Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave. n.pr/4oFYdPL

Have questions about application submissions and missed peer review meetings due to the shutdown??? Check out this notice. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse. aspph.org/department-o...

"An H.H.S. official, who asked for anonymity to speak about a personnel matter, described Dr. Norton as a radical leftist and said she was put on leave because she was criticizing the administration when she was supposed to be working."

Ending my evening with an email to Director Bhattacharya regarding @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social 1/3

A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪

Courage is contagious, and she has been an inspiration to many! It’s time to stand up for @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social!

Welp, reporting back for duty at the ranger station (if the pants still fit). Things have been odd & hard these last 43 days: some rangers working w/ pay, some w/o pay, and some w/ no work & no pay. We’re happy to have folks earning a paycheck and getting SNAP benefits again. #FedStrong

Too much phosphorus can be dangerous for kidney patients. Tell the FDA that just like how food labels now show sodium, sugar, and fat – we need to see phosphorus too.

Many causes for Black maternal mortality crisis, but depression is one factor and not being able to afford diapers can contribute to depression. 💔 Dr. Wendy Wilcox of @nychealthsystem.bsky.social says NYC is handing out "baby boxes" to help. Solutions can be so simple. And so cheap. #ACHJSummit

Live look at NIH SROs today….

Yep. This is what we got. 🙄

Today is World Kindness Day. It can be holding a door open for someone, offering a seat on the bus, or simply checking on the people who have been a part of your life's story. Steve Burns took us on learning adventures & yet came back to check on us later.

Alert for scientists: NIH institute director vacancies are posted! Please apply so we get actual scientists in these positions instead of just political appointees!!!!

Today is world kindness day, and a perfect day to celebrate Fred Rogers and his impact on many of our lives. He shared innumerable wise words with us, many which have stuck with me and guide me even today, and I'd like to share a few of them this morning.

Coming soon! 🌍 #ECDCLighthouse webinar: How can prevention strategies for non-communicable and communicable diseases strengthen each other? 🗓️ 4 December 2025 🕕 13.00-14.00 CET 💻 Online - register here: bit.ly/3WWQL6G #IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #BehaviouralScience #NCD

1/4 Most of us have been experiencing A LOT of stress lately, but what effect does stress have on our body? TL;DR: chronic stress can suppress your immune system and make you more likely to get sick.

1/4: As we prep to head back to the office, we remember the 🍑🎩 at OPM wants federal workers to be traumatized. Many of us are living in trauma everyday. Trauma activates our 🧠’s fight or flight response and we begin noting as many details as possible, even if we don’t realize it.

I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump. I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.

Thank you @27unihted.bsky.social

House Democrats just released Epstein’s emails with new mentions of Trump. And today, Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in could finally make DOJ show us the rest. Sunlight’s coming. ☀️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

The more data sets that are cut, the easier to hide the damage caused by their policies. Knowledge is power, so they're going after knowledge. @standupforscience.bsky.social @500womensci.bsky.social @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info @ucs.org

#AltVet storytime. It’s Veterans Day so I thought I would celebrate by talking about my favorite veteran, my grandpa. He was a WWII era Navy veteran, in a unit we would now call the Seabees, but at that point were called the Construction Battalions (CBs is where we get the Seabees moniker). 1/?

Attention, Maryland #AltCitizens!! Right now we are all begging for people with a strong sense of ethics and a functioning spine to run for literally anything!! Well here you go!! Our very own SSA whistleblower who stood up to DOGE/this regime is running for your State Senate!!!! Go check him out!!❤️

🚨🚨MOMs🚨🚨 a lot has happened since Friday on this recall. I have talked to a lot of ppl and dug deep to bring it all together. I want to ask that you spread this info far and wide. Let’s start here with the latest recall info. www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...

Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well "We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."

Wishing all the Veterans a meaningful day. Thank you for your service and for fighting for our Democracy.

🧪 Adding- Brugge had a 7 yr #NIH #breastcancer grant worth $7 million. It was arbitrarily canceled by Trump. This resulted in slowing down of ongoing projects. Six of her staff have left. This also impacts talented immigrants on work visas, afraid to speak out. www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

🧪This is a must watch. Please watch tonight's episode @60minutes.bsky.social. Joan Brugge is an eminent scientist that was one of the first pioneers of 3D culture in breast cancer. She had two of her grants canceled last spring. We used her protocols to develop our own for our research.

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

Very well done story on 60 Minutes about the harms of grant terminations and freezes at Harvard with Joan Brugge, Don Engbar, David Liu, and a very compelling young cancer patient, now cured with Liu's technology. Transcript and video here www.cbsnews.com/news/researc...

I wrote this in September. I was worried Dems would get nothing from the shutdown. I was later convinced that Dems might get ACA subsidies renewed in exchange for ending the shutdown, and this would be worth the stand-off. If that doesn't happen though: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/democrats-...

This is a very quick break down of what happened in the Senate over the weekend. While I'm more than disappointed that they just took the L on ACA help, it is good to see SNAP & furloughed feds catch a much needed break. Call your reps. Hit @resist.bot. We're not out of the woods yet. Stay loud.

How much could a @schumer.senate.gov Cave cost you? Check the math here👇

The Democratic Party needs new leadership. No more wimps.

My quote of the day I have spent my life fighting for our country and our values. When those values are jeopardized, when our democracy is threatened, I believe it is our responsibility to speak out and demand accountability. Mikie Sherril

“If it gets funded…” Millions of people are waiting on scientific progress to help them live normal lives.

@altairforce.altgov.info is less than 200 follows from reaching an Ask Me Anything (AMA) milestone. Click the follow button and get some questions ready.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social is doing the work here, explaining the complexities of the past hours. Please stay informed as to why actions are taken past the what has happened. Confusion is weakness. Let's take what we learn to those who may have missed it.

A great read on some science history:

And for more intel, national @pbs.org is not lowering their membership fees for ANY member stations, so there is complete fault on both sides of this. Even smaller stations that are in blue states are suffering due to federal funding cuts AND the actions of national PBS. Holding them accountable for

If you’re at Vanderbilt or associated with the Quillen VA, YELL IN MY DIRECTION 😈 It’s time to get political, dorks!

I can’t help but see the historical parallels to the Know Nothing Party of the 1850s. Know nothing Johnson emulates the nativism, bigotry, and feigned ignorance popularized by the party between 1844-1860. May his political death be hastened, yet live long and suffer, he can know nothing in prison.

Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted. liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...

Now online! Longitudinal ultrasensitive ctDNA monitoring for high-resolution lung cancer risk prediction

Through conversations with Congress we have learned that Sec Noem and FEMA’s Senior Official Performing the duties of administrator are MIA when it comes to responding to congressional inquiries. 😳 #TransparencyMatters 1/4

DC federal judge blocks Trump administration from using furloughed employee email accounts to send partisan messages about government shutdown Judge says administration “commandeered” email accounts of federal civil servants storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I understand the pressures, but this is short-sighted. But they get their grants back (for now).

Absolutely this! 👇