is ravaging South Carolina. Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine. In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine

NEW: After freezing billions in U.S. foreign aid and putting countless lives at risk around the world, Trump administration officials in Washington celebrated with a sheet cake. By @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy, photos by @peterdicampo.bsky.social

ICE is conducting terror operations. This is police state stuff.

Measles cases in the US: 2020 - 13 cases 2025 - 1912 cases so far and 3 deaths This is a 147x increase. There's no spin DHHS can put on this explosion of measles cases that will make this justifiable or acceptable.

Dear neighbor, This morning, ICE surrounded a construction site with Latino workers in this dangerously cold weather. One worker had to leave in an ambulance because they were forced to stay on the roof of the construction site as ICE attempted to kidnap them. 1/

"The current leadership lacks the bedside experience necessary to understand the damage these confusing messages send to real families," said IDSA President Ronald Nahass, MD, MHCM, FIDSA, warning of the implications of the December Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting.

RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

It’s been a busy day, but I want to draw your attention to this critically important paper by @jonshaffer.bsky.social and colleagues. In it, they show that since its strict abortion ban was enacted, Texas has seen a significant increase in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies.

The ACIP decision to discontinue the recommendation for a universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccine will cause harm. As the federal government continues to fail children's health, families can rely on our nation's physicians to continue to put children's health first.

It’s very important & relevant that doctors continue to make clear that standard of care has not changed & that we continue to recommend vaccines to our patients We need a loud & exciting education campaign to reshare the good news about vaccines & fight back against all the lies & disinformation

Grateful for the clear messages coming from @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social @apha.org

What does this mean? It means that RFK Jr and his goons have decided to withhold a lifesaving (Yup) vaccine from infants. The impact will go on for decades even if it were to be reversed by a future panel that actually cares about evidence and public health. ACIP, at this moment, is a SHAM.

ICE Arrest Data Shows Vast Majority of Immigrants Arrested Have No Criminal Record www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Twelve former FDA Commissioners take Vinay Prasad to task!

The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses. n.pr/48yohW6

The hepatitis B birth dose is safe, effective, and a critical shield against lifelong infection. Delaying it puts infants at risk for preventable, chronic HBV. Universal newborn vaccination saves lives and remains essential public health practice. #HepatitisB #VaccinesWork #IDSky

‪Ryan Marino:‬ Hepatitis B infection in infancy (almost half of all HepB is caught in childhood) is associated with a 90% chance of becoming a chronic infection, and is highly likely to progress to liver failure and liver cancer. Vaccinating at birth has reduced this by 99%

I wonder when the last time Tom Emmer has been in the twin cities outside of the airport. This is racist garbage and a bunch of lies. He doesn't represent us (as a rep, or a Minnesotan).

Data supports current US policy of hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, as officials push for change. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

@aatishb.bsky.social got me on the record. “My colleagues did an outstanding job to work their butts off to approve things.” I swear it's true. It's still true at #NIH.

Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours. She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump. Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.

Gift article about the across-the-board *slowdown* in federal funding for science - on ALL the topics. But especially for up-and-coming scientists. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 🎁

To put this in context, I was offered a teaching track job in 2023 that had a salary of $55,000.

The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool. The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code. They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.

A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds: “These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.” s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...

Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.) RTs appreciated.

Perhaps the thousandth offense that should lead to his firing...he's killing us.

Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. By @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...

Public trust is not a renewable resource. Our health agencies must be unwavering in their commitment to evidence, transparency, and integrity. Anything less jeopardizes the public’s ability to make informed decisions and ultimately puts more people at risk.

Nothing to see here, folks! (No really, there’s literally nothing to see.)

RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language. Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.” Note the language in second photo.

NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation. The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate. The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia. Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer. A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro www.propublica.org/article/andr...

They don’t care about ordinary folks. Just their corporate buddies.

Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans. > 74 thousand trial participants affected jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/4

Performance of Diagnostic Tests for Histoplasmosis Across Clinical Syndromes and Immune Statuses ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 https://bit.ly/49TfsIJ

The logical answer to having too few meat inspection facilities in your state is clearly to just start selling uninspected meat

NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say. Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration. Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".