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Andy Cox

@andypedsid.bsky.social
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Pediatric Infectious Disease physician scientist passionate about vaccinology as a means to improve public health. Views my own.

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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Thank you PBS and Dr Offit for highlighting the new recommendations for vaccination that are backed by science and pediatricians. It is an absolute failure that the same is not true for the recommendations of the ACIP. #believescience www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverging from CDC vaccine guidelines
The American Academy of Pediatrics released new COVID vaccination guidelines, and for the first time, they diverge significantly from the recommendations from the CDC. The changes leave parents with c...
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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The loss of highly experienced CDC leadership is the latest devastating result of the Administration’s sustained attacks on public health, and it absolutely must be the last. Our statement: bit.ly/41XOkU7
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This will be a landmark day in the history of US science in a terrible way. Our administration fired 4 institute directors including NIAID without any cause. Being a scientist in America is quickly becoming impossible. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I also was a recipient of this incredible grant and this is a gigantic blow to the development of pediatrician scientists. #NIH do you want to improve children’s health?
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Happy to see labs from the sane parts of the world open their arms to US PhD candidates who have been harmed by our government policies!
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
And the NIH anti-vaccination epoch officially begins. . . Terribly worried that vaccine development will be next.
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
@kimberlyadams.bsky.social And @kairyssdal.bsky.social thanks for sharing my comment on Make Me Smart yesterday! It is a breath of fresh air to be heard and seen by someone. Thank you for all your thoughtful and careful reporting. I appreciate you and the whole @marketplace.org team.
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Very helpful data pulled from NIH RePorter by David O’Connor at U Wisconsin. Shows how different this years funding has been compared to the past 9 years. Helpful but scary to see. github.com/dhoconno/rep...
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GitHub - dhoconno/reporter: Plot cumulative awards in NIH RePORTER by date
Plot cumulative awards in NIH RePORTER by date. Contribute to dhoconno/reporter development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
So now all NIH.gov websites are down including PubMed where the public can access the results of scientific research. This coupled with the firing of all internal researchers at NIH is one more chapter in the end of US science.
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health and medical research. The NIH website offers health information for the public, scientists, researchers, medical professionals, patients, educators, and students. The Site has extensive information on funding and training opportunities, clinical trials, health news and links to the many Institutes and Centers that make-up the NIH.
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Cancelling this meeting is so concerning. This meeting determines what goes into the flu vaccine every year. No flu vaccine 2025-2026 is a possible outcome of cancelling this meeting. The flu shot isn’t perfect but it saves lives every year.
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Nice to finally see a publication backing up what I have been stalking the NIH website to find. NIH is still effectively blocked from issuing new grants.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
First nukes, now eggs
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Really looks like they are trying to #makeamericainfectedagain
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Andy Cox @andypedsid.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
What an absolute disaster. Just one example of the terrible #dogeeffect.
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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I am an ID doctor STILL standing in front of Congress, asking them to take action on antimicrobial resistance. ❤️ #HealthPolicyValentines
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