Jason Cohen, MD

Screenshot from Whitehouse webpage that says The WHITE HOUSE Going forward, President Trump's appointees will review funding opportunity announcements and grant awards to verify that each grant dollar benefits Americans instead of lining grantees' pocketbooks or furthering causes that damage America.

And they were singing
Bye bye to American Sci

FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous manufacturing practices.

With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.

“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.

Speaking as a recovering Mets fan: Why do that to yourself? Have you considered just hating the Braves?

The sport you (and I) grew up watching is so boring they gave kids scorecards to keep em occupied at the stadium. You deserve a better sport, not just a better team.

Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent The Adams campaign said it is conducting a review after Gothamist found signatures that were fraudulently obtained or outright forged.

NEW: Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate, a Gothamist investigation has found.
gothamist.com/news/forged-...

They will beg you for advice
Your reply will be concise
And they'll listen very nicely
Then go out and do precisely
What they want.

See how much your state benefited economically from NIH in FY2024 here via report from UMR 👀⤵️ @atrupar.com

📄: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u...

"Brain Freeze" joint Neuro + Psych consult rounds!
* Catatonia, incl Hyperactive catatonia, overlaps w seizure, delirium, Lewy Body
* Psychotropic meds for behavioral disturbance in dementia
* 4 types of Klondike ice cream bars
-- Dr X isn't a fan of mint. We're getting an MRI
This is how we 🧠🧊💪!

Just played Paranoid by Black Sabbath as the kids bedtime song

The response? "Why aren't we doing War Pigs?"

#ParentingWin

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Only About Half of Voters Correctly Identify That Republicans' Budget Bill Will Cause Americans to Lose Health Coverage. Description: The chart shows responses to the question: “How many Americans do you think will gain or lose health insurance coverage as a result of the Republican budget bill, also known as the 'One Big Beautiful Bill'?” Key: a = More than 10 million will lose coverage b = Less than 10 million will lose coverage c = No change in number insured d = Less than 10 million will gain coverage e = More than 10 million will gain coverage f = Don't know Results: All likely voters — a: 38%, b: 15%, c: 16%, d: 8%, e: 7%, f: 16% Democrat — a: 59%, b: 11%, c: 6%, d: 6%, e: 6%, f: 12% Independent / Third party — a: 44%, b: 15%, c: 13%, d: 5%, e: 1%, f: 22% Republican — a: 16%, b: 18%, c: 27%, d: 10%, e: 10%, f: 19% Survey conducted July 11–12, 2025 among 1,179 U.S. likely voters.

NEW: While a majority of voters (53%) say Trump's budget law will cause Americans to lose health insurance coverage, only 38% think that more than 10 million Americans will lose coverage.

www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/7/...

Notice: taconic, saw mill river, Bronx River parkways closed due to flooding

Your friendly reminder to not drive on roads in the #Bronx named after water if there's heavy rain:
Saw Mill River Parkway closed
Bronx River Parkway closed

*being

Happy Bastille Day to those who celebrate kings bring overthrown

Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Seventy-Eighth Week If you would protect yourself from this summer’s sun make sure to wear sunscreen. And if you would protect yourself from this summer’s heat make sure to stay hydrated. And if you would …

Will we
get through this?
No, we
will not get through this.
Only some of us
will get through this.
And it is imperative
that you
understand this difference.

*

A compendium of the 278th week of plague poems…

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Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system:

The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine

- @hislopmd.bsky.social

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment

As an undergraduate who loved physical chemistry and was just starting biology, I thought the Meselson-Stahl experiment was the coolest thing ever. It was so simple in its application of physical theory and experiment to prove a biological truth that it was perfect. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...

Yo-Yo Ma Finally Works Up Courage To Tell Parents He Quitting Cello CAMBRIDGE, MA—Taking a deep breath and straightening his back, Yo-Yo Ma finally worked up the courage to tell his parents that he was quitting cello, sources confirmed Friday. “Mom, Dad, this is it—I quit,” said Ma, who exhaled and then winced as his parents immediately reacted to the consequential words by simultaneously exclaiming “But you […]

Yo-Yo Ma Finally Works Up Courage To Tell Parents He Quitting Cello
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A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

A new paper in The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost peer reviewed medical journals, estimates that USAID prevented 91 million deaths across 133 countries over 20 years.

The paper estimates that Elon Musk’s DOGE funding cuts to USAID will lead to 14 million deaths by 2030 (4.5 million children).

Really big correction posted to that viral NYT chart going around. Original massively over counted the youngest group. It still shows a big shift toward younger voters, though. New version below

The updated graphic from the NYTimes:

You're not going to make me go back to the other place or go read the Times to see the new results, are you? 🙄

The law doesn't even have to change for states to stop covering prescriptions, respiratory care at-home, home and community-based services, hospice etc.

A lot of optional Medicaid benefits that can be taken away from people even before they're kicked off Medicaid. www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/ben...

Graphs showing huge young voter turnout in NYC dem mayoral primary vs # registered voters

Whoa

(From @jlrube.jakerubinstein.com via that other place)

Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"

As a Seventy-Two-Year-Old Democrat, Am I Too Young to Run for Congress? Before I blew out all seventy-two candles on my birthday cake this year, I made a wish. I wished for something that had been gnawing at my soul eve...

"What if I declare my candidacy, only for Steny Hoyer to tell me, 'Come back when you’ve got at least another decade of accumulated wisdom—or a pacemaker.'"

#LewyBody Dementia information now available in 9 languages -- we just added Turkish! And more to come

And also a live helpline (English only for now)
And also 2.5 hours of videos about symptoms
And more
lewybodyresourcecenter.org

Me, stunningly beautiful, holding an “I Didn’t Rank Cuomo” sticker

Just got handed the only sticker more coveted than an “I Voted” one

Hey #NYC! GO #VOTE! 🗳️
Rank *every* person you would want to win, even if not your top choice

(Ideally before the polling places inside old school gyms with no AC hit 130F and election workers start dropping like flies 😵‍💫)

Judge Young's order has come in. Grant terminations in the plaintiff states or to the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW) are officially void and illegal.

It also says that the "Challenged Directives" are arbitrary and capricious — and thus illegal as well.

Now what exactly are are these directives? 🧵

Opinion | The Iranian people deserve better than a corrupt government run by religious fanatics.

by Pete Hegseth