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PSA‼️ David Geier, the anti-vaccine conspiracist who practiced medicine without a license, now has a CDC email: be65@CDC.gov (letters and numbers are typical format for cdc addresses)

Feel free to send him your questions on his “gold-plated”, ahem sorry, “gold standard science”

#SandInTheGeiers

Northwestern has not been paid by NIH for any grant reimbursement since April. No explanation given, just no drawdowns approved.

HBCUs Reel as Trump Cuts Black-Focused Grants: ‘This Is Our Existence’ HBCUs’ mission-driven effort to serve Black communities could now result in severe budget cuts under Trump’s crusade against DEI. It’s all a big misunderstanding, advocates say.

Trump, who said last year that he had “saved” historically Black colleges, has canceled $140 million in grants to them since March.

Agencies told HBCUs “to change the language in grant applications that explicitly focus on Black people — or lose federal funding.”

www.chronicle.com/article/hbcu...

Kudos to the brave NIH staff who show up for work every day. Who decided to speak truth to power even as their jobs could be at stake. I signed. We can get the number of signers up to the millions to show that we care about the future of NIH and research in this country.

So NIH is indeed planning to pause any research that falls under the government‘s definition of „gain of function“:
„Until this new policy is in place, research meeting the definition of dangerous gain-of-function research is to be paused“
#IDsky 🧪

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

ATTENTION all scientists: 🚨

Live stream now from #NIH of Trump’s director, Jay Bhattacharya. He’s speaking to key grant approval groups, the councils. 🧪
Please leave comments below.

Defend Scientific Progress and Protect the NIH ⭑ 5 Calls The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest sponsor of biomedical research in the world, driving essential innovations in disease detection …

I just called my reps to Defend Scientific Progress and Protect the NIH — you should too: 5calls.org/issue/nation...

Trump administration live updates: Republicans notch electoral wins and a loss as Trump prepares to impose tariffs Live updates and the latest news as Democrat wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Republicans win House seats in Florida and Trump announces sweeping tariffs on imports.

That many of the #NIH top officials fired yesterday were targeted based on their close ties to Fauci is not surprising. But be honest, neither is it about waste and fraud. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.

1. Another Friday afternoon massacre of sorts:

NIH just rescinded its Scientific Integrity Policy.

h/t @lizborkowski.bsky.social

New ruling from Judge Cooper (D.D.C.): DOGE is likely subject to the Freedom of Information Act and is ordered to start producing documents responsive to CREW’s FOIA request “as soon as practicable.”

Trump directs government to ask for bond in lawsuits challenging policies President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at imposing potentially steep costs on parties that seek to block his policies in court.

The depths they go to. You couldn’t make this stuff up….

www.reuters.com/legal/trump-...

Hey there Montana! We have TWO Stand Up for Science events on March 7th at noon! One is located in Helena at the state Capitol, and the other is at Montana State University in Bozeman. If you can’t make these, do a walkout! Info ⬇️

This is called fraudulent accounting, and it’s what Trump was found criminally guilty of by a New York court.

Kennedy proposes scrapping public comment on major US health policies U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his department's policy decisions, a move that appears to contradict his pledge to Congress of "radical transparency."

The voice of the American public is being silenced. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

Wondering how the pause in NIH funding affects your state? You can look it up www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

NIH just cut indirect rates on current and pending grants

x.com/nih/status/1...

Google erases promise not to use AI technology for weapons or surveillance | CNN Business Google’s updated AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue weapons and surveillance.

Google’s updated AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue weapons and surveillance.