CMK
@doctorcmk.bsky.social
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Dean of Nursing & former Provost, Rush University, Chicago. Children's Health Focus. Prof Emeritus UCSF & UVA. Into science, horses, dogs, irish lit, gardens that are really wilderness unleashed, trees to talk with. Noli Timere
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As only the Irish can capture...The Second Coming

Turning & turning in the widening gyre,
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed & everywhere,
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
doctorcmk.bsky.social
If there every was a topic keeping every Dean up at nights this would be high on the list. Time for innovation to take the lead. @rushmedical.bsky.social college of nursing we prioritize our clinical practice faculty partnerships & clinics that include students.
health.nationalacademies.org
On 10/15-16, join us for a hybrid public workshop to explore a collaborative path forward to address shared challenges to the shortage of #ClinicalTraining sites and slots across the #HealthWorkforce.

Register here: buff.ly/AK71nsR
#MedicalEducation #HealthProfessions
doctorcmk.bsky.social
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Here in Chicago..seems timely to rinse, play and repeat. 50 plus years ago. "If you believe in Justice, if you believe in Freedom..."
Chicago
YouTube video by Graham Nash - Topic
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own.

Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.

Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
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scott-delaney.bsky.social
Full order is here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

SCOTUS stays (i.e., pauses) Judge Young's order insofar as it vacated (and thus reinstated) NIH grant terminations.

SCOTUS left in place the rest of Judge Young's order, which means NIH can't terminate more grants in the same way.
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scott-delaney.bsky.social
🚨 SCOTUS just issued a decision in the NIH grant termination cases. And it's awful.

In plain English, the likely result of this is that SCOTUS just re-terminated ~900 NIH grants worth over $1.9 billion in unspent funds

This is an atrocious decision by Justice Barrett & the right wing of the Court.
stevevladeck.bsky.social
Splitting 5-4 (with Chief Justice Roberts joining the three Democratic appointees in dissent), #SCOTUS grants *partial* stay to Trump administration in NIH funding case; holds that challenges to grant terminations (but *not* the underlying guidance) need to be filed in the Court of Federal Claims:
www.supremecourt.gov
doctorcmk.bsky.social
Peds Psch Mental health NP & School RN's in Illinois jump for joy. Finally screening just like we do for vision & hearing. Make life easier not harder for people.
govpritzker.illinois.gov
Today, I'm proud to sign into law legislation that provides universal mental health screenings for children in Illinois public schools.
 
If kids are struggling with anxiety or depression — it’s our duty to ensure they have the support they need to get the help they deserve.
Governor JB Pritzker joined State Superintendent Dr. Tony Sanders, Chief Officer for Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Dr. Dana Weiner, bill sponsors, and local elected officials to sign SB1560.
doctorcmk.bsky.social
Vaccination Intentions During Pregnancy and Among Parents of Young Children . The just say NO crowd nightmare. url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2836417?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=072925
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This week chaotic federal immigration sweeps occurred in fields across CA-including Ventura, Kern & Tulare counties. You may have seen videos of agents chasing farm workers thru the field. Workers are terrorized.

Your gift can help us fight back.
ufw.org/immigrationr... #WeFeedYou
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standupforscience.bsky.social
What does 18,000+ brave signatories look like standing together in massive solidarity with the #NIH heroes of the historic Bethesda Declaration??...

Find out by adding YOUR NAME to our #NIHLove letter here! -

actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...

#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#StopTrump
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
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The NSF cuts are nothing short of a scorched-earth attack on US science, orchestrated w/political cynicism & total disregard for US scientific leadership. A 7% success rate doesn’t incentivize innovation; it tells researchers to take their talent elsewhere.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
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scott-delaney.bsky.social
⛔️ Big NIH update:

We just learned of 726 more NIH grants that were terminated sometime over the past 2 months.

A huge number of diversity supps, diversity F31s, and diversity training grants. See below ⤵️

View them here: grant-watch.us/nih-data.html

h/t to @noamross.net for processing them.
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fightforprogress.org
Map Shows Where Medicaid Cuts Could Close Hospitals
doctorcmk.bsky.social
Just in case you have been taking a 4 month nap...Here is a news flash from us University types
newyorker.com
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
 “I’ve studied McCarthyism’s impact on higher education for 50 years. What’s happening now is worse.” -Ellen Schrecker, historian
doctorcmk.bsky.social
The title says it it all
theatlantic.com
"House Republicans worked through the night to advance a massive piece of legislation that might, if enacted, carry out the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history," writes Jonathan Chait: https://theatln.tc/cGoxeShf
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alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info
Data request: any APHA or UAW members impacted by NIH grant terminations are encouraged to visit the link below by MONDAY 5/19. The goal is to provide the court with info about which grants have been affected and the number of people impacted if the judge issues relief in the matter of APHA v NIH.
Microsoft Forms
www.aclu.org
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robincogan.bsky.social
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/05/09/t...
The Relentless School Nurse: Defunding PBS and NPR is a Dangerous Blow to Public Media, Public Health, and Democracy
doctorcmk.bsky.social
This is also true in Chicago.. what I don't see written up is how telehealth models could help in some situations. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/h...
Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say
www.nytimes.com
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physgal.bsky.social
This is devastating. 🧪
acritschristoph.bsky.social
2. "But in the month I’ve been here, I think things have turned around pretty significantly"

That is also incorrect. Little has turned around in the last month at the NIH: the funding situation, both internally and externally, has only gotten worse. See total funding:
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scott-delaney.bsky.social
Critically, Republicans have terminated ~800 NIH grants over 8 weeks. But that's only half the story.

*Republicans have also cancelled nearly 1,000 NSF grants in 8 *days*.

The work continues. Report your terminated NSF grant here:

airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
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stephaniemlee.bsky.social
NEW: My latest story is about a surprising turn of events. A handful of scientists had NIH grants terminated by the Trump administration earlier this year — and now those grants are getting *reinstated*.

Yes, you read that right.

www.chronicle.com/article/thes...
These NIH Grants Were Terminated. Now They’re Back.
A handful of scientists whose funding was canceled by the Trump administration are now seeing those decisions reversed — and it’s not always clear why.
www.chronicle.com