One way to reduce drug spend is to have the FDA do an analysis of how long medicine retains it's potency. It can do it one drug at a time.
No one should throw away medicine they shouldn't have to. Whether pharmacy or patient.
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The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
My NIH study section that was to meet tomorrow was one of those canceled. This represents many months of work by the applicants and by the NIH staff and reviewers. Devastating is the correct word.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
Jan 21 2025: 27 job openings listed at NIH.
Jan 22 2025: There are no postings at this time.
Communications shutdown. Travel ban. Canceled study sections. Now a hiring freeze?
Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage.
Left: yesterday. Right: today.
New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...
We kinda do know, tho
These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
Respectfully (and I genuinely mean this), I’ve never heard a single regular person ask for “bipartisanship.” That’s inside nonsense.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
It’s all meant to distract from real issues. “Racism is a distraction.” Toni Morrison, paraphrased.
Elon Musk did the Hitler salute twice during his speech today. But it isn’t clear what this gesture might have meant.
A man carries a coffin with a skull on the front and spray painted on the side "we're here we're queer we hate the fucking president"
ACT UP, 1990
Every question from the senators should have been job specific like this. This demonstrates lack of preparedness. This could have convinced 3 republicans he isn’t the right one for the job
A report released by the Department of Agriculture found that poor sanitation practices at a Boar's Head facility in Virginia contributed to the largest listeria outbreak since 2011.
Many a morning has been waylaid in our house by this very discussion with protests and subsequent tardiness to preschool.
January is a time for fresh starts. Embracing the spirit of opportunity and change, January 2025 will mark SAMHSA’s first annual Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment Month. This month AMERSA will be sharing some of SAMHSA's materials recognizing SUD Treatment Month.
PSA:
Your period should not
🩸last > 7 days
🩸interfere with your life
🩸happen consistently > than monthly
🩸require product changes more than every 2 hours
🩸have clots larger than a quarter
🩸cause debilitating pain
🩸require double product coverage
🩸make you anemic
Viewpoint by @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social's Robert Jackler & Pamela Ling explores tobacco industry–funded CME and concerns regarding the precedents this funding sets in relation to commercial bias and influence and conflicts of interest.
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Found a typo in The Economist on Christmas Day.
100% agree with @maiasz.bsky.social here - our country should follow the data re: outcomes over various tx models & & Kennedy's personal experience isn't the guide; science & data should be. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/o...
“Hypothetical Bama” is too good, going straight into the lexicon
Figure. Adjusted Differences in Caregiver-Reported Hospice Quality Between PEF/PTC Hospice Ownership and Other Ownership Categories
Hospices owned by private equity firms or publicly traded companies had significantly lower caregiver-reported quality scores compared to both non-profit and other for-profit hospices.
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One size doesn’t fit all. The o in one is a covid virus, the ‘ and I are bandaids, the l in all is a vaccine. New research provides insighs on the best time for your COVID vaccine. Yale School of Public Health
A one-size-fits-all approach for scheduling COVID-19 booster shots may not be the most effective, according to a new study by Prof. @jeffreytownsend.bsky.social & colleagues.
Getting the timing right could improve your protection against infection up to 4x.
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It really is bizarre how fixated people, and journalists in particular, are on trans kids and their healthcare.
HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
