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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The FDA bypassed its typical process and overstated the science behind menopause hormone therapy, experts told me – with troubling implications for future drug decisions
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’

Physicians say FDA panel conflated two issues and made baseless claims about unproven health benefits

www.theguardian.com

Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 2d

“You are taking the decision away from the reviewers, and you’re putting it in the hands of the political leaders of FDA,” Fernandez Lynch said.

It doesn't take an expert to understand how bad this is. More great reporting from @lizzylawrence.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/t...

FDA review staff was excluded from voting on whether to approve first priority voucher drug

Top officials like Vinay Prasad and George Tidmarsh voted on the drug, a major break from the FDA's typical practice.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

X1.2 speed
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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 5d

“At a panel discussion about psychedelics as medical treatments, investor Christian Angermayer urged attendees to “follow the science” about the drugs — eliciting audible groans from several audience members.”

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 5d

About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.

Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A glorious selfie with the official MAHA lanyard seconds after I made it past Secret Service screening.

Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 5d

“Exclusive: FDA review staff was excluded from voting on whether to approve first priority voucher drug. In a major departure from the FDA's typical practice, politically appointed top agency officials voted on whether to approve the first product from a drug rather than the FDA review staff.”

Micah Berman @micahberman.bsky.social · 5d

Every day it's something new. Another terrible precedent in the ongoing politicization of the FDA.
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Micah Berman @micahberman.bsky.social · 5d

Every day it's something new. Another terrible precedent in the ongoing politicization of the FDA.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/t...

Alison Young @alisonannyoung.bsky.social · 5d

FDA delays left recalled ByHeart baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert tells Healthbeat. Nearly a week was lost clearing bureaucratic hurdles before all state and local food safety officials were told where formula was being sold. www.healthbeat.org/2025/11/22/b... #IDsky #Medsky

FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says

The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of ...

www.healthbeat.org

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 5d

About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.

Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 6d

Such a hard ask! I’ll pick two. both shaped my way of thinking. Shame and Necessity by Bernard Williams and Solitary Confinement: Social Death and Its Afterlives By Lisa Guenther.

Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 7d

HHS names authors and releases peer review comments for gender dysphoria report www.statnews.com/2025/11/19/h... via @statnews.com

HHS names authors and releases peer review comments for gender dysphoria report

The new report reveals that many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care and belong to anti-LGBTQ+ groups

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 7d

Walnut loaf. Just came out the oven. A bit misshapen, but I’ll take it.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 7d

RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.

Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”

Note the language in second photo.

NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 7d

Once again, sharing our groundbreaking paper. We did a lot of good work to forward the practice of #IDSov but it's incomplete and we need to be allowed to finish so that we can all move forward together and be competitive on the Global Tech and Science playing field. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A Tribal data repository to advance Indigenous health and sovereignty - Nature Genetics

We present the first federally funded Tribal data repository — the Data for Indigenous Implementations, Interventions, and Innovations Tribal Data Repository. This repository takes a revolutionary app...

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 7d

“More than 90 doctors were involved in Walker’s care, but not one offered her the option to end her pregnancy, according to medical records.”

Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 8d

NEW:

In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.

She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.

Then she died.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

www.propublica.org

Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 8d

Pay attention to this bill Ohioans:

Susan Tebben @susantebben.bsky.social · 8d

A new Ohio bill would remove a requirement that the hepatitis B vaccine be administered to children attending child care or preschools. It would also bar schools from keeping out unvaccinated students if outbreaks of any disease occur.

Ohio bill would remove hep B from required preschool vaccines, emphasize right to vaccine exemptions • Ohio Capital Journal

A new Ohio bill would remove a requirement that the hepatitis B vaccine be administered to children attending child care or preschool. It would also bar schools from keeping out unvaccinated students ...

ohiocapitaljournal.com

Susan Tebben @susantebben.bsky.social · 8d

A new Ohio bill would remove a requirement that the hepatitis B vaccine be administered to children attending child care or preschools. It would also bar schools from keeping out unvaccinated students if outbreaks of any disease occur.

Ohio bill would remove hep B from required preschool vaccines, emphasize right to vaccine exemptions • Ohio Capital Journal

A new Ohio bill would remove a requirement that the hepatitis B vaccine be administered to children attending child care or preschool. It would also bar schools from keeping out unvaccinated students ...

ohiocapitaljournal.com

Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 8d

NEW:

In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.

She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.

Then she died.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

www.propublica.org

Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 8d

informative article with this hopeful kernel from @greerdonley.bsky.social :“Mifepristone manufacturer Danco Laboratories last year confirmed ongoing efforts to add miscarriage management as an approved use to its drug label. Were that to happen, it could be a game changer for access.”

States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 8d

A shift in mifepristone regulation could dramatically change abortion access throughout the country, and health advocates and litigators are closely watching how the FDA justifies any changes.

By @sofiaresnick.bsky.social / @statesnewsroom.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fdas...

FDA’s abortion-pill safety review under growing scrutiny

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing increasing pressure from abortion opponents and advocates over how it regulates a drug that has become central to abortion access since Roe v. Wade was ...

www.newsfromthestates.com

West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 8d

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing increasing pressure from abortion opponents and advocates over how it regulates a drug that has become central to abortion access since Roe v. Wade was overturned three years ago, reports @sofiaresnick.bsky.social.

FDA’s abortion-pill safety review under growing scrutiny • West Virginia Watch

The FDA is facing increasing pressure from abortion opponents and advocates over how it regulates abortion medication.

westvirginiawatch.com

States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 8d

A shift in mifepristone regulation could dramatically change abortion access throughout the country, and health advocates and litigators are closely watching how the FDA justifies any changes.

By @sofiaresnick.bsky.social / @statesnewsroom.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fdas...

FDA’s abortion-pill safety review under growing scrutiny

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing increasing pressure from abortion opponents and advocates over how it regulates a drug that has become central to abortion access since Roe v. Wade was ...

www.newsfromthestates.com

Abortion Forward @abortionforward.bsky.social · 8d

House Bill 485 is passed along party lines. The bill could hit the House floor tomorrow.

Contact your member of the Ohio House to demand they oppose this assault on school children: abortionforward.org/propaganda/

Stop anti-abortion propaganda in schools - Abortion Forward

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Josh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social · 8d

new paper by Sean Westwood:

With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

jude 📚 @plumsdeify.bsky.social · 8d

this is our public statement.

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Columbus Metropolitan Library Workers Are Organizing Their Union With OFT

To our patrons and our community:We are proud to publicly announce that hundreds of workers at Columbus Metropolitan Library are coming together to build our union. We do different jobs, and we work i...

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jude 📚 @plumsdeify.bsky.social · 9d

you can show your support for us by signing this pledge.

without workers, there is no library.

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I Stand With CML Workers!

I stand with Columbus Metropolitan Library workers who are coming together and forming their union. Please send me updates on how to support workers while they organize their union.

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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 9d

Here's fresh and happy news just out today! NativeBio was a late and junior partner but very happy to be part of this important work.

nni.arizona.edu/news/u-nyu-a...

U of A, NYU and Harvard experts lead process to codify world’s first global standard on Indigenous Peoples’ data

nni.arizona.edu

JAMA Internal Medicine @jamainternalmed.com · 9d

Between February and August 2025, 1 in 30 NIH-funded clinical trials lost grant funding, affecting over 74,000 participants, with disproportionate impact on prevention, infectious disease, and behavioral trials. ja.ma/4i4tSYx

A research letter titled "Clinical Trials Affected by Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health," discusses the impact of grant terminations on clinical trials, noting study methods, results, and discussions.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9d

I think one of the underappreciated races on “people need to run for these jobs” lists is state bar associations.

Every state should see a slate of “we are going to sanction and disbar with a VENGEANCE” candidates in the next few yrs.

(You know this is why Bondi’s bro ran for the DC Bar Assn.)

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9d

Reup: One thing EVERYONE is missing abt the two things that went down last week--Bondi bowing to Trump's demand for an investigation of Dems, and her re-ratification of the Comey indictment--is how vulnerable Bondi is, both politically and legally.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/16/m...

Might Pam Bondi's Latest Prosecutorial Abuse Give Us Ponies and Puppies? - emptywheel

Pam Bondi's obeisance to Trump's demand she conduct a frivolous investigation into Democrats to make his own Epstein scandal go away may be a gift to Jim Comey.

www.emptywheel.net

The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 9d

Harvard custodians launched a strike at 10 a.m. on Monday after union negotiations broke down on the eve of their contract’s expiration, their first strike in at least 50 years.

Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.

Harvard Custodians Begin Two-Day Strike for New Contract | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard custodians launched a strike shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday after union negotiations broke down on the eve of their contract’s expiration, their first strike in at least 50 years.

www.thecrimson.com

Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 10d

29 yrs of chasing depression genes. "Betw/them, these 18 genes have been the subject of more than 1k research papers, on depression alone. And for what? If the new study is right, these genes have nothing to do w/depression."
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch... By the great @edyong209.bsky.social