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Baptiste Sadoughi @bsadoughi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

NEW RESEARCH 🔍 #Aging and early life adversity are associated with increased mortality risk. But how similar are they at the molecular level? We investigated #epigenetic profiles across tissues in macaques and you can find the full story in our @science.org article! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Age and early life adversity shape heterogeneity of the epigenome across tissues in macaques

Age and early life adversity (ELA) are key determinants of health, but whether they affect similar physiological mechanisms across tissues is unknown. We generated DNA methylation (DNAm) profiles acro...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/05/2026

NEW: Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

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Tuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This is excellent; a very clear explanation of what’s at stake at Columbia.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 Americans overall, including 41% of births and 63% of nursing home care. They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely. This won’t just harm people. This will kill people. They own this.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

If you're looking for details for your calls, House Dems produced this tool where you can how many people in your district are at risk of losing jobs, health care, and food on the table from the House GOP budget. "For the sake of the X people in CA-54 who will lose their Medicaid, please vote no."

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The Republican Rip Off

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Dear scientists at US universities: Trump/Musk continue to freeze your grants. NIH is not reviewing grants nor funding them in council. This is a backhanded, legal method to effectively stop NIH grants. See thread and linked article. Are we going to “keep our heads down” about this?

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Autumn Kujawa @akujawa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I wrote an op-ed for voters in a red state about how devastating NIH indirect cuts are. This type of writing isn’t my comfort zone, but I think we as scientists need to get the word out. Happy to chat with others looking to do the same in their communities! www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

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National Insitutes of Health funding cuts by Trump administration benefit no one | Opinion

Indirect funds are essential for supporting the research infrastructure needed to develop innovative solutions to the most pressing health challenges.

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JAMA @jama.com · 11/02/2025

Private equity acquisitions of US hospitals have increased over the past decade, and such acquisitions were associated with a worsening of patient care experience compared to non-acquired hospitals. ja.ma/4hQZu2L #MedSky

Figure 1. Trends in Patients’ Global Rating of Hospitals Before and After Private Equity Acquisition

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Dr. Gita Gnanadesikan @ggnanadesikan.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This. Which is why I'm even more upset about the idea of clinical trials grinding to a halt—including ones that might help my mother fight mesothelioma—than the fact that my own job will likely disappear by September. #FundScience #FightCancer

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking. This is breathtakingly evil.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

If anyone has the resources to resist, its HHMI. Ending this program with no notice and literally scrubbing evidence it ever existed from the website is shocking and dosappointing

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 27/01/2025

It’s RFK Jr Week! If your senator is below, call them (202) 224-3121 • Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) • Joni Ernst (R-IA) • Mitch McConnell (R-KY) • Bill Cassidy (R-LA) • Susan Collins (R-ME) • Thom Tillis (R-NC) • James Lankford (R-OK) • John Cornyn (R-TX) • John Curtis (R-UT) • Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/01/2025

Today the Trump admin abruptly and indefinitely terminated many of the activities of the National Institutes of Health, the $50B/year collection of agencies that power the US biotech and health ecosystems. Even if these orders were lifted tomorrow, the disruption would be enormous. Why care? 🧵

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