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Joshua Weitz

@joshuasweitz

Quantitative Viral Dynamics, U of Maryland, College Park + Institute for Health Computing, North Bethesda, Author of 'Asymptomatic' (JHU Press, Oct 2024)

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Boris D Heifets (@theborislab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dear Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD why did the NIH cancel a running grant on gene therapy for hearing loss? Brilliant PI, incredibly productive lab. No advance notice - actually 2 months late, so money is already spent. No recourse, no discussion. Advocate for science!

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Congressional Event: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants nasawatch.com/congress/congr… Media advisory: On Tuesday, July 8, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building Foyer (Rayburn Foyer) the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology – Democrats will host

Congressional Event: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants
nasawatch.com/congress/congr…

Media advisory: On Tuesday, July 8, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building Foyer (Rayburn Foyer) the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology – Democrats will host
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Just another day in the dismantling of science... this time, the administration takes aim at the National Cancer Institute. “Efforts that are lifesaving now are being curtailed,” one scientist said. “People will die.” cnn.com/2025/07/08/hea…

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"How do you appeal something that is almost, like, the absence of action?" -Belinda Needham, UMich “The administration is taking steps to prevent the money from being spent. That is an impoundment.” -DavidASuper via Stephanie Lee of The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com/article/the-sc…

Carlos del Rio (@carlosdelrio7) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The U.S.’s dramatic research and funding cuts as well as changes to skilled-worker immigration policies threaten one of its greatest economic advantages: people-powered innovation wsj.com/politics/polic… via The Wall Street Journal

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Estimated Budgetary Effects of Public Law 119-21, “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act will add $3.394 trillion to the deficit and ⬆️ the number of uninsured Americans by 10 million over 10 years. ⁦⁦U.S. CBO⁩ cbo.gov/publication/61…

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“After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi…

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Ignore the pseudoscience from US Dept HHS: get your annual flu vaccine, it’s also one of the best ways to protect your heart health. Summary study from CIDRAP here and linked to this post cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-gene….

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The National Cancer Institute faces steep budget cuts and a staff exodus “I really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve,” said Sarah Kobrin, chief of NCI’s health systems and interventions research branch. “It just doesn’t make sense.” wamu.org/story/25/07/23…

The National Cancer Institute faces steep budget cuts and a staff exodus

“I really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve,” said Sarah Kobrin, chief of NCI’s health systems and interventions research branch. “It just doesn’t make sense.”

wamu.org/story/25/07/23…