Julia Gross

RFK Jr. Must Go. And He's Not the Only One.

RFK Jr. is an outright danger to this country, and he should resign or be fired. Do we still have the sort of government that does such things? Or have we turned into. . . that other kind. You know the one.

Lieber CSD-Teilnahmen verbieten, als Spahns Maskendeal aufdecken 😵‍💫

Dozens Of Journalists Targeted, Shot, Detained While Covering LA Protests, Press Org Says “I never thought for one moment that I’d actually have to be fearful of law enforcement during a public protest," said one photojournalist hospitalized after getting shot in the leg.

"There have been more than 30 incidents of police violence against journalists as of Tuesday, including 20 injuries, at least five of which required emergency room or urgent care visits..."

How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.

NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts.

About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.

See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:

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Hi, I write about science for STAT. We've been closely tracking the Trump Administration's cuts. And right now, we're speaking to folks whose graduate school/postdoc offers have been rescinded, to get a sense of the toll.

If anyone has interest, I'm reachable by DM or by Signal at JasonMast.05

Measles.

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

Mit mRNA-Technologie kann man Krebs bekämpfen. In den USA wird diese Forschung nun aber gebremst, weil "mRNA" ein Triggerwort für Anti-Vaxxer ist. Auch wenn sich die Wogen wieder glätten und die Forschung am Ende doch weitergeht - es ist ein katastrophaler Kulturbruch in der Forschung.

“My Flight Arrives at 5 am, Can You Pick Me Up?”: The Gatekeeping Burden of the African Academic Over the past decade, there has been increased awareness and discourse around the inequalities which structure North–South academic collaboration. The purpose of this discussion is to look at the o...

“My Flight Arrives at 5 am, Can You Pick Me Up?”: The Gatekeeping Burden of the African Academic

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5. All deployable U.S. teams for earthquake assistance – terminated.

4. USAID’s contract supporting deadly outbreak prevention, detection, and response, including Ebola and Bird Flu, in 50 countries – terminated.

Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk Two U.S. nonprofits that manufacture a treatment sent by USAID to help severely malnourished children abroad say the process is in chaos. This isn’t what Marco Rubio said would happen.

3. All supplies of US-manufactured emergency food packets for starving children on the brink of death – terminated. newrepublic.com/article/1919...

2. All tuberculosis programs, including the Global TB Drug Facility – terminated.

1. All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

NEW: @law360.bsky.social has created a *public* database of legal cases involving President Trump's executive orders and other actions. The data is searchable and sortable and will be updated regularly; links to coverage for subscribers.
Graphics by @benjayingly.com www.law360.com/trump-legal-...

Ja, das ist die Studie von Biontech 👀

Immunic‘s oral SIRT6-Modulator raises GLP-1-levels by 2.5x in celiac patients. $IMUX

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

NASA did a feature on me last year. It was up this weekend but now when you click on the link you get a 404 message.

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

2024 haben Bauern mit Treckern ganze Straßenzüge lahm gelegt und Autobahnen blockiert, aber wenn ein paar Susannes aus der bürgerlichen Mitte vor der CDU-Parteizentrale Liedchen singen, bitte mäßigen Sie sich!

Akero drug reverses liver scarring in study of severe MASH patients Akero reported Monday strong results showing its drug efruxifermin reversed liver scarring in patients with cirrhosis caused by a disease known as MASH.

GLP-1s don't help these patients.

$MDGL 's Rezdiffra is prescribed mostly for patients with early and moderate MASH.

$ETNB is developing a drug similar to $AKRO. Stock up 66% pre market.

www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/a...

Report in NEJM describing the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.

A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.

Scary stuff.

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omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain

A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn (Gift Article) Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.

Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6

‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections

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„Kennedy's views on science and medicine are not only wrong, they are actively harmful and destructive. He has used them to make a great deal of money, and he has lied about them to interviewers and reporters whenever he finds it convenient“

Endlich sagt‘s mal jemand!