🧵 In Health Affairs Forefront, I wrote about why fertility tracking must be grounded in evidence and reproductive justice - not co-opted by agendas that strip away other reproductive health care. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... Sharing a few key points in thread below 🤓

Health Affairs Journal

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Helpful thread on the Trump explosive diarrhea outbreak.

Annie Waldman@anniewaldman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thousands of Americans are getting sick from a foodborne parasite, and federal regulators have still not publicly identified the source. So what's been happening in the federal government over the past year that might be a factor in this outbreak? 🧵⬇️

Guttmacher joined thousands of researchers & organizations in opposing a Trump administration rule that would politicize the federal grant-making process & harm #ReproductiveHealth programs & research. We stand with those fighting for rigorous science over ideology. More: https://gu.tt/4vyc1yC

You may have seen an outbreak of news coverage regarding a multi-state outbreak cyclospora-related illnesses (hundreds of cases, in fact). The stories will tell you that we have no idea of the source. Why not? And what do we know? 1/10 (gift article)

Clusters of Severe Stomach Illness Reported Across the U.S.

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“In July 2025, the CDC made tracking cyclospora optional, as part of scaling back its Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. At the time, food safety experts worried that it could make it harder to identify and respond to outbreaks.”

Cyclosporiasis outbreaks: What to know about the foodborne illness and symptoms

The source of the illnesses is still unknown, but fresh produce is suspected.

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All of us who want more and better contraceptive options must commit to raising our voices to demand funding for contraceptive research and development. Read more on what it takes: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... And thanks, @julialurie.bsky.social, for including me in your nuanced piece.

The new contraceptive revolution: developing innovative products outside of industry

A significant global unmet need for new contraceptive options for both women and men remains due to side effect profiles, medical concerns, and inconvenience of many currently available products. The ...

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Ian Gordon@idgordon.bsky.social · 4w ago

The birth control conversation feels like two camps: defend it at all costs, or tear it down. This piece, from the great @julialurie.bsky.social, is about the quieter third camp—scientists scrutinizing contraceptives not to get rid of them, but to make them better:

Check out this new commentary with Lorna Begg, @onykepe.bsky.social, and myself: "Impacts of Contraception on Future Fertility: Addressing Concerns to Improve Understanding." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... It's a topic that's been a bee in my bonnet for ~15 years! 🐝 🧵(w/refs!) below!

Do you or someone you know work tirelessly to stand up for science? Then enter your nominations now for the 2026 John Maddox Prize, supported by @royalsociety.org Enter or nominate 👇 johnmaddoxprize.awardstage.com#!/p0

The John Maddox Prize - AwardStage

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That’s Leh-Boy, from Liberia! Here’s his Instagram: www.instagram.com/straightz_ou... I ❤️ NYC and all those that bring joy to this city.

Julian Lucas@jcljules.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · 2mo ago

White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

The best part about the scientific work I do and love is having the opportunity to collaborate with scientists from all around the world from whom I learn so much. This is so ridiculously stupid I can't even find the words. www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators

NIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communication

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This is the horror cherry on top of the egregious fraud, waste, and abuse sundae. DOGE fired the people who send NIH money to research labs—which is a complicated process—so now even more labs are going to go under. All while Jay Bhattacharya goes on a podcast and says no NIH funding was cut.

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime. “I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”

SCOTUS has ruled to continue allowing telehealth, mailing and pharmacy provision of #mifepristone. @kellybaden.bsky.social explains why we're relieved, but not celebrating. Reach out to @ineedana.bsky.social or @plancpills.bsky.social for help getting care. youtube.com/shorts/XqFA-...

Kelly Baden on the SCOTUS decision to allow telehealth, mailing & pharmacy provision of mifepristone

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BREAKING (again, sorry) the order is in: The Fifth Circuit's ruling is again blocked. Mifepristone remains available via telehealth. Alito and Thomas dissent. Thomas' dissent mentions the Comstock Act, the 1873 anti vice law conservatives want to use to ban mailing abortion pills.

Garnet Henderson@garnethenderson.com · 3mo ago

BREAKING: It’s now past 5pm ET and no word from the Supreme Court. This means the 5th Circuit’s ruling restricting telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone is now in effect. However the Supreme Court could act and change this at any time.

Co-sign! @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com do fantastic work at @autonomynews.co.

Dana M. Johnson@danamartha.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I research sexual and reproductive health all day every day and @autonomynews.co is my go to source for what the hell is happening in our world

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3mo ago

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

Terrific thread. I’ll just add: 1. I think there’s a good chance the Supreme Court will stay this decision, allowing providers to keep mailing mifepristone for the time being. 2. The Trump administration didn’t want this! Its plan was to wait until after the midterms to crack down on mifepristone.

Garnet Henderson@garnethenderson.com · 3mo ago

NEW: The ultraconservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the 2023 rule change that allowed for telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone—nationwide.

NEW: The ultraconservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the 2023 rule change that allowed for telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone—nationwide.

Published Opinion – #119, Att. #1 in State of Louisiana v. FDA (5th Cir., 26-30203) – CourtListener.com

NON DISPOSITIVE PUBLISHED OPINION FILED. Judge: LHS, Judge: SKD, Judge: KDE; granting Motion to stay the 2023REMS under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending appeal filed by Appellant State of Louisiana [12]; denyin...

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It was a pleasure to join Teri Markow of the Critically Speaking podcast to discuss reproductive rights in the US, how fertility awareness-based methods fit into the picture, and the importance of evidence-based information, robust regulation for FemTech, and reproductive justice frameworks.

Critically Speaking with Therese Markow@criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Take control of your #reproduction! The most polished content about fertility tracking isn't always the most accurate. ➡️ Discover the evidence-based information you deserve: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517 #reproductivehealth @Cbpolis.bsky.social

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book

Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

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We have spent over a year fighting back against this administration’s destructive policies, but that’s not enough. We are excited to announce our new platform for Public Health Week: The People's Health Platform! The 1st pillar: Guarantee Healthcare for All www.defendpublichealth.org/resource/peo...

After Trump took office last year, the US Holocaust Museum quietly removed educational material about American racism from its website and canceled a workshop on the "fragility of democracy," @iriesentner.bsky.social reports. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

‘Proactively fall in line:’ Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to office

Two former employees said they believed the museum was altering its content preemptively to avoid unwanted negative attention from the Trump administration.

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I’m running for Congress in my home, New York’s 12th Congressional District, because the federal government is destroying the very systems that keep people safe. Our rights and guardrails of democracy are at risk. We need people who will deliver results. That's what I'll do: ninafornyc.com

I can't believe Katherine Johnson used to do these sorts of calculations and simulations BY HAND. I'm flabbergasted.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 4mo ago

If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭

Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings

Federal agencies have been labeling some research "gold standard science" — a trend that accelerated after a May 2025 executive order. Researcher Jonathan P. Scaccia argues the branding distorts how evidence actually works.

Fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) are important options within the full spectrum of #ReproductiveHealth care. By grounding FABMs in evidence and reproductive justice, we can strengthen the fight to ensure access to care for all. Read more from @cbpolis.bsky.social: https://gu.tt/4aO6QDX