Tim Lahey

Aluminum in Vaccines Study Won't Be Retracted, Journal Says Large Danish study evaluated risks of autism, asthma, and other disorders in 1.2 million children

Journal will NOT retract the Danish paper that found aluminum in childhood vaccines wasn't linked to increased risk of conditions like autism & asthma. Retraction calls — including from Sec. Kennedy — appear to be based on a dislike of the findings, editor says. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...

Massachusetts announces the risk of #WestNile has risen to "high" in a number of municipalities at this point. Between #WNV and #EasternEquineEncephalitis or #EEE, this is a good time of the year not to be bitten by mosquitoes!

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

www.newsweek.com/us-hits-high...

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100% agree. I've been a ID doc for over a decade and I still think most clearly through the process of writing my consult note, especially on complex patients.

As AI spreads through health care, is the technology degrading providers’ skills? A new study suggests that, after having a specialized AI tool taken away, clinicians were less proficient at colonoscopies.

“In the three months before the endoscopists started using the AI helper, they were finding adenomas in 28% of colonoscopies. After they had been using the AI for three months, the researchers found their unassisted adenoma detection rate fell significantly — to 22%.”

Amen, defunding Fogarty undermines global science and US diplomatic power

this one keeps me up at night

will doctors and other HCWs lose their edge when AI offers a less cognitively taxing alternative?

NIH director engages in doublespeak

“We have been so successful undermining trust in vaccines that now we are forced to defund vaccine science”

This is obscene. Hospitals have been safe havens for anyone needing care. ICE has no business in hospitals and health care staff shouldn't rat a patient in need out. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

"It’s time to reject the rhetoric that dehumanizes those trying to keep us safe and take real steps to protect them."

This is heartbreaking but as the article notes, not wholly unexpected given the rise in anti-science/agency rhetoric. Now more than ever, we should be supporting our public servants & the vital public health work they do

Sabotage.

Gunman in Deadly C.D.C. Shooting Fixated on Covid Vaccine, Officials Say

The shooting was “just the perfect, terrible metaphor for what public health has endured these past six months”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts

To summarize: ☠️

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...

Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.

“This is the kind of thing you would only expect to see in a banana republic”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

While physiology's multiparameter grays don't match the "dead" vs "not dead" binary, centering when patients/surrogates want to donate even if there is the hum of lapsing life will advance the conversation more productively than legalistic re-definitions of common words

#bioethics

Representatives of expert groups to be barred from work supporting CDC’s vaccine advisers The reshaping of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel has continued, with the apparent barring of reps of medical associations from ACIP work groups.

The dismantling of the science-driven #ACIP continues, with members of professional groups (pediatricians, family docs, obgyns, etc) that have liaison status on the panel that shapes #CDC's vaccination policy told they are biased, can't serve on ACIP work groups. www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/c...

Execution of Tennessee inmate with heart device can go forward despite claims it may shock him Lawyers for Byron Black, who is scheduled to be put to death this month, say his defibrillator may be unnecessarily triggered and subject him to "severe pain."

Tennessee Supreme Court: it might be cruel and unusual but at least it's on time

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Trump orders firing of labor statistics chief hours after data showed jobs growth slowed US president claimed without evidence that Erika McEntarfer had ‘faked’ employment figures in the run-up to last year’s election

Trump fires his mirror after it showed him his reflection: "fake news..." || Trump orders firing of labor statistics chief hours after data showed jobs growth slowed | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US childhood vaccination rates continue to fall, CDC data show

The national percentage of kindergartners with an exemption from one or more vaccine rose to 3.6%, hitting a new high for the fourth year in a row.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Never forget what these people are stealing from us

Jay Bhattacharya once studied health disparities. As NIH director, he’s allowed such research to wither Jay Bhattacharya’s tenure as NIH director has seen health disparities research swept up in the Trump administration’s attack on DEI

“I see him in the press saying things that I think sound good and read well ... but then when you actually look at what he does, he doesn’t follow through”

www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...

A Review of Alpha-Gal Syndrome for the Infectious Diseases Practitioner Alpha-Gal Syndrome is an emerging allergic disease caused by tick bites, about which many providers remain unaware. In a narrative review, we summarize the

Excellent alpha-Gal review

academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

With boost to NIH budget, Senate panel rejects Trump’s plan to slash agency Republicans on spending committee push back against proposed reorganization and overhead cuts

Good to see that some in the Senate are anti-vandalism

www.science.org/content/arti...

EPA moves to end climate regulation under Clean Air Act The agency proposal would rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.

“This is not just an attack on science but on common sense”

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www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Opinion | Don't Be Fooled: Trump Is Gutting Our Healthcare System The administration's small 'wins' are a distraction from their real agenda

"a coordinated strategy to dismantle trust in science, devalue public health, and erase hard-won gains in equity and access."

www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...

There is hope

AMA pushes back as RFK Jr. reportedly plans to fire members of preventive care panel A major medical group is pushing back after a report that RFK Jr. plans to fire members of a key preventive care panel.

AMA: "we urge you to retain the previously appointed members of the USPSTF and commit to the long-standing process of regular meetings to ensure their important work can continue without interruption"

www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/r...