"These are about health effects in the here and now." That's how Andrew Mergen, Harvard Law School, explains the consequences of the cuts to federal agencies and laws on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast.
Watch the full episode now or tune in wherever you listen to podcasts: youtu.be/naK6B12a4P8
So excited to see this out in ERJ!!! Congrats @kerrijohannson.bsky.social and Na’ama Avitzur for getting this important and innovative work out there!!
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The Impact of Pulmonary Fibrosis on Sex and Sexual Function - A Multinational Mixed Methods Study
Just out in ERJ and led by Dr. Na'ama Avitzur
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(key take-away 👉 sex matters to patients with PF and their disease impacts this)
#OpenAccess #CurePF #CureIPF
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Epigenome-Wide Analysis Identifies Pollution-Sensitive Loci in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
PM2.5 and its constituents are associated with differential DNA methylation in the blood of patients with fibrotic ILD
@gilliangoobie.bsky.social #medsky
🔗 tinyurl.com/2rk6wwmn
Was great to participate in this. Scientists were arguing up to the deadline about individual sentences, showing the difference in rigor when you care about accuracy, and how non-orthodoxy the “mainstream” actually is. But when comments are open for just 30 days it’s designed to be difficult.
Alison Lee, MD, discusses the impacts of the recent cuts and changes to the EPA and how the increase in air pollution will negatively affect human health, with Gillian Goobie, MD, PhD, on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTL_...
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to rescind the greenhouse gas emissions Endangerment Finding goes against the EPA’s mission [and] will be felt for generations," says ATS President @raeddweikmd.bsky.social.
Read the full statement here: site.thoracic.org/press-releas...
This is a critical concern for anyone who cares about combatting climate change and facing this existential public health threat. I encourage anyone and everyone to take the opportunity to comment and voice their opposition to the overturning of the GHG Endangerment Finding. This is not a drill!
Trump's EPA is trying to destroy the Endangerment Finding -- the solid scientific conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerously changing the climate. They've published fake, misleading claims from climate deniers. This will devastate efforts to stop climate change. The EPA comment period is open.
The top court at the United Nations said Wednesday that countries must protect their citizens from the effects of climate change — and if they failed to protect the planet, they could be breaking international law.
I know so many dedicated and brilliant scientists who work (and I guess now worked) at EPA. The loss of expertise and ability to make science-informed decisions will have lasting damage for our health. Academics and advocates will have to try to fill the gap.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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They cite "forest management" and "arson" as primary reasons for 🔥, failing to acknowledge the glaringly obvious fact that climate change is the #1 contributor. They expect us to sympathize with their ⬇️ ability to enjoy summers due to smoke. 🇨🇦 would gladly accept your help in addressing this issue.
This is mind-boggling. While the US deregulates coal plants, defunds anything addressing climate change, & rolls-back the GHG endangerment finding, 6 Republicans have the audacity to write the Ambassador of Canada abt what we are doing to address Cdn wildfires... 🤯
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On immigrants: "Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed". H. Melville. New legislation will allow mass "hunts" for undocumented migrants...@atscommunity.bsky.social
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Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality of Interstitial Lung Diseases in Alberta, Canada: A Population-based Study
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📣 TL:DR Incidence stable, prevalence rising, improved survival for ILD & IPF over 10 years.
Numbers much higher than prior reports for ILD & IPF.
The Blue Journal thanks Maeve Georgia MacMurdo, MBChB, MPH, for her contribution to the July issue
Letting Cooler Heads Prevail: The Necessity of Occupational Regulation of Heat and Smoke Exposure
www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....
It's #ShowYourStripes day. Climate change is real. It's happening now. It's caused by us. There is still hope. The coming heat wave will be part of a more than doubling of such events. We owe it to future generations to #ActOnClimate
showyourstripes.info/c/northameri...
I think of JTO in a separate category since the rest of pulmonary outside of the lung cancer/IP space isn’t really gonna publish there, so is the difference between 21 for ERJ and 19.4 for AJRCCM really meaningful??
The Blue Journal thanks Clarus Leung, MD, MAS, for her contribution to the May issue
Clinical and Biological Features of a Thickened Basement Membrane Zone in Asthma
@atscommunity.bsky.social
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Cancelling science will only lead to increased disease, costs, and deaths. #NIH #ResearchFunding #PublicHealth
"By canceling a multi-year study of older people with lung disease – a few months before it was due to end – the Trump administration has left patients without help, doctors without answers, & wasted taxpayer dollars" says Mary B. Rice, MD, MPH
Read more: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/breathe-easi...
Quick and easy petition asking for Minister Loewen to rescind recent wildlife management decisions. Please share and help us get the word out.
www.change.org/p/petition-d...
Worth a listen #ILD raised questions for me: 1) how might we calculate risk in these patient - and their families 2) if they are at high risk what intervention/monitoring 3) will there be an appetite to have a easy accessible air quality measure?
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Out of the Blue: An AJRCCM Podcast: Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Development and Progression of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky
Have a listen: share.transistor.fm/s/32b0f46d
TL/DR? No worries!
Listen to Dr. Tamera Corte and I discuss our paper on the Impact of Environmental Exposures on ILD in the @atsblueeditor.bsky.social podcast 🫁👇
Thanks @mohleenkang.bsky.social for hosting us! 😊
Thanks for highlighting Kerri!! It is critically important for everyone to understand the potential impact of these rollbacks and federal cuts on health!
Great podcast from @atscommunity.bsky.social
Dr. Gillian Goobie and Dr. Allison Lee discuss the impacts of proposed EPA policy changes on 🫁 health 💪
@gilliangoobie.bsky.social @ats-eoph.bsky.social
(can find it on podcasts app for listen only: ATS Breathe Easy)
Happy Earth Day!🌎
When it comes to air pollution, what's good for the planet is also good for us! Alison Lee, MD, explains on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast how "bad air" has profound effects on our health and the role policy plays in ensuring we breathe clean air.
Learn more: youtu.be/51ZzGPj8UF4
President Trump has proposed a miserly budget for America with potential for untold suffering. What's at risk? Public health, patient care, the environment, America's universities, as well as the economy and state budgets. Congress, fix this mess!
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
