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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 3d

My op-ed just came out discussing how NIH leadership is failing early career researchers and, importantly, how we can push back and take our future into our own hands.

NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

www.the-scientist.com

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JAMA @jama.com · 4d

Emergency Medicaid accounts for less than 1% of total #Medicaid spending, even in states with large undocumented populations.

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A JAMA "Research Letter" published online October 9, 2025, shows a US map depicting 'Emergency Medicaid Spending for Undocumented Immigrants.' States are color-coded to show the percentage of spending, ranging from 1 to 2%.

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 6d

Proud to serve on the board of ANRF @curearthritis.bsky.social , where we’re opening the 2025 grant cycle.

These awards give early-career scientists the chance to pursue bold arthritis and autoimmune disease research.

Details here:
curearthritis.org/research-grants/

The 2026-2027 ANRF Grant cycle has officially launched! Apply now!

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Jacob Montgomery @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 7d

What people cannot seem to get through their heads is that the justifications the Trump administration uses to attack higher education is a *pretext* not the actual reason. There is no reasonable permanent compromise available, because their actual goal is control.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 7d

Danielle Allen fails the Lando test / lives out the Arrested Development meme: "A deal on the core principles in a compact could then become a framework for negotiating on legislation." Come ON. With this administration and this Congress?
therenovator.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...

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Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 11d

thank you for calling these LIES!!!

Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 11d

utter insanity

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11d

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

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Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 12d

Looking to develop or advance your skills in clinical research methods? See below for info on the Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) - a joint program between Mass General Brigham, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health & Harvard Medical School. Applications are open for summer 2026!

Flyer for upcoming virtual information sessions with QR codes: https://hsph.harvard.edu/fellowship-special-program/clinical-effectiveness/

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Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journal @oacjournal.bsky.social · 12d

Are you a creative scientist?🧐
#OAC is looking for a new cover design! Submit your Osteoarthritis and Cartilage based cover designs by November 10th, 2025🤩
forms.gle/5qVWiHrHk2G9...

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Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 12d

when people ask me to "work your magic" 😡😡😡

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JAMA @jama.com · 14d

A large, rigorous study published in JAMA last year found no association between autism and #acetaminophen use in pregnancy after accounting for heritability.

Read this new interview with the study’s senior author about the findings. #paracetamol

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Study Author on Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy

This Medical News article is an interview with epidemiologist Brian Lee, PhD, about his study on acetaminophen use during pregnancy and children’s risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders...

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ACR Journals @acr-journals.bsky.social · 14d

The PROGRESS OA study combined data from 4 RCTs to conduct external validation of prognostic MRI biomarkers for OA. Results showed similar assoc. as the phase 1 study analyses, with regression formula yielding AUC of 0.67 (vs 0.72 in phase 1 data)

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Univariable associations between the primary set of baseline magnetic resonance imagin biomarkers and joint space width loss ≥0.7 mm in PROGRESS OA. The results from unadjusted univariable logistic regression are shown for each biomarker. Individual biomarkers are shown along the y-axis and unadjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals are shown along the x-axis. The x-axis is on the log scale. P values and AUCs for each biomarker are shown in the columns on the right. AUC, area under the curve; ccMF.ThCtAB, central weight-bearing medial femoral condyle; ecMF.ThCtAB, central medial femoral condyle (external); LFTJ, lateral tibiofemoral joint; MFTC.ThCtAB, total medial femorotibial compartment; MFTJ, medial tibiofemoral joint; PFJ, patellofemoral joint; Q, quantitative; SQ, semiquantitative; SR, subregion

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 24d

David Rose, the police officer and Afghanistan veteran with a wife and 2 small children, was murdered by a white, right wing extremist man a month ago over antivaccine conspiracies pushed by RFK Jr. and this administration. He did not get recognition from political leaders or even much news coverage

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24d

"My thoughts turned to David Rose, who volunteered to try to prevent another such attack on our country, and then, when back home, ran toward danger once again to help his fellow Americans."
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A Hero We Didn’t Deserve

Remembering David Rose who ran towards danger.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 26d

New from #OrACORe in @oacjournal.bsky.social: Longitudinal associations between bilateral vs unilateral knee osteoarthritis and physical performance. Contrary to our hypothesis we did not find associations between bilateral disease & worsening physical function
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 26d

New from #OrACORe and #PIVOT: The Cost-Effectiveness of Semaglutide and Tirzepatide for Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis and Obesity

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GLP-1 Drugs Shown Cost-Effective for Knee Osteoarthritis and Obesity | Mass General Brigham

Analysis led by Mass General Brigham researchers shows tirzepatide offers greater value than semaglutide for most patients. For eligible and willing patients, bariatric surgery provides the best optio...

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Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · 27d

My letter to the editor regarding the @bostonglobe.com Editorial Board's op-ed "We need more Charlie Kirks.”
This is about more than ‘differences of opinion’ — his views were despicable.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/15/o...

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 28d

They’re treating the murder of Charlie Kirk like the 9/11 terror attacks, as an excuse to go to war.

But this time they’re going to war against the US.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

Stephen Miller: “We are gonna channel all the anger we have over the organized campaign to led to this assassination to uproot & dismantle these terrorist networks … we are going to use every resource we have at the DOJ, Homeland Security & throughout this govt to dismantle & destroy these networks"

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Dale @dalegrauman.bsky.social · Sep 13

We've got Gavin Newsom et al. eulogizing a version Charlie Kirk who did not exist, Trump et al. blaming his death on leftist violence that didnt happen, and the entire media apparatus denouncing Dems for dancing on his grave, something no Dems are doing. Has The Discourse ever felt more unmoored?

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Sep 12

Kirk didn't serve in the military or hold office. The war hero treatment -- half-mast flags, military guard, Air Force Two escort, calls for a statue at the Capitol or to lie in the Rotunda -- shows that for MAGA, service to Trump has become the highest, most honorable form of service.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Sep 11

Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · Sep 9

NIAMS is taking public comments on the need to expand epidemiologic research funding

#NIH
#rheumatology

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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Saying the quiet part out loud:

NIH’s “Amanda Fine said..funding would become less dependent on reviewers rankings of grant proposals. This will ensure consistent, transparent & strategic funding decisions that align with the agency’s mission.. DT’s EO said peer reviews would be ‘advisory’ only.”

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Recent efforts to undermine peer review and put decisions in the hands of political appointees rather than scientists have many of us concerned.

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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · Sep 3

One thing we don't talk about enough IMO is how Elon Musk came to DC, destroyed foreign aid, and then oopsied back to his little companies. An estimated 450,000 people have already died because of this!

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Jamie Collins @colljamie.bsky.social · Sep 2

In my experience most places that say they have a walk-on fee (cape cod national seashore beaches come to mind) don’t actually charge you to walk on. Singing Beach is a definite exception!! They are getting every penny out of every visitor!

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Sep 1

This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.

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