NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪đź”⚛️
Great article of RFK's undermining of maternal health, including coverage of the devastating loss of our only national long-term survey of maternal and child health, PRAMS. @marchofdimes.org @popassocamerica.bsky.social @societyforepi.bsky.social @sherylnyt.bsky.social
Here's a great training from @peerresearch.bsky.social explaining how researchers can provide the most effective public comments!
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Can income support policies help address poverty as a key driver of mental illness? @ritahamad.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/f...
Excellent new @brookings.edu analysis on the economic fallout from ICE in Trump 2.0
www.brookings.edu/articles/ice...
Important piece @jamanetworkopen.com on causes of excess death in US compared to other high-income countries by @jacob-bor.bsky.social et al. US mortality is much higher, and cardiovascular, substance use, & mental health are big drivers. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @popassocamerica.bsky.social
The study cleverly uses @umpsid.bsky.social data to identify women in national birth certificates likely eligible for the #EITC. It finds that benefit disbursal during pregnancy was linked with more improvements than disbursal in the pre-conception period. authors.elsevier.com/c/1n60~2gOwG... 2/2
Terrific commentary by Rehkopf @stanforduniversity.bsky.social highlighting need for research on policies & programs to ⬇️ mortality. One key gap is policies to address social drivers, which is sadly being deprioritized by NIH leadership. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @popassocamerica.bsky.social
If you want to give $$ to support prenatal & infant health, what would be the best time in pregnancy? @dkarasek.bsky.social examines this question using natural experiment related to timing of anti-poverty benefits: authors.elsevier.com/c/1n60~2gOwG... @mdrc-news.bsky.social @ohsunews.bsky.social 1/
This is very serious. If this proposal moves ahead, science funding in the US will move drastically away from being scientifically motivated, and instead toward politically motivated. We need major coordinated action. @popassocamerica.bsky.social @standupforscience.net @societyforepi.bsky.social
We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.
There was a time, up until approximately 1980, when the US had a similar life expectancy to other high-income nations,1 but our fall from that place has been rapid, and we now rank 46th in the world.2...
RFK's answer to the maternal health crisis: Hide the data
In this newsletter I outline important actions to take.
1. Submit a comment opposing the rule change.
2. Contact state legislators to ensure states are engaged with the impact at the state and local level.
3. Contact members of Congress.
4. Spread awareness.
This rundown is a great source:
“[E]ven in a world that is on fire every day this is truly a five-alarm fire.”
For mothers, the “modest gains of recent years" may not survive this administration, a new report warns.
