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Lawyer Arguing at Supreme Court to Save Birthright Citizenship Is a Birthright Citizen

Lawyer Arguing at Supreme Court to Save Birthright Citizenship Is a Birthright Citizen www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/u...

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Nursing homes falsely label patients schizophrenic to sedate them, OIG says False diagnoses are used to mask inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs on patients with dementia, a practice called chemical restraint, a government watchdog report said.

From the OIG report: “We found that nursing homes inappropriately diagnosed schizophrenia to mask their misuse of antipsychotic drugs, artificially inflate their star rating, and skirt established safeguards meant to protect residents." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

NIH pivots away from agency-directed science US biomedical funding behemoth says the approach will boost innovation, but some researchers worry that understudied areas of science will suffer.

The US NIH is stepping back from 'top-down' science.

My latest analysis for @nature.com shows that funding calls have plummeted by 90%, funneling billions into broad, 'investigator-initiated' ideas, rather than targeted, agency-driven ones.

A massive shift for the American biomedical enterprise.

NIH grant awards are again lagging far behind historical averages, analysis shows Nearly halfway into the 2026 fiscal year, the NIH is far behind on grant spending, new data show

Bhattacharya is abt to testify in front of the House approps committee

~Halfway into the fiscal year the agency is behind on spending (again)

There isn't one culprit — more involvement from OMB, staffing issues, and adjusting to new priorities are all at play

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Wow. CBO estimates that U.S. consumers bear 95 PERCENT OF THE TRUMP TARIFFS.

Basically, foreign firms bear 5% of them, U.S. companies bear 30% of them but other U.S. companies get to raise prices on consumers from less competition so that nets to zero.

And consumers pay rest.

Both chambers of Congress have now passed the FY26 minibus with NIH provisions. The President will sign.

(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.

Because many scientists are immigrants, lol

The facts

“State government must lead by example and ensure that employment opportunities — particularly those funded with taxpayer dollars — are filled by Texans first" said Abbott.

Dismantling governmental programs

Excellent training opportunity!

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Applications due Feb 27!

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Prescribing Patterns of Potentially Inappropriate CNS-Active Medications in Older Adults This cohort study examines prescribing patterns of potentially inappropriate central nervous system (CNS)–active medications among older adults with and without cognitive impairment.

New JAMA study: High-risk CNS drugs continue to be prescribed to older adults, with higher rates in people with cognitive impairment/dementia, raising concerns around delirium, falls and adverse outcomes.

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#Geriatrics #Deprescribing #PatientSafety

Our team recently acquired the full PointClickCare EHR data for nursing homes and assisted living facilities, from 2015 to 2025. This massive data cover over 80% of nursing homes and about 20-30%… | H... Our team recently acquired the full PointClickCare EHR data for nursing homes and assisted living facilities, from 2015 to 2025. This massive data cover over 80% of nursing homes and about 20-30% ALFs...

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CMS to stop requiring states to report childhood vaccination levels

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), run by Oz and his boss, RFK Jr., will no longer require physicians to report vaccination rates.

Instead, they plan to start having doctors report if they’ve discussed “alternative” vaccine schedules.

I hope some of you #NIA researchers present and attend. @bryandjames.bsky.social , @sdukehan.bsky.social , @leadcoalition.bsky.social , @mariaglymour.bsky.social , @cgster.bsky.social , and anyone else interested? #geronsky

A lot of NOFOs at #NIH have expired. If you wish to submit an unsolicited application, do so to the parent #NOFO. Furthermore, unsolicited applications no longer require prior approval for exceeding $500K. Please inform your networks. #geronsky #hspr #hpss #statssky

they want to stamp out the entire profession of public health for a generation. same day they announce they’re closing the CDC museum

Welcome back! My study section was postponed to Jan toda.

As we come to @geronsociety.bsky.social 's #GSA2025, please follow us en masse. If you are an aging health researcher and want to be added to the starter pack, comment below. #geronsky #ADRD

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

@savehealthresearch.bsky.social writes, "99% of recent treatments are #NIH supported. Erica wants everyone to have the same opportunity she had to benefit from this new medicine. What treatments are we about to discover that could be lost, and who may have been given years more of life?"

Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a former agency official

Worthwhile read on the name changes scientists have made to get NIH grants funded in recent months.

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NIH Alzheimer’s Research Funding Is Back — for 49% Fewer Projects Though the NIH director is calling for $187 million more in funding for Alzheimer’s, the NIH is funding fewer new projects.

Story in Being Patient about Alzheimer's disease funding noting the decrease in the funding of number of new projects due, in part, to the number of multiyear funded grants from the National Institute on Aging.

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The largest problem with Harris is the lack of authenticity, especially when compared to Mamdani, AOC etc. She only says things that are politically correct, not matter whether she believes it or not. She can't win.

ICE conducts raid on Chinatown’s Canal Street, multiple people detained as New Yorkers rage | amNewYork The operation began at about 3 p.m. in the area of Centre and Canal Streets where ICE agents showed up to question street vendors as part of an alleged

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Write to Congress: CDC Employees must be Reinstated **Please write now to your Senators and Representative demanding that ALL CDC employees be reinstated as part of any agreement to reopen the government.** Late on Friday, October 10, the Trump Admin...

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Lots of our #srms colleagues got RIFd last week. I wrote to get them reinstated.
#statssky #CDC #defenddata