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Erika Edwards

@erikamedwards.bsky.social
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Perinatal epidemiologist. Chief Scientific Officer, Vermont Oxford Network. Research Professor, University of Vermont. Fan of public health, penguins, and Fulham Football Club. Up the Green!

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 6h
President 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.
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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...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The 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.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a joke... FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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FCC 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.
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Early 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...
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Early Medicaid Work Requirement Insights From Nebraska | KFF
This brief describes the verification process for Medicaid work requirements in Nebraska and examines early data on outcomes for individuals subject to work requirements.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
> @variety.com variety.com/2026/digital...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 29/09/2026
The 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 🧬🌎🧪
A Gentoo penguin with a black head, white eye patch, and bright orange beak and feet walks on a sandy beach. Its white chest contrasts with its black back. The ocean with gentle waves is blurred in the background. Adobe stock image. This is figure 7, which shows synonymy and divergence of gentoo penguins.
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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New 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
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Maternal levels of care and association with severe maternal morbidity during birth hospitalizations
Background 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...
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 25/09/2026
So 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
Since he came back into office, Trump has spent $1.8+ billion on his vanity projects. What else could the American people have gotten with that money?

1,000,000 tanks of gas for a sedan
100,000 months of childcare
100,000 people whose previous annual out-of-pocket ACA marketplace premiums could be restored following GOP cuts 10,000 additional school teachers hired
10,000 people whose Medicaid coverage could be restored following GOP cuts 10,000 veterans whose medical expenditures could be covered for a year 1,000 new houses built

And we'd still have $37 million left over!
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Alex Leff @alexleff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Congress passed $100 million for teen pregnancy prevention. Most of it is untouched www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...
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Congress passed $100 million for teen pregnancy prevention. Most of it is untouched
With 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.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an excellent article about what has been happening with federal funding for scientific research.
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These 6 charts show how NIH research funding has been reshaped under Trump
Stories 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.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said.
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Kathleen 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”
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Members of Congress push back on plan to create a commission of political appointees to review NIH grants
Several members of Congress voiced strong opposition about a reported plan to create a panel of political appointees to sign off on NIH grants
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Oceana Canada @oceanacanada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New 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...
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Critically endangered right whales face a nighttime protection gap
North Atlantic right whales change their feeding depth after sunset, bringing them closer to ships when crews are least able to see them.
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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026
New 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 #SatelliteData
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Half a century of ice loss: the new IMBIE dataset
A 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?
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Fourth Measles-Related Death, attributable to anti-Vaxxers and RFKJr, Reported in Pennsylvania www.wsj.com/us-news/four...
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Fourth Measles-Related Death Reported in Pennsylvania
The state has recorded nearly 700 cases of the disease since an outbreak started earlier this year.
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Brennan 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/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL 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).
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AcademyHealth @academyhealth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In 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/oSF5Rmq
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Doulas Are Jumping Through “A Lot of Hoops” To Serve Medicaid Clients | AcademyHealth
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Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: 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...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The 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...
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VermontArtist @vermontartist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good morning. #Vermont #Art #Photography #Sunrise #GreenMountains #Corn
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
CDC director's 'unusual' silence draws scrutiny thehill.com/policy/healt...
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CDC director’s ‘unusual’ silence draws scrutiny
Just 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 …
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The 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...
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KFF Health Tracking Poll: Views of the One Big Beautiful Bill | KFF
This 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...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It 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.
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Imagine 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!
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Penn State Health notifies public of potential measles exposure at Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital
Penn State Health is notifying the public of a potential measles exposure at Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not.
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Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Loving the @robynw414.bsky.social puzzle in the @nytimes.com today. I’ve missed you!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/09/2026
In 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.”
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Opinion | 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.
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Science, medicine, and public health are amazing.
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On ectopic pregnancies and abortion bans. New from @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic 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, ...
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Vermont Oxford Network @vtoxfordnetwork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
VON 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
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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm looking for doctoral students, postdocs and research fellows to work with on Bayesian Workflow. Flexible starting time
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Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fulham defense is a comedy of errors. #ffc #fulhamfc #coyw
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 04/09/2026
HHS 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…
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HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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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...
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What 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...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/09/2026
The pro-life party showing once again that they are not actually pro-life. www.notus.org/health-scien...
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HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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Vermont Oxford Network @vtoxfordnetwork.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In 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...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/08/2026
Researchers 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:
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The Gun Lobby’s Most Cynical Move Yet
New data show how pro-gun groups target their political spending after fatal school shootings.
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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
👇👇👇👇
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It's too expensive to live and Donald Trump is renaming lakes.
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Be SMART for Kids @besmartforkids.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yet 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.
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Jacksonville Toddler Dies After Finding Unsecured Gun at Home
A two-year-old boy is dead after finding an unsecured gun in his Northside Jacksonville home. Police call it a preventable tragedy.
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Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Amen.
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Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Excited 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 👌
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Michael Olesen @molesen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is how dumb they sound to an epidemiologist.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“No one truly appreciates the scope of Trump’s clusterfuck” Evergreen sentence right there
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Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This 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.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 17/08/2026
NEW: 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."
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Trump deportations cost taxpayers $2,358 each
The projected $268.9 billion could otherwise fund major safety-net programs.
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KFF @kff.org · 17/08/2026
Here 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
At Least 37 States Have Medicaid State Directed Payments for Hospital Services That Could Be Reduced by the 2025 Reconciliation Law Limits. The KFF map shows states with SDPs for hospital services that are likely to decrease because current payment policies exceed limits in the 2025 reconciliation law.
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Jen 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...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
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
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/08/2026
The 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.
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