Dale Mantey

Student who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death “no longer” at Texas State University as clampdowns continue The university's announcement came hours after Gov. Greg Abbott called for the student's expulsion.

A Texas State University student’s enrollment ended after a video was posted showing him mocking conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.

The university's announcement came hours after Gov. Greg Abbott called for the student's expulsion.

“Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun.”

-Director of the National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

To my wonderful colleagues.

Be careful how you speak on genetics in your work.

Because it will be (mis)quoted by idiots.

#epigenetics

Hey, #tobacco control and #publichealth folks, give a follow to @hyggegirl.bsky.social who is doing great work on tobacco cessation & was an original Nightingales Nurse fighting BigTobacco. Welcome!

MUSC Board of Trustees approves planning and construction of new comprehensive cancer hospital, medical office building in Charleston Board of Trustees approved a resolution to initiate the planning and construction of a state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer hospital in Charleston.

MUSC's Board approved creation of a new cancer hospital for MUSC Hollings Cancer Center yesterday:

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"In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity."

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They’re not coming for universities.
They’re not coming for public education.

They’re already here.

Irony: because we can’t say inclusion criteria, we can include everyone who is excluded by this administration lol

You can't say "inclusion criteria," ffs 🤦🏻‍♀️

You can’t research the poor.
You can’t research veterans.
You can’t research rural communities.

The quickest way to make something a best seller is to put it on the banned books list.

Paging @helenbranswell.bsky.social and other health reporters. When I go to CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillane System (YRBSS), this is what I see now. What does the CDC have to say about this? What other pages have been removed? There must be a story here and the public needs answers.

Downloaded the YRBSS datasets before they were taken down.

I have published very few studies on sexual identity but perhaps I have a new found interest in the subject.

Anyway, if y’all need the data let me know.

🚨🚨🚨CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillane System (YRBSS) was taken offline

This will include BRFSS and YRBSS data, which have SOGI modules.

do you do secondary data analysis of public health datasets? if so- you may want to update your archive of the latest datasets.. just saying...

Use of images to assess awareness and use of emerging nicotine pouch products AbstractIntroduction. Accurate measurement is critical for understanding the population health impact of nicotine pouches, yet precise, standardized measur

In this new Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal paper, authors Michelle Bover Manderski, @maryhrywna.bsky.social, and @crisdelnevo.bsky.social confirm that including product images in surveys can improve the measurement accuracy of nicotine pouch use. #Rutgerssph

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Impact of Hispanic Ethnicity on Adolescent Tobacco Use Estimates in the United States ABSTRACTIntroduction. National estimates of tobacco use are reported by racial category after excluding all individuals who identify as Hispanic (e.g., non

Your race variable = MISSING DATA

Why?

Bc most American Indian (76%) & Pacific Islanders (589%) identified as Hispanics, as did a minority of multiracial (21%), White (15%), Black (8%) j Asian (8%) youth.

All non-Hispanic groups are missing a huge % of people

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The NIH 'woke' definition of diversity includes disability and disadvantage - homeless, foster system, Pell eligible, free-lunch program, food stamps, raised in rural area or one with shortage of health professionals..those of us without connections to encourage or support a path to science careers

Effect of School HPV Vaccination Requirements on Pediatricians’ Recommendations Background/objectives: Pediatrician recommendations are highly influential in parents’ decisions to vaccinate their children against HPV. Unqualified, presumptive, and bundled recommendations (UPBRs) ...

For details check out the paper now published in Vaccines www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/12... Many thanks to my fantastic co-authors @manteyds.bsky.social and the AVP team at UTHealth

PDF preview of "What to Expect From a Low-Nicotine Product Standard for Cigarettes."

Viewpoint: Implementation of a low-nicotine product standard has the potential to be the most significant tobacco control policy of the 21st century.

https://ja.ma/3OKcb2X

When squeezed, flavor capsule cigarettes release flavors like 🍉 watermelon, 🫐 blueberry and mint, making the smoke much more palatable – especially to young people. In Latin America, tobacco companies have leaned into these kid-friendly products.
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🚨🚨NEW PAPER🚨🚨

Impact of Hispanic Ethnicity on Adolescent Tobacco Use Estimates in the US

We quantify what happens by excluding Hispanics from racial categories on national estimates of youth tobacco use

The math for race & ethnicity is WRONG (and by a big margin)

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