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Shonna McBride

@shonmcbride.bsky.social
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Molecular Microbiologist studying C diff and friends. Opinions are my own.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Drag queens ain't done shit to you
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This isn’t just about NIH grants. It’s about whose health gets studied—and whose gets ignored. Defund research on women and minority communities. Weaken the safety net. Politicize which science gets funded. Different policies. Same consequence: the people who already have the least lose the most.
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Shonna McBride @shonmcbride.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hey y’all, did you know that study sections have been asked to vote each round to adopt the “modified review” practice of only discussing the top 1/3? What if we don’t vote yes?.. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NIH Guide: Weekly Index for September 11, 2026 | Grants & Funding
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My sources inside NIH tell me that grant applications at NIH will now be screened for policy related research and flagged for non-pay. www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
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NIH Reportedly Flagging, Freezing Policy-Focused Grant Applications
Political appointees of U.S. President Donald Trump have reportedly been “flagging and freezing policy-focused grant applications” to the National Institutes of Health.
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Nature @nature.com · 12/08/2026
US President Donald Trump is calling for health officials to split up combo vaccines targeted at multiple diseases into individual jabs spread out over time, starting with the MMR shot. Here's the scientific evidence that explains why it's a bad idea. go.nature.com/4gtWSda
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Trump wants MMR vaccine split up: the science behind why it’s a bad idea
Numerous studies have shown that separating childhood jabs will delay protection and increase costs for families.
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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 12/08/2026
Updates to K mechanism training awards. There are changes to the different activity codes (K01 is becoming KR1). Data Management and Sharing plans won’t be required. The notice also clarifies clinical trial research activities. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-098: Notice of NIH Updates to Career Development (K) Award Programs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of NIH Updates to Career Development (K) Award Programs NOT-OD-26-098. OD
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is disgusting, xenophobic, bigoted, greedy, cruel, short-sighted bullshit: harm for harm's sale. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation
The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🔥🔥🔥 www.science.org/content/blog...
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The US just surpassed the number of measles cases in 2025 in the first 6.5 months of 2026 🤬 2025 = 2288 cases Jan. 1- July 22, 2026 = 2298 cases with reports of sepsis and brain swelling in hospitalized children. #FireRFKJr @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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Studies Document Brain Swelling, Sepsis in U.S. Measles Outbreaks
Kids and the unvaccinated were most likely to end up hospitalized in South Carolina and Utah
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TallyAnnaE ☮️🌊 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🦋🐸 @tallyannae.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
IMO, Taco Bell is probably the safest fast food outlet in the US today. I appreciate that they stepped up and took responsibility for the contaminated lettuce, which wasn't their fault in the first place. @tacobell.bsky.social
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We can blame DOGE for many things. Diarrhea now included. "The CDC lab that responds to outbreaks of the parasite cyclospora was downsized from 11 people to just three."
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The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
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Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My quote of the day Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“It could take at least a year for OMB to respond to the comments and amend the draft rule”. Friends, this is a direct result of our collective action. The OMB Rule that would require political review of grants has prompted at least 50K comments. Thanks to all who commented, and you still can.
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A Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy.
In tens of thousands of comments, researchers, doctors and others warned the rule could hamper progress on important health issues.
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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Still time to post your comment!
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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
$1.1 trillion in federal grants is on the line, including Medicaid, Head Start, and community health centers. Learn about a free tool that I built to help you write your public comment in <5 minutes. 🔗 drruth.substack.com/p/i-built-yo... Deadline: July 13. Every voice counts. #medsky #2CFR200
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I Built You a Tool That Helps You Write Your Federal Comment in 2 Minutes
*Deadline for commenting on OMB rule 2 CFR Part 200 is July 13th.*
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...
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Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately
Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I love everything about this editorial by @dereklowe.bsky.social. Silence won't save anyone in the end. www.science.org/content/blog... "So the CEOs have decided to lie very still and hope that no one notices them.... But will it work? Only so long as Trump and his creatures see a benefit in it..."
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Speaking Up: Who Is, and Who Isn't
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Dr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The State Department’s plan will basically destroy PEPFAR and lead to the closure of many CDC country offices—a scenario that would jeopardize the health of millions and make Americans less safe.
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New Plan Scales Back C.D.C.’s Work on Diseases Abroad
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Shonna McBride @shonmcbride.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I Was an NIH Program Official. Here's What a Peer Reviewer Doesn’t See. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | I Was an NIH Program Official. Here's What a Peer Reviewer Doesn’t See.
The NEJM editors understand the threat of the proposed federal grant review changes
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Douglas Natelson @nanoscaleviews.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🧪⚛️ What is going on within NSF? What is an X-Lab? More on today's news of cuts. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2026/06/bad-...
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Bad to worse at NSF? (June 2026 edition)
This is a US research ecosystem post.  Feel free to skip if this isn't your cup of tea. I'm showing my internet age in thinking that the rig...
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The reflecting pool is being sabotaged by paid protistas
Britannica page on algae
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"Right now, in some underfunded lab, a scientist is chasing a question that sounds pointless.... No one can say if they will succeed. But a century of experience says that funding people to do this work is a good bet. If we stop making that bet, we will pay for it in cures no one will know to miss."
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Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Russell Vought is the director of the Office of Management & Budget. He is promulgating a new rule to install political control over ALL federal grant-making. Forget the experts. Russ is the decider-in-chief now. Write your members of Congress today. And share this. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
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Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
As we approach America250, I wish to point out that if not for woke George Washington mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox, we probably wouldn’t have made it to America001.
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When I head to Washington, I will be the first woman in Congress with a science PhD. That matters. At a time when science is under attack, Congress needs more leaders who understand the value of evidence-based decision-making.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Hib vaccine basically eliminated Hib. Before then, it was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in young kids, and led to tragedies like this one. Remarkable public health win. www.voicesforvaccines.org/a-hib-vaccin...
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A Hib Vaccine Would’ve Saved My Brother
I sat on the floor next to Bobby. As I sat there watching him, I felt terrified.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
In 1863, Lincoln signed the National Academy of Sciences into law as an INDEPENDENT non-gov entity. Since WW2, we enjoyed pre-eminence in research. We benefitted from Germany's brain drain. We had the privilege of first access to next gen treatments before other countries. They looked to us. 🧪🧵
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 10/06/2026
Gave some comments for this story in @science.org about a study in JAMA that shows a devastating decrease in NIH fellowships awarded to Black and Hispanic scientists. A lot of early career people are having their future meddled with. Some groups unequally... www.science.org/content/arti...
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Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding
Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10/06/2026
From 500 views in the first two months to over 100,000 views in the last few days. The ADA opinion piece that was too scary to be distributed at the ADA meeting has gone full Streisand. Y'all are doing the Lord's work.
Download graph, topping at 103,071 total views as of a few minutes ago.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
For context, this is one hundred ninety-two thousand, five-year biomedical research grants. More than five years of complete funding for the entirety of the NIH for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, blindness, epilepsy, infectious diseases, etc… An entire generation of scientists.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New analysis in @jama.com: In 2025, NIH supported 4% fewer scientists vs 2024, reversing a previously upward trend. Black PIs saw the largest drop (−9.8%) followed by Hispanic PIs (−7.3%). jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Current NIH policy is eroding the research workforce & US science leadership.
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Trends in NIH Investigators by Sex, Race, Ethnicity, and Disability Status
This cross-sectional study assesses National Institutes of Health (NIH) data from fiscal years 2016-2025 comprising annual counts of principal investigators funded through research grants and fellowsh...
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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
If you have applied or plan to apply for an NIH grant, if you have reviewed or want to review for an NIH panel, you must read this piece from @27unihted.bsky.social about the detrimental changes to NIH peer review. @jeremymberg.bsky.social @drugmonkey.bsky.social substack.com/inbox/post/2...
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The Quiet Attack On Science: Subverting NIH Peer Review
Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review, this is an overview of all the changes to NIH's peer review over the last 18 months.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Today is National Cancer Survivors Day. Some history in cervical cancer. Once upon a time, cervical cancer was the #1 cause of death in women. The pap smear was invented by George Papanicolau in 1941. It is used to identify abnormal cells under a microscope. 🧪
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 08/06/2026
I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...
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Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump
Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including eff...
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 06/06/2026
Steven Kahn, director of the UW Diabetes Research Center, was removed by police from a national conference as he and others handed out copies of an editorial.
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UW diabetes researcher removed from conference by police
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Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Planetary Society created a fact sheet and action alert about the recent OMB proposal that would, among other things, insert politics into the proposal review process across science. More discussion here: www.planetary.org/articles/whe...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“In March 2025, funding was cut by USDA for animal disease control and prevention, including…New World Screwworm…from several agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). That funding supported more than 180 outbreak investigations and responses in 22 countries…”
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USDA cuts budget, staff for animal disease control, suspends imports of live cattle from Mexico…again
%%excerpt%% Another import ban of live cattle from Mexico has been announced after USDA cut funding for animal disease prevention and control including the New World Screwworm.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is a helpful guide! If you haven’t made a comment yet, please do! Even—especially—if you’re not a scientist!
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Shonna McBride @shonmcbride.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Ms Hannum, the HS chemistry and physics teacher who expected more of me Mr Bourque, the LaGrange history teacher who had been to places he taught about and played no fools, Dr Leder, the middle school science teacher who applied to the shuttle program and showed it was possible to dream big 🥹
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The only message not voting sends to a politician is that your opinion can be safely ignored because you will never hold them accountable. That's it. You can tell yourself not voting is good for your personal brand or your moral well being, but never pretend it makes a difference in the real world.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Register and attend if you can. A great way to get up to speed on this. This is not a drill!
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:
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The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
BREAKING: This seems worrisome... White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
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White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final say on research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is a substantial power grab by OMB. Comment period starts tomorrow. Here are two relevant excerpts. 1/3
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 27/05/2026
The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF
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New Grant Disruptions at NSF - We Need Your Help to Report! – Grant Witness
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/05/2026
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A friend shared this photo from outside an NIH building this morning. The signs refer to four former NIAID staff members who were recently forced out. 2 are retiring and 2 have been reassigned to the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. A travesty and 🙏 for their service.
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