Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 23/11/2025The day has arrived when I had to make the font on my phone bigger. 3130
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up. Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence. 341103310
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Every new ache starts a panic. 430
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Immunotherapy infusion 3 is complete. Awaiting side effects but feel pretty good at the moment. 👏 1140
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisDr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet? Help archives help you! (Help archives keep funding!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comAstrophysics Data System (ADS) User Feedback SurveyThank you for taking the time to provide feedback on the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) digital library. Your insights will help us improve the platform and better serve the scientific community. All ... 05037
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance. The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income. They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive. Wanna fix fraud and abuse? Fix that. 6682592610271
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 19/10/2025RFK Jr unloaded a paper into my hellsite replies to support his teen sperm count claims. I do love a vigorous evidence-driven academic debate, so LFG! Does this paper show teens only have 50% of the sperm counts of dudes his age? SPOILER: No.🧵 rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/secretary-...rasmussenretorts.substack.comSecretary Kennedy Comes to Teen Sperm Journal ClubPlease stop making me read academic papers about this 19362102
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Many thanks @mehdirhasan.bsky.social for hosting us on @zeteo.com re: our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/science-un...zeteo.com‘Science Under Siege’: Two Experts Sound the Alarm on Trump’s War on ScienceAcclaimed scientists Michael E. Mann and Peter Hotez on how the MAGA antiscience movement threatens the entire planet, from the climate to pandemics, and how we fight back. 422374
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Christ. 032
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover. 499137506091
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisNPR @npr.org · 11/10/2025Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."n.prPope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman." 23090792472
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 11/10/2025For those following along at home, immunotherapy and a lot of radiation are kicking my ass this past week. NOT fun. I know it’s going to get easier if I can just wait out the side effects. Send pet pictures please! 670
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025I wrote a thing about how this split the MMR up into monovalents is bullshit that Andrew Wakefield cooked up. It will be used to strip access to the MMR. The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...open.substack.comThe Monovalent MirageA pretend alternative to the MMR exists, just ask Andrew Wakefield 620473
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisFumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO @fumikochino.bsky.social · 07/10/2025#Priorauthorization #UtilizationManagement for costly 2nd-line 💊 is understandable but nearly one-half of plans have quantity limits for generic ondansetron, a cheap ($16 for 60 8mg tabs) & effective 1st-line drug Make this make sense. #fixPriorAuth @michaelannica.bsky.social @jamanetworkopen.comjamanetwork.comPrior Authorization, Quantity Limits, and Step Therapy for AntiemeticsThis cross-sectional study evaluates whether antiemetic drugs for patients with cancer who have Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace or Medicaid plans are subject to utilizatio... 031
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisLet's Win Pancreatic Cancer @letswinpc.org · 07/10/2025Social worker Lauren Shaffer provides tips and insights into managing scanxiety, the worry that accompanies follow-up scans and tests for cancer patients. bit.ly/3FTbV0Jbit.lyScanxiety—A Nearly Universal Experience Among Cancer PatientsSocial worker Lauren Shaffer provides tips and insights into managing scanxiety about follow-up scans and tests for patients. 001
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Vaccine disinformation/misinformation is as damaging as banning vaccines because it accomplishes the same thing i.e. fewer people get vaccinated as a result. RFK. Jr's agenda doesn't need to explicitly take vaccines off shelves to meet its goals pseudoscience and misinformation are doing the job. 413032
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025PubMed Update (no pun intended) Publications with Pub Date 8/1//24 62209 9/1/24 64765 10/1/24 68211 8/1/25 61610 9/1/25 63719 10/1/25 35936 (as of 10/2/25) 10/1/25 38673 (as of 10/6/25, 8:00 AM) It appears that ~40% of the expected number of publications are missing for 10/1/25 1/2media.tenor.coma man in a black vest says no bueno in front of mountainsALT: a man in a black vest says no bueno in front of mountains 68132
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisFerric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Fun fact: Peyton Rous discovered the first cancer-causing virus in 1911– but didn’t receive the Nobel Prize until 1966, when he was 87 years old. It can be to be tough to be ahead of your time. 241
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisFerric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Great article by a polio survivor. Salk declined to patent the polio vaccine, saying “it belongs to the people.” 27529
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 03/10/2025First evening since my first immunotherapy tx (7 days in) and I’m learning to manage the fever. Tylenol and Advil in my car, in my office and in my nightstand. 😂media.tenor.coma man in a yellow suit is making a chemical experiment and the caption says better living through chemistryALT: a man in a yellow suit is making a chemical experiment and the caption says better living through chemistry 070
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisEric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Shutdown fight—to save the average American family $13k in Obamacare health insurance subsidies. GOP want to dissolve this and then allow rates to rise to any amount. 16433228
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisFerric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Very concerned about this... "A shutdown will allow a 'backdoor impoundment'. OMB could gut the government’s capacity to administer programs it opposes. The administration could kill programs unilaterally without the inconvenience of Congress-- all perfectly legal." www.govexec.com/management/2...govexec.com 021
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Radiation to eye day 10 today! Last treatment- then we have sbrt to my pelvis and continuing immunotherapy. So far worst side effect is fever and it’s not so bad. Btw our fundraiser for #letswinpc! Had raised $4600!!! You can still donate to help us reach 5k! letswinpc.kindful.comletswinpc.kindful.comLet's Win Pancreatic Cancer | Kindful 020
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisBenoit Bruneau @benoitbruneau.bsky.social · 29/09/2025thank you to all the NIH staff who stand by their duty and put in heroic efforts to get it done. I'll never forget it and will be eternally grateful. 0327
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisFerric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Today is the 97th anniversary of penicillin's discovery! Many know the story of Fleming's serendipitous find. But fewer know that the antibiotic-producing mold drifted in from a nearby lab where it was being studied during an unusually cool period that allowed it to grow. apnews.com/today-in-his...apnews.comToday in History: September 28, Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin1924: First round-the-world flight 2020: Global COVID death toll reaches 1 million 2022: Hurricane Ian strikes Florida 1118
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Tuesday Sept 30 in Baltimore MD publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2025/... 414026
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2025It is really funny that Jimmy Kimmel Live showed more moral fortitude and adherence to a system of values than Columbia University 145127632127
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Immunotherapy started yesterday… so far only side effect is a low grade fever. 060
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2025In reporting this piece on the new trial for a Huntington's treatment, I was struck by one thing in particular: The joy. One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...sciencenews.orgHuntington's progression slowed by experimental gene therapyAn experimental gene therapy slowed Huntington’s by up to 75 percent in a small clinical trial. While not a cure, it may give patients longer lives. 121027243
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisFerric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Great article. "We’ve come too far to go back to a time when autism was stigmatized and defined solely in terms of deficits; when mothers were made to feel guilty; when people whose well-being was at stake were excluded from shaping narratives and policies that alter their lives and happiness." 131
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisFerric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Lifestyles of the small and circular. Researchers at the UK's Sanger Institute reveal how plasmid microevolution and recombination have allowed antibiotic resistance genes to rapidly disseminate on mobile DNA elements. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgPre- and postantibiotic epoch: The historical spread of antimicrobial resistancePlasmids are now the primary vectors of antimicrobial resistance, but our understanding of how human industrialisation of antibiotics influenced their evolution is limited by a paucity of data predati... 031
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 25/09/2025I often emphasize that there are rarely "silver bullets" that magically solve problems but vaccines are one of the closest things we have and it's mind-boggling and enraging to watch this "debate" unfold during my lifetime 4315106
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Shifting from excitement about immunotherapy to being a little bit frightened of the unknown. what are the side effects going to be- how do I plan for that....media.tenor.coma cartoon of winnie the pooh wearing a purple hatALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh wearing a purple hat 160
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Immunotherapy drugs I’ve been stressing over were approved by insurance!media.tenor.coma man and a woman are jumping in the air in a living room .ALT: a man and a woman are jumping in the air in a living room . 1534
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Here is a plot in terms of PROJECTS rather than dollars. I am using projects rather than awards so that projects that received supplements do not get double-counted. While the FY25 curve is improving, it seems that the number of funded projects will drop by 3000-4000 compared with FY24. 23621
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisBoston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 22/09/2025In civil society, if you feel the need to keep what you're doing secret you very well shouldn't be doing that thing. I'm thinking that this is what the lawyer types mean when they say an action reveals "consciousness of guilt." 3197
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Birthday flowers done by our youngest. ❤️ Thank you all so much for your donations to #letswinpc - we raised over $2500! Also thank you for the wonderful birthday wishes.❤️❤️❤️ 170
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2025NEW: Hours before a new entry ban is supposed to go into effect, the federal government officially acknowledges for the first time that the restrictions do NOT apply to people who currently have H-1B visas. Link: www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul... 16227071022
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 20/09/2025This is a really serious situation for people holding a H-1B visa. 1314541
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires. 15258151598
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2025This is a GREAT interview. Definitely worth a listen. 0348
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Excellent summary of the chaotic and imcompetent mess that is the ACCIP (Advisory Clown Car on Immunization Practices) 27623
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 20/09/2025“Wellness influencers” try to convince us we can control our health if we just follow their advice and buy their products and services. Just bc someone delivers a message with conviction and dramatic music doesn’t mean it’s true, tho. Colonoscopies are actually good!m.youtube.comDoctor reacts to false claims about colonoscopiesYouTube video by Dr. Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD 85720
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 19/09/2025ACIP is an absolute joke. I was actually delighted by the fact that they don’t know what words mean, because it really showcased their lack of qualification and the copious bad faith they operate in. They are too incompetent to even take away vaccines effectively & that is literally their one job 213223
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 19/09/2025This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents. 642188204897
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisVeena Menon @venmeno.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comGlobal mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019The 33 bacterial pathogens that we investigated in this study are a substantial source of health loss globally, with considerable variation in their distribution across infectious syndromes and locati... 011
Reposted by Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-PolymenisRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2025David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant. 647294509810
Dr.Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis @hpolymenis.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Politicians have no place interfering with academics. No place. 000