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Bethany Lindsay @bethanylindsay.bsky.social · 55m

I've tried for years to access an investigation report about misconduct during a clinical trial for spinal cord patients.

Michelle Ghoussoub and I can now tell the full story about how data was fabricated to make near-miraculous claims about a treatment for bed sores.

theijf.org/ubc-misconduct

Report says UBC researcher fabricated data, gave patients ‘false hope.' The public was not alerted

Aziz Ghahary ‘abandoned his scholarly integrity’ in clinical trial for patented treatment, investigation found

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 2h

Snake oil salesmen never went away.

Now they're called "wellness coaches," "alternative/integrative/functional medicine practitioners," "energy medicine physicians," etc.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 19h

The abuse of science: the anti-science movement using cherry-picking to pretend SARS-CoV-2 has similar effects to HIV

How the "World Health Network" and all associated have lost even the last bit of credibility

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The abuse of science: the anti-science movement using cherry-picking to pretend SARS-CoV-2 has similar effects to HIV

How the "World Health Network" and all associated have lost even the last bit of credibility

marcveldhoen.substack.com

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 11h

Plus all the CDC/health funding to state health departments, and CDC contractors like @kkjetelina.bsky.social

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Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · Feb 7

Lost my CDC contract after a visit from DOGE. I feel like I’m in the dirt (or TBH eating a pint of ice cream on a couch crying). But here’s the thing: Pushing people down—especially those with heart, purpose, and love for public service—doesn’t mean they stay down. It’s literally against their DNA.

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Dr. Richard Pan @drpanmd.bsky.social · 1d

I’m Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician, father, and former state senator.

I’ve spent my career protecting kids and expanding health care. Now I’m running for Congress because Washington could use a little good medicine. #CA03 #DrPanForCongress

Watch our launch video, then share it.

Launch - Dr. Pan for Congress

YouTube video by Dr. Richard Pan for Congress

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 20h

CDC had worked for decades to overcome the fear of government research created by the US Public Health Service's participation in the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis. Robust protections for human subjects for the basis of that effort. Gutting the CDC IRB is dangerous in so many different ways.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 20h

"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.

The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and whiplash’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while former top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 18h

Another example of why you should subscribe to Wired 👇

Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 18h

The CDC's union estimates that a quarter of the agency been gutted under the Trump administration. Here's our story at @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 18h

New: German scientific societies released an English version of their 2024 guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of #Lyme neuroborreliosis.

These guidelines were approved by 23 scientific and medical societies and are in line with the scientific consensus.

journals.publisso.de/en/journals/...

Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment in neurology – Lyme neuroborreliosis | Publisso

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 23h

Bluesky is now big enough to attract crypto scammers.

Bluesky's openness may make it easier to create convincing clone accounts, so be careful of new follower requests.

LymeScience @lymescience.org · 1d

Heads up: There's a crypto scammer impersonating Angie Rasmussen

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 23h

Bluesky promptly suspended the scammer’s account but not before managing to trick a few hundred people into following them.

LymeScience @lymescience.org · 1d

Heads up: There's a crypto scammer impersonating Angie Rasmussen

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

CDC HR employees were brought back from furlough to process these RIFs and then end their own department

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 1d

A measles outbreak in South Carolina has sent over 150 unvaccinated children into a 21-day quarantine. The event highlights the consequences of local vaccination rates falling below the 95% threshold needed for community immunity.
#MedSky 🛟

Measles outbreak in SC sends 150 unvaccinated kids into 21-day quarantine

The outbreak includes at least seven confirmed cases, but some are clearly being missed.

arstechnica.com

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 1d

Article by Dr. Dave Stukus: How Dr. Google is Impacting Parental Medical Decision Making

How Dr. Google is Impacting Parental Medical Decision Making

Expert: Medical misinformation is commonplace

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 1d

A few PSAs from your friendly neighborhood pediatric shematologist

🩸vitamin k in newborns is lifesaving
🩸vaccines save lives
🩸no kid should drink more than 20 ounces of milk a day
🩸babies don’t need chiropractors
🩸home births can go south super quickly even in the very best of circumstances

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 1d

"Judith Shaw Beatty was born in West Orange and her family lived in the New York City metro area. In the 1940s, as a polio epidemic ravaged the nation, Beatty got sick.”"
Touching interview with a polio survivor.

www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/10/poli...

Polio survivor speaks out on vaccination debate | NJ Spotlight News

In 1949, polio killed almost 2,500 children nationwide

www.njspotlightnews.org

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

~1300 fired on a Friday, about half unfired the next day, due to an apparent “coding error”. But sure, your data will be secure.

They’re all in a competition for who can be the most maliciously incompetent. So much winning. Participation trophies for eveyone. Nobel Prizes in Nonsense.

CDC purge hits 600 workers in key offices despite reversals

The casualties include employees working on health statistics, injury and violence prevention, congressional outreach and human resources.

www.axios.com

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PIDS @pidsociety.bsky.social · 1d

PIDS has joined with IDSA, HIVMA, & SHEA to issue a response to this weekend's public health firings. Visit pids.org/2025/10/13/p... to read the full letter.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

Numbers are still sketchy, but reports from Friday indicate that more than 4,000 federal workers overall were initially targeted for layoffs.

Mass firings at US health dept. partially reversed but still devastating

Reports suggest the hardest hit is the CDC, which is already struggling to function.

arstechnica.com

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 2d

We call for the reversal of these dangerous firings, and for Congress to move quickly to pass full-year spending bills that ensure that proposed cuts to public health are averted and federal appropriations are spent as Congress intended.

Our full joint statement: https://bit.ly/3WBh8ig

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Steve Valeika @zoonotic1.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great piece by a well known Lyme researcher and physician about how to approach these cases with empathy. Incidentally Dr Boyce is doing a Lyme survey in my neighborhood, which has had a surge of cases the last few years (including me and many of my 4-legged patients).

Destroying the Village in Order to Save It: Collateral Damage in the Battle Over Lyme Disease

A federal court recently dismissed the case against the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) brought by a group of patients with Lyme disease. While the outcome represented an important victo...

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 2d

NYT: They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.

by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 2d

MAHA Action is literally paid for by RFK Jr.'s book publisher

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 11d

Oh Tony Lyons owns Skyhorse and also operates MAHA Action and MAHA PAC. And I guess MAHA Books is Skyhorse's newest imprint.

It's the grift that keeps on giving.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

Another bad day at the CDC.

Donald Trump's war on public health enters a new phase

Another bad day at the CDC

www.motherjones.com

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 3d

Investigation by Danish journalists exposes ILADS quack doctors Armin Schwarzbach and Carsten Nicolaus.

They ran ArminLabs and BCA Clinic/BCA Lab, respectively. BCA Clinic/BCA Lab was succeeded by i-Labs, formerly Infectolab Americas.

nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2016...

Borrelia: Sådan testede TV 2 de tyske laboratorier

Fem raske TV 2-medarbejdere fik diagnosticeret en borrelia-infektion hos tyske læger efter negativt testresultat på Statens Serum Institut i Danmark.

nyheder.tv2.dk

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