Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
This decision — & other federal efforts to undermine well-established science about vaccine safety — puts everyone at risk, especially when we are currently experiencing the worst U.S. flu season in more than a decade, says IDSA President Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP.
Statement: bit.ly/41mfTFE
Just in the last week, we’ve seen:
RFK Jr. cancel a vital meeting for deciding the next flu vaccine.
Elon Musk joke about mistakenly cancelling Ebola prevention programs.
The Trump Admin scrambling to rehire bird flu experts THEY fired.
The first U.S. measles death in years.
Our statement in response to the removal of vaccine promotion and ACIP meeting postponement: https://bit.ly/3EQAeLS (2/2)
If the CDC is unable to protect public health resources free from political ideology, what other organizations are ready to step up? Diseases don't follow politics, they follow science. #cdc
C.D.C. Site Restores Some Purged Files After ‘Gender Ideology’ Ban Outcry www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
I'm encouraged to see IDSA and the HIV Medicine Association speaking up - all healthcare organizations should be alarmed by these actions and also speak up
This is another significant step backwards in public health.
Please speak against this @vanhollen.senate.gov
Now the government thinks it is acceptable to remove public health information from the CDC website? STI guidelines - gone. Information about health disparities in LGBTQ populations? Gone.
This is not acceptable.
I got excited to see OnlyOffice mentioned :) I married into a Linux family and have used OnlyOffice a bit. It's taken some getting used to but seems to be decent
This is very concerning - thanks for sharing. I'll be reaching out to my representatives tonight
Ordered from one of my local bookstores (shout out to Charm City Books 📚 🐦⬛)
If you are in the process of moving and want to take an optimal-sized sofa through a hallway with a 90 degree turn, there's good news for you from the geometry world . . . (I learned this via @agreatnate.bsky.social) #movingsofaproblem #gerverssofa
Looking for a good cause to donate to? There's a magical nonprofit in Baltimore called The Book Thing that gives away books for free - bookthing.org/donate/ #booksky
Worked on my final portfolio for a course in my MFA program today with @agreatnate.bsky.social
Pie night! (a friend of ours baked 18+ pies)
