www.nature.com/articles/d41... The reporting I did for my latest story convinced me that if you can be getting screened for lung cancer, you need to be getting screened for lung cancer...Sadly, (surprise surprise) a lot of people who could benefit from screening can't access it.

"Immune imprinting," "original antigenic sin (#OAS)" In my latest work, I attempted to lay out what these terms really mean and what these phenomena mean for our immune responses in the context of #flu. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I just mistyped "immunoglobulins" as "immunoglobulings" and somehow I feel like my whole life may have followed a different trajectory if the latter, more charming term was the correct one.

“In the NICU, a few hours could mean the difference between unnecessary procedures and targeted, life-saving treatment..." scitechdaily.com/scientists-s... Whole-genome sequencing takes one more step toward becoming standard-of-care for sick newborns.

Interesting study that looks at dynamics of B cell responses in the lymph nodes to vaccination against SarsCov2 (COVID). This shows that B cell responses are broadened in the node germinal centres enabling wider responses to variants 🧪 #ImmunoSky

Does using generative AI, like ChatGPT, affect our critical thinking? Check out my new piece, where I sift through initial research and figure out what we know and don’t know. undark.org/2025/09/12/c...

This is an excellent, point-by-point response to the claims being thrown around about mrna tech and covid #vaccines. I've heard some of these innacurate claims come from doctors and nurses! It's vital that folks with actual understanding of these topics speak up. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-s...

Someone needs to make the lab parody song, "While my pipette gently weeps." Seems like it would capture the current moment pretty well.

Neat! Imagine if you could incorporate data on immune memory into such a model. news.mit.edu/2025/vaxseer...

I fell down a rabbit hole one day following my curiosity about a surprising (to me) link between mental health and #eczema. Then I got a chance to take a deep dive. What I found: It's complicated. But some undaunted researchers are slowly untangling these connections. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Unfortunately vaccine guidance from US health agencies is compromised for the foreseeable future. Expert led organizations are stepping up to fill the gap. ICYMI the vaccine integrity project presented reassuring data for the upcoming respiratory virus season. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSuv...

“We don’t really talk about the hygiene hypothesis as much anymore because we now understand that it’s not really about how hygienic you’re living..." Love this focus on farm animal interaction. "Hygiene hypothesis" dose not = sharing drinks, getting sick a lot, etc. bit.ly/4mOSkyA

"The papers themselves often contradict the compilation’s framing." Truly! It's an at-best lazy, at-worst manipulative list. I am so interested in how some of the authors on the studies in this list feel about their work being used this way.

The "data" package Secretary Kennedy used to bolster his argument for discontinuing #BARDA funding for #mRNA research doesn't support his argument. @jakescottmd.bsky.social lays it out in a must read for @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...