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Honolulu Civil Beat
@civilbeat.bsky.social
about 1 hour ago
The holiday is often overlooked, but some ā€” including retired HawaiŹ»i Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald ā€” are making a push to reinvigorate the annual celebration of the U.S. Constitution and rule of law.
Itā€™s Law Day In HawaiŹ»i Nei. No, Not A Typo

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Itā€™s Law Day In HawaiŹ»i Nei. No, Not A Typo

The holiday is often overlooked, but some ā€” including retired HawaiŹ»i Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald ā€” are making a push to reinvigorate the annual celebration of the U.S. Constitution and rule of law.

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Jonathan Howard
@joho.bsky.social
about 4 hours ago
All of the people who said such positive things about Jay Bhattacharya can be ignored. He has nothing of value to add to the conversation.

Jay Bhattacharya recently defended his censorship of a CDC vaccine study in one of the most Orwellian articles Iā€™ve ever read. But it revealed a more fundamental problem. He doesnā€™t realize heā€™s the medical establishment now. Itā€™s not his job to whine. Itā€™s his job to deliver results.

sciencebasedmedicine.org

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Prof Gavin Yamey
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
about 4 hours ago
I find it utterly repulsive that Jay Bhattacharya called my colleagueā€™s research proposal ā€œbad scienceā€ (Dr Greenā€™s proposal was to study inequalities in healthcare) I coauthored this piece with Dr Green for @bmj.com on how the war on DEI will worsen Americansā€™ health: www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Notably this is the ā€œbad scienceā€ I was accused of doing a few months ago. Hereā€™s some statements from the NIH Director justifying meddling in already vetted research because it is ā€œDEIā€. Please let me know if you think that studying unequal treatment in healthcare against all adults is ā€œDEIā€?

Brinda Adhikari 51:42 Okay, so Jay, what would you say to Michael Green in that situation? Jay Bhattacharya 51:47 I'd say that he didn't take advantage of the opportunity to rethink his grant. Like, we gave him the opportunity, and he didn't take advantage of it, right? So he again, I didn't know this grant specifically, but, like, I'll tell you, like, based on the title, what hear is a grant where it has as a premise, something that, in principle, couldn't have a control group. And so does bad science. So I, you know, I do again-
Brinda Adhikari 52:09 So what would have made us better? Jay Bhattacharya 52:11 Just okay for let me just finish Brinda. So I think if, if I say that, I provisionally, because, again, l've not read his grant so, but based on that 90 second snippet, he had the opportunity to be more specific about his hypotheses, make them actually scientific, give them give make arguments for control groups. We gave him that opportunity, and he didn't take it. That's what I'd say. In
Brinda Adhikari 52:35 Let me ask you, you know, is it worthwhile? Because I know that one of the things you have talked a lot about is improving health outcomes. Do you believe that there is scientific merit to studying the role that discrimination plays in health outcomes? Jay Bhattacharya 52:56 What do you mean by discrimination? Brinda Adhikari 52:58 That if a- that when a patient goes to a doctor, and the doctor has, you know, is, is treating black patients differently than other patients, that that can lead to poor health outcomes, and that's worthwhile to study. Jay Bhattacharya 53:11 So Brinda, so you, you said earlier that there that minorities may have different health, you know, biology or other things, doctors ought to take that into account, right?
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg
@sherylnyt.bsky.social
about 4 hours ago
NEWS: The NIH whistleblower @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, who was put on paid leave in November after criticizing the Trump administrationā€™s cuts to medical research, has been reinstated ā€” without explanation. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/0ā€¦.
N.I.H. Reinstates Employee Put on Leave After Criticizing Trump Research Cuts

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N.I.H. Reinstates Employee Put on Leave After Criticizing Trump Research Cuts

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NCYSUR - National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research
@ncysur.bsky.social
about 6 hours ago
This #NCYSUR study examined whether Australiaā€™s prescription-only policy for e-cigarettes has reduced youth vaping and supported smoking cessation. Link to the study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3ā€¦
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Jonathan Howard
@joho.bsky.social
about 7 hours ago
"I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed."
The NIH directorā€™s visit has only deepened my concerns about him

www.timeshighereducation.com

The NIH directorā€™s visit has only deepened my concerns about him

I expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders

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AAFA National
@aafanational.bsky.social
about 8 hours ago
Calling all nurses and respiratory therapists! Sign up now: aafa.org/ameo Earn 9.75 contact hours through AAFAā€™s Asthma Management Education Online (AME-O) course - based on the NIH, NAEPP's Asthma Guidelines. #ContinuingEducation
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Prof Gavin Yamey
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
about 10 hours ago
Of the many vile, dangerous, destructive things RFK Jr & Jay Bhattacharya have done, canceling research on the most promising health technology in a generation is something that makes me shout/swear especially loudly mRNA vaccines hold promise in preventing conditions like MSā€”which Dr Jacobs has

Thinking about future generations and how diseases like MS could potentially be avoided but people like RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya will block access to it makes me shouty, sweary, and wanting to throw things.

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Alicia Ault
@aliciaault.bsky.social
about 12 hours ago
Study w/NIH researchers and Copenhagen U shows weekly semaglutide dose added to CBT can help curb heavy drinking. #addiction #mentalhealth #substanceusedisorder #GLP1s #Psychsky #NIDA
Adding weekly GLP-1 to cognitive behavioral therapy further reduces heavy drinking

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Adding weekly GLP-1 to cognitive behavioral therapy further reduces heavy drinking

Clinical trial suggests semaglutide may help patients with alcohol use disorder and obesity.

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Michael D. Green, PhD
@michaeldgreen.phd
about 13 hours ago
Notably this is the ā€œbad scienceā€ I was accused of doing a few months ago. Hereā€™s some statements from the NIH Director justifying meddling in already vetted research because it is ā€œDEIā€. Please let me know if you think that studying unequal treatment in healthcare against all adults is ā€œDEIā€?
Brinda Adhikari 51:42 Okay, so Jay, what would you say to Michael Green in that situation? Jay Bhattacharya 51:47 I'd say that he didn't take advantage of the opportunity to rethink his grant. Like, we gave him the opportunity, and he didn't take advantage of it, right? So he again, I didn't know this grant specifically, but, like, I'll tell you, like, based on the title, what hear is a grant where it has as a premise, something that, in principle, couldn't have a control group. And so does bad science. So I, you know, I do again-
Brinda Adhikari 52:09 So what would have made us better? Jay Bhattacharya 52:11 Just okay for let me just finish Brinda. So I think if, if I say that, I provisionally, because, again, l've not read his grant so, but based on that 90 second snippet, he had the opportunity to be more specific about his hypotheses, make them actually scientific, give them give make arguments for control groups. We gave him that opportunity, and he didn't take it. That's what I'd say. In
Brinda Adhikari 52:35 Let me ask you, you know, is it worthwhile? Because I know that one of the things you have talked a lot about is improving health outcomes. Do you believe that there is scientific merit to studying the role that discrimination plays in health outcomes? Jay Bhattacharya 52:56 What do you mean by discrimination? Brinda Adhikari 52:58 That if a- that when a patient goes to a doctor, and the doctor has, you know, is, is treating black patients differently than other patients, that that can lead to poor health outcomes, and that's worthwhile to study. Jay Bhattacharya 53:11 So Brinda, so you, you said earlier that there that minorities may have different health, you know, biology or other things, doctors ought to take that into account, right?

My favorite dissertation paper is out! TLDR: Discrimination in healthcare is associated with ASCVD risk. The novel part is prospectively looking at discrimination specifically reported in healthcare. Like all studies, thereā€™s more nuance than the title. www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

www.ahajournals.org

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Dr C
@drcarroll.com
about 14 hours ago
BMJ FAST RCT (n=370): a home-based tailored program cut the rate of falls after stroke by 33% (IRR 0.67; P=0.02), even though the % who fell didnā€™t change. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4ā€¦ Fewer falls matters.
Bar chart titled 'FAST trial (BMJ 2026): falls rate over 12 months.' Two bars: usual care set to 1.0; tailored home-based intervention at 0.67 (33% lower). Annotation: primary outcome incidence rate ratio 0.67 (95% CI 0.48ā€“0.94); P=0.02. Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41876122/
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Rheum Cat
@rheumcat.bsky.social
about 16 hours ago
"Itā€™s all as if to say: nothing to see here; same as it ever was; science is proceeding as it always has;, ignore what you see with your own eyes; look away from the smoldering heap that is the NIH."

Excellent, uncompromised, no holds barred work from the ever on point @gregggonsalves.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/soci...

www.thenation.com

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Jonathan Howard
@joho.bsky.social
about 17 hours ago
Jay Bhattacharya recently defended his censorship of a CDC vaccine study in one of the most Orwellian articles Iā€™ve ever read. But it revealed a more fundamental problem. He doesnā€™t realize heā€™s the medical establishment now. Itā€™s not his job to whine. Itā€™s his job to deliver results.
Scientific Censor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Doesnā€™t Realize Heā€™s the Medical Establishment Now & Itā€™s His Job to Generate Evidence for the American People

sciencebasedmedicine.org

Scientific Censor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Doesnā€™t Realize Heā€™s the Medical Establishment Now & Itā€™s His Job to Generate Evidence for the American People

I don't understand why public health figures like Jay Bhattacharya who controlled 58 billion dollars of funding uh didn't use that money to study it definitively and with running high quality trials.

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Prof Gavin Yamey
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
about 17 hours ago
Sure, it goes without saying that this is why Trump, RFK Jr & Vought wanted Bhattacharya to lead the NIH, & he has delivered all that they asked forā€”but itā€™s still shocking to see Bhattacharya being so openly, nakedly & unashamedly political & partisan in the steps he is taking to dismantle the NIH

The first step in applying for federal funding under Republican Party rule is to make sure your grant is politically in line with ruling party ideology.

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Joshua Weitz
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social
1 day ago
This is a straightforward question and deserves a public answer on the NIH website. The simplified review framework cannot also mean using a double-secret probation mechanism operating in the shadows to determine outcomes.

Is the NIH 'text analysis tool' publicly accessible? If not, why not, given that criteria for public funding ought to be transparent?

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Dr C
@drcarroll.com
1 day ago
MYTH: antibiotics help most colds. FACT: in 6 RCTs (n=1,147), no benefit vs placebo (RR 0.83) + more adverse effects (RR 1.8). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4ā€¦ This is why stewardship matters.
Split-panel infographic. Left (MYTH): 'Antibiotics help most colds.' Right (FACT): For the common cold, antibiotics showed no benefit vs placebo (RR 0.83; 6 trials; n=1,147) and increased adverse effects (RR 1.8). Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41277585/
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Prof Gavin Yamey
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
1 day ago
Huge congratulations to the MAHA guys, CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya and his closest ally RFK Jr, for eroding trust in vaccines and promoting vaccine hesitancyā€”you set out to damage trust and you achieved it! www.medpagetoday.com/infeā€¦.
New CDC Messaging May Be Eroding Trust in Vaccines, Survey Finds

www.medpagetoday.com

New CDC Messaging May Be Eroding Trust in Vaccines, Survey Finds

Shift to uncertainty-based statements appears to increase vaccine hesitancy, according to study

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UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine
@utmbjssom.bsky.social
1 day ago
With support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Professor Thomas Smith, PhD, and UTMB JSSOM Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology scientists are studying how norovirus evades immune defenses. The goal is simple: better vaccines, fewer outbreaks. #UTMB #MedEd #Research
This image features a person identified as Thomas Smith, PhD, Professor, against a blue background, wearing glasses and a collared shirt. Text on the right announces a research grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The image includes branding for UTMB.
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Prof Gavin Yamey
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
1 day ago
Astounding šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘ And from 1970-2000, around 80% of the fall in child mortality in low- & middle-income nations was from the rollout of health technologies like vaccines (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/artiā€¦) Our work suggests the R&D pipeline for child & maternal health tools is rich BUTā€¦ 1/2

Some people say we donā€™t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

A graph from Our World In Data showing a precipitous drop in child mortality starting in the late 1800s going from an average of 48% to global rate of 27% in 1950 to the 2020 infant mortality rate of 4%, with some countries having a rate as low as 0.3%
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Bloomberg American Health Initiative
@americanhealth.bsky.social
1 day ago
A partnership between Baltimore County Department of Health and Fire Department Emergency Medical Services allows emergency service providers to leave behind naloxone kits at the scene of an overdose. Bloomberg Fellow Amy Park analyzed the efficacy of this program. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4ā€¦
Engaging Emergency Medical Services in Naloxone Distribution to Reduce Drug Overdoses - PubMed

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Engaging Emergency Medical Services in Naloxone Distribution to Reduce Drug Overdoses - PubMed

EMS is primarily designed to respond to emergencies. Enhanced training and support for EMS providers are needed to fully integrate harm reduction approaches to prevent drug overdoses.

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
@bermaninstitute.bsky.social
1 day ago
Securing NIH awards is getting more competitive ā€” and confusing. As success rates for grant applicants plummet, researchers scramble for new funding. www.statnews.com/2026/04/ā€¦. via @statnews.com
Securing NIH awards is getting more competitive ā€” and confusing

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Securing NIH awards is getting more competitive ā€” and confusing

The likelihood of snagging NIH grants has plunged to historic lows, forcing academic researchers to resort to a variety of tactics to try to obtain funding

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Chronicle of Higher Education
@chronicle.com
1 day ago
A year after the National Institutes of Health terminated more than 2,000 research grants, mostly studying people of color and LGBTQ+ people, a new analysis shows that the cuts disproportionately hit scientists who belonged to those same communities. chroni.cl/3OACNqJ
Hereā€™s Who Was Harmed by Trumpā€™s Cancellation of Research Grants

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Hereā€™s Who Was Harmed by Trumpā€™s Cancellation of Research Grants

A new analysis indicates that the National Institutes of Healthā€™s grant terminations in 2025 disproportionately hurt scientists who identify as people of color and LGBTQ.

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Dr. D Boulware, MD MPH
@drboulware.bsky.social
1 day ago
In the modern internet world, why does it take NIH CSR 6 months to organize the review of a NIH grant application? Is the objective to slow US science?
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