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Londyn Robinson, MD

@londyloo.bsky.social
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Rheumatology Fellow | Physician | Rural MN raised | interested in ⬆️ rural care, health tech, antibodies 🦠| healthcare is a human right | find me outside. ⛷️ 🏔️ 🚲 |

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Consider a donation to your local food bank if you are US-based SNAP benefits are in jeopardy cc @londyloo.bsky.social #ACR25
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Londyn Robinson, MD @londyloo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Traveling to the annual nerd convention. In Chicago #ACR2025 #Rheum so excited
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a poster that says science does n't lie on a blue background
ALT: a poster that says science does n't lie on a blue background
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SANS @sansmeeting.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
How do our brains learn when choices affect both ourselves and others? New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning rdcu.be/eL8mZ
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
They just killed NHANES. Every US public health student learns about this study. It’s given us all sorts of important knowledge about the health of Americans and they just ended it.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I 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.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Londyn Robinson, MD @londyloo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Friendly reminder if you are on MEDICARE or MEDICAID to please call your clinic if you have any upcoming VIRTUAL or telephone appointments and reschedule them in person or speak to clinic about if they will still see you virtually.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I work with Veterans. If I told them that they "killed people and broke things for a living" they would (rightfully) tell me to go to hell. Those that have had to kill someone in the line of duty most often view it with sadness, regret, and one of the worst experiences of their lives.
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Londyn Robinson, MD @londyloo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
….don’t worry there’s only 1207 days left 🫣 (sarcasm)
A bar chart titled “Donald Trump’s Second Term Progress (as of Sept 30, 2025)” with two vertical bars.
	•	The first bar, labeled “Days Completed”, reaches 254 days.
	•	The second bar, labeled “Days Remaining”, reaches 1,207 days.
The chart visually emphasizes that the majority of the term remains ahead.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Breakthroughs come from past failures. Huntington disease affects 30,000 Americans. This treatment targets the HTT gene, responsible for neuronal health. It is also based on a similar drug that failed clinical trials. And guess what- this harnesses microRNAs. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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In a first, a gene therapy seems to slow Huntington disease
Small study suggests uniQure drug could be first successful treatment for devastating brain disorder
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@janprobst.bsky.social @janprobst.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Endorsed by Sam the rural health advoCATe. We need better. @codymullens.bsky.social @ruralhealth.bsky.social #PowerOfRuralCats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Rural Hospitals Deserve More Than Patchwork Policies
This Viewpoint discusses reworking the funding and organization of rural hospitals to enhance their sustainability.
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Londyn Robinson, MD @londyloo.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Hi. So ummm…are they gonna extend the Medicare telehealth policy past 10/1/25???
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient." No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
These ACIP members literally don't even know what the current ACIP recommendations for the vaccines they are voting on are
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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"With 2 weeks left before the end of this fiscal year, USDA’s [NIFA] had awarded just 558 competitive grants ... 68% fewer than during the prior fiscal year—and $741 million less in competitively awarded research funds" Don't forget #PlantSci and ag research, folks. www.science.org/content/arti...
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USDA funding delays under Trump compromise agricultural research
Sharp drop in grant awards leaves researchers frustrated
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Most of the world recommends a universal birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine, because that's when it's most effective. Babies need to be vaccinated within hours of birth to avoid being infected during delivery. #ACIP
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/09/2025
Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
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Londyn Robinson, MD @londyloo.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Society has normalized school shootings in the U.S. The shooting at a Catholic School near my sister's house in Minneapolis is just another example of how little care is given to the children in our country. You don't really know the evil of the world until you are trying to protect kids from it.
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Lots of options but I'm going to go for a category not listed: a MENTEE who inspires me. It's @londyloo.bsky.social, whose use of social media to shed light on rural inequities in healthcare access made me realize that this is something we can ALL do, in our areas of focus Stories = impactful
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Amanda Makara @amakara.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
💫 REPEAT lab hiring a research coordinator💫 The Research on Excessive Persistent and Emotion-based Actions and Traits (REPEAT) Lab in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University is recruiting to fill a Clinical Research Coordinator position. Posting will close in 1 week!! 1/7🧵
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Big Data Kane @cmwitko.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
People who think there is going to inevitably be a big pro-Dem backlash against Medicaid cuts should read this article. You have to remember there is an entire proganda apparatus that will blame the Dems for the effects of these Republican cuts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Politics of Rural Hospital Closures - Political Behavior
Who do citizens hold responsible for outcomes and experiences? Hundreds of rural hospitals have closed or significantly reduced their capacity since just 2010, leaving much of the rural U.S. without a...
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Beth Tarini, MD, MS, MBA @bethtarini.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
In case anyone is still wondering if air traffic controller staffing is a problem and has downstream impact… 1. The pilot just told us that they have to fly around NYC because they are short staffed for air traffic control 2. They had to calculate whether or not we had enough gas to do it
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Londyn Robinson, MD @londyloo.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
As someone who literally became a physician to study and improve rural health for rheumatic patients & whose entire family lives rural, I don’t have words.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
"Those cuts not only threaten health care coverage for millions of vulnerable Americans but also would endanger many rural hospitals, which are more likely than urban hospitals to rely on government health care spending to stay in business." newrepublic.com/article/1955...
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The Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis
The spending cuts could force many rural hospitals to close. That wouldn’t just be a crisis for rural health care but for rural employment too.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Every infectious disease doc I know read the 1st paper (from now-discredited Didier Raoult group) about hydroxychloroquine for COVID, realized it was poorly done, and stopped (or never started) using it. Subsequent well-done RCT’s showed it was useless. And this guy is now in position of trust…🤦🏻‍♂️🤡
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Countering constant, widespread, anti-vaccine misinformation takes money, and the federal government under the Trump administration — a reliable partner to local health officials in the past — has taken a step back. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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An Insider's View of the Texas Measles Outbreak
Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, describes her fight to stop the largest measles outbreak since 2000, despite a chaotic reorganization of federal health agencies.
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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"There is nothing wasteful or elitist about public investment in science. On the contrary, it is one of the most reliable drivers of shared prosperity—benefiting not just institutions or industries, but society as a whole. Now is the time to expand that commitment, not withdraw from it."
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The National Science Foundation Is Being Dismantled. What The Economy Needs Is More Investment In Research, Not Less
The economic consequences of restricting scientific inquiry on this scale could be far-reaching.
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Londyn Robinson, MD @londyloo.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Growing up without cable enabled me to watch PBS Kids channel. Zoom show on PBS had special on the day after 9/11. Catered to helping kids process it. These shows enabled passion for STEM in this rural kid. Magic School Bus Sesame Street Zoom Bill Nye Science Guy PBS is public education.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech.
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Londyn Robinson, MD @londyloo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The point of these cuts is to disincentivize physicians from wanting to care for underserved patients. It is profits over patients. The result will not be fewer physicians. In fact many will be paid more, fewer working at non profits. The result will be underserved patients getting worse care.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/05/2025
One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012. United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade. (Published Dec. 2024)
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Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions…
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The rate of NIH awards has been drastically reduced by pauses and other barriers, since 1/20 Due to the time it takes to release awards, a higher rate of funding needs to occur this summer, before the NIH fiscal year ends 9/30
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 30/04/2025
Just got mine. Totally expected, but it still sucks. Probably the most for all the work that so many of us put in on behalf of US taxpayers that is now wasted and will never come to fruition.
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a review of its award portfolio. Each award was carefully and individually reviewed, and the agency has determined that termination of certain awards is necessary because they are not in alignment with current NSF priorites.

Effective immediately, the following are terminated:

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NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant to NSF Grant General Conditions (GC-1) term and condition entitled 'Termination and Enforcement,' on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities. This is the final agency decision and not subject to appeal.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/04/2025
People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. (Published Dec. 2024)
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
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Britt Koskella @bkoskella.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Know any soon to graduate or recently graduated postbac researchers interested in / with experience working with phages? We are hiring a junior specialist/research tech! Apply here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04863 (start date more flexible than stated in ad!)
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Junior/Assistant Specialist - Koskella Lab - Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Emily Fridenmaker @emilyfri.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
From a Hands Off our Farms rally in southern WV today.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/04/2025
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin screening immigrants’ social media accounts for antisemitic content as grounds to deny visa and green-card applications, the agency announced — a move that immigration law and free-speech experts condemn as an alarming federal overstep.
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U.S. will monitor immigrants’ social media for ‘antisemitic activity’
Homeland Security said such activity would be grounds to deny visa and green-card applications, alarming free-speech and immigration experts.
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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A friend at NIH received notice that the National Library of Medicine is terminating its bioinformatics program
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Slew of NOAA websites set to go dark at midnight tonight due to a canceled cloud services contract. NOAA under pressure to cut its IT costs by 50%... www.axios.com/2025/04/04/n...
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Canceled contract means NOAA research websites slated to go dark
NOAA is under a mandate to slash its IT costs.
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Helen Burstin, MD, MPH @helenburstinmd.medsky.social · 03/04/2025
As former center director at AHRQ, it is devastating to watch it be dismantled. With amazing staff, AHRQ catalyzed improvement in safety, quality, equity, etc. The US Preventive Services Task Force must be preserved. Thanks to @kffhealthnews.org for this excellent write-up. #StandwithAHRQ
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What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works To Make the Nation's Health Care Safer - KFF Health News
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality helped improve health care safety in a country where thousands die of medical errors each year. It was effectively dissolved Tuesday.
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
BREAKING: In the massive HHS RIFs today, one program that is now in limbo is PRAMS — the gold standard dataset for infant and maternal health in the US 🧪 #medsky www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/p...
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Gold-standard maternal mortality database in limbo as CDC staff placed on leave
As part of the sweeping layoffs that rocked HHS, the entire staff that oversaw an annual survey to better understand infant and maternal health was placed on administrative leave.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Substantial updates to the list of cancelled grants👇 - THANK YOU to all who have contributed. Crowdsourcing restores faith in humanity. - It's still a work in progress. You'll see more updates shortly. - There are multiple teams & efforts engaged in tracking & advocacy. More to come soon!
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Rescinded NIH & NSF Grants
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
New publication with colleagues from @uwmedicine.bsky.social @alisonbays.bsky.social @dfeterman.bsky.social 💉Delays in Tocilizumab Therapy for Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) in the United States pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40089304/
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Londyn Robinson, MD @londyloo.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
there’s an entire generation of residents / fellows / attendings & scientists who already had their entire curriculum, experiments, labs decimated. It occurred during Covid. Just as things started to recover, these massive cuts happen. We just want to help humans y’all. 😔
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
PhD applicants: with 💙, navigate things carefully this year. Please read the 🧵 replies. Some schools are guaranteeing N years of support; others are doing so "contingent on funding"; others are offering provisional accepts (and sadly, some are rescinded). You are not alone. Get some good advice!
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Tristan Yates @tristansyates.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.
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Jamie Daw @jamiedaw.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
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Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says
The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.
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Humberto Basilio @humbertobasilio.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🚨🧪 Are you a researcher affected by the recent cancellation of federal grants and contracts at Columbia University? I'm working on a story for @Nature.com. If you want to chat, your identity will be kept private. Signal: humbertobasilio.24 Email: humberto.basilio@us.nature.com Repost please!
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