Weekend ACTION ITEM folks

As the world goes more and more to shit, we're thinking about how we can be of service this weekend. To spread some happiness and joy in a world where cruelty and harm are becoming norm. Anger comes with the information we see and hear. But care is what we choose to do with it. Goodnight, all!

This is still relevant! Meetings are ongoing, and NIH review staff have been working tirelessly with reviewers to keep the process moving along. We are grateful for everyone’s hard work and dedication!!!

Over the coming weeks and months, I'll be reporting on the human impact of the Trump administration's new childhood vaccine schedule. I need your help: If you're a parent or a medical professional who administers vaccines, please let me know through this form (no paywall) if you're seeing effects.

Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n... 1/3

🚨🧵🧵🧵🚨 The administration has launched a new initiative targeting Somali refugees in MN, but will likely expand to other refugees here as well. They’re calling it “Operation Post-Admission Refugee Re-Verification and Integrity Strengthening” (PARRIS). www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...

As federal workers,we see the harm a lawless administration inflicts daily. This week ICE Killed another person, Renee Good.Instead of accountability,the administration pushes a false narrative that slanders her memory and insults the public. scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/statement-...

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

It breaks our hearts to have to say that CDC is no longer a source for evidence-based vaccine recommendations. 💔 But we are so proud of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for stepping up to protect kids. ❤️‍🩹 Childhood vaccine schedule from AAP 👇 downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...

Deep sequencing of human brain tissue identifies the probable cell of origin of IDH-mutant gliomas @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Special vigil this week ICE OUT FOR GOOD edition, this Saturday at the NIH Visitor Center at the Medical Center Metro, 10 am, rain or shine (it will be rain). Silent march to Bethesda metro at 11 am.

I agree with Secretary Noem that this was an act of domestic terrorism. However, I disagree about who the terrorist is.

Yes! STOP THE GASLIGHTING! Remember: every accusation is a confession.

As a government employee, my salary, my employment records, my research notes, even my email – all are public record. Meanwhile this upholstery enthusiast thinks that simply revealing the identities of his goons is a crime.

How many of these has he further demonstrated since I wrote this 8 months ago? How many this month? How many today? Remove them all. It's our constitutionally mandated duty.

Director Bhattacharya gave "Grand Rounds" at NIH Clinical Center today. This was not open to the public. Here is a slide that several people shared with me. The second bullet point is "Supporting early-career investigators" 1/5

This weakening of our childhood vaccine schedule nationwide is shocking, unprecedented, and completely unscientific. We strongly encourage families to keep up to date on vaccines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the West Coast Health Alliance...

I would like to note that *BILL KRISTOL* called it with RFK jr. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, welcome to the science tent! Would you like to publicly endorse the @standupforscience.bsky.social articles of impeachment against Bobby, filed on 12/10? Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

Sara Lopez is a 2-year old who is paralyzed due to a rare complication from the flu. Her mother then did something very brave. She said she had not to gotten Sara vaccinated against flu, and is imploring parents not to skip the shot. RFK Jr. removed the flu vaccine for recommendation for kids.

1/ As you've probably heard by now, RFK Jr. unilaterally updated the routine vaccination schedule for children in the United States: routine vaccination now covers 11 diseases instead of 17. This isn’t based on any new data or evidence—it’s purely ideological. So here’s what that means for you 👇

Well-said @labonnelab.bsky.social

With all due respect, @repkimschrier.bsky.social, I want to see you and everyone who signed that letter co-sponsoring the articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. He is going to get your constituents killed. You need to do more than e-sign a letter.

Hear Hear!! And MDs can start by signing to endorse the Articles of Impeachment against RFK Jr., pestering their House Rep, and sharing with colleagues to do the same! Take action here: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr @standupforscience.bsky.social

I re-read @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @jonshaffer.bsky.social's piece in BMJ again. One thing left unsaid is the way powerful doctors-outside of the administration-are propping up this regime, with excuses, outright defense of them and no one, no one has called them out. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

If FEMA matters you , and it should, I’d be calling my senators to make sure they support the senate appropriations bill that preserves FEMA staff. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/c...

The district court injunction that prevented NIH from capping indirects at 15% was upheld today on appeal! www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

In Trump’s unhinged rant yesterday praising the roll back of childhood vaccines, he thanked 4 men by name RFK Jr Jay Bhattacharya Marty Makary Jim O’Neill These men will have a special place in the history of the US anti-vaccine movement RFK Jr’s wildest dreams are coming true, each & every day

This brings us sadness. And shines a light on the truth of the current state of NIH.

Big news! The ruling was 4-1. The court consists of 3 women and 2 men. Three were appointed by the current governor who supported and signed the law. The sole dissenter was Kari Gray who was appointed by the former Governor. www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-cour...

Here is a statement from the California Attorney General's office about the settlement with NIH over grant applications being pulled from review (part of the same trial as the APHA/ACLU suit) I posted about earlier. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially. Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Good morning. Five years ago today, Jan 6, 2021, insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power. Lincoln warned that government “of the people, by the people, for the people” must not perish. @hcrichardson.bsky.social's article is worth a full read today.

This year’s flu has caused the most doctors’ visits in almost 30 years. It’s not too late to get vaccinated.

NIH staff are trying to parse guidance for annual evaluations (aka, PMAPs). Like all of the “efficiency” added to our plates last year, self-assessments have been requested with tight deadlines. Rumor has it that very few will be given superior ratings for 2025.

Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/

The thing that drives me crazy all the time is that we live in a world where you can walk out your back door and see Jupiter. A planet. Just hanging there in the sky like a jewel. Why do people want to make up lies when the truth is amazing and magical.

Ah yes. Those diseases are in such high demand. I’m so glad we rescued measles from being eliminated. It was so unjust. Clearly it deserved to go on murdering and disabling children.

CDC eliminated 6 more childhood vaccines recs today, which will result in preventable deaths. For the 6.6% of us who are immunocompromised, this is an attack on herd immunity (the community protection we depend on to survive). MAHA is a eugenics project. I break down what this means ⤵️

Hey State Department - we did you a solid and reviewed this for DEI wokeness. You’re welcome.

#WednesdayWalkoutsforHealth This week, we stand out for: ⭐️ #CareNotCuts - Protecting the #ACA ⭐️ TRUTH and #SCIENCE guiding #PublicHealth Policy - #VaccinesSaveLives #LynnMA: mobilize.us/s/BNqy16 #CambridgeMA: mobilize.us/s/4k11c7 Or join us from wherever you are!

As always, you can find a great overview of the proposed congressional science funding bills from @alesszimm.bsky.social - updated today with the final bills for science funding for nsf, nasa, noaa, and some other agencies.

Just a couple shots protect you from having to bury your child. THIS ISN’T HARD. VACCINATE!

It’s Meningitis Monday! Meningitis for all! Do you see a pale house? And his name that sat on him was Death. Robert F Kennedy Jr has just decided that our children should not be immunized against several diseases, among them meningitis. Meningitis spreads FAST and kills 1 in 6.

On the theme of international press coverage of US public health, here’s Canada’s take. They’re not wrong. If disinformation spreads like a virus, Canada may want to mask up. Or at least wash its hands frequently. Too bad there’s not a vaccine to protect against malicious policies…

Lung cancer patients who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine within a few months of immunotherapy lived nearly twice as long as unvaccinated patients. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cancer-immunotherapy-mrna-covid-vaccines

The approval of Wegovy pills for weight loss is getting considerable attention. There is an important pharmacological aspect of this drug which is not (in my view) getting as much attention as it deserves. GLP-1 is a modified 30 amino acid peptide! Yet it is orally active. 1/5

The Trump administration has dramatically slashed the childhood vaccine schedule. Medical experts have called the changes "dangerous and unnecessary." Read our analysis of the news and what it means for public health: www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...