The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens. Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important". Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary. substack.com/redirect/169...

Sepsis is a massive health burden worldwide - time to focus on stopping it earlier.

I think Paul Farmer’s key contribution was to consistently highlight that poverty is the most important comorbidity And that preferential option for the poor is how we tackle this deadly comorbidity

If you are interested in support for #NIH funding, the Subcomm hearing on the HHS budget is happening TUESDAY 👇👇

Green-card-holding army vet with a Purple Heart forced to leave US after 50 years due to long-ago drug violation, related to his PTSD. Stories like this do not make me feel safer. Do you? www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g...

The news really sucks today. Instead of boosting a harmful Supreme Court decision, here’s something better: a practical guide on how to support the LGBTQ+ youth in your life. Because they deserve our attention, our protection, and our love. 💖🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ar...

What are some good orgs for trans youth that could use some donations on this awful day? Reply below.

Just donated to the North Texas TRANSportation Network. Please consider how you will help make life a bit better for trans youth in our country. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

At #CCR25, we saw some trials use a #CompositeOutcome (an endpoint that combines more than one outcome into a single measure) & also saw some of the problems these can throw up. I have discussed these before but thought it would be useful to revisit 1/9 #MethodologyMonday #120

Now THIS is following Jesus.

There are thousands of residents who are supposed to start in less than a month in hospitals across the US who cannot enter the country. There is going to be a major staffing crisis across the country but especially in rural and urban hospitals than rely on international medical graduates. #MedSky

ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO

Shadyside. Caller said that her neighbor knocked down a no parking sign with the apparent intention of being able to park in front of her own house. Caller doesn't like this.

“Pregnant women who have #COVID-19 & show symptoms are more likely than nonpregnant women with COVID-19 & symptoms to need care in an ICU, to need a ventilator…, or to die from the illness…. more likely to have a cesarean birth, preeclampsia or eclampsia, & blood clots.” www.acog.org/womens-healt...

The Trump administration on Tuesday accused NC's election board of violating federal law by failing to ensure some voter registration records contained ID numbers. @abreezeclayton.bsky.social @ncdemocrats.bsky.social spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-... spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-...

Pregnant people are not included in many vaccine trials to protect safety During Covid this came into question. Pregnant people were at increased risk, & many died due to delays in vaccinating Excluding pregnant people from vaccine eligibility due to exclusion from RCTs would further the harms

This is atrocious. Unscientific, evil, and will kill people. Anyone want to plan a new vaccine tourism company? I’d be your first client.

American exceptionalism. "United States Appears Set to Skip World Health Assembly while China Sends Over 180 Delegates to Geneva" healthpolicy-watch.news/united-state...

Nearly final CBO score of the GOP reconciliation plan is out. Their bill would cut program spending by $1.5 trillion but spend $312 billion more on defense, ICE, etc., for a total of $1.2 trillion in spending cuts. Plus $3.6 trillion in tax cuts. For a total of $2.4 trillion in higher deficits.

"Project 2025 calls to end telemedicine prescriptions of abortion pills as an “interim step” to revoking mifepristone’s approval altogether. "More than 100 scientific studies have found the medications cited in the paper are safe and effective for ending a pregnancy." Via @susanrinkunas.com

No matter what this Administration tells the American people, the law is very clear: Members of Congress have a legal right to enter any DHS detention facility to conduct oversight without prior notice - something I’ve done twice this year without issue.

NEW — I’ve obtained audio of new acting FEMA head David Richardson threatening staff in an all hands meeting this morning. As first reported by Reuters, he told those who resisted change in the agency, “Don’t get in my way…I will run right over you.” Listen to the clip here:

THIS IS NOT NORMAL Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation #immigration

This is atrocious.

WELKER: Would you rule out military force to take Canada? TRUMP: I think we're not gonna ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland. I'll be honest. With need that for national and international security.

I can no longer do my job as a global health researcher, which requires close collaboration with colleagues outside the US 💔 www.science.org/content/arti...

Indoctrination.

The rollercoaster continues...

‘Fetterman went on to make statements that shocked people. In opposing a cease-fire, he said, “Let’s get back to killing.” A person who heard the conversation told me, “He said, ‘Kill them all.’”’

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yes, more of this please. The churches need to be leading the protests.

Ah it would appear there is footage of police expelling everyone — including credentialed press — from the Rotunda and closing the doors while they arrested Rev. Barber and two others (I appear briefly in the end): vimeo.com/1079534787

Again, they're trying to take away our vaccines. From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains. His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.

⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️‍🌈 ⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr. As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“ #SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth

US Citizens living abroad being denied passport renewals www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjr4h5cv/

WATCH: “We are American citizens. We were denied having our passports renewed at the 🇺🇸 embassy in Dakar (Senegal). This is absolutely asinine.” 🤔

“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.” blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...

My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.

Just *today*: -Arrested a sitting judge -Announced a policy that media must respond to subpoenas re leaked info because it “undermines president Trump’s policies” -Deported a toddler American citizen

Just to be clear, we reached the arresting-judges-and-deporting-US-citizens-without-due-process stage of the slide into authoritarianism today. And the citizens in question included a toddler and a child with cancer who needs treatment in the US.

The FBI arrested Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly instructing an immigrant man who appeared in court to walk into a public area when ICE agents showed up to her courtroom looking to apprehend him.

In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows: An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...

ACLU says another three US citizen children were disappeared from their own country today: www.aclu.org/press-releas...

NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country. Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.

Save the Children, using Lancet figures: Life expectancy 40, was 75.

Travelling to the US soon? CBP has broad authority to search your devices. Whether you're an American citizen or a visitor, here's a guide on how to protect yourself from phone searches at the US border.

One of the most shocking things I have read for a while: t.co/lg46ijHLDF

This is so nuts.