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Biosciences & Tech policy Post about research, innovation, public health, politics & policy making, regulation, disinfo She/Her/Antifacist
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Are any States considering recommending the fall Covid vaccines for pregnancy and for children? It's within their powers to do so... And/or state health departments could provide physicians with information resources. Any initiatives getting off the ground yet?

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RFKJr said he would like to create in-house journals and force NIH funded researchers to publish there instead of in academic journals. Weird idea with all sorts of problems, not the least being that it makes the funder of research also the arbiter of what is publishable, which is...

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #addictionsci #policysky #health #medicine #MedEd #polisky #episky🛟 The UK's disposable e-cigarette ban will come into effect on Sunday . news.sky.com/story/dispos...

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

@celinegounder.com Commencement Speech

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Poor air quality from pollution is a HUGE concern linked to deaths, shortened life expectancy and conditions including asthma, COPD, cancer and cardiovascular disease likely in large part to impacts on immune function. Its vital we monitor air quality so we can understand mechanisms & impacts 🧪🧵

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

were his actions even legal?

submitted 11 hours ago • 47 comments

US Court of International Trade has issued unanimous ruling in case against Trump “liberation day” tariffs ruling also covers case filed by 12 states led by Oregon All tariffs invalidated as beyond scope of executive power; implementation blocked by permanent injunction, per @ilyasomin.bsky.social

submitted 20 hours ago • 91 comments

Who let the bird flu out? Us! We did. Because HHS just cancelled their contract with Moderna for an H5N1 pandemic bird flu vaccine, effectively hobbling our ability to combat the disease when (not if) it begins spreading like wildfire. #birdflu www.reuters.com/business/hea...

submitted 18 hours ago • 37 comments

In Boston, @celinegounder.com is giving a fiery convocation address at Harvard School of Public Health talking about #misinfo in public health: “The current administration is waging a war on science, and that can be seen most clearly on the issue of vaccines.” #IDsky 🧪

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Universities are free to research what they want - as long is it aligns with the priorities of the Trump Administration. Not only is that a violation of academic freedom, but also free speech.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

There is no "science-wide replication crisis" because every word in that phrase carries unfounded assumptions. 🧵 1. There is no evidence that progress has generally stalled in the sciences. Also, no one has actually tried to estimate replicability across fields.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

A telling quote by a DC-based think-tanker closing this good piece from today's @financialtimes.com “You have to have.. trade barriers to protect your nascent industries. That’s what many developing countries do... we are also in that situation now.” Not a great look. #EconSky on.ft.com/4khdIvq

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

This line from @annfinkbeiner.bsky.social's article about Dick Garwin has stuck with me. "He didn't go after stupidity in general, only stupidity that’s expensive or dangerous." Garwin was gruff & direct expert adviser for decades to every US government.

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Not sure why I only discovered Florence and the Machine only this year. But she captures my pissiness and anger at this juncture perfectly. Thank god for music.

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Important column from @matthewherper.bsky.social : With Covid vaccine decisions, RFK Jr. unleashes an unfettered assault on public health   www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/r... via @statnews.com

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

“Why do they keep telling people to drop out of school and become a plumber?” It’s the only answer they have to the idea that their tech bro advisers are telling them you have no value in the society that comes next

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

If you have any sort of public profile and/or a creepy ex, I cannot recommend @listifications.app enough, both useful as a sense-check, to keep you informed about creepy behaviour, AND now I know that there are people on here who will block anyone who says anything critical about Elizabeth I.

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments