This is a tremendous piece by Judy Stone at @forbes.com. This new OMB rule is going to hurt communities from coast to coast. Federal grants are not just about research! www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...

Nothing says "we should probably do something about this" quite like an extreme heat conference being canceled because it's too hot. 🫠🌡️

Check out this week's curated science newsletter 👇

1/ You likely saw the national news: a flu outbreak hit the military just two months after Hegseth’s policy change made flu vaccination optional for active-duty service members. This was a scientifically and economically terrible decision.

Can a simple blood test for viral proteins diagnose Long COVID? A new 2-year blinded study from Spain tracked 425 adults and found that SARS-CoV-2 antigens in the blood clear out by year 2 for almost everyone regardless of recovery status. 🧵1/3

This week in Science 🧪 🔹 Long COVID T cells & Viral persistence 🔹 Measles: ⬇️Utah, ⬆️VA & ⬆️PA 🔹 Tell OMB: Keep politics out of grant review 🔹 HPV vax at 12–13➡️ No Cervical Cancer deaths at 20–24 🔹 Could EBV protect against Type 1 Diabetes? Dr. Ruth Report 6/21/26 👉 buff.ly/pJwiEyC #medsky #pedsky

Good start. #Ebola

You thought Elon Musk and DOGE were bad? Russell Vought now wants to codify political control over ALL federal grant-funding, killing grants at will on anything from road repair to rural hospitals, cancer research and schools. Write to Congress! Share, share, share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Chicago is living longer. ❤️ For the 4th year in a row, life expectancy has increased, reaching a record high in 2024. At the same time, the gap in life expectancy between Black and non-Black Chicagoans narrowed by 1.2 years. Read more: https://chi.gov/43JOkYB

5 science updates you may have missed 🧪 🔹Autoantibodies in kids even after mild COVID 🔹Hypometabolism in the Long COVID brain 🔹Wearable U/S patch tracks fetal blood flow 🔹Liraglutide’s antidepressant effect via gut microbes Dr. Ruth Report: Science you can trust 👉 buff.ly/3u7NXrj #medsky #IDsky

5 science updates you may have missed 🧪 🔹Autoantibodies in kids even after mild COVID 🔹Hypometabolism in the Long COVID brain 🔹Wearable U/S patch tracks fetal blood flow 🔹Liraglutide’s antidepressant effect via gut microbes Dr. Ruth Report: Science you can trust 👉 buff.ly/3u7NXrj #medsky #IDsky

A @nejm.org editorial today on the Office of White House Management and Budget (OMB) regarding their new funding proposal and politicization of science www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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I still have a few Long COVID pieces to write. If any outlet wants to cover the science with the seriousness it deserves, please reach out. I’ve pitched widely, but too many places either aren’t interested or no longer exist.

173 kids with MIS-C after COVID vs. 14,000 controls. Followed 4.5 years. Kids with MIS-C had: 14x risk of CV disease 8.9x risk of hypertension 9.5x risk of GI disorders 3.5x risk of respiratory 2x risk of Neurologic disorders. Long term effects in kids are real. buff.ly/gJuaTru #medsky #pedsky😷🛟🧪

The HPV vaccine is a powerful way to prevent an awful disease.

“A large multinational study found that Long COVID patients show significantly elevated rates of prodromal Parkinson’s disease features including loss of smell, constipation, excessive daytime sleepiness, and cognitive difficulties…”

NEW Dr. Ruth Report 👉 drruth.substack.com/p/dr-ruth-re... 🔹 Kids with Long COVID: microvascular retinal damage 🔹 XOCOVA approved for COVID prevention 🔹 Long COVID linked to Parkinson’s-like sx 🔹 Medicaid work rules may hurt sick Americans 🔹 Melanoma vaccine cuts recurrence & death #medsky #IDsky 😷

Imagine that! If you give people healthy meals, they have fewer hospitalizations, fewer emergency department visits, and lower healthcare costs.

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, which has 25 beds, had over 700 positive tests for alpha-gal allergy last year. If you live in Massachusetts, best to get your fill of red meat now

A woman in her 80s with advanced Alzheimer's was nearly silent for 5 years. 19 hours after a psilocybin mushroom dose, she started talking about her life. Then dressed herself. And became continent again. A single case report, but a striking one. buff.ly/CfmdliH #medsky #neurosky

Wow 😧 “Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were escorted by police out of the convention center in New Orleans during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research.”

One shot every 6 months. Nearly 100% protection against HIV. South Africa is trying to scale it. USAID cuts are blocking the way. www.npr.org/2026/06/05/n... #Lenacapavir #medsky #ObGynsky

Long COVID is damaging children's blood vessels. And doctors can see it in their eyes.

Children with Long COVID had measurable retinal microvascular changes. buff.ly/fPSg320 In 74 kids ages 7–17, scans found wider arterioles, wider venules, and a higher A/V ratio, consistent with endothelial dysfunction. The eye may help track pediatric Long COVID. #medsky #pedsky 😷🧪

A 1-lb rock from the Sahara may be a fragment of a LOST PLANET 🤯 Scientists found a rare meteorite formed under pressures only possible inside a world the size of Earth's moon or bigger. It formed 4.5 billion years ago. Then the planet vanished. 🔗 buff.ly/gGlHPdw #astronomy #scisky

From @lilscience.bsky.social The President's Friday Night Executive Order He Didn't Want You To See: Elimination of Recommendations for 6 Childhood Vaccines buff.ly/RkGhIps Influenza COVID-19 Rotavirus Hep A Hep B at birth Meningococcal Court had blocked RFK Jr's ACIP from same. #medsky #pedsky

NIH taught me one thing. If you want to be heard, put it in the federal record. Now it's FDA's turn. Long COVID should be prioritized for drug repurposing, adaptive NIH/FDA platform trials and insurance coverage. Comment here by June 11. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules. n.pr/3RK4U7X

Health Lab is celebrating 10 years! Check out this story from 2023 on our #iron study and how 4 out of 10 teen girls/young women have low enough iron levels to cause low energy & dizziness. michmed.org/PPdkx #HealthLab10 #GoBlue

🚨 FDA just approved XOCOVA (Ensitrelvir) pill for COVID post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) 🔹First oral pill to PREVENT COVID after exposure 🔹67% reduction in symptomatic COVID through Day 10 🔹5-day regimen 🔹Works in people regardless of vaccination status This is big! buff.ly/XM0sLu8 #medsky #IDsky

When a keyboardist fell ill mid-performance at an orchestral showing of La La Land, composer Justin Hurwitz asked the 2,000-person audience for a sight reader. 21-year-old Sterling Nasa stepped up, delivered a solo on "Start a Fire," and walked away considering music as a career. buff.ly/GsvmZFF

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

Always informative!

This week in Science 🧪 🔹 1 in 6 people has Long COVID; Billing codes missed >50% 🔹 Autoantibodies cause Long COVID neuro symptoms 🔹 Long COVID has ⬆️ CV risks and death 🔹 CAR therapy can reset Autoimmune diseases 🔹 New hope for Pancreatic Cancer Dr. Ruth Report 👉 buff.ly/6eylV1s #medsky #IDsky 🛟😷

There hasn't previously been a treatment vs pancreatic cancer this successful. Striking improved (a doubling) survival results @nejm.org and @ascocancer.bsky.social published today with daraxonrasib, which also became available via an FDA-approved early access program nejm.org/doi/full/10....

#bloomscrolling 🌷

BREAKING: This seems worrisome... White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

Pneumococcal pneumonia is vaccine-preventable If you're over 50, or younger than 50 and have risk factors like COPD, asthma, diabetes, kidney or liver disease, or if you smoke, like Kyle Busch, get the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Available at most pharmacies and covered by most insurance plans

Another reason to get the shingles vaccine (it also reduces risk of dementia)

Are ME/CFS and Long COVID the same? New immune profiling says NO. A new study of PBMCs reveals distinct pathophysiologies: ➡️ Long COVID shows chronic immune overactivation ➡️ ME/CFS shows immune suppression Crucial data for targeted treatments. buff.ly/6R6OCwd #medsky #covidconscious 🛟🧪

COVID raises your shingles risk. New data from 110,000+ patients out of Taiwan shows that post-COVID Shingles raise risk of ➡️ Bell's palsy ➡️ Guillain Barré ➡️ Myasthenia Gravis Risk are increased for 3+ years. Sounds like another good reason to get a Shingles vaccine. buff.ly/H1N73zd #medsky 😷🧪

New data shows: • HHV-6 linked to Long COVID severity • Shingles after COVID = higher neuro risk for 3+ years • ME/CFS vs Long COVID: distinct immune • Measles explodes in Bangladesh (19K cases in ONE month) • Ebola in DRC All explained in the new Dr. Ruth Report: 👉 buff.ly/dPQrIac #medsky #IDsky

Can a common childhood virus worsen Long COVID? A new Yale study shows higher levels of salivary HHV-6 (Roseola virus) directly correlate with greater Long COVID severity, anxiety, & depression. Is HHV-6 viral reactivation the key? 👉https://buff.ly/M8lxlRP #medsky #IDsky #COVIDconscious

New data shows: • HHV-6 linked to Long COVID severity • Shingles after COVID = higher neuro risk for 3+ years • ME/CFS vs Long COVID: distinct immune • Measles explodes in Bangladesh (19K cases in ONE month) • Ebola in DRC All explained in the new Dr. Ruth Report: 👉 buff.ly/dPQrIac #medsky #IDsky

50,000 evacuated. State of emergency declared. Class action filed. A 34,000-gallon tank of toxic chemical at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove overheated Thursday and still hasn't stabilized. What's the public health picture? @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social breaks it down buff.ly/A3yI6eR #medsky 🛟🧪

Ebola outbreak: The Gates Foundation is committing an initial $15 million in emergency funding: $5 million to Africa CDC; $5 million to WHO AFRO; and $5 million to WHO Headquarters www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-...

The #Ebola outbreak exposes consequences of global health funding cuts. 🇺🇸 U.S. assistance to DRC reportedly fell from $1.4 BILLION in 2024 to $21 MILLION in 2026. At the same time: 🧪 labs lost capacity 👩🏽‍⚕️ health workers lost jobs 🚑 surveillance + preparedness programs were dismantled

The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak begin? And how is the country responding? n.pr/4tXsSd3