Christina Megli

Today, USAID shuts down.

Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.

Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.

This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.

Orange graphic with images of Dave McCormick, and PA’s GOP Congressional delegation with text that reads “One big bullshit bill- hurt 400,000 Pennsylvanians’ access to SNAP, shut down senior care centers across PA, cut 1 in 4 Pennsylvanians from medicaid, shutter access to care for kids and pregnant women, cost PA 49,000 jobs.”

Dave McCormick just cast the deciding vote for this BS bill that raises costs of health care, food and utilities, and leaves Pennsylvanians to die.

The bill now goes to the House where PA’s GOP delegation will decide its fate. Call and let them know how you feel at 202-224-3121.

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

This is devastating for women’s health research globally, given the influential work by WHI

🔪 Another attack on women

🚫 Fewer discoveries to understand female biology, health & disease

🚫 Fewer diagnostics, therapeutics, preventions

💀More disease, suffering, death

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NT-proBNP as a biomarker to predict pre-eclampsia and maternal-fetal complications

📢 Call for abstracts!

⏰ Deadline 12 May

We're looking for poster and flash talk presenters for this July's Annual Meeting, themed 'The Placenta at Term'

www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/ctrconferenc...

Derivation of human trophoblast stem cells from placentas at birth - PubMed Human trophoblast stem cells (hTSCs) have emerged as a powerful tool for modeling the placental cytotrophoblast (CTB) in vitro. hTSCs were originally derived from CTBs of the first trimester placenta ...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40221000/ 👇👇👇👇amazing development for placental research!

Nearly Half of CDC Birth Defects and Disabilities Staff Cut Programs in blood disorders, Special Olympics affected

Birth defects often occur randomly

Abortion for birth defects is illegal in many states

Now government support for birth defects is severely curtailed

So a healthy person could have a birth defect, be forced to carry to term, then left to the wolves.
#MedSky

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2 in Oregon die of rare brain disease Health officials are still investigating the cause, but most cases are never definitively solved.

www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/...

Three million child deaths linked to drug resistance Children in Africa and South East Asia are most at risk from antibiotics medicines no longer working, a study suggests.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ohio House budget changes abortion reporting requirements to get more patient information The requirements call for a dashboard that will give immediate information about abortions being performed in Ohio.

The proposed dashboard means you can be identified without it disclosing your name, since enough patient descriptors will often allow you to find specific people

It’s a privacy violation wolf in public health sheep clothing

#MedSky

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Risk Of Invasive Strep Infection Has Spiked: Study There are about 300 cases of invasive GAS infection reported each year in Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

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Lord help us #obgyns #obskyn #obgynsky #idsky @acog-org.bsky.social @acogaction.bsky.social

‘Injecting yourself daily is difficult to navigate at work’: Managing fertility treatment while working Meath woman Lisa McGee says being open with managers about her experience alleviated stress

‘Injecting yourself daily is difficult to navigate at work’: Managing fertility treatment while working

www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

#Infertility #PregnancyLoss #Workplace

Ping #PLRG_PLACESproject

#bromocriptine treatment in addition to standard of care in #PPCM was associated with better maternal outcomes
EORP PPCM registry

#CardioObstetrics #CardioSky
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@escardio.bsky.social @isabellemalhame.bsky.social @garimasharmamd.bsky.social @mdharringtonc.bsky.social

For those diagnosed with one of the deadliest of cancers, this could mean there’s Hope, there’s Life.
If this is stopped, the stopper & it’s comrades can rot painfully in hell.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you have a relationship with local media, use it now!

These issues are hard to explain but critical for your neighbors to understand, looking at you Birmingham, St Louis, Philly, Baltimore, San Diego etc

Management of Obstetric–Gynecologic Patients During a Measles Outbreak This Practice Advisory was issued in response to the surge in measles cases across the United States as of March 2024. The advisory aims to provide guidance and recommendations to healthcare professio...

The American College of Ob/Gyn’s Practice Advisory for pregnant patients during measles outbreaks

#MedHub

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The Biology Dept @uncchapelhill.bsky.social is searching for a Teaching Assistant Professor or Teaching Associate Professor. We're a vibrant community with fantastic colleagues and students. Apply and tell all your friends too! Here's the job posting link:

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Virus-Induced Pathogenic Antibodies: Lessons from Long COVID and Dengue Hemorrhage Fever Virus-induced antibodies represent a dual-edged sword in the immune response to viral infections. While antibodies are critical for neutralizing pathogens, some can paradoxically exacerbate disease se...

www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/26...

This is an amazing resource for placenta researchers! Also if you use these or other, remember to cite datasets and source code that you use in publications!

Wow, this is really, really fascinating.

"Our approach, however, reliably predicts preeclampsia risk using cfDNA nucleosome profiling of placenta and endothelial tissue, with the addition of only two simple clinical parameters: blood pressure and BMI."

LAST CALL on abstract submission for 2025 American Society for Reproductive Immunology meeting! Due at midnight tonight! Hope to see you all in May!
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Dengue Outbreak and Response — Puerto Rico... This report describes a local public health emergency triggered by dengue cases in Puerto Rico during 2024.

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

For anyone who needs insight into what EIS officers and CDC do! This lovely article about the Dengue outbreak in Puerto Rico describes the response.

DNA methylation differences between cord and adult white blood cells reflect postnatal immune cell maturation
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

@maxplanck.de President @patrick-cramer.bsky.social is on it already.

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

This is my science jobs feed.

Do you have an opening in your Lab or Department?
Did you come across a cool job opening?
Just type #sciencejobs for post to appear on the feed.

#neuroskyence #academicsky #womeninstem #medsky
🧠 🧪 🧬 🪰 🌱

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GZMK-expressing CD8+ T cells promote recurrent airway inflammatory diseases - Nature Comparing T cells in nasal polyps from repeated surgeries shows that effector memory-like persistent clones colonize the mucosal tissue during disease recurrence and promote inflammation by producing ...

So THAT'S what Granzyme K does-- cleave complement and promote inflammation in the airway. Fascinating!
#ImmunoSky #AsthmaSky
#InflammationSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

After Abortion Bans, Infant Mortality and Births Increased, Research Finds The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects.

As predictable as it is infuriating

#MedSky

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/h...

#Hiring: Join our team! We're looking for a Research Advisor and an Epidemiology Advisor. Apply now! #IDSky #AidSky #MedSky

Five days left to submit your abstracts to #ASRI2025! Feb. 15 is the deadline! Looking forward to seeing you all in St. Paul in May!
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