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Yikes! The CDC has quietly scaled back its FoodNet surveillance, now only tracking salmonella and STEC.

Monitoring for Listeria, Campylobacter, Vibrio and other pathogens has stopped- even after last year’s deadly Listeria outbreak. buff.ly/OyTTIOA

h/t @boghuma.bsky.social
#medsky #IDsky 🛟🧪

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

Good to see @bsky.app has emerged as the social media platform of choice for science stuff
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The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses.
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Government buying stake in private companies: socialism

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President having stakes in those companies: corruption

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Worrying about Cracker Barrel logo instead of governing

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The White House is sidestepping Congress and halting up to $15 billion in NIH research funding, which would have gone to study diabetes, cancer & more.

The order was issued through a four-sentence email sent to NIH directors from Office of Management & Budget Director Russell Vought.

If you wanna check in on the nation's cancer researchers, we're doin' bad. Real bad. No single post/article fully captures the depth and breadth of it.
We may be the first to feel this, but every single person in the country will feel it eventually.
Cancer. Does. Not. Discriminate.

At least wear a mask when you’re visiting the dying person with stage 4 cancer in the hospital. Is that too much to ask?

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Did the Tr*mp administration cancel your NIH or NCI grant proposal? Know someone who was affected? The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in the House wants to hear from you. Please fill out this link and share. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

#CancerResearch #OncoSky #CanSky

Annual scans were clear (yahoo!) and three months of Verzenio to go. I’m beginning to have a little hope. ❤️ #cansky

So sorry for your loss.

If we gut science, where will the discoveries of the future come from? | Op-Ed The student in a lab today may one day shape public policy, develop treatments or discover the next lifesaving cure.

"Last yr alone, the NIH awarded $1.26B to WA state biomedical research institutions. These investmnts not only save lives but also generate over $3B annually in economic activity. But that progrss is under threat. NIH grants in WA have alrdy been canceled or delayed. Add'l cuts are ... 1/3 #CanSky

Great, now #cancer is a political issue.
#CanSky #MedSky

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

More rage fuel today: learned my group can't move on a meeting w NCI to discuss a new trial for #lobular breast cancer; per NCI staff "we are not allowed to discuss new projects under the current executive orders."

#lobmob, if you haven't contacted your reps, now's a good time. #cansky #oncosky

" ...scientist said, 'Cutting the rate to 15% will destroy #science in the U.S. This change will break our universities, our medical centers & the entire engine for scientific discovery.” 2/2 #CanSky #MedSky #CancerBS #ResearchSavesLives

Thanks for speaking out @joycevance.bsky.social !!!

Cutting Cancer Research Sometimes, it gets personal.

"The new NIH policy slashes funding 4 indirect costs, items like office space, utilities & support staff. They fund research security & biosafety. Now, NIH will limit indirect costs to 15%. Interviewed on NPR, one ..." 1/2
#CanSky #MedSky
joycevance.substack.com/p/cutting-ca...

Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance (LBCA) Patients, researchers and clinicians working together to advance research and promote better prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care for invasive lobular breast cancer (ILC).

The Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance has joined Bluesky! Follow us here for information about the 2nd most common type of breast cancer, invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC). More coming soon! www.lobularbreastcancer.org

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed by Senate as U.S. health secretary RFK Jr. was confirmed Thursday as HHS secretary, but it remains to be seen how he will turn his MAHA vision into specific policies to improve America's health.

"'He demonstrated a shocking lack of knowledge about the fed health programs he’ll be charged w/running & a willful desire to mislead senators abt his views on #science matters like #vaccine safety,' said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Wed." 😱 #MedSky #CanSky #WTAF

www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

Probably wise to mask up in public places in the US for the next 4 years #medsky #bioethics

Why the COVID Deniers Won Lessons from the pandemic and its aftermath

The healthcare system of the nation that leads the world in medical research is now governed by cranks who believe in incantations and magic potions. Me in @TheAtlantic
on COVID's 5th anniversary www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.

"Senior officials were informed [this] morning that ~5,200 recent hires across the #NIH & #CDC will be fired, per sources. CDC leadership was told they'd lose ~1,300 workers. NIH losses are not as clear." #MedSky #CanSky

www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

This is #FelonTrump's "JUST LET THEM DIE"
policy. I am a Stage 4a colon cancer patient - in remission - we need MORE cancer research, NOT less.
#Cansky
#Oncosky

The Unhinged Axe Falls on the National Cancer Institute and the Rest of NIH Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

This is sick.
My dad is enrolled in several studies here in the #UK as part of his treatment for s4g4 cckc... Some of those people probably helped or are helping to save his life with their groundbreaking#Research #CanSky #USScience #NIH #Musk
www.splinter.com/the-unhinged...

As a breast cancer survivor (who always fears a recurrence), I say anyone who gets in the way of medical research is a murderer.

#cansky

This is so infuriating. #unitedhealthcare #cigna #cansky #oncsky

Had my first cellulitis incident this week in the arm where I had 24 lymph nodes removed. Intense pain came on suddenly, my entire arm turned bright red and within a couple of hours a high fever, along with full body violent chills. Thank the stars for antibiotics. I’m on the mend. ❤️‍🩹 #thankscancer

Cancer fundraiser for almost 20 years here - this is just wrong. Before they get to patients, drugs, treatments and surveillance modalities need to go through trials, which are 100% dependent on NIH funding and support. This is like turning out the power at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Right now the cancer research being cancelled or delayed might be the cure you or your beloved family member ends up needing in a few years.

He is signing cancer patient's death warrants with this bizarre act of cruelty.