A response below from Pennsylvania's governor @governor.pa.gov to HHS Secretary Kennedy's strategy to increase meningitis & cervical cancer cases in the US: #medsky

Parents of kids who get RSV, meningitis, hepatitis A or B, hospitalized for flu in 2026 & beyond (or other diseases on the list) might be able to sue HHS Secretary Kennedy & the administration according to this from law professor @doritreiss.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2026... #medsky

Make Meningitis Great Again #medsky

A majority of US children will be losing access to FDA-approved vaccines against meningitis, hepatitis A & B, RSV & more due to unilateral changes made by new federal health officials today. They're also changing HPV vaccine recommendations from 2 shots to 1. www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... #medsky

Once again, I implore media outlets to stop saying these are CDC decisions. These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists. I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.

Comments below on why a PhD-level education in science could be more important in a world with LLMs, rather than less. In response to: "the frontier models are already as intelligent as the average grad student, if not more. The gap widens by the day. The purpose of a PhD needs to be reevaluated."

Canadian officials are correct, and it’s truly a tragedy.

Comments below on why a PhD-level education in science could be more important in a world with LLMs, rather than less. In response to: "the frontier models are already as intelligent as the average grad student, if not more. The gap widens by the day. The purpose of a PhD needs to be reevaluated."

Top 5 stem cell good news stories of 2025 ipscell.com/2025/12/top-... Duchenne, diabetes, vision loss, and more #stemcells #stemcell

Sarah Cooper posted a new video—"How to MRI"

Biogen's Qalsody (tofersen) was the first gene-based therapy for ALS that received FDA approval (accelerated approval in '23) & the first ALS treatment based on a biomarker. Mutations in the SOD1 gene impact approx 2% of ALS patients but it's a breakthrough in targeting genetic causes of ALS

"new data on the long-term use of tofersen suggest that over about 3 years of treatment, roughly 1/4 of participants in 1 study group experienced stabilization of symptoms & even functional improvement in grip strength & respiratory function." Mutations in SOD1 gene impact approx 2% of ALS patients

"Stopping disease progression & making improvements over 3 to 5 years is unheard of in this type of ALS,” said 1st author Tim Miller WashU Neurology professor & co-dir of the ALS Center. Tofersen shows benefits compared with what we expect to see for these participants, with 25% of participants 1/n

Biogen's ALS gene therapy received accelerated FDA approval in '23 4 rare form of ALS in adults w/mutations in SOD1 gene. Follow up from Ph 3 trial published in 12/22 JAMA Neurology said drug not only delays disease progression & helps patients regain lost function medicine.washu.edu/news/new-als...

Does the FDA know that the Chief AI Officer they hired in April says that he left the position in June? Below is a link to one of the stories from last spring (Fierce Biotech) www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/fda-... #medsky #biosky

The FDA's press release on 12/19 included a quote from a Chief AI Officer, Jeremy Walsh. Walsh's Linked In profile says he hasn't been the FDA's Chief AI Officer since June when he left after just 3 months (according to LI). Did they ask him to come back to FDA? www.fda.gov/news-events/... #medsky

After you read the list of medical & research breakthrus, see the note on the medical setbacks too incl US cuts to PEPFAR—the US’s largest global health program which supplied HIV treatment to > 20 million people worldwide. And death estimates due to US foreign aid cuts. Read the whole post #medsky

Inspiring post below listing medical breakthroughs in '25 incl clinical stage drugs w/ promising data from large randomized controlled trials published in papers in '25, some record-breaking achievements & the 1st patients to receive new treatment methods & research breakthroughs to watch #medsky

Imagine if just by refusing to comment, you could stop any story from running. You would literally never find out anything unflattering about anybody. It amounts to asking people for their blessing to publish your reporting about them.

I was surprised to see posts like below on Linked In & to learn that Linked In doesn't have a way to label misinformation about drugs & vaccines especially during disease outbreaks. Whooping cough cases in '25 (>26,000) are 4X higher than '23 in US said University of Minnesota's CIDRAP #medsky

“.. based on the data we have to date; it looks like manufacturing is experiencing more of a slump than is generally recognized ..” @deanbaker13.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

A startup investor shared how he was targeted on Telegram by a deepfake of a friend of his who is overseas. He described in a Linked In post how he was tricked into doing a Zoom w/the fake & why he clicked on an "updated link." Sharing below as a PSA www.linkedin.com/posts/elijah... #medsky

The new CBS News—post sale to Ellison. Below is the next show after the EK town hall. Looks like the news division is going to focus less on news & isn't featuring topics like the economy, job losses, or a debate re: AI or the rise in measles & whooping cough outbreaks in US or inflation or tariffs

On FDA & Prasad's 11/28 memo, Bloomberg's 12/15 show asked Makary to address leaks to press & podcasts re: plans 4 "black box" warning on Covid vaccines based on unverified data. MM said at 2:20: "when it comes to the black box warning, we have no plans to put that on the Covid vaccine." #medsky 1/n

Thank you @governor.ca.gov for the opportunity to elevate the important work of public health in California, across the region, and globally

BREAKING I was hoping this wasn’t true when I heard it two hours ago…. But now People Magazine has confirmed with multiple sources that Nick Reiner, Rob and Michele’s son, is the suspect in their murder.

“I don’t know how I’m going to explain it to my daughter one day — that she got pepper-sprayed on our way to buy Pampers & milk.” The 1-year-old baby's father works as a sales representative for a Chicago clothing store & was born in the US wrote The Washington Post #medsky

The 1-year-old baby survived and was rushed to the hospital. A poison control specialist was brought in. Follow-up visits needed to "gauge potential long term damage to the child’s lungs and eyes." #medsky

Federal agents appear to have pepper-sprayed a 1 year-old baby in the car with her parents according to video & story by Washington Post. The baby & her parents are also US citizens. Happened at a Sam's Club in Chicago. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... #medsky

Nobel laureate & co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9 Jennifer Doudna is this week's guest on the Future of Medicine podcast hosted by @euanashley.bsky.social. Here's a link to the episode: thefutureofmedicine.buzzsprout.com #CRISPR #biosky #medsky

Wakefield, Massachusetts resident Jason Thomas is missing. His photo is below. If you have information, contact info is below. He's a close friend of @dannomura.bsky.social www.facebook.com/story.php?st...

A good man WITHOUT a gun

Student who was shot in the stomach in a mass shooting at her high school in Santa Clarita, CA in 2019 was locked down in her dorm at Brown tonight. "I chose Brown because it was a safe community for me to be in. I liked Rhode Island. I felt safe here." www.ms.now/the-weekend-...

Student journalists at Brown University are also posting live updates on The Brown Daily Herald's site. Rhode Island Hospital is also in lockdown (as of 8:56 PM ET) as the shooter/killer is still at large but is still accepting emergency department patients www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

The Providence Journal also has live updates on Brown University tonight www.providencejournal.com/live-story/n... #medsky

WPRI is one of the local Providence, Rhode Island news outlets that has real-time updates on Brown University tonight. Television station's website is www.wpri.com/news/ and check Live Updates. Another press conference is at 9:30 PM tonight #medsky

Brown University is also posting regular updates on the shooter/killer & campus on Linked In tonight. Their most recent update was 15 min ago www.linkedin.com/posts/brown-... #medsky

Another update from Brown University as of 8:30 PM ET. Horrible news.

A statement tonight from Brown University's president Christina Paxson on the shootings today at Barus & Holley engineering & physics building. Two victims are dead & at least 8 additional people were taken to the hospital. The shooter/killer is still at large as of 7:52 PM ET www.brown.edu

BREAKING UPDATE: At least two people killed and eight others critically injured in Brown University shooting, Providence mayor says, as search for suspect continues. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4pZOyni

254 Americans have been placed in quarantine this week due to measles in the US. 41 states reported measles outbreaks in '25. Does HHS's Rapid Response X account have info or guidance about this for the public? Info on MMR vaccines? Full post on Linked In: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #medsky

Is this why he voted for Kennedy to be HHS Secretary even though he's a physician who knew Kennedy's positions on vaccines over the last 20 years or so. #medsky

On the success of FDA-approved therapies reducing RSV hospitalization rates, "RSV hospitalizations in babies under the age of 7 months dropped by as much as 56%, depending on the data used. In newborns, hospitalizations decreased by as much as 71%, wrote The Guardian in May 2025. #medsky.

Make America Sick: The worst measles & whooping cough outbreaks in the US in decades are in 2025 & now political appointees at the new FDA are working on reversing significant progress in reducing RSV hospitalizations. For measles, kids in Texas were given IVs & cod liver oil #medsky

A spokesperson for the FDA's parent agency, HHS, spoke with Reuters & confirmed the story. HHS's spokesperson wasn't able to give a medical reason for why the FDA opened new "safety" investigations into all 3 FDA-approved RSV therapies. #medsky

The US became the only known country to have new regulators opening "safety" investigations into FDA-approved RSV therapies. AstraZeneca, Merck & Sanofi received letters last week & HHS confirmed w/Reuters. This comes after Rick Pazdur resigned from FDA's CDER www.reuters.com/business/hea... #medsky

Reading today's Bloomberg story about the FDA. All center directors except one have been fired or left in 2025, they noted #medsky #biosky

Yes, he's been on Pfizer's BOD for years. Everyone knows. It's disclosed on every show he's on. He's not the reason Tidmarsh & Pazdur left the FDA in '25. He doesn't sell IV infusions & cod liver oil to unvaxxed kids in Texas. He wasn't a famous cocaine dealer at Harvard #medsky

A US Cabinet member, the HHS Secretary, authorized this: #medsky www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Boston University has also had to cut back on admissions to PhD programs the story said & this will impact the US's pipeline of scientific talent. Boston Globe story in November said that Harvard & Brown also had to cut back on PhDs. This is likely happening nationally incl in red states #medsky