Jason Cohen, MD
@memorydoc.bsky.social
Neurologist, dementia specialist @ Montefiore-Einstein, New Yorker, dad. Puns welcome. Brain damage not welcome. All opinions my own and are not medical advice. He/him.
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One individual briefed on the negotiations told POLITICO there has been so little back and forth on core economic issues, such as wages, that they believe a strike appears increasingly inevitable.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
'They're ready for us to walk': Nurses at top NYC hospitals prep for historic strike
Approximately 16,000 nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and New York-Presbyterian have yet to agree on new union contracts.
www.politico.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
One individual briefed on the negotiations told POLITICO there has been so little back and forth on core economic issues, such as wages, that they believe a strike appears increasingly inevitable.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
How are folks feeling about the economy?
How will folks feel if this guy isn't able to mitigate some of the craziness?
This is not normal. (Part 10,035)
How will folks feel if this guy isn't able to mitigate some of the craziness?
This is not normal. (Part 10,035)
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
How are folks feeling about the economy?
How will folks feel if this guy isn't able to mitigate some of the craziness?
This is not normal. (Part 10,035)
How will folks feel if this guy isn't able to mitigate some of the craziness?
This is not normal. (Part 10,035)
Would be interesting (sobering) to see both how economic opportunities affect these decisions (e.g., are lower income/wealth folks forced to keep their heads down more but higher SES folks able to organize or move more?) and how these decisions change future economic successes
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
January 11, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Would be interesting (sobering) to see both how economic opportunities affect these decisions (e.g., are lower income/wealth folks forced to keep their heads down more but higher SES folks able to organize or move more?) and how these decisions change future economic successes
Reposted by Jason Cohen, MD
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
January 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
If public health and vaccines still exist when the next pandemic happens, some important lessons to save lives and prevent illness:
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
January 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
If public health and vaccines still exist when the next pandemic happens, some important lessons to save lives and prevent illness:
"For his tireless work promoting the cause of children’s diseases, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being inducted into the Virus Hall of Fame today..."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Be Declared Honorary Virus
The ceremony will feature roadkill hors d’oeuvres, goblets of beef tallow, and a sewage plunge.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
"For his tireless work promoting the cause of children’s diseases, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being inducted into the Virus Hall of Fame today..."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
"25% lower risk of all-cause mortality [over 4 years of follow up] in vaccinated compared with unvaccinated adults aged 18 to 59 years..."
*Much lower risk of dying after 💉
*Not just a lower risk of dying from Covid itself
*Much lower risk of dying after 💉
*Not just a lower risk of dying from Covid itself
In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
January 5, 2026 at 6:12 AM
"25% lower risk of all-cause mortality [over 4 years of follow up] in vaccinated compared with unvaccinated adults aged 18 to 59 years..."
*Much lower risk of dying after 💉
*Not just a lower risk of dying from Covid itself
*Much lower risk of dying after 💉
*Not just a lower risk of dying from Covid itself
I've got my 🍦 and 🩳 ready for tonight's 64F outdoor Rangers game in Miami
I'd like to meet the NHL exec who thought 🏒 + 🌞🌡️ was a good idea 🤦♂️
I'm rooting for no injuries. 2 points would be a bonus. #LGR
I'd like to meet the NHL exec who thought 🏒 + 🌞🌡️ was a good idea 🤦♂️
I'm rooting for no injuries. 2 points would be a bonus. #LGR
January 3, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I've got my 🍦 and 🩳 ready for tonight's 64F outdoor Rangers game in Miami
I'd like to meet the NHL exec who thought 🏒 + 🌞🌡️ was a good idea 🤦♂️
I'm rooting for no injuries. 2 points would be a bonus. #LGR
I'd like to meet the NHL exec who thought 🏒 + 🌞🌡️ was a good idea 🤦♂️
I'm rooting for no injuries. 2 points would be a bonus. #LGR
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Any media outlet whose diagnosis of what's wrong with corporate media is *this* is about to deliver dogshit coverage the likes of which we've never seen
Corporate media lost its way due to cowardice, profit motive, anti-intellectualism, and confusing neutrality with objectivity
Corporate media lost its way due to cowardice, profit motive, anti-intellectualism, and confusing neutrality with objectivity
January 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Any media outlet whose diagnosis of what's wrong with corporate media is *this* is about to deliver dogshit coverage the likes of which we've never seen
Corporate media lost its way due to cowardice, profit motive, anti-intellectualism, and confusing neutrality with objectivity
Corporate media lost its way due to cowardice, profit motive, anti-intellectualism, and confusing neutrality with objectivity
The ball is about to fall off the old seal's nose!
Anyone else (used to) celebrate the New Year with this?
Anyone else (used to) celebrate the New Year with this?
January 1, 2026 at 4:14 AM
The ball is about to fall off the old seal's nose!
Anyone else (used to) celebrate the New Year with this?
Anyone else (used to) celebrate the New Year with this?
Reposted by Jason Cohen, MD
Explore American Science, Shattered
A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries
Part 1: Scientists lost a reliable partner, with ‘nothing to replace it’
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/a...
By @mmolteni.bsky.social @aniloza.bsky.social
A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries
Part 1: Scientists lost a reliable partner, with ‘nothing to replace it’
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/a...
By @mmolteni.bsky.social @aniloza.bsky.social
Trump has ‘shaken the hell’ out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
Trump has "shaken the hell" out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
www.statnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Explore American Science, Shattered
A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries
Part 1: Scientists lost a reliable partner, with ‘nothing to replace it’
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/a...
By @mmolteni.bsky.social @aniloza.bsky.social
A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries
Part 1: Scientists lost a reliable partner, with ‘nothing to replace it’
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/a...
By @mmolteni.bsky.social @aniloza.bsky.social
Reposted by Jason Cohen, MD
“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”
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I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
As long as you and the ones you love don't have (& won't ever get) epilepsy/ seizures, migraine, stroke, dementia, Parkinson, neuropathy, MS, autism, or any of 1000 other conditions, this doesn't matter and you'll be fine.
Otherwise, you should be very concerned
Otherwise, you should be very concerned
More news (not good) from NIH
The renewal request from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Director Walter Koroshetz has been denied.
I guess the NIH_leadership™ needed another position to fill with their time-tested recruitment process.
The renewal request from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Director Walter Koroshetz has been denied.
I guess the NIH_leadership™ needed another position to fill with their time-tested recruitment process.
December 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
As long as you and the ones you love don't have (& won't ever get) epilepsy/ seizures, migraine, stroke, dementia, Parkinson, neuropathy, MS, autism, or any of 1000 other conditions, this doesn't matter and you'll be fine.
Otherwise, you should be very concerned
Otherwise, you should be very concerned
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
At a certain point, allowing mass shootings is a deliberate policy decision.
We're way beyond that point.
We're way beyond that point.
"As of December 14, the U.S. has had 391 mass shootings—more than the number of days in the year—for the seventh consecutive year. Seventy-five of these occurred at schools"—
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
At a certain point, allowing mass shootings is a deliberate policy decision.
We're way beyond that point.
We're way beyond that point.
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Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.
TIL nearly all of the "Miracle Max" scene from Princess Bride was improvised by Billy Crystal, and it took three ten hour days to shoot, because they couldn't get through his improv without everyone (cast and crew) laughing so hard it ruined the audio.
Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib holding it in.
Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib holding it in.
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and laughing .
Alt: Miracle Max and his wife waving goodbye from the Princess Bride.
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.
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Gun violence is the number-one cause of death for children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Distracting the public’: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed
Ahead of the second Maha report, grassroots Defend Public Health warns that everything HHS is doing is ‘horrifying’
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Gun violence is the number-one cause of death for children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Se acabó Lego para Dick Van Dyke.
December 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Se acabó Lego para Dick Van Dyke.
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
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Vaccines cause adults
COVID vaccines slashed ER visits by 76% in kids 9 mos-4 yrs, and 56% in older kids, CDC's latest MMWR report found (reposting with story): www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
A report published by the CDC reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
www.scientificamerican.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Vaccines cause adults
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Somehow, the thing literally everyone but Senate Democratic leadership predicted has indeed happened.
NEWS: Senate rejects competing bills as U.S. careens to a health care a cliff
51-48, GOP bill to end enhanced ACA funds and boost HSAs fails.
51-48, Dem bill to extend ACA funds for 3 years fails. Collins, Murkowski, Sullivan, Hawley + Dems vote YES.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
51-48, GOP bill to end enhanced ACA funds and boost HSAs fails.
51-48, Dem bill to extend ACA funds for 3 years fails. Collins, Murkowski, Sullivan, Hawley + Dems vote YES.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate rejects ACA funding and a Republican alternative with premiums set to spike
Two bills failed to secure the necessary 60 votes to break a filibuster and advance Thursday. Congress has no deal ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline to avoid premium hikes under Obamacare.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Somehow, the thing literally everyone but Senate Democratic leadership predicted has indeed happened.
Reposted by Jason Cohen, MD
COVID vaccines slashed ER visits by 76% in kids 9 mos-4 yrs, and 56% in older kids, CDC's latest MMWR report found: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Effectiveness of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children...
This report describes COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among children ages 9 months to 17 years.
www.cdc.gov
December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
COVID vaccines slashed ER visits by 76% in kids 9 mos-4 yrs, and 56% in older kids, CDC's latest MMWR report found: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...