The US has recorded 2073 confirmed #measles cases so far this year, which is 91% of the total accumulated last year -- in less than six months. 40 jurisdictions have reported cases.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
Right. The deeper issue is that the regulation increases PRESIDENTIAL control of science.
And *that* is the major break from the decades of NIH success, where Congress via legislation set NIH priorities and the president mostly stayed out of it.
But: /1 🧵
"CBS News is on fire."
Scott Pelley answers questions. And he has a lot to say.
"There was a thumb on the scale for the president’s version of events that I felt was a level of political influence that I had never seen in 37 years at CBS News.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m... [Gift link]
At the NYC AIDS Memorial with fellow advocates speaking out against Medicaid cuts and the continued threats to HIV funding and ours trans siblings. #healthisprimary #sevendaysofaction
Please call your representatives about this proposed OMB rule if you haven’t already! 5 Calls has a very helpful script you can use. @5calls.org
"The administration has publicly given no scientific rationale explaining why citizenship or immigration status would alter risk of infection or transmission. Pathogens don’t recognize passports."
@drdebhoury.bsky.social @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social in @wsj.com
Since issuing a "gold standard science" exec order, the administration has "invoked that phrase not as a neutral standard for scientific rigour but as a rationale for political control over scientific judgment" - Jacob Carter, @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social & Wendy Wagner
www.bmj.com/content/393/...
"Precision medicine cannot be precise if it reflects only a narrow slice of humanity." Chloe Bird and Hamad Al Ibrahim recommend ways to ensure research benefits women's health as well as men's.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
Mark Histed
Jay Rosen
This is the second time this has happened.
CBS News's Investigative unit got a retired ICE agent to break down the Good shooting frame-by-frame. On the record, he said the agents were entirely out of line. The piece was only posted online and never broadcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywL...
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought, has proposed sweeping rule changes to the federal grantmaking …
Precision medicine requires an evidence base that reflects women’s biology, demanding reforms in funding, study design, and sex-disaggregated reporting.
Over the last few days, there has been a lot of discussion about the proposed regulation to increase political oversight of grantmaking. Some have argued this represents increased politicization of science. As someone who studies the politics of science, I think that's the wrong argument to make. 🧵
Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees
This is a devastating interview.
Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good.
Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.
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Niall Stanage
Tangentially: the co-founder of Run for Something posted on Threads that she wished she had more resources and support to do candidate development in Maine 8 years ago
I think this is where “oh my god Platner sucks!!” energy should go
www.threads.com/@amandalitm/...
All of this really really sucks, and makes me wish I’d had more resources 8 years ago to run more aggressive local candidate recruitment work in Maine.
