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The total number of measles cases has surged to over 600 in South Carolina.
Last April, our reporting found that national rates for four major vaccines fell significantly in recent years. In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023: https://propub.li/4a61hjh
Last April, our reporting found that national rates for four major vaccines fell significantly in recent years. In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023: https://propub.li/4a61hjh
January 22, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The total number of measles cases has surged to over 600 in South Carolina.
Last April, our reporting found that national rates for four major vaccines fell significantly in recent years. In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023: https://propub.li/4a61hjh
Last April, our reporting found that national rates for four major vaccines fell significantly in recent years. In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023: https://propub.li/4a61hjh
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The story is based on data presented at the NHLBI Advisory Council meeting.
The data show that the Early Stage Investigator funding rate declined from
29.8% in FY2023
to
26.1% in FY2024
to a stunning
18.5% in FY2025.
2/4
The data show that the Early Stage Investigator funding rate declined from
29.8% in FY2023
to
26.1% in FY2024
to a stunning
18.5% in FY2025.
2/4
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The story is based on data presented at the NHLBI Advisory Council meeting.
The data show that the Early Stage Investigator funding rate declined from
29.8% in FY2023
to
26.1% in FY2024
to a stunning
18.5% in FY2025.
2/4
The data show that the Early Stage Investigator funding rate declined from
29.8% in FY2023
to
26.1% in FY2024
to a stunning
18.5% in FY2025.
2/4
My research trajectory started with my MPH practicing at DCEG! Great opportunity for students.
The #NIH IRP Summer (paid!) Internship Program for 2026 has opened its application portal. This opportunity is open to US Citizens who are college students (including rising first-years), postbaccalaureate, and graduate students, including medical and dental. The deadline is 2026/02/18!
Become a Summer Intern in DCEG
DCEG offers a summer research internship in cancer epidemiology, biostatistics, or genetics fo college, postbaccalaureate masters-level students, and graduate students, including medical and dental st...
dceg.cancer.gov
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
My research trajectory started with my MPH practicing at DCEG! Great opportunity for students.
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New stories out about Official NIH Policy about "remediating" NIH applications so that they can be considered for funding.
First, a story in STAT...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n...
1/9
First, a story in STAT...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n...
1/9
NIH specifies how grant reviewers should ensure alignment with Trump priorities
In a memo obtained by STAT, the NIH gives specific steps on how grant reviewers can check for alignment with administration priorities.
www.statnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
New stories out about Official NIH Policy about "remediating" NIH applications so that they can be considered for funding.
First, a story in STAT...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n...
1/9
First, a story in STAT...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n...
1/9
Why didn’t they try thoughts and prayers for half a century?
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Why didn’t they try thoughts and prayers for half a century?
What will it take for US to tighten gun ownership regulations? How many more dead, injured, and traumatized?
One day after the mass killing at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australian leaders agreed to strengthen the country’s gun laws.
Austria had a similarly swift response after a school shooting in June.
What forces enable these countries to act where the U.S. will not?
Austria had a similarly swift response after a school shooting in June.
What forces enable these countries to act where the U.S. will not?
What Can We Learn From Austria's Response to a Single School Shooting?
Lawmakers passed swift, sweeping gun reform after the mass shooting at a school in Graz. Here's how they did it.
www.thetrace.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What will it take for US to tighten gun ownership regulations? How many more dead, injured, and traumatized?
Same. And there are never enough places to hide or ways to block the door or escape routes.
We need common sense gun control now.
We need common sense gun control now.
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Same. And there are never enough places to hide or ways to block the door or escape routes.
We need common sense gun control now.
We need common sense gun control now.
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In a new study, EJI researchers have found that people incarcerated in Alabama’s “secure” prisons die by homicide at much higher rates than Alabama residents who are not incarcerated.
New Research: Homicide Rate in Alabama Prisons Five Times Higher Than State as a Whole
04.01.25
eji.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In a new study, EJI researchers have found that people incarcerated in Alabama’s “secure” prisons die by homicide at much higher rates than Alabama residents who are not incarcerated.
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Get in dorks, we're going protesting!
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
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#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Get in dorks, we're going protesting!
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence