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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

there's an off-the-books slack channel started by centers for medicare and medicaid for tech companies to exchange ideas on making money off of AI tools that access all of your medical records. insane story i missed from last week.

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AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room - KFF Health News

A Slack workspace managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has served as an extraordinary war room for AI industry insiders and Trump administration officials to launch a rapid campaign...

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LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · 17h

Chat rooms are fine but consumers should know how to report adverse events to FDA. Journalists and public health folks can and should encourage reporting.

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MedWatch Online Voluntary Reporting Form

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Vaccine Injuries Are Real, Rare, and Dwarfed by the Diseases They Prevent History of Vaccines blog @historyvaccines.bsky.social bit.ly/4yeXRDA 💥

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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 10/10/2026

infants are suffering because parents are swindled by grifters & con artists and the culture built around them, it's been worsening for YEARS we've made incredible strides against illness & death with food safety & other public health measures now we're just tearing down the future the past built.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/10/2026

Trump announced that a group of companies—including OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Palantir, and Amazon—have committed over $2.4 billion to accelerate American scientific research. In other words, he's replacing established research institutions with the corporations that have curried favor with him.

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Trump calls on AI to speed up science—while continuing to defund it

Tech firms are giving big to a White House AI science program amid the destruction of institutions like the NIH.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you are an NIH funded scientist and have not commented, you are agreeing that this change is a good idea. If, you, like me, think ditching peer review is a bad idea, take the 5 minutes and post a comment.

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@janprobst.bsky.social @janprobst.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sam the rural health advoCATe is too depressed to comment. #PowerOfRuralCats

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@noamross.net on NPR this morning. www.npr.org/2026/10/09/n... "I am always enthusiastic about more investment into science, but you could think of this as someone planting a tree somewhere where THEY just burned down a forest. We've lost so much scientific investment under this administration."

npr.org

After his university cutbacks, Trump announces $100 million for STEM researchers

The Trump administration is funneling $100 million into educating STEM researchers who are U.S. citizens. The move comes after other changes under Trump have forced cutbacks in university research.

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Appeals panel wrestles with block of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel appointments: government wants the 1st circuit to overturn the stay on ACIP appointments (but not ACIP decisions). thehill.com/policy/healt...

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Appeals panel wrestles with block of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel appointments

The Trump administration told a federal appeals panel Tuesday that a lower court erred in blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked appointees from serving on a key vaccine advis…

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If the Hepatitis B vaccine trial RFK Jr. has funded in Guinea-Bissau were ethical, he’d be doing it in the U.S. Instead, he’s preying on infants in one of the poorest countries in the world, which also happens to have a high prevalence of Hep B. Infants will suffer b/c RFK Jr. is anti-vax.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Meanwhile, I showed up at Costco for my vaccine yesterday only to find out they were out of my preferred shot. (Luckily, I was able to get a Pfizer vaccine.) Supply chains for vaccines have been suspect in Oregon this entire season. I WONDER WHY.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 08/10/2026

Yes! Please read. Media ownership matters. And it matters for science and scientists, who depend on communicating with the public. Science orgs sat out the CNN/Paramount merger. All of us have to take an interest in future mergers, and media antitrust.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The unethical, racist study of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau is back. Last year, we made a lot of noise and they dropped it. Time to get loud again! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

rollingstone.com

CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

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Nina Friedman @ngfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just went to a fantastic talk at NIH by @kgandersen.bsky.social on the origins of SARS-CoV-2. We worked together on a counterprogramming lecture (linked) when Matt Ridley joined Jay Bhattacharya for the inaugural “Scientific Freedom” lecture at NIH, but I learned even more from watching…

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NIH FFS: The Freedom From Science Lab Leak Lecture Series

The NIH Director invited a conspiracy theorist to present his evidence-free,views on how the pandemic started. So I brought my co-conspirators to set them straight.

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 06/10/2026

Dan has been *the* reporter for all things NSF, and especially for SBE. We are losing a generation of scholars and scholarship.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There is no NSF leadership. They were removed and never replaced.

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"As flu season begins, Emory Healthcare employees have until Nov. 1 to get vaccinated. Emory Healthcare says those who miss the deadline without an approved exemption will be suspended without pay." www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

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Emory Healthcare enforces annual flu shot requirement as respiratory illness season begins

As flu season begins, Emory Healthcare employees have until Nov. 1 to get vaccinated. Emory Healthcare says those who miss the deadline without an approved exemption will be suspended without pay.

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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This was one of my leadership principles I leaned on during my last few months at CDC

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026

Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I will never forgive or forget a single Republican Senator who voted yes on RFK Jr.’s confirmation as HHS Secretary. But as you know I hold especial contempt for Bill Cassidy (R, Invertebrate) for greasing the skids for RFK Jr. and for the destruction of U.S. public health.

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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Great article from @benecal.bsky.social "Kennedy is consistently, relentlessly dishonest."

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026

Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

NIH makes yet again new LOW number of grants report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/...

Table from NIH showing drop of nearly 8,000 grants vs 2023

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Immune amnesia resulting from measles is often overlooked. “People get measles, and then afterwards they will have recurrent ear infections or pneumonia, but they don’t tie it back to measles. They think, ‘Oh, this is just bad luck that I happen to have this ear infection or that I got pneumonia.’”

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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Looking for vaccines? Vaccines.gov won’t help A CDC-run website for finding vaccines is not currently functioning. Read more: bit.ly/4xXWSHM 📷: CDC (screenshot of the Vaccines.gov website)

Screenshot of error message on Vaccines.gov website

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jim O’Neill lawyer and NSF Director + Russell Vought OMB Director “diverted” NSF funds. NSF is an institution. People are responsible.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/10/2026

Experts say now is an ideal time to get a flu shot, before influenza starts spreading widely. It's also a good time for vulnerable people to get vaccinated against another winter risk, RSV, and to get up to date on protection against COVID-19.

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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026

Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year. n.pr/4z0FPpq

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'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy

Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

if you’re calling it a “second opinion,” you’re practicing medicine without a license or malpractice insurance

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026

Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 27/09/2026

I think we need to share this starter pack again after a great weekend with @27unihted.bsky.social , @jeremymberg.bsky.social , and the #BethesdaDeclaration crew. #NIH

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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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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Floridians oppose the DOH proposal by a more than 2-to-1 margin: 58% to 28%. ... After hearing arguments from both sides of the issue, opposition climbs to 63%, while support falls to 23%." floridapolitics.com/archives/821...

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Jeffrey Mazzella: Floridians already answered the vaccine question DOH is asking

Florida voters favor vaccine access while rejecting DOH’s proposed rollback.

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Confirming the White House’s planned EO to exert more political control on NIH seems to be “dead” www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/n...

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White House plan to increase control of NIH grants appears 'dead'

A planned EO that would have greatly enhanced White House influence over grants at the NIH is “looking dead,” a source said.

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KFF @kff.org · 22/09/2026

Deciding what health care gets covered largely falls to insurers. KFF polling finds prior authorization is the single biggest burden insured adults say they face beyond cost. KFF’s @larrylevitt.bsky.social weighs whether the savings are worth the impact of delays & denials on patients & providers.

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Leah Torres, MD @leahntorres.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Feed all the children , yes!!! 💖💪🏻

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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 21/09/2026

This is not an ask for new funding — lawmakers must ensure that this already-approved full contribution is released before the end of the month. We need your help. Please send a message to your Members of Congress #ForEveryChild:

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The Clock is Running Out to Receive UNICEF's Funding

We urgently need your help to make sure the government sends critical funding to UNICEF before September 30.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 21/09/2026

The Trump admin’s big, ugly bill caused health care costs to skyrocket - and they have no real plan to fix it even as costs are expected to rise even more next year. Working people aren’t asking for luxury, they’re asking for affordable health care that won’t bankrupt them.

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants" [everybody up in arms, as they should be, but for those who have been paying close attention, this has pretty much already happened - the realization just hasn't sunk in yet] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...

nytimes.com

White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“A larger share of health care workers have health insurance than those in other fields… But even health care workers are feeling the pinch as health insurance costs rise each year, and employers expect that costs will jump an additional 8.2 percent for 2027.”

washingtonpost.com

Even medical professionals are skipping health insurance because of high prices

A larger share of health care workers have health insurance than those in other fields. But they are feeling the pinch as health insurance costs rise.

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James Gleick @around.com · 17/09/2026

True fact: there's no such thing as “chemtrails.” The word for the trails of vapor sometimes created by aircraft is "contrails," short for condensation trails. They're water. They’ve been understood for almost a century.

nytimes.com

RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’ (Gift Article)

The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”

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