Janice McCallum
@janicemc.bsky.social
My primary aim throughout my career involves guiding clients, friends, everyone I know toward improved evidence-based decisionmaking. Strategist, consultant, board member, patient advocate. UChicago, Simmons Univ alum. #AI #healthcare #MediaLiteracy
I didn't realized that candy-flavored vapes were part of the Make America Healthy Movement.
Liz Essley Whyte@lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · last wk.NEW scoop from me and Laura Cooper The Trump administration is planning a major move to speed authorizations of tobacco products, including flavored vapes www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I took the short test. 2 words gave me away as MA resident: frappe and rotary.
The issue Steinam was raising was little understood back when she fought for women's rights, but insurance companies knew what would happen if ERA passed. Years later in 2010, when the ACA passed, it banned any differences in insurance premiums based on gender (and health status) Thank you ACA
Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 4w agoSteinam story: She was Commencement Speaker for WashU's Brown School a few years ago I honored her by wearing "ERA" button She smiled, said thanks. Then said: "you know why ERA failed?" I said "Schlafly's opposition" She said, no, health insurance industry fearing it would require equal premiums.
🆕 Our new editorial in the European Journal of Public Health, by @tiagocorreia.bsky.social @martinmckee.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social & me We use the Fauci diaries to discuss “collection, curation, & publication of records of decision-making during a crisis” academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...
“Dolly Parton represented the very best of America," said ALA President Maria McCauley. "We want to make sure that Dolly’s vision, that reading is for everyone, becomes a reality. That’s something that we can all carry forward in memory of Dolly.” https://lat.ms/3SWROFd
Dolly Parton's contributions to literacy will outlive the star, just like she planned
Dolly Parton spent decades gifting books to millions of children. Following her death at 80, the Dollywood Foundation plans to carry her mission with Imagination Library forward.
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Willy Wonka: REALLY?
Alt: Willy Wonka: REALLY? Ok
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Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · last mo.🚨NEW: Nearly 30,000 pounds of raw beef imported from Argentina has been RECALLED after entering the U.S. without required import reinspection. The recall comes after Trump ordered increased Argentine beef imports in a desperate effort to drive down prices before the midterms.
I managed the financial databases for #Dialog in the mid-to-late 80s. Boolean search allowed such specific retrieval/accurate results. Founder, Roger Summit, died recently; check out his obit in #NYTimes: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/t... #rogersummit
Roger Summit, Who Invented an Early Online Search Service, Dies at 95 (Gift Article)
A research scientist at Lockheed, he came up with the idea for a computer system that would search scientific and technical literature almost instantaneously.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last mo.I was thinking, fondly, of boolean search yesterday. not only is it a superior way to query Internet archives, it’s also an example of academia and k-12 being as nimble and tech forward as AI boosters claim they want us to be. We pivoted very efficiently on Google search. And now it’s dead.
This is a terrific resource from Esra Öz at the Global Investigative Journalism Network. It includes tips from some very smart people like Ivan Oransky, Sandeep Ravindran, and John Travis, and, also, me.
10 Practical Tips for Verifying Scientific Claims
A paper published in a scientific journal can be a promising lead for an investigation. But reporters should follow these best practices before turning any academic claim into a news story.
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One of the things I most hate about Washington culture is how people quote “best and brightest” obviously never heaving read Halberstam’s book. The phrase was ironic. It worked out very poorly; the Best & Brightest led us into Vietnam and then couldn’t figure out how to get out of the war. To wit:
Kathryn Tewson@kathryntewson.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo, this is real, I just checked
Very good episode and includes a shout-out to @aaronecarroll.bsky.social's recent WaPo op-ed on SSRIs.
Julie Rovner@julierovner.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn this week's #WTHealth podcast: the politics of grant terminations; Fauci takes the 5th; and still more on peptides and abortion pills. W/@shefali.bsky.social, @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social, and @rachelcohrs.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...
Approaching Google Zero: As search referrals plunge, news publishers must anticipate they’ll never rebound. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/appr...
Approaching Google Zero: As search referrals plunge, news publishers must anticipate they’ll never rebound - Editor and Publisher
What happens when Google stops sending readers to news websites? In his “News Media Today” column this month, E&P’s Rob Tornoe explores “Google Zero,” the devastating impact of AI search on publishers...
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The posting for Director of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine is finally live! This role is two steps above me at Countway (one step for the last 18 months and continuing as my manager is interim), so I have a vested interest in who takes on this role. careers.harvard.edu/job/director...
Director of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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This is the “cOvId ToOk My FrEeDoMs” guy, BTW.
Atul Gawande@agawande.bsky.social · 2mo ago13 Americans w/o Ebola exposure put in detention when returning from Africa. “Staff even created a map for Bhattacharya that showed the vast distance from Kinshasa to Ituri province, to highlight the low risk. He ordered them to be detained anyway.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Roger Summit pioneered online search and Dialog was recognized by IEEE as founder of interactive search. He wasn't a flashy marketer, but was widely respected by customers, competitors & employees (I was one) for his contributions to information science and research.
Mike Rosenwald@mikerosenwald.bsky.social · 3mo agoMr. Summit never became a widely recognized figure in computing, but his ideas anticipated the way billions of people would one day trawl the internet and converse with artificial intelligence chatbots. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/t...
80% of antibiotics prescribed by dentists are unnecessary. How do we do better? This is a small but encouraging study about benefits of education: Dentists prescribed fewer inappropriate antibiotics after educational course, small study shows www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
Dentists prescribed fewer inappropriate antibiotics after educational course, small study shows
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A patient perspective on the impact of a proposed OMB rule The White House OMB proposed a rule empowering political appointees to control federal grant approvals for scientific projects. Janet Freeman-Daily, a cancer research advocate, opposes this rule. She states it jeopardizes research by…
A patient perspective on the impact of a proposed OMB rule
The White House OMB proposed a rule empowering political appointees to control federal grant approvals for scientific projects. Janet Freeman-Daily, a cancer research advocate, opposes this rule. She states it jeopardizes research by prioritizing political over scientific criteria. She emphasizes the need for funding systems that value expert insights to improve patient outcomes.
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That headline really stood out to me, too. It seems intentionally misleading.
Michael Bazaco@mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3mo agoAm I being over-sensitive here or does the term “side effects” have an inherent negative connotation and therefore this headline is sci-comm malpractice? The “side effects” are reduced risk of serious cardiac complications and reduced risk of all-cause cardiac events. Benefits. That’s the word.
A raging flu outbreak at a military base just two months after the flu vaccine was made optional for troops because ....it is not "manly enough" or something equivalently ignorant. Totally saw this one coming. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Two months after Hegseth’s regressive move, Air Force base faces major flu outbreak
Eight weeks after flu vaccines became optional in the armed forces, we’re already seeing the consequences of the Pentagon chief’s shortsighted policy.
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Heads up. Listeria. Nothing to mess around with.
Clover Hill Dairy Expands Recall to Include All Clover Hill Dairy Brand Cheese Due to Possible Health Risk
June 18, 2026 - Clover Hill Dairy of Mechanicsville, Maryland is expanding their recall to include all Clover Hill Dairy brand cheese because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria mo...
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Brilliant thread—the NIH Director’s “Scientific Freedom” lecture series is free of actual science! “Director Bhattacharya appears to be afraid of promoting scientific presentations & debates by actual scientists but rather favors fringy journalists who promote ideas favored by his boss”
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4mo agoOK. I am noticing a pattern... Today is the second "NIH Scientific Freedom Lecture" to be given by Gary Taubes on "Energy Balance or Fuel Partitioning? A History Lesson in the Science of Obesity Pathogenesis, and Its Implications." 1/11
The Companies That Made Marlboro Made Your Food A special issue of the American Journal of Public Health traces ultra-processed foods to tobacco engineering, links them to dementia, and finds 80% of Americans want action. Read & subscribe (for free!) www.celinegounder.com/p/marlboro-m...
The Companies That Made Marlboro Made Your Food
A special issue of the American Journal of Public Health traces ultra-processed foods to tobacco engineering, links them to dementia, and finds 80% of Americans want action.
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Our podcast on science and technology. In the second of two episodes on health misinformation, journalist and author Helen Pearson explains how to learn who to trust
Influencers vs evidence-based medicine (part two)
Our podcast on science and technology. In the second of two episodes on health misinformation, journalist and author Helen Pearson explains how to learn who to trust
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Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...
Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy
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Donald Trump continues to notch up victories in the Republican primaries ahead of November’s midterm elections. But our tracker shows that the president has never been more unpopular econ.st/4fIEVHN
Fixed it
sara g miller@saragmiller.bsky.social · 4mo agoAfter reviewing the cases, the FDA reported that no cases were “certain” to be linked to Covid vaccination. The conclusions differ from Prasad’s characterization of the deaths, who said in a November memo that the children died “after and because of receiving” the vaccine. @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
Why the science of breastfeeding is in its infancy
The Curious Case of the Missing Milk Supply
Why the science of breastfeeding is in its infancy
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