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cassattdr.bsky.social
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Kulldorff starts by saying that mercury is a toxin (incorrect- it's a toxicant), and raises concerns about cumulative exposures to mercury. If only we had guidelines that ensured mercury exposure remained below toxic thresholds... www.fda.gov/food/consume...

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The play-by-play to follow.

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Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments

Getting money from Big Cancer.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

“More than 90 scientists at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, signed and another 250 supported anonymously a letter sent to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and NIH leader Jay Bhattacharya titled the Bethesda Declaration.“ heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-11-2025

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

The appointment of anti-vaxxers and other unqualified members to ACIP is exactly what we were warning about. Vaccibes save lives. apnews.com/article/cdc-...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Today, my NIH colleagues and I did something scary but really important. We spoke up about egregious harms we are seeing happen to research participants and public health through thoughtless and politicized policies at NIH. 🧵1/3 apnews.com/article/nih-...

submitted 17 days ago • 36 comments

RFK Jr. is "gunning for America's vaccines." He's canceling advisory meetings, claiming vaccines haven't been "safety tested", and stripping shots from the schedule. Read more from @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jrs-wa...

submitted 30 days ago • 73 comments

ACOG is the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. www.acog.org/news/news-re...

submitted 31 days ago • 82 comments

Our medical establishment, Prasad and Makary, issued what amounts to a viral mandate. They reject bodily autonomy and medical freedom. If I can’t get a vaccine and get really sick next year, I know who to blame. So do you. My latest. sciencebasedmedicine.org/viralmandate/

submitted 35 days ago • 6 comments