“At a panel discussion about psychedelics as medical treatments, investor Christian Angermayer urged attendees to “follow the science” about the drugs — eliciting audible groans from several audience members.”

“Exclusive: FDA review staff was excluded from voting on whether to approve first priority voucher drug. In a major departure from the FDA's typical practice, politically appointed top agency officials voted on whether to approve the first product from a drug rather than the FDA review staff.”

FDA delays left recalled ByHeart baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert tells Healthbeat. Nearly a week was lost clearing bureaucratic hurdles before all state and local food safety officials were told where formula was being sold. www.healthbeat.org/2025/11/22/b... #IDsky #Medsky

“The new version reveals that many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people.”

RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language. Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.” Note the language in second photo.

Once again, sharing our groundbreaking paper. We did a lot of good work to forward the practice of #IDSov but it's incomplete and we need to be allowed to finish so that we can all move forward together and be competitive on the Global Tech and Science playing field. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“More than 90 doctors were involved in Walker’s care, but not one offered her the option to end her pregnancy, according to medical records.”

NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Pay attention to this bill Ohioans:

Take action now and tell the Ohio House that students deserve facts not propaganda in our schools!

informative article with this hopeful kernel from @greerdonley.bsky.social :“Mifepristone manufacturer Danco Laboratories last year confirmed ongoing efforts to add miscarriage management as an approved use to its drug label. Were that to happen, it could be a game changer for access.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing increasing pressure from abortion opponents and advocates over how it regulates a drug that has become central to abortion access since Roe v. Wade was overturned three years ago, reports @sofiaresnick.bsky.social.

new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

Here's fresh and happy news just out today! NativeBio was a late and junior partner but very happy to be part of this important work. nni.arizona.edu/news/u-nyu-a...

this is our public statement. www.oft-aft.org/press/columb...

you can show your support for us by signing this pledge. without workers, there is no library. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Come on @harvard.edu Do what’s right by the Janitors and for the students. We work extremely hard for you. Do what’s right for us.

Meanwhile, even as they pay Summers hundreds of thousands of dollars, Harvard is forcing janitors to work without a contract and go on strike just to get a basic cost of living increase

As a concluding thought: It is a moral failure that we have the statistical power to run a RDiT on mass shootings in this country. We hope that, in some small way, this project offers insights into organizing around this issue such that this research design is no longer possible in the future.

Thorough response to Bhattacharya and Memoli's nonsense from @jeremyfaust.bsky.social and @angierasmussen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Between February and August 2025, 1 in 30 NIH-funded clinical trials lost grant funding, affecting over 74,000 participants, with disproportionate impact on prevention, infectious disease, and behavioral trials. ja.ma/4i4tSYx

Professional associations are key but overlooked guarantors of democratic freedom, especially when they possess consequential sanctioning authority over members. They're the guardians of a profession's norms & ethics, as well as its independence from corrupting influences & undue external pressure

29 yrs of chasing depression genes. "Betw/them, these 18 genes have been the subject of more than 1k research papers, on depression alone. And for what? If the new study is right, these genes have nothing to do w/depression." www.theatlantic.com/science/arch... By the great @edyong209.bsky.social

Both volumes are now available for pre-order! If you're in North America, you should get the first volume in December, early enough to incorporate some texts into your Spring semester classes. The second should be available about a month later. global.oup.com/academic/pro... #philsky #slavery

Pregnant women in the United States face a serious and growing danger from gun violence, according to a new study that examined thousands of homicides nationwide. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50. I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman. #GiftLink wapo.st/49WOdx1

their economies and cultures alive, instead of being seen as "raw resources" to be "found" and extracted. As for Climate Data, stewardship is the key idea for data that must be shared to be useful but also can be hidden, destroyed, or commercialized by bad actors.

Yet another Ohio bill that would fast track fracking of our state parks even more than it already is, along with weakening the authority of ODNR to regulate fracking. It could not get much more blatant that the oil companies are writing the bills.

1/2 Native Bio has been lucky enough to be associated with attendees of COP and the honor of funding travel to COP. This is great news that #DATA is this prominent in a Global discussion. Here's to those who raised the issue of #IDSov and efforts at empowering smaller nations with Data that keeps

I really like the idea of defining a threshold at which we can consider someone to be regularly "high profile" in online conversations, even if they didn't choose it for themselves, a point at which they can get information and support for managing the consequences.

Interesting recommendation: “ researchers and policymakers may recognize that a high-profile figure’s expectations of privacy are low, even for deleted posts and bystanders in their content, but still take steps to protect individuals when possible and reasonable.”

What an absolutely terrible waste… Authorities have confirmed that in addition to 4 truckloads’ worth of unexpired birth control sitting in a warehouse in the city of Geel, another 20 truckloads of supplies ended up in the village of Kallo but were stored improperly and are therefore unusable

Gambling is a scourge, yes, but the bigger takeaway from these quotes is that many Americans are simply just deeply unwell

Deepest coverage of the administrative leave for @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social from @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n... 1/4

‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong

Piece from me and @adambonica.bsky.social in @thenewrepublic.bsky.social today about Gen Z They have bad taste in music but quite progressive political attitudes (even the men) newrepublic.com/article/2030...

”in at least three states with high concentrations of data centers, electric bills climbed much faster than the national average during that period. Prices, for example, surged by 13% in Virginia, 16% in Illinois and 12% in Ohio.”

3️⃣ We find white children exposed to academies fared worse as adults. 📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD 📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation. 11/12

FCC allows prisons, jails to charge more for phone and video calls @amandavhernan.bsky.social @stateline.org kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/12/r...

“We can have an active, robust discussion as a group of medical experts spontaneously, and so we’re doing more of that,” Makary said of his preference for convening roundtables. Guess what roundtables don't have? FACA requirements to occur in public with the opportunity for public comment.

Found a hole in the clouds in Columbus Ohio just now! Please do not ask how fast I drove and sprinted to get here

The Wall Street Journal has more details on Preventive, the latest human embryo editing company. Sam Altman of OpenAI and and his husband are among its backers: www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months" China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

First snow in Columbus for my birthday.

still making bread.

“Harrington added that Preventive is compelled to work outside the U.S. because the Food and Drug Administration is prohibited from reviewing applications for human trials involving embryo editing. “

Had a great time at the @sacnas.bsky.social conference last week! Many Ohio State folks (see pic, including @astrojennifer.bsky.social, @denisemondragon.bsky.social, and me) attended despite restrictions. Congrats to @denisemondragon.bsky.social on winning best grad poster presentation!

Please don’t call ECT ‘shock therapy’, an outdated and inaccurate term. The controversy surrounding ECT comes from movies like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. ECT has changed radically since then, but it is still rarely depicted accurately today. www.statnews.com/2016/05/20/s...

For more on how emergency declarations could be used to address climate issues, see this brief. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

"'There’s been this air of inevitability around data centers and AI and all this new tech stuff coming out — how it’s going to happen, so either get out of the way or get run over,' he said. 'And our job is to try and remind people in power of their humanity, at the end of the day.'" 🫡