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Pranay Sinha

@tbtakenseriously.bsky.social
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ID doc, TB researcher, writer, husband, and dog parent. Assistant Professor at Boston University.

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Pranay Sinha @tbtakenseriously.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Everyone in TB talks about “nutrition matters.” But what happens when you actually ask households with TB what kind of nutritional support works for them? We did exactly that through the TB LENS qualitative study in South India. tinyurl.com/mr42k9k8
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Tuberculosis- learning about experience with nutritional supplementation (TB LENS): Perspectives on a nutritional supplementation for persons with TB and their household contacts
Undernutrition is a major driver of the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, with one in five TB cases worldwide attributable to undernutrition. Nutritional interventions may reduce TB incidence and mortali...
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Matthew Saunders @mjsaunder.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
“Wow, I saw in the last GTB report undernutrition is much less important for TB than we previously thought” I hear you say… Well, no. We think this is an underestimate, & as much as 28% of TB could be attributable to undernutrition – see our latest comment here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Tuberculosis and undernutrition: improving estimates to reinforce the policy imperative
Undernutrition is a key driver of the global tuberculosis epidemic, increasing the risk of people developing tuberculosis disease and of poor outcomes in those who do.1 Each year, WHO publishes estima...
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Devex @devex.com · 26/06/2025
U.S. aid cuts and withdrawal from WHO are a terrible blow for global health, but also an opportunity for the European Union to step up as a superpower: Together, EU member states spend nearly twice as much as America on ODA.
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Opinion: The EU is an aid superpower. It just doesn’t know it yet
Opinion: The EU is an aid superpower. It just doesn’t know it yet
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Pranay Sinha @tbtakenseriously.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The House just proposed slashing NIH funding by more than a third. I wrote about what this means—not just for science, but for America’s health, economy, and future. 🧵👇 ps7uy.substack.com/p/we-lead-th...
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We Lead the World in Medical Research. For Now.
Funding cuts will cause irreparable harms
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 13/06/2025
An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers
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Pranay Sinha @tbtakenseriously.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We know that undernourished persons with TB are at higher risk of mortality, but why? My incredible mentee Dr. Alexa Tabackman tries to understand why in this new paper: tinyurl.com/2jc76v8c A thread 🧵 @buceid.bsky.social @bostonmedical.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @meganmurray.bsky.social
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Impact of premorbid nutritional status on TB severity: Ingenta ConnectBACKGROUNDMETHODSRESULTSCONCLUSIONS
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 17/05/2025
I get why this view is attractive to people—it gives them a false sense of control. But in reality, we can’t really control whether we get MS, cancer, etc. Even non-smokers get lung cancer. People who do not have obesity get diabetes. Better to seek evidence-based treatments than live in delusion.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
To be clear, if this bill passes, it will end all scientific research & medical training in the US. It will close hospitals. It will be economically devastating. Millions will lose their jobs. Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 17/05/2025
There’s no amount of diet and exercise that will prevent things like cancer and autoimmune diseases. Obviously the choices we make do matter to some extent, but wellness influencers are selling is an illusion of control that’s maliciously deceptive and harmful.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
“Measles vaccine is one of the best tools we have to protect public health. Like all medicines, there can be a risk of side effects, but the benefits far outweigh them: both for individuals and the community as a whole” ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
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How effective and safe are measles vaccines?
Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, giving a 95% reduction in the risk of measles.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Measles Cases Top 1,000: A Crisis of Complacency www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Measles Cases Top 1,000: A Crisis of Complacency
This situation is an avoidable public health failure
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Our database of terminated grants is powered first by PIs who send us information about their grants. If your grant was terminated--or if you received a stop work order of some sort--let us know! forms.gle/8qWNSjBerJ1G...
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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Terminated NI...
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 08/05/2025
Guidance on MMR in context of outbreaks.
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Pranay Sinha @tbtakenseriously.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
It’s about time we take intelligence seriously. Kudos to the administration for stepping up surveillance on… <checks notes> …Greenland? www.wsj.com/world/greenl...
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Exclusive | U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland
The push underscores the seriousness of President Trump’s intent to acquire the island from Denmark.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) becomes latest casualty of Trump regime They were close to finalizing guidelines for airborne infection control in hospitals, including the use of N95 masks Measles is spreading, Covid isn’t over & hospitals just got more dangerous
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Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a CDC letter.
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Meidas_SocietysChild @societyschild.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Insane is exactly the phrase I would have used! ‘This is insane:’ New NIH policy on funding foreign scientists stirs outrage www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘This is insane:’ New NIH policy on funding foreign scientists stirs outrage
Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’ - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/w...
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Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’
The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.
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Families USA @familiesusa.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
President Trump's proposed 2026 budget is just another example of this administration taking a chainsaw to our nation’s health system. Read our full statement from Executive Director @awright2care.bsky.social: familiesusa.org/press-releas...
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Brian Lovett @lovettbr.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories
As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 04/05/2025
A Perspective in Nature presents a transparent and reproducible scientific framework to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, which could inform climate liability claims. go.nature.com/4jOubX8 🧪
This is figure 3, which shows the estimated losses from individual extreme heat events by carbon majors.
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Pranay Sinha @tbtakenseriously.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Just published: our qualitative study from South India on food insecurity in TB-affected households during COVID-19 lockdowns—and how a nutritional intervention helped. 📄 journals.plos.org/globalpublic... @theunion.org @stoptb.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
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Food insecurity in South Indian households with TB during COVID-19 lockdowns and the impact of nutritional interventions: A qualitative study
Tuberculosis (TB) mortality rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, as did food insecurity worldwide. Undernourished individuals are at increased risk for incident TB disease and TB mortality. This study e...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Love to have a government that monitors every college student op-ed, social media post, and tattoo for potential deportation but does absolutely nothing about a blatantly illegal pollution factory.
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Tim Lahey @timlaheymd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
“It’s a wholesale assault on the federal research partnerships that have really made the U.S. and our academic institutions the envy of the world” www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
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NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles
The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis shows.
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Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
#Tuberculosis prevention and care relies heavily on international donor funding in many settings. In our latest preprint, we examine the potential impact of reductions in international donor funding for #TB - by the US and by other major donor countries. 1/8 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The potential impact of reductions in international donor funding on tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries
Background Tuberculosis services in many settings rely heavily on international donor funding. In 2025, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was dismantled, and other countri...
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Asad Zaidi @drasadzaidi.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Delighted to have hosted Pranay Sinha @tbtakenseriously.bsky.social for a fab overview of Nutritional AIDS -- a term that I do hope catches on! This webinar series is hosted at UCL in collab with the National University of Med Sciences & the Pakistan Chest Society 💊 ⚕️
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Tim Lahey @timlaheymd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Devastating
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Infectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis has died at age 88 following a recent hospitalization for pneumonia. In his youth, he had part of one lung removed due to a severe respiratory infection. This procedure was more common in the past when tuberculosis was more widespread www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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Pope Francis dies aged 88 after double pneumonia battle
Pope Francis spent 12 years at the helm of the Catholic Church
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Indi Trehan @inditrehan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The more we see what the fascists are trying to eliminate, the more we see how weak they are. Strength lies in building up others and protecting the weaker amongst us. If the dictator is unable to help those weaker than him, that is inherent proof that there is indeed nothing “great” about MAGA.
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us. It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin. You must understand what is truly at stake here. All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“Investment in surgery not only saves more lives but also contributes to healthier populations, and enhances economic growth and prosperity, which in turn improve the global economy and reduces disparities” journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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Universal access to surgical care—A global public health priority
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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Everything is so dark right now, but here is a story of a mother & grandmother who beat pancreatic cancer and cooks for the community. She made me food, no questions asked, when I struggled postpartum. Help share her story as she fundraises for pancreatic cancer! www.linkedin.com/pulse/she-be...
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She Beat the Deadliest Cancer. Now She’s Feeding Her Neighbors and Raising Millions for a Cure.
You’ve probably never heard of Sue Popik. But if you live in Redwood City, there’s a good chance she’s cooked for you, your neighbor, or someone you love.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
On the left, March 10 on Fox News On the right, today in the HHS cafeteria (per a tipster)
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This seems bad
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Dictatorship alert
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 07/04/2025
"With Tesla’s continued sales drop, Musk is getting a harsh reminder that he’s not the only one who can wield a pocketbook to send a message." Damn right he is. And we're gonna keep on sending it. #teslatakedown www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/b...
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Everything is blowing up in Elon Musk’s face | CNN Business
All it took was losing $100 billion in three months to make Elon Musk change his tune on government work.
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Pranay Sinha @tbtakenseriously.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I’ve long believed that he has neurosyphilis which makes this a bit ironic.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/04/2025
Police in Tifton, Georgia, arrested Selena Maria Chandler-Scott after her miscarriage for allegedly leaving the fetal remains in a dumpster. Her arrest raises questions about the growing criminalization of pregnancy, experts say.
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Woman’s arrest after miscarriage in Georgia draws fear and anger
Experts say the arrest is part of a pattern of criminalizing pregnancy that’s accelerated since the fall of Roe v. Wade.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/04/2025
Women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in a head-on car crash compared with men. It's because cars aren't designed to be safe for women, the CEO of a crash test dummy producer says, adding that vehicles are being designed “around a male.”
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Cars aren't tested properly for women's safety. Congress is trying to fix that.
Republican Sen. Deb Fischer’s "She DRIVES Act" would raise the standards for car safety testing, promoting the use of "crash test dummies that reflect a woman’s lighter frame."
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Oh just Texas Congressman Keith Self directly quoting Joseph Goebbels during a congressional hearing….what planet are we on smh
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Sheila Davis @sheila-davisdnp.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The brutal attacks on Mirebalais threaten one of Haiti’s most critical hospitals. If Mirebalais falls, Haiti’s health system faces collapse. Hundreds of thousands will be left without life-saving care #ZanmiLasante.The world must act NOW. #Haiti #Mirebalais @partnersinhealth.bsky.social
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
USDA confirms more H5N1 avian flu in cats, other mammals The latest H5N1 confirmations in pet cats came from Kansas, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Illinois. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a... Photo: Guido T/Flickr cc
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Great work University of Colorado. You just spent $54 million on a football coach while scientists are on a hiring freeze and travel restrictions because the NIH, CDC, and NSF are being dismantled. Glad you have shown priorities. Real classy.
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Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
"My hope is that during the coming years, the unprecedented assault on scientific truth that has adversely impacted public health in our nation comes to an end so that the citizens of our country can fully benefit from the breadth of advances in medical science." -Peter Marks #healthpolciy
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Matthew Herper @matthewherper.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Our story on Marks’s ouster has been updated with a lot of comment and context www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/f...
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Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out
Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. Don't let them get away with it.
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