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Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.

Head Start is a 60-year-old US Department of Health and Human Services program that, among other things, creates inclusive and accessible classrooms for children with disabilities. But those applying for funding were told by the Trump regime to avoid the words "inclusion" and "disability." 🤡

Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing

柳叶刀杂志最近发表的三篇论文主题：超加工食品与人体所有主要器官的损害有关

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🙂Healthy mind, healthy…student life📚?
If students were aware of the treatment options for mental illnesses, would they be more likely to seek help? Appel et al. aim to figure this out in an interesting cross-sectional study. More on that in the link below!
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💪Resilience is a vital aspect of high-risk occupations such as firefighting and police work. Our 2027 Special Issue titled 'Resilience in Police, Firefighting, and Emergency Services' aims to explore this deeper. More information on that below!
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Call for papers for the 2026 Special Issue titled Focus on Planetary Health and Sustainability: Health Psychology Matters

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What does health psychology have to do with planetary health and sustainability? Our 2026 Special Issue, 'Focus on Planetary Health and Sustainability: Health Psychology Matters', explores this vital question. More on how to submit your paper, here👇 econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/epdf/10....

Notice on PubMed website: Notice Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted. The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at opm.gov.

The US gov't shutdown has affected PubMed, a vital piece of our health infrastructure--it's the online library in which doctors and biomedical scientists look up research. The effects of the shutdown on PubMed seem likely to be transient, but it's not good that we're messing with this stuff.

Water-filled plastic bottles with differently colored caps surround a flower bed of small purple and white flowers

An innovative way to reuse plastic bottles. Seen in Busan, South Korea 🌺

Read "Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare" at NAP.edu Read chapter Summary: The scientific community has been studying the question of how human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases are affecting the climate ...

I'm so proud of @nationalacademies.org for having rapidly produced this comprehensive report which definitively demonstrates that CLIMATE CHANGE HARMS HUMAN HEALTH--which is the basis of the "Endangerment Finding" that EPA is now looking to eliminate.

@docsforclimate.bsky.social

All the artificial light we're pouring into the night is prompting birds to chirp for nearly an extra hour a day on average, according to a recent study of >4 million bird call recordings. Light pollution disturbs birds who depend on the rhythms of the sun to find food and mates, for migration, etc.

Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’

#Wahlrecht für Frauen in den USA: Dass Pete Hegseth dieses Video geteilt hat, ist kein einzelner Ausrutscher.

Der Save Act könnte 69 Millionen Frauen in den USA das Recht zu wählen erschweren oder vielleicht sogar verunmöglichen. #Antifeminismus ist das Mindset der US-Regierung.

A Little Boy atomic bomb casing, one of six produced, on display at IWM London.

Today in 1945, a silver aeroplane flew through a clear blue sky. From its fuselage, a man released a single bomb.

Falling for 45 seconds, the bomb exploded in a flash of light.

In that flash, and its blast, fire and radiation, an unknowable number - many tens of thousands - would die. #Hiroshima80

🔴 THREAD: RFK Jr. just canceled 22 mRNA vaccine projects.

TL;DR: mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives. Ending these projects puts us at risk and leaves us unprepared for the next big outbreak.

Here’s what RFK Jr. did — and why everyone should care. 🧵
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Our new paper in J Cardiovasc Nursing is out!
Fear of physical activity and coping make a difference in persons with HF, independent of clinical characteristics.🚶🏻‍➡️🤸🏻‍♂️Time for tailored interventions!
Thanks to the team T. Lüke, V. Brandenburg, T. Partetzke, Frederik Voss!

Partnerschaftsgewalt erreicht neuen Höchststand

Die polizeilichen Zahlen zu Gewaltbetroffenen sind erschreckend hoch und steigen seit Jahren an. Wir stehen vor einem Problem der inneren Sicherheit und müssen Partnerschaftsgewalt endlich als solches benennen, um prioritär dagegen vorgehen zu können. Sylvia Haller, Sonderbeauftragte DF

Gewalt gegen Frauen durch den (Ex-)Partner hat 2024 weiter zugenommen, wie verschiedene Medien unter Berufung auf das Bundeskriminalamt berichten. Dabei sind knapp 80 % der Gewaltbetroffenen Frauen.

#GewaltGegenFrauen #GewaltHilfeGesetz #Gewaltschutz #GewaltPrävention #Bundesregierung

Deadly heatwave across Europe sparks wildfires and shuts nuclear plant An ongoing heatwave has broken records and sparked alarm across Europe, as temperatures reach above 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the continent.

An ongoing heatwave has broken records and sparked alarm across Europe, as temperatures reach above 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the continent.

#EuropeNews

Scientists discovered microplastics in human semen and follicular fluid Scientists have detected microplastics — the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living tissue — in human semen and follicular fluid, according ...

Scientists have detected microplastics — the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living tissue — in human semen and in follicular fluid within the ovaries.
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My ERC project FeMMiWork is hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Must have strong German language skills and archival research experience. Please help spread the word! Deadline is Sept. 1.

Postdoctoral Researcher on Women Migrants in Postwar Germany
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

It's a lot of work to put together a programme when you have so many amazing submissions to allocate - but also a lot of fun! 🤓 The draft programme for #EHPS2025 is now available on the conference website: 2025.ehps.net/program/

Irish car bonnets are getting taller every year, risking children's and pedestrians' lives - study Car manufactures have been accused of an SUV ‘arms race’ that’s making roads less safe.

'Irish car bonnets are getting taller every year, risking children's and pedestrians' lives ... Ian Lumley of environmental NGO An Taisce said bulkier vehicles were also bad for the climate, requiring more fuel'
jrnl.ie/6728706

Studentin sitzt am Tisch mit nur für sie sichtbarem Legomodell und erklärt dessen Aufbau. Zweite Studentin meldet mit Gesten und Worten zurück, was sie verstanden hat. Dritte Studentin beobachtet. Im Hintergrund zwei weitere Studentinnen an anderem Tisch.

7 Studierende stellen ein Arbeitsergebnis vor einer Moderationswand vor.

Interprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit - Studierende der Klinischen Pflege @unitrier.bsky.social, der Humanmedizin (Medizincampus Trier) und der Therapiewissenschaften (Hochschule Trier) üben & reflektieren gemeinsam! Gelingende Kommunikation zum Wohl der Patient:innen! 👏🏻 an alle Beteiligten 💐

See How Marine Heat Waves Are Spreading Across the Globe

If you've never heard of marine heat waves, now is the time to pay attention.

Driven by climate change, these increasingly frequent and extreme ocean temperature events, like “the Blob” in the North Pacific, are devastating marine life, disrupting fisheries, and impacting weather patterns. 🌊

Ocean Acidification: Another Planetary Boundary Crossed In this study, employing a detailed analysis of ocean carbonate system observations, models and biological assessments, we demonstrate that by year 2020, the average global ocean conditions had alrea....

Das hier ist die vielleicht wichtigste und doch wohl wenigst beachtete Nachricht des Tages. Eine weitere planetare Grenze ist überschritten. Wie üblich ist das Paper eher vorsichtig formuliert. Deshalb hier deutlicher: man muss über komplexe Systeme nur eines wissen: Ohne sie ist alles aus. Für uns.

How a mysterious epidemic of kidney disease is killing thousands of young men Nature - Repeated damage from extreme heat over time seems to be a leading factor causing kidneys to fail.

Repeated damage from extreme heat over time seems to be a leading factor causing kidneys to fail

https://go.nature.com/45L9NlX

The Fall of the House of Usher with music by Philip Glass - and the entire audience and musicians on the stage. That was a fabulous experience at the #StaatstheaterMainz last night

Oceans Awash in Plastic Waste On a day that many might be headed to the beach, take a moment to consider some of the widespread impacts of all of that plastic, and the ongoing efforts to clean it up.

Happy World Ocean Day!

The ocean is the heart of our life support system, without which we'd all be dead. It's taken up >90% of the heat from global warming and 25% of our CO₂ emissions. In return, we give it 11 million tonnes of plastic annually, which animals ingest and also become entangled in.

'Make America Healthy Again' report cites nonexistent studies: authors At least four of the studies cited in a flagship White House report on children's health do not exist, authors listed in the document told AFP Thursday, casting doubt on the paper outlining US Health ...

'Make America Healthy Again'

At least four of the studies cited in a flagship White House report on children's health do not exist, casting doubt on the paper.

It includes broken citation links and credits authors with papers they say they did not write.

#MAHA
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#RFKJr.’s Bogus #MAHA Report Is Just #AI Slop

One AI researcher warned the report “cannot even be used for any serious discussion.”

#ArtificialIntelligence researchers claim there’s “definitive” proof that *#Health* Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. & his team used AI to write his “Make America […]

The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.

The #MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist.

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors. #Health www.notus.org/health-scien...

Abstract of the article

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate💉—that is the question. Despite strong evidence for vaccine effectiveness, skepticism remains. Giese et al. explore why people process #vaccine info selectively and how to reduce this bias to promote more positive vaccination attitudes.
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@helgegiese.bsky.social

The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone.

So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.

It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/

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