Muhanad Ali, MA HBSc
@muhanadali.bsky.social
working at the nexus of public health, policy, and community
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ACIP has become an ideological exercise that makes it harder to protect our kids. This will erode in families’ trust in government.
“When he registered his ‘no’ vote, he stated, "Do no harm is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
“When he registered his ‘no’ vote, he stated, "Do no harm is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
ACIP has become an ideological exercise that makes it harder to protect our kids. This will erode in families’ trust in government.
“When he registered his ‘no’ vote, he stated, "Do no harm is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
“When he registered his ‘no’ vote, he stated, "Do no harm is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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This afternoon, I will give a public lecture about #ResearchIntegrity and #ImageForensics, at the University of Bern, CH, where I will receive an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science tomorrow.
Thank you for your support ❤️
Thank you for your support ❤️
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This afternoon, I will give a public lecture about #ResearchIntegrity and #ImageForensics, at the University of Bern, CH, where I will receive an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science tomorrow.
Thank you for your support ❤️
Thank you for your support ❤️
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The ACIP Committee which has exactly 0 general pediatricians just voted 6-4 to recommend that we do lab draws on babies to determine if they need subsequent doses of Hepatitis B vaccine. There are multiple problems with this:
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The ACIP Committee which has exactly 0 general pediatricians just voted 6-4 to recommend that we do lab draws on babies to determine if they need subsequent doses of Hepatitis B vaccine. There are multiple problems with this:
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Attorney Siri makes the utterly disingenuous statement that the scientific community hasn’t studied whether vaccines “don’t cause” autism.
You can’t prove a negative using the scientific method. He’s been told this many times.
You can’t prove a negative using the scientific method. He’s been told this many times.
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Attorney Siri makes the utterly disingenuous statement that the scientific community hasn’t studied whether vaccines “don’t cause” autism.
You can’t prove a negative using the scientific method. He’s been told this many times.
You can’t prove a negative using the scientific method. He’s been told this many times.
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Bravo everyone who enabled this.
Take a bow.
Take a bow.
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Bravo everyone who enabled this.
Take a bow.
Take a bow.
Published in BMJ Open, our scoping review protocol outlines our plans to synthesize existing literature to better understand the design and implementation of screening and early detection of type 2 diabetes in community settings for priority populations.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
Community-based type 2 diabetes screening programmes designed for priority populations: a scoping review protocol
Background Type 2 diabetes is a growing public health concern, and it continues to disproportionately impact priority populations. Although earlier and more frequent screening of diabetes promotes ear...
bmjopen.bmj.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Published in BMJ Open, our scoping review protocol outlines our plans to synthesize existing literature to better understand the design and implementation of screening and early detection of type 2 diabetes in community settings for priority populations.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
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Dark Ferris Bueller.
April 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Dark Ferris Bueller.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
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Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
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If you're in Melbourne, Australia.
Please join us for a book chat about "The Foreign Gaze" — in conversation with Dr Selina Namchee Lo.
Host: Australian Global Health Alliance
Reg: eventbrite.com.au/e/alliance-c...
📖Bring your copy to get it signed! Limited copies will be available at the event.
Please join us for a book chat about "The Foreign Gaze" — in conversation with Dr Selina Namchee Lo.
Host: Australian Global Health Alliance
Reg: eventbrite.com.au/e/alliance-c...
📖Bring your copy to get it signed! Limited copies will be available at the event.
March 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If you're in Melbourne, Australia.
Please join us for a book chat about "The Foreign Gaze" — in conversation with Dr Selina Namchee Lo.
Host: Australian Global Health Alliance
Reg: eventbrite.com.au/e/alliance-c...
📖Bring your copy to get it signed! Limited copies will be available at the event.
Please join us for a book chat about "The Foreign Gaze" — in conversation with Dr Selina Namchee Lo.
Host: Australian Global Health Alliance
Reg: eventbrite.com.au/e/alliance-c...
📖Bring your copy to get it signed! Limited copies will be available at the event.
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NIH “is expected to cut between 3,400 and 5,000 positions from its workforce of 20,000 in coming days.” Story by @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...
At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.
www.statnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
NIH “is expected to cut between 3,400 and 5,000 positions from its workforce of 20,000 in coming days.” Story by @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...
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whether they’re retiring or not this should be the last term for each of them
The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
March 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
whether they’re retiring or not this should be the last term for each of them
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BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made good on his threat to slap a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity sold to the U.S. in retaliation for President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs against Canada.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford makes good on threat to slap 25 per cent export tax on electricity to the U.S.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made good on his threat to slap a 25% surcharge on electricity sold to the U.S. in retaliation for President Donald Trump‘s tariffs.
www.thestar.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made good on his threat to slap a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity sold to the U.S. in retaliation for President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs against Canada.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Columbia's Provost evidently sent this message to faculty forbidding them from moving classes offline or canceling them amid ICE activity on campus.
March 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Columbia's Provost evidently sent this message to faculty forbidding them from moving classes offline or canceling them amid ICE activity on campus.
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The general trend is crazy. Here is Twitter vs Bluesky volumes for the last week. On some days they are equal in volume.
March 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The general trend is crazy. Here is Twitter vs Bluesky volumes for the last week. On some days they are equal in volume.
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Musk’s ruthless approach to efficiency is not translating well to the U.S. government
Musk’s ruthless approach to efficiency is not translating well to the U.S. government
Elon Musk’s ruthless drive for efficiency has served him exceptionally well tech startups, but can the same approach work in government where the stakes are much higher?
theconversation.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Musk’s ruthless approach to efficiency is not translating well to the U.S. government
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Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
March 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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"Bloodbath" is an apt description. The number of deaths that will occur as a direct result of U.S. funding being axed is no different from indiscriminate bombing erasing entire populations during a war. It is tantamount to genocide. The U.S. was once the "good" guy.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A bloodbath’: HIV field is reeling after billions in U.S. funding are axed
USAID’s promises to support lifesaving efforts are broken, putting millions in peril
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Bloodbath" is an apt description. The number of deaths that will occur as a direct result of U.S. funding being axed is no different from indiscriminate bombing erasing entire populations during a war. It is tantamount to genocide. The U.S. was once the "good" guy.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Wow. “In the CDC’s first public statement on the measles outbreak, it suggested vitamin A as a type of supportive care…
“What I would have loved to see added in the CDC’s statement is that vitamin A is never an alternative to MMR vaccination for measles… that clarity is really, really important”
“What I would have loved to see added in the CDC’s statement is that vitamin A is never an alternative to MMR vaccination for measles… that clarity is really, really important”
What to know about vitamin A and the measles
In the CDC’s first public statement on the measles outbreak, it suggested vitamin A as a type of supportive care.
www.nbcnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Wow. “In the CDC’s first public statement on the measles outbreak, it suggested vitamin A as a type of supportive care…
“What I would have loved to see added in the CDC’s statement is that vitamin A is never an alternative to MMR vaccination for measles… that clarity is really, really important”
“What I would have loved to see added in the CDC’s statement is that vitamin A is never an alternative to MMR vaccination for measles… that clarity is really, really important”
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How epistemic injustice in research kills:
This essay (www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...) reminds us: When the excuse for bad research is "‘Nobody could have realised..." we should always respond with "Really – nobody?"
"The other side of a culture of silence and silencing is one of not listening.
This essay (www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...) reminds us: When the excuse for bad research is "‘Nobody could have realised..." we should always respond with "Really – nobody?"
"The other side of a culture of silence and silencing is one of not listening.
March 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
How epistemic injustice in research kills:
This essay (www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...) reminds us: When the excuse for bad research is "‘Nobody could have realised..." we should always respond with "Really – nobody?"
"The other side of a culture of silence and silencing is one of not listening.
This essay (www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...) reminds us: When the excuse for bad research is "‘Nobody could have realised..." we should always respond with "Really – nobody?"
"The other side of a culture of silence and silencing is one of not listening.