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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1013 comments

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1714 comments

Microbiologists hate us.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

RFK Jr.’s CDC just pulled a flu vaccine campaign in the middle of the worst flu season in 30 years. 29 million illnesses, 370,000 hospitalizations, and 16,000 deaths—including nearly 70 children. Public health shouldn't be political. Get vaccinated.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 2 days ago • 1214 comments

U.S. HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent,’ by @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/c... via @statnews.com

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

This article from the NY Time about heart failure had me thinking. Yes, it is increasing, and will likely continue to increase due to increases in underlying factors (obesity, hypertension, diabetes, etc). But the management of heart failure is very different from 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I had two grant proposals up for review in the NIH Bacterial Virulence (BV) study section. It was canceled without notice this morning. Without those grants, my lab must close within a year. And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues 🤬 #MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬

submitted 3 days ago • 56 comments

The court ordered that NIH grant funding be unfrozen, so The Regime found a way around it. For NIH grants to be funded, a review panel must rank them. In order for a review panel to meet, they must post it on the Federal Register. Submissions to the Federal Register are now on hold “indefinitely”.

submitted 2 days ago • 34 comments

‼️The @idsainfo.bsky.social cUTI guideline 📄 draft is now available for public comment🗣️! This version has been reviewed by 15+ orgs & revised according to extensive feedback provided to us. www.idsociety.org/practice-gui... UTIsky IDsky Medsky PharmSky

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

HHS has ordered CDC to stop its influenza vaccine “Wild to Mild” media campaign. This is an award-winning campaign that effectively explains how influenza vaccine may not prevent infection but does decrease illness severity. We are currently having one of the worst influenza seasons in 15 years.

submitted 2 days ago • 101 comments

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

submitted 2 days ago • 67 comments

This isn't funny. It's children playing with a loaded gun.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

At Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social, we are looking to fill 2 critical editorial positions. - Clinical microbiology - ID complications of transplantation and cancer treatments, in particular the latter. Full descriptions below and at link. Apply! academic.oup.com/idsa/pages/c...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.

submitted 5 days ago • 370 comments

I’m not a nervous flier, but this makes me not want to fly. SpaceX has airspace cleared for it before they launch anything. Wtf do they know about air traffic control? Oh, and there’s the naked corruption that doesn’t help either.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes Trump has already checked off.

submitted 6 days ago • 60 comments

Anyone considering flying into USA airspace would seem to be taking a huge and growing risk. All Canadians should be cancelling their trips south of the border.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity. It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated). 30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.

submitted 98 days ago • 112 comments

Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.

submitted 6 days ago • 209 comments

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

submitted 6 days ago • 536 comments

On hold at the CDC: An analysis suggesting that flu cases may be at a record high. That could mean a surge of deaths comes next. The CDC is delaying analyses to inform the situation & has cut off usual communication w/hospital networks & WHO. My latest: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

As an EIS officer assigned to workplace safety in 2012-2014, my job was to make sure workers came home to their families safe and healthy every day. Poultry processors in SC. Factory workers in ND. Lifeguards in OH. Teachers in MI. We listened to their stories and worked to make their jobs safer.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

🛟 That last-ditch chemo trial your family member was hoping to be in 🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over 🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s 🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day

submitted 7 days ago • 50 comments

Want a glimpse of the future? www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

submitted 7 days ago • 13 comments

Let's welcome the new HHS secretary

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The legendary Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) gone, just like that. Since 1951, these disease detectives have hit the pavement and secured vital information needed to face emerging threats to our lives.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Epidemic intelligence service officers are the cream of the cream. They're top doctors, veterinarians & other health professionals. They sign up for a two-year training program to serve the country. Not only is terminating them bad for the country, it's also a disgraceful violation of a commitment.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

submitted 7 days ago • 1090 comments

If you are one of the #CDC #HHS #FDA #NIH employees who have learned today that your employment is being abruptly ended, we want to hear from you. @altcdc.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

To come out of a pandemic where public health workers saved millions of lives and then decide to decimate the public health infrastructure rather than invest and expand it is literal lunacy.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments