🧪This is history in the making.
On this day last year, @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social et al. penned the #BethesdaDeclaration criticizing the politicization of the #NIH.
Cancer research grants supporting clinical trials were terminated, halting clinical trials. Fewer grants were funded.🧪
Science: NIH’s destruction continues, Bethesda Declaration signers say
by Jocely Kaiser @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social @science.org
👉 bit.ly/4edKcF3
My quote of the day
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federal law must prevail Reprehensiblecans desperate attempts to end democracy.
This is the effect of abortion bans on women & mothers.
Post partem hemorrhage is a cause of death in women.
D&C is needed to remove the remaining placenta after birth.
This woman bled until she was unconscious because they didn’t perform a D&C on her.
Why? B/c it is used in abortions.
#pinks
The Op Ed went viral.
Steve Kahn's goal was to hand out 1000 hard copies of his Op Ed., expecting 200 people to read it. That editorial got 76,000 reads as of yesterday.
Two of ADA's leaders resigned.
What a delicious example of the #StreisandEffect.
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
"If being in good graces of the current administration means you can't express your scientific opinion, then your organization as been corrupted'.
-Justin Ryder, one of "New Orleans Five" expelled from #ADA 2026 meeting.
Dozens of scientists walked out.
🧪 www.the-scientist.com/police-remov...
go.bsky.app/KZpkvaF
The World Cup has become a national disaster. Any country coming in from Africa are detained. Even in a worldwide event, the racism runs deep. After the voting rights act was overturned and other rights lost we can’t stop fighting for our right to vote. Follow and vote.
The fact that these doctors were ejected from a professional meeting is a travesty. People handed out papers at EVERY scientific meeting I attended i er my career. Or shared a QR code so I could read it on my devices. These meetings are where ideas should be freely discussed, not suppressed.
“A culture of rape does not exist in isolation. It is upheld by power, protected in silence, & reinforced by institutions.”
“The time has come for women & for all people to rise & say, “NO MORE!”
“We will not stop until the violence stops.”
60millionsurvivorsrising.org
#protectwomen
#Pinks