Lady with the dog

No Amazon. No Walmart. No Target. No Disney. No Google. No Apple. No Visa or Mastercard. And especially no Facebook. I will not be posting on Meta platforms for the next 24 hours in support of the economic blackout…

Can you say the same?! 🤚

Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨

Early childhood developmental concerns following SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy: a Scottish population-level retrospective cohort study Understanding the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy can help inform clinical guidance and tackle vaccine hesit…

In 24,919 child-mother pairs (est. conception May'20- Sep'21), there were no adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy on neurodevelopmental outcomes at 13-15 months.

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💯💯💯

#resist

Tillis is up for reelection in NC next year.

First CDC vaccine meeting under Trump administration is postponed The panel of vaccine experts were supposed to hold their first meeting under the Trump administration in late February. It's not clear when that meeting will now take place.

The panel of vaccine experts were supposed to hold their first meeting under the Trump administration in late February. It's not clear when that meeting will now take place.

Where is the AAP? This is not the time to stay silent!

www.fightinfectiousdisease.org/post/sign-on...

Well said.

Elon Musk’s staffers have been going through data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees healthcare coverage for over 160 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.

Hundreds of people feared infected with measles in Texas The outbreak of measles in a small West Texas community may be worse than officials originally thought. They are scrambling to promote vaccinations.

According to the Houston Chronicle, public health officials in Texas think that there are likely 200-300 people now infected with measles. If confirmed, this outbreak is already out of control. H/t to @mickiemo.bsky.social for the heads up. www.chron.com/news/houston...

Imagine you’re the richest man on earth. Do you spend $40 million on propaganda to convince people you did the right thing by choosing to let children starve, or do you choose to feed children? #StandWithUSAID #SaveForeignAid

Economic blackout day

Child with alopecia from chemotherapy

When Elon was a kid, survival for ALL, the most common childhood cancer, was <10%

Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.

For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.

I think it’s worth it.

NIH funding is crucial nationwide - here’s a look at NC specifically.

@iwashyna.bsky.social ‘Democracy is a social determinant of health’.

Jack, you nailed it.

Stein issues executive order on abortion, reproductive health care • NC Newsline Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order designed to protect women and health care providers from extreme anti-reproductive freedom laws

Today would have marked the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, decided 52 years ago. We must remain dedicated to protecting reproductive freedoms for women across North Carolina.

ncnewsline.com/briefs/stein...

Here’s another good explainer thread on why this matters.

bsky.app/profile/carl...

CNN: “.. in Gaines County, .. nearly 1 in 5 incoming kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year did not get the vaccine. The 18% vaccine exemption rate for the county is one of the highest in the state ..”

www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/h...

NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars

Will universities finally speak up now?
Or are they still "working behind the scenes"
Texted with many academic colleagues last night, the consensus is, if these cuts hold, many of us can no longer have a career in academia.
This will spur mass exodus.
www.science.org/content/arti...

Let me put this as clearly as I can. The Trump administration just instantly cut NIH funding for research on things like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, and all the rest, by 40-60%, depending on the university.

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