Vladimir Putin is testing the West—and its unity NATO must resist Russia’s efforts to corrode it from within

Vladimir Putin knows he cannot defeat NATO in a stand-up fight. The Russian leader instead aims to corrode the West from within. The alliance must expose everything—and improve its resilience

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In Early-Phase Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial, Investigational mRNA Vaccine Induces Sustained Immune Activity in Small Patient Group Learn how MSK researchers are deploying mRNA vaccines against pancreatic cancer.

An #NIH-funded research team has developed an mRNA vaccine to treat pancreatic cancer. Results from the clinical trial were published this week in Nature.

#pancreas #cancer #mRNA #vaccine #medsky #science #medicine #bluesky

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732.

Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

DOGE claims to have saved $55 billion.

WSJ is able to find $2.6 billion over a multiyear period.

Only 2% of savings are related to DEI. The rest is stuff like a clinical test for a a drug to help with Alzheimer's.

Now that's some real government efficiency.

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

2 people dead after midair collision of two small single-engine planes at Arizona airport The crash happened Wednesday at the Marana Regional Airport in Marana.

Another aviation tragedy –
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Two dead in Arizona after a mid air collision.

This is your reminder that Leon ran out the Head of the FAA because he had the nerve to fine SpaceX.

At least 400 employees have been laid off and already short staffed FAA since the DC crash killing 67 people.

Elon Musk made an unsolicited $97bn bid to buy the non-profit group that controls OpenAI. Sam Altman’s response: we will buy X for $9.74bn instead. That’s 22 cents on the dollar for what Elon paid.

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania disconnected themselves from Russia’s electricity grid and joined the European Union’s network in a two-day switchover. The Baltic countries have not bought electricity from Russia since 2022 but were still dependent on its grid for power flow.

Dear Colleagues, With gratitude for his strong leadership and commitment, I announce National Institutes of Health (NIH) Principal Deputy Director Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., retired from federal service effective Feb. 11, 2025, after 25 years of service. Dr. Tabak has held critical NIH leadership roles since 2000, most notably in his current role as the second in command since August 2010, and two years as the Acting NIH Director from December 2021-November 2023. He has helped shape important policy decisions at NIH over four administrations. He has guided NIH through complex issues and will be sorely missed.

UPDATE: A purge of experienced career staff has begun at NIH. The staff was just informed that Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak, who has worked at NIH for 25 years is "retiring."

Grant funding remains frozen, in violation of two federal court orders.