Looking forward to reading this. Hopefully it will fill in any details I might have missed over the past few years.

Study in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants and 3,000 in pregnant women from January 2024 to May 2025.  #Medsky www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

Hey #rstats, #statsky and #devsky I'm looking for some short-term advisors with expertise in: - survey design and administration; - propensity score matching (PSM); and - Regression discontinuity design (RDD). If this is you feel free to share your profile via DM / here.

This is simultaneously not an especially radical theological belief and, politically speaking (especially in the U.S. context), quite a thing for Pope Leo to say. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266859/...

Now that I am old, I have had a few different medical procedures where I was given the meds to make me sleep (not full anesthesia). Yesterday I had a dental procedure with this, and it is the first time I have no memory after the IV was placed. I usually remember everything. It’s a bit unsettling.

Reminder: We are thrilled to welcome @alexhanna.bsky.social co-author of "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want" to Milwaukee on October 6, 2025 for a book talk at Boswell Books. Free & open to the public. Please join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/alex-hanna...

Thank you all the program officers at NIH that persisted through the 2025 fiscal year and were able to fund 99% of the total FY2024 budget. I know this has take a toll on everyone at NIH. Thank you for supporting important health and behavior science and helping to keep the U.S. a leader in science.

Ron Wasserstein, ASA’s executive director, reports from #RISW2025 on the final day. While the halls are buzzing as sessions continue, he visits the poster session and catches up with 2026 ASA president-elect, Brian Millen, who shares why he’s kept coming back for more than a decade. #STATSSKY

@rladies.org FYI R-Ladies Boston has joined Bluesky, if you want to add them to your Starter Pack? @rladiesboston.bsky.social [Also I'd love to be added if there's room!]

Data Cleaning for Data Sharing Using R cghlewis.github.io/ncme-data-cl...

Filling classrooms with computers didn't have the huge and positive impact on learning that was promised. Filling them with tablets hasn't done it either. I know this might sound absurd to many (especially politicians) but what if we filled them with highly skilled and properly supported educators?

A multicentre randomized non-inferiority trial compares 7 day and 14 day antibiotic courses for uncomplicated neonatal bacterial sepsis in 8 centres in India. buff.ly/dm7j9Hz #neotwitter #neoEBM #EBNEOalerts

Results of the MoCHA Trial, an NIH NRN funded trial led by Dr. Carlo, published in @jama.com. Does continuing caffeine past discharge in moderately preterm infants shorten length of stay? buff.ly/TrA3w3c #neotwitter #neoEBM #EBNEOalerts

Delighted & honoured to be contributing to the iconic “Cool Topics in Neonatology 2025” at The Women’s Melbourne with great friends & colleagues! @ebneo.bsky.social @drbretty.bsky.social @nnrdbase.bsky.social @europerinatal.bsky.social www.thewomens.org.au/health-profe...

here are some helpful steps for academics who are considering creating genAI images to use for lab branding: 1. don't

Today I review the second study RFK Jr cited in his autism & Tylenol press conference: acetaminophen in pregnancy from the Nurses' Health Study. You're gonna wanna read this for yourself. open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

📣 The 2026 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting Call for Abstracts is open through November 3! Share your science with a global audience in Boston. Submit Today: pas-meeting.org/2026-abstrac... #PAS2026

For Floridians wanting the COVID-19 vaccine, both Publix and Walgreens pharmacies have announced they are offering the shot now without a prescription.

The minimum number of vaccines in order to attend school in Ohio through 12th grade without an exemption (not counting combination products): Hep B - 3 Varivax - 2 MMR - 2 IPV (polio) - 3 DTaP - 4 Tdap -1 Meningitis - 2 Total - 17 Not required: Hib, Prevnar, HPV, Hep A, Rota, MenB, Flu, Covid

2️⃣ weeks! 2025 Methods Series @ki.se continues. "Promoting the use of causal inference methods in applied health research by integrating causal reasoning into academic curricula: barriers and solutions." 📆 Oct 7, 2025 ⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 ET 📍 Online Register 👇 stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...

Many thanks @msnbc.com for highlighting our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

5 of 5 stars to The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid by @itsafronomics.bsky.social

In news that the HHS should be shouting from the rooftops: Availability of the RSV vaccine for pregnant people and RSV shots for infants lead to a 50% reduction in RSV-associated hospitalization of newborns during the last year! 🥳 Spread the good word, folks! #Episky

The skew against publication of negative results is that under-powered negative results are kind of pointless. Underpowered positive results are equally pointless, but harder to identify. #statistics

Whoa—my book is up for pre-order! 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity. tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8

This is exactly what's happening. Of course they think a LLM can do the job, when so many *already* think a statistician can be replaced with a flow chart - and they are right, if the only goal is publication. Infuriating, and harmful to patients.

I'm starting this online seminar thing to talk about all this economics stuff. We're running it out of Michigan's Ross School, so it'll be business focused. But everything's business. Join me with the amazing @svaneksmith.bsky.social. We would love to see you! Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2dZ7

This November, ASA President Ji-Hyun Lee’s “Amstat News” column will honor the “hidden gems” of our field—statisticians and data scientists whose vital contributions often go unseen. Nominate someone who inspires you by October 10: amstat.jotform.com/donnal/hidde... #STATSSKY

Let's talk causal mediation and separable treatments. Vanessa Didelez (Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology) continues the 2025 Methods Series @ki.se next week. 📆 Sep 23, 2025 ⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 ET 📍 Virtual Register to attend online 👇 stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...

The new {marginaleffects} release for #RStats (0.30.0) comes with two new vignettes: 1. Speed up computation with automatic differentiation (often 10x gains) marginaleffects.com/bonus/perfor... 2. Power analyses with {marginaleffects} and {DeclareDesign}. marginaleffects.com/bonus/power....

SAVE THE DATE! The ASA’s Symposium on Data Science and Statistics takes place April 28–May 1, 2026, in Milwaukee. Connect across disciplines, learn practical tools, expand your network, and shape the future of responsible AI. Join the mailing list:

Thinking about attending #WSDS2025 this November? Register by Sept. 26 to save—and put those savings toward your hotel, travel, or a short course. Short courses offer hands-on learning from top experts and can boost your career. Register today—your future self will thank you!

ASA’s Ron Wasserstein shares a message of support for federal statistical agency employees, especially at BLS. He praises their dedication and stresses that recent attacks are baseless. Watch his message and follow him on LinkedIn for updates: www.linkedin.com/in/ron-wasse...

invasion of Poland assassination of a right wing activist school shooting It's Wednesday

BREAKING: Poland's military confirms multiple drones have violated its airspace, people are urged to stay at home

If you're an author and haven't yet signed up for the Anthropic settlement, do yourself a favor (and strike a blow against AI) by checking to see if any of your books were involved. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

People keep telling me they can't afford to attend #PositConf2025 next week, so I need to make a public service announcement: attending virtually is very affordable (or free!) & is amazing! Get registered & hangout with me on the Discord server!! #databs #rstats #python

Scientists and physicians are stepping up to continue the CDC's work after cuts to the agency's budget and staff. Dean Megan Ranney says workarounds are possible, but it would be unfortunate if people feel they have to turn to private groups instead of the government. ⬇️

Today at work I was interviewing a woman with muscular dystrophy who's an entrepreneur and it was so frustrating hearing her talk about the income and asset limits for SSI and how the government requires disabled people to stay poor so they can keep benefits. "We can't win," she said.

Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care

Common theme of people I've interviewed recently. At universities, in research centers, in diplomacy, in the legal system, dealing with refugees or immigrants: The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results: 1) Does UBI work? (yes) 2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

And I see change happening, even in Germany. Norway is a fantastic example as well... Folks, make sure your institution signs coara.org and hold them to their word

Infants under six months old have the highest rates of #COVID19-related hospitalization save for adults 75 years and older. COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy reduces the risk of severe illness and death. Encourage your patients to protect themselves and their newborns. Learn more: bit.ly/3RWsM3z

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.

🎯 TARGET Guideline published 🎉 TARGET is a reporting guideline for observational studies of interventions that use the target trial framework. Over 3 years the @TARGETGuideline was rigorously developed and was co-published today in @jama.com & @bmj.com doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13350 #episky

Fall applications are OPEN for CAUSALab Clinics! Free #causalinference consulting open to Boston-based, junior clinical investigators. Postdoc fellows provide guidance pertaining to #studydesign, data analysis and results for works in progress. Learn more & apply: hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...

Good morning! MAGA/MAHA dude Jay Bhattacharya will forever be remembered as RFK Jr’s biggest champion (he campaigned for him/spoke at his rallies) & the NIH director who presided over the destruction of US health research—including childhood brain cancer research 🤬 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations Does repeated vaccination cause "immune exhaustion"? No, the immune system can handle multiple hits from similar or different stimuli. It evolved to do so! www.nature.com/artic... 1/5