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Luisa N. Borrell

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DP Epid/Bios @cunysph.bsky.social: Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic position and neighborhood effects as #SDoH | Posts=my opinions/views | RT!= endorsement. EiC: Preventive Medicine #EpiSky, #SocialEpi, #SDoH, #Epidemiology, #CausalInference #CUNY

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 18h
The mortality reviews document immigrants’ rapidly deteriorating health as they endure symptoms of conditions that are otherwise treatable. prospect.org?p=145558
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Delighted to share a paper with J. Diez, O. Brochado & L. Carmona where we found Bullying victimization inequities among United States high school students are shaped by the intersection of sex/gender, sexual identity, race/ethnicity, & obesity status. #SocEpi www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Inequities in Bullying Victimization Among US High School Students in Years 2017, 2019, and 2021: An Intersectional Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy With Random Effects
To examine inequities in bullying victimization across sex/gender, sexual identity, race/ethnicity, and obesity status among United States high school…
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Annals of Epidemiology @annalsofepi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New research (Vol. 122) discusses self-reported menstrual cycle length shows fair agreement. Self-reported and calculated cycle length agreed more closely when biological variability was considered. Findings support self-reported cycle length for epidemiologic research.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Delighted to share a paper with J. Diez, O. Brochado & L. Carmona where we found Bullying victimization inequities among United States high school students are shaped by the intersection of sex/gender, sexual identity, race/ethnicity, & obesity status. #SocEpi www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Inequities in Bullying Victimization Among US High School Students in Years 2017, 2019, and 2021: An Intersectional Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy With Random Effects
To examine inequities in bullying victimization across sex/gender, sexual identity, race/ethnicity, and obesity status among United States high school…
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Intersectionality Training Institute @intersectionalitytraining.com · 24/09/2026
We run the only MAIHDA training from Intro to Advanced open to all researchers globally. Attend or stream the recording. This #intersectionality training is facilitated by experienced researchers with relevant publications. Places are limited. www.intersectionalitytraining.com/training/mai...
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The City University of New York @cuny.edu · 23/09/2026
NYC Public Schools seniors on track to graduate can apply to CUNY for free from Sept. 15 to Nov. 16.Take the first step toward a brighter future at cuny.edu/apply
Group of students smiling and sitting on bleachers outdoors, promoting free CUNY applications for NYC seniors from Sep 15 to Nov 16.
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AJPH @amjpublichealth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
An open access special issue in partnership with The deBeaumont Foundation on the realties and perspectives of the governmental public health workforce is out now! Read more: ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/116...
The Supplement 5 cover features smiling female nurse in a medical team meeting in a hospital conference room.
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Annals of Epidemiology @annalsofepi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New publication analyzes healthy low-carb diets and all-cause mortality in adults. Healthy low-carb diets were linked to lower mortality, especially in adults with chronic disease. Carbohydrate quality mattered; unhealthy low-carb diets were not linked to lower mortality.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love this…and please don’t be greedy 🤣🤣
P-values
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APHA @apha.org · 21/09/2026
Learn more at: www.apha.org/what-is-publ...
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Vote for Health
Take steps now to ensure you can vote and make your voice heard this November. Make sure you vote for candidates who support public health issues, and encourage others to do the same.
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APHA @apha.org · 21/09/2026
A vote for public health is a vote for a free and fair society. Protect your community’s health and well-being. Vote in your local, state and national elections.
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Elsevier @elsevierconnect.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Elsevier's guidance helps reviewers use AI tools with confidence. This article summarizes what it means for you as a reviewer: spkl.io/633227RvIo. 🧠Don't forget to take the short quiz at the end to check how well you know the policy!
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Using AI in peer review with confidence
AI tools are increasingly part of how research gets done, including in peer review.
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Intersectionality Training Institute @intersectionalitytraining.com · 14/09/2026
Applications ARE OPEN for the #intersectionality Summer Intensive 2027: July 12 to 16, 2027, #Philadelphia. Keynote and special #MAIHDA session with @clarerevans.bsky.social! Apply early - registration prices are lower the earlier you apply! www.intersectionalitytraining.com/isi/
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Delighted to share a paper with T Vu where we found that grade, race/ethnicity, sex, and sexual identity explained 79.6% of the variance in binge drinking inequities; the unexplained was due intersectional interaction effects. #MAIHDA #Intersectionality #SocEpi www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Binge drinking inequities patterned by grade, race/ethnicity, sex, and sexual identity among U.S. adolescents: An application of intersectional MAIHDA
Binge drinking among U.S. adolescents varies by developmental stage, race/ethnicity, sex, and sexual identity. However, few studies have examined how …
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Richard Shaw @richardshaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Academics" whose main goal is to tick boxes to advance their career have AI doing the box ticking for them. It's turning life into terrible computer game where to maximise careerists "score", all the fun bits are delegated to AI, leaving people to deal with the worst consequences of management.
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The City University of New York @cuny.edu · 15/09/2026
🎉 Hispanic Heritage Month is here, and we're proud to recognize the history, culture, achievements, and influence of Hispanic and Latino communities. Join us all month long as we celebrate and uplift the voices, experiences, and contributions of our students, faculty, and staff. 🌟
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Delighted to share a paper with T Vu where we found that grade, race/ethnicity, sex, and sexual identity explained 79.6% of the variance in binge drinking inequities; the unexplained was due intersectional interaction effects. #MAIHDA #Intersectionality #SocEpi www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Binge drinking inequities patterned by grade, race/ethnicity, sex, and sexual identity among U.S. adolescents: An application of intersectional MAIHDA
Binge drinking among U.S. adolescents varies by developmental stage, race/ethnicity, sex, and sexual identity. However, few studies have examined how …
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Clare Evans @clarerevans.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"A 10-Year Retrospective Review and Future Directions for Intersectional MAIHDA" Free author link (until the end of July) 👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1nFcs-CmV9...
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AJPH @amjpublichealth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The October issue is now online! This issue features a special section on advancing responsible artificial intelligence. Select articles cover ethical use of AI, the environmental and health costs of AI, and AI tools used for nutrition and mortality research. Read more at the link below ⬇️
A woman holding a sign protesting data centers; AJPH cover with the headline "Advancing Responsible Artificial Intelligence."
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Who is responsible when AI helps to write science? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Who is responsible when AI helps to write science?
As generative AI becomes embedded in research and publishing, the deeper challenge is preserving accountability for scholarly work.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The death of Jason Arday must prompt deep reflection www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The death of Jason Arday must prompt deep reflection
Universities and media organizations need to scrutinize their roles in the events that led to this tragedy.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
📣📣 “a critical task is to find allies to build multisectoral coalitions to secure a world in which all can thrive, a goal that by definition requires grappling with and eradicating unfair social distributions of harmful exposures, inadequate health care, and inequitable health outcomes.” #PublicHealth
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Embodied Truths Will Endure: On the Politics of and in Public Health | AJPH | Vol. Issue
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Take home: By embracing and learning from the mistakes that were made here, not avoiding them out of discomfort. That means advocating for diversity without tokenism, the celebration of excellent black scholarship without the need for exceptionalism or academic celebrity. @jaseokundaye.bsky.social
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International Social Epidemiology Society @ises-epi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In our next I-SES executive council member spotlight, meet our Regional Councilor for North America, Dr. Luisa Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social!
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
When institutions highlight that commitment to learning, research and service to the broader public good is shared across campus, they help students and educators see themselves as part of a collective endeavour rather than isolated participants: ow.ly/on9B50Zx6f7 #Highered #Academicsky
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Why a unity lens is crucial in higher education
When institutions highlight that commitment to learning, research and service to the broader public good is shared across campus, they help students and educators see themselves as part of a collective endeavour rather than isolated participants
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International Social Epidemiology Society @ises-epi.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Over the next couple of months, we're excited to each week spotlight through a brief Q&A a member of our executive council, including our regional councilors, president, & secretary-general. In our first spotlight, meet our Regional Councilor for Africa, Dr. Landon Myer bsky.app/profile/land...!
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Cannot agree more! But that is more than PhD supervising that is mentoring!
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Termination notice: Measures racial discrimination “is subjective & problematic bc different people could interpret the same experience differently” & only studying Blacks “seriously limits possible comparisons & controls & does not seem scientifically justified.” www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH is again terminating grants that the Trump administration dislikes
With cancellation of health disparities project, agency may be testing new way to legally kill politically sensitive grants
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
White House offers its science blueprint: More AI, less life sciences www.statnews.com/2026/07/24/s... via @statnews.com @aniloza.bsky.social
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White House offers its science blueprint: More AI, less life sciences
The Trump administration released its blueprint for U.S. science, calling for shifting hundreds of billions of research dollars from universities to industry.
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Elsevier @elsevierconnect.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The University of Virginia is expanding research resources with LeapSpace™, Elsevier’s research-grade AI workspace. Read more: spkl.io/633237JrES
The University of Virginia is expanding research resources with LeapSpace™, Elsevier’s research-grade AI workspace.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Doctored data sets could trick AI agents www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Doctored data sets could trick AI agents
Researchers warn that ‘poisoned’ information can undermine the reliability of tools that analyse data autonomously.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Why there needs to be a global debate on inequality www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Why there needs to be a global debate on inequality
Researchers have a responsibility to search for consensus on this crucial issue, both for future generations and the future of our planet.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Whoops! Most arXiv papers contain information never meant to be shared www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Whoops! Most arXiv papers contain information never meant to be shared
Passwords, GPS coordinates and private conversations have all been found in the metadata and source files of millions of preprint submissions.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"The proposed rule appears to expand political control of scientific and other grants, downgrade the role of peer review and effectively limit researchers’ ability to disseminate their findings and collaborate internationally, among other effects." #HealthEquity #NIH www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/w...
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A Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
📣📣 "While intersectional MAIHDA is a promising new approach..., it is important to acknowledge that, in many ways, the world is far more hostile to this kind of work than when I first began developing the approach over a decade ago." @clarerevans.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A 10-year retrospective review and future directions for intersectional MAIHDA
Marking the 10th anniversary of intersectional MAIHDA (multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy), this commentary o…
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Sociedad Española de Epidemiología @seepidemiologia.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
El racismo, el sexismo y el clasismo también enferman. @lborrell.bsky.social explica en #SEEPamplona26 que edad, sexo, etnia, estatus migratorio, clase social o lugar de residencia se combinan y condicionan el acceso a la atención sanitaria, la calidad de vida y la esperanza de vida.
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#seepamplona26 | Sociedad Española de Epidemiología
👶 En EEUU, los bebés de mujeres negras tienen una tasa de mortalidad de más del doble que los de mujeres blancas. ⚖️ Un dato que refleja que las desigualdades en salud no pueden explicarse solo por f...
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Isabel Aguilar @iaguilar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Un lujo tener a @lborrell.bsky.social en #SEEPamplona26
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Health equity researchers fear unseen level of scrutiny under White House proposal www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/h... via @statnews.com @aniloza.bsky.social
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Health equity researchers fear unseen level of scrutiny under White House proposal
Health disparities researchers say a new White House proposal could disqualify much of their work from federal funding — perhaps the most serious threat yet to the future of their field.
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American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#OTD 1937 Jerzy Neyman introduces the confidence interval in a talk given at the Royal Statistical Society. Listeners are not enthusiastic: in the vote of thanks, AJ Bowley wonders aloud if confidence intervals are just a “confidence trick”, doubts their validity & if they were any possible use.
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CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy @sph.cuny.edu · 02/06/2026
Congratulations to the #CUNYSPH Class of 2026! 🎓✨ We’re so proud of everything you’ve achieved and excited for all that lies ahead! 💙🩵 #CUNYSPH26 #CommencementDay #PublicHealthGrads #CUNY26
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Annals of Epidemiology @annalsofepi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
New data has shown that 8% of adults have had cancer genetic testing! Among untested adults, 52% knew testing could show future cancer risk and 41% were interested in testing. 93% of adults said knowing whether they were at risk would change their health care decisions.
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AJPH @amjpublichealth.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A new U.S. survey found broad bipartisan support for warning labels, restricting ads to children, and stronger regulation of ultraprocessed foods. Read more at the link below ⬇️
An image of french fries is overlaid with the following text, "Americans across the aisle agree on one thing: ultraprocessed foods are harmful."
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This is terrible for science: "Black PIs experienced the largest relative decline among race groups, dropping from 1627 in 2024 to 1468 in 2025 (−9.8%). Hispanic PIs declined from 2839 to 2632 (−7.3%)." #DEI #PublicHealth #HealrhEquity #EpiSky #SocialEpi
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The City University of New York @cuny.edu · 23/05/2026
Join the CUNY Immigration Assistance Project on May 28 at 6pm for a virtual webinar to learn about the options available to students while they wait for their work authorization cards. This resource is available for current students, faculty, and staff. Register: cuny.edu/ciapwebinar
CUNY Immigration Assistance Project flyer featuring a person with paperwork, promoting a free webinar for CUNY community members on immigration updates, May 28, 6–7 p.m., with Zoom registration link.
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The City University of New York @cuny.edu · 14/05/2026
You matter, and your mental health matters. This Mental Health Month, CUNY encourages students to prioritize their well-being and connect with free support at cuny.edu/mentalhealth.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
#HealthEquity: This is really bad! We cannot document or monitor a #PublicHealth problem, we cannot quantify it and/or address it. These data are being targeted because they are called “woke programs”, “racial equity”, “gender ideology” and “climate extremism.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are five ways it’s hurting Americans
This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come
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CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy @sph.cuny.edu · 06/05/2026
A recent population-based #CUNYSPH study surveying over 6,000 Asian American adults across all five boroughs examine serious psychological distress, unmet treatment needs, and patterns of help-seeking, highlighting gaps in access to care and poorer mental health outcomes. cunysph.me/4cySuq1
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Study highlights mental health struggles among Asian adult New Yorkers - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
A population-based study published in Social Science & Medicine examined serious psychological distress, unmet treatment needs, and help-seeking among Asian American adults in NYC. Led by Dr. Thinh Toan Vu at the NYC Department of...
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
CDC leader calls for new journal to ‘elevate scientific rigor’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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CDC leader calls for new journal to ‘elevate scientific rigor’
Bhattacharya publicly slams vaccine study he pulled from agency’s flagship publication
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Fake authorship for sale: "An analysis of the advert data found that a first-author slot on an article sold by a paper mill costs a median value of nearly US$800, with prices ranging from $57 to more than $5,600." #EpiSky #SocialEpi #PublicHealth www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How much for a fake authorship? Ad database reveals secrets of scientific fraud
An analysis of thousands of paper-mill adverts could help journals to crack down on misconduct.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The damage to science continues: NIH is using "computational text approval tool" to vetting and approving grants by scanning for terms including “racism,” “gender” and “vaccination refusal." #EpiSky #SocialEpi #PublicHealth www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...
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Pace of N.I.H. Funding Slows Further in Trump’s Second Year
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