Republicans. REPUBLICANS. Not Democrats.

Trump's sham solutions & false promises to the autism community are particularly galling when his administration is at the same time making deep cuts to the research & services that actually matter to autistic individuals & families. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

CDC reports highlight 2024-25 flu season's deadly impact on US kids The reports provide more detail on the deadliest flu season for US children in more than a decade. www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...

UK to offer to pay more for some drugs to appease Trump, pharma groups, FT reports reut.rs/3IE1qzu

As I wrote in @jhppl.bsky.social (read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...) and in my forthcoming book (pre-order it now! www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...), prior authorization is a big source of administrative burden in health care. If AI tools yield wrongful denials, this will hurt patients & doctors.

A movement to protect Americans from medical debt has shifted to the states since the Trump administration halted federal rules enacted by former President Joe Biden. Outcomes are mixed. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

Let me be clear. As someone who has been professionally involved with the biodefense / biosecurity sector for nearly 20 years, and has worked on biological risk analysis for Covid-19 since early 2020, reducing one's risk of being infected is not health anxiety. It's just smart.

While this administration holds a theatrical press conference spreading alarmist disinformation about autism and Tylenol, it’s also quietly telling physicians to ignore what they say.

This point right here from @drugmonkey.bsky.social should be all over social media. The lede has been lost on what we stand to lose if these budget cuts to HHS are allowed to continue. 🧪🛟

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Teressa found herself raging at what she labeled the insurance company’s “weaponized incompetence.” Fax numbers were wrong. Key records were no longer available online. The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records. By @deldeib.bsky.social

As someone who has lost a loved one to Huntington’s Disease, I am SO thrilled by this! Also, this novel microRNA helps by targeting mRNA. I guess it’s a good thing their current US trials aren’t funded by the NIH?

Poor science literacy is a major problem. In a large national survey, only 64% of Americans understood the statistical concept of probability, only 51% correctly defined an experiment, and only 23% were able to correctly describe the components of a scientific study. www.nsf.gov/statistics/2...

I spoke extensively with the Crimson reporter. She understood the strength of the evidence, and it shows. Odds ratios can be eye-glazing, but let's just say that when 2.5 million kids are studied, and it's still not possible to detect added risk from taking acetaminophen...there's no added risk.

A comprehensive overview of the damage DOGE has inflicted on our government agencies, including #CDC. 🛟🧪

New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget. Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide. Report: osf.io/e8rnc a 🧵

Great to see: The Vaccine integrity Project rolls out this week www.wsj.com/health/healt... @mtosterholm.bsky.social

It's a brave new world reporting on health/science w so much misinfo from once-credible institutions. Journalists must keep informing audiences w accurate, evidence-based info—even when federal leaders have totally lost the plot. #tylenol #autism #vaccines healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/09...

100%. All of this. 🧪💉🛟

When The Pitt won multiple Emmys, it wasn't just a victory for Hollywood, "they were a cultural recognition of a profession that has been running on fumes." #OurAMA members, Owais Durrani, DO and Robert Glatter, MD, share what these wins mean to the medical community. spr.ly/63325Ab34R

The irony www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

CMS Medicaid tax funding rule struck down by judge following Texas challenge reut.rs/4mxJc0q

If you are a pediatrician in the US not ordering COVID vaccines would be a real disservice to your patients considering they are hard to get outside primary care for kids. share.google/kdt7niDJ9ypN...

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

Free Will, Genetics, Autism, and What Makes You... You w/ Dr. Kevin Mitchell youtu.be/ntWpH97LXog?... via @YouTube - I really enjoyed this chat with Michael Cecchin, especially the chance to present the positive evidence for what really causes autism

"I’ve worked for this health department for about 18 years, and we’ve never seen a case of measles that I know of up until this point. We are just at that low rate of (vaccine) uptake that does leave us open for this kind of an outbreak.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.

At a time of huge questions about autism, Tylenol, and more, you won't find a better source of information than @statnews.com. Scientific explainer: www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/t... FDA approval story: www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/f... Main story TK.

BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.

Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

Demanding a “public debate” is a common antivax trope. In a true scientific debate, scientists publish their data & evidence to the scrutiny of their peers. RFK Jr’s #ACIP proved at their last meeting they lost their public debate. #CDC #science #Medsky www.statnews.com/2025/09/18/c...

If RFK Jr. does include vaccines as a cause of autism in his report, here are some facts from Defend Public Health’s report. 1. Tiny amounts of thimerosal were used as a preservative in childhood vaccines, but once it was removed (2001 in the U.S.), rates of autism diagnoses kept climbing.

For no reason, I'm lifting up my column on how a government shutdown works. Every shutdown looks different because of different funding streams, contingency funds, different bodies administering them, etc. I did my best to explain here to be thorough without being too dense.

Today, the New York Times published a long essay glorifying Jay Bhattacharya, the Trump NIH director. What?⁉️ Here’s the explanation: That essay was written by the editor of a Trumpist Republican journal, funded by a Trumpist org that hates science. SHAME on the Times. 🧪1/

📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child. RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua

A recent study of tens of thousands of journal articles challenges the widely held notion that academic publishing favours left-leaning views. www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

@simonmaechling.bsky.social #medsky Physicians is past time to speak.

This is not new, but might be useful, since these claims were raised in the new ACIP: there is no serious DNA issue with COVID-19 vaccines. www.globalvaccinedatanetwork.org/news/plasmid...

Some White House RFK Jr announcements expected early this week about autism, here’s my detailed interview with Boston @museumofscience.bsky.social explaining why it’s not related to vaccines www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHxb...

While I am genuinely concerned for my colleagues who are doctors currently on H1B visas, I acknowledge that I can't make people care about other humans. But American *should* care about the fact that their ability to get medical care WILL be affected by these visa restrictions.

Call for Applications WashU School of Public Health Faculty at All Levels The Washington University School of Public Health is seeking outstanding faculty at all levels See call for list of areas where applications are particularly encouraged apply.interfolio.com/173629

#GLP1 medicines now address weight loss and other health conditions through innovative formulations and expanded indications, highlighting key questions about their efficacy and safety. ja.ma/46NzCly

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By trying to illegally seize the personal data of more than a million Michigan residents, the Trump Administration attempted to force families into choosing between protecting their personal identifying information that may be shared for any purpose and eating. www.mlive.com/news/2025/09...

Secretary Kennedy presents a clear and present danger to the American people and their families. This week, even more of our colleagues in the fields of medicine, public health and patient advocacy join us in calling for his resignation. Our full statement: https://bit.ly/42zItEV