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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 23h

I'll be speaking today at Lewes Library Science and Society webcast talk at 4:45 EDT about my just released book, Planning Miracles: How to Prevent Future Pandemics. Registration required. delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/14650002

Science and Society | Planning Miracles: How to Prevent Future Pandemics

Online Since Covid-19 swept the world, scientists have been grappling with an urgent issue: How do we prepare for the next pandemic—and at a time when science denial and...

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 5d

I'll be speaking about my book on Oct. 7 at Lewes Public Library's Science and Society Lecture, which is webcast: www.capegazette.com/article/scie...

Science and Society Lecture to address pandemic prevention Oct. 7

Lewes Public Library’s Science and Society Lecture Series will present Science magazine’s Jon Cohen for an online presentation based on his new book, "Planning Miracles: How to Prevent Future Pandemic...

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Mike!

Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 6d

Many thanks.

Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 6d

My book, Planning Miracles: How to Prevent Future Pandemics, comes out next week. It's not about flawed COVID responses. It's about scientific efforts to develop better vaccines, treatments, masks, surveillance--and to move more quickly...as one world.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690752...

Planning Miracles by Jon Cohen: 9780593321225 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A groundbreaking book about the past, present, and future of pandemics, and a behind-the-scenes portrait of the intrepid and innovative community of scientists working tirelessly to stop the next one ...

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 8d

* Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 8d

An ostrich flock, H5N1, culling policy, Canada’s Supreme Court, farmers, biotechs, hair growth and weight loss products, opponents of government overreach, animal rights activists, RFK Jr., Dr. Oz, the Royal Mounted Canadian Police. Read all about it. www.science.org/content/arti...

Canada’s Supreme Court will decide fate of ostrich flock hit by bird flu

Farmers and supporters—including RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz—urge government to spare birds that survived H5N1 outbreak

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 22d

To get full flavor of this remarkable collection and its remarkable backstory, read the links.

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After bizarre journey, prized history of molecular biology archive finds new home

Science History Institute makes public multimillion-dollar collection, including Rosalind Franklin’s famous DNA image, assembled by fake scientist

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 22d

Wrong link. Sorry.
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After bizarre journey, prized history of molecular biology archive finds new home

Science History Institute makes public multimillion-dollar collection, including Rosalind Franklin’s famous DNA image, assembled by fake scientist

www.science.org

Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 28d

Promising. Not vaccines.

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 28d

My mistake. Apologies. We will fix.

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 28d

I took a close look at vaccine mandates in the wake of Florida's push to do away with them. www.science.org/content/arti...

Florida plans to nix vaccine mandates. How well do they work?

Abandoning long-standing vaccine requirements for schoolchildren could prompt bigger outbreaks, researchers warn

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 28d

David Baltimore, for much of the past three decades, has been one of my most helpful, thoughtful sources. I wrote an obit about his remarkable career, and I included a few of my interactions with him. www.science.org/content/arti...

Remembering David Baltimore, a titan who transformed biology and spoke bluntly

The influential Nobel laureate ran institutions, trained future scientific leaders, survived a scandal, and shaped policy

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Sep 6

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U.S. will fulfill Biden-era pledge to provide HIV prevention breakthrough to millions

Trump administration cuts to global health programs had put promise in doubt

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Sep 6

www.science.org/content/arti...

Florida plans to nix vaccine mandates. How well do they work?

Abandoning long-standing vaccine requirements for schoolchildren could prompt bigger outbreaks, researchers warn

www.science.org

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Sep 4

I started research for this story, which came out today, more than a year ago. Thanks to all who stuck with me, and shared their thoughts. www.science.org/content/arti...

The last gift: How bodies donated for research may help find a cure for HIV

Pioneering project uses “rapid autopsies” to find virus hideouts in infected people

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Aug 27

OK, I was wrong. I thought the call for China to share more data was spotlighting the central problem--and common ground-- and that the other arguments were debatable but far less relevant. I, too, think intelligence communities should produce evidence and not simply reveal how they lean.

Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · Aug 27

Not me, Jon 😉

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Aug 27

The rare opinion piece about the contentious origin of COVID pandemic that will find most everyone interested in this question nodding in agreement--everyone, that is, outside of government officials and compliant scientists in China. thebulletin.org/2025/08/why-...

Why we still don’t know where COVID-19 came from. And why we need to find out.

Five years after COVID-19 emerged, killing millions, costing trillions, and disrupting global life, we still don’t have a definitive answer as to the origins of the pandemic and the virus. This contin...

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Aug 25

Xenotransplantation of pig-to-human organs takes a small step forward with the first ever lung transplant. It's not a giant leap for mankind, but it adds to momentum the field has seen over the past year. www.science.org/content/arti...

In a first, pig lung survives and functions—briefly—in a person

Organ transplanted to brain-dead man lasts for more than a week before succumbing to an immune assault

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Aug 11

Proposal calls for quintupling implementation science budget at NIH to make it 30% of portfolio, potentially cutting basic research driving treatment, vaccine, and cure studies. Lenacapavir PrEP triggered push for funding shift.

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NIH ponders overhauling HIV budget to capitalize on prevention breakthrough

Scientists warn $1 billion push for “implementation science” spurred by promise of lenacapavir will hurt research on new treatments and vaccines

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Aug 8

@martinenserink.bsky.social delves into dilemmas Guinea is facing in malaria prevention/treatment of children because of U.S. government cuts in aid. Powerful story, photos, and graphics. This is the third in our series, generously supported by @pulitzercenter.org

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In Guinea, the United States helped beat back malaria. Now, the disease is set to soar

Foreign aid cuts are expected to cause a rise in malaria cases and deaths across sub-Saharan Africa

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Jul 23

A key spending panel in the U.S. House of Representatives has signaled it sharply disagrees with President Donald Trump’s proposals to cut or totally eliminate funding for prominent global health programs.

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Trump’s plan to slash global health spending rejected by key spending panel

House of Representatives committee signals support for HIV/AIDS and other funding

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Jul 16

Barbie's New Pink Pumps

(The headline that didn't make it through the editing machine.)

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Meet the diabetes researcher behind Barbie’s new pink (insulin) pumps

New line of dolls aims to help children with type 1 diabetes feel more included

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Jul 15

"Just remember this: If my purpose is to shine that beacon of hope, then by God, I'm happy to do that," says Loreen Willenberg. Strong evidence suggests she naturally cured HIV infection--and she's now beating lung and brain cancer.

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‘Something remarkable has happened’: Cancer treatments bolster evidence of a natural HIV cure

In exclusive chat with Science, Loreen Willenberg describes remaining HIV-free even after immune-suppressing therapies for brain and lung tumors

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Jul 15

She's *now* beating...sorry for typo!