Stephanie Buchholtz, PhD

This is beautiful 💕 Congratulations on your bell ringing ceremony!

"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading."

Isaac Asimov

Trump Administration Illegally Withheld N.I.H. Funding, Watchdog Finds

NIH saves lives. And the Trump Administration has been illegally trying to stop it from doing so. This finding makes it all the more clear: the Admin needs to release these funds NOW so that NIH can continue its critical work.

Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump administration, by abruptly canceling NIH grants, had violated a 1974 federal law

Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions At "All-Time High," Pushing Planet To Its Limits The world is blazing through the remaining carbon budget with little sign of an exit strategy.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions At "All-Time High," Pushing Planet To Its Limits

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Thank you public broadcasting for teaching our kids about kindness, empathy, caring, integrity, & the importance of reading, science, math & education. #IHateThisTimeline

It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

I want my taxes to fund the NIH. I want my taxes to fund the NIH. I want my taxes to fund the NIH. I want my taxes to fund the NIH. I want my taxes to fund the NIH. I want my taxes to fund the NIH. I want my taxes to fund the NIH. I want my taxes to fund the NIH. I want my taxes to fund the NIH.

the problem with "have foundations fund science" is that the federal government was willing to fund anyone. foundations fund a VERY few people at a very high level for a very long time.

not one foundation in my field had a major open call for research in 2025. zero new grantees.

NIH funding now unfrozen:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.

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The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year

Chokes off billions in research funding

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Outrageous. The White House is sidestepping Congress and halting up to $15 billion in NIH research funding, which would have gone to study diabetes, cancer & more.

The order was issued through a four-sentence email sent to NIH directors from Office of Management & Budget Director Russell Vought.

Russell Vought has unilaterally decided today that he simply won’t allow anyone outside of NIH to receive research funding.

$15 billion in NIH funding is now locked down. If not reversed, it will also take down many Universities in the United States.

Forget new cancer treatments or vaccines.

Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

Russell Vought claimed on CNN this weekend that NIH funding is corrupt. A reminder, his family has directly benefited from the NIH.

Remember how Columbia bent the knee to keep part of their NIH grants funding? Well, that was for nothing 🧐

Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis Although 10 000 steps per day can still be a viable target for those who are more active, 7000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes and might be a mor...

What's the optimal number of steps of physical activity this is associated with multiple (9) favorable outcomes?
The largest, systematic review of 57 studies, 35 cohorts.
7,000 steps is clinically meaningful, benefit also seen for 4,000 steps cf 2,000 steps
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Whoa! Alligator Alcatraz is going to be complete by Tuesday and open for operation on Wednesday.

Am I the only one wondering how Ron DeSantis got this together so fast?

Floridians, make sure you remember this the next time a hurricane hits and you can’t get disaster relief in your state.

L.A. Army veteran with Purple Heart self-deports to South Korea under threat of deportation On Monday, veteran Sae Joon Park, who legally immigrated from South Korea when he was seven years old, flew back to his homeland under threat of deportation at the age of 55.

L.A. Army veteran with Purple Heart self-deports to South Korea under threat of deportation

RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move could have deadly consequences.

Let’s be absolutely clear. This decision, based on fringe conspiracy theories, will kill children.
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Interesting you say we need to speed up drug approvals. FDA approves most drugs faster than other countries. We review drugs for serious conditions w/i 6 months. Speeding drug development is important + rolling review makes sense. But careful review takes time - and resources, which have been cut.

Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget About Me” from the Breakfast Club soundtrack. Live at the Mann Center in Philly on No Kings Day (6/14/2025).

#simpleminds #dontyouforgetaboutme #tdpavilion #manncenter #phillyconcerts #philadelphia #nokings #simplemindstour

Tour info —> www.simpleminds.com/tour/

Thank you!

I heard there might be some northern lights,
and I also heard Deer Park was open for the season —
so I took a chance,
and I took a drive,
and I spent a thrilling Friday the 13th
under the stars,
on top of the World.

The Nile from the International Space Station:

Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH Sources say that a climate of fear has spread throughout the agency as the Trump administration takes a hatchet to its core functions.

The architect of NIH cuts is Russell Vought - whose own daughter is alive today because of advances in treating cystic fibrosis thanks to the work at the NIH. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.

They graded it.

Bwahahaha.

Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.