Miriam Lewis Sabin
@mimilewissabin.bsky.social
The Lancet’s North American Senior Executive Editor. Based in the Big 🍎. Former proud CDC & EIS, WHO, UNAIDS & GLOBAL FUND.Views are my own.
I am so sorry that this has happened to Carl Dieffenbach.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I am so sorry that this has happened to Carl Dieffenbach.
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As someone who has worked in HIV for 35+ years, I can tell you Carl is a consummate scientific leader. We’ve been lucky to have him at head of DAIDS. The only thing that wins here is the virus.
Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
As someone who has worked in HIV for 35+ years, I can tell you Carl is a consummate scientific leader. We’ve been lucky to have him at head of DAIDS. The only thing that wins here is the virus.
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About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Let’s go! Make a pledge, USG and other donor governments, that the world can be proud of. Save our existing investments and continue to accelerate progress against HIV,TB and malaria. #wewillnotgoback #globalfund
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Let’s go! Make a pledge, USG and other donor governments, that the world can be proud of. Save our existing investments and continue to accelerate progress against HIV,TB and malaria. #wewillnotgoback #globalfund
The victims.👇👇👇Thank you #jenniferwiener @nytimes.com
Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The victims.👇👇👇Thank you #jenniferwiener @nytimes.com
Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
There is an intermediate solution. We go back down the steps to the comedy clubs, as #LennyBruce did. Say whatever you want #JimmyKimmel and comedians everywhere. Publish your stand-up recordings on alternative media. Arrests may come, but protesters will support you. There is no alternative.
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
September 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There is an intermediate solution. We go back down the steps to the comedy clubs, as #LennyBruce did. Say whatever you want #JimmyKimmel and comedians everywhere. Publish your stand-up recordings on alternative media. Arrests may come, but protesters will support you. There is no alternative.
#LIGO experiment is the best of what it means to be human. We must continue to understand the universe and the awesome forces that control our destiny.
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Happy Birthday, LIGO. Now Drop Dead.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
#LIGO experiment is the best of what it means to be human. We must continue to understand the universe and the awesome forces that control our destiny.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/s...
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THIS NEEDS TO BE READ NOW. I completely missed this very important piece in @nejm.org in 2024 explaining from some of my favorite vaccine and vaccine safety experts what is needed to improve safety systems and public trust. www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Funding Postauthorization Vaccine-Safety Science | NEJM
The slow speed of science contributes to public concern about vaccines and reduced
immunization coverage. Postauthorization safety research requires timely funding linked
to the introduction of new .....
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August 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
THIS NEEDS TO BE READ NOW. I completely missed this very important piece in @nejm.org in 2024 explaining from some of my favorite vaccine and vaccine safety experts what is needed to improve safety systems and public trust. www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
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Remarkable progress has been made in the response against HIV.
However, this progress is now at risk of destabilisation.
A new letter introduces the Kigali Call to Action, offering a roadmap for revitalising the global response against HIV: tinyurl.com/2sxwja37
However, this progress is now at risk of destabilisation.
A new letter introduces the Kigali Call to Action, offering a roadmap for revitalising the global response against HIV: tinyurl.com/2sxwja37
July 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Remarkable progress has been made in the response against HIV.
However, this progress is now at risk of destabilisation.
A new letter introduces the Kigali Call to Action, offering a roadmap for revitalising the global response against HIV: tinyurl.com/2sxwja37
However, this progress is now at risk of destabilisation.
A new letter introduces the Kigali Call to Action, offering a roadmap for revitalising the global response against HIV: tinyurl.com/2sxwja37
The Kigali Call to Action #IAS2025 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Recommitting to global solidarity: introducing the Kigali Call to Action
For more than two decades, the global community has united to fight the HIV pandemic,
achieving remarkable progress. New HIV transmissions and AIDS-related deaths have
dropped significantly, and milli...
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July 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Kigali Call to Action #IAS2025 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Horrifyingly predictable when #USAID funding was cut. www.independent.co.uk/world/aid-fo...
Aid cuts leave a million facing starvation in Nigeria – as food supplies run out
Exclusive: Huge cuts to international aid – alongside intensifying conflict and the devastating impact of climate change – are creating a humanitarian crisis across Nigeria and its neighbours. Now, th...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Horrifyingly predictable when #USAID funding was cut. www.independent.co.uk/world/aid-fo...
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The US Agency for International Development (#USAID) funding has had a crucial role in improving global health.
A new study estimates that USAID programs have saved nearly 92 million lives over past 20 years.
Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/2w2nkvv3
A new study estimates that USAID programs have saved nearly 92 million lives over past 20 years.
Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/2w2nkvv3
July 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The US Agency for International Development (#USAID) funding has had a crucial role in improving global health.
A new study estimates that USAID programs have saved nearly 92 million lives over past 20 years.
Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/2w2nkvv3
A new study estimates that USAID programs have saved nearly 92 million lives over past 20 years.
Explore the research ▶️ tinyurl.com/2w2nkvv3
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marco rubio announces that usaid, which began under president kennedy in 1961, has officially ceased operations
foreign assistance now to be run by state dept
lancet medical journal projecting 14 million more deaths in next 5 years with aid restrictions (from world's most vulnerable populations)
foreign assistance now to be run by state dept
lancet medical journal projecting 14 million more deaths in next 5 years with aid restrictions (from world's most vulnerable populations)
July 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
marco rubio announces that usaid, which began under president kennedy in 1961, has officially ceased operations
foreign assistance now to be run by state dept
lancet medical journal projecting 14 million more deaths in next 5 years with aid restrictions (from world's most vulnerable populations)
foreign assistance now to be run by state dept
lancet medical journal projecting 14 million more deaths in next 5 years with aid restrictions (from world's most vulnerable populations)
Why i do what i do @TheLancet www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/p...
Rubio hails end of USAID as study says its elimination could contribute to 14 million deaths in next 5 years | CNN Politics
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Tuesday as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in the...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Why i do what i do @TheLancet www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/p...
Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection
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June 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
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June 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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What a dictator would say.
Trump: Well, we're going to have troops everywhere.
Reporter: What’s the bar for sending in the Marines
Trump: The bar is what I think it is.
Reporter: What’s the bar for sending in the Marines
Trump: The bar is what I think it is.
June 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
What a dictator would say.
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SCOOP: The CDC is planning to move information on cases of diseases like measles and polio to a data system managed by Palantir, raising concerns about patient privacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/h...
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Palantir’s Collection of Disease Data at C.D.C. Stirs Privacy Concerns
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June 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
SCOOP: The CDC is planning to move information on cases of diseases like measles and polio to a data system managed by Palantir, raising concerns about patient privacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/h...
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On the home page of the MAHA Institute, you can read its now infamous, utterly kooky, very dangerous “MAHA Report,” authored by Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, RFK Jr, Linda McMahon, Stephen Miller, & others 😬
Only the best people are leading MAHA—antisemites, anti-vaxxers, germ theory deniers 😨
Only the best people are leading MAHA—antisemites, anti-vaxxers, germ theory deniers 😨
With deep pockets and a pipeline to the administration, the MAHA Institute aims to reshape everything from agriculture to vaccine policy. It's new director believes that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is real, that Germ theory is fake, and that 9/11 was an Inside Job.
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Make America Hate Again ⋆ IREHR
Leland Lehrman, the new director of the MAHA Institute has a history of promoting antisemitic conspiracies and anti-science quackery.
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June 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On the home page of the MAHA Institute, you can read its now infamous, utterly kooky, very dangerous “MAHA Report,” authored by Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, RFK Jr, Linda McMahon, Stephen Miller, & others 😬
Only the best people are leading MAHA—antisemites, anti-vaxxers, germ theory deniers 😨
Only the best people are leading MAHA—antisemites, anti-vaxxers, germ theory deniers 😨
2nd line playing at the ceremony for these returned souls today. Leipzig University did the right thing. I hope others follow. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany
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May 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
2nd line playing at the ceremony for these returned souls today. Leipzig University did the right thing. I hope others follow. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...