Nancy Lapid
@nancylapid.bsky.social
Health Science Editor at Reuters. Wife, Stepmom, Bubbe, Sister, Aunt. Any opinions are mine.
A great video for the start of the school year, from one of my favorite NPs! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6sUYQHE/
#health #school #flu
#health #school #flu
Cold and flu season = parent survival mode! Whether you are sick or want to prevent it, book an appointment to see us! Multiple locations and same day visits @MY DR NOW #MYDRNOW #tucson #marana #arizo...
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August 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A great video for the start of the school year, from one of my favorite NPs! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6sUYQHE/
#health #school #flu
#health #school #flu
#NYTconnections The second syllable of each of my first four choices - Showboat, Friendship, Witchcraft, Hunky-dory - referred to forms of transportation on water. 🙄
June 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#NYTconnections The second syllable of each of my first four choices - Showboat, Friendship, Witchcraft, Hunky-dory - referred to forms of transportation on water. 🙄
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Sometimes being uprooted lets you grow something bigger. 🌱
On April 1st, the three of us were laid off from our dream jobs as science communicators for the federal government.
But science communication is still alive and thriving. It’s just growing underground.
Follow us for more updates to come!
On April 1st, the three of us were laid off from our dream jobs as science communicators for the federal government.
But science communication is still alive and thriving. It’s just growing underground.
Follow us for more updates to come!
April 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sometimes being uprooted lets you grow something bigger. 🌱
On April 1st, the three of us were laid off from our dream jobs as science communicators for the federal government.
But science communication is still alive and thriving. It’s just growing underground.
Follow us for more updates to come!
On April 1st, the three of us were laid off from our dream jobs as science communicators for the federal government.
But science communication is still alive and thriving. It’s just growing underground.
Follow us for more updates to come!
"There’s a lot out there to leak... But in almost all cases, your safety and physical and mental health should come first..."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-...
How to leak to a journalist
Planning to leak? Read these tips first.
www.niemanlab.org
April 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"There’s a lot out there to leak... But in almost all cases, your safety and physical and mental health should come first..."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-...
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A weekend hackathon in Amsterdam aimed at finding fast-and-cheap battlefield solutions for Ukraine drew more than 100 young programmers and engineers, with many saying Europe's rearmament plans were prompting them to consider careers in defense reut.rs/41TAEKo
Europe's defence challenge energises young techies at hackathon
A weekend hackathon in Amsterdam aimed at finding fast-and-cheap battlefield solutions for Ukraine drew more than 100 young programmers and engineers, with many saying Europe's rearmament plans were prompting them to consider careers in defence.
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March 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A weekend hackathon in Amsterdam aimed at finding fast-and-cheap battlefield solutions for Ukraine drew more than 100 young programmers and engineers, with many saying Europe's rearmament plans were prompting them to consider careers in defense reut.rs/41TAEKo
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ChatGPT has its uses
March 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ChatGPT has its uses
What could possibly go wrong? (Asking as the spouse of a computer science geek.)
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What could possibly go wrong? (Asking as the spouse of a computer science geek.)
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Incredibly NOT The Onion: The “Restoring Truth & Sanity to American History” order directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education & research centers, and the National Zoo www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025...
Trump issues executive order to eliminate ‘anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian
The order directs the vice president to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.
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March 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Incredibly NOT The Onion: The “Restoring Truth & Sanity to American History” order directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education & research centers, and the National Zoo www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025...
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
An experimental birth control pill for men works by interfering with vitamin A signaling necessary for sperm production. Fertility returns when treatment stops. (From Reuters Health Rounds newsletter - subscribe for free: reut.rs/3Jjw7rN.)
#MedSky
#MedSky
Health Rounds: Birth control pill for men moves closer to reality
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March 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
An experimental birth control pill for men works by interfering with vitamin A signaling necessary for sperm production. Fertility returns when treatment stops. (From Reuters Health Rounds newsletter - subscribe for free: reut.rs/3Jjw7rN.)
#MedSky
#MedSky
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"Over the weekend, agents of the government entered a legal resident’s home without a warrant and arrested him, and then flew him a thousand miles away without notifying his family or lawyers about his whereabouts for a day. If you read about it in any other country, you would know what to call it."
The Disappearances Have Begun
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Over the weekend, agents of the government entered a legal resident’s home without a warrant and arrested him, and then flew him a thousand miles away without notifying his family or lawyers about his whereabouts for a day. If you read about it in any other country, you would know what to call it."
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The administration has cut off funds to pro-democracy media outlets in places such as Cuba, Iran and Ukraine, and it is cutting off the editorial independence of Voice of America.
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Opinion | Trump is fast dismantling the free press. We all have to stop him.
It’s part of a broader crackdown on the civil liberties of those who disagree with the president.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The administration has cut off funds to pro-democracy media outlets in places such as Cuba, Iran and Ukraine, and it is cutting off the editorial independence of Voice of America.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
A new documentary tells how a previous owner of a major newspaper reacted to pressure from a U.S. president.
Opinion | Documenting the courage of Katharine Graham
A new film shows how, again and again, she empowered The Post to do journalism that changed the world.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A new documentary tells how a previous owner of a major newspaper reacted to pressure from a U.S. president.
With the Jewish holiday of Purim coming up, it's time to post my old list of gluten-free hamantaschen recipes.
The Gluten-Free Hamantashen Recipe List, 2010
The Jewish holiday of Purim starts this coming Saturday night. This year it's much easier to find gluten-free recipes for hamantashen, the traditional
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March 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
With the Jewish holiday of Purim coming up, it's time to post my old list of gluten-free hamantaschen recipes.
"The decision stands in contrast to Kennedy’s repeated promises to make HHS an agency whose processes and data are so accessible that public records requests would not even be necessary."
RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment on HHS decisions
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to rescind the longtime practice of giving the public a chance to comment on the health agency’s plans.
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February 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"The decision stands in contrast to Kennedy’s repeated promises to make HHS an agency whose processes and data are so accessible that public records requests would not even be necessary."
I have been very worried about this.
Opinion | Will They Come for PubMed Next?
Here's what we lose if the administration takes away this invaluable resource
www.medpagetoday.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I have been very worried about this.
Why does USAID matter?
These countries could lose the most, if U.S. stops aid
A deep dive into U.S. aid assistance and which countries have received the most of it.
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February 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Why does USAID matter?
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
February 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
