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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 24d

This isn't even a slight exaggeration. He is actively working on destroying the US's entire vaccine infrastructure. The HepB vote will be tomorrow, where they will get rid of the birth dose and recommend it at 30 days, dooming a bunch of infants to chronic infection ft. cirrhosis, cancer, and death.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24d

RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.

RFK Jr.-Backed Vaccine Panel Advises Against MMRV Vaccine for Young Children

New members of a key committee tweak routine childhood vaccine guidance as some states and insurers go their own way.

www.wsj.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 24d

The chair of the #ACIP is a #COVID-contrarian, Martin Kulldorff, as are others on the committee (i.e., Robert Malone). COVID-contrarians also have hands on the lever of vaccine policy at #FDA (i.e., Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Hoeg), at #NIH (i.e., Jay Bhattacharya). 1/

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Sep 1

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Those in MAGA land who voted for this administration don’t realize that these changes will cause hospitals in their small communities to close. Not only will they not have health insurance; they won’t even have ER level care in their communities.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Many of my pts are undoc’d and I hv always been proud of CA for giving them Medi-Cal coverage (CA v of Medicaid). W/o Medicaid $ I don’t know if this can continue .. unless we revolt stop sending so much tax $ to the Fed. But this isn’t just undoc’d — others will also lose access to insurance. Evil.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Lack of auto-renewal is also meant to uninsure more Americans.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Imgs from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social on IG. In my experience, essentially all people want to work when their health allows. But not everyone can find a job. Making monthly work assessments part of maintaining bare minimum health insurance is a ruse to uninsure more Americans. Disgusting.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Aug 5

Why work when you can just get sick and be paid to take medications in tRump’s delulu version of America?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 4

Trump: You know, we've cut drug prices by 1200, 1300, 1400, 1,500%. I don't mean 50%. I mean 1400, 1,500%

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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · Jul 26

From Pink Sheet on continued departures from FDA’s biologics division and challenges backfilling openings. FDA biologics center reported 106 departures from Jan. 1 to June 30. These numbers don’t include the 100-150 who were part of the reduction-in-force

insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/a...

US FDA’s Biologics Center Departures Grew Before More Than 100 RIFs Exited

The Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research saw departures far outnumber new hires in the second and third quarters of FY 2025, before more than 100 people left July 14 after the reduction-in-for...

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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · Jul 26

FDA’s cancer review team overseeing breast and gynecological products has lost about 1/3 of its medical review staff and the malignant heme group will lose about 2/3 of its medical review staff—all to voluntary resignations clustered among seasoned reviewers

insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/a...

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Jul 23

Sadly, I’ve seen more public evidence in Latin America and Europe that people care about stopping a holocaust than I’ve seen anywhere in America…
#feedpalestine

Dr. Robin Bond, biogeochemist at a PUI 🧪 @diygeochemist.bsky.social · Jul 23

Hello from Latin America. Just because I'm on vacation doesn't mean that I forget what I care about, so I really appreciate this sign...

A stop sign, in Spanish, with some added text, so it now says: "Alto al genocidio" (Stop the genocide)

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Jul 22

#feedpalestine

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Jul 21

You are making the situation worse by responding to supporters like this @aoc.bsky.social. Seems very petulant. We are asking for you to oppose even one US tax $ going to the genocidal state. Why did @reprashida.govpeeps.us and @repilhan.bsky.social understand where to position here and you didn’t?

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Jul 19

The problem here @aoc is that we expect you to oppose all US taxpayer funding of any genocidal state. I think your calculation on how your vote would be interpreted was wrong. And I think this ends up being a big mistake for you wrt maintaining your base of support nationally. Disappointed in you.

Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · Jul 6

“Working” with ChatGPT is like having an emotionally abusive partner. (Hey OpenAI: the fabrication of references problem has been known for a long time now. Preventing your bot from creating fake references with real PMID numbers that are verifiably wrong with one click should be easy…)

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Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · Jun 8

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific

A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.

www.richmondscientific.com

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Dan Kaufman @kaufm020.bsky.social · Jun 4

Amazing analysis and terrible implications for research in the US. Very impactful research is being eliminated. Worth a look.

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump

Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · May 31

#ASCO25 is going great so far. I love how walkable Chicago is day and night this time of year. Seriously, if anyone knows a place that has the same vibe and weather as late May in Chicago — but year-round — please let me know, because I want to move there!

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · May 30

#ASCO25 Arce-Ruiz: identified ~30K w CH vs 440K wo CH in Biobank DB. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) appears to be modestly assoc w CH (HR 1.15) but no specific gene mutation indicted as culprit. CH not assoc w vision loss in those with AMD.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · May 30

#ASCO25 #mpnsm Arce-Ruiz: Macular degeneration in pts w clonal hematopoiesis.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · May 30

#ASCO25 #mpnsm Andorsky: Asciminib in 2L CML (wo T315I), n=101, treatment ongoing in 91%. 82.5% achieved BCR-ABL <0.1%, 44% MMR at 24wks. Only 3% had AEs leading to discontinuation. Study ongoing.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · May 30

#ASCO25 #mpnsm Andorsky: Asciminib in 2L treatment of CML (wo T315I). Reason for dc 1L TKI was lack of efficacy in 57% and intolerance 43%.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · May 30

#ASCO25 #mpnsm Mascarenhas: Imetelstat + Ruxolitinib in Int1/2- and HR-MF. Combo well tolerated with low incidence of tcp. Significant redxn in sx burden and spleen size. Also decreased VAF of driver mutations w combo at Imetelstat RP2D.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · May 30

#ASCO25 #mpnsm Mascarenhas: Imetelstat + Ruxolitinib in Int1/2- and HR-MF.

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Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, MPhil @hemedoc.bsky.social · May 30

#ASCO25 #leusm Goldfinger: Metronomic (weekly) DAC/Ven appears favorable in TP53m MDS/AML vs historical controls (~1/3 of whom recd conventional HMA/Ven). Low rate (12.5%) of febrile neutropenia with metronomic dosing.

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