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US Terminates Thousands of Life-Saving Global Health Grants Including For HIV, TB and Malaria --Some of the terminated programmes had previously been granted temporary waivers, due to their roles in providing lifesaving health or humanitarian aid. healthpolicy-watch.news/us-terminate...

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The Budapest Memorandum, signed in 1994, promised Ukraine security assurances from the United States, Russia, and the UK in exchange for Ukraine relinquishing its nuclear arsenal, the world's third-largest at the time. Here is info with references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...

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Trump 2.0: a better way to show leadership - The Lancet Psychiatry www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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PubMed Central is back up late Sunday night. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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PubMed Central unavailable on Sunday. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/intro/

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Uncovering Conflicts of Interest & Self-Dealing in Executive Branch-- already clear that return to Oval Office could send massive financial windfalls to wealthy campaign backers, political allies, & own family & businesses. tinyurl.com/yc866pyn

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www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S000...

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'Least I can do': Supporters applaud as USAID employees given 15-minutes to clear out www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday

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A new White House freeze on using government-issued credit cards is the latest shock for federal scientists, potentially affecting everything from conference travel to needed purchases for clinical care or lab work. www.science.org/content/arti...

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US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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But the Trump administration has chosen to deny the religious authenticity of these organizations and accuse them of misusing federal funds, baptistnews.com/article/take...

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Artificial-intelligence-based peer reviewing: opportunity or threat? - The Lancet Global Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Oversimplified efforts to counter health misinformation are missing the mark --Misinformation is false or inaccurate information. Disinformation is deliberately false information, spread for political or monetary gain. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Medicaid on the Chopping Block | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research. www.science.org/content/arti...

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5 million dollars to live legally in the U.S.--we are definitely for sale.--Trump Plans ‘Gold Card’ Alternative to Green Cards for ‘High Level People’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

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Friends, doesn't this bother any of you who support the current president? Cutting "waste" to give oneself a government contract? www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...

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Robert F Kennedy cancels flu vaccination ad campaign and key vaccine policy meeting. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Come together, right now | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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There's been a systematic targeting of social services--cuts to programs like food assistance, housing, health care. These cuts disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in our society — children, the elderly, and the working poor. baptistnews.com/article/see-... via @baptist_news

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Americans confused or upset about current news should read Katherine Stewart’s Money, Lies, and God, examining the far-right billionaires, evangelical activists & think tanks behind MAGA’s assaults on laws, traditions, norms. baptistnews.com/article/mone...

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Trump Denied Knowledge of Project 2025—Now His Health Care Plans Follow It Closely. www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

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The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific community in the United States. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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A WSJ analysis found that many claims of savings by Elon Musk’s DOGE were overstated—and “woke” cuts were only a tiny fraction of the total www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

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Fetal personhood: What happens when the rights of the “fertilized egg” supersede the rights of the mother www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Health and Safety Agency Purged "Diversity" Documents, But They Weren't about DEI. www.scientificamerican.com/article/dive...

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PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity--We are deeply concerned about a range of recent US Executive Orders that collectively have potential to dismantle the US scientific enterprise as it has existed for past 70 years. theplosblog.plos.org/2025/02/plos....

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Sudan: Trump’s aid freeze hits services for malnourished children as war decimates health www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Association of social support and religiosity with survival among women with breast cancer in a low-income population in the Southeastern United States. bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs. Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Fox News says Russia is aggressor in Ukraine--Russia invades Ukraine in largest European attack since WWII www.foxnews.com/world/russia... #FoxNews

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Embracing Neurodiversity in Medicine—Building a More Inclusive Physician Workforce jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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From Burundi--The U.S. Is Cutting Off Foreign Aid. My Youngest Patients Are Paying the Price--we were given no warning when programs that support the care of sick & hungry children were sacrificed on altar of “efficiency” in one harsh, abrupt stroke. time.com/7258248/us-f...

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Opportunity! www.mededafrica.org/register-now

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The Value of Academic Health Research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Changes to CDC’s Website Threaten Patients, Public Health --As Missing & Altered CDC Webpages Threaten Patient Care, Efforts Grow to Fill Information Gaps jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits, and U.S. science in chaos | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Why these scientists devote time to editing and updating Wikipedia www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Responding to fear and magical thinking in the US www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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What Courts Are Asking Medicine About Social Media jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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What are the best AI tools for research? Nature’s guide www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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A groundbreaking study from the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston has revealed a potentially significant link between adult vaccinations and a REDUCED RISK of developing Alzheimer's disease. The research sheds new light on how certain vaccines may contribute to brain health and longevity.

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Estimating cancer incidence attributable to physical inactivity in the United States - Lynch - 2025 - Cancer - Wiley Online Library acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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US Science in Peril jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Abandoned crops, fired scientists: Agricultural research hit by U.S. foreign aid freeze. A court ruling may temporarily ease funding problems, but for many projects the long term outlook remains uncertain. www.science.org/content/arti...

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