Unidos somos América.

Otay Mesa "Detention Center" (prison camp) in San Diego, CA: lataco.com/captive-loti...

NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress. “She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me. But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

“What motivates Trump? The answer is simple: racism,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “You might also say ego and raw self-interest, but the two are connected.”

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.

Former FDA commissioner Robert M. Califf: HHS leadership is focused on policy-based evidence, not evidence-based policy. Personal experience and observation are no replacement for outcomes data. www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/a... via @statnews.com

Controversial Danish vaccine research group faces new allegations | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH research is in the red zone. $561M in grants for cancer and heart disease is frozen, and 304 trials are defunded. Vacancies in 15 director roles create a leadership gap that stalls medical progress here in the US. #MedSky 🛟 #AcademicSky

I strongly encourage everyone to read these two pages from Bernard E. Trappy, M.D., for Minnesota Physician Voices. In brief, this NEJM article describes #physicians' observations and experiences in the wake of ICE's occupation and mass operations in Minnesota. www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... (1/5) 🧪

Global #FoodEthics & Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Whole Milk, Widespread Collapse, SNAP, Scaling Up Aquaculture, Women Farmers in Guatemala, Farmers Share Challenges, Coping Strategies, Satellite Data, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...

AI Agents do not possess intentions or goals and draw their abilities from large swathes of human communication...“It is still worth studying because it tells us something important about how people imagine AI, what they want agents to do...” Neves adds. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots. Advisory committee panelists have said — contrary to scientific consensus — that they believe the Covid shots are dangerous and should be taken off the market. They are also reviewing research on vaccines for pregnant women. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/h...

2-pronged approach to make it harder to get an abortion - 1) undermine Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers by questioning their credibility and block their funding. 2) try to ban mifepristone in part by saying it’s unsafe (despite ample evidence). theconversation.com/federal-and-...

‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." … She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’

Imagination isn’t just for humans, this famous ape shows. Kanzi, a bonobo studied for his language skills, understood make-believe objects. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Can Emerging Pain Management Options Help Surgeons Avoid Prescribing Opioids? - w comments from our Travis Rieder | ACS www.facs.org/for-medical-...

Navigating “Wicked” Disagreement in Public Health - By Safura Abdool Karim, Ruth Faden, Anne Barnhill, Virginia Brown, Jeff Kahn, Nancy Kass, Anna Mastroianni, Stephanie Morain, Vardit Ravitsky, and Reed Tuckson | AJPH ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

Georgia Fort: I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next? | New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...

44th David Barap Brin Lecture in Medical Ethics - Norman Fost, MD, MPH, "Cases That Changed Us: How One Patients Can Lead to Widespread Change" - Thurs, Feb 12, 4p ET. Join in person: Hurd Hall, Johns Hopkins Hospital or via livestream. Link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/y61ihduu...

Immigrants Saved American Taxpayers More Than $14 Trillion: New Report - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/immigrants-s...

Biological data governance in an age of AI. Tailored access controls on new viral data would reduce misuse risks. | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

deployed officers include nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and other medical professionals. A growing number say these ICE assignments are not what they signed up for. Life-threatening delays in getting medicine and care to detainees, chaotic screenings, and overcrowded yet understaffed conditions...

Native Bio has made the @nytimes.com for the second time. The #IDsov movement is a tidal wave....and a solution for these difficult times. “We are at a fork in the road. Do not choose hate & do not choose unsustainability.” ~ 21st Century Maxim, Author Unknown www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...

The Only Thing That Will Turn Measles Back: A rebound in vaccination—which may depend on government support | The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

On Trump's orders, the National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"

Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | No Mental Imagery, Consciousness, Non-Invasive BCI, What Counts as a Mind? In Love with a Machine? Ethics of Ant Afu, Not the Time to Defund Fetal Tissue Research, Halted Gene Therapy Trial, Safeguarding Genomic Data, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...

Trump admin is making energy more expensive (and dirtier) by blocking hundreds of wind and solar projects nationwide. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...

Open-source AI tool beats giant LLMs in literature reviews — and gets citations right. Researchers can deploy the cheap and transparent model on their own computer system. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - MBE Q&A, New Events, Parents Rejecting Lifesaving Shots, FDA & Psychedelic Treatment, AI Renewing Prescriptions, Grant Cuts, Shadow CDC, Falling Off a Financial Cliff, Wonder Drug Plaguing Sports, Exit from WHO, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

trump's America: A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children - “It’s like living in fear all the time,” a teenager said about the federal raids that have shattered families. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims. Experts worry RFK Jr’s Health Department will use an internal AI tool to analyze vaccine injury claims in a way that furthers his anti-vaccine agenda. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/hhs-is...

It is good that this research funding has been approved, but I have ongoing concerns regarding if/how this funding will be allocated. Federal funding agencies are compromised. | Trump tried to gut science research funding. Courts and Congress have rebuffed him. www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

NIH rolls back red tape on some experiments — spurring excitement and concern. Some human research will no longer be classified as a clinical trial, easing the paperwork burden, but not everyone agrees with the approach. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive theconversation.com/ice-and-bord...

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:

Nature Editors: Now is not the time to defund human fetal tissue research - Hindering studies involving fetal tissue will impede the development of the alternatives intended to replace it, while slowing the search for new medicines. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

They weren't rookies The two federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti had a combined 20 years of experience with BP or CBP, and simmered in a toxic culture with an absurd crime rate that must be erased, not "reformed" My new column on what really killed Alex www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

What Do You Get When You Put a Mummy Through a CT Scan? - Experts are using high-res scanners and 3-D printers to illuminate ancient ailments and injuries. | The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...

These states voted to protect abortion rights. Conservative lawmakers are not standing down. A trial in Missouri illustrates how hard it is to restore abortion rights, even when voters demand it. | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Palantir Touts $2 Billion in Revenue from Aiding Trump Administration's 'Unusual' Operations. Whether the efforts targeted immigrants or transgender people, Palantir was there to supply the technology in 2025. gizmodo.com/palantir-tou...

#Bioethics Seminar (via Zoom): Nagla Rizk, PhD, "What is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa". Mon, Feb 9, Noon EST. Open to all. Join us online, link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

Wow so it turns out you can just… use the coercive power of the state to try to protect people from tech sociopathy

Well, I guess he didn't like looking weak in the NYT, so now he's demanding a billion dollars again 🤷🏿‍♂️ www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

OpenAI-backed firm to use ultrasound to read minds. Does the science stand up? Spin-out Merge Labs aims to rival Elon Musk’s brain-chip company Neuralink. But researchers say the technology is still at an early stage. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I sincerely hope that Harvard maintains its resistance and that other schools take note. | Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

The NIH employee behind The Bethesda Declaration, a scathing public critique of the Trump admin’s cuts to biomedical research, sought whistle-blower protections, saying her superiors had retaliated against her by putting her on “nondisciplinary administrative leave.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...