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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
NIH Instability Guts Science and Trust - 5,843 grants terminated; new research down 24% in 2025. - 50%+ of postdocs report funding cuts; 11% lost jobs. 27unihted.substack.com/p/an-unstabl...
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An unstable research environment is undermining scientific advances and public trust
Concern 4 of the Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Protein Clocks Reveal Organs Age Unevenly - Blood proteins track 40+ cell types; 1 in 4 people show accelerated aging in 1 cell type. - Old astrocytes raise Alzheimer's risk 12.6x; 40x with 2 APOE4 copies. erictopol.substack.com/p/medicine-i...
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Medicine is Moving From Calendars to Clocks
Proteins Tell How Fast Our Organs and Cells Are Ticking
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Peptide Hype: Big Pharma Sans Guardrails - "Peptide" labels chemistry, not safety; BPC-157 has zero published human trials after 30 years. - U.S. peptide imports from China hit $328M in 3 quarters of 2025. www.celinegounder.com/p/peptide-pr...
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The Peptide Craze = Big Pharma With the Guardrails Off
"Peptide" describes a molecule's chemistry, not whether it's been tested. The gray-market craze borrows the credibility Ozempic earned in trials.
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Vaping Harms Lungs Like Smoking Does - Vapers showed ~15% lower exercise capacity vs. non-users, matching smokers. - 61% of young adult vapers (18–24) never smoked; one vape pen equals 20 cigarettes. sciencebasedmedicine.org/negative-hea...
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Negative Health Effects of Vaping
When vaping was first introduced it was marketed mainly as a safer alternative to smoking and as a potential smoking cessation method. But increasingly people who have never smoked are vaping, and no
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Evidence-Based Guide to Low Testosterone Testosterone Hype vs. Hard Evidence - Levels may be declining ~1%/year, but assay changes inflated estimates. - Obesity, opioids, sleep loss are key drivers; 72% of promo posts had financial ties. brandonluumd.substack.com/p/a-doctors-...
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The Evidence-Based Guide to Low Testosterone
A guide to what works, what doesn't, and what the research shows about declining levels
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New from ScienceNotes #episky 🧪 #medsky notes.scienceaccountability.org
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The Testosterone Obsession, Vaping Is a Way Into Smoking (not out), the Supplements Industry on Steroids, Molecular Aging, Feeling the Effects of CDC Cutbacks
Science Notes 7/15/26
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social Incredible interview with @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social one of many heroes at the NIH, taking real risk, to hold powerful people to account.
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Inside the NIH: Dr. Jenna Norton on the Bethesda Declaration, Scientific Integrity & Speaking Truth to Power
Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · July 3 · 1h 18m
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
They’re not even trying to pretend any more This is what MAHA/MAGA wants The piece was written by Scott Atlas, Trump’s Covid czar—the dude who persuaded Trump to adopt the Great Barrington Declaration’s recommendation to end federal testing for COVID (if you don’t test, it just goes away 😳)
Scott Atlas:
Abolish the NIH
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The anti-vax group formerly led by Robert Kennedy Jr. has been promoting the story of a woman who says vaccines killed her 18-month-old twins. She’s the lead plaintiff in the group’s lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics. Well, now she’s been charged with suffocating the toddlers.
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Plaintiff in Children’s Health Defense Lawsuit Charged With Murder
A mother who blamed vaccines for the deaths of her toddler twins and joined the anti-vax group’s lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics has been charged with murdering her children.
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Science Notes highlights this week's science and science policy blogs. scienceaccountability.substack.com/p/trump-goes...
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Trump goes after your medical data and slashes support for young researchers. Ioannidis has double standard for misinformation.
Science Notes 7/1/26
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Science Notes for this week. MAHA opens the door to cervical CA. Hegseth fails at flu. Was vaccine dementia prevention overhyped? Gabbard weaponizes redaction. and more from notes.scienceaccountability.org substack.com/profile/3979...
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This week’s wisdom from @Katelyn Jetelina , @Jeremy Faust, MD , @Alasdair Munro, @Bob Morris, MD, PhD , @David Gorski , @Dr. Angela Rasmussen
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Because that is how epidemiologist collect evidence. They call people whose disease has been prevented and ask them for evidence.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The idea of the world’s richest man destroying programs to help sick and needy children is just so perverse and disgusting, it’s hard to fathom that we allow it. This man needs to be investigated.
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
AI is coming to medical practice. @erictopol.bsky.social Natural is not a prevention strategy. @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social Trump DOJ reimburses misinformation. @walkerbragman.bsky.social Leadership vacuum at NIH. @27unihted.bsky.social 🧪 #episky #medsky substack.com/@scienceacco...
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AI is coming to medical practice. @Eric Topol Natural is not a prevention strategy. @Jess Steier, DrPH Trump DOJ reimburses misinformation. @Walker Bragman Leadership vacuum at NIH. @27 UNIHTED
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Science Matters.
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
- Sens. Lee and Tuberville file bill to block FDA regulation of homeopathy. - Bill eliminates need for testing of efficacy or even ingredients - Snake Oil Legalization Act Steven Novella, MD June 10, 2026https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-baloney-protection-act/ notes.scienceaccountability.org
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The Baloney Protection Act
We have had to endure a great deal of interference from government in the conduct of institutions that should be governed by science and evidence. I'm sorry to report - here is one more. Senators Mik
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“Gold Standard Science”? -Peptides, microproteins pushed by wellness industry -Loophole allows sale without FDA approval -RFK Jr uses them and is pushing approval of 7 banned under Biden -Top seller BPC-157 has just 1 unblinded 12-person trial sciencebasedmedicine.org/injectable-p...
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Injectable Peptides – The New Snake Oil
We are going backwards. Hopefully this will be temporary trend, but it has been consistent for the past few decades. Prior to the FDA we had the "wild west" of patent medicines - anyone could put any
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"Gold Standard Science" Theater -Implementation science was created to assess implementation of proven technologies -NIH proposed to use it to evaluate “planned NIH initiatives” -9 months later, no report -Not science. Evaluation theater elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/evaluation...
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Evaluation Theater
NIH's Gold Standard Science Plan Promised a Make-Believe Evaluation Strategy
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Science Notes -Outbreak 2-3 months old, true count ~2,000. Second-largest ever -No Bundibugyo vaccine. Ervebo and mAbs may help. Limited supply -Treatment center burnings recur when responders ignore burial customs craigaspencer.substack.com/p/ebola-upda...
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Ebola Update—May 24
Everything I Think You Need to Know
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
1. #Flu & #measles updates from #CDC today. 6 more pediatric deaths from 2025-26 were reported to CDC last week. The season's is now 172; 85% of those children were not fully vaccinated. Flu season is over but the death toll will continue to climb; these reports are often delayed.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/05/2026
Yet another Trump policy protecting polluters while worsening the climate crisis. Corporate profit should NEVER come before public health. We are #StandingUpForScience to fight back. Find ways to #TakeAction at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/pSYGk #Science #Climate zurl.co/OA8Uq
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Trump Eases Restrictions on Climate ‘Super Pollutants’
The administration is delaying a phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.
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Bob Morris, MD, PhD @rdmorris.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The war on science goes thermonuclear. 🧪 www.aip.org/fyi/republic...
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Republican Lawmakers Suggest Cutting Off Funding for National Academies
A letter from 11 Republican representatives has caught the White House’s attention.
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
That's a remarkable statement. I have no idea what she is basing that on. Non-pharmaceutical interventions saved an estimate 850,000 lives. Difficult to say which interventions were responsible, but she needs strong evidence to make this assertion. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Estimating the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID mortality using reductions in influenza mortality as an effect indicator - Journal of Public Health Policy
This study uses influenza mortality reduction (IMR) as an indicator of the aggregate effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI’s) on the spread of respiratory infections to assess their impact o...
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations Colette!! Make that Dr. Colette!
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"U.S.A.I.D. reform"
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Science Notes — A publication of the Science Accountability Institute
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Epidemiology Buries the Lede -Epidemiology relies on cautious language re causality -Tobacco playbook weaponizes scientific caution against science. Asbestos, lead, climate followed the same arc. -Sometimes the honest word is "causes." @blanphear.bsky.social blanphear.substack.com/p/the-burden...
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The Burden of Caution
When scientific humility becomes public confusion
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ebola Update ->500 cases, 130+ deaths -Spreading regionally. Risk of spread outside the outbreak zone is low. Risk to global health infrastructure is high - $10M in US aid after ending USAID too little too late @angierasmussen.bsky.social rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/primary-se...
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Primary Series: Happy First Ebola Outbreak Situation Report Day!
Each day brings fresh horrors, so we will keep you up to date on them
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
US Isolation -Trump blocks entry of infected American doctor and family - US bans non-US passport holders from DRC, Uganda, Sudan against WHO guidance - US withdrawal means WHO can mobilize only $500K from its emergency fund @insidemedicine.skystack.xyz insidemedicine.substack.com/p/american-c...
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American contracts Ebola in DRC, headed to Germany with other exposed Americans. Expert analysis.
Dr. Boghuma Titanji and I analyze the Trump administration’s new travel restrictions, the decision to send exposed Americans to Germany, and what the outbreak reveals about US readiness.
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Story Behind Ebola -USAID 2025 freeze plus armed conflict driven by demand for rare earth metals hits East Congo the same week -Resulting destruction of health system caused 300,000 excess deaths over the past year -Then Ebola hit @celinegounder.com www.celinegounder.com/p/congo-heal...
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The Smartphone Minerals War That Destroyed Congo's Health System — Just in Time for Ebola
Rwanda’s mineral extraction, America’s aid cuts, and the most money-driven conflict one epidemiologist has ever seen.
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Welcome to Science Notes The Science Accountability Institute is launching Science Notes, a weekly publication that surfaces what working scientists, clinicians, and public health writers are saying about the issues that matter. Curated, expert-written, accountable. notes.scienceaccountability.org
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Opinion | The president of the United States is at war with his own country
Paul Waldman: If you support Trump, he likes you. If you don’t, you’re his enemy.
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Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Every news story about the commissioner's priority review voucher program is more concerning than the last: www.pbs.org/newshour/hea... And Makary apparently "does not use a government email account to do business" 🤯
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FDA's new expedited drug program raises legal questions and concerns
The FDA commissioner's effort to drastically shorten the review of drugs favored by President Donald Trump's administration is causing alarm across the agency.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 18/01/2026
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500,000 measles cases annually before vaccines, to 9 in 2021.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 18/01/2026
Early in the 21st century the world ended abruptly to distract from something called the Epstein files.
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
RFK Jr has to go now and take his quacks with him!
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
STAT article
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
gift link. this will be challenged in court
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Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/01/2026
It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis. This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/01/2026
While vaccines for diseases that no longer carry a universal recommendation will still be covered by federal health insurance programs, RFK Jr’s schedule change will increase confusion and distrust in vaccines, lower vaccination rates, and increase disease and death.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/01/2026
Source:
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HHS will overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots | CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services will recommend fewer vaccines for most American children, health officials said Monday.
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Doctors for America @drsforamerica.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Vaccine experts have warned that the actions the agency is taking will create chaos in pediatricians’ offices around the country and discourage parents from using demonstrably safe vaccines to protect their children against dangerous diseases. www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
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Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Study outlines recurring symptom clusters that define long COVID Fatigue is the most frequently identified symptom. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/01/2026
Statement from Stand Up For Science: Politicizing the Childhood Vaccine Schedule Will Cost Lives. "Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, this change will lead to preventable illness, death, and devastation for American families. Congress must act now to impeach and remove Secretary Kennedy."
Stand Up For Science: Politicizing the Childhood Vaccine Schedule Will Cost Lives

Washington, D.C. — Stand Up For Science strongly condemns Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary O’Neill’s reported decision to overhaul the U.S. childhood immunization schedule, yet another dangerous escalation in HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s agenda to politicize children’s health and undermine American public health.

First, the “peer” countries cited as models differ in fundamental ways. Many are significantly smaller in population and geography and have universal health care systems with strong primary-care access and follow-up. When it comes to public health, these are critical distinctions. We must meet our health where it is, not where we want it to be.Second, when a vaccine is already known to be safe and effective, it is unethical to withhold it from children for the sake of “placebo-controlled randomized trials.” For diseases like RSV, hepatitis A and B, dengue, and meningococcal disease (ACWY and B), the ethical standard is to compare schedules against existing protocols, not to deny proven protection. Calling placebo trials the “gold standard” in this context is unscientific and a violation of globally accepted research ethics.

 

We will not mince words. Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, this change will lead to preventable illness, death, and devastation for American families. Congress must act now to impeach and remove Secretary Kennedy.
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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
DPH statement on the changes to the US vaccine schedule - its a tragic mistake. Read more 👉https://www.defendpublichealth.org/press-release/denmarks-vaccine-schedule-makes-no-sense-us-defend-public-health-says
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Denmark’s Vaccine Schedule Makes No Sense for U.S., Defend Public Health Says | Defend Public Health
It ls a tragic mistake for the U.S. to adopt a vaccine schedule similar to Denmark’s, public health experts with Defend Public Health said today. The CDC, apparently at the direction of HHS Secretary ...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/01/2026
On the theme of international press coverage of US public health, here’s Canada’s take. They’re not wrong. If disinformation spreads like a virus, Canada may want to mask up. Or at least wash its hands frequently. Too bad there’s not a vaccine to protect against malicious policies…
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Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information
Misinformation from the Trump administration is cited as fuelling Canadians’ concerns over childhood vaccinations
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Absolutely ill about this even though we knew it was coming. Zero expert input, no meetings, just a fiat and poof, done.
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US revises childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots
The move advances one of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s long-term goals.
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
AN AMAZING HEALTH TOOL Click and see!
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Science Accountability Institute @scienceai.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The measles totals are in: 2025 cases 235 hospitalizations A big shout out to RFK Jr.
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