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In Florida- NIH FUNDING: $914 M JOBS SUPPORTED: 14,688 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED: $2.78 B

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The Senate HELP Committee has jurisdiction over NIH. GOP members of the committee represent AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC. Research universities and hospitals in those states need to be extra loud.

submitted 20 days ago • 14 comments

On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) On the right, that page tonight

submitted 27 days ago • 44 comments

This is not normal. None of this is normal. My heart hurts for my former colleagues at the CDC.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

inspo for your day

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

submitted 31 days ago • 64 comments

A bird flu pandemic is not inevitable. But a series of developments over the past few weeks indicates that the possibility is no longer remote. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

submitted 32 days ago • 6 comments

“Let us be clear: There is an overwhelming consensus in the scientific community that vaccines have saved millions of lives, prevented massive human suffering, & prevented the spread of infectious disease diseases, like polio, smallpox, & measles” @sanders.senate.gov www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gwD...

submitted 36 days ago • 5 comments

strongly recommend having a cute dog who knows little to nothing about federal research funding

submitted 36 days ago • 10 comments

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People affected by the #LAFires may be eligible to book an emergency stay through Airbnb [dot]org. This includes people displaced and relief workers helping in an official capacity. If you or someone you know needs support, fill out 211 LA’s intake form here: care.211cs.org/public-surve...

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Column | No COVID crimes: Another DeSantis gimmick fizzles. Without splashy criminal charges to throw around, one can feel the grand jury report's authors stretching for something - anything - meaningful to impart over the course of 140-plus pages. www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...

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If you feel reassured whenever someone says death(s) occurred in person(s) “with preexisting conditions” you should know that more than half of American adults have “a preexisting condition” and many (maybe you) don’t even know they do. Or maybe you don’t have one, but 50% of the people you know do.

submitted 51 days ago • 15 comments

Today’s Jaguars’ news reminded me of this 3+ year old banger tweet. This remains true to this day @rodger.bsky.social.

submitted 52 days ago • 6 comments

If people continue to be infected with #H5N1 #birdflu, some will die. One has: the person in Louisiana who was infected by poultry and/or wild birds in a backyard flock. Developing story. www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/b...

submitted 53 days ago • 8 comments

Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Community water fluoridation is one of 10 great public health achievements of the last century. Water fluoridation is safe, effective, and provides for more equitable health outcomes among US children and adults.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

“All these infections in so many species around us is paving a bigger and bigger runway for the virus to potentially evolve to infect humans better and transmit between humans,” said Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, the director of the Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases.

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Neglect, it is. WHO finds that the direct cause of "the mystery disease" in Congo is malaria, exacerbated by malnutrition. Malaria can be cured by a few cheap pills, as long as it's caught early. So these are deaths of neglect. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

While everyone was busy having a brat summer, I’m over here kicking off brat winter.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Alright, friends, send all the good vibes my way—I’m ready to graduate from hospital life and free up this bed for someone else!

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Vaccinate your kids.

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

submitted 343 days ago • 997 comments

A good, short article about the history of fluoride in America - and the constant tension between public goods and private rights: wapo.st/3Z4Tmw4 (gift link)

submitted 96 days ago • 11 comments

Public health experts warn: outbreaks are inevitable. But Trump is assembling a health team with scant infectious-disease expertise and vaccine skeptics in key roles — led by RFK Jr. So what happens next? If we get covid 2.0, what would our leaders do? New story from me @fenitn.bsky.social + pals

submitted 96 days ago • 17 comments

Breaking: Florida's top health official calls for an end to fluoride in state's drinking water. Joseph Ladapo, Florida's surgeon general who has been bidding for a spot in Trump admin, cites controversial studies about the risk of fluoride to developing brains. w @fenitn.bsky.social

submitted 98 days ago • 69 comments

New post from me: open.substack.com/pub/deplatfo... Please don't let the people in your life (or your representatives) believe that Kennedy's views are merely controversial. They are wrong and an imminent danger to our health.

submitted 100 days ago • 5 comments

Seriously, everyone needs to know this story, and know it well.

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

Well, this is absolutely horrifying.

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#Florida has more of these cases than any other state & climate change is making it worse: floridaphoenix.com/2024/10/31/t...

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