"Infectious diseases do not respect borders. Weakening the systems that detect and contain them overseas is not an act of prudence, but of short-sightedness" @martinmckee.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Ebola's return www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

Will Primary Care Physicians Soon Be Prescribing Blind? www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Yup. UK Unis are laying off academics, including scientists. The supply of PhD- & even postdoc-trained UK scientists has vastly exceeded the number of UK jobs in scientific research for pretty much the whole of my 40 yr career as a Uni bioscientist.

WSJ - Some African nations are rejecting American health aid, outraged by US demands for access to private health records and even minerals. www.wsj.com/world/africa/trum...

From @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social. Read through these. Take action. See alt-text for more. Science in America is at risk.

In this piece I’m quoted about medical countermeasures against Ebola and other aspects of the outbreak jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The goal is twofold: 1) Create a permanent spoils system in which all considerations of merit are eliminated, and science is administered by politicians. 2) Eliminate all funding for any science that contradicts Christian fundamentalism

Psych. reactance (emotional discomfort caused by perceived loss of freedom, power or control) leads to foolish beliefs, attitudes & decisions. "Sales of raw milk have spiked as 'food freedom' activists argue for their right to make personal health decisions." 1/3 www.vox.com/podcasts/489...

3/ raw milk in 1987, but House bill H.R. 7880: The Interstate Milk Freedom Act of 2026, seeks to lift the ban. Call your Rep; tell them to vote no. & if you live in one of the 18 states with (>40) bills to make it easier to buy/sell raw milk, call your state legislators or submit testimony against.

US publicly-funded science and public universities were engines for not just our prosperity but for the expansion of human knowledge and capabilities It is tragic that we are about to lose them and humbling to realize most people don't know what we're losing Let's not let them go without a fight

Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

📣 New publication: First reported case of Andes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome treated with a combination of favipiravir, ribavirin, icatibant and baricitinib: www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119... #hantavirus

Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: rapid assessment from the ESCMID Emerging Infections Subcommittee @cmijournal.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...

This does not bode well.

Several people have asked for possible content and structure for comments regarding the proposed OMB regulations. With some suggestions from others, I have posted on example (as a Word document) for downloading). jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... I hope this is helpful.

Some perspective on the 2013-2016 #Ebola epidemic versus our current response, my latest at @msnowreports.bsky.social.

Money is fungible, there's no "shifting the burden." This is just another way to defund American science.

Research Funding Slows Again for Universities Targeted by White House - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u...

Ways to push back against the proposed OMB regulations fight2win.standupforscience.net

If you are going to comment on the proposed changes to how science is done in the US, please use this guide. The rules specify that you have to mention the number associated with the proposed changes, and this blog has those. Here is where to comment: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

"Nearly 7 years after her first attempt to test Ebola prevention drugs, Jaspard is stunned by the sudden interest in the trial. “I've kept this project for all these years, despite the fact that a lot of people were saying it's not useful, you don't need to do this, go away,” she says." 🧪

"Approximately one in five persons with confirmed measles in this outbreak required hospitalization for pneumonia, dehydration, or other complications, including rare cases of serious illness or death."

Read this to understand why the current Ebola outbreak in a conflict zone with scarce resources, is likely to end up as the largest and most deadly in history www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...

Ars Technica: Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics. by John Timmer bit.ly/434kTAe @arstechnica.com @jtimmer.bsky.social

If you want to understand the reality of #Ebola and what it is like, listen to this @npr.org story by @jonathanlambert.bsky.social It shares perspectives from myself & other clinicians who worked on the frontlines of Ebola and cared for patients. www.npr.org/2026/05/29/n...

But here's the thing: "States, not the federal government, have the authority to require vaccinations for schoolchildren."

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

A devastating parasitic fly that eats warm-blooded animals alive has been found in a young sheep ‌in Mexico within 31 miles (50 km) of the U.S. border. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

A surge in malaria cases in Zimbabwe is exposing fragile health systems and growing treatment shortages in rural areas.

Slipping in a Friday executive order directing the CDC to no longer recommend kids get vaccinated for: -hepatitis A & B -meningococcus -rotavirus -influenza -Covid-19 I’ve seen all those diseases. They can be devastating and fatal. The vaccines have miniscule risks. This will kill kids #WarOnKids

This must be the free and open academic debate we keep hearing about

Research Funding Slows Again for Universities Targeted by White House www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u...

Triple the science budget AND fix agency governance. TLDR: Those are the two essential things we must fix in US science. Get the president out of the science agencies, no presidential influence beyond appointment, stop the attacks on the civil service, restore Congressional power and oversight.

While regulations.gov incorrectly lists this action as "closed for comments", you can submit your comments directly here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... My response is below, but don't feel that you need to draft anything nearly so long-winded. A short statement will also be very helpful.

#MurdochJournal attacks peer review as, uh, woke "group think." If the academy is so left-wing, it's amazing how easy it for the Journal, Times, and Post to find right-wing profs to write op-eds. A Way to Challenge the Groupthink of Scholarly Journals www.wsj.com/opinion/a-wa...

The White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. https://scim.ag/43HgW4s

NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

“Surveillance is very, very, very weak. Case management is catastrophic.” www.economist.com/middle-east-...

The tally of people with Ebola is soaring, reaching roughly 1,000 cases this week. Here are the tools that experts say could help to bring the outbreak under control. go.nature.com/3PwRP1b

I spoke to E&E News: A new administration proposal is part of a larger campaign by the president to exert political control over the federal scientific enterprise. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Unreliable and underperforming antibodies are a longstanding problem, so while the reveal of apparently manipulated antibody data in Thermo Fisher's catalog was a shock, the frustration it sparked among many researchers is perhaps no surprise. My reporting:

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

Trump said the bombing campaign would stop the flow of cocaine. The cocaine appears to have missed that memo. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

One good thing about LinkedIn is long posts so I can really spell out why this OMB proposal is so bad. Please comment.

OMB has a new proposal for the regulation of all federal grants, which would -deemphasize peer review -ban $ for publication costs and conference travel -make it easier to terminate grants we read the 400 page document (🫩) so you don't have to www.statnews.com/2026/05/29/n...

"AI writing is almost impossible to edit, because even when it sounds plausible, a closer look will show that every element is equally off: The tone is bland; individual word choices are baffling; the structure lacks sense..." 🎯🎯🎯 www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

It may not be the most damaging part of the new proposed rules, but the fact that if you want to attend a scientific conference using a grant, you have to get it pre-approved and written into the award is completely bonkers. When we write proposals, we often don't know what conferences will be held.

Today the first recovered patient was released from an Ebola treatment unit in the DRC after two negative tests. Because so much of the Ebola news is so dark and filled with despair I want to make sure I am intentional about sharing the wins. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

As of 27 May, a total of 906 suspected cases and 223 deaths among suspected cases have been reported in the #DRC. As of 29 May, a total of 134 confirmed cases, including nine in Uganda, with 18 deaths among the confirmed cases, have been reported across both countries. More: bit.ly/4wYz7jJ