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As a measles outbreak spreads across western Texas, Dr. Ana Montanez is trying to convince some parents that vitamin A, touted by vaccine critics as effective against the highly contagious virus, will not protect their children reut.rs/4kxgvRC

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Measles is not often seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas. Here’s what to know about the measles and how to protect yourself.

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Transgenic mice are widely used in cancer research to study tumor development, genetic mutations, and potential treatments. TRANSGENIC

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AARP has created an easy way to contact your lawmakers and tell them Social Security must be protected. Learn more.👇

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A government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is preventing cervical cancer in young women.

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I really want to administer a simple test to everyone yapping about "men" in women's sports. Without searching online, answer these questions: 1. Name one individual reigning NCAA champion in a women's sport or two members of any reigning champion team in a women's sport.

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In SK's last column covering 25 yrs of entrepreneurship & technology—he explains why 2025 looks more like the '70s. It took decades for Kendall Sq to recover from cuts to science & tech. "I worry that our innovation economy, starved of fuel & oxygen for four years, is going to be like a

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RFK's reckless stance on vaccines puts lives in danger. I’m asking him a simple question: will he change course and encourage parents to vaccinate their kids against measles — yes or no? A child in Texas died from measles, the first death in a decade. It should be an easy yes.

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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Can we host the meeting at my house instead, happy to provide coffee www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fda-c...

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Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The Department of Ed has a form to snitch on DEI policies in schools. I’d be a shame if we broke it with thousands of responses… enddei.ed.gov

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Kudos to the @endpts.com team for not running away from this issue like everyone else.

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Gutting Alzheimer's research. First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru... See also... newrepublic.com/article/1917... See also... www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... Make a fuss about this

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How many other pediatrics depts & cancer centers throughout the US will be impacted by NIH announcement on Friday? Many misinformed people believe it's only Harvard, Yale & Penn that are impacted. Check w/ Texas, Pittsburgh, Ohio, NC, Michigan, GA, Florida, Tennessee, WI & more #medsky #biosky

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US

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UPDATE: The strain of bird flu is distinct from what has previously been found in dairy cattle. The finding raises some worrying questions — and concerns over the Trump administration's muted response.

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The offer to federal workers to resign and keep pay and benefits is a "scam," says Randy Erwin of the National Federation of Federal Employees.

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There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent on the agency's funding.

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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

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When it comes to purported ties between childhood vaccines and autism, there is a diversity of viewpoints in this country. But, as @matthewherper.bsky.social lays out here in detail, facts are facts. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/v...

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BREAKING: This morning E.P.A. employees received an email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs, according to the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...

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PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #nursesky #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇 web.archive.org/web/20250131...

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Even as we are all wading through a massive fire hose of news….and figuring out what matters and what doesn’t…the takeover of the treasury dept payment system by Musk posse is one we should pay attention to.

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the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...

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The list of physicians who wrote/signed a letter for the Senate supporting RFK's nomination to lead HHS includes many who were revealed by Associated Press to not be doctors & some were doctors who lost their medical licenses. Is anyone surprised? #medsky #biosky

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The Trump administration said it is offering financial incentives for nearly all civilian full-time federal workers to quit as part of plans to drastically shrink the size of the government reut.rs/4jBO8kU

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On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

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Atul Gawande recently ended his 3-year tenure as USAID's Asst. Admin for Global Health. He posted an important thread today on X re: how POTUS's 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to US & world. I posted bullet pts on Linked In: www.linkedin.com/posts/pearlf... #medsky

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