❌ Flimsy research ❌ Dodgy “experts” ❌ Misleading test subjects ❌ Small sample sizes Not all scientific studies are the same. Here are eight simple rules to help you separate the good science from the bad: bit.ly/3KbH4ON

Oncology nurse here. Leucovorin is a drug critical to safe administration of life-saving cancer treatment (colon cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, toname a few). We've experienced very severe shortages in the past. Please, just no.

The Facts Behind Claims on Autism and Tylenol www.factcheck.org/2025/09/the-...

So the same group that claims that more randomized trials are needed for vaccines (which have already been subjected to randomized trials) now wants to change the FDA label for leucovorin to include autism without a trial, or even much evidence at all, demonstrating its benefit. 🤔

🚨 Tornado Warning issued September 22 at 6:11PM EDT until September 22 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI 🚨 Additional Details Here.

Want to be able to start micro-editing on Wikipedia in a few minutes – and know why you could be very glad you did? Then my new post @plos.org is just what you need! absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/09/21/w... #Wikipedia

Free speech and fearless I to thee allow.

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Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Two babies have died of Whooping cough in Louisiana, a vaccine preventable disease. All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn. This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3 #medsky #pedsky🛟😷

I remember years when there were flu shot shortages and the news coverage seemed to drive demand even higher. Maybe the news about today’s ACIP votes, and the word in recent weeks that some people are being denied the COVID vaccine, will drive demand higher too. We can only hope.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

This #SuicidePreventionMonth, let’s build a world where people feel safe to speak up & take care of their mental health. Everyone deserves to find healing & be heard. The State’s OK2SAY site offers ways to confidentially share concerns about safety. Mi.gov/ok2say

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

This photo is making the rounds on social media and some have asked if it's legit. It is. As the curator of a new exhibit on U-M medical history that opens this weekend, I wanted to share a link showing that it was taken by a LIFE magazine photographer: www.life.com/animals/anim... #IDsky

Looks like the suspect in the stabbing near the Univ of Michigan medical campus has been arrested. Also looks like the U-M public safety folks have joined Bluesky - give them a follow but also make sure you’re signed up for their emergency alerts!

New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social umichmedicine affiliate Lauren Gerlach Donovan T. Maust in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society The National Dementia Workforce Study: Methods for Surveying Community Clinicians Who Provide Care to People With Dementia myumi.ch/P3AW7

ICYMI: Anand Parekh has joined @umichsph.bsky.social as inaugural chief health policy officer AND will serve as IHPI’s faculty advisor for policy engagement & external relations. We’re excited to welcome Dr. Parekh and look forward to his guidance on key initiatives: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

This is what happens without vaccinations. The ducks are adorable. The hospitalized child with a respirator is tragic. And now preventable.

Just gave to @michiganpublic.bsky.social in order to get my “I support the 1st Amendment” tote bag. And not a moment too soon. www.michiganpublic.org/station-news...

Infectious diseases change history.

If you are 65+ and thinking about getting a coronavirus shot, this week might be your best opportunity. Right now, the FDA has approved updated vaccines for that age group. But it’s possible it could get much tougher to get those shots next week. 1/3

NEW Researcher Profiles in Altmetric Altmetric tracks research items and where they are mentioned or cited online. Searching by researcher name wasn't a feature unless you imported your own from a repository or CRIS Today we are launching a global researcher search feature. 1/5

This graphic shows about two-thirds of all antibiotic drug classes were developed during the "Golden Age of Antibiotics" from the early 1940s through the mid-1960s. Since 1970, just 8 new classes of antibiotics have been approved. ourworldindata.org/golden-age-a... (by @scientificdiscovery.dev)

I’ve been working really hard on this @umich.edu medical history exhibit and it opens at the Ann Arbor historical museum Saturday! Come see it during public open hours or arrange a free private group visit! #histmed www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release...

Interesting…will this extend to stem cell injection clinics, storefront IV “clinics” and supplement marketing too?

Has cash in hand helped moms and babies in Flint? What new research says Two new research papers from leaders of Rx Kids sheds light on how the cash aid program is associated with fewer evictions and better birth outcomes.

Get your Covid shots now, folks. wapo.st/47IvcNM

A US senate subcommittee was told this unpublished vaccine study was 'the most important ever.' Henry Ford Health now confirms why it was never published: it failed scientific standards. Here's what's actually wrong with the study: jakescottmd.substack.com/p/why-the-senates-most-important-vaccine

With Medicaid work requirements on the horizon in 40 states, our director John Ayanian writes today in @nejm.org about what state agencies, health systems, researchers and community organizations should be doing now: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

Warming up my hand muscles for applying dozens of temporary tattoos on health services researchers and their significant others and offspring….

The governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina on Friday joined the growing list of Democratic officials who have signed orders intended to ensure most residents can receive COVID-19 vaccines at pharmacies without individual prescriptions. https://to.pbs.org/47GDllP

Some 154 million people in the United States get health care through their employer — and for many, their costs are about to go way up.

Structural support 🗝️“If you want to influence health in a nation... investing in supporting mothers and infants is one of the most effective strategies and provides the greatest return on investment. So anything that threatens that is going to have impacts on health.” 19thnews.org/2025/09/gove...

Update on Novavax COVID vaccine availability from a New York Times reporter: they haven’t been shipped out yet but the supplier plans to ship next week.

Just 1 in 4 Americans believe RFK Jr/Trump administration restrictions to vaccine access sare based on science, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds www.reuters.com/business/hea...

What is SSPE? Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is one of the most feared complications of measles. It is rare, but always devastating: a progressive, fatal brain disorder that emerges years after a seemingly normal recovery from measles. 🧵 www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

In Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan’s second-largest city, 83 percent of all gun deaths were suicides. While these victims were mostly white men, the rest were homicides of Black victims. This underscores how gun violence takes two forms — in a local context and in a broader national reality.

Compelling thread.

Reporters—learn more about how to look for evidence, ask advice of an outside expert, spot red-flag terms, and understand who could stand to gain from a claim with this tip sheet we created with @theopennotebook.bsky.social. bit.ly/43nYoaN #SciComm #journalism

🚨 Breaking news!! Our new publication in Am J Psychiatry shows veterans who received incentives to stay in recovery from stimulants like meth & cocaine had a 41% lower risk of death from all causes compared to those who didn’t. Find out more! ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...

On this day in 1935: Eleanor Roosevelt helps dedicate Detroit housing project. michiganadvance.com/briefs/on-th...

For those worried about barriers to vaccine access, you can leave public comments for the Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Comments submitted online are due by Sept. 13. Link: www.regulations.gov/docket/CDC-2.... Scroll down and click on the “Comments” bar. Pls share.

David Baltimore passed away this weekend. A pioneer of molecular virology who won the Nobel prize in medicine & physiology for his discovery of viral reverse transcriptase. This essay he wrote in 2018 reflecting of his 60yr career in science is a great read. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Jerome Adams, who served as US surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first administration, is calling for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired as controversy continues to swirl over his handling of vaccine approvals. https://cnn.it/47s9lKt

In early 2021, I joined a few Facebook groups for Michigan residents seeking the COVID vaccine, when it was scarce and not available to all. Those groups are coming in handy again. The reports of varied experiences in finding the updated shot and being allowed to get it are already pouring in.

State-by-state #healthpolicy works for many things, but not for protecting us all from contagious diseases. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Saying the nation was "duped" by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a U-M doctor is building a coalition in Michigan to counteract his vaccine policies. Dr. Pamela Rockwell wants to empower Michigan's medical institutions to "refuse to capitulate to sham science and quackery ... proposed" by Kennedy Jr.

Acetaminophen/Tylenol use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. This suggests associations observed in other, less rigorous analyses may have been attributable to familial confounding (aka erroneous finding):