It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”. The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…” The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

this is, of course, exactly what republicans have always intended for vouchers to do: defund public education to facilitate the creation of a private system of segregation academies

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary built his platform not on science but on spectacle. Makary turned a medical career into a megaphone for misinformation. Once a surgeon and professor, he built his brand on public skepticism, rising to power by attacking the very scientific standards he now oversees.

Q: “What’s your message to those 24 million Americans who will see their insurance premiums go up?” Trump: “Don’t make it sound so bad because obviously you’re a sycophant for Democrats. You’re obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.”

A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...

So...my undergrad thesis student is doing a quality analysis of studies found in meta-analyses. She identified a few and we contacted the authors to request their effect sizes and other variables for the studies in their papers. Here's what happened: scientiapsychiatrica.com/index.php/Sc...

This is tragic, and a reminder that the risk of hep B virus (HBV) transmission from caregivers and household contacts (often referred to as "horizontal transmission") is a significant public health concern that extends beyond the immediate risk of mother-to-child transmission at delivery.🧵

It's very concerning that the ACIP may vote to delay hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines for children, as reported by @reuters.com Here's why. 🧵 www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Christina Lorey on Facebook: “*THIS* IS WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE 💙 Last year, President Biden and the First Lady honored World AIDS Day by displaying the AIDS Memorial Quilt across the South Lawn.” #Pinks #ProudBlue #MomSky 📸: ABC News

Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now. Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers. Shameful.

Is the Gut Microbiome Really Causing Autism? A Scientist Breaks It Down. (Spoiler: no) www.technologynetworks.com/tn/articles/... cc @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social

CDC layoffs disrupted PRAMS, a long-running maternal and infant health survey, hindering data access and state capacity; uncertainty persists over centralized support and funding. www.wcvb.com/article/mass...

Infogrababble. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Straight-up sociopath. Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.

Straight up war crime

Makary and Oz stand there and nod as their boss lies about vaccines not being tested. Can you imagine a doctor sinking lower than this? I can't. It's the Mariana trench of medical ethics.

Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with: -No casus belli -No authorization from Congress -No allies or international support -No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela -No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout

Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.

new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

Bret Weinstein thinks pedophilia is not as bad as free healthcare.

The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say. Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA#microbiome @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social

New paper with @statsepi.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social in which we show there's really no evidence for a link between the gut microbiome and autism www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Research linking gut microbes to autism is deeply flawed, critics say | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

BREAKING: All three PA Supreme Court Justices will RETAIN their seats!! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Prayer's effects on health have been studied many times. Small studies initially reported some benefit, but more rigorous studies found null or even harmful effects. In sum, prayer seemed ineffective, recommending focus on more promising interventions: doi.org/10.1002/1465...

Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better." (The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

This is a remarkable piece. Conservative AND liberal legal scholars come out TOGETHER to condemn Trump’s compact for higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/our-...

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID? And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina. Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

MAHA: We’re deeply concerned about chronic diseases, but please don’t try to track their prevalence.

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

This Is Fascism

Three key points: 1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February 2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty 3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences. Unserious people cause real-world harm. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

6 former Surgeons General all say RFK Jr must go.

We need more Republicans like Bill Frist: time.com/collections/...

MAGA hero Jay Bhattacharya says that “political priorities may override the scoring system provided by outside experts appointed to hundreds of review panels” This is absolutely disgusting & utterly scandalous. If your study doesn’t fit with Trump & Bhattacharya’s right wing ideology, it’s toast 👀

A year ago, I warned university leadership to not help Jay Bhattacharya fashion himself a champion of open debate while he actively worked to undermine academic freedom. Now, as NIH Director, he's waging a campaign of censorship to advance a political agenda. stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/f...

“It is rich that the NIH and Big Pharma want to take over leucovorin when they and the universities have fought my research for 20 years,” says Richard Frye. By Brendan Borrell www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/exc...

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

I asked Trump's former OMB director Mick Mulvaney to acknowledge it's a lie that undocumented immigrants get ACA subsidies (they don't), and he ended the interview. "Would you agree that not a single dime of ACA subsidies goes toward undocumented immigrants?" "I'm not gonna do this anymore."

Another excellent article by Tara Haelle. I’ve spoken to her a number of times for previous articles and she is one of the best journalists out there covering pediatric medicine. This is a complex issue and she deftly handles the controversial aspects of abusive head trauma.