if you’ve ever wondered why there are so few studies on pregnancy loss, i wrote something for grieve leave to explain why there are so few miscarriage studies in the US. it would mean a lot if you would read it and share! (it also includes a link to my dissertation study!)

Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6d ago

ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests

Republicans may have failed to extend the one-year defund of Planned Parenthood, but the fallout continues: PP of Michigan is closing clinics in Lansing, Livonia and Warren

Planned Parenthood blames aid cuts as it closes 3 more Michigan centers

Planned Parenthood of Michigan is closing three additional facilities in Michigan due to a decline in certain funding and reimbursements.

detroitnews.com

Care is respect for human dignity. Everyone should be able to take the time they need to heal, seek care, and support a loved one without fear of losing their job or income. https://mndaily.com/opinion/opinion-were-sick-of-having-no-national-paid-sick-leave/07/26/2026/eicmndaily-com/

Opinion: We’re sick of having no national paid sick leave

As I prepare to move into the professional world, I’ve found myself imagining what my ideal job would look like. After all, there is an entire world of jobs out there with different descriptions, resp...

mndaily.com

As a commenter pointed out - misses in public health kill people. That's why data and evidence are so important.

Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · 2w ago

Name ONE hit. In what ways has MAHA positively informed public health policy? I very much want to know!

there are a lot of things i would change about the US medical system and that’s why i am in public health, but it is so aggravating family med docs generally don’t get training in complex contraception or abortion

When you slash and burn the government, including the food safety part of it, what you might get is diarrhea lettuce. Or a screwworm outbreak. And, well, here we are. www.bonappetit.com/story/cyclos...

You Can Blame the Government for the Diarrhea Lettuce

Gutting federal food-safety tracking leaves millions of consumers entirely exposed.

bonappetit.com

finished my first draft of my intro chapter today i don’t even know if it’s good or bad but it is something lmao

If you are a clinical ethics consultant, are training to become one, or have recently been one in the last 3 years, and practice clinical ethics in the US or Canada, please consider taking this survey on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of trauma-informed care. Also share with your colleagues!

ICE is quietly arresting more people than ever. After months of releasing no detention data at all, the new numbers show a record 1,474 arrests a day in early July, the highest daily pace of the entire Trump administration. 🧵 austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-quietl...

ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data

NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.

austinkocher.substack.com

Great news for the quoted poster, who posits that vocally "pro-life" profs couldn't possibly be employed at public universities in the humanities, here are two at UT Austin

In new lawsuit, two UT Austin professors say they won't excuse absences for abortion patients

Professors Daniel Bonevac and John Hatfield say they have no intention of complying with the Biden administration's Title IX regulations that expand protections for LGBTQ+ and pregnant students.

kut.org

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Actual faculty getting silenced and fired for their work from the right, and the big issue for a whole bunch of the commentariat is whether there is political discrimination against imagined faculty.

poster accepted, still have my 100% acceptance rate for conference submissions baybee

how it feels when the vitamin D kicks in and the brain fog is clearing up enough

Administrators, Chairs, and Program Directors need to address this. There are *current* PhD students who may be affected.

Ben Allen@evodynamics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

it is stunning to me that there isn't more uniform anger at the situation with UAW across the labor movement, because it doesn't matter whose damn side you're on, the notion that a government appointed bureaucrat can run your labor union is an existential threat to free and democratic unions

a very cool and fun thing is that healthy people has a goal to mitigate the number of stillbirths but not miscarriages

absolutely incredible time to be starting a medication with side effects eerily similar to ones in this outbreak

why is applying for jobs in CA state govt like “list out every job by duration of time including months and down to the exact second you left and you also have to write an essay answering these riddles three that are already not in a cover letter”

i will not be baited by the AJPH article but it is funny to think conservatives aren’t in public health at all when they’re absolutely all over if you know where to look

I've seen this one before.

Hi. We're in the Age of Diarrhea. I'm a global health expert on helping children survive diarrhea. Here's what to do if you might have picked up cyclospora. 🧵 1. Call your primary care if possible. 2. Take oral rehydration therapy, which isn't just drinking fluids. 1/

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2y ago

welcome to the Age of Diarrhea

Kaiser Permanente nurses who answer advice and triage calls say their duty of care for patients is being increasingly threatened by workplace surveillance. cal.news/4fwCUhp 📸 Chad Surmick

mitch gets better healthcare than like 99% of this planet will ever see in their lives and he is satan’s second favorite boy so unfortunately i do not believe him to be dead yet

This can help you get started if it all seems intimidating.

Sarah Gollust@sarahgollust.bsky.social · 4w ago

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

huh. not the dead senator press release i was expecting

as of today, i am finally at 100 participants even with bots 🥲 anyways if you are a member of a union, work for a union, and would be interested in this study for your bargaining/advocacy/organizing purposes, please please reach out!

ashlee, mph@avs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

did you know i am doing a dissertation on workplace leave use among full-time workers in the US who have experienced miscarriage? well now you do! and if you think you may be eligible, you can take a screener survey at go.uic.edu/leavestudy or scan the QR code. #reprosky #healthpolicy #miscarriage

“AI IS NOT A PEDAGOGICAL CRISIS, IT’S A LABOR CRISIS.” I want to tattoo this on my forehead.

Kate Jewell@katejewell.bsky.social · 4w ago

Here’s the thing: I could probably come up with lots of creative, AI-proof online approaches. But finding the time to reflect an innovate comes at a premium. I often revamp my courses, but this is an order of magnitude much higher in redesign. AI is not a pedagogical crisis, it’s a labor crisis.

If you work for the CDC, FDA, or HHS, please text me on Signal premthakker.35 Your anonymity will be protected

they want it to be a permanent tax versus a one-time deal; i think there are a lot of things you can critique PP on but this is one where i get it even if i don’t agree (personally, i think you can do both; do the one time now and then work to make it permanent)

San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com · 4w ago

Part of Planned Parenthood’s opposition against California’s billionaire tax stems from how the measure came together behind the scenes.