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Hiltzik: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children RFK Jr. turned the CDC's vaccine committee into an anti-vaccine panel, but it still heard evidence that his campaign against vaccinating pregnant women was a huge mistake.

Reality: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children www.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik... by @hiltzikm.bsky.social

I’m a Republican former congressman and doctor. The new HHS placebo-controlled trial mandate is dangerous “The notion that we should require placebo trials even when there's already a safe, effective vaccine goes against decades of established norms in clinical research,” writes physician and former Rep. ...

#medlibs

More testing might seem like a step toward greater safety. But this change doesn’t make vaccines safer or science stronger. Instead, it forces researchers to unethically withhold proven protection from some patients, under the guise of “scientific rigor.” www.statnews.com/2025/05/22/v...

Medical schools move from worrying about AI to teaching it Faculty used to fret over how artificial intelligence might affect education. Now they’re training medical students how to use it for patient care and research.

This article from the American Association of Medical Colleges discusses the use of AI in teaching, including ethical concerns. #medlibs www.aamc.org/news/medical...

Opinion | A.I. Will Destroy Critical Thinking in K-12

AI in teaching? Look out. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

FYI, #medlibs

What the puck? The Seattle Kraken have 2 staff librarians To say Gina Rome and Ashley Hufford have their dream job would be a little misleading — it wasn't a job they knew they could dream of before they had it.

Hi, librarians! www.kuow.org/stories/what...

Some things never change. But why not?

Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week The federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.

www.governing.com/policy/major.... #medlibs #skybrarians #evidencesynehesis

Government word search is killing my cutting-edge research The Trump administration seems to believe that some words and ideas fail an ill-posed and completely nonscientific test of orthodoxy.

#medlibs www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/u...

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

Maybe have to be registered to get access to the online planner. I am still waiting for the virtual schedule.

How do we find the #mlanet25 online planner? I am not seeing it on the website. Also waiting for virtual schedule.

New study reveals wealth inequality’s deep roots in human prehistory Long before ancient empires rose, wealth inequality was already taking root, according to new WSU-led research that shows the process began over 10,000 years ago.

Well this isn't very cheering. "Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing." news.wsu.edu/press-releas...

I learned who is doing this panel.

@medlibassn.bsky.social Is there going to be a schedule of the virtual events released?

I would also like a schedule of those events that will be virtual so I can decide whether to attend that way.

Hey #medlibs. Who is presenting this panel at MLA? "Statewide Access to Biomedical Literature: Health Equity Through Information"?

Is there a listing online of the virtual sessions? I'm trying to decide whether to attend virtually.

Whatever you decide, we can probably use that same phrase when a server compliments us on our food order.

Move to 1997.

Narcissistic personality disorder: Symptoms, diagnosis, and more Learn about the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), how doctors diagnose the condition, treatment options, and more.

Here's an article about narcissistic personality disorder in case you need it. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/974...

#medlibs, this may be of interest.

Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration

IMLS is being gutted. All staff laid off. IMLS supports, mostly, small & rural museums & libraries. RML region 5 was dissolved. Regional Medical Libraries provide health resources & outreach to communities across the country. As part of the NIH they make health information accessible to the public.

Reminder that IMLS supports Libby and Interlibrary Loan, so if you like things like rural borrowers having the same access as city residents and immunocompromised people being able to still use their library despite ableds demanding libraries open without masks…time to push back.

Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration The university appears to be the next target in a campaign to go after higher education for allegedly failing to suppress campus antisemitism.

Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration (Princeton is on the list of 60, along with the UW) www.chronicle.com/article/near...

#medlibs !

Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon Phil Hegseth’s publicly available resume includes founding his own podcast production company and working on social media and podcasts.

You see they're bringing MERIT back to government.

www.defensenews.com/pentagon/202...

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public