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Brigid Flanagan

@bflanaga.bsky.social
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Former Research Operations Consultant | Book lover | Nurse | Former New Englander now back home in Ireland ...Co.Monaghan | News Hound |

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fascinating new study of New Mexico's universal childcare program, first of its kind, finds the program dramatically increased work for lower-income moms www.the74million.org/zero2eight/n...
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Nearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New Mexico
A new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico.
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This does not bode well for research!
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Cindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Potential new treatment could help restore brain function in people with MS U of Manitoba found that restoring levels of a depleted brain protein may help repair damaged brain tissue, slow or halt progression of MS,reverse loss in mobility & cognitive function #Pinks www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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‘It is exciting’: Manitoba researchers find potential breakthrough for Multiple Sclerosis treatment
A potential new treatment could help restore brain function in people with progressive multiple sclerosis.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
mRNA vaccines vs cancer success —melanoma (Phase 3, RCT, definitive, announced today) —triple negative breast cancer —pancreatic cancer —non-small cell lung cancer —glioblastoma
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health released this week has confirmed what many in the Appalachian coalfields knew to be true: black lung rates are higher than they have been in 50 years. www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n...
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Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Fingers crossed it works!
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.
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A personalized vaccine for melanoma cut the risk of cancer returning after five years
If the vaccine is effective in a late-stage trial, it would be “paradigm-shifting,” one expert said.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This is the editorial that the physicians were sharing at the American Diabetes Association conference To appease the MAGA/MAHA Administration, the ADA called the cops to get the physicians removed These physicians are heroic If you can’t speak out & condemn authoritarianism NOW, then when?
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Fabulous results presented at ASCO!
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is encouraging news. Glioblastoma has a very poor prognosis for survival.
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
State agencies said it would take 10 years. He has developed a flood predictor from available public data in a matter of months. I hope it becomes widely used and puts those same agencies to shame. We need more examples of this type of innovation.
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
More good vaccine news. Cancer patients who received mRNA Covid vaccines lived twice as long those who had not been vaccinated...
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Excellent news! Vaccines work to prevent cervical cancer.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Ireland take note!
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
So now in addition to hallucinations we need to be concerned about 'mirages'!
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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is quite extraordinary- scientists set a kind of trap for AI chat bots by inventing a fake disease. AI told people it was real and… the deliberately bogus preprints started being cited in peer reviewed literature 🫣 🧪 #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Some good news for a change!
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is worrying!
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Very impressive!
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Massachusetts had the highest number of terminated #cancer grants in 2025. This year, there have barely been any new funding announcement opportunities from the National Cancer Institute, the LARGEST funder of cancer research in the world. 🧪 www.cancerhealth.com/article/many...
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How Many Research Grants Did the National Cancer Institute Cancel in 2025?
Massachusetts had the highest number of terminated cancer grants, and many early-career researchers were affected, finds a study in JAMA.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This is a recurrent fiasco. Health care companies that know the serious risk of their device or drug but keep selling it and do not acknowledge the hazard. Until so many people are harmed. Today's front page @nytimes.com Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...
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She Died After Her Pacemaker Battery Failed. Its Maker Knew of Problems for Years.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
"Leading vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris says there's not enough awareness of the impact of COVID-19 on overall health." "What many people don't realise is that getting COVID repeatedly is not like building immunity, it's more like accumulating damage," she says. Source: archive.md/Qsv13
Screenshot of a news article from The Post titled “Repeatedly getting Covid doesn’t build immunity, ‘it’s more like accumulating damage’,” written by Melanie Earley of RNZ and dated March 10, 2026. Below the headline is a portrait of leading vaccinologist and associate professor Dr Helen Petousis-Harris, shown facing the camera against a dark background. The article discusses how repeated COVID-19 infections may cause cumulative harm rather than building lasting immunity.
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Gum Disease and Dementia Risk: Why Oral Health is Critical for Seniors dailycaring.com/gum-disease-... #Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving #health #wellness
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Gum Disease and Dementia Risk in 2026: A Caregiver's Guide
The link between gum disease and dementia risk. Learn why oral health is a modifiable risk factor and get practical tips for dental care.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Best evidence yet that GLP-1 drugs reduce the risk of substance abuse, from >600,000 US Veterans with T2 diabetes across alcohol, nicotine, opioid, cocaine, cannabis @zalaly.bsky.social @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study. The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is beside the point -- a very important point -- but that photo show one of the most beautiful urban landscapes I've seen in a long time. A busy city, full of walkers, bikers, and street cars, and no private automobiles in sight. (Or, if there are any, they're damn hard to find.)
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Paul Gardner @ppgardne.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A pleasingly meta-meta-analysis with a very displeasing outcome: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Inclusion of Retracted Studies in Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Interventions
This systematic review and meta-analysis identifies reports of systematic reviews that included retracted studies in their meta-analyses, and assesses the impact of these retracted studies on the resu...
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Jess 💛🤍💜🖤 @gardenjess.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"Medtronic LINQ implantable cardiac monitors are AI-assisted devices that are alleged to have failed to recognize abnormal rhythms or pauses in patients. Again, no incidents of patient harm are known.
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Five years after the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines started, it seems the mystery of why the Astra-Zeneca and J&J vaccines led to a rare but deadly side effect of unusual blood clots and bleeding has finally been solved. 
 It's a fascinating case of molecular mimicry that may help make vaccine safer.🧪
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Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained
“Groundbreaking” study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people
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Dr. Keith R. Brunt @profbrunt.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Not that most rational people would need to hear this--it is reassuring to know that scientists take the time to evaluate & show that #Acetaminophen aka #Tyelenol aka #Paracetemol when used in #pregnancy DOES NOT have any associations with #Austism spectrum 🧪🧠 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Current evidence does not indicate a clinically important increase in the likelihood of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant individuals who use paracetam...
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Some good news for a change.
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Very exciting news for families affected by Huntington's disease. A light in the darkness...
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
The artificial sweetener aspartame can be found in everything from chewing gum to tabletop sweeteners. A new study of mice suggests that even at low doses, the sugar substitute may have negative impacts on heart and brain health over the long term. www.sciencealert.com/even-low-dos...
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Even Low Doses of Aspartame Could Have Alarming Health Effects, Study Finds
The artificial sweetener aspartame can be found in everything from chewing gum to fizzy drinks and tabletop sweeteners.
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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
12 former @fda.gov commissioners from both parties just went on the record in @nejm.org calling Vinay Prasad’s vaccine framework a threat to public health. They bring more than 3 decades of leadership at the agency, and it is hard to think of a more forceful warning. 🧵 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Fabulous news!
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Great news for people with asthma!
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Two exciting phase two trials show incredible success of mrna vaccines for seasonal flu with infectious symptoms prevented in some healthy individuals. 🧪🧵
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Experimental mRNA flu vaccine shows superior efficacy against symptomatic illness
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/11/2025
A new study found the Trump administration’s cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants. The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities.
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Federal cuts upended clinical trials. A new study reveals the toll.
Grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research.
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Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
From Paul Kim on leucovorin: "Proffering a proactive guarantee of approval on the basis of a limited, non-trial-based dossier effectively broadcasts that the FDA is prepared to approve new drugs without clinical trials." www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
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The New Politics of New Drug Approval | Milbank Memorial Fund
As feared at the start of the second Trump Administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proven a willing good soldier in fulfilling the
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Brigid Flanagan @bflanaga.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Some good news for a change.
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Effectiveness of Colchicine for the Treatment of Long COVID: A Randomized Clinical Trial jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... "among adults with long COVID, colchicine did not improve functional capacity, respiratory function, or inflammatory markers." #LongCovid #PASC
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Effectiveness of Colchicine for the Treatment of Long COVID
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the superiority of colchicine over placebo among adults with long COVID in improving functional outcome at 52 weeks from baseline.
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