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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18h

A summary of training, fellowship, and career development awards

Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)

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a dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant .

ALT: a dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant .

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 19h

How does an Editor let this get published? I would like to see the blind reviews for this.

www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

www.ajpmfocus.org

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to Jason McLellan on the Genius Grant! I see big things happening soon in your career if you just keep going forward. 😂

www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Jason McLellan

Characterizing and engineering viral protein structures to develop vaccines for infectious diseases.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 9d

“Any university leader who signs on to this compact wld betray everything good and solid about the university & would do deep and permanent harm to the United States & the world.”

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 9d

This is a scare tactic.

But most feds I know aren’t scared or traumatized.

We are just that much more passionate and committed to our missions.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9d

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is right. You don't just delete laws. And drawing sharpie marks over it doesn't legitimize claims.
#FEDSTRONG

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12d

The US is now four months away from losing its measles elimination status.

1544 confirmed cases reported by the CDC.

Where is measles spreading? Here's what to know.

The country is four months away from possibly losing its measles elimination status.

www.nbcnews.com

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Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social · 18d

The measles website at CDC continues to share updated data. 1514 cases reported in 2025. 3 deaths. CDC scientists working hard but have to manage vaccine attacks from @SecKennedy and his minions. This will be the year that ends US’s measles elimination status. Not one word at #UNGA.

https://cdc.gov/measles/data-r…

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 22d

"In a statement, HHS press secretary Emily Hilliard disputed suggestions that withdrawing from joint projects would weaken the nation’s pandemic preparedness, writing that “BARDA is prioritizing evidence-based, ethically grounded solutions”."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: RFK Jr cancelled mRNA research — but the US military is still funding it

The Department of Defense is continuing to bankroll projects to develop vaccines against deadly pathogens.

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 25d

Drew Weissman responds to questions about mRNA vaccines that were discussed at the ACIP meeting. #LoveVirology #TrustTheFuckingScience

www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”

In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers.

www.statnews.com

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 27d

Dr. El-Deiry just presented at RFK Jr.’s ACIP goat rodeo.

I condemned his presentation to the fires of hell, but I was not aware that 75 of his pubs were flagged for data irregularities.

This tracks.

Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 27d

Worth noting that El-Deiry has had about 75 of his publications flagged on PubPeer for data irregularities.

retractionwatch.com/2025/06/10/w...

Apparent NCI director candidate wants ‘open, respectful’ post-publication peer review while promoting anonymous site that calls sleuths a ‘mob’

Wafik S. El-Deiry Brown University physician-scientist Wafik El-Deiry has been a longtime critic of the post-publication forum PubPeer, where 75 of his papers have been flagged. For example, in an …

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Danny Satterfield @wildweatherdan.bsky.social · 27d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

ALSOBROOKS: Did you receive a call from the secretary upon reports an active shooter at CDC HQ had shot at employees?

MONAREZ: I did not speak to the secretary on the 8th or any successive day

A: So are you telling me the HHS secretary failed to even give you a courtesy call?

M: He didnt call me

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 28d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJh9...

Can You Say Why America is the Greatest Country in the World?

YouTube video by Christopher L Webster

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 28d

By great men, men who were revered. The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one—America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.

-The Newsroom

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 28d

"We aspired to intelligence; we didn't belittle it; it didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election, and we didn't scare so easy. And we were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed."

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 28d

"We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and cultivated the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars, and we acted like men."

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 28d

"We sure used to be. We stood up for what was right! We fought for moral reasons, we passed and struck down laws for moral reasons.We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed,we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest".-The Newsroom

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Jim Mc @jimmc26.bsky.social · 29d

Senator Mullin lied during the hearing today with the former CDC director. He lied. Let me repeat that he lied.

WATCH: Senator who accuses CDC director of lying later walks back claims of recording

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Sep 5

LITERAL GOLD. Thank you for making this, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social.

Oregon trail graphic saying, "You have died of Florida"

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · Sep 7

Resign

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 7

FOX: What would say is the last great success that our govt public health agencies have had?

RFK Jr: I don't think there have been successes

(Kennedy said days ago that Trump should get a Nobel for Operation Warp Speed)

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · Sep 5

STAT: Two former top NIH officials say they were forced out in retaliation for objecting to grant terminations

By @aniloza.bsky.social and Megan Molteni

bit.ly/41EdFT5

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American Society for Virology @amersocvirology.bsky.social · Sep 4

As RFK testifies in front of the Senate today, ASV wants to emphasize the risks posed by his decisions related to virus outbreaks and the public health of Americans. Together with our partner organizations, we call for RFK's resignation: asm.org/press-releas...

Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation

The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Sep 3

Damn. This is very, very bad.

It is hard to overstate how bad this would be.
It's pure anti-vax-ism.

Parents would have to bring their kids to the doctor 3-5 times more to get vaccines because of Prasad's junk science?

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Sep 3

Vinay Prasad, a former adult oncologist, has moved to disrupt the childhood vaccine schedule by asserting - against all evidence - that administering multiple vaccines at the same time “could blunt their efficacy.” The added burden/delay of separating shots would sharply reduce US vaccination rates.

FDA quietly positions itself to disrupt childhood vaccine schedule

While CDC turmoil grabbed the media spotlight, a quieter but potentially more consequential drama unfolded last week at FDA. The agency has positioned itse...

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ASM @asm.org · Sep 3

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...

Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation

The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · Aug 30

The federal government wants to treat Baltimore like a punchline.

10 toes down, I’m saying it’s not.

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