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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.

NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.

Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.

I think it’s popular in some circles because it is so brief, but in my opinion, it’s a poorly designed measure. When I’ve needed something brief in the past, I’ve used the ASQ, C-SSRS screener, or pulled items from the SITBI.

To my mind, there is no practical difference and is one of the reasons I never use that measure.

Reflecting the efforts of so many - most importantly our study participants who gave their time to help others - I'm thrilled to share the results of our RCT evaluating the effectiveness of the #SafetyPlanningIntervention for #SuicidePrevention in the year after jail release.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.

This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

Good news! Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment buff.ly/2PpOPL3

University of Penn follows in the footsteps in MIT & Brown to reject pernicious "compact."

Today, Rep. Krajewski and I made it clear: Pennsylvania’s classrooms are not for sale. Our bill defends academic freedom — because no president, past or future, gets to control what our students learn.

Thank you Senator Williams and my other colleagues for your outspoken leadership!

So they’re providing laptops now, I guess?

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

⚠️ NIH now limits PIs to 6 applications per year. That includes resubmissions.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room ALT: two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room

NIH BREAKING NEWS NIH BREAKING NEWS

Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon

Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.

Shameful. Here’s a petition shared by the @trevorproject.bsky.social CEO on LinkedIn.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

This is so despicable.

Know that you can still provide @trevorproject.bsky.social's direct number (866-488-7386 or text to 678-678) to folks who need it.

Given that this also cuts needed funding for this work, it's a good day to donate to The Trevor Project here:

CN Health Subscribe NIH employees publish 'Bethesda Declaration' in dissent of Trump administration policies UPDATED 8 MIN AGO V By Meg Tirrell NATONA, NSTITUTES

“We urge you as NIH Director to restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue.”

Over one hundred NIH employees publish a letter of dissent to Trump administration attacks on medical research, the “Bethesda Declaration.” 🧪

a woman says " the law is the law " in front of her ALT: a woman says " the law is the law " in front of her

If you are wondering why recently departed senior NIH officials are not speaking out more, there is a legal 1-year cooling off period for matters related to NIH.

Their silence should not be interpreted as complicity or cowardice, but rather respect for the rule of law.

ASSIGNMENT: COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F

1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees.

www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...

1/n

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

Viewpoint in JAMA details the consequences of the proposed cuts to NIH:

❌15% reduction in new therapies
❌reduction in life expectancy by 83M life years in the US = $8.2T
❌loss of $51B in economic output annually

All to save $20B annually. The math ain't mathin.'
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Because they're using AI to hallucinate evidence for their nonsensical recommendations.

When something threatens the auto or coal industries, mass hysteria about lost jobs ensues.

Where's the collective flip-out about threats to higher-ed? 4.7 million Americans work for higher ed institutions. Even more rely on contract work with them. It is one of the biggest sectors in the US.(1/2)

‘Devastated’ and ‘Hopeless.’ Researchers Speak Out on Funding Cuts | ACLU

⚖️Heartbroken but proud to stand with fellow researchers in court today⚖️

NIH’s sudden grant cuts:
🚫 Silence lifesaving health equity work
⏳ Undermine years of progress
⚠️ Put vital discoveries at risk

We won’t stop fighting for science & justice 🧪

👇More details from our @aclu.org representation👇

NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.

Who's calling the shots at NIH?

Sworn testimonies and internal e-mails reveal for the first time the breadth of DOGE's control over the world's largest public biomedical funder.

DOGE has provided lists of hundreds of grants to cut, and DOGE is now reviewing ALL NIH awards before they're released

Why the Democratic Tea Party Failed (and How It Could Succeed) For the left to win, it must blame fascism on the actual fascists.

Yep. So timely that this article along the same lines was in my feed today, too:

A thread: NIH Fellows United is committed to showing up, even when leadership won’t. 🧪

Trump's Assault on Veterans Is Already Taking a Toll Leaked emails reveal Donald Trump's sinister plan to destroy the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The effects are already being felt.

Leaked emails reveal Donald Trump's sinister plan to destroy the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

The effects are already being felt.

Commentary from @membrich.bsky.social ⤵️

Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)

Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants

RFK Jr. aides accused of censoring NIH's top ultra-processed food scientist HHS denied censoring Dr. Kevin Hall, the researcher who announced his early retirement on Wednesday, saying it was a "deliberate distortion of the facts."

More censorship of science that doesn't confirm the authoritarian regime's version of reality. So chilling and it's sure to get worse if we don't all collectively fight this.

Veto.