PLEASE SHARE: We just posted an ad for TWO research assistant positions on @pewresearch.org's religion team. We expect a lot of applications so it's best to apply this week for full consideration. Come work with our great team! pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

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

The path to a potential universal antivenom www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Multiple recent studies, including 3 impressive natural experiments, consistently show a link between Shingles vaccines and reduced dementia. This week a nationwide S Korea study added a reduction of cardiovascular events My summary Table. More here on dementia erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...

Love storytelling? Want to learn from award-winning journalists? This is your sign! We’re teaming up with the Scripps Howard Fund to offer a paid fall 2025 journalism internship at Mississippi Free Press! For more information and to apply: mfp.ms/jobs

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/s...

New: Theme issue on Food, Nutrition and Health from Health Affairs journal, www.healthaffairs.org/toc/hlthaff/... Includes many open access articles relating to 'food is medicine,' health care, food security, diet quality, farms and communities.

Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company IG 3sixteen

“The artificial intelligence used to create previously nonexistent proteins with the potential to provide new cancer treatments, tackle plastic waste, deliver life-saving vaccines, capture carbon, … has hit its stride. Then everything came to a screeching halt.” www.geekwire.com/2025/from-no...

Good people of Washington DC! Please join me, @laminda.bsky.social & Rebecca Lemov TOMORROW at the Library of Congress for a talk about writing nonfiction. Details here: blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/2...

Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world. Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

if you buy used books and want to avoid amazon where possible, check out bookfinder.com you can search essentially every marketplace in one go so you can, e.g., find the same used copy for sale, from the same seller, on biblio.com or ebay instead of amazon or abe (owned by amazon)

Nova Scotia is looking for Internationally trained Healthcare Professionals #NovaScotia #Recruitment #Canada #Healthcare www.nshealth.ca/support-inte...

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

Applications are now open for the 2025 @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org, which honor science communicators, science journalists, and research scientists who have developed original #SciComm work in 2024. Learn more and apply: buff.ly/3DoBQff

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo

💥ATTENTION FEDS💥 All the termination letters going out that we've seen use "inadequate performance" as the reason for termination. SAVE YOUR PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. Tell your friends who aren't on bluesky! Probationary employees can't be fired for "poor performance" if their performance is not poor

ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.

New York Times is hiring for two climate reporter jobs — descriptions/how to apply at the links: 1) Climate policy reporter: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/de... 2) Climate adaptation reporter: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/de...

Great explanation of the “NIH” indirect costs mess. Yes, “” need to be used. Cc: @statnews.com @mcuban.bsky.social

Federal judge halts Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments in 22 states www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/n... via @statnews.com

The Lancet Editorial Feb 8: American chaos: standing up for health and medicine www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Outstanding read: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... "The scientific community is expected to respect diverse viewpoints, but in the final analysis, all share a professional responsibility to oppose policies that threaten the health of patients or the population." #science #healthcare

Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows.

Everyone should follow @teenvogue.com

Spend your summer studying health & happiness: Appls for Harvard Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness’ Summer Internship Program due Mon, Feb 3 Paid, 10-wk program places interns with scientists to study connections between physical, social, mental health hsph.harvard.edu/research/hea...

Have you been impacted by recent federal funding changes/freezes? A team of public health scientists is working to collect stories to share what is actually happening on the ground. Share your story and circulate within your networks 👇 www.youcanknowthings.com/allrant-fund...

Scheduling a long layover to fix an airport piano that’s next to a bar … www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home

Here’s a direct link people can use to let us know what’s going on. We encourage anyone affected, including patients to contact us. We will not share any information without permission. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...

Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉) "Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Free virtual artist conversation Thurs, Jan 23, 7 pm EST, Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture americanart.si.edu/exhibition/6... Scroll down for link to register, artists Judy Baca, Ed Bereal, Peter B. Jones, with moderator Tobias Wofford

I love my local library!

Tracking the fires in LA here: www.latimes.com/wildfires-ma...

Here’s something to think about as you kick off 2025: ✨We are all stardust.✨ Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born. Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr

2024 visually, from the NY Times www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Weekend breather: 40 sec of slow-mo hummingbird acrobatics (sound on)

Hello, #MedSky community! We’re excited to begin our Bluesky journey. Here is a sampling of the trusted, influential, and essential information you can expect when you follow us:

Are @bsky.app journal clubs next?!

How’s everyone doing? What are you discussing with your family this weekend? Here’s an option that’s better than politics: death. Does your family know your end-of-life wishes? Visit engagewithgrace.org for their slide (image) crack open a cold one & have a chat. I’d love to know how it goes.

Hey fellow #scicomm & #healthcomm folks! Team #EatOurWords is off to a GREAT start in the #HCWvshunger competition, which challenges everyone to give to a food-related charity and then log their donation to help the team of their choice. Let’s show that communicators care by 12/3! HCWvsHunger.org

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

Our report addresses the use of race & ethnicity in #BiomedicalResearch & makes recommendations for responsible use, transparent reporting, best practices for analysis, and community engagement. Access the report & supporting materials:

My local library is going to have Holiday Karaoke!! #LibrariesAreForEveryone

Label spotted at my public library's used book store.

Join #EduSkyChat on Monday's 6pm PST. The topic will be Thanksgiving Break: Self-Care for Educators 💙 With moderator @catetolnai.bsky.social #EduSkyChat feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... 🍎