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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 5h
"Because policy shapes health, research on policy is health research." Great article from some giants in the fields of public health, social epidemiology, and health policy research: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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Policy Research At The National Institutes Of Health: An Imperative In Peril | Health Affairs Forefront
Understanding the health consequences of policy is not peripheral to NIH’s mission. It is central to it.
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Dr. D Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 11h
NIH Funding rate of Early Stage Investigators (ESI). 2025 was a major drop. 2026 will be worse.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 13h
NEJM Voices: Three Very Different Ways to Treat Long Covid by Paul E. Sax, M.D. @nejm.org @paulsaxmd.bsky.social bit.ly/4jzED84
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 13h
The Atlantic: MAHA Gone Mild by Tom Bartlett bit.ly/4e7YLum @tombartlett.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
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MAHA Gone Mild
This week’s summit featured J. D. Vance, electrolyte powder, and very few mentions of vaccination.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 13h
Devex: Scoop: US to launch global health plans Congress hasn’t seen bit.ly/3TCZAo1 by Andrew Green @devex.com
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Scoop: US to launch global health plans Congress hasn’t seen
The U.S. State Department is launching new implementation plans on Oct. 1 that will govern billions of dollars in healthcare financing and influence healthcare for millions of people around the world.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 14h
Health Policy Watch: Global Fund Leadership Shortlist Unveiled Amid Donor Friction and Push for Reform by Felix Sassmannshausen @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @fargonaut.bsky.social bit.ly/4hGdy0A
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 14h
DeLauro Statement on Deterioration of CDC Under President Trump and Secretary Kennedy @delauro.house.gov bit.ly/4xY7qqB
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 14h
Video/meeting materials FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee October 1, 2026 -- flu vaccine composition etc bit.ly/4z9RxhH 💥
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope can feel in short supply these days. But I am truly hopeful for the future, in large part because of the community we've built through the Bethesda Declaration. Proud to share these reflections on hope: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.... May they bring you some hope.
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Hope From the Front Lines: Reflections From the Bethesda Declaration Movement | Hope: A Public Health Blueprint for Action
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 16h
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 17h
Statement from ICMRA on animal testing for human¹ medicines bit.ly/4AHQozl
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 17h
Emerg Infect Dis: Pediatric Deaths during Measles Outbreak, Jerusalem, Israel, 2025-2026 11 deaths in one year from a vaccine-preventable disease.😠 Zohar Mor et al bit.ly/4xRGsRv
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Disruption of global research at NIH is endangering people in the United States and around the world. 27unihted.substack.com/p/disruption... Foreign collaborations have been interrupted and discouraged and foreign scientists in the United States are working in an increasingly hostile environment.
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Disruption of global research is endangering people in the United States and around the world
Concern 8 of the Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fiji is experiencing an alarming HIV outbreak at a time when we have more tools than ever to diagnose, treat and prevent HIV. It is a warning that progress against HIV is not self-sustaining and to end the epidemic we cannot become complacent bktitanji.substack.com/p/hiv-is-not...
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HIV Is Not Done With Us
Fiji’s rapidly growing epidemic is a warning about what happens when complacency, vulnerability and retreating resources give the virus an opening
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Randall Plant MD @rpfromak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here’s a better link: www.pa.gov/agencies/hea...
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Pennsylvania Department of Health Confirms Fifth Measles-Associated Death, Provides Statewide Update on Outbreak as Cases Reach 943 in 39 Counties
Pennsylvania Department of Health Confirms Fifth Measles-Associated Death, Provides Statewide Update on Outbreak as Cases Reach 943 in 39 Counties
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Washington Sun: RFK Jr. Just Exposed a Fraudster — And It Is Him He said he would end “corporate capture.” Now his MAHA movement is for sale. by Dana Milbank @washingtonsun.bsky.social @danamilbank.bsky.social ▶️ bit.ly/4z6JUbN
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Times Higher Education: World University Rankings 2027 -- University of Oxford is number one for record 11th consecutive year bit.ly/4z6mV0s @timeshighered.bsky.social
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
JAMA Network Open: Metformin Exposure in Pregnancy and Childhood Developmental Outcomes Hannah Gordon, MD et al @jamanetworkopen.com
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pennsylvania DoH Confirms Fifth Measles-Associated Death, Provides Statewide Update on Outbreak as Cases Reach 943 in 39 Counties bit.ly/47yDbvn2 Lancaster County, unvaccinated
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Hill: Unspent healthcare funding faces do-or-die cliff by Nathaniel Weixel @thehill.com bit.ly/4hq2xjC
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Céline Gounder I Tested America.gov, the Government's AI Chatbot, on Health Questions bit.ly/4y0eDq5 💥 by @celinegounder.com
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bloomberg: Ebola Is Hollowing Out Basic Health Care as Congo’s Outbreak Surpasses 8,000 Cases by Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social bloom.bg/4ADiw6Q
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republican senator's gotcha moment of confrontation against Jack Smith involving a basketball game backfires when it turns out the senator got the wrong game, wrong league and wrong state. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Resistbot Organizing @organizers.resist.bot · 29/09/2026
🖋️ “The Case Against Fauci Stalled. Now Rand Paul Wants His Assistant Prosecuted.” hit 25 signers!
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The Case Against Fauci Stalled. Now Rand Paul Wants His Assistant Prosecuted.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Durbin Slams Trump Administration Cuts To Lifesaving NIH Funding bit.ly/4hPMflD @durbin.senate.gov
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Durbin Slams Trump Administration Cuts To Lifesaving NIH Funding
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MS NOW: At MAHA Summit, RFK Jr.’s base asks if its champion is selling out By Brandy Zadrozny @ms.now @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social ▶️ bit.ly/4hoK5b6
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Annenberg: About 1 in 3 Americans say RFK Jr. recommends measles vaccination bit.ly/4dLfH9X @asc.upenn.edu
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026
This is not going well for Bhattacharya 😬 BHATTACHARYA: Talk about misinformation: the decisions during the pandemic led to many people losing faith in public health BRENNAN: Trump admin officials BHATTACHARYA: No. I mean Biden. BRENNAN: The pandemic began during the Trump administration
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
X article: Returning with a Renewed Commitment to Safety and Oversight: NIAID Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases Network (CREID) bit.ly/4hldRyR 💥
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MS NOW: 'DISASTER': Sen. Alsobrooks RIPS RFK Jr., CDC cuts 'making us SICKER, making us DIE' bit.ly/4e6rBvd 💥 @alsobrooks.senate.gov
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'DISASTER': Sen. Alsobrooks RIPS RFK Jr., CDC cuts 'making us SICKER, making us DIE'
Democratic Senator Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland joins Morning Joe to talk about recent reporting from the New York Times that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ‘hobbled’ by government cuts and ‘struggles to fulfill its scientific mission.’ Sen. Alsobrooks also discusses her continuing calls for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired and removed from the head of the Health and Human Services. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow Become an MS NOW Member! Join us here ms.now/membership MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.ms.now/ #News #Politics #CDC #RFKJr
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lancet Oncol: Global burden of cancer attributable to infections in 2024: a worldwide incidence analysis 12% of all cancers prob an underestimate Harriet Rumgay et al bit.ly/4rENbwr
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ACLU: NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share bit.ly/4rDwJwB cc Jay Bhattacharya
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A mother’s advice to her sons on HPV and cancer: “All I can do is tell them that Aunt Erica died of this disease. And that a vaccine could have saved her life."
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Washington Blade: Dr. Fauci ‘honored to be part of’ LGBTQ history ▶️ bit.ly/4dbJad0
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Dr. Fauci ‘honored to be part of’ LGBTQ history
Equality Forum presents pioneering AIDS researcher with Int’l Role Model Award
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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mink farming is a massive pandemic risk. It's insane that they are allowed to exist. Now we have an active H5N1 outbreak on a mink farm, & "state officials have no clear plan to rein it in." Imagine if uncontrolled H5N1 transmission in mink were allowed in a research lab...
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MedPage Today: A Bone Marrow Transplant Saved Me in '95—That Wouldn't Be Possible With Today's NIH by Brendan Harley bit.ly/4ACWhxW The path to a clinically meaningful therapy was winding, but it was paved by many rounds of NIH grants and generations of NIH-supported clinicians and scientists.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYT: U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics by Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @nytimes.com nyti.ms/4yUKWaK
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U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics (Gift Article)
Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Up to one in three people with type 2 diabetes develop serious heart or kidney disease or die within five years of diagnosis, study of 1.6 million patients suggests bit.ly/3TrdCcg 😮
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
CIDRAP: Local, state public health officials overwhelmingly faced serious backlash during pandemic, report reveals by Meghan Holohan @cidrap.bsky.social @meghanholohan.bsky.social bit.ly/4jphViS
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
IDSA Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19 September 23, 2026 bit.ly/3ef5OkA 💥 @idsainfo.bsky.social
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Inside Medicine: Covid-19 wastewater levels ain’t what they used to be. What does that mean? by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social bit.ly/4xPdJwv
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Covid-19 wastewater levels ain’t what they used to be.
That’s good. But it’s still a useful metric.
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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister changed medical practice by washing and sterilizing hands and instruments before surgery and reducing the spread of infections. Jay Bhattacharya advocated for the spread of infection.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The word of the day: Zombified www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
CNN: The Trump administration said it would prioritize ending mother-to-child HIV transmission. Health workers say it cut services by Lauren Kent @cnn.com cnn.it/4yXBK5r
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The Trump admin said it would prioritize ending mother-to-child HIV transmission. Health workers say it cut services | CNN
Dr. Theopista Masenge was at the hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania, rolling out new treatments for children with high HIV viral loads when she got the call: Stop work, now.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CDC: 2026-2027 COVID-19 Vaccination Guidance for People Who Are Not Immunocompromised Sept. 23, 2026 bit.ly/4yhQX1p 💥
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
MS NOW: 'Ideology overriding evidence': Dr. Gupta CALLS OUT Trump's FDA nominee on vaccines ➡️ bit.ly/4xR0886
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This Week in Virology -- TWiV 1360: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin Vincent Racaniello and Daniel Griffin @microbetv.bsky.social bit.ly/4ysaqwn 💥
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New HHS Hall of Heroes: John Snow, Ignaz Semmelweis, Joseph Lister, Alice Stewart, Herbert Needleman, Frances Kelsey, Rachel Carson, Jay Bhattacharya bit.ly/4hg6Rn0
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ADM Brian Christine, MD (@ADM_Christine) on X
Yesterday at @HHSGov, we unveiled the Hall of Heroes—honoring men and women who had the courage to pursue truth in science, medicine, and public health, even when the evidence challenged convention an...
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