Dave Walsh, PhD
@davewalsh.bsky.social
PhD Biomedical and Health Informatics
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Opinions are my own
In before a flat earther takes over NASA.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
June 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
In before a flat earther takes over NASA.
Reposted by Dave Walsh, PhD
South Florida meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts.
June 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
South Florida meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts.
Congrats to the team at CHOP and everyone else involved on this amazing work. This is just one reason why funding from NIH is so important. #medsky #teamworkmakesthedreamwork
youtu.be/mUQWWLErLaY?...
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
youtu.be/mUQWWLErLaY?...
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease | NEJM
Base editors can correct disease-causing genetic variants. After a neonate had received
a diagnosis of severe carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a disease with
an estimated 50% mortality ...
www.nejm.org
May 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Congrats to the team at CHOP and everyone else involved on this amazing work. This is just one reason why funding from NIH is so important. #medsky #teamworkmakesthedreamwork
youtu.be/mUQWWLErLaY?...
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
youtu.be/mUQWWLErLaY?...
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
I think this administration will cure my imposter syndrome.
Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the CDC that monitors lead in kids, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs | CNN
Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that moni...
www.cnn.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I think this administration will cure my imposter syndrome.
Reposted by Dave Walsh, PhD
Quick request:
Please do contact us if you're a scientist at a university or outside NIH, and you serve on an #NIH council or advisory board, including the intramural Board of Scientific Counselor review boards (the reviews that impose high standards on NIH!)
We'd love to be in touch.
Please do contact us if you're a scientist at a university or outside NIH, and you serve on an #NIH council or advisory board, including the intramural Board of Scientific Counselor review boards (the reviews that impose high standards on NIH!)
We'd love to be in touch.
March 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Quick request:
Please do contact us if you're a scientist at a university or outside NIH, and you serve on an #NIH council or advisory board, including the intramural Board of Scientific Counselor review boards (the reviews that impose high standards on NIH!)
We'd love to be in touch.
Please do contact us if you're a scientist at a university or outside NIH, and you serve on an #NIH council or advisory board, including the intramural Board of Scientific Counselor review boards (the reviews that impose high standards on NIH!)
We'd love to be in touch.
Reposted by Dave Walsh, PhD
Kudos for this critical effort.
So sad that it is necessary.
So sad that it is necessary.
🚨 Public health data disappeared. We’re restoring it. 🚨
RestoredCDC.org preserves unaltered CDC content after key pages were removed or changed without notice.
Public data belongs to all of us. 🔗 RestoredCDC.org
#PublicHealth #ScienceTransparency #RestoredCDC
RestoredCDC.org preserves unaltered CDC content after key pages were removed or changed without notice.
Public data belongs to all of us. 🔗 RestoredCDC.org
#PublicHealth #ScienceTransparency #RestoredCDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
RestoredCDC.org
March 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Kudos for this critical effort.
So sad that it is necessary.
So sad that it is necessary.
Reposted by Dave Walsh, PhD
A measles death, ACIP overhaul, canceled flu vax meeting – what’s next? And how should HCPs respond? Join our IG Live on March 4 at 12 PM ET to find out: www.instagram.com/medpage/
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March 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A measles death, ACIP overhaul, canceled flu vax meeting – what’s next? And how should HCPs respond? Join our IG Live on March 4 at 12 PM ET to find out: www.instagram.com/medpage/
Reposted by Dave Walsh, PhD
The Texas measles outbreak has claimed the first U.S. measles death in a decade, hitting unvaccinated children hardest. Measles doesn’t just infect, it erases immune memory, leaving survivors vulnerable for years. With vaccine rates declining and misinformation spreading, the risks are growing. 🛟 🩺
Opinion | The Texas Measles Outbreak Is Even Scarier Than It Looks (Gift Article)
Kennedy may not be worried, but everyone else should be.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Texas measles outbreak has claimed the first U.S. measles death in a decade, hitting unvaccinated children hardest. Measles doesn’t just infect, it erases immune memory, leaving survivors vulnerable for years. With vaccine rates declining and misinformation spreading, the risks are growing. 🛟 🩺
@pauloffit.bsky.social Surely we can go rogue and have the panel meet anyway, without FDA official involvement? If the administration doesn't want to lead, so be it.
An FDA vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for March to select the strains to be included in next season's flu shot has been canceled, a panel member says.
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
@pauloffit.bsky.social Surely we can go rogue and have the panel meet anyway, without FDA official involvement? If the administration doesn't want to lead, so be it.
Reposted by Dave Walsh, PhD
Roald Dahl dedicated two books to his daughter, Olivia, James and the Giant Peach and the BFG. The first while she was alive. The second after she died of measles. He wrote this plea for parents to vaccinate their children years later. fs.blog/roald-dahl-l...
Roald Dahl's Heartbreaking Letter About Losing his Daughter in 1962
" there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. "
fs.blog
February 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Roald Dahl dedicated two books to his daughter, Olivia, James and the Giant Peach and the BFG. The first while she was alive. The second after she died of measles. He wrote this plea for parents to vaccinate their children years later. fs.blog/roald-dahl-l...
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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
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Digital book burning indeed.
Science advances through public debate, peer review, and replication - not through deletion of findings we disagree with.
Removing published research reveals not just the fragility of their position, but also their fear of the truth.
#Science #EpiSky
Science advances through public debate, peer review, and replication - not through deletion of findings we disagree with.
Removing published research reveals not just the fragility of their position, but also their fear of the truth.
#Science #EpiSky
“We are deeply concerned about this causal act that toys with the accessibility of publicly funded research, coupled with a range of attacks on the public funding of science… and federal researchers. We see this as the government playing with truth, a 2025 digital equivalent of book burning”
Our published work in a government journal curiously disappeared
Several studies for a CDC journal were purged without explanation before a judge’s order restored them. That's unacceptable.
www.minnpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Really? The new lab? You're targeting the new lab instead of plum Island? And saying the Director of Health, Safety, and Environmental Management is no longer needed? At a BSL 4 facility?
How can anyone be this incompetent?
How can anyone be this incompetent?
Source: At least 28 NBAF employees fired as part of USDA's cuts
At least 28 people have been fired from the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan since Friday as part of the sweeping cuts to the federal government workforce by
themercury.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Really? The new lab? You're targeting the new lab instead of plum Island? And saying the Director of Health, Safety, and Environmental Management is no longer needed? At a BSL 4 facility?
How can anyone be this incompetent?
How can anyone be this incompetent?
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🚨UPDATE: At least 14 people have been hospitalized in a measles outbreak in an under-vaccinated part of Texas. 24 cases so far, mainly children.
Health officials worry some parents might not seek care for their kids. Dangerous & means this will keep spreading.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Health officials worry some parents might not seek care for their kids. Dangerous & means this will keep spreading.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health News
With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.
kffhealthnews.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
🚨UPDATE: At least 14 people have been hospitalized in a measles outbreak in an under-vaccinated part of Texas. 24 cases so far, mainly children.
Health officials worry some parents might not seek care for their kids. Dangerous & means this will keep spreading.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Health officials worry some parents might not seek care for their kids. Dangerous & means this will keep spreading.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
What did I say about new leadership not inspiring confidence?
15%.
In 2018, 10% was tried, but it was blocked by Congress.
www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/u...
www.science.org/content/arti...
In 2018, 10% was tried, but it was blocked by Congress.
www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/u...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH plan to reduce overhead payments draws fire
White House wants to reduce indirect payments from 28% to 10%
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
What did I say about new leadership not inspiring confidence?
As a recent PhD graduate, I look at this new administration with dismay. The instability of grant funding in this environment makes the idea of an academic postdoc seem far-fetched. The new HHS secretary doesn't inspire confidence either.
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
As a recent PhD graduate, I look at this new administration with dismay. The instability of grant funding in this environment makes the idea of an academic postdoc seem far-fetched. The new HHS secretary doesn't inspire confidence either.
So, what are we doing here? Sticking patients with complicated surgeries with even more massive bills? Ensuring that people in these states don't get appropriate care?
They can't keep getting away with it.
#MedicareForAll
They can't keep getting away with it.
#MedicareForAll
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 5, 2024 at 4:02 AM
So, what are we doing here? Sticking patients with complicated surgeries with even more massive bills? Ensuring that people in these states don't get appropriate care?
They can't keep getting away with it.
#MedicareForAll
They can't keep getting away with it.
#MedicareForAll
Just got back the certification of acceptance of my dissertation.
December 3, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Just got back the certification of acceptance of my dissertation.
I've now touched both coasts in the contiguous 48.
November 14, 2024 at 2:32 AM
I've now touched both coasts in the contiguous 48.
First paper accepted for oral presentation anywhere: Pregnancy Outcomes in Hidradenitis Suppurativa Patients.
Thanks for the opportunity #AMIA2024
Thanks for the opportunity #AMIA2024
November 13, 2024 at 7:01 PM
First paper accepted for oral presentation anywhere: Pregnancy Outcomes in Hidradenitis Suppurativa Patients.
Thanks for the opportunity #AMIA2024
Thanks for the opportunity #AMIA2024
November 9, 2024 at 4:22 PM