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savehhs.orgSave HHS | Support Public Health – Take Action NowSave HHS is a collaboration among the National Public Health Coalition, 27 UNIHTED, and countless current and former HHS staff. Join us in calling for public health as a vital government service. The ...

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One year ago today, 300+ NIH scientists and staff risked their livelihoods by signing the Bethesda Declaration to call out government leadership for harms to science and patients... ...today, their new report documents continuing harm to science and the American public. www.27unihted.org/bd-home

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Replying to @ngfriedman.bsky.social

We also wrote about this with @savehealthresearch.bsky.social . Because it is happening at NIH. Patients are not going to the clinical center because they fear our government.

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Nina Friedman

@ngfriedman.bsky.social

This is messed up. ICE is a public health issue. We wrote about this with Save HHS: www.savehhs.org While the mission of our coalition (hence the title) is to save HHS, what we do does not have an impact if patients cannot safely interact with the medical system.

Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com

She lived in the US for 14 years as a permanent resident, but she was recently detained by ICE. When she had a bad fall, she was too scared to seek healthcare because she knew she could be detained again. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caCanadian woman dies in U.S. after fears of detainment prevented her from seeking medical care | CBC NewsLast month, Paige Adamson was stopped at a U.S.-Canada border crossing and interrogated for hours about whether she had unlawfully voted in a U.S. election. She died at home on Sunday after a fall, te...

What an INCREDIBLE No Kings NIH Vigils. For eighteen months current NIH staff have been speaking outside of the agency every week in their personal capacities. New faces come to the microphone at every event, because courage is just that contagious.

Thank you to the entire @nihvigils.bsky.social community for hosting this event, with special thanks to @aculbert.bsky.social , @nataliebaviles.bsky.social , @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , and many without Bluesky.

Thank you for the last minute moving addition by Artie Moffa of @bicyclecomics.bsky.social . We cannot wait to read the poetry found in “Count Me Out” when it comes out next month.

Thank you to Ashima Talwar and @vanhollen.senate.gov for your amazing and supportive remarks, and thank you for continuing to stand with NIH and science. Photography by Rebecca Hammel, former U.S. Senate photographer.

This week, discussions of election defense, stories of NIH staff becoming Americans, and lot of kids on the mic.

Join us Tuesday, October 20 at 1pm, for WCOM 103.5 FM State of the Science. This week 27 UNIHTED Senior Advisor Dr. @jennifer-troyer.bsky.social joins Dr. Larry Solomon to host an episode on how environmental health science impacts our everyday lives. wcomfm.org/2026/10/17/s...

27unihted.substack.comFormer NIH staff on how political interference hobbled America's premiere environmental health institute"I wrote this commentary as a tribute to my NIEHS colleagues, to the Institute that shaped my career, and to the dedicated environmental health researchers across the country..." - Kim McAllister

More on how political interference hobbled America's premiere environmental health institute

27unihted.substack.comNIH’s new ban on research to inform policy undercuts its missionBy Jenna Norton, Alexa Romberg, Sylvia Chou, Rui Carlos Pereira de Sá, and anonymous members of 27 UNIHTED

More on how NIH’s new ban on research to inform policy undercuts its mission

They will speak with Dr. Kim McAllister, who recently retired from the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) at NIH and Dr. Linda McCauley, faculty and former Dean of Nursing at Emory University...

...discussing the role of science in informing health policy and how community-engaged research can ensure policies benefit everyone.

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@immigrantsareus.bsky.social

Join us or find an event near you!

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📢🗳️🩺Looking for a way to support publicly funded health research and election integrity all on one glorious Saturday morning? 📆This Saturday, October 17th at 10am outside of NIH at Medical Center Metro we will rally for health research and democracy. RSVP and share: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Join us tomorrow.

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On my way to our @nihvigils.bsky.social & @27unihted.bsky.social event for No Kings. Where are you going to be today?

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@nihvigils.bsky.social, @27unihted.bsky.social hosted a No Kings event this morning. About 150 people showed up for music (Northstar Union), speeches, and the oath of office, in a rallying yell to get out the vote.

sbm.orgWebinars | Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)Since 2017, the SBM Behavior Change Grand Rounds Webinar Series has delivered over 150 behavioral medicine webinars to the broader SBM community. These online learning sessions provide valuable profes...

Please join us and the Society of Behavioral Medicine @sbm.org for a webinar on October 21 at 1pm on science advocacy featuring 27 UNIHTED Senior Advisors Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, PhD, MPH, and Susan Czajkowski, PhD, as well as Co-Executive Director Nina Friedman, PhD, & member Elizabeth Ginexi, PhD.

@suscz.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social @ngfriedman.bsky.social

Listen to speeches by @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , @gnatzzamara.bsky.social , Joanna Szczepanik, Shiv Prasad, a representative of @vanhollen.senate.gov , and more. All NIH staff speak in their personal capacities.

instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

Livestream on 27 UNIHTED Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DehZeBEIDI6/ Event hosted by the @nihvigils.bsky.social community, who has been holding a weekly Saturday Vigil at NIH since May 2025, rain or shine, with support from 27 UNIHTED.

mobilize.usNo Kings: Vote Early - Bethesda, Maryland · No KingsJoin the NIH Vigils and 27 UNIHTED outside the Medical Center Metro for an event advocating for health research, the NIH, scientific integrity, and voter protections! We're looking forward to seeing y...

RSVP and share widely! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Finally, this event would be nothing without the @nihvigils.bsky.social community which comes out rain or shine every Saturday, and has since May 2025. Whether there is a No Kings event, or not.

We will finish the event by walking downtown to Bethesda and taking the metro to DC, dropping off our early voting ballots en masse. 🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

Parking on Cedar lane (10 min walk) or park at Grosvenor Station and take one stop south to medical center metro. No bathroom in metro at this time, we have a volunteer who can shuttle those in need of a bathroom to downtown Bethesda.

Listen to speeches by @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , @gnatzzamara.bsky.social @gnatzzamara.bsky.social , @aculbert.bsky.social and more, all in their pers. capacities. Music by Northstar Union (🎸👨🏼‍🎤🥁), merch available, families welcome. Info on parking and bathroom in comments.

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27unihted.substack.comA culture of fear and low morale at NIH is eroding scientific integrityConcern 9 of the Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later

Many NIH staff object to what’s happening at NIH but don’t speak up because of fear. @27unihted.bsky.social 27unihted.substack.com/p/a-culture-...

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Jeremy Berg

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Good point on the peer review plan. Read and comment. Two more days. 27unihted.substack.com/p/how-to-com...

27unihted.substack.comHow to comment on a plan that decreases transparency in NIH peer review — listen on WCOM radioDeadline to respond is Tuesday, October 13th. Research staff or anyone who benefits or hopes to benefit from health research someday can express their opinion about the proposal.

rfi.grants.nih.govRequest For Information

Fantastic resource by @joshuasweitz.bsky.social if you want to know more before commenting on the Request for Info that decreases transparency in peer review. Link to RFI: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...

Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social

The NIH proposal to conceal reviewer scores from program officers, investigators, and advisory councils is ill-conceived, introduces disproportionate weight to small percentile differences, diminishes the role of scientific peer review, and should be withdrawn in its entirety. a 🧵

joshuasweitz.substack.comWhat is NIH Leadership Trying to Hide from Researchers & the Public?A NIH proposal to conceal reviewer rankings of investigator-initiated research grants is ripe for misuse & demands a collective response (by October 13).

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Thanks for plugging our radio show with WCOM 103.5 FM, another great resource on this topic.

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27unihted.substack.comNIH wants to shroud peer review scores. Here’s what you can do about it.Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review

Oct 13 comment deadline for NIH peer review score binning is fast approaching! Please add your voice! Direct link to RFI: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3... Background on why it matters: 27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-...

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27unihted.substack.comNIH wants to shroud peer review scores. Here’s what you can do about it.Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review

Comment on peer review proposal by Oct 13th “Although NIH leadership says this proposal is the same as the NSF review process, we’ve spoken to people who have experienced review for both agencies who say that it is very different. The NSF process is transparent; there are no ‘secret scores.’…

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I-270, Exit 1

@i270exit1.bsky.social

The plan to bin review outcomes and hide scores from applicants and program staff is based on half-truths and is bad on so many levels. @27unihted.bsky.social explains and guides you on commenting. The deadline is October 13. 27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-...

rfi.grants.nih.govRequest For Information

…both the radio show and Substack article outlined how the changes were recommended by an anonymous internal working group at NIH and would allow political interference in grantmaking.” Listen and read at above link. Comment here: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...

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rollingstone.comCDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

The unethical, racist study of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau is back. Last year, we made a lot of noise and they dropped it. Time to get loud again! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Alt CDC (they/them)

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TW: DV October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. DV can be experienced in many different ways. One way is intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV can include physical or sexual violence, stalking, or psychological aggression.

This talk is now also remote, contact the email address on the flyer for more information!

Mark Histed@markhisted.org

Heads up: Kristian Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social is speaking at #NIH tomorrow. “On Viral Emergence and the Origin of Pandemics,” 2pm ET, NIH B40 (the Vaccine Research Center). Despite the non-Lab Leak topic, this isn’t part of Jay Bhattacharya’s so-called “Scientific Freedom” lecture series. 🧪

wcomfm.orgListen Live – WCOM 103.5 FM

Live now! wcomfm.org/listen-live/

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📻 Tune in on Tuesday, October 6 at 1pm to WCOM 103.5 FM (or stream live at wcomfm.org) for a local North Carolina radio show that discusses a nationwide topic of interest: peer review at NIH.

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📻 Tune in on Tuesday, October 6 at 1pm to WCOM 103.5 FM (or stream live at wcomfm.org) for a local North Carolina radio show that discusses a nationwide topic of interest: peer review at NIH.