GenAI has the potential to worsen health inequities. In a new review we show that with intent, confronting the challenges, it could be just the opposite, globally
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And that's just a handful of results from June/July alone. AHRQ's entire annual research budget is $224M. Without it, we will have more infections, higher costs, more diagnostic errors & less evidence-based care. It pays for itself many times over! Please, consider contacting HHS or your local reps.
Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists who were about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant applications for the US agency, Nature has learnt.
go.nature.com/3TEw7GN
Kids DO get more shots now than they did decades ago. There’s also a lot less death from preventable illnesses. That’s a win! Let’s dive into the wonderful world of Vaccine Schedules. The AAP first took ownership of schedules back in the late 1930s and we continue to recommend the vaccine schedule.
We can dig it: @maddow.msnbc.com calling bullshit on RFK's #HHS brand of #BadScience
"RFK sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change."
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Dont let these bastards win. Stand up, fight back, save science w/ us here zurl.co/Igsss
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Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health.
But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
The moral of the story: The math ain't mathin'.
Trump's cuts to science spending will damage our economy, leave hundreds of thousands of people jobless, destroy the discovery pipeline, and most importantly, cost lives.
But we are fighting back.
Join us: www.standupforscience.net/summer-fight...
Viewpoint in JAMA details the consequences of the proposed cuts to NIH:
❌15% reduction in new therapies
❌reduction in life expectancy by 83M life years in the US = $8.2T
❌loss of $51B in economic output annually
All to save $20B annually. The math ain't mathin.'
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quote on a dark blue and purple background from Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), criticizing proposed cuts to science funding in the FY26 U.S. federal budget. The quote reads: “If enacted, the FY26 budget request would end America’s global scientific leadership. The cuts to science would imperil our nation’s future health, security and prosperity. This budget proposal stands in stark contrast to the President’s call for a renewed commitment to American scientific leadership. Congress has demonstrated a bipartisan commitment to investment in research and must do so again to answer the President’s call.” The quote is attributed to Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of AAAS and Executive Publisher of the Science family of journals. The AAAS logo appears at the bottom right.
I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
Simultaneous release with #ATS2025
You can hear @hauschildt.bsky.social this morning
Institutional support for navigating abortion bans in pulmonary and critical care: a multistate qualitative study
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TODAY, Noon - Patrick T. Smith, PhD, "Jazz and Clinical Ethics: Reflections from an Imperfect Art". Tues, Apr 15, Noon. Open to all, Attend online via Zoom or in-person, Hurd Hall, Johns Hopkins Hospital | 31st Annual Shallenberger Lecture - Link for info: mailchi.mp/jhu/y61ihduu...
AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...
NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today.
One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.
By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:
NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
We are excited to announce our official partnership with @indivisible.org for the National Day of Action on April 5th!
Stand Up for Science says: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE!
#standupforscience
#handsoffourscience
Find and register for an event near you: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...
The work researchers do with NIH funding saves lives. To call NIH “wasteful spending” is shameful.
Thank you Senator Welch and @baldwin.senate.gov for hosting today’s forum on this very important issue.
Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump
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The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
At a packed town hall Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern proposed a general strike to combat the Trump administration's assault on the federal government.
Gutting the Department of Education would deliver a terrible blow to public schools, and have an immediate and tangible impact on students with disabilities.
AOC: Alina Habba said, “What intellectual thought.. you were in a bar AOC. Not to have a drink but to serve one.” I don’t care what this woman says about me but I want you to understand that she isn’t just talking about me, she’s talking about all of us.
Exclusive: Get ready for worse health care and more medical errors unless this ongoing illegal impoundment is stopped and quickly reversed. www.offmessage.net/p/the-trump-...
At 12:35 am ET, the president decreed that he was nullifying President Biden’s preemptive pardons of members of the January 6 committee, an assertion of a power the Constitution does not bestow.
Education Department staff cuts could limit options for families of kids with disabilities
I’ve worked on projects in several austere healthcare settings and every time the Cubans were there day in and day out. This is just absurd and malicious
Stand Up for Science in SF with @lowelab.bsky.social @brookeweigel.bsky.social @baronelab.bsky.social Joy and Joel last week.
In solidarity to all our friends @noaa.gov and all the essential research that is being terminated with the dismantling of NIH and NSF
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