The Republicans’ goal for both the existing law and the pending new one is to kill public-sector unions, which are the linchpin of virtually every Democratic campaign in the state. buff.ly/AvMvdVY

Healthcare. Not bombs.

“This federal administration has proven itself fundamentally hostile to higher education, and indifferent to and even supportive of antisemitism and racism. It should not be given the presumption of good faith” www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

One of our core missions is to push back against medical misinformation with evidence-based outreach. @bethlhoffman.bsky.social & @janelleanthro.bsky.social received a Research! America micro grant to train students in medical professions : www.researchamerica.org/press-releas...

Ancient Greek playwrights would have had much to say about him.

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

@pgh-health-science.bsky.social I saw the Gram billboard on the Turnpike! Also, this Reddit thread. www.reddit.com/r/Pennsylvan...

@drkristin4wi.bsky.social @pgh-health-science.bsky.social www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/23/i...

@pgh-health-science.bsky.social check this out! @pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social

@publicsource.org did a great write-up on what has happened to research in Pittsburgh this past year. @pgh-health-science.bsky.social

What to see this go up in #Pittsburgh, PA? Please donate to maddogpac.com/products/qui... @pgh-health-science.bsky.social @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social

@pgh-health-science.bsky.social Committee to Protect Health Care is starting a new open letter from Doctors and Nurses demanding Congress take immediate action to remove ICE from medical facilities. Feel free to share far and wide: www.protectmed.org/ICEoutofHospitals

@pgh-health-science.bsky.social please sign.

@pgh-health-science.bsky.social is doing this. Thank you.

@pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social thank you! @pgh-health-science.bsky.social

Thank you! @pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social @pgh-health-science.bsky.social

Thank you! So appreciate @pgh-health-science.bsky.social for connecting us!

Multiple responses to last month's article by FDA on restricting COVID vaccination policy. Authors from our group are some of the respondents, showing how Prasad and Makary misrepresent international policy in their original article. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Op ed by one of our members on the ways this ugly bill will impact patients and healthcare. open.substack.com/pub/miranday...

GOP majority senate, under the veil of Saturday night, moves forward to vote on an unpopular budget bill that will: - give most of the tax cuts to the wealthy - cut Medicaid and SNAP - increase deficit by >$2 trillion Call your representatives to vote no!! Summary on AP apnews.com/article/sena...

Doesn't need any further elaboration. Big ugly bill needs to be shot down Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Our second billboard is up! On I-95, outside Philly near exit 6. Also will be up in Western PA soon.

Urgent! Submit public comment to save access to the COVID vaccine by midnight tonight 6/20 at 11:59PM! peoplescdc.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...

A poignant op-ed by one of our members. Programs like PEPFAR were absolutely life changing for people around the world. For Trump administration to stop these projects is damaging for countless people and wasteful for science. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insi...

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

Happy no kings day #pittsburgh! Hope you see your there www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Please consider adding your signature to the Bethesda Declaration below: in support of what the NIH stands for and our colleagues who push science forward! actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...

Republicans keep trying to gut health insurance and safety net programs to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. Well if that's what they want, we can help them publicize it. If you're driving East on I-76 near Bedford, keep an eye out for the billboard we put up!

#Pitt leadership responded after our second letter, where we sent actionable items to work together on. Read the full letter below. Our goals remain aligned: defending scientific freedom and protecting our academic community. Please join us on the webinar on June 11th!

thehill.com/opinion/heal... Op-ed from @mirandayaver.bsky.social explaining how Trump's budget will harm our rural communities by gutting their insurance coverage and closing down at-risk hospitals.

www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/l... This hurts all of us; our parents and grandparents, family who care for them, the hospital systems that will be overwhelmed by the lack of long-term care options. We need a better plan to care for our sick and elderly. And GOP's bill is definitely NOT IT

Since our open letter, we’ve had productive discussions with the Pitt leadership in town halls and face-to-face meetings. However, the attack on public health and science continues. We need more institutional resistance. Read our follow up letter below where we call for three actionable steps.

Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab

🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨 In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk. Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

Scientific journals, especially those as prestigious as NEJM, have strict peer review and editorial processes that make them a trustworthy and reliable source of information. Another example of trump administration attacking a scientific pillar, without any base www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n...

Chancellor and Provost of #Pitt responded to our letter yesterday (full response below), and this morning we spoke with the Provost. It was a productive conversation and we look forward to continuing to work together. We are aligned on this: A university is a community, a university is its people.

Pitt faculty petition University leadership to stand up and fight... www.publicsource.org/national-day... 1/2

Thank you again to everyone who signed the open letter to #Pitt! Today, we are delivering the letter - electronically and in person - to the university leadership. The link remains active for anyone who didn't have a chance to sign previously: tinyurl.com/PittLetter

We will see you there! And a big thank you to everyone who signed our #Pitt open letter! We went well past our goal of 500 signatures. It's abundantly clear that academics across the country are NOT OK with Trump's attack on science.

#Pitt community! Thank you for the wonderful support in signing the open letter! We have already reached 476 signatories. Today is the last chance to sign before we deliver it tomorrow. Please pass around to your colleagues! tinyurl.com/PittLetter

Harvard resisting the gross political weaponization of executive power Over 900 faculty at Yale signed an open letter to defend academic freedom. Academia is banding together because we know how important this is Sign the open letter to #Pitt below! tinyurl.com/PittLetter

We're at 149 signature (and counting)! Help us reach 500 signatures. Read and sign the open letter by faculty, students, staff, alumni of #Pitt calling for actions grounded in our historic institution's values Sign here: tinyurl.com/PittLetter #SaveOurScience #ProtectResearch

Faculty, staff, students, trainees, alumni of #Pittsburgh: We’ve written a letter calling on #Pitt leadership to protect academic freedom, research, and inclusion. This is our moment to stand together. Sign here: tinyurl.com/PittLetter

Today is the 70th anniversary of Salk #Polio vaccine. In early 1900s, thousands of Americans, often children, died from polio. Those who survived could be left paralyzed or left breathing on the iron lung On 4/12/55 Dr. Jonas Salk announced the results of his vaccine, here in #Pittsburgh 1/

Medicaid work requirements have nothing to do with dignity of work. 92% are already working adequate hours or have an approved exemption, but people fall through the cracks because of administrative burden of reporting. To the extent that there's fraud, it's on the billing side, not the patient side

podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id16... Weekly reminder that Republicans in Congress are trying to cut vital health insurance to give tax cuts to the billionaires More than 400000 people in #Allegheny and surrounding counties are on #Medicaid per pa.gov Call your representatives, this WILL affect us

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o... “Many young researchers say they are having to choose between staying in the United States and staying in science.”