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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his)

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Ph.D Epidemiologist ~ Cancer Researcher ~ Guitarist ~ USN Veteran ~ Bourbon Enthusiast ~ Detroiter in FL ~ Ally Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=W… PubMed: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=schab…

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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧪🧪 In a clinical trial among adults with obesity, retatrutide resulted in significant weight reduction, reduced pain in participants with knee osteoarthritis, and reduced apnea–hypopnea events in participants with obstructive sleep apnea www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Retatrutide, a Triple Hormone Receptor Agonist, for Treatment of Obesity | NEJM
Retatrutide is a triple-receptor agonist of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide-1, and glucagon receptors. In this phase 3, randomized, double-blind trial, we assign...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧪 The first face of early mankind? Ancient human who lived 315,000 years ago is simulated by digital reconstruction www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/9/...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Terrific news and well deserved! 🧪🧪
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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 28/09/2026
The White House considered, but ultimately abandoned, a plan to create a panel that would review NIH grants in an effort to weed out projects the administration regards as “woke.” cancerletter.com/news-analysis/2026…
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Trump weighs—and abandons—an executive order that would give OMB veto power over NIH grants - The Cancer Letter
The White House last week considered, but ultimately abandoned, a plan to create a panel that would review NIH grants in
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🎸 Pearl Jam Surprise Perform With Drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. at Ohana Festival - The band played "Corduroy" as their first song with the ferocious musician behind the kit www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Pearl Jam Surprise Perform With Drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. at Ohana Festival
Pearl Jam performed with longtime Paul McCartney drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. at Ohana Festival on Friday night.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🧪🧪 NIH details $170 million biomedical research reproducibility effort -- Agency director announces literature search tool, other plans to improve reliability of science findings www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH details $170 million biomedical research reproducibility effort
Agency director announces literature search tool, other plans to improve reliability of science findings
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🧪 New cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century - Called Tilcayo by local communities, it is part of a group called tiger cats found across much of South America www.reuters.com/business/env...
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New cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century
A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia's cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described ​i...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🧪🧪Study: Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths in the United States doubled between 1990 and 2023; a disproportionate burden observed in males and 55 years and older individuals. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Alcohol-attributable cancer mortality in the United States, 1990–2023: a secondary analysis of Global Burden of Disease data
Alcohol-attributable cancer mortality has increased in the USA, with a disproportionate burden observed in males and 55 years and older individuals. Our findings highlight the critical need for target...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧪 Global, regional, and national prevalence of second-hand smoke and attributable disease burden -- ☑ estimated 2.71 billion people worldwide were exposed to SHS, including 767 million children ☑ SHS remains a substantial driver of global health loss pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42705247/
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Global, regional, and national prevalence of second-hand smoke and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 - PubMed
Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Gates Foundation.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧪 Phone-based tutoring improves learning during school closures - One-to-one phone sessions substantially increased students’ numeracy test scores in low- and middle-income countries that experience emergencies that disrupt schooling www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Phone-based tutoring improves learning during school closures
One-to-one phone sessions substantially increased students’ numeracy test scores in low- and middle-income countries that experience emergencies that disrupt schooling.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Stocks retreat as U.S. oil prices top $100, threatening economy www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/s...
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Stocks retreat as U.S. oil prices top $100, threatening economy: Live updates
The first of two inflation reports due this week is in focus as oil prices rise.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Gas prices hit record Labor Day high as oil turmoil drives up costs www.consumeraffairs.com/news/gas-pri...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who is Karl Bushby and why is he walking around the world? -- British adventurer Karl Bushby is nearing the end of his 36,000-mile (58,000km), 28-year journey from South America to his home city of Hull. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Who is Karl Bushby and why is he walking around the world?
The British adventurer set off from Chile in 1998 and is close to finishing his global walk in Hull.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🧪🧪Newly discovered ‘demon cave fish’ hid out in Alabama military installation for 40 years -- Scientists named this oddball creature after the Demogorgon from Stranger Things www.scientificamerican.com/article/newl...
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Newly discovered ‘demon cave fish’ hid out in Alabama military installation for 40 years
Scientists named this oddball creature after the Demogorgon from Stranger Things
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🧪🧪 Journal retracts paper claiming network of corridors inside the Great Pyramid of Giza - a reader “brought concerns to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding methodological issues with this article.” retractionwatch.com/2026/08/31/r...
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Journal retracts paper claiming network of corridors inside the Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Pyramid of Khufu.Douwe C. van der Zee/Wikimedia Commons A journal has retracted a paper by two Italian scientists who claimed to have found hidden struc…
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🧪🧪Nature: When AI writes the words, who is the author? -- After an AI detector classified one of my opinion pieces as entirely AI-generated, I found myself questioning where authorship ends, where expertise begins and what readers deserve to know. www.nature.com/articles/d44...
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When AI writes the words, who is the author?
After an AI detector classified one of my opinion pieces as entirely AI-generated, I found myself questioning where authorship ends, where expertise begins and what readers deserve to know.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Legend. RIP. 🎸 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Dolly Parton, Hardscrabble Storyteller Turned Global Entertainer, Dead at 80
Dolly Parton, country music legend, dead at 80.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🧪🧪 A Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed for warding off Alzheimer’s disease -- Mutations found in Colombian families raised hopes for treatments. Altered patient data and suspect images call their benefits into question www.science.org/content/arti...
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Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed for warding off Alzheimer’s disease
Mutations found in Colombian families raised hopes for treatments. Altered patient data and suspect images call their benefits into question
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🧪🧪American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Opportunities in advanced imaging across the lung cancer care continuum acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Opportunities in advanced imaging across the lung cancer care continuum
The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable is a consortium of organizations and experts dedicated to reducing deaths from lung cancer. As part of the Roundtable, this article address...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🧪🧪 Johnson & Johnson to pay $5.5 billion settlement in talc cancer lawsuit www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Johnson & Johnson to pay $5.5bn settlement in talc cancer lawsuit
Landmark deal covers about 76,000 claims and could end contentious, decade-long legal battle
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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 11/08/2026
BRCA-negative patients may still be high-risk for breast cancer, study finds cancerletter.com/clinical-roundup/2…
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BRCA-negative patients may still be high-risk for breast cancer, study finds - The Cancer Letter
Women who test negative for BRCA gene mutations may still be at greater risk of developing breast cancer than the genera
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🧪 Excellent!
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🧪Association Between First MMR Vaccination Before Age 2 Years and Childhood Autism in a U.S. EHR Cohort of 2.5 Million Children -- "In this large US cohort, age-anchored landmark analyses show no association between MMR vaccination before 24 months and childhood autism" www.ovid.com/jnls/pidj/ab...
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Association Between First MMR Vaccination Before... : Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Background:Concerns about potential associations between measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccination and autism persist despite extensive prior research....
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Dr. Bob Gillies Machine Learning Workshop in Cancer-- We're actively seeking abstract submissions for our upcoming conference on Machine Learning/AI in Cancer. Whether it's new, ongoing, or updated research, we want to hear about it — oral and poster presentations are both welcome.
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Microsoft Forms
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Metal Injection @metalinjection.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Alice in Chains’ Unplugged at 30: The Farewell We Never Saw Coming metalinjection.net/anniversary/...
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Alice in Chains’ Unplugged at 30: The Farewell We Never Saw Coming - Metal Injection
Thirty years ago, Alice in Chains played the best show of their lives on the worst night of one man's
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🧪🧪 Around 400 U.S. patents contain at least one citation to a retracted scientific paper, a new study has found. retractionwatch.com/2026/07/30/u...
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Just over 400 U.S. patents contain citations to retracted scientific papers
Surendra/Adobe Stock Around 400 U.S. patents contain at least one citation to a retracted scientific paper, a new study has found.  The analysis, posted last month to the preprint server SSRN, anal…
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'd see your "Punk Rock Girl" and raise you with "Under Pressure".
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🧪🧪 How to use AI to make a graphical abstract in minutes -- Artificial intelligence is a democratizing force for those without graphic-design experience, as long as it is used conscientiously. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How to use AI to make a graphical abstract in minutes
Artificial intelligence is a democratizing force for those without graphic-design experience, as long as it is used conscientiously.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Florida postal worker found hoarding nearly 100 pets in home with no AC -- The sheriff said it’s one of the worst cases of animal hoarding ever seen in the county. www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Florida postal worker found hoarding nearly 100 pets in home with no AC, sheriff says
The sheriff said it’s one of the worst cases of animal hoarding ever seen in the county.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🧪 Cancer survivor paddles 2,300 miles with his dog after groundbreaking treatment. "Thanks to a groundbreaking treatment at Tampa's Moffitt Cancer Center, Carter not only beat cancer, he went on to complete the adventure of a lifetime alongside his four-legged best friend." 🐕
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Moffitt cancer survivor paddles 2,300 miles with his dog after groundbreaking treatment
Frank Carter has always chased adventure. But after a cancer diagnosis threatened to change everything, the Orange County man found a new purpose.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🧪🧪 Cyclospora investigation still points to recalled lettuce, FDA says -- The FDA said Monday it still thinks Taylor Farms lettuce is likely behind a Cyclospora outbreak, even after pulling back earlier test results linking the produce to the parasite. www.axios.com/2026/07/20/f...
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Cyclospora investigation still points to recalled lettuce, FDA says
The sample that received a false positive was not part of the current recall, officials said.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🧪🧪 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. 😲😲 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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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🧪🧪 First genetic clues linked to borderline personality disorder (BPD) -- Largest genetic analysis of the condition so far finds 11 linked locations in the human genome www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Huge study finds first genetic clues for borderline personality disorder
Largest genetic analysis of the condition so far finds 11 linked locations in the human genome.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🧪🧪 Joe Fraumeni, founder of molecular epidemiology, dies at 93 “It’s hard to imagine a world without the presence of this gentle scientific giant.” cancerletter.com/obituary/202...
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Joe Fraumeni, founder of molecular epidemiology, dies at 93 “It’s hard to imagine a world without the presence of this gentle scientific giant.” - The Cancer Letter
The world of cancer research has lost one of its brightest and gentlest stars, Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., MD, the founding director of NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics within the Intra...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🧪🧪 Inside Chernobyl, a Fungus Has Been Quietly Feasting on Radiation www.sciencealert.com/this-chernob...
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Inside Chernobyl, a Fungus Has Been Quietly Feasting on Radiation
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but that doesn't mean every form of life finds the conditions inhospitable.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Detroit is first, second, and third.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Walt Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse One’ private jet restored after being left to rot for decades www.ocregister.com/2026/06/23/l...
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Look inside Walt Disney’s private plane in Palm Springs after complete restoration
The Palm Springs Air Museum restores the interior of Walt Disney’s company plane to its vintage 1960s appearance.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🧪🧪 Nature Reviews Cancer: How to give a bad talk -- "It is crucial to know how to communicate your work by delivering an effective talk, but our training for doing so is limited, so it is a skill often learned by watching others — who sometimes do it badly." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How to give a bad talk - Nature Reviews Cancer
Effective presentations require clarity and audience awareness. In this Comment, Itai Yanai outlines common misconceptions about presentations and how to address them to deliver more impactful and ins...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🧪🧪 Former USF beach volleyball player fights drink spiking with startup -- Startup company Elora is developing a chemical sensor embedded in jewelry that can discreetly detect date rape drugs in drinks. www.tampabay.com/sports/bulls...
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Former USF beach volleyball player fights drink spiking with startup
Elora is developing a chemical sensor embedded in jewelry that can discreetly detect date rape drugs in drinks.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🎸 LIVE: Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jPZ...
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LIVE: Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
2026-2027 Best Global Universities Rankings: Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge are the top 5. www.usnews.com/education/be...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🧪🧪 Taylor & Francis is investigating two papers about the weed killer Roundup following claims the articles were ghostwritten by the company that developed the herbicide. retractionwatch.com/2026/06/15/g...
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Publisher investigating two more papers on glyphosate safety over ghostwriting claims
Mike Mozart/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Tayor & Francis is investigating two papers about the weed killer Roundup following claims the articles were ghostwritten by the company that developed the herbic…
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🧪🧪 Protein name confusion created antibody mix-up affecting hundreds of papers -- Cancer and cell aging studies may have relied on antibodies to incorrect molecule www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Protein name confusion created antibody mix-up affecting hundreds of papers
Cancer and cell aging studies may have relied on antibodies to incorrect molecule
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🧪🧪 Published in JNCI: Diversity, equity, and inclusion as scientific rigor: progress during challenging time -- "Diverse work environments are better equipped to identify blind spots, interrogate and challenge dominant assumptions, and produce innovative and impactful knowledge"
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion as scientific rigor: progress during challenging times
High-quality research depends on the questions we ask, the methods we apply, and the perspectives we use to interpret results. Principles related to Divers
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🎸🎶 Pearl Jam has quietly chosen their new drummer…and they're refusing to tell anyone who it is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fw8...
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Pearl Jam Is Hiding Something...
YouTube video by Rock Feed
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 10/06/2026
A Cochrane system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies has already turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results and recommendations hold up.
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New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews
Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort alread…
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🧪🧪 FDA Approves the First New Sunscreen Ingredient in 20 Years -- "Bemotrizinol is a powerful, broad-spectrum blocker of dangerous rays that has been used in Europe and other parts of the world for years, but manufacturers have not been able to use it in American formulations until now."
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FDA Approves the First New Sunscreen Ingredient in 20 Years. Here’s What to Know
Bemotrizinol is a powerful, broad-spectrum blocker of dangerous rays that has been used in Europe for years.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🧪🧪 Cancer patients could be exempted from Medicaid work requirements if they prove they are “medically frail” cancerletter.com/cancer-polic...
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Cancer patients could be exempted from Medicaid work requirements if they prove they are “medically frail” - The Cancer Letter
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a guidance for states on how to implement Medicaid work requirements that will go into effect nationwide on Jan. 1, 2027.  To access this subs...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🧪🧪International Space Station astronauts given evacuation order over air leak www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🧪🧪 Journal retracts study linking hepatitis vaccine to autism that was included in CDC review retractionwatch.com/2026/06/04/j...
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Journal retracts study linking hepatitis vaccine to autism that was included in CDC review
A toxicology journal has retracted a 16-year-old study linking hepatitis B vaccines to autism in children following an independent statistical review that found a half-dozen concerns with the study…
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