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The potential for severe storms producing locally damaging wind gusts has increased for this afternoon and into this evening. We also cannot rule out the possibility of an isolated tornado. The greatest risk for any severe weather remains across eastern PA and the Delmarva.

The NIH has reportedly advised scientists to remove references to mRNA vaccine technology from grant applications, signaling a potential shift away from this research field. As a reminder mRNA vaccine technology is one of the most groundbreaking advancements in modern medicine.

A drug that slowed the aging of everyone in America to raise life expectancy by a year would bring benefits that one study values at $38trn ⁦The Economist⁩ economist.com/leaders/2025/0…

Our NIH grant to discover coronavirus antiviral meds was terminated today. With this grant, we had developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid, and we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own second-generation inhibitor.

Down over 60%. That’s how far federal research funding has fallen compared to this time last year. Every delay in funding is a delay in delivering for the health of American people.

Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out

The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence "implications are profound" New nature nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/d4158…

Before vaccines, babies got breastmilk, sunshine and love. And 1 in 5 of them didn't live to see their first birthday

A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction blocking the plan to cap NIH indirect costs at 15%. The judge highlighted that the policy would have caused “imminent risk of halting life-saving clinical trials” and “disrupting “innovative medical research and treatments”.

A major nature paper this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine. I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones in a new Ground Truths (link in profile)

A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention. #StanfordMedicine stan.md/4lvDUnd

The response below from ChatGPT seems consistent with the 32P and 35S radioactivity pricing I recall from the 90's (when I was a tech at Children's Hospital at Harvard Med). There were many vendor options then. It is staggering what we (and there will always be many of us) have

"<Science> is not a partisan issue. Disease doesn't know your party affiliation or your socioeconomic status. Everyone in America knows someone who has been affected by Alzheimer's." cbsnews.com/news/scientist…

i'm just a senior postdoc, standing in front of a career that i have worked really hard for, asking higher education in the united states to not completely implode in front of my eyes before i even get a chance to say the words 'my lab studies'

Doug and I are saddened to learn of President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis. We are keeping him, Dr. Biden, and their entire family in our hearts and prayers during this time. Joe is a fighter — and I know he will face this challenge with the same strength, resilience, and

3/ Pregnant women ARE at higher risk for severe COVID (& influenza). Pregnancy is a period of immunosuppression (so that the woman’s immune system doesn’t reject the fetus as a foreign body) & stress on the lungs & heart.

"Receiving a grant from the NIH is very challenging. It takes years of work...I've literally dropped to my knees with gratitude. These are a big deal, and they are our lifeblood, and to just have that terminated is devastating." - D. Sinclair ABC News abcnews.go.com/US/350-harvard…

Exercise is probably the single best way to extend lifespan. You need to exercise like your life depends on it. Because it does. Here's why. 👇🧵 /1

Additional findings from the PREVENT novavax randomized trial on the 4th sequential dose: - Robust and durable immune responses (8+ months) - Original strain vaccine had cross protection vs. strains circulating 3 years later (BA.5, BQ.1.1) - Low reactogenicity (side effects)

The temperature at JFK Airport has reached 101° F as of 12:30pm today. This breaks the previous monthly record of 99° F, making today the hottest June day on record at that climate station.