Pat Devine
@pat-devine.bsky.social
Medical Librarian in Seattle at HEALWA healwa.org
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Reality: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children www.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik... by @hiltzikm.bsky.social
Hiltzik: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children
RFK Jr. turned the CDC's vaccine committee into an anti-vaccine panel, but it still heard evidence that his campaign against vaccinating pregnant women was a huge mistake.
www.yahoo.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reality: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children www.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik... by @hiltzikm.bsky.social
#medlibs
More testing might seem like a step toward greater safety. But this change doesn’t make vaccines safer or science stronger. Instead, it forces researchers to unethically withhold proven protection from some patients, under the guise of “scientific rigor.” www.statnews.com/2025/05/22/v...
More testing might seem like a step toward greater safety. But this change doesn’t make vaccines safer or science stronger. Instead, it forces researchers to unethically withhold proven protection from some patients, under the guise of “scientific rigor.” www.statnews.com/2025/05/22/v...
I’m a Republican former congressman and doctor. The new HHS placebo-controlled trial mandate is dangerous
“The notion that we should require placebo trials even when there's already a safe, effective vaccine goes against decades of established norms in clinical research,” writes physician and former Rep. ...
www.statnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#medlibs
More testing might seem like a step toward greater safety. But this change doesn’t make vaccines safer or science stronger. Instead, it forces researchers to unethically withhold proven protection from some patients, under the guise of “scientific rigor.” www.statnews.com/2025/05/22/v...
More testing might seem like a step toward greater safety. But this change doesn’t make vaccines safer or science stronger. Instead, it forces researchers to unethically withhold proven protection from some patients, under the guise of “scientific rigor.” www.statnews.com/2025/05/22/v...
This article from the American Association of Medical Colleges discusses the use of AI in teaching, including ethical concerns. #medlibs www.aamc.org/news/medical...
Medical schools move from worrying about AI to teaching it
Faculty used to fret over how artificial intelligence might affect education. Now they’re training medical students how to use it for patient care and research.
www.aamc.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This article from the American Association of Medical Colleges discusses the use of AI in teaching, including ethical concerns. #medlibs www.aamc.org/news/medical...
AI in teaching? Look out. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
Opinion | A.I. Will Destroy Critical Thinking in K-12
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
AI in teaching? Look out. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
FYI, #medlibs
My time as a special govt employee is almost over. First NLM Board of Regents meeting this year today. Our February meeting was canceled. What a long year the last five months have been! I am in awe of the way the NLM leadership and staff are navigating unanticipated challenges.
May 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
FYI, #medlibs
Hi, librarians! www.kuow.org/stories/what...
What the puck? The Seattle Kraken have 2 staff librarians
To say Gina Rome and Ashley Hufford have their dream job would be a little misleading — it wasn't a job they knew they could dream of before they had it.
www.kuow.org
May 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hi, librarians! www.kuow.org/stories/what...
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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
Well this isn't very cheering. "Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing." news.wsu.edu/press-releas...
New study reveals wealth inequality’s deep roots in human prehistory
Long before ancient empires rose, wealth inequality was already taking root, according to new WSU-led research that shows the process began over 10,000 years ago.
news.wsu.edu
April 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Well this isn't very cheering. "Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing." news.wsu.edu/press-releas...
@medlibassn.bsky.social Is there going to be a schedule of the virtual events released?
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
@medlibassn.bsky.social Is there going to be a schedule of the virtual events released?
Here's an article about narcissistic personality disorder in case you need it. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/974...
Narcissistic personality disorder: Symptoms, diagnosis, and more
Learn about the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), how doctors diagnose the condition, treatment options, and more.
www.medicalnewstoday.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Here's an article about narcissistic personality disorder in case you need it. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/974...
#medlibs, this may be of interest.
SCOOP: You've heard about the NIH terminating grants. I've learned of another, less visible way it's disrupting science: It’s removing some applications from peer review. Not rejecting them, but putting them on hold without saying why or if they'll ever be reviewed. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Quiet Way the NIH Is Stalling Some Research Before It Starts
A number of grant proposals have disappeared from scientists’ review pipelines, with little explanation. Applicants are bewildered and frustrated.
www.chronicle.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#medlibs, this may be of interest.
Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration
April 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration
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IMLS is being gutted. All staff laid off. IMLS supports, mostly, small & rural museums & libraries. RML region 5 was dissolved. Regional Medical Libraries provide health resources & outreach to communities across the country. As part of the NIH they make health information accessible to the public.
April 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
IMLS is being gutted. All staff laid off. IMLS supports, mostly, small & rural museums & libraries. RML region 5 was dissolved. Regional Medical Libraries provide health resources & outreach to communities across the country. As part of the NIH they make health information accessible to the public.
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Reminder that IMLS supports Libby and Interlibrary Loan, so if you like things like rural borrowers having the same access as city residents and immunocompromised people being able to still use their library despite ableds demanding libraries open without masks…time to push back.
March 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reminder that IMLS supports Libby and Interlibrary Loan, so if you like things like rural borrowers having the same access as city residents and immunocompromised people being able to still use their library despite ableds demanding libraries open without masks…time to push back.
Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration (Princeton is on the list of 60, along with the UW) www.chronicle.com/article/near...
Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration
The university appears to be the next target in a campaign to go after higher education for allegedly failing to suppress campus antisemitism.
www.chronicle.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration (Princeton is on the list of 60, along with the UW) www.chronicle.com/article/near...
#medlibs !
Journals need to respond to this pronto @bmj.com @jama.com @nature.com @thelancet.bsky.social @nejm.org
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
March 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
#medlibs !
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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One consequence of tolerating pseudoscience is that people die when its legitimatization becomes baked into our culture, health care systems, and institutions.
March 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
One consequence of tolerating pseudoscience is that people die when its legitimatization becomes baked into our culture, health care systems, and institutions.
#medlibs nnlm region 5
The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities.
We need your help investigating this.
Did you work on a terminated NIH grant? Please get in touch.
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
We need your help investigating this.
Did you work on a terminated NIH grant? Please get in touch.
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.
www.propublica.org
March 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#medlibs nnlm region 5
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2025, where Maine is more reliable on trans rights than California
School officials in Maine say they will not comply with a proposed agreement from President Trump’s administration that would bar transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports.
Maine officials won’t comply with the Trump administration's trans athlete ban
The administration said earlier this month that the Maine Department of Education, Maine Principals’ Association and a high school are each in violation of Title IX because of the participation of trans athletes.
nbcnews.to
March 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
2025, where Maine is more reliable on trans rights than California