Gregg Gonsalves
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
Epidemiologist. AIDS Activist. Dog lover. New Haven.
Student journalists still believe that it’s more important to hold powerful people to account than it is to hold on to access to those powerful people. They haven’t become Savvy Insiders yet
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d agoI think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
Good morning. Watch this clip of Stephen Rea reading Seamus Heaney's The Rainstick. Tell me what you think, feel, see. www.youtube.com/watch?v=COub...
The Rainstick - Read by Stephen Rea | Postcards from Heaney Country
YouTube video by National Library Ireland
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Elites that surrended to Trump in 2025 miscalculated, letting his imagined cultural dominance spook them into inflating the price of getting on his bad side. But now the logic of collective resistance has been confirmed as sound. Should have realized this earlier! newrepublic.com/article/2158...
"if the last two years have confirmed anything, it’s that the logic of collective resistance is sound. Not only is the immediate price for bucking Trump small; it actually works. It’s one of the only things that can really disarm him." newrepublic.com/article/2158... via @newrepublic.com
Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel
Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.
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From my old friend and colleague Sten Vermund. Protecting Patients From Politicization of Federal Science jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Protecting Patients From Politicization of Federal Science
This Perspective discusses new proposed federal rules regarding research funding; the ways these rules could affect patients, communities, and taxpayers; and how federally supported research has benef...
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This is what Trump, Vought and RFK Jr have done. It imperils us all. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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I cannot believe they did this while I’m at the prerelease for the new Magic set
For some of the accounts, it’s very clear they’re impounding them to death. Not just illegally cutting the programs, but illegally ending the activity altogether. Suffice it to say, the president is not legally allowed to simply not carry out laws he doesn’t support.
Russ Vought just sent a rescissions request to Congress, signaling he intends to illegally impound funds. The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year.
The DOJ inquiry into Yale admissions has ignited a fierce debate in New Haven, revealing deep-rooted inequities and health disparities that threaten marginalized communities. Read the full story #NewHavenCounty #CT #CitizenPortal #CommunityTrust #HealthDisparities #NewHavenEquity
Public testimony at New Haven hearing links DOJ inquiry to local equity and health concerns
Speakers at the Health and Human Services Committee hearing linked the DOJ inquiry and possible Yale settlement to threats against local equity, health disparities and community trust, citing historical practices and neighborhood impacts.
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New Haven's Health and Human Services Committee has officially urged Yale University to stand firm against a Department of Justice settlement, igniting a fiery debate about academic freedom! Click to read more! #NewHavenCounty #CT #CitizenPortal #NewHavenHigherEducation #CivicEngagement
At a glance: Health and Human Services Committee vote — New Haven urges Yale to reject DOJ settlement
The committee took a voice vote approving a resolution urging Yale not to settle with the Department of Justice; the transcript records a voice vote with the chair saying 'the ayes have it' but does not include a numerical roll call.
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Just putting this out there. If Democrats win the midterms, we need a full-court press to reverse the damage Russell Vought and RFK Jr. have caused. No half-measures will do. Put on your big boy pants and get to work. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump Is Destroying Public Health. Democrats Need to Fight Back.
If they win in the midterms, the party must move quickly and aggressively to undo the harm Trump and his cronies have caused.
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Pope Leo this week called universal health coverage a "moral imperative." He also said: “Health cannot be a luxury for the few,” it is “an essential condition for social peace.”
📹 Click below to watch our interview from #2026USCHA featuring Dr Sandra Ann Springer from @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social. Dr Springer discusses an mobile retail pharmacy model designed for vulnerable patient groups, including patients with #HIV and #SubstanceUseDisorder. #IDSky
Video: Advancing HIV Care Equity and Addressing PrEP Barriers
Dr Marissa Robinson discusses structural barriers to HIV PrEP access and strategies to enhance health equity in care delivery.
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Russell Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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This is very sad news. Paulo was one of the greats. Brazil was a leader in ensuring that people living with HIV got access to antiretroviral therapy even when "experts" said it couldn't be done outside of rich countries in the global North. www.cartacapital.com.br/saude/morre-...
Médico atuou na criação de políticas de prevenção e tratamento
Médico atuou na criação de políticas de prevenção e tratamento
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Last week, Yale's Maurie McInnis gave a speech to the American Enterprise Institute, part of a campaign to showcase Yale's conservative-lite bona fides. But the far-right is insatiable. No amount of appeasement will satisfy. That is not how authoritarianism works. freebeacon.com/campus/an-f-...
An F for Yale University President Maurie McInnis
Critics of higher education heaped praise on Yale University president Maurie McInnis in late April, when a committee she convened on trust in higher education issued its findings.
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Right now, it is 4 measles deaths in PA & delayed COVID-19 vaccines for the 50% of kids who depend on Vaccines for Children Soon, the executive order could bring rollbacks across the board in access to key vaccines such as flu, a leading cause of child death Every comment helps — due by tomorrow ⬇️
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The White House budget proposal for FY27 slash NSF funding by more than 50% and would drastically reduce support for PhDs, postdocs & investigator-initiated research. Selling something is not the same as doing something. Science is hard. This 'new golden age' won't make it easier.
The restrictions on free speech and assembly at Yale are worrisome. My piece for @insidehighered.com. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Things Are Doubleplusgood at Yale (opinion)
The free expression facilitators will not save us.
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"RFK Jr.’s insertion as secretary of HHS is a direct rebuke to her legacy. Heumann contracted polio in 1949 when she was one and a half years old. The intentional spread of mass disablement and death by discouraging vaccination and medical research would have absolutely horrified her."
Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2w ago“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation… Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation… Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
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A FOX News contributor who currently sells (grifts) unregulated products online including, “a 2-ounce liquid blend that includes turmeric and ginger root marketed under the name “Soothe”” for $24.99, and another supplement containing kava-kava root, which the FDA has linked to liver damage & failure
Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 2w agoNew surgeon general nominee sells snake oil and invests in tobacco. She shouldn't be allowed to be within 100 feet of a stethoscope. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Today, with backing from the ACLU, Kelton and twelve other named researchers filed a class action suit against the NIH under director Jay Bhattacharya for censoring their research and violating their First Amendment rights.
Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union
Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research
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The lawsuit challenges the NIH's current policy of using keywords to flag grant applications associated with climate change, DEI, gender, misinformation research, and vaccine hesitancy, keywords that have been used to terminate my own funding as well. Below: just a few of the banned words.
