@erikatrapl.bsky.social
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If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
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Lives are at stake with today’s ACIP meeting:
☑️ COVID-19 shots for kids & pregnant women
☑️ Hep B newborn vaccines
☑️ MMRV guidance
☑️ Vaccine funding for low-income families
☑️ Public trust in vaccines
We won't be live posting but will return or chime in with thoughts.
⏰Stream live ~10AM Eastern
☑️ COVID-19 shots for kids & pregnant women
☑️ Hep B newborn vaccines
☑️ MMRV guidance
☑️ Vaccine funding for low-income families
☑️ Public trust in vaccines
We won't be live posting but will return or chime in with thoughts.
⏰Stream live ~10AM Eastern
WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine panel meets to consider COVID shots and more
The exact questions to be voted on Thursday and Friday in Atlanta are unclear.
www.pbs.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Lives are at stake with today’s ACIP meeting:
☑️ COVID-19 shots for kids & pregnant women
☑️ Hep B newborn vaccines
☑️ MMRV guidance
☑️ Vaccine funding for low-income families
☑️ Public trust in vaccines
We won't be live posting but will return or chime in with thoughts.
⏰Stream live ~10AM Eastern
☑️ COVID-19 shots for kids & pregnant women
☑️ Hep B newborn vaccines
☑️ MMRV guidance
☑️ Vaccine funding for low-income families
☑️ Public trust in vaccines
We won't be live posting but will return or chime in with thoughts.
⏰Stream live ~10AM Eastern
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Over 27,000 SNAP-authorized retailers—including small grocers, farmers markets, and food shops—will be hit hard. For every $1 in SNAP, $1.50 in local economic activity is generated. These cuts hurt entire communities. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/08/06/g...
Grocers warn SNAP cuts will wreck revenues, close stores, and starve vulnerable communities
Maryland retailers warn that looming SNAP changes will harm their profits and have them potentially closing shop.
www.baltimoresun.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Over 27,000 SNAP-authorized retailers—including small grocers, farmers markets, and food shops—will be hit hard. For every $1 in SNAP, $1.50 in local economic activity is generated. These cuts hurt entire communities. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/08/06/g...
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Harvard will not comply.
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
— Harvard President Alan M. Garber
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
— Harvard President Alan M. Garber
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garb...
www.thecrimson.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Harvard will not comply.
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
— Harvard President Alan M. Garber
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
— Harvard President Alan M. Garber
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
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The good news: CDC's webpages have been restored following court orders.
The bad news: many have this despicable banner attached to them. We will be getting into misconceptions in gender ideology in a later post. For now, we are hurt and ashamed, and we stand with the LGBTQIA+ community.
The bad news: many have this despicable banner attached to them. We will be getting into misconceptions in gender ideology in a later post. For now, we are hurt and ashamed, and we stand with the LGBTQIA+ community.
February 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The good news: CDC's webpages have been restored following court orders.
The bad news: many have this despicable banner attached to them. We will be getting into misconceptions in gender ideology in a later post. For now, we are hurt and ashamed, and we stand with the LGBTQIA+ community.
The bad news: many have this despicable banner attached to them. We will be getting into misconceptions in gender ideology in a later post. For now, we are hurt and ashamed, and we stand with the LGBTQIA+ community.
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It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
NEW: In a further sign of turmoil at the NIH, Mike Lauer, who oversees the agency's $39 billion extramural budget that goes to research outside the NIH, has resigned effective tomorrow.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
February 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
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Major news:
Entire first-year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service must be out by 5pm, sources say.
Also: a major CDC contractor "just let go." Others may follow.
This is an attack on our ability to detect outbreaks.
More, with quotes from CDC officials:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Entire first-year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service must be out by 5pm, sources say.
Also: a major CDC contractor "just let go." Others may follow.
This is an attack on our ability to detect outbreaks.
More, with quotes from CDC officials:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
News: Half of CDC "disease detectives" terminated. DOGE takes aim at US disease surveillance.
Entire first-year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service must be out by 5 p.m., sources say. Also: a major CDC contractor "just let go," and others may follow.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Major news:
Entire first-year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service must be out by 5pm, sources say.
Also: a major CDC contractor "just let go." Others may follow.
This is an attack on our ability to detect outbreaks.
More, with quotes from CDC officials:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Entire first-year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service must be out by 5pm, sources say.
Also: a major CDC contractor "just let go." Others may follow.
This is an attack on our ability to detect outbreaks.
More, with quotes from CDC officials:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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If you are one of the #CDC #HHS #FDA #NIH employees who have learned today that your employment is being abruptly ended, we want to hear from you. @altcdc.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
Are you affected by firings at federal health agencies?
Have you been affected by firings at federal health agencies? @statnews would like to hear from you.
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If you are one of the #CDC #HHS #FDA #NIH employees who have learned today that your employment is being abruptly ended, we want to hear from you. @altcdc.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
For some reason, there is this assumption that this science isn't good science because certain words are used. That's just ridiculous. As an epidemiologist, describing the burden of disease (or other phenomenon) among the population is essential, and we absolutely cannot shy away from those words.
NEW: “Let them have their list. We have important work to do.” Health equity researchers remain undaunted in the face of new lists (at NSF, now NIH and VA) banning certain keywords.
With @darbysaxbe.bsky.social @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social and Rachel Hardeman.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/t...
With @darbysaxbe.bsky.social @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social and Rachel Hardeman.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/t...
Growing number of federal health agencies are combing grants for taboo words, unnerving researchers
The National Institutes of Health and some VA regions are scouring existing grants using lists of flagged words, which include not just known trigger
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
For some reason, there is this assumption that this science isn't good science because certain words are used. That's just ridiculous. As an epidemiologist, describing the burden of disease (or other phenomenon) among the population is essential, and we absolutely cannot shy away from those words.
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Yesterday I realized that people do not understand that the “DEI” purge is a cover to get Black people fired and sidelined from government, university, and civic and corporate life in the US.
This is so clear based on who is being targeted that I hadn’t thought to say it explicitly
Happy #BHM! 🙃
This is so clear based on who is being targeted that I hadn’t thought to say it explicitly
Happy #BHM! 🙃
February 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Yesterday I realized that people do not understand that the “DEI” purge is a cover to get Black people fired and sidelined from government, university, and civic and corporate life in the US.
This is so clear based on who is being targeted that I hadn’t thought to say it explicitly
Happy #BHM! 🙃
This is so clear based on who is being targeted that I hadn’t thought to say it explicitly
Happy #BHM! 🙃
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🔬🧪🥼🧠🦠📈🟦
Between Feb 3-10, 2024:
NIH issued 513 grant awards totaling $218,273,053.
Between Feb 3-10, 2025:
NIH issued just 11 grant awards totaling $4,981,089.
I.e., since the courts ordered a full resumption in grant funding, NIH still only approved a handful of grants - 2.2% of typical volume
Between Feb 3-10, 2024:
NIH issued 513 grant awards totaling $218,273,053.
Between Feb 3-10, 2025:
NIH issued just 11 grant awards totaling $4,981,089.
I.e., since the courts ordered a full resumption in grant funding, NIH still only approved a handful of grants - 2.2% of typical volume
February 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🔬🧪🥼🧠🦠📈🟦
Between Feb 3-10, 2024:
NIH issued 513 grant awards totaling $218,273,053.
Between Feb 3-10, 2025:
NIH issued just 11 grant awards totaling $4,981,089.
I.e., since the courts ordered a full resumption in grant funding, NIH still only approved a handful of grants - 2.2% of typical volume
Between Feb 3-10, 2024:
NIH issued 513 grant awards totaling $218,273,053.
Between Feb 3-10, 2025:
NIH issued just 11 grant awards totaling $4,981,089.
I.e., since the courts ordered a full resumption in grant funding, NIH still only approved a handful of grants - 2.2% of typical volume
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Earth & Life Sciences Academics communicating the new EO about indirect rates, imma need you to improve yer messaging- maybe don't say "If I get a million dollar grant, my uni gets another $700k to keep the lights on & water running" bc isn't going to get the traction you think it is-
a woman in a floral dress is sitting in front of a sign that says chuckles in rich .
ALT: a woman in a floral dress is sitting in front of a sign that says chuckles in rich .
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Earth & Life Sciences Academics communicating the new EO about indirect rates, imma need you to improve yer messaging- maybe don't say "If I get a million dollar grant, my uni gets another $700k to keep the lights on & water running" bc isn't going to get the traction you think it is-
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THIS ⬇️
"We at the American Journal of Public Health have no interest in following the president's prohibitions on language," APHA's Georges Benjamin tells Medpage Today. "We will publish things under our guidelines, under our ethical principles." www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... 🔥
"We at the American Journal of Public Health have no interest in following the president's prohibitions on language," APHA's Georges Benjamin tells Medpage Today. "We will publish things under our guidelines, under our ethical principles." www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... 🔥
Public Health Journal Won't Be Complicit in Trump Admin's Censorship
'We will publish things under our guidelines, under our ethical principles'
www.medpagetoday.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
THIS ⬇️
"We at the American Journal of Public Health have no interest in following the president's prohibitions on language," APHA's Georges Benjamin tells Medpage Today. "We will publish things under our guidelines, under our ethical principles." www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... 🔥
"We at the American Journal of Public Health have no interest in following the president's prohibitions on language," APHA's Georges Benjamin tells Medpage Today. "We will publish things under our guidelines, under our ethical principles." www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... 🔥
48% of papers published since January 1, 2015 have been removed from PCD website.
Our team pulled all PCD publications from PubMed and checked the DOI to see if the paper still exists on the PCD website. For the 1470 articles from the past 10 years, only 763 are still accessible through PCD (52%).
Our team pulled all PCD publications from PubMed and checked the DOI to see if the paper still exists on the PCD website. For the 1470 articles from the past 10 years, only 763 are still accessible through PCD (52%).
February 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
48% of papers published since January 1, 2015 have been removed from PCD website.
Our team pulled all PCD publications from PubMed and checked the DOI to see if the paper still exists on the PCD website. For the 1470 articles from the past 10 years, only 763 are still accessible through PCD (52%).
Our team pulled all PCD publications from PubMed and checked the DOI to see if the paper still exists on the PCD website. For the 1470 articles from the past 10 years, only 763 are still accessible through PCD (52%).
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🧬🦠🧠🥼🧪📈🟦
@ebi.embl.org:
Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.
Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?
@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@ebi.embl.org:
Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.
Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?
@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos
The mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages.
www.nature.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🧬🦠🧠🥼🧪📈🟦
@ebi.embl.org:
Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.
Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?
@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@ebi.embl.org:
Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.
Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?
@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Ditto to academics
If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Downloaded CDC Data And Where To Find It
Journalists and scientists are downloading a bunch of public health data they suspect might be at risk of deletion. Instead of all of us privately reinventing the wheel over and over, what if we share...
docs.google.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ditto to academics
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If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Downloaded CDC Data And Where To Find It
Journalists and scientists are downloading a bunch of public health data they suspect might be at risk of deletion. Instead of all of us privately reinventing the wheel over and over, what if we share...
docs.google.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...