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I can't tell you how much I hate this.

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

submitted 1 day ago • 80 comments

Sure, the USPS has problems. But we can't give up on it I was living in Guatemala when its national postal service shut down. It's never come back, and its absence enabled massive import fraud. Everyone loses when public services close.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

BREAKING: Federal judge extends the restraining order on NIH capping indirect costs to 15% www.statnews.com/2025/02/21/t...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

📣 Attention terminated CDC employees! "I was a fed" on Instagram shares stories of affected federal employees. We want to amplify CDC voices too (anonymously)! Our platform reaches ~100K. 📣 Send your story to our tip line. Let's help people understand the impact. #SeeCDC #fedstrong

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

On the 3rd anniversary of Dr Paul Farmer's death, several leaders reflect on his lessons for dealing with the ongoing crisis in global health & development Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Well great. "the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall terminate the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Long COVID" www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

A few people have kindly lobbed this into the tl, but here's my own gift link: Me, in NYT Opinion, arguing we're not failing to handle H5N1 flu in cattle because the response is based on plans for bird flu in poultry and doesn't match dairy farming structures. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 244 comments

Please call or write to your elected representatives and state Attorneys General and explain to them that NIH submissions to the Federal Register must be permitted immediately. This is a bureaucratic end run around a court order to resume NIH funding. 5calls.org

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

I'm now entering year 3 of my long covid. I'm better than I was, but it still touches everything I do. I'm lucky to have access to treatments to try, but there's really nothing for people with LC. Usually just people annoyed I'm masking. Now is a terrible time to defend health sciences.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Our partnership with @emoryuniversity.bsky.social DPH initiative successfully resulted in open access publication of the #spanish translation of Dr @rahallclifford.bsky.social's book Underbelly: Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health, published by @mitpress.bsky.social.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

"We look forward to staying in touch" 😑

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed point by point U.S. President Donald Trump’s concerns in his executive order.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

ALERT: US government is planning to take down the free COVID tests site tonight! Order now! covidtests.gov And the US government is looking into destroying $500 million in stockpiled COVID tests! They should NOT destroy these tests! wapo.st/42VLGQh

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

🎵hostile government takeover 🎵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Mark your calendar for this incredibly timely discussion!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

🎶Playlist for reading🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/0Nl...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration? I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for meaningful opposition to each. I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24

submitted 5 days ago • 78 comments

Hope As one EIS is under attack, a new EIS rises in Africa africacdc.org/african-epid...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Having coached & mentored 50+ people across #archaeology, #preservation, #culturalresources and other fields, here are my Top 5 #jobsearch boards for those RIF’d from federal #careers 1. acra-crm.org/jobs/ 2. careers.saa.org 3. lnkd.in/eNCiwrgH 4. sha.org/job-board/ 5. lnkd.in/ePmkcucp

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

“the US stepping away from global health may have an unexpected consequence: we may no longer need to ‘decolonize’ global health” @vyoma.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/vyomadha...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The news we need! 🙌

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I am clinging to this as a possible silver lining to this terrible moment in global health, that our colleagues around the globe will step into leadership

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments