Stephanie Shames

@shames-lab.bsky.social

Associate Professor MSU-MGI. Host-pathogen interactions. Posts my own. 🇨🇦/🇺🇸

Americans overwhelmingly support investment in cutting-edge biomedical and earth science research to create a healthier population and planet—yet may not be fully aware of the destructive impact of the federal funding cuts—this laudable effort from the next generation puts a human face on the crisis

U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers

Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country

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It is now indisputable that pregnant women needing emergency care are being allowed to die in states that have banned & criminalized abortion Yet somehow it’s fine to ask 🤰 trainees / faculty to travel to these states for medical conferences or miss out on professional opportunities? #idsky #medsky

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2y ago

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all. Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.