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Devastating. The US is such a leader in biomedical research. This will have such a huge impact.

#RSV

This is a story about deep sea mining, beautifully told. Mining something that takes millions of years to form. What could go wrong? Ehm…🛢️👀 Letting an industry with a terrible record on land do the same in the ocean where there’s way less oversight. What could go wrong? 🤔

No mention yet of the major cause of rising house prices: increased demand from investors. Our research shows restricting negative gearing to newly built housing and scrapping the capital gains tax discount would reduce speculation and allow more first home buyers to get into their own home. #qanda

Trump officials cut billions in Harvard funds after university defies demands. Wow, just wow. I just cannot comprehend what is happening in the US right now. Feeling for US academics and students right now.

yep, was going to happen. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2.... Excellent! If there is one thing that will assist greatly with an end to this conflict, it is to grant #Palestine statehood. #StatehoodforPalestine. #IstandwithPalestine

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... Meanwhile children suffer while he chases one non-evidence-based option after another.

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

#RSV

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... Brilliant. "There is nothing that Americans cannot get from Denmark or Canada through alliance. Musk & Trump are creating the bloodily moronic situation in which US will have to fight wars to get the things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the asking."

And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... This is really great news, and will go a long way to strengthen relations with our neighbours. Glad to see this announcement.

Five public health facts RFK Jr doesn't want you to know: 1. Vaccines work and are safe. 2. Solid fats aren't health foods. 3. Random dead animals you find lying around are not safe to touch (or eat). 4. Methylene blue is a dye, not a miracle cure. 5. Measles is bad for you.

White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.

This makes for incredibly sad reading. Make America great again? American #research and the #NIH was already state of the art. They can’t seem to appreciate what they had. They are destroying research excellence that took years to build.

‘Have you been hacked?’: ALP under fire for ‘repurposing racist meme’ with ‘we love Medicare’ T-shirt. Apart from the origins of the tee shirt and its racist origins, plenty of people in modern Australia of ALL ethnicities don’t eat meat or drink alcohol. Outdated.

Excellent article. We can’t separate public health from other political and social issues.

No Other Land shows Israeli occupation cannot be whitewashed - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/no-other-land-shows-israeli-occupation-cannot-be-whitewashed

This is NOT TRUE, people. The #vaccine is safe and has been around for decades. #Measles, on the other hand, can cause severe outcomes and even death.

Nature magazine calls on us all to speak up. "...but researchers at other organizations, such as universities, scientific societies, businesses, labour unions and campaign groups have more freedom, and must exercise it by showing support for affected colleagues." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

theconversation.com/5-years-sinc.... 5 years today that Covid was declared a pandemic. Are we prepared for the next one?

That didn't take anytime at all. What a waste. Defunding cancer research, health disparities research, gebe therapy and real vaccine research to waste the valuable time of scientists to study debunked conspiracies. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Just crazy. WOMEN?!!😳

It's well past time for our 'government' to make some definitive statements about Israel as a genocidal war criminal. Kick the ambassador out. Being "deeply concerned" is just NOT fucking good enough.

The #NIH is one of the best, most rigorous institutions of scientific research in the US and globally. #Trump shooting #America in the foot.

RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

For 73 years, CDC’s EIS has trained top disease detectives 🕵️‍♂️🔬—responding to smallpox, Ebola, COVID-19 & more. Cutting EIS would weaken U.S. public health security & our ability to detect and contain health threats. 🚨 Check out their incredible impact over the decades! ⬇️ #ProtectEIS #PublicHealth

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Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades. Envy of the world. Poof! www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

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Yes, thought the same when I was looking for an article the other day. 😫