The Cal State system, where I teach, just announced a murky but far-ranging & evidently unprecedented public-private initiative to, per the Chancellor, “establish the CSU as the nation’s first and largest AI-powered public university system[.]” This is very concerning imo,

this is the accurate way to talk about this (Wyden was a longtime member of House E&C).

Round 2 of the Battle of LA tonight 🍿

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil is being held by ICE in the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana, per ICE detainee tracker Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building

Everything in this country.... *Everything*-- is about race. I'm gonna say it until everybody gets it.

NEW—Khalil’s wife, Noor: “This felt like a kidnapping because it was: Officers in plainclothes — who refused to show us a warrant, speak with our attorney, or even tell us their names — forced my husband into an unmarked car and took him” Didn’t know where he was for 38 hours

Exclusive: NIH officials have advised some scientists to remove references to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field. By Arthur Allen kffhealthnews.org/news/article/n…

Incredible

The current budget proposal includes slashing 🚨$880 billion🚨 from Medicaid—a devastating blow to maternal health. Medicaid covers nearly 42% of births in the U.S. Cutting it would leave millions of parents without essential care. We CANNOT let this happen. #HandsOffMedicaid

First photo needs to be a stamp

Breaking: USC phenom JuJu Watkins has suffered a torn ACL in her right knee, sources tell ESPN. She will undergo surgery.

NEW w/ Ruth: HHS is eliminating offices that work on minority health, HIV and STIs. HIV experts called it a "decimation" that will cost the government much more over time than any short-term savings. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

So proud of Tufts, where we stand up for our students. tufts.edu/president/spee…

MY GOD what a time to be an epidemiologist. Idk how we survive this yall.

Remarkable how moving uni classes online during COVID was seen as unacceptably watering down the learning experience, but replacing faculty with AI is now being cast as an enlightening inevitability

NEW: Republicans consider unraveling a key part of Obamacare in Trump agenda bill House chairman overseeing health policy says they're looking at unwinding the federal promise to cover 90% of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion (ie FMAP). BFD, if it happens 👇 nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

Miss the conversation on bias in healthcare AI? 🎥 Catch DoC-IT's A Jay Holmgren with Paige Nong and Ryan Levi as they unpack real-world risks—and what it takes to evaluate AI tools responsibly. See how the experts broke it down: codex.ucsf.edu/events/codexs-… Tradeoffs

my doctor’s office uses the amazon palm reader to check patients in now and i asked if i could opt out and the front desk staff looked at me like i was a petulant child lol

BREAKING: U.S. regulators say annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved. Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies. apnews.com/article/vaccin…