Take a look at this list of resources explaining why libraries (and librarians) are so important for democracy and a free society: blog.lib.utah.edu/top-picks-wh...

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.

www.politico.com/news/2025/05.... #medlibs #meded #publichealth

My library subscribes to Embase, and I use Emtree's function to gather synonyms and alternate terms as well - plus I can easily copy them to my clipboard.

Gonna have to brush up on my German next...

I have a friend who has brain cancer. He was enrolled in a trial at NIH where he could get regular MRIs. He told me today that his trial was canceled. No more MRIs for brain cancer patients. That’s government efficiency right there.

Health systems in limbo as HHS stays quiet on nondiscrimination rules for AI, algorithms Lack of clarity from officials delay providers' efforts to ensure clinical decision support tools don't discriminate.

Work on insuring clinical algorithms are free of bias has been underway for years. Now a May 1 deadline to show tools are bias-free is in limbo as all information about the new rules have been removed from HHS websites. More from @katiepalmer.bsky.social

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This banner is showing up on NIH data repositories. If you use data from these archives you may want to consider what you need access to in the near and far term for your research

Hours after NIH director confirmed, the agency tackles one of his priorities — ending ‘censorship’ in science Hours after Jay Bhattacharya was confirmed as NIH director, the agency directed staff to identify contracts related to “fighting misinformation or disinformation”

Hours after NIH director confirmed, the agency tackles one of his priorities — ending ‘censorship’ in science www.statnews.com/2025/03/26/n... via @statnews.com - WAIT! Educating people to identify misinfo IS NOT CENSORSHIP!!!