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Lauren Hersch Nicholas is an American health economist. She is a professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus… more

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Reposted by: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Philip N. Cohen, Valerie Mueller , and 1 more

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The acting CDC director has now approved ACIP recs allowing anyone 6 months+ to receive an updated Covid-19 shot after discussing w/ their provider. If you are on the fence about getting an updated shot, read my in-depth take on the evidence we've accumulated on these vaccines. #publichealth
Do additional COVID vaccines really help?
We've accumulated a lot of scientific evidence in the last few years.
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by John A. List — Reposted by: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Caroline Krafft, Lindsay M. Tedds , and 1 more

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The econ PhD market will be difficult this year. The exact same thing happened when I went on the market years ago: I sent out 150 applications...and got 1 interview! Then I wrote a paper about it! ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...

Both sides of the market responded. Is this happening now too?
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Reposted by: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Kim L. Scheppele, Stacie B. Dusetzina , and 6 more

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
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by Lauren Hersch Nicholas

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hopefully they use additional funds to help those affected? Happy to see @appam.bsky.social and others increase conference scholarships
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They posted it on all in account and tag you!

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congratulations, @burgards.bsky.social!
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my covid didn't hurt until I tried to sleep on that side, but pretty inoffensive side effect vs anything else.
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I was intrigued by your ED # which was what got me wondering about non-Medicare adults

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out of curiosity how does that compare to commercially insured adults (sorry if that's in the paper while I'm only reading social media...)
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So sorry to hear about your Dad! And also very grateful for NIA support to work on these issues- as you note still so much that we need to do.

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refurbished phones until they get to a reasonable size again!
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new results finds MA patients more likely to be stuck in hospital when they need SNF care, we found similar areas of concern with very sick patients being more likely to be sent home with no home care (along with less SNF) in MA vs TM jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I had a thing like that that I’m pretty sure came from holding a friend’s baby, unenjoyable for about a week
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I got trapped in the outhouse at mt blue sky while an aggressive ma goat was trying to get in!
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:( so devastating!

Reposted by: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Shannon Vallor, Jason Mittell , and 3 more

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Hey Firefox users.
Screenshot from a Tumblr post by ralfmaximus: Mozilla, in its finite wisdom, embedded LLM bots into recent versions of Firefox for the vitally-important purpose of… naming tab groups. Now, some users are noticing CPU and power usage spikes caused by a background process called Inference. Ugh. Reminder again for Firefox users to visit your about:config page, search for the browser.ml.chat.enabled key, and set that to false: If yours says true then double-click it until it reads false. Doing that turns off the AI chatbot features in Firefox, but also the stupid new LLM tab-naming feature that's rolling out
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Who wants to plan a field trip if we can’t get them at work?
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · Aug 29
NEWS: CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states and DC — even to people who meet the new FDA criteria — because the CDC hasn't signed off and isn't expected to do so (if it does so) for at least three weeks.
CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Michael D. Green, Daniel W. Drezner , and 5 more

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NEWS: CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states and DC — even to people who meet the new FDA criteria — because the CDC hasn't signed off and isn't expected to do so (if it does so) for at least three weeks.
CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States
www.nytimes.com
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by Lauren Hersch Nicholas

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For more specialized searches I like the letter because it has everything I need, but less helpful when candidates apply broadly with generic letters
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Reposted by: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Meredith Broussard, Jason Mittell , and 26 more

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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
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They important thing about #TaylorSwift getting engaged is that millions of dollars in grants funding for research projects on how to cure cancer,reverse alzheimer's dz and discover vaccines for serious infections, are being canceled daily and we really should care about how devastating that is.
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Reposted by: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Nandita Sharma

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Good. I agree with the American College of Ob-Gyns.

I was horrified when RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, & Marty Makary announced, in a video on X, that they were advising against vaccination in pregnancy—a closed-door decision that flies in the face of science & evidence

www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/h...
Another major medical association breaks from CDC as ob/gyn group recommends Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy | CNN
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, becoming the second major professional medical association to break from...
www.cnn.com
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Wow: also no PhD admits this year for Chicago's "anthropology, political economy, social thought, conceptual and historical studies of science, School of Social Work, Harris School of Public Policy"
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Aug 23
The hits keep coming. “The departments that won’t be accepting Ph.D. students now include art history, cinema and media studies, classics, comparative literature, East Asian languages and civilizations, English language and literature, Germanic studies, linguistics, Middle Eastern studies…”
More UChicago Ph.D. Programs Will Pause Admissions
The arts and humanities dean said “nearly all” faculty leaders preferred “a broader pause for the division.” Some social sciences programs also aren’t accepting new students.
www.insidehighered.com
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by Lauren Hersch Nicholas

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I forgot about the Starbucks ice cream, those flavors were so good!

by Lauren Hersch Nicholas

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amazing, thanks!
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Reposted by: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, John McLaren, Kathleen Kennedy

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Really simple instructions for how to turn off the auto AI on your web browser. I use Firefox and it does indeed work and only took a second! 🔥
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
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by Lauren Hersch Nicholas

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So frustrating! I keep hoping for a miracle for one that’s 17th percentile (despite 0 signs that it will be considered) but truly devastating if none of your great scores are funded!
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Instead of making numbers into unwanted dates, now excel wants to make up AI “data” too 🙄
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 21
"Get people addicted to the thing to the extent they can no longer function without it, and they will simply have to learn to live with it doing a bad job."
It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...
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"Get people addicted to the thing to the extent they can no longer function without it, and they will simply have to learn to live with it doing a bad job."
It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...
defector.com
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by Lauren Hersch Nicholas

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great news for everyone who hates these texts, also protective for dementia patients (i.e. www.cnn.com/interactive/...)
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