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Anyone surprised by this? Probably the first of many. #AcademicSky #EduSky

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

CDC cutting legendary epi training program and firing "disease detectives" by @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Stunning. And terrible for US and global public health

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I took a shot at figuring out how much money each state stands to lose in a single year if the NIH fixes the indirect cost rate at 15%. 🧵

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

submitted 26 days ago • 75 comments

A horrific story: A 22-year-old died from an asthma attack after his inhaler jumped from $66 to $539—out of reach when his insurance, a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, stopped covering it. He struggled to breathe for five days before collapsing. The cruelty of our healthcare system knows no bounds.

submitted 33 days ago • 83 comments

🔥🔥A 2021 study found that Medicaid expansion as part of the ACA led to a substantial reduction in mortality, primarily driven by reductions in disease-related deaths. A 2018 study in the Journal of Political Economy found that, Medicaid reduced infant and child mortality since the 1960s and 1970s.🔥🔥

submitted 36 days ago • 32 comments

This is the most important chart published in America this week. (By @dylanlscott.bsky.social)

submitted 104 days ago • 165 comments

This is chilling and just wrong. Maternal mortality reviews are essential to improve care for all pregnant women and provide answers to family members

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Dr Oz, Trump's new CMS boss, during height of covid: "Schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 3% in terms of total mortality. Any life lost is a life lost, but that might be a tradeoff some folks would consider"

submitted 106 days ago • 443 comments