Reza Yousefi Nooraie

This is really sad.

This is such an incredibly important study countering claims that cutting research funds is no big deal.

The Doctors Building a Public-Health Universe Outside the Government A growing contingent of physicians and policymakers are breaking away from federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Great to see: The Vaccine integrity Project rolls out this week www.wsj.com/health/healt... @mtosterholm.bsky.social

Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved

A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

Made my day ..

NIH funding cuts to implementation science slowing progress on HIV - WashU School of Public Health Implementation research has been critical driver toward ending HIV epidemic, says WashU's Elvin Geng.

NIH funding cuts to implementation science slowing progress on HIV - WashU School of Public Health schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/nih-funding-...

(Sidebar: New local movements typically arise out of existing bonds of social trust. Work with who you have, join with organizers who are already at work.)

Hi. Hello.

If you don't "believe" germ theory, you probably shouldn't be the head of HHS in 2025.

We said what we said. Send skeet.

#StandUpforScience

CDC Table: Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2025

Better save a copy of this now

Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.

A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped local officials keep residents safe.

A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNN Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump...

“Health concerns are a universal human concern,” @jeremymberg.bsky.social told CNN. “The NIH system… has been unbelievably productive in terms of generating progress on specific diseases.”

www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...

#BethesdaDeclaration
#StandUpForScience

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNN Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump...

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies

www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...

The world does not stop obviously!

Health Care Utilization Before and After the US Muslim Ban Executive Order This cohort study investigates the association between health care utilization and the so-called Muslim ban executive order for people born in Muslim-majority countries and living in Minneapolis-St. P...

Here we go again. We looked at the health effects of the "Muslim ban" in Trump's first term: it increased missed primary care & ER visits in people from the targeted countries. This latest round of bans from Trump may turn out to have implications for health as well. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

Good job, #RussellVought, #ElonMusk, #RFKJr and #JayBhattacharya: "Even using the lower value in calculations, the lost health from the NIH cuts translates into more than $8.2 trillion ($100 000 × 82 million years)." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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By the numbers: A look at international students at Harvard and across the U.S. The latest criticism from the Trump administration of Harvard University highlighted the number of international students entering the United States each year for higher education.

Stop treating international students like a burden!!

Treat them as a valuable resource!

1.1 million international students at U.S. universities contributed $43.8 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2023-2024 academic year and supported more than 378,000 jobs

www.npr.org/2025/05/24/n...

Depending on how things evolve, this could be the next chapter in the life of evidence-based decision making movement: how 'best evidence' and 'uncertainty' were transformed from being totally ignored into a weapon of anti science.

My morning routine of checking the daily news and scrolling through the nightmares that are unfolding around me is ruining my QOL!

This is especially important: “We call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students, including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes.”

The evidence is there!

An Atlas of Connections (and Omissions!)
Jonathan Breckon introduces the University and Policy Engagement Network (UPEN)'s new map of the UK's policy-academic world.

#visualisations #maps #evidence #policy

transforming-evidence.org/blog/mapping...

The use of implementation science theoretical approaches in hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomised trials of healthcare interventions: A scoping review - Implementation Science Background Hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomised controlled trials (RCTs) aim to accelerate the translation of proven clinical interventions into routine care by concurrently investiga...

Use of implementation science theoretical approaches in hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomised trials of healthcare interventions: A scoping review #impsci #ImpSciComms

implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

I particularly resonate with the "knowledge translation" component. We need a guide/template for researchers to summarize their research in plain language, indicate the role of public funds, and highlight the consequences of the (direct and indirect) funding cuts.

F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines

The FDA will permit Covid vaccines only for adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, according to new regulatory standards.

Unbreaking How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

👋 Hi, we’re Unbreaking, a volunteer-run collective working to document our current moment of institutional collapse and its human costs—as well as the pushback and resilience work already underway. We believe this is critical work for building and retaining political agency.

This is an amazing resource. I hope their inventory expands. But this is a great start. A short plain language summary for each topic would also be very helpful.
Check it out!

"Even when explicitly prompted for accuracy, most LLMs produced broader generalizations of scientific results than those in the original texts."