Reposted by Erika EdwardsLarry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 6hPresident Trump is saying he's sending checks to some Medicare enrollees, after promising checks for some federal ACA marketplace enrollees as well. If we had a federal Medicare for All system, the president might have found a way to send checks to everyone. 3135
Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“The extraordinary move — holding back about one-fifth of the N.S.F.’s primary research budget — is the latest sign of how the Trump administration is finding creative ways to work around Congress.” Creative? Or illegal?!? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 010
Reposted by Erika EdwardsTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What a joke... FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...nbcnews.comFCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission. 53114
Reposted by Erika EdwardsLarry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Early results show people losing coverage due to early implementation of a Medicaid work requirement in Nebraska, with signs that they're being caught up in administrative barriers. www.kff.org/medicaid/ear...kff.orgEarly Medicaid Work Requirement Insights From Nebraska | KFFThis brief describes the verification process for Medicaid work requirements in Nebraska and examines early data on outcomes for individuals subject to work requirements. 23018
Reposted by Erika EdwardsCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026> @variety.com variety.com/2026/digital... 1243057835
Reposted by Erika EdwardsNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 29/09/2026The gentoo penguin complex is historically treated as a single species, but a study in Communications Biology shows the existence of four divergent evolutionary lineages. The authors propose treating the lineages as four distinct species. go.nature.com/4iVxVZQ #evosky 🧬🌎🧪 23413
Reposted by Erika EdwardsPennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New study: A four-state analysis found birth hospital maternal level of care is associated with maternal morbidity, though associations varied by population. These findings suggest differences in how hospitals assess risk, manage complications, and perceive capabilities. bit.ly/4rrS8Zx doi.orgMaternal levels of care and association with severe maternal morbidity during birth hospitalizationsBackground Maternal level of care guidelines were published to facilitate risk-appropriate care and improve outcomes, yet evidence of benefit is lacking. All birth hospitals should be equipped to prov... 111
Reposted by Erika EdwardsRepresentative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 25/09/2026So far, Trump has spent $1.8+ billion on his vanity projects since coming back into office. Have you ever thought about what else we could have gotten for that money? Try it out for yourself: www.hassan.senate.gov/trumpvanitycalculator 34323
Reposted by Erika EdwardsAlex Leff @alexleff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Congress passed $100 million for teen pregnancy prevention. Most of it is untouched www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...npr.orgCongress passed $100 million for teen pregnancy prevention. Most of it is untouchedWith days left to go in the 2026 fiscal year, lawmakers push the health department to spend the money Congress allocated to prevent teen pregnancy. An NPR exclusive. 1114
Reposted by Erika EdwardsElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is an excellent article about what has been happening with federal funding for scientific research.npr.orgThese 6 charts show how NIH research funding has been reshaped under TrumpStories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. 48951
Reposted by Erika EdwardsJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said. 657172035068
Reposted by Erika EdwardsKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the vice chair of the appropriations committee, wrote in a statement that “Breast cancer patients shouldn’t be denied hope of a new lifesaving treatment because Russ Vought thinks women’s health research is woke… I’m going to fight this corrupt heist every step of the way”statnews.comMembers of Congress push back on plan to create a commission of political appointees to review NIH grantsSeveral members of Congress voiced strong opposition about a reported plan to create a panel of political appointees to sign off on NIH grants 0286
Reposted by Erika EdwardsOceana Canada @oceanacanada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New research published in the journal PLOS One has revealed that critically endangered North Atlantic right whales feed near the surface at night when ships have the hardest time spotting them, exposing a gap in current ship-strike protections. Learn more: www.earth.com/animals/crit...earth.comCritically endangered right whales face a nighttime protection gapNorth Atlantic right whales change their feeding depth after sunset, bringing them closer to ships when crews are least able to see them. 089
Reposted by Erika EdwardsRuth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026New piece on the blog on the new #IMBIE paper. How healthy are the ice sheets? What is driving their mass change and what do we know now after a half a century of observations by satellites? #iceSheets #SeaLevelRise #ClimateChange #ClimateImpacts #EO #SatelliteDatasternaparadisaea.netHalf a century of ice loss: the new IMBIE datasetA big new community paper has just landed: the IMBIE paper is a big effort to assess the long term health of the ice sheets. What did we find and what does it mean? 12519
Reposted by Erika EdwardsTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fourth Measles-Related Death, attributable to anti-Vaxxers and RFKJr, Reported in Pennsylvania www.wsj.com/us-news/four...wsj.comFourth Measles-Related Death Reported in PennsylvaniaThe state has recorded nearly 700 cases of the disease since an outbreak started earlier this year. 0138
Reposted by Erika EdwardsBrennan Kahan @brennankahan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026***JOB ALERT*** We are seeking to appoint 3 Statistical Methodologists to work on methods related to the statistical analysis of clinical trials, or innovative design methodology. The posts will be based within the UCL Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...ucl.ac.ukUCL – University College LondonUCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021). 11220
Reposted by Erika EdwardsAcademyHealth @academyhealth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In a new blog, Elizabeth Mosley, Ph.D., M.P.H explores what 58 doulas across six states shared about navigating Medicaid reimbursement and serving Medicaid clients. Their experiences point to opportunities to improve access to doula care and maternal health outcomes. Read more: buff.ly/oSF5Rmqacademyhealth.orgDoulas Are Jumping Through “A Lot of Hoops” To Serve Medicaid Clients | AcademyHealthBecome a Member 011
Reposted by Erika EdwardsJosh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 1131870859
Reposted by Erika EdwardsVermontArtist @vermontartist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Good morning. #Vermont #Art #Photography #Sunrise #GreenMountains #Corn 0366
Reposted by Erika EdwardsTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026CDC director's 'unusual' silence draws scrutiny thehill.com/policy/healt...thehill.comCDC director’s ‘unusual’ silence draws scrutinyJust a month into her tenure, CDC director Erica Schwartz is missing in action. The country is heading into respiratory virus season, and public guidance on COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines has been … 044
Reposted by Erika EdwardsTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The biggest accomplishment of Congress is the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Act, H.R.1 It cut Medicaid by $1 trillion; to provide a tax cut for the rich, and raised the deficit Yet hardly any GOP incumbent is campaigning on this. Why? It's very unpopular www.kff.org/medicaid/kff...kff.orgKFF Health Tracking Poll: Views of the One Big Beautiful Bill | KFFThis poll finds two-thirds of the public view the "One Big Beautiful Bill" legislation unfavorably, and its favorability erodes further when people hear about its potential health impacts. As Congress... 0114
Reposted by Erika EdwardsElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It doesn’t matter if you eat organic foods. It doesn’t matter if you exercise regularly. It doesn’t matter if you inject peptides. It doesn’t matter if you have “good genes”. None of these things will prevent you from contracting vaccine-preventable diseases. There is only one thing that will. 281455325
Reposted by Erika EdwardsrondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Imagine if the @seattletimes.com and other news outlets were intellectually honest and published, i don't know, charts like this? Seattle is safer than almost all our peer cities, except the other one governed by a Democratic Socialist. Thanks @mayor.seattle.gov and @mayor.nyc.gov! 681793482
Reposted by Erika EdwardsPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 12/09/2026pennstatehealthnews.org/2026/09/penn...pennstatehealthnews.orgPenn State Health notifies public of potential measles exposure at Penn State Health Golisano Children’s HospitalPenn State Health is notifying the public of a potential measles exposure at Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital. 05926
Reposted by Erika EdwardsKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not. 733132842073
Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Loving the @robynw414.bsky.social puzzle in the @nytimes.com today. I’ve missed you! 000
Reposted by Erika EdwardsThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/09/2026In Opinion JD Vance has “made snide comments about working families with little ones at home,” Jessica Grose writes. “But what American mothers prefer is far more complicated than Vance’s caricature of the desires of frivolous and wealthy parents who don’t want to care for their own children.”nyti.msOpinion | JD Vance Doesn’t Want to Help Married Parents. He Wants to Hurt Single Mothers.Redistributing money from single working parents to married ones is not a pro-family policy. 98525
Reposted by Erika EdwardsKaren Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Science, medicine, and public health are amazing. 15414
Reposted by Erika EdwardsMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026On ectopic pregnancies and abortion bans. New from @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/ecto...propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 02512
Reposted by Erika EdwardsVermont Oxford Network @vtoxfordnetwork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026VON Commons is a safe and secure place for members to connect with one another and share information about clinical care, NICU processes, VON services and programs for our mutual learning. Access is via your VON log in...come join us! Find as at: bit.ly/VONCommons 011
Reposted by Erika EdwardsAki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I'm looking for doctoral students, postdocs and research fellows to work with on Bayesian Workflow. Flexible starting time 02115
Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Fulham defense is a comedy of errors. #ffc #fulhamfc #coyw 010
Reposted by Erika Edwardskeven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026 189132164194
Reposted by Erika EdwardsThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 04/09/2026HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-ca…notus.orgHHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, EDOfficials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise. 1861365816
Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Or should she be regarded as a victim of a sort, who should be provided treatment?” That is a very judgmental statement. She’s not a *victim* — she’s *ill* and she does deserve treatment, just like someone with a physical illness. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...nytimes.comWhat Will Happen to Lindsay Clancy in the Long Term?Even as a jury failed to reach a verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, her future is unlikely to include freedom, at least for a long time. But Americans have been divided over the goal of her con... 020
Reposted by Erika EdwardsStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/09/2026The pro-life party showing once again that they are not actually pro-life. www.notus.org/health-scien...notus.orgHHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, EDOfficials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise. 5174101
Reposted by Erika EdwardsVermont Oxford Network @vtoxfordnetwork.bsky.social · 04/09/2026In September, we honor the infants and families who pass through our doors. We take our mission into everything we do, including our #VONQC26, where experts, multidisciplinary teams, and families will share how they are advancing the care of our most vulnerable infants. bit.ly/QC26Registra... 011
Reposted by Erika EdwardsThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/08/2026Researchers have found that pro-gun groups dramatically increase their political spending after fatal school shootings, "raising their aggressive tactics to a new level," Sari Horwitz argues:bit.lyThe Gun Lobby’s Most Cynical Move YetNew data show how pro-gun groups target their political spending after fatal school shootings. 14619
Reposted by Erika EdwardsHouse Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It's too expensive to live and Donald Trump is renaming lakes. 234720
Reposted by Erika EdwardsBe SMART for Kids @besmartforkids.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Yet another child’s life is over before it began due to an unsecured gun. This heartbreaking tragedy could have been prevented by taking a few simple steps to secure the gun — stored unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition.hoodline.comJacksonville Toddler Dies After Finding Unsecured Gun at HomeA two-year-old boy is dead after finding an unsecured gun in his Northside Jacksonville home. Police call it a preventable tragedy. 1129
Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Excited to see Hull City beat ManU today—I know it’s early days for both clubs but it’s great to see a newly promoted team get a win! Yay, Premier League football is back. Plus the Hull City kits are 👌 020
Reposted by Erika EdwardsMichael Olesen @molesen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is how dumb they sound to an epidemiologist. 40877201092
Reposted by Erika EdwardsKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026“No one truly appreciates the scope of Trump’s clusterfuck” Evergreen sentence right there 19728135
Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This story was a very well done take on a really horrifying subject. And they wonder why the birth rate is dropping? Here’s one more reason why. Again amazed that the human race has lasted as long as it has. 021
Reposted by Erika EdwardsInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 17/08/2026NEW: Trump's mass deportation push is costing U.S. taxpayers $2,358 each(!), new research from @epi.org and @nationalpriorities.bsky.social found this month. "I don't think people realize how much money is being spent on these mass deportations."axios.comTrump deportations cost taxpayers $2,358 eachThe projected $268.9 billion could otherwise fund major safety-net programs. 15453204
Reposted by Erika EdwardsKFF @kff.org · 17/08/2026Here are the 8 states that could see the biggest reductions in Medicaid payments to hospitals: CA ($7.4B), IL ($4B), KY ($3.9B), TB ($3.5B), NC ($3.4B), LA ($3.3B), AZ ($3B) and MI ($2.6B). More in our new analysis: on.kff.org/4fYwfgh 1125
Reposted by Erika EdwardsJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 595165447121
Reposted by Erika EdwardsDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/08/2026The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter. 393163105086