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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. ā€œEfforts that are lifesaving now are being curtailed,ā€ one scientist said. ā€œPeople will die.ā€ 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 ā€œThe administration is taking steps to prevent the money from being spent. That is an impoundment.ā€ -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, ā€œOne Big Beautiful Billā€ Act will add $3.394 trillion to the deficit and ā¬†ļø the number of uninsured Americans by 10 million over 10 years. ⁦⁦U.S. CBO⁩ cbo.gov/publication/61…

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ā€œAfter 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.ā€ 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 ā€œI really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve,ā€ said Sarah Kobrin, chief of NCI’s health systems and interventions research branch. ā€œIt just doesn’t make sense.ā€ wamu.org/story/25/07/23…

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

ā€œI really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve,ā€ said Sarah Kobrin, chief of NCI’s health systems and interventions research branch. ā€œIt just doesn’t make sense.ā€

wamu.org/story/25/07/23…