Genetic & ID Epidemiologist. Professor. Host Genetics, Infectious Disease, Immunity. AFM. & https://teapawt.net/t.co/rDI4yT7wuP Tweets my own. [email protected]
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Marking an unthinkable, tragic moment.
The United States has lost 1 million people to COVID-19 since 2020.
Reflect and remember. These were loved ones, these were friends, these were people. All gone too soon.
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Publsihed today @PNASNews
Mask wearing significantly reduces #SARSCoV2 community transmission. Analysis of the effect in 92 regions, 6 continents pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.21…
by @gleech and colleagues
HOMES is now HAMES or maybe SHAME??@GovWhitmer @dananessel @ElissaSlotkin every Michigan kid knows… we love our neighbors to the north.
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BASH: How do you prepare for the next pandemic? That's part of your job now
RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong
BASH: But what about now?
RFK Jr: We need to protect our constitutional rights
BASH: What does that mean?
RFK Jr: During covid we completely dismantled our rights
BASH: But I'm asking what *to* do during a public health crisis
RFK Jr: You were part of the problem
BASH: You want to sit here and attack me?
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They put the STUDENT in student-athlete.
@USA_Lacrosse High School Boys' All-Academic Honorees👇 usalacrosse.com/magazine/hig…
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USA Lacrosse today announced the high school boys selected as winners of the 2026 Bob Scott Award — named in honor of the legendary coach and member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
usalacrosse.com/magazine/hig…
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✍️Writing a research paper can be daunting, but it doesn't have to be!
🏕️At the 2026 Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics @JohnsHopkinsSPH, I'm co-teaching with @pablov489 a two-part Epi Writing Camp
@JHUSummerEpi @CiccaroneCenter @JHUWelchCenter
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Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman: "We can do a lot on our own, but we cannot possibly fill the kind of gap that the U.S. government risks leaving if it follows through on these proposed cuts." to.pbs.org/4d97RW3
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It's your thesis. Not the university's. Not your supervisor's. Yours. So you need to take control. Stop waiting.
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"Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now"
From tech reporter Geoffrey Fowler:
Unless you take action, there is a risk your genetic information could end up in someone else’s hands — and used in ways you had never considered. It took me just 1 minute to delete my data on the 23andMe website, and I have instructions on how to do it below.
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Farms in China are going to the next level.
Just sit back enjoying your hotpot lunch, and wait for the freshest strawberries to descend right to your table.
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Procrastination is not a time management problem. It’s an emotion management problem.
You’re not avoiding work. You’re avoiding tasks that feel boring, frustrating, or stressful.
Postponing prolongs pain. The dread of starting is quickly outweighed by the joy of progressing.
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The New York Times estimate of how many people would die from USAID cuts *this year* is just staggering. Nearly two million from AIDS relief cuts, half a million from vaccine cuts and from food aid cuts each, 600,000 from of malaria and tuberculosis cuts. Genuinely monstrous
Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington.
The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust.
Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: nytimes.com/interactive/2025…
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this is torture nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-14/…
ALT A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court. Schmidt had been visiting Luxembourg and flew back to the U.S. on Friday. His partner had gone to pick him up at Logan Airport, and waited four hours before calling authorities. “It was just said that his green card was flagged,” said Astrid Senior, his mother. She said she didn’t hear from her son directly until Tuesday, when she learned he’d been hospitalized. Senior described Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.
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Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor’s response to interim US Attorney Ed Martin’s letter calling the school’s curriculum “unacceptable.” Bravo.
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Interesting that you suggested indirect costs at East and West coast Uniiveristies was "obvious grift" and suggested projects be moved to KS where they would be cheaper....except Univeristy of Kansas' indirect rate (55%) is actually higher than that of Stanford (54.4%). Oops🤦♀️
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I can’t believe this needs to be said.
TransGENIC mice
are not
TransGENDER mice
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So what's happening with medical research in the US? This is the cumulative award count from the NIH for the year.
Doesn't look so good.
But it gets worse.
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Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵
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WE'RE HIRING!! @MSU_Medicine at @MSUMD is currently recruiting outstanding #CancerBiology scientists, especially those w/ expertise in #CancerImmunology, #CancerMicroenvironment, #TumorMetabolism, and #NutritionMicrobiome tumorigenesis links. These positions are supported by @michiganstateu Global Impact Initiative, and @HFH_MSU_HS. #SpartansWill
Apply here. careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista…
