Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialEuropean Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 05/04/2026Read this interview with our new Vice-President for the Physical sciences and Engineering domain, Nicola Spaldin! www.infn.it/en/interview... @nicolaspaldin.bsky.social 0144
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialEuropean Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 08/03/2026"Alongside active suppression, there’s a quieter process through which scientific freedom can narrow without formal prohibition or visible coercion" ERC President @marialep.bsky.social warned of decline of #academicfreedom. Watch her @cara1933.bsky.social lecture. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rIB... 0117
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/01/2026It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week! This week we take on RFK Jr.’s claims that Lyme Disease is a bioweapon. Hint: it’s not.defendpublichealth.orgWhopper of the Week: Lyme disease is Not a Bioweapon | Defend Public HealthRFK baselessly claimed that Lyme Disease “is highly likely to have been a military weapon,” adding, “we also know they were experimenting with diseases of the kind, like Lyme disease, at that lab [Plu... 68331
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it. We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics. What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.arstechnica.comFDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s alliesThe agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier. 18685993130
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialLeah @leah.myatproto.social · 14/01/2026From Andy ..."bacterial meningitis that transformed me overnight from a perfectly healthy 22-year-old college student, working at the school newspaper and playing just about every intramural sport, to a comatose ICU patient, fighting for my life on a ventilator." www.thebulwark.com/p/my-life-sh...thebulwark.comMy Life Shows the Horror of RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine GuidelinesThe Trump administration just yanked the recommendation for a vaccine that can spare people from what I went through. 16953
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 23/12/2025If you wanna listen to the entire thing, see the link below. (Our podcast is in German but we run the clips from English interviews in English). podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/p...podcasts.apple.comImpfen | Es wird noch viel schlimmer werdenPodcast Episode · Pandemia · 22/12/2025 · 40m 210118
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 23/12/2025🧪PSA The introduction of universal dose of Hep B vaccine led to a steep decline in Hep B infections in children. Before 1991, 20,000 newborns/yr were infected. Now it is fewer than 20. This trend will be reversed now. RFK Jr. must go! @standupforscience.bsky.social@savehealthresearch.bsky.social 5242125
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Alas, the existential threat that @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I detail in #ScienceUnderSiege grows more acute w/ each passing day of this administration: www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...theatlantic.comThe Vaccine Guardrails Are GoneRFK Jr.’s allies are in full control of U.S. immunization policy. 611663
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Great article by @hanfrancis.bsky.social 13212
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Great way to put this 122344
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get. Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it. 752140053375
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Too many elite medical groups (looking at you AMA President) are unwilling to criticize the Trump Administration or the physicians who Trump & RFK Jr hired to do their extreme MAGA/MAHA bidding (IMHO these physicians are helping to give Trump & RFK Jr 'credibility'—a kind of collusion with fascism) 04612
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/10/2025seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over 186102903274
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 17/10/2025NEW: Basking in the destruction of America’s public health, anti-vaxxers are trying to bring Robert Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” anti-science agenda to Europe. www.importantcontext.news/p/anti-vaxxe...importantcontext.newsAnti-Vaxxers Plan to “Make Europe Healthy Again”An anti-vaxxer sitting on the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee pitched European parliament members on “MEHA.” 1014368
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.social🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 18/10/2025If you care about public health, vaccinations, and masking, you should read this deep dive on the Brownstone institute. then look at their contributors. You'll find some surprising connections between the WHO, Oxford University, the Trump Administration, and the far right. 1/3politico.comMeet the man who built RFK Jr.’s kitchen cabinetJeffrey Tucker, who elevated Covid contrarians now working for the health secretary, is building support for Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again agenda. 34428
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025We kept an eye on this organization over the years. We also were the first (with CMD) to identify (some of) its funding. www.importantcontext.news/p/who-is-fun...importantcontext.newsWho is Funding the Brownstone Institute?New tax filings provide some clarity about the funders of the prolific COVID-19 conspiracy outfit. 34916
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/10/2025After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings 15873572407
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Scientists lose jobs and grants as US government shutdown takes a tollnature.comScientists lose jobs and grants as US government shutdown takes a tollHundreds of people at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many federal laboratories has been suspended. 0217
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialKate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Brown rejects the compact! President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters 271722275
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2025The administration has determined that if you describe this accurately for what it is, you are also an enemy of the state 191581433
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialFlora @floramcg7.bsky.social · 04/10/2025“That’s the contention of “We Want Them Infected,” a painstakingly documented new book by Jonathan Howard, a neurologist at New York University and a veteran debunker of the pseudoscience contaminating our efforts to fight the pandemic. www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comColumn: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional priceThey were some of the most prominent academics in the country. They pushed a devastatingly wrong COVID policy, but they've never admitted their error. 12716
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialnjerdoc.bsky.social @njerdoc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025“Dr. Bhattacharya has pledged to welcome conflicting views, describing dissent in his confirmation hearing as ‘the very essence of science.’” How’s that coming along? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...nytimes.comKennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint 0176
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAllen AC @allenac009.bsky.social · 04/10/2025"There is undoubtedly a coordinated and concerted attack on science by today's Republican Party." 12810
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialBulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 22/09/2025Earlier this year, President Donald Trump issued an executive order and budget proposal aimed at cutting support for the scientific research community. How will possible cuts affect scientists, and what solutions may exist? This Thursday, join the Bulletin for an expert discussion.pages.thebulletin.orgUnder Attack: Science, Research, and the Trump AdministrationThursday, September 25, 2025 at 10:30 A.M. CDT / 11:30 A.M. EDT 22519
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialInside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 23/09/2025Democrats charge that the Trump administration’s squeeze on clean energy supply is having an inevitable consequence: higher electricity prices. The energy debate has ramped up as a government shutdown looms.insideclimatenews.orgSenate Democrats Blame Trump’s Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices - Inside Climate NewsAmid tension over a looming government shutdown, minority leader Chuck Schumer heads an effort to tie presidential policies to lost jobs and soaring utility bills. 11310
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialLisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Instead of the promised "answer to autism," Trump offered families distorted science, false hope, and dangerous medical advice. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):bloomberg.comTrump’s Tylenol Briefing Peddled Junk ScienceParents deserve answers about autism — not debunked theories and misinformation. 45529
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 23/09/2025now in a substack post too, with links. christinapagel.substack.com/p/how-vulner...christinapagel.substack.comHow vulnerable is our vaccine programme to a potential vaccine sceptic Health Secretary?We've witnessed the way that RFK Jr and Trump administration have weakened US access to vaccines. Could it happen in the UK? 1288
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 23/09/2025IMPORTANT 🧵 We've been seeing how RFK Jr & anti-vax lobby has been steadily and effectively reducing access to vaccines in the US. But it could happen in UK too. It's a threat worth considering given Malhotra's speech at Reform conf & big overlap between anti-vax and RW populsim. Read on! 1/11 20508246
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialBostonJoan 🏳️🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025The best article I’ve read on the medical misinformation about Tylenol and autism. Fevers and sickness can be a risk factor, and left untreated, it could make matters worse. Tylenol is a red herring that could be reducing the damage caused by the fevers. RFK is wrong. Congress should remove him. 36824
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/09/2025“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today! 7251331841
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 23/09/2025"President Trump and his administration continue to spew lies and disinformation about climate science(...) Climate change is here, it's costly, and people need real solutions, not propaganda designed to boost the profits of fossil fuel polluters," said UCS's Rachel Cleetus.yahoo.com'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UNHe mocked renewables as a "joke," praised "clean, beautiful coal" and declared climate change the "greatest con job ever.""Climate change -- it's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in... 37327
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAndrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Weird some scicomm accounts gave the new “Tylenol in pregnancy & autism” review some weight. They don’t know the lead author, Baccarelli, had the exact claims thrown out of federal court for having ZERO scientific merit, when he was a paid “expert witness” in lawsuits against Tylenol makers. 1/ 16736237
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAndrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/09/2025He repackaged it for journal publication to give it the appearance of legitimacy. Even though the strongest studies— between siblings—showed no relationship between autism & Tylenol use in pregnancy. He cherry-picked studies & gave parental memory [recall] more weight than quantitative data. 2/ 219921
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAndrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/09/2025And THAT is the “study” the Trump administration is using as “proof” Tylenol causes autism. He’s part of a group of physicians with zero toxicology or biochemistry expertise who brand themselves as “environmental exposure experts” and even get academic positions under that heading. 3/ 218224
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAndrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/09/2025It’s ACTUALLY the lawsuit pipeline: 1️⃣ Get paid to testify as an “expert” 2️⃣ Publish weak observational science under an academic title 3️⃣ Use the paper to get credibility for court or policy 4/ 116323
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAndrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/09/2025This is EXACTLY how RFK Jr built his career: turning civil litigation against “chemicals” into a pseudoscience cash grab. What’s shocking is seeing people who claim to do scicomm sanitize this well-known tactic, ESPECIALLY as our federal health agencies have been hijacked by science deniers. 5/ 220733
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAndrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/09/2025When Trump, RFK Jr, & their MAHA allies scream about this “new paper” as proof Tylenol causes autism: It’s tossed-out courtroom testimony, now dressed up for PubMed. Legitimizing bad science with dangerous policy allows fear to spread instead of facts, and puts the public at risk. 🧵 219736
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025“There is always an executive order” is the new “there is always a tweet.” Feel free to never take anything these guys say about science seriously 1615426
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialButterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 23/09/2025jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... A 2024 study published in JAMA involving 2.4 million children in Sweden, used sibling-control analysis. When comparing siblings—one exposed to #acetaminophen in utero & one not—the researchers found NO increased risk of #autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability. 23886326
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/08/2025RFK is bullshitting about this, and I very much hope states and providers call his bluff: 413735
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAlex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · 23/08/2025A project 80% complete to power 330k homes... there are only ~440k homes in all of RI. The Republican party is tearing down the future we just finished building. Death cult stuff 010038
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 23/08/2025From the NYT comments: “Troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Government taking an ownership stake in private companies. Universities forced to pay hundreds of millions to the government. Masked government agents rounding people up. Law firms strong-armed into working for the government”nytimes.comIntel Agrees to Sell U.S. a 10% Stake in Its Business 17838
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/08/2025In related news, the Trump administration is cutting 30K employees from the VA 1224898
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAmerican Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 22/08/2025ASM, ASBMB, ASCB & FASEB are deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court ruling allowing cancellation of $800M in NIH grants, threatening labs, jobs, and early-career scientists. Stable funding is vital for U.S. science. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...ascb.orgStatement on Supreme Court Ruling in American Public Health Association v. NIH - ASCBThe American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and the Federation of American Societies ... 513163
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 22/08/2025The Supreme Court’s ruling is a setback for public health. But the court also agreed that the NIH directives targeting politically disfavored science are unlawful, and cannot be used to shut down research. We will continue fighting to ensure researchers' terminated grants are restored.nytimes.comSupreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut N.I.H. Grants for Disfavored ResearchThe court’s order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court. 633098
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 22/08/2025The US Supreme Court has derailed researchers’ efforts to reinstate almost $2 billion in grants issued by the NIH. The court’s decision represents a remarkable reversal, allowing the Trump team to proceed with its science cuts. go.nature.com/3JsraiAgo.nature.comUS Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grantsThe decision will hinder lawsuits against grant terminations, legal specialists say. 78950
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAlan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump: The letter, signed by more than 14,000 alumni, students, faculty & members of the public asked Harvard to stand up to the White House. Harvard has signaled willingness to pay $500m hoping to end extortion. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...nytimes.comThousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump 25213
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Essential reading breaking down the complete absence of evidence backing the short-sighted and unsupported decision to cancel mRNA vaccine development 013152
Reposted by @norabrambilla.bsky.socialKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Not to belabor a "I told you so", but it's been clear for years that the whole "lab leak" discourse has absolutely nothing to do with a potential lab leak and everything to do with a broader anti-science agenda. I really, and truly, hope more scientists will realize this and take corrective action. 231587397
