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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Jun 18

157 House of Representatives members signed an amicus brief calling on the First Circuit to uphold a block on the NIH's planned cap on indirect cost reimbursements. Did your representative sign? In MN, only Angie Craig, Betty McCollum, and Kelly Morrison signed.
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Members of Congress oppose NIH's payment cut plan, urge appeals court to maintain block

A group of lawmakers opposes NIH's indirect cost reimbursement cap in appeals court, supporting states and universities against the Trump administration's 15% rate limit plan.

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Endpoints News @endpts.com · Apr 1

"FDA as we know it is finished," the agency's former commissioner lamented as the agency he once led is gutted by the new administration. Follow the developing story: endpts.com/firings-swee...

Firings sweep across FDA as former leaders lament drug agency's gutting

Mass firings and forced resignations swept through the FDA on Tuesday, as part of thousands of planned job cuts at federal health agencies being implemented by the Trump administration.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Apr 1

How I will remember April Fools' Day 2025.
Reckless.
My heart is out for these dedicated folks at NIH, FDA and CDC
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HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies

Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.

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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Mar 25

Any chance the forum was recorded?

Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Mar 10

I wish you had supported the Stand Up For Science rally on Friday. So many of your constituents are being impacted by the slashing of science budgets and everyone will be impacted when the research doesn't happen.

Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 28

Yes!

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Exclusive: Infectious disease doctors consider 'mini-ACIP' if RFK erodes CDC vaccine panel

Infectious disease professionals, bracing for an overhaul of the CDC's vaccine advisory group, are in discussions to stand up a parallel committee of experts outside of government.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Feb 24

🧵Delighted to share a new guest post by Dr Anne Toomey on **8 things scientists can do right now to stand up for science in the US**

Thread of her *evidence-based* actions follows, whole post here
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Eight things scientists can do right now to stand up to the Trump administration’s attacks on research, public health, and the environment

A guest post by Dr Anne Toomey, author of the book "Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy".

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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 24

"Though BioMarin is a global organization... the U.S. remains a vital source of innovative research that pharma companies ultimately turn into medicines. We're hoping that pipeline of good ideas, which often comes from NIH-funded research, doesn't dry out.” Thank you for your courage BioMarin.

As BioMarin searches for 'clever science,' its R&D chief warns innovation could be hit by NIH fund drought

A slimmed-down BioMarin started the new year with a bang, hitting the annual J.P. | A slimmed-down BioMarin started the new year open for business, seeking to leverage its unique skillset to strike de...

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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 20

So hoping this happens in Minneapolis

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and Nationwide. Because Science is for everyone.

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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 19

PHAR registry study shows SELF-REPORTED medication non-adherence in PAH/CTEPH of only 6.1%. Male sex and social health determinants had largest impact. #pulmonaryhypertension #pulmsky

Medication Non-Adherence in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR) - PubMed

<span><b>Rationale</b> Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The extent of medication non-adherence in PAH is uncertain and may be linked to adv...

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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 18

Community warms my heart. We have another school closure day due to negative double digit temps. Parents and pastors at my small neighborhood church just banded together to provide open gym for our kids and neighborhood kids so we don't all go insane on day 5 off of school while juggling work.

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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 17

Unbelievable that device and drug reviewers and facility inspectors were cut. We need more of them, not less. Read Bottle of Lies and then tell me we should cut inspectors. Meet some advanced heart failure patients and then tell me we don't want on-time device approvals and on-market safety reviews.

Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health workers: Trump’s health agency cuts are far-reaching

In interview after interview with STAT, those who were fired from federal health and science agencies, along with officials who remain, argued the cuts would be deeply felt.

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KaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · Feb 16

When the next pandemic hits us, remember - our surveillance system did not fail - it was SABOTAGED.
A quarter of the staff coordinating USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network program were fired.
Do not say you did not know.
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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 14

Yes and it not just Joyce Uptown that is struggling. Open Arms also had to announce heartbreaking cuts on Wednesday due to being locked out of federal funds and new state cuts.

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Feb 12

Nice reporting by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

“Direct cost is the groceries," Golden said. "Indirect costs are the money you need to have a refrigerator and to pay your electric bill so that the milk and eggs don’t go bad.”

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NIH cuts could stall medical progress for lifesaving treatments, experts say

Although the funds don’t directly support patient care, they help keep basic operations afloat, such as keeping the lights on and the labs clean.

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JACC Journals @jaccjournals.bsky.social · Feb 11

#THT2025 #JACCHF LBCT: In patients with #heartfailure & #LVEF >40%, APTURE shunt confirmed acceptable safety profile with improvements in HF symptoms, #QoL, & functional capacity without negatively affecting right & left heart function after 2 years, regardless of PVD www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...

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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 11

Risk score (PVD-B65) development for Group 3 PH - 42% COPD, 32% non-CPFE PF, 13% CPFE in cohort #PulmSky

Development of the pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary vascular resistance, six minute walk distance, B-type natriuretic peptide, age (PVD-B65) risk score for patients with chronic lung disease and pulmonar...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) confers increased mortality in patients with chronic lung disease, yet there remains a lack of validated risk assessment tools to prognosticate these patients. We aimed to ...

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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 11

As outcry builds over Trump cuts to NIH payments, drugmakers are MIA www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/n... via @statnews.com

As outcry builds over Trump cuts to NIH payments, drugmakers are MIA

Drugmakers — major beneficiaries of NIH-backed university research — have been largely silence on the Trump administration's cuts to agency research payments.

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Feb 10

More great reporting from @statnews.com

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22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments

Attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block a NIH decision that would slash grant payments for research overhead

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STAT @statnews.com · Feb 9

The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.

The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure

The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.

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Scott Hadland, MD @drscotthadland.bsky.social · Feb 8

If you are pro-life, I recommend calling Congress to voice concern.

Yesterday’s NIH funding cuts are likely to halt research on:

- New cancer drugs
- Heart attack/stroke treatment & prevention
- Interventions to help premature babies survive
- Mental health treatment
- Etc

#MedSky #NIH #research

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · Feb 9

#MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky🧪🛟

And the brain drain begins: President of the German Max-Planck-Society states that applications from the US for science group leader positions have increased. Society will specifically target leading US researchers.
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(S+) Deutschland und Donald Trump: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft wirbt um US-Spitzenforscher

Ist Deutschland am Ende Nutznießer von Trumps Feldzug gegen die Wissenschaft? Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft meldet viel mehr Bewerbungen aus den USA als früher. Präsident Patrick Cramer will dort geziel...

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Feb 8

I just texted my mom

Please consider calling your senators and Congressman
tonight to tell them to oppose this
Here is a script
This is xxxx
• My
address is XXX. I am writing because my sons are doctors and they have taught me how important health research is. The trump administration just proposed a new change in NIH indirect cost rates. I know that sounds like bureaucracy I should not have to care about. But without indirect costs being adequately reimbursed to universities, research will be impossible. This policy would gut research, making my grand children's lives shorter and sicker.
Please force the NIH to reinstitute the support for the university research that has saved so many lives and created so many jobs

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Feb 9

Get in Dorks, we are going protesting.

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS.

More information to come.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 9

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Martha Klovstad @mklovstad.bsky.social · Feb 9

And instead of the world getting two scientific leaders discovering (and marketing) new medicines, we're shooting ourselves in the gut and taking ourselves out of the game.