In RFK Jr.’s book Vax/Unvax, he and his coauthor minimize the burden of cervical cancer, & describe the safe vaccine as a pharma sale opportunity. Other nations are eliminating cervical cancer. In the US, rates are falling… but much more slowly.

Dorit Reiss@doritreiss.bsky.social · yesterday

Polizzi underwent hysterectomy because of cervical cancer. "Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide... HPV vaccine is 97% effective and has minimal side effects, research shows." www.today.com/popculture/n... via @todayshow.com

"Claims were generated in online communities, repeated by political figures and amplified by media personalities, who injected these talking points back into supporters’ social media feeds. The repetition made the claims feel increasingly familiar – and familiarity can be mistaken for evidence."

Kristian G. Andersen@kgandersen.bsky.social · 5d ago

theconversation.com/faucis-covid...

Smart take from @progmil.bsky.social "What Jacobsen offers ...is just play-acting. It’s as if someone suddenly woke up to the fact that biological organisms can be deadly and believes that no one else has thought what to do about it. outbreaks." almauroni.substack.com/p/no-one-mak...

No One Makes Good Policy Based on Worst Case Scenarios

It's way past time to stop admiring the advice of doom-sayers

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The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.

Continue to be glad we wrote this about 1977 flu. I would like to also write something about Sverdlovsk sometime but it keeps staying on the to do list

Flo Débarre@flodebarre.eurosky.social · last wk.

Rand Paul talking about 1977 flu again. (he also did last time) Likely a bad example with respect to gain of function, see journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... by Rozo and @ggronvall.bsky.social ▫️43/ #faucihearing

History will praise Fauci as a leader and will bunch his accusers with McCarthy and J Edgar Hoover. They praise themselves at the cost of good men and women who know and care and seek to help our country. They have no decency, at long last.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."

In fact, we have our own social movements, from ACT UP to those who mobilized for access to COVID vaccines globally to learn from, the civil rights, women's and LGBTQ and labor movements before them. Why erase recent and less recent history to elevate MAHA is this way? 3/

Trying to appease liars who seek your destruction for ideological reasons does not, in fact, make them stop trying to destroy you. Abandoning your values to chase after people who oppose you at their very core does not make anyone else trust you more. The results—unsurprisingly—are the opposite.

This 🧵is definitely worth a read. Thanks @melodyschreiber.com and @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · 2w ago

You know what's really useful in these conversations? Data. www.kff.org/public-opini...

Well said and I agree, @craigspencer.bsky.social, this is completely off-target and unfortunately a massive boost for a movement that is very specifically anti-science and anti-public health. I know that's not how you see it, but it is - the fact the RFK Jr. is the figurehead is emblematic.

I'm afraid @craigspencer.bsky.social gives MAHA far too much credit. MAHA is just a rebranding of the medical freedom/antivax coalition that has been undermining public health for decades. It isn't unique in caring about healthy food, chronic disease, or healthier children—nearly everyone does.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2w ago

A lot of people in public health believe that MAHA is “nothing more than a subversive anti-vaccine, anti-science syndicate,” but the movement is an opportunity that the public-health sector “cannot afford to squander,” Craig Spencer argues:

It's not about trust in science or higher ed. It's about corruption, cronyism, brute force, hatred by authoritarians (stop calling them populists) for independent thought, knowledge. Derek Lowe from Science Magazine nails it. This is all BS. To say otherwise is to make excuses for these monsters.

One shot of lenacapavir, a new HIV prevention drug, can protect for 6 months—but aid cuts and uncertain demand mean little drug has reached the countries that most need it. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4hvA6m6

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

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Whoa, over a quarter million people (so far!) have left a comment on the egrgious openly fascist takeover attempt of the OMB. You can too! @standupforscience.net has instructions and everything you need. It's not hard, and it's critically important to science. fight2win.standupforscience.net

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 4w ago

The comment count as of Sunday July 11, 2026 1:05pm ET.

💵 With the MAGA/MAHA Administration, you must: - follow the money -judge it on its actions, not words They *say* they want to avert chronic diseases BUT they took $ from tobacco companies, shuttered the CDC’s stop smoking office, & expanded access to flavored e-cigs This will ⬆️ chronic disease

Christina Jewett@by-cjewett.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW: The ad campaign was jarring. People who smoked for decades warned others as they were dying of cancer or lung disease. After 14 years, it went dark in September. Calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW plummeted. A look at tobacco policy under Trump: 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...

Have you written your comment about OMB's proposed rule, yet? It can take just a moment of your day to share why US science depends on objective evidence, a belief that understanding how the world _actually_ works is important. Deadline is July 13. fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/163...

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Baltimore parades still on (so far!). Come watch us!

Really great to see @thebaltimorebanner.com covering sports issues in Baltimore city-- @baltimoresun.bsky.social has ignored the city for years. My kids didn't/don't play baseball in high school but the same access and support issues exist for tennis and soccer, with unmowed fields and forfeits.

Andrew Golden@andrewgolden.bsky.social · last mo.

In late April, a Baltimore City high school baseball team worried their season was crumbling. They asked for help from an unlikely source. But by month’s end, the team’s season was canceled anyway. On a team’s heroic efforts and the barriers they face:

Truly, a perfect way for him to celebrate his 55th.

12th Dimension@12thdim.bsky.social · last mo.

"Trillionaire Elon Musk spent Monday night posting and re-sharing posts online in an apparent effort to defend his record spearheading massive cuts to U.S. foreign aid – which reporting increasingly suggests may end up causing millions of preventable deaths – and was

Flipping through this garbage (I got it at the library). What makes people like this?

"Broken eggs cannot be mended." An important article from @jamellebouie.net and worth thinking about, especially with all the Project 2029 efforts out there. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...

Opinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance

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Gift article about the current Ebola situation, with some excellent photojournalism: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...

Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It

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If America can fight Ebola by giving Americans Ebola, maybe I can smoke my poor health away!

I still have not seen any explanation of motives that better fits the facts than that the current administration wants the PRC to be the unchallenged world leader in STEM.

Our NIH-funded research - including as part of CREID - developed, deployed, and established capacity for many of the core tools and countermeasures used during outbreaks. Diagnostics, sequencing, monoclonals and vaccines. As we're facing a new foe with none of those, all that work, defunded. Gone.

WIRED@wired.com · 2mo ago

The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were launched during the Covid-19 pandemic. The group lost its funding under Trump in part due to conspiracy theories. www.wired.com/story/us-res...

The future of the nursing profession, as well the training for other healthcare providers is under attack by the Department of Education. I was in the hospital last week: nurses are care. We need more, not less of them. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Nurses Are the Backbone of US Healthcare—and They’re Getting Screwed

A recent hospital stay reminded me of the incredible work that nurses do. So why are we making it harder for them to do their jobs?

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I went to Eastern DRC with @drtedros.who.int during the 2019 Ebola outbreak. There were attacks. Health workers died. I called that story The Ebola Wars. The current outbreak will almost certainly be much worse. My heart goes out to millions of Congolese who have been neglected for so long.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus@drtedros.who.int · 2mo ago

Eastern #DRC now faces a catastrophic collision of disease and conflict with the #Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response. We urge all warring parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire to contain this outbreak. To allow us safe and sustained access for medical teams.

In grad school I (briefly) shared a house with someone who told me my fish were not great pets. He went on to tell me that since I had moved in he would often scoop them out of the tank and pet them when I wasn’t there. But they didn’t seem to like that. Anyway, was reminded of that for some reason

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2mo ago

A video shared by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shows him picking up two snakes with his bare hands.

Article from Hopkins' president and University of Kansas chancellor-- the promised research money isn't flowing. Gift link: www.wsj.com/opinion/get-...

Opinion | Get the Federal Science Money Flowing

The NIH has been holding back grants from funds Congress has already approved.

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