@bluelobsta.bsky.social
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This is "not just about halting unlawful directives & restoring terminated grants. It’s about whether science can still serve the public good, or whether it will become subject to politics, fear, & erasure. It’s abt whether democratic values like free inquiry & equal protection still mean anything"
This piece from @britshmit.bsky.social is 🔥. Would all researchers, all of us, be as brave as she is. Our research is worth fighting for. And she is doing it. www.statnews.com/2025/05/12/r...
Science is under attack. So I’m taking RFK Jr. to court
“After losing every one of my grants — and seeing the human cost to my team, patients, and society — I knew silence was not an option,” writes Brittany Charlton.
www.statnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is "not just about halting unlawful directives & restoring terminated grants. It’s about whether science can still serve the public good, or whether it will become subject to politics, fear, & erasure. It’s abt whether democratic values like free inquiry & equal protection still mean anything"
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Cuts to the the Women’s Health Initiative “will lead to incalculable losses to scientific discovery and human health.” www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w...
Women’s Health Initiative, known for hormone therapy trials, to lose federal funding
The Women's Health Initiative, the enormous study that shaped treatment of menopause and other conditions, is on the verge of shutting down.
www.statnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Cuts to the the Women’s Health Initiative “will lead to incalculable losses to scientific discovery and human health.” www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w...
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🧬 Reminder: Science is at a crossroads
Mass layoffs. Funding cuts. Uncertainty for vulnerable communities.
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#Science #Research #Fact #LGBTQHealth #Gay
Mass layoffs. Funding cuts. Uncertainty for vulnerable communities.
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April 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🧬 Reminder: Science is at a crossroads
Mass layoffs. Funding cuts. Uncertainty for vulnerable communities.
Join our panel & reception by
@bostonglobe.com
📍Tonight @6pm | Boston & Online
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#Science #Research #Fact #LGBTQHealth #Gay
Mass layoffs. Funding cuts. Uncertainty for vulnerable communities.
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Director of the Nat'l Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) was summarily dismissed yesterday. So here's your reminder that birth defects kill twice as many American kids as cancer. But there is no St. Jude's for birth defects. Only the NICHD.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Director of the Nat'l Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) was summarily dismissed yesterday. So here's your reminder that birth defects kill twice as many American kids as cancer. But there is no St. Jude's for birth defects. Only the NICHD.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies
March 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies
No words for this but I am so proud of George Moose and the rest of the U.S. Institute of Peace team for standing up to these illegal actions.
Musk’s Team Evicts Officials at the U.S. Institute of Peace www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Musk’s Team Evicts Officials at the U.S. Institute of Peace www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
DOGE Staff Marches Into U.S. Institute of Peace and Evicts Its Officials
A bubbling dispute broke into a dramatic standoff that ended with police involvement and the Department of Government Efficiency taking up residence at the independent agency.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
No words for this but I am so proud of George Moose and the rest of the U.S. Institute of Peace team for standing up to these illegal actions.
Musk’s Team Evicts Officials at the U.S. Institute of Peace www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Musk’s Team Evicts Officials at the U.S. Institute of Peace www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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This is so senseless
NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
VA Research Funding Slashed
Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.
prospect.org
February 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
This is so senseless