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Leigh Turner

@leighturner.bsky.social

Professor, Department of Health, Society, & Behavior, School of Population & Public Health & Director, Center for Health Ethics at UCI | bioethics | public health ethics | research ethics

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Sara Reardon@sarareardon.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨Breaking🚨: NIH is terminating health disparities research grants again. This time, they may successfully avoid legal challenges by giving specific reasons for their decisions. One grant so far, more to come. Exclusive @science.org by me and @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH is again terminating grants that the Trump administration dislikes

With cancellation of health disparities project, agency may be testing new way to legally kill politically sensitive grants

science.org

Itai Bavli@itaibavli.bsky.social · 2w ago

How is AI changing the ways commercial actors influence health? Check out our new article published in BMJ: "Artificial intelligence as a new commercial determinant of health." We introduce the AI commercial determinants of health (AI-CDoH) framework 🧵 @bmj.com 1/9

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Leigh Turner@leighturner.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Vaccine uptake has been declining for years, and vaccine skepticism has been on the rise. The age distribution of cases suggests the country’s vulnerability has been building for years." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

U.S. measles cases hit 35-year record with months left in 2026

Data from Johns Hopkins University’s U.S. measles tracker shows that the nation reported 2,295 cases as of Tuesday. That count surpasses last year’s total of 2,289 cases.

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E.A.R.@primateyell.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm so glad that Melody Petersen is covering this! It's remarkable that a health care giant like Kaiser is able to shunt so many matters to arbitration instead of public courts: thttps://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-20/kaisers-mandatory-arbitration-said-to-be-unfair

Unhappy with Kaiser’s medical dispute process, some patients push for state reform

Plaintiffs attorneys, legislators and patients say that Kaiser's private and confidential process for arbitrating legal disputes over medical care still has key flaws that favor Kaiser over patients b...

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Leigh Turner@leighturner.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Programme officers are not allowed to pass on what they know to researchers. 'We cannot communicate to the community at all. We’re forbidden.'”

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 4w ago

New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Leigh Turner@leighturner.bsky.social · 4w ago

"When American scientific institutions are weakened, the consequences travel. Evidence networks are disrupted. International collaborations are chilled. Research agendas shift. Young scientists reconsider careers." academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...

Europe must learn from America’s assault on science

In June 2026, several prominent diabetes researchers, including Steven Kahn, editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care, were removed by police from the annual meeti

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Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · last mo.

NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵

Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants

Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.

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Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · last mo.

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

Springer Nature to divest its consumer media businesses | Springer Nature Group | Springer Nature

Strategic divestment of consumer media portfolio enables Springer Nature to focus on its core business Transaction supports the long-term development

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Leigh Turner@leighturner.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Being moved into the Death Master File can be devastating to someone who is still alive because it can cut off their financial access. Last year, career staff warned that falsely giving people death dates could be catastrophic, though the administration overrode those objections."

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2mo ago

Breaking news: The Trump administration had plans to classify 2.7 million living people — including some U.S. citizens and lawful residents — as dead as part of its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a former senior Social Security executive.

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Scoop: NSF has been quietly blocking new funds and grants to four top universities: Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Dozens of proposals from PIs at these universities—and their collaborators—have been stuck at the Office of Award Management awaiting finalization for months.

Exclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold

US science funder once again restricts awards to Harvard University and other research institutions.

nature.com

Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Three things said about AI and social science: it's a topic to study, a thing to critique, a tool to use. My new Daedalus essay argues these aren't three conversations; they're one. A 🧵 on "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object, and Tool." www.amacad.org/publication/...

Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool

Uses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools...

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Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Essential reading from @shobitap.org in @science.org: the concept of "sacrifice zones" described communities near industrial or military sites. "Sacrifice subjects" names who bears the risks of new technologies. People-first regulation, she argues, starts with that question.

Shobita Parthasarathy@shobitap.org · 3mo ago

My new Expert Voices column @science.org discusses how the pursuit of innovation without appropriate governance creates "sacrifice subjects": marginalized communities who experience systematic harm from tech. And I look to France for a regulatory approach that takes disparate impacts seriously.

Leigh Turner@leighturner.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"I am quite aware that in making this argument I’m ranking Makary below a former commissioner who paid a $90,000 fine and served time in probation because of undisclosed conflicts of interest. (Discussion of Lester Crawford’s reign is for another time.)"

Matthew Herper@matthewherper.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Marty Makary was the worst FDA commissioner in 25 years. I have covered the agency that long. I don't say this lightly. He failed at the political, organizational, and scientific aspects of the job. Here's why: www.statnews.com/2026/05/12/m...

Lisa Fazio@lkfazio.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One year later - my reflections on what's happened to US science since the National Science Foundation grant terminations last year. The problem of misinformation isn't going away, but our ability to study and understand it is under attack. 1/ 🧪 www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

I researched misinformation, until the government stopped me | Opinion

A researcher's NSF grant termination reveals a broader attack on science funding and misinformation research, despite rising AI-generated falsehoods.

tennessean.com