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Bruce Y Lee

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Journalist | Senior Contributor @Forbes | Contributor @PsychToday | Professor @CUNYSPH | Exec Dir @PHICORTeam | #AI #digitalhealth | http://bruceylee.com | https://bruceylee.substack.com

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Rumors Fly Claiming Olympic Ski Jumpers Are Injecting Their Genitals In the build up to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy, a Bild article claimed that ski jumpers have been injecting their genitals with hyaluronic acid.

Rumors Fly Claiming Olympic Ski Jumpers Are Injecting Their Genitals

Here's my coverage of "Penisgate" in @forbes.com

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

12.02.2026 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Red Meat, Beef Tallow In New Dietary Guidelines. What You Need To Know The new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans issued by the USDA/HHS features red meat and beef tallow quite prominently. Here's the lowdown on how to view them.

Red Meat, Beef Tallow In New Dietary Guidelines. What You Need To Know

Here's my coverage of this in @forbes.com
๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

12.02.2026 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WHO Calls Trump Administration Reasons For U.S. Withdrawal โ€˜Untrueโ€™ The World Health Organization Director General stated that a post by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on X about the U.S. withdrawal from the WHO contains inaccurate information

WHO Calls Trump Administration Reasons For U.S. Withdrawal โ€˜Untrueโ€™

Here's my coverage in @forbes.com of this

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

25.01.2026 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Failure of rival health bills underscores impasse in US politics Democrats voted down a Republican bill that would have provided limited relief for out-of-pocket healthcare costs.

๐Ÿฅ An Al Jazeera English report on U.S. health policy quotes #CUNYSPH Professor Bruce Y Lee, who warns that rising uninsured rates will flood emergency rooms, delaying care and worsening long waits for everyone.
cunysph.me/49nBi6s

09.01.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New NIH Process To Choose Grant Awardees Will No Longer Use Paylines The National Institutes of Health has just announced that it will no longer rely on paylines to determine who gets NIH grant funding. Here's what this change might do.

@bruceylee.bsky.social on what it means for NIH funding without paylines. Long story short- itโ€™s not good for the scientific enterprise

02.12.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Forbes: NIH Grant Terminations: What Will Happen To All The Unfinished Work

by Bruce Y. Lee @bruceylee.bsky.social

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15.12.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why Daters Need to Be On Guard for "Chatfishing" Right off the bat, a sign they're willing to deceive.

"Chatfishing," use of #chatbots to respond to queries on dating sites, is both a bad sign for a tentative relationship but also a new method of scamming that users should be aware of, explains @bruceylee.bsky.social

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-fu... #AI

17.12.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New NIH Process To Choose Grant Awardees Will No Longer Use Paylines The National Institutes of Health has just announced that it will no longer rely on paylines to determine who gets NIH grant funding. Here's what this change might do.

Here in @forbes.com I cover an announcement that will significantly change how NIH grant awardees will be chosen and the resulting wide-ranging impact

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

30.11.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New NIH Process To Choose Grant Awardees Will No Longer Use Paylines The National Institutes of Health has just announced that it will no longer rely on paylines to determine who gets NIH grant funding. Here's what this change might do.

Here in @forbes.com I cover an announcement that will significantly change how NIH grant awardees will be chosen and the resulting wide-ranging impact

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

30.11.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NIH Grant Cuts Have Disrupted 383 Clinical Trials With 74,311 Patients A study found that Trump administration NIH grant cuts led to termination of 118 trials studying cancer, 97 studying infectious diseases and 140 testing new treatments.

Here I cover in @forbes.com how many clinical trials have been disrupted by Trump administration NIH grant terminations and how many patients may have been affected

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

21.11.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Early Detection Helped Maria Menounos Against Pancreatic Cancer Maria Menounos talked about her experiences with having a meningioma and then a neuroendocrine cancer of her pancreas and the importance of early detection of cancer.

How Early Detection Helped Maria Menounos Against Pancreatic Cancer

Here I cover in @forbes.com my conversation with Maria Menounos

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

17.11.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Shallowingโ€™ Is A Sex Trend. Hereโ€™s What It Is You may have seen the term โ€œshallowingโ€ trending on TikTok and other social media. It refers to a sex act that around 84% of women surveyed use to increase pleasure.

โ€˜Shallowingโ€™ Is A #Sex Trend. Here I cover in @forbes.com what It Is

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

14.11.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Breathing Through Your Butt Is Closer As An Option After New Study A new study shows progress in the possibility of butt breathing. Here's what's behind the possibility of injecting oxygen- carrying perfluorodecalin up into your rectum.

Breathing Through Your Butt Is Closer As An Option After New Study
Here's my coverage in @forbes.com of the possibility of butt-breathing
๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

14.11.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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New H3N2 Subclade K Flu Strain Sparks Fears Of โ€˜Cruel Winterโ€™ A new influenza A strain subclade K is circulating due to H3N2 picking up seven mutations this summer. Will this lead to a worse flu season through the winter.

New H3N2 Subclade K Flu Strain Sparks Fears Of โ€˜Cruel Winterโ€™
Here's my coverage in @forbes.com of this
๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

14.11.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Trump Administration Actions Might Affect Polio Eradication How will the Global Polio Eradication Initiative deal with the changes made by the Trump administration at a crucial time in trying to rid the world of the poliovirus.

Here in @forbes.com I cover how the Trump administrationโ€™s actions may affect polio eradication efforts

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

04.11.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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How New Trump Multiyear Policy Makes NIH Grants Even Harder To Get The new Trump administration multiyear funding policy for NIH grants has dropped National Cancer Institute grant funding rates from one in 10 applicants to one in 25.

How New Trump Multiyear Policy Makes NIH Grants Even Harder To Get

Hereโ€™s my coverage in @forbes.com of this

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

28.10.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What to Know About Getting a COVID Vaccine in New York This Fall The confusion around guidelines is making things tough for pharmacists and patients alike.

๐Ÿ’‰A new @thecity.nyc piece on COVID-19 vaccination in NY quotes #CUNYSPH Prof @bruceylee.bsky.social who encourages getting a booster shot as immunity starts to wane after 4-6 months and current variants differ from earlier ones.
๐Ÿ”— cunysph.me/3Kxhioc

20.10.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5 New Dating Trends Everyone Should Understand Curveball crushing, truecasting, and more.

Here I cover in @psychologytoday.com 5 dating trends for 2026 identified by a Plenty of Fish survey of its members

#psychology #socialpsyc #PsychSciSky #BehSci ๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky๐Ÿฉบ#HiSciSky #dating

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-fu...

17.10.2025 02:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NFL Legend Dan Marino Talks About His MASH, Liver Disease Diagnosis NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino has revealed his metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis or MASH diagnosis. Here's what this liver disease is.

๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿฉบ #CUNYSPH Prof. Bruce Y Lee explores NFL legend Dan Marinoโ€™s MASH (metabolic dysfunctionโ€“associated steatohepatitis) diagnosis in Forbes featuring insights from Prof. Jeffrey V Lazarus on the prevalence and public health risks of liver disease. cunysph.me/48CD1Vx

07.10.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Oscar Winner Julianne Moore Wants You To Know About Brain Health Academy Award winner Julianne Moore has been trying to raise awareness about dementia, cognitive testing and brain health as part of the Brain Health Matters campaign.

Here in @forbes.com I cover my recent conversation with Academy Award winner Julianne Moore about brain health
๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

24.09.2025 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NFL Legend Dan Marino Talks About His MASH, Liver Disease Diagnosis NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino has revealed his metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis or MASH diagnosis. Here's what this liver disease is.

Here in @forbes.com I cover my recent conversation with NFL legend Dan Marino about his MASH, liver disease diagnosis.

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

17.09.2025 07:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trouble Getting The Updated COVID-19 Vaccine? Hereโ€™s What To Do When The updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting the LP.8.1 variant have been approved by the FDA. But they may be a lot harder to get this year. Here's what you can do.

Trouble Getting The Updated COVID-19 Vaccine? Hereโ€™s What To Do When

Hereโ€™s my coverage in @forbes.com of this

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

21.09.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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NFL Legend Dan Marino Talks About His MASH, Liver Disease Diagnosis NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino has revealed his metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis or MASH diagnosis. Here's what this liver disease is.

Here in @forbes.com I cover my recent conversation with NFL legend Dan Marino about his MASH, liver disease diagnosis.

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

17.09.2025 07:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Executive Order Gives Trump Greater Control Over Science Grants President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that will give him and his political appointees unprecedented control over grants from the NIH, NSF and other agencies.

New Executive Order Gives Trump Greater Control Over Science Grants

Hereโ€™s my coverage of this in @forbes.com

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

09.08.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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House Bill Would Eliminate AHRQ, Cut HHS Budget By 6%, CDC By 19%, The House Appropriation Committee is supporting the Trump Administration's plan to eliminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Here's what AHRQ does.

House Bill Would Eliminate AHRQ, Cut HHS Budget By 6%, CDC By 19%,

Here my coverage of this in @forbes.com

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

11.09.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It depends on how quickly the large bushy tail emerged

12.09.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gotta have a pair of nuts

12.09.2025 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why โ€˜Zombie Squirrelsโ€™ Have Been Appearing In The U.S. And Canada You may seen "zombie squirrels" appearing in the U.S. and Canada. But rather than being undead, they've been infected with the leporipoxvirus. Here's what that is.

Why โ€˜Zombie Squirrelsโ€™ Have Been Appearing In The U.S. And Canada

Hereโ€™s my coverage of this in @forbes.com

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

11.09.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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โ€˜Ozempic Vulvaโ€™ Is Leading Some Women To Get Labia Puffing And Surgery On social media, women are using โ€œOzempic vulva" to describe what's been happening with their genital areas after starting glucagon-like peptide-1 or GLP-1 agonists.

Ozempic Vulvaโ€™ Is Leading Some Women To Get Labia Puffing And Surgery

My coverage of this in @forbes.com

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

11.09.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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House Bill Would Eliminate AHRQ, Cut HHS Budget By 6%, CDC By 19%, The House Appropriation Committee is supporting the Trump Administration's plan to eliminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Here's what AHRQ does.

House Bill Would Eliminate AHRQ, Cut HHS Budget By 6%, CDC By 19%,

Here my coverage of this in @forbes.com

๐Ÿ›Ÿ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ˜ท #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky๐Ÿฉบ #HiSciSky Public Health #science

www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

11.09.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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