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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 1d

Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 1d

The budget he defended to Congress would have cut 5000 training grants.

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 1d

I went to a talk by NIH Director Bhattacharya last month where he detailed evidence that opportunities for ECRs have declined over the past few decades. Then he moved on to the next slide without offering any solutions (or explaining the actions he's taken so far). Here's a good place to start 👇

Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

My op-ed just came out discussing how NIH leadership is failing early career researchers and, importantly, how we can push back and take our future into our own hands.

NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

www.the-scientist.com

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 2d

Happening now!

Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 7d

Thursday 10/9 at 1 PM Central, @sciencewriting.bsky.social is hosting a webinar on covering scientific funding chaoes with @stephaniemlee.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.

Sign up: connector.casw.org/event/casw-c...

CASW Connector Chat: How To Cover Ongoing Chaos in Science Funding - CASW Connector

CASW Connector's next Chat comprises top reporters discussing funding cuts and reinstatements, related lawsuits plus database Grant Witness.

connector.casw.org

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 2d

Important clarification, thanks!

Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 2d

I got my first dose of MMR almost exactly a year before Wakefield published his fraudulent, unethical study arguing it should be broken into 3 shots.

Almost 30 years later, my antibodies (and, unfortunately, this bad idea) are still going strong.

My measles antibodies measured at over 300 where the cutoff for immunity is 16.4

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 3d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 3d

New post at Science Matters, reviewing "The War on Science" a collection of 30+ essays that views the war as having a single source - the left - while neglecting to reckon with longstanding (and accelerating) corporate and political threats from the right.

joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/not-all-wa...

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 3d

An agenda had not yet been released, although it's possible they planned to revisit postponing the birth dose of HepB vaccine (after pushing off that vote last meeting).

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 3d

Amidst the shutdown, it looks like the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which was scheduled for October 22-23, is being rescheduled.

Screenshot of 2025 schedule, which gives Sep 18 - 19 and then "2025 meeting, TBD"

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Jason L. Schwartz @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social · 4d

One more plug for this webinar tomorrow afternoon. Not too late to register!

Jason L. Schwartz @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social · 23d

An opportune time to promote this virtual event coming up in a few weeks, hosted by the folks at @busph.bsky.social. (Too bad there’s not much to discuss!) Details and registration: publichealthconversation.org/conversation...

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 5d

www.science.org/content/arti...

After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired

Two leaders removed by Trump administration had hoped to stay at agency as in-house investigators

www.science.org

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Viki Male @vikilovesfacs.bsky.social · 7d

The relentless Jessica McDonald has spent two weeks and hundreds of emails to fact check claims about the safety of #CovidVaccination in #pregnancy made at the #ACIP meeting.

She couldn't have been any quicker.

A lie can get around the world before the truth can get its shoes on.

FactCheck.org @factcheck.org · 8d

A substantial body of evidence supports the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, contrary to the suggestions of some members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently reconstituted the committee.

www.factcheck.org/2025/10/vacc...

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 6d

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🪾santiago, phd 🐈‍⬛ @santiagokique.bsky.social · 7d

Even though it's crisis #192308 in our current time, I don't think it's sufficiently sunk in with ppl in the academic community that getting federal funding for your research will primarily depend on whether Trump political appointees find you and your work useful
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

kffhealthnews.org

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🪾santiago, phd 🐈‍⬛ @santiagokique.bsky.social · 7d

Even though it's crisis #192308 in our current time, I don't think it's sufficiently sunk in with ppl in the academic community that getting federal funding for your research will primarily depend on whether Trump political appointees find you and your work useful
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

kffhealthnews.org

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 6d

IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

kffhealthnews.org

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 7d

Most of my family lives there, so I will continue visiting them and wish they had better political leaders

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 7d

Florida's Surgeon General does, however, call measles outbreaks "common" and says he does not believe elimination is a worthwhile goal, "kids are gonna catch stuff...that's a part of health."

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 7d

I did find this more recent interview where Ladapo doubles down, but seems to be treading carefully (emphasizing repeatedly that vaccines will still be available to those who want them, suggesting uptake will not decline if mandates are removed).
www.nbcmiami.com/video/video/...

NBC6 Impact: Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo wants to lift all vaccine mandates

Jackie talks to Florida’s Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo in the wake of his announcement to remove vaccine mandates.

www.nbcmiami.com

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 7d

One month later and as far as I can tell, there's been no follow-up on this (thankfully).

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 7d

Speaking of writing....chaos***

Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 7d

Thursday 10/9 at 1 PM Central, @sciencewriting.bsky.social is hosting a webinar on covering scientific funding chaoes with @stephaniemlee.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.

Sign up: connector.casw.org/event/casw-c...

CASW Connector Chat: How To Cover Ongoing Chaos in Science Funding - CASW Connector

CASW Connector's next Chat comprises top reporters discussing funding cuts and reinstatements, related lawsuits plus database Grant Witness.

connector.casw.org

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 8d

The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...

Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!

The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?

sciencebasedmedicine.org

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 8d

Come join our team at SCIMaP!

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 8d

New job 🚨:

Our #SCIMaP (scienceimpacts.org) team is searching for a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research.

Application review starts Oct 10:
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist

Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP: https://scienceimpacts.org/) is committed to visualizing and communicating the lo...

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 8d

As someone who has paid attention to his public statements for 5+ years, I will be the 1st to say that Bhattacharya often says things that sound great.

But his statements are regularly contradicted by his actions. Especially now, it's critical to pay attention to what he does w the power he wields.

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