Thrilled & honored to be a finalist for @nihcm.bsky.social 's 2026 trade journalism awards. My @science.org endometriosis feature stars heroic U of Cincinnati researcher Katie Burns, who has the disease.The outstanding Science reporter @cohenjon.bsky.social is also a finalist. bit.ly/NIHCM2026TJA...

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Recognizing excellence in writing for a specialized audience

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Thrilled that NPR's Shortwave podcast today featured Katie Burns and her important endometriosis research, along with the Science article that tells Katie's story @Science.org : www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...

What causes endometriosis? Scientists are closer to finding out : Short Wave

Since the age of nine or ten, Katie Burns has had debilitating pain from endometriosis, a condition where tissue resembling the uterine lining grows outside the uterus. For years, Katie was in the dar...

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I am hearing of a possible active shooter situation on CDC campus in Atlanta. Please reach out with any information. Note this is from one source on the campus and is not verified.

"The small children, they die!” From @science.org 's @martinenserink.bsky.social Don't look away. www.science.org/content/arti...

In Guinea, the United States helped beat back malaria. Now, the disease is set to soar

Foreign aid cuts are expected to cause a rise in malaria cases and deaths across sub-Saharan Africa

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Don't look now but: Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds. Brought to you by @science.org 's excellent @cathleenogrady.bsky.social | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds

Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers

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Hey @sciencewriters.org , job opportunities at Retraction Watch: retractionwatch.com/job-opportun...

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Here are our current open positions: Editor, Medical Evidence Project Staff reporter, Retraction Watch Assistant researcher, Retraction Watch Database Learn more about the Center for Scientific Int…

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A fascinating summer read from the redoubtable @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social‬ for @science.org ! How a string of deadly shark attacks made a remote island a hub of lifesaving research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

How a string of deadly shark attacks made a remote island a hub of lifesaving research

After 11 deaths, Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean became a center for shark attack science

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Well, this makes it real: I'm retiring in September and this is the just-posted job listing for my replacement. @Science.org is a fabulous place to work, so @sciencewriters.org, apply here! recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

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@michaelhoffman.bsky.social could you reach out? mwadman@aaas.org

How much expertise did a key vaccine panel lose this week when RFK Jr. fired its 17 members and appointed 8 new ones? @meredithwadman.bsky.social and I looked at their publication records to find out. www.science.org/content/arti...

The members of RFK Jr.’s new vaccine committee have published little on vaccines

Purge at immunization panel represents a major loss of expertise, as measured by scientific papers

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Pace RFK Jr, a @science.org investigation found that doctors on CDC's now-fired Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made less from industry than their specialist peers; five of 13 made nothing at all. @mariashriver.bsky.social Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

RFK Jr. says federal vaccine advisers are beholden to industry. The evidence does not support him

A Science investigation finds no sign that members of a key CDC vaccine committee are compromised

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Trump budget proposes killing nursing research institute | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump budget proposes killing nursing research institute

A tiny sliver of NIH, it has provided an evidence base for bedside care, shrinking mortality and saving dollars

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"Promising" is overused when it comes to potential medicines, but here I think it's justified. 10s of millions of Americans have sleep apnea; many reject CPAP. @science.org.bsky.social : Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial

Drug combination targeting lax airways is nearing an FDA submission

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The Trump administration has made it official, letting Women's Health Initiative investigators know that their money won't dry up in September after all.

Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy

“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020

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The #TraumaticBrainInjury unit at the Centers for Disease Control was wiped out in last week's firings. @science.org looks at what was lost. www.science.org/content/arti...

CDC firings gut research on traumatic brain injuries

Last week’s mass layoffs removed small team studying concussions

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@altcdc.altgov.info Contact me today if you were impacted by, or know someone impacted by, the elimination of the team focused on traumatic brain injury at CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention. I'm on Signal: meredithwadman.13

Important and under-covered attack on the guts of NIH's intramural program from @science.org NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research

Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

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@taaltree.bsky.social could you reach out to me about EEID program? mwadman@aaas.org or Signal meredithwadman.13

Exclusively from @science.org : ‘Death by ax.’ Fate of millions of research animals at stake in NIH payments lawsuit | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Death by ax.’ Fate of millions of research animals at stake in NIH payments lawsuit

Rodent and monkey facilities imperiled by Trump plan to cut overhead payments

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icymi, @science.org has a new tracker to keep you up to the minute: Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits, and U.S. science in chaos | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits, and U.S. science in chaos

Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally

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From @science.org : Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs

Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend

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‘Wrecking ball’: RFK Jr. moves to fire thousands of health agency employees | Science | AAAS brought to you by @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Wrecking ball’: RFK Jr. moves to fire thousands of health agency employees

Supervisors deliver bad news across NIH, CDC

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@altnih4science.bsky.social if you are a probationary NIH employee who is losing your job today, reach out to me on Signal meredithwadman.13 to help @science.org tell this important story.

@altfda.bsky.social If you are a probationary FDA employee who is losing your job today, reach out to me on Signal meredithwadman.13 to help @science.org tell this important story. Confidentiality guaranteed.

@altcdc.bsky.social if you are a CDC probationary employee who is losing your job today you can reach me on Signal. meredithwadman.13 Please help @science.org tell this story. Confidentiality guaranteed.

BREAKING from @science.org Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine opponent, as health secretary | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine opponent, as health secretary

Controversial attorney will oversee vast health research and drug safety programs

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Breaking from @science.org Larry Tabak was at NIH helm for much of the COVID19 pandemic:Top NIH official suddenly steps down | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Are you an NIH funded researcher with a frozen grant or contract? Find me on Signal: meredithwadman.13

The latest from your government, brought to you by @science.org.bsky.social NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage

Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars

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