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Posts by Ryan Whitacre, PhD

Right. Looks like she has a private account.

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We need to strengthen the human rights based approach for the HIV response to protect queer and trans refugee communities.

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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

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Some federal workers are going back to work.

The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.

Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.

The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.

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Government spending has been flat for a decade, and now it’s sharply declining. Who’s going to fill the gap? Domestics? Maybe, but how? It won’t be fast enough.

I’m just saying, there are bigger fish to fry.

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I’m more keen to understand where any money will come from to meet global health goals.

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I’m all about critiquing financialization of health, but I have no confidence that blended finance is the boogie man.

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Research Fellow The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society (CBSS) at the Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, is looking for a Research Fellow (working within science and technology studies (STS)/medical s...

Just noticed that there's a 2.5-year STS postdoc position available at @edinburghuni.bsky.social, to work in the excellent Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society. Closing date very soon: March 7!
#STS #histstm #medanthro

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JUST IN:

Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.

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The financialization of healthcare is among the greatest epidemics facing the US today.

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If anyone tries to sell you a ‘for profit / health insurance’ healthcare system…

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If PEPFAR were permanently halted UNAIDS estimates that there would be approximately
6.3 million more AIDS related deaths
3.4 million AIDS orphans
8.7 million new HIV adult infections

If PEPFAR were permanently halted UNAIDS estimates that there would be approximately 6.3 million more AIDS related deaths 3.4 million AIDS orphans 8.7 million new HIV adult infections

For the past 21 years the U.S. through PEPFAR has: 
👉 Enabled 5.5 million babies to be born HIV-free
👉 Provided 20 million people with lifesaving HIV treatment
👉 Supported 7 million orphans and vulnerable children.
Ending this support will end lives.
#SaveHIVFunding
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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School

Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.

Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating

With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson

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So all that’s left to research is guilt, complicity, and shame then?

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Yep

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CDC removes data on sexual orientation, gender identity from website www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c... via @statnews.com

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We are very proud of our Director @profchloeorkin.bsky.social profile in the @thelancet.bsky.social today!

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#queerjoy is resistance.

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Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Case on No-Cost Access to Preventive Services Currently, insurance must cover certain preventive care, such as cancer screenings, heart statins and PrEP for HIV. Will the law stand?

This has always been an epidemic of discrimination. www.poz.com/article/supr...

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Opinion | Who will rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants. And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation.

Who will rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants.

And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation.

"Similarly, immigrant workers were instrumental in rebuilding Florida after Hurricane Ian hit in 2022."

(Gift link while I still have them)
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RFK Jr. was paid six figures by his vaccine-challenging group before presidential run Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit that has challenged vaccines, doubled Kennedy's pay rate for a shorter tenure.

RFK Jr made over $20,000 per week from Children’s Health Defense, a group that promotes vaccine denialism globally, works against sex education in Africa, and questions the link between HIV and AIDS, as RJK Jr has done himself. RFK Jr profited from making people sick
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Liminality and transactional sex among queer refugees: Insights from Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, and Switzerland Abstract. People of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions who have been forcibly displaced (hereafter referred to as ‘queer refug

The first research article from our ongoing study on #forced-displacement and #transactional-sex, spotlighting the hardships and survival strategies of #queer-refugees.

academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...

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