CINDY MCCAIN: “The desperation is overwhelming.”

Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.

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Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease

Katie Burns is helping uncover the role of the immune system in endometriosis—while managing the disease herself @science.org
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The myth that the childhood vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) causes autism is based on a discredited study falsely linking the vaccine to autism. Find out more: ow.ly/EqeC50VlKva.

#ImmunologyExplained #Measles #MedSky #MMR

Today's @usatoday.com front page
First US death from measles in 10 years
First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US
All of this fully preventable

U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard

“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo

Immunoengineering drives interdisciplinary research for better health

Whether developing new #technology or materials or uncovering new functions of proteins and #viruses, #UChicagoPME faculty are at the forefront of #immunoengineering research. Here are a few recent breakthroughs. 🧪 pme.uchicago.edu/news/immunoe...

Why NIH's Anthony Fauci is treating Ebola patients himself Spending 2 hours daily with patients has given NIAID chief

Anyone remember this from 2015? Why NIH's Anthony Fauci is treating Ebola patients himself | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Is the HPV Vaccine Safe? Yes, Despite What R.F.K. Jr. Has Said. During his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to disavow comments he had made disparaging the vaccine as unsafe.

Yes, the HPV vaccine is safe, despite R.F.K. Jr.'s claims. It's remarkably effective at preventing cancer — roughly 97% effective in preventing cervical cancer, and nearly 100% effective in preventing external genital warts.

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