Virginian-Pilot: Column: Protecting NIH research is urgent — and personal
by Kathleen Kelly Sharp
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialGreg Folkers
@gregfolkers.bsky.social
Washington, D.C.
@gregfolkers.bsky.social@gregfolkers.bsky.socialUnbiased Science: Which Families Count in the Vaccine Debate?
... this was a devastating week for public health, so much so that it’s hard to know where to begin.
@gregfolkers.bsky.social
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialThe Lancet: New Commission provides roadmap to protect economies, security and global stability from catastrophic threats to health and human survival
@madhupai.bsky.socialReposted by @gregfolkers.bsky.socialI would add an 18th catastrophic threat: the rise of far right, authoritarianism, backed by technofascist billionaires
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialPittsburgh Post-Gazette: This Penn State Health pediatrician never thought he’d see measles. Now, he treats it every day.
by Hanna Webster @post-gazette.com
@joho.bsky.socialReposted by @gregfolkers.bsky.socialBut Jay Bhattacharya has a pandemic plan- we all need to hit the gym.
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialWHO Disease Outbreak News Pneumonia of undetermined etiology - Russian Federation 10 October 2026
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialNYT: A Week Later, Russia Hasn’t Said What Pathogen Killed Plague Researcher
Experts said they believed that with modern testing technology, the Russian authorities should know the answer by now.
@nytimes.com
by @paulsonne.bsky.social and @julianbarnes.bsky.social
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialPolitico: Eric Schmitt and the Twilight of the Covid Republican /
Resistance to pandemic lockdowns and mandates created a generation of Republican stars. Nearly all have faded away.
By Kathy Gilsinan @politico.com @kgilsinan.bsky.social
@standupforscience.netReposted by @gregfolkers.bsky.socialTrump and RFK jr. want to use your tax dollars to let children die from preventable diseases in Guinea-Bissau. Stand Up For Science says: NOT ON OUR WATCH!
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialCompelling
@gavinyamey.bsky.socialReposted by @gregfolkers.bsky.socialHoly shit
FOUR members of the ethics committee in Denmark that gave the green light to allow the widely-condemned RFK Jr-funded trial to proceed in Guinea-Bissau have now resigned in protest
This quote is 🔥
Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialSalles versus Bhattacharya NIH et al
Cimpelling complaint (9/16/2026) on "Memoli directive" and other matters
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialJohn Snow, Ignaz Semmelweis, Joseph Lister, Alice Stewart, Herbert Needleman, Frances Kelsey, Rachel Carson, Jay Bhattacharya
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialBernie Moreno says Ethics Committee warned him over foul language in Fauci confrontation
by Sabrina Eaton @cleveland.com @sabrinaeaton.bsky.social
tough guy
@aniloza.bsky.socialReposted by @gregfolkers.bsky.socialSome Friday news from @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social & I:
Steven Quay, a lab leak proponent previously reported as one leading candidate for the job, is out of the running for NIAID director
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialCRASSH: The Next Pandemic Emergency: Analysing contenders
by Bradley F Dickey and Lalitha Sundaram
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialRolling Stone: On the Front Line of the Vaccine Wars
By Katherine Eban
@rollingstone.com @katherineeban.bsky.social
Excellent reporting and vivid writing from WV
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialReason/Aaron Brown: The NIH Plan To Strengthen 'Replication and Reproducibility' Will Not Check Anything
