Greg Folkers

WHO: First lenacapavirs prequalified

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lenacapavir PrEP

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Why the CDC director is wrong about the MMR vaccine

by Jake Scott, MD
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@cidrap.bsky.social

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Politico: CDC panel announces plans to assess childhood vaccines

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Virus Slayer Awarded ‘Genius Grant’ by MacArthur Foundation News, stories, and opinions on science, technology, health, education, business, policy, campus life, and more from The University of Texas at Austin.

UT: Virus Slayer Jason McLellan Awarded ‘Genius Grant’ by MacArthur Foundation

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Science Translational Medicine: A replicating RNA vaccine protects cynomolgus macaques against lethal clade 2.3.4.4b influenza A H5N1 virus challenge

David W. Hawman, Heinz Feldmann et al

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TAG to Honor Gloria Reuben, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, and Richard Lynn at the 2025 Research in Action Awards

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Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Modern-day analysis of 1918 birth records highlight importance of protecting pregnant women from flu

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CNN: Acting CDC director, citing Trump directive, calls for MMR shot to be split into three despite no evidence of benefit

by @megtirrell.bsky.social

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Epidemiol Infect: Mask wearing by COVID-19 index cases reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission to household contacts

Pere Godoy et al

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CID: Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Hospitalizations and Emergency Department or Urgent Care Encounters for Children, Adolescents, and Adults During the 2023-2024 Season, USA

Mark W Tenforde et al bit.ly/4mWytNx

Inside Medicine: There are now two CDC's / Can the agency survive?

by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

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Trump slashed funding for universities that helped create these vital drugs Medications that prevent HIV, shrink tumors and treat seizures were invented with government funding. At research universities, that money is now canceled or in jeopardy.

Wpost: Trump slashed funding for universities that helped create these vital drugs

by Carolyn Y. Johnson, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Ben Brasch

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Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion (Gift Article) There seems to be no limit to the president’s odious attempts to control higher education.

Trump’s university “compact” is extortion.
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RFK Jr's third Tylenol-autism study is just run-of-the-mill bad research I’m reading through RFK Jr’s supposed evidence that Tylenol causes autism and it’s not looking good for his conclusions.

My review of the third autism-Tylenol study RFK Jr mentioned is out now.

If you weighed in on "what proportion of kids have neurodevelopmental disorders" yesterday, this paper is why I asked the question. Most of you will be very surprised by their answer!

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'Destruction of our government': Furloughed federal worker slams Trump's shutdown Roughly 750,000 federal workers have already been furloughed as a result of the ongoing government shutdown. And as both parties show no signs of making a deal, Donald Trump is claiming that firings o...

Went back on @msnbc.com to talk about how Trump is threatening federal services like NIH research and the workers who provide them. www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...

Vaccine: Penny wise, pound foolish: The cost of reduced support for measles prevention /

T. Joseph Mattingly II

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Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

“Dr. Bhattacharya has pledged to welcome conflicting views, describing dissent in his confirmation hearing as ‘the very essence of science.’”

How’s that coming along?

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MAGA hero Jay Bhattacharya says that “political priorities may override the scoring system provided by outside experts appointed to hundreds of review panels”

This is absolutely disgusting & utterly scandalous. If your study doesn’t fit with Trump & Bhattacharya’s right wing ideology, it’s toast 👀

Lessons for long-acting lenacapavir: catalysing equitable PrEP access in low-income and middle-income countries Despite substantial advances in biomedical HIV prevention, including long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options such as cabotegravir, barriers to widespread adoption and scale-up p...

Lancet HIV: Lessons for long-acting lenacapavir: catalysing equitable PrEP access in low-income and middle-income countries

Sharonann Lynch et al

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CNN: RFK Jr.’s HHS killed a research grant to investigate vaccine safety, then asked the researcher to publicly present results

by @megtirrell.bsky.social

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Furloughed NIH worker: Left office with 'pit' in my stomach about future of our country On day three of the government shutdown, around 750,000 federal employees are furloughed as the White House threatens mass firings as early as today. Furloughed NIH Program Director Jenna Norton joins...

Shared how the greater shutdown of NIH science has been underway since January on @msnbc.com today.

We need Congress to stand firm to protect science, democracy and the American people.

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CBS video and text: RFK Jr. fires NIH vaccine whistleblower Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo

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WHO Disease Outbreak News: Chikungunya virus disease-

January to September 2025, 263 592 suspected and 181 679 confirmed CHIKV disease cases and 155 CHIKV disease-related deaths

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Jay Bhattacharya sent a pre-recorded video to NIDDK Council, too. But I get it.

It's hard to face your staff when you lie about them.

Even harder to face researchers when you're willing to break the U.S. scientific enterprise just to get a position of power you're in no way qualified for.

Lancet: Offline: Those one should not forgive (Makary and Bhattacharya)

by Richard Horton

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NYT: Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

by Benjamin Mueller

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The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.

Bulwark: The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It / As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today.

My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.

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Journal of Medicinal Chemistry: Discovery of Lenacapavir: First-in-Class Twice-Yearly Capsid Inhibitor for HIV-1 Treatment and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis

Eda Canales et al

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PNAS: Operation Warp Speed offers a roadmap for improving the efficiency of bench to bedside medical advances

by Lawrence Corey

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