Manas Kaushik, MD, ScD
@manas8u.bsky.social
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Europeans can’t vote in the US but they do vote with their feet/flights ↘️ on.ft.com/42Itt8c
April 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Europeans can’t vote in the US but they do vote with their feet/flights ↘️ on.ft.com/42Itt8c
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In 1989, New York City and its unions temporarily replaced utilization review with sham review for half the participants in the city's health insurance plan. Utilization review had happened before nonemergent hospitalization and ambulatory surgery. Treatment status was blinded. What happened? ...
April 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In 1989, New York City and its unions temporarily replaced utilization review with sham review for half the participants in the city's health insurance plan. Utilization review had happened before nonemergent hospitalization and ambulatory surgery. Treatment status was blinded. What happened? ...
Pringle shape and its algebraic equivalent is mentioned in beyondeuclid.substack.com but I am not sure I can recreate it in @desmos.com. 😑
April 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Pringle shape and its algebraic equivalent is mentioned in beyondeuclid.substack.com but I am not sure I can recreate it in @desmos.com. 😑
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Time to reread this.... techcrunch.com/2024/07/16/a...
Andreessen Horowitz co-founders explain why they're supporting Trump | TechCrunch
Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, says he's been a Democrat most of his life. He says
techcrunch.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Time to reread this.... techcrunch.com/2024/07/16/a...
Mckesson continues forward integration with biologic infusion provider groups.
www.mckesson.com/about-mckess...
www.mckesson.com/about-mckess...
McKesson Corporation Completes Aquisition of PRISM Vision Holdings, LLC | McKesson
McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of a controlling interest in PRISM Vision Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of general ophthalmo...
www.mckesson.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Mckesson continues forward integration with biologic infusion provider groups.
www.mckesson.com/about-mckess...
www.mckesson.com/about-mckess...
Two somewhat charitable viewpoints
1) There would be people who are so demonstrably excellent in arts, drama, music to get this far.
2) A class could be created to cater to 20 (out of 1600) students.
1) There would be people who are so demonstrably excellent in arts, drama, music to get this far.
2) A class could be created to cater to 20 (out of 1600) students.
March 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Two somewhat charitable viewpoints
1) There would be people who are so demonstrably excellent in arts, drama, music to get this far.
2) A class could be created to cater to 20 (out of 1600) students.
1) There would be people who are so demonstrably excellent in arts, drama, music to get this far.
2) A class could be created to cater to 20 (out of 1600) students.
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Email sent to FDA staff informs that agency leadership canceled the agency's LexisNexis subscription, even though staff need this tool to research legal and regulatory information as part of their jobs.
I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
March 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Email sent to FDA staff informs that agency leadership canceled the agency's LexisNexis subscription, even though staff need this tool to research legal and regulatory information as part of their jobs.
I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
Almost all providers feel they are saving money...
Lake wobegon effect of VBC!
Lake wobegon effect of VBC!
March 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Almost all providers feel they are saving money...
Lake wobegon effect of VBC!
Lake wobegon effect of VBC!
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Automatic hourly headline updater
March 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Automatic hourly headline updater
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FBI telling Citibank to freeze accounts of Habitat for Humanity, the United Way, and the State of NY Dept of Taxation, among a few dozen others.
And here are more specifics from the FBI letters to Citibank:
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
March 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Whatever 🇺🇸 is doing, it is incurring trust debt with its own citizens...I for one will never trust that a govt database will not be misused.
(Citizens/govts of other countries are also making their own judgements on this).
(Citizens/govts of other countries are also making their own judgements on this).
March 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Whatever 🇺🇸 is doing, it is incurring trust debt with its own citizens...I for one will never trust that a govt database will not be misused.
(Citizens/govts of other countries are also making their own judgements on this).
(Citizens/govts of other countries are also making their own judgements on this).
Some context...
- CVS bought Oak St for ~$10B
- CVS acquired Aetna for ~$70B
- CVS bought Oak St for ~$10B
- CVS acquired Aetna for ~$70B
Breaking News: A private equity firm is buying Walgreens in a $10 billion deal that will take the struggling pharmacy chain out of the public market.
Walgreens Will Sell to Private Equity Firm in $10 Billion Deal
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance have lost about half their value in the past year, as the chain has faced pressure in its retail and pharmacy businesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Some context...
- CVS bought Oak St for ~$10B
- CVS acquired Aetna for ~$70B
- CVS bought Oak St for ~$10B
- CVS acquired Aetna for ~$70B
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This is another case where the underlying policy is evil, and using half-baked pseudo-"AI" to execute it just shows how careless the people pursuing it are www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...
www.axios.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is another case where the underlying policy is evil, and using half-baked pseudo-"AI" to execute it just shows how careless the people pursuing it are www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
I have seen a chart on education sector employment which purports to represent the growth of "administrators" so I decided to look at our local county data.
March 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I have seen a chart on education sector employment which purports to represent the growth of "administrators" so I decided to look at our local county data.
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The overwhelming sentiment of the past few weeks is that the US Government is no longer a good faith employer. In a global marketplace with competition from both private companies and state actors, this is going to prove much more costly to the US taxpayer than any savings, which they will never see
March 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The overwhelming sentiment of the past few weeks is that the US Government is no longer a good faith employer. In a global marketplace with competition from both private companies and state actors, this is going to prove much more costly to the US taxpayer than any savings, which they will never see
This book is on track to be the most wildly sold book on immunology (extrapolated from two pre teens who have it).
March 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This book is on track to be the most wildly sold book on immunology (extrapolated from two pre teens who have it).
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Reposted by Manas Kaushik, MD, ScD
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
February 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
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Infectious diseases folks! #IDsky
I'm looking for an updated version of this (published 2002), showing the number of antigens contained in vaccines over time.
Anyone know where I can find an updated version of something like this? Thanks!
I'm looking for an updated version of this (published 2002), showing the number of antigens contained in vaccines over time.
Anyone know where I can find an updated version of something like this? Thanks!
February 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Infectious diseases folks! #IDsky
I'm looking for an updated version of this (published 2002), showing the number of antigens contained in vaccines over time.
Anyone know where I can find an updated version of something like this? Thanks!
I'm looking for an updated version of this (published 2002), showing the number of antigens contained in vaccines over time.
Anyone know where I can find an updated version of something like this? Thanks!
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"VA researchers whose contracts are about to expire . . . will not be renewed, even when funding [through extramural grants is] in place to pay them. Should the VA continue this policy . . . over the months to come, the entire VA research workforce could be decimated."
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 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"VA researchers whose contracts are about to expire . . . will not be renewed, even when funding [through extramural grants is] in place to pay them. Should the VA continue this policy . . . over the months to come, the entire VA research workforce could be decimated."
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Guess who is the newest disciple of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement? UnitedHealth Group www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/u...
February 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Guess who is the newest disciple of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement? UnitedHealth Group www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/u...
These are not serious people...
Acting CISA Director Bridget Bean wants employees to respond to OPM's "what did you do last week?" email.
"I want to make sure that everyone is clear that this is a legitimate request from OPM," she wrote to staff last night. "I will share more information as it becomes available."
"I want to make sure that everyone is clear that this is a legitimate request from OPM," she wrote to staff last night. "I will share more information as it becomes available."
February 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
These are not serious people...
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Also, the US federal govt is not the only place cutting roles. Universities are preparing for massive layoffs due to the enormous cuts to US federal research funding. This is also going to hit a range of private industry which relies on university partnerships to fund their work.
Again, there are literally not enough jobs to rapidly absorb all these displaced federal workers (who will also now be competing for non-government jobs with everyone else in the U.S.).
That’s a lot of pissed off former DOD workers desperately looking for jobs
February 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Also, the US federal govt is not the only place cutting roles. Universities are preparing for massive layoffs due to the enormous cuts to US federal research funding. This is also going to hit a range of private industry which relies on university partnerships to fund their work.