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NPR @npr.org · 25/08/2025
JUST IN: The detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from custody on Friday.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during Baltimore check-in
The detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from custody on Friday.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All
12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.
A Free Press investigation found that the viral photos lacked important context: The subjects have cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments.
By Olivia Reingold and Tanya Lukyanova
08.17.25 -Israel and Antisemitism
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Important www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
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karipalmer.bsky.social @karipalmer.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I love this! And, investing in breastfeeding needs to include research into causes and treatment for low milk supply. I say this as someone who even with adequate support was still unable to breastfeed both of my children due to the very low volume I was producing.
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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
🎶 Well, I'm just a vax, yes I'm only a vax... 🎶 Taking inspiration from the Schoolhouse Rock song 'I'm Just a Bill,' we follow little Vax on their journey from research lab to your local pharmacy.
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Entomemeology @entomemeology.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Happy Weevil Wednesday yall
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
On a day that the congress has decided to go on an early recess and take 6 weeks of paid leave it is important to remember that in the U.S there is no federal law that guarantees paid maternity leave or family leave. Just something to think about in case you need more things to think about today.
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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Biology fact: fertile XY female mammals have evolved at least five times, independently. Here's how it works for them...
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Dr. Zachary Rubin @rubinallergy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The new ACIP likes to twist data drrubin.substack.com/p/cdc-vaccin...
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CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee Considers Removing Measles Vaccine?
Debunking claims from the ACIP Chair
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
One morning in 2014, 4-year-old Luca’s neck went limp like spaghetti. Soon, he was fully paralyzed with symptoms resembling polio. What’s the new disease that afflicted him, and what can we do about it as health agencies are defunded?
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Fighting ‘The New Polio’ In An Era Of Defunded Science
Since 2014, a virus related to polio has paralyzed hundreds of children. Amid government cuts, what happens if the outbreaks worsen?
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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We are providing updates on the oil spill of approximately 2,000 gallons in the Fells Point area.
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Maryland governor addresses 2,000-gallon oil spill in Baltimore’s Harbor East
YouTube video by ABC 7 News - WJLA
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
My latest — I wrote about Trump pardoning reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley’s tax and bank fraud convictions after their daughter praised him at the RNC vs. 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva’s wrongful ICE detainment, and how justice has merely become a presidential transaction. Read here:
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In Trump’s America, wealthy criminals are pardoned, poor innocents are arrested
While ICE patrols court houses for law-abiding immigrants, Trump's friends get a free pass.
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Margaret H. Zhang @marzhang.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Really good explainer this morning from @kkjetelina.bsky.social about why pregnant people and children are *still* eligible for COVID-19 vaccines - and getting one is often the right choice. open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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Covid vaccines for pregnancy and babies: Sorting fact from chaos
The events of the past week around Covid-19 vaccines have created a whirlwind of confusion—especially for those trying to make the best decisions for themselves and their families.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Which states have the most kids not getting vaccinated? ID (20%), AK (15%), and WI (15%). The states with highest vaccine coverage include WV, CA, NY and MS. parequirements.com/img/blog/mea...
Graphic shows a map of the U.S. that is color-coded by the percentage of kindergartners not up to date on measles vaccines. Among the worst states are Idaho (20%), Alaska (16%) and Colorado (11.1%). Among the states with the lowest number of unvaccinated kids are Mississippi (2.5%) and West Virginia (1.7%).
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings. “We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher. www.notus.org/health-scien...
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The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A huge step from HHS that is at odds with science showing significant risks for young children and pregnant women — and that directly contradicts *the FDA's own publication* from last week listing pregnancy as a high-risk condition that would qualify people for this fall's Covid vaccine
A tweet from HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:

Today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from @CDCgov recommended immunization schedule. Bottom line: it's common sense and it's good science. We are now one step closer to realizing @POTUS's promise to Make America Healthy Again.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 27/05/2025
Last week, President Trump issued an EO directing federal agencies to scrap Scientific Integrity Policies & undermine science-based decision making. ”The Trump administration intends to weaponize science to undermine public health and safety protections," said UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social.
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Executive Order Sets Stage to Silence Scientists and Empower Industry, Polluters and Corrupt Elected Officials
In late May, President Trump issued an executive order which, if enacted, could significantly undermine scientific institutions and harm public health and the environment.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/05/2025
These are VERY rough estimates, but here's life expectancy after diagnosis of type-I diabetes over the past 150 years. It was Banting and Best's discovery of how to isolate insulin in 1921 — not some fucking cooking class — that gave people including my daughter a new lease on life.
Plot of life expectancy after Type 1 diabetes diagnosis, 1850-2025. 

After the discovery of insulin in 1921, life expectancies go gradually from zero to seventy years.
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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 16/05/2025
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

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Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
New blog from me at @motherjones.com: 25 people were arrested today during a Congressional hearing while protesting Medicaid cuts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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25 arrested while protesting GOP Medicaid cuts
"You will kill me."
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 08/05/2025
Trump picks conspiracy theorist ‘wellness influencer’ Casey Means with no medical license to replace Fox contributor as Surgeon General
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Trump picks conspiracy theorist with no medical license to be Surgeon General
Previous nominee was withdrawn amid claims she had misrepresented her medical education
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8
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NPR @npr.org · 06/05/2025
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Great 🧵 on the path to the discovery and lifesaving uses of adrenaline…
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Here’s the piece from the Washington Post. “One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors, the family’s lawyer said.” ‼️ @efelton.bsky.social @maeganvaz.bsky.social
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Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Historically, hygiene and health are reasons to have effective government. Without it, people senselessly die. Demolishing the federal government will have terrible costs. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cattle in the United States
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses cross species barriers and have the potential to cause pandemics. In North America, HPAI A(H5N1) viruses related to the goose/Guangdong 2.3.4.4b hemagg...
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More like I-ACK @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is a public health 101 concept know as the Epidemiologic Transition. Better control of infectious diseases with more development mean more people die of chronic diseases because they a) live longer and b) eventually die of SOMETHING
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.
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Nature @nature.com · 23/04/2025
Tiny particles of plastic are everywhere today, but a discovery in a museum collection proves that this isn’t a new phenomenon
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992. Was there a breast cancer epidemic?! NO. Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976. PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something. This is also about autism.
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karipalmer.bsky.social @karipalmer.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I hate it here 😩
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
In the same way that Ivermectin and bleach DO NOT cure COVID, Budesonide and Clarithromycin DO NOT cure measles. Quackery kills. Pass it on.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/04/2025
Workers told ProPublica that instead of retrieving a portable pump, an employee used cardboard from a trash bin to funnel coconut oil into a tank during production of the company’s Pure Bliss by Similac Organic brand formula. By @heathervogell.bsky.social
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Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,”…
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
ICYMI: You've probably heard about the vast array of agencies the HHS layoffs gutted, but somewhat less focused-on were the communications teams that were laid off. I talked to laid-off workers in the comms offices in 5 divisions of HHS, and all said their offices had been emptied or nearly so. 1/x
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Kennedy Guts Teams That Share Health Information With the Public (Gift Article)
The health secretary had promised “radical transparency,” but fired communications teams in the Health and Human Services Department.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 02/04/2025
“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!” -ashamed -fragile -unreliable “A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.” -powerful -commanding -honest
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Liz Borkowski @lizborkowski.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
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Dr Susan Oliver (PhD) @drsusanoliver.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Some unvaccinated children being treated for measles at a Texas hospital showed signs of liver damage from ingesting too much vitamin A. RFK Jr has been recommending vitamin A. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
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For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill (Gift Article)
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Fund a baseless study to investigate a debunked conspiracy theory on vaccines then hire a discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic to supervise the study. Americans can no longer trust public health information from this DHHS, please get your info elsewhere. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism
A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 24/03/2025
Whenever I post about climate, skeptical folks inevitable respond with this graph. So I decided to do something radical: actually read the underling scientific paper and ask the authors. As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim: www.theclimatebrink....
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
*E.coli liked this post*
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
This breakthrough study shows the antiviral drug obeldesivir administered once daily orally was effective against a lethal challenge of Ebola in non human primates. This is an NIH funded study, the likes of which are being cut by the current administration. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The oral drug obeldesivir protects nonhuman primates against lethal Ebola virus infection
Oral treatment with obeldesivir protects macaques from lethal infection with Ebola virus.
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karipalmer.bsky.social @karipalmer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I’m not a federal worker, but I am an NIH-funded academic researcher. This has been a great tool for reminding myself of the value of the work I do day-to-day, no matter how small the task.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
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karipalmer.bsky.social @karipalmer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A bizarre, brief distraction from doomscrolling
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 09/03/2025
BREAKING: A Howard County resident who recently travelled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/pu...
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Measles case reported in Howard County, unrelated to Southwest outbreak
A Howard County resident who recently travelled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday.
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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
One of my first memories of my daughter is a mental image of her being grievously harmed. No one told me such intrusive thoughts are nearly universal after giving birth. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
They’re not thoughts you've previously had …  They’re in complete contrast with your entire belief system.
—Susanne Schweizer, UNSW Sydney
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Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · 06/03/2025
For the first time, an intersex individual is documented in the beetle Pectocera fortunei. Read more here doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... #beetles #entomology #insects
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