This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig...
The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.

some data on the shrinkage

Simple answer. No.
scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Ending corruption in Washington is how we make government work better for working families.

This Saturday, I'm joining Paige Cognetti and Tiffany Muller for an End Citizens United town hall in Northeast PA to talk all about how we can clean up Congress and deliver for you.

Megachurch Conducts Successful Nuclear Missile Test

I’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country. Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America.

Choice words from Dr. Szostak here.

And while I am no Nobel Prize-winning scientist, I identify with the same quandary as an immigrant, moving here in 2009 and (proudly) becoming a citizen in 2023.

I, too, don't recognize that country anymore 😢🇺🇸🧳🛫.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-nobel...

Mammography should include artificial intelligence support In the past decade, deep learning has increasingly been applied to medical image interpretation, but without consensus as to whether medical practice should change. Many studies show artificial intelligence (AI) enhanced accuracy beyond the performance of radiologists. The most compelling evidence comes from the follow-up of the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence (MASAI) randomised trial, which assessed the reading of two radiologists compared with one radiologist plus an AI algorithm.

Every mammogram should be supported by 3 different AIs for improved detection of cancer, prevention, and risk of heart disease. At no cost to patients.
My new @thelancet.com essay reviews the evidence and the lack of implementation
thelancet.com/journals/lan...

My interview with Al Gore this week, on AI and what the US isn't doing about it @Human
www.mexc.com/news/1010850

Hopeful parents

Hopeful parents

Getting big money out of our politics and raising taxes on the super-wealthy are both possible — not easy, but possible. They’re also necessary to reverse the mounting corruption that’s undermining our system. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/why-are-the-wealthy-po...

The Dismantling of Environmental Protections — A Grave Threat to America’s Health | NEJM The Trump administration’s wide-ranging actions to dismantle U.S. environmental regulations will cause long-lasting health harms, disproportionately affecting low-income and other vulnerable groups.

"We health professionals must call urgent attention to this silent but deadly assault [EPA dismantling] on American's health...."
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Corporations as vectors of chronic disease, @nejm.org
Calling out 6 commercial products that contribute to 31% of all deaths globally.
Chemicals include pesticides, PFAS, manufactured.
And counterstrategies to address
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

$2.45 billion NIH grant cuts and ~2300 terminated active research grants were DOGE'd in early 2025
Who were most affected?
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Early career and women researchers

Matt Ridley gave the inaugural "NIH Scientific Freedom Lecture Series" earlier today and I just wanted to run through some of the main claims he made - you'll be unsurprised to learn that almost all of them are false.

Here's his summary slide - let's start there.

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War on Truth…

Gas Prices - What The Actual News?

Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates

Recent studies challenge Kennedy's claims about vaccines, Tylenol and antidepressants The Trump administration has pledged to conduct its own studies, but research continues to contradict its claims.

Sum: RFK Jr is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.

Safe bet: if it comes out of his mouth it is wrong.

What new research says about RFK Jr.'s claims about Tylenol, vaccines and antidepressants www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

An opinion piece by Jerome Adams, former Surgeon General advocating against Casey Means' nomination.

He raises concerns about conflicts of interest.

A surgeon general is not a wellness influencer. One of many red flags.

🧪 www.statnews.com/2026/02/27/c...

And the Lancet's editorial that goes with it
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

This week's cover @thelancet.com

Wellness influencer picked by Trump for surgeon general grilled by Senate Critics concerned as Casey Means, aligned with RFK Jr on vaccine stance, does not have active medical license

This is obvious, but I'm gonna say it anyway...

The fact that this wellness grifter is being normalized and legitimized by the nomination and (inevitable) appointment is a powerful symbol of how far the U.S. has fallen.

Dark Age 2.0.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The challenges we now face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system.

We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump.

We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.

A Helpful explainer about our wildly misunderstood immigration laws from @sawyerhackett.bsky.social

Kristi Noem has allowed ICE to violate our civil rights and act with impunity. She is unfit to lead DHS. She must be impeached.

Maher: So being Christian is an important part of being truly American?

Boebert: Absolutely

Talarico: I always speak up on behalf of my non-Christian neighbors. Because we as Christians are called to love them as ourselves, and forcing my religion down their throats is not love.

Instead of blaming undocumented kids for the high cost of college, how about blaming the defense contractors?

How about blaming the billionaires who aren’t paying their taxes?

How about blaming an economic system that has not invested in the health and education of our country?

Kudos to Stephen Colbert for standing up for himself and against tyranny.

I've always been a fan of his — going way back to the Colbert Report years.

I enjoyed chatting with him in August. Here's a brief clip from our discussion.

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."