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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 28d

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · Aug 12

Among #COVID19 positive individuals, #LongCOVID prevalence varies significantly due to differing definitions, highlighting the need for a standardized, validated definition. ja.ma/4lpupob

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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · Aug 1

We're taking major steps back in #publichealth and instead of addressing the important issues we're creating more distractions. #SDOH

Why are American kids getting sicker? www.vox.com/life/421703/... by @annanorth.bsky.social via @vox.com CC: @laurenwisk.bsky.social @htagerf.bsky.social

Why are American kids getting sicker?

What MAHA gets wrong about kids’ health.

www.vox.com

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Robert Manduca @robertmanduca.bsky.social · Jun 25

Put another way, Medicaid contributes roughly as much to Detroit's economy than car manufacturing, more to Houston than the chemical industry, almost twice as much to Los Angeles as motion picture production--these are big numbers!

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Jul 3

It's a worker's party now.

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Gideon Lukens @gidlukens.bsky.social · Jun 26

The White House is touting tax benefits for tipped workers in the reconciliation bill, but 2 million tipped workers could be among those at risk of losing health coverage because of the #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace cuts in the bill. (1/3) www.nbcwashington.com/news/busines...

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · Jun 26

According to CBO, only 20% of the 7.8 million people expected to lose coverage because of Medicaid policies will have access to other coverage like subsidized marketplace plans or employer-based insurance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 26

Trump brazenly lies: "We're cutting $1.7 trillion in this bill and you're not gonna feel any of it. Your Medicaid is left alone. It's left the same."

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jrcaram.bsky.social @jrcaram.bsky.social · Jun 11

My wife @laurenwisk.bsky.social is in Time magazine!

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Still Not Feeling the Same After COVID-19? You’re Not Alone

The physical and mental effects of COVID-19 can linger for months and even years.

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · Jun 10

New work with the INSPIRE team looking at long term (one year post infection) health-related quality of life in our #COVID registry.

Big diffs in mental vs physical recovery after COVID, with about 20% seeing persistent poor #well-being at 1 yr

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Association of SARS-CoV-2 With Health-related Quality of Life 1 Year After Illness Using Latent Transition Analysis

Among adults with symptomatic illness, both COVID+ and COVID− participants reported improvements in HRQoL but recovery trajectories differ for physical ver

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · May 29

I have often warned colleagues/students about the fact that LLM like ChatGPT just make up non-existent references (or inappropriately reference real work) so it’s nice to have a concrete example of how embarrassing it can be if you don’t take the time to check!

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Trump administration’s MAHA report on children’s health filled with flawed references, including some studies that don’t exist | CNN

The first report from the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, released last week, appears to be rife with errors, including some studies that don’t exist.

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · May 9

Yikes

KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · May 9

Equal insurance coverage for mental and physical care? The president's decision on mental health parity rules looms. @aneripattani.bsky.social explains what's at stake for millions. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · May 7

From @commonwealthfund.org big #Medicaid cost-shifts to states will harm children. Eliminating coverage for parents will result in their children losing coverage too. States will also have to cut coverage for kids federal law doesn't require them to cover: www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/de...

Deep Medicaid Spending Cuts Put Health Care Coverage at Risk for One of Five Enrolled Children

www.commonwealthfund.org

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · Apr 26

George Armstrong Lecture @pas2025.bsky.social today was incredibly inspirational! These pioneers are the spark and hearing from them was exactly what I needed today! #PAS2025

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · Apr 23

"Now, that path to a scientific career is in tatters. If the NIH continues to stall, reject, and terminate grants, we are in danger of losing an entire generation of scientists and the life-changing discoveries they would have made."

Government word search is killing my cutting-edge research

The Trump administration seems to believe that some words and ideas fail an ill-posed and completely nonscientific test of orthodoxy.

www.statnews.com

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is really disheartening

Rebekah Nagler @rebekahnagler.bsky.social · Apr 22

📣To what extent is the U.S. public aware of firing of federal workers, canceling of research grants, or removal of public data that’s disrupting public health and science? Members of our team fielded a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults in late March. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op... 1/

Public Awareness of Threats to Public Health and Science in March 2025 | Milbank Memorial Fund

Our survey found that a high proportion of the American public (almost 80%) had heard about the firing of federal scientists and health workers, and a substantial number had heard of federal cuts to h...

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · Apr 22

What the what?!?!

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 22

NEW: The VA is establishing an "anti-Christian bias" task force and asking VA employees to submit any instances they witness of anti-Christian bias in the Dept to Christianbiasreporting at va dot gov.

They are seeking the following examples.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Apr 22

The IMF released its latest forecasts today, and they seem to suggest that the folks most hurt by Trump's trade war are... Americans.

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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · Apr 10

4/5 HHS employees currently on administrative leave report they were given no opportunity to hand off their responsibilities, suggesting important work will simply be discontinued.

Here's a quote from @sandhyawrites.bsky.social. ⤵️

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · Apr 9

Despite all the turmoil, we’re hiring a #postdoc! Looking for someone with exceptional analytical skills to work with us to study mental health care utilization for adolescents and young adults, at the intersection of policy, process, and outcomes! Please share widely! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10254

Postdoctoral Scholar in General Internal Medicine - Wisk Lab 2024-2025

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Apr 7

I did an interview with my alma mater, and the result is a useful long-form interview that might provide a useful primer on the current tariff mess, for those who want to dig in a bit further:

How Much Pain Will New Tariffs Bring—and For How Long?

University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers, PhD '01, argues that this set of tariffs, unlike those from President Trump's first term, will have dramatic effects on the US economy. And, Wolfers…

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Apr 2

Exclusive: Members of President Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Post and interviews with U.S. officials. wapo.st/4caT5O4

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz responds to a question from the news media during a meeting with US President Trump and ambassador nominees in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 25 March 2025. Photo by Shawn Thew for Shutterstock.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Apr 2

It's the biggest tax hike in decades and the most regressive in living memory.

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · Apr 1

My thoughts are with all the HHS employees today.

Please know that the cuts being made are not a reflection of the value of the work you all have been doing. We know how critical you all are to public health.

#ThisIsPublicHealth

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · Apr 1

So deeply F’d

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Apr 1

🚨🚨🚨 Four NIH institute directors have been removed from their posts and some offered reassignments to the Indian Health Service, effective today.

These institutes include NIAID (Jeanne Marrazzo), NIMHD (Eliseo Pérez-Stable), NICHD (Diana Bianchi), and NINR (Shannon Zenk).

‘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.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Apr 1

"Turned away when badges didn't work." Just gratuitous cruelty to committed civil servants who've already taken so much abuse. The costs of these reckless cuts to all of our health will be vast. But the inhumane treatment of hard-working employees is itself a moral stain.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Apr 1

Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect.

Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.

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