Jason Block

Obesity and nutrition researcher at Harvard Med and HPHC, general internist. Tweets are my views on nutrition & obesity prevention policies/programs.

[PCORnetwork @PCORnetwork]

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[Carlos del Rio @CarlosdelRio7]

What Worries Me Most Right Now About the Hantavirus Outbreak | NEJM Voices https://t.co/lh39fEcnSt Excellent posting (as usual) from @PaulSaxMD

[Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd]

In case for some reason you remained hopeful about the last few open PAs... @AHRQGov has now cancelled all 11 of the remaining funding opportunities. No new ones have been posted. There is now no means by which anyone can apply to #AHRQ for extramural funding that I am aware of.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

Source: https://t.co/9lBrrCm9Ry

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

NIH has issued ~65% fewer (796 vs. 2300) new grants so far this year compared to the same point in prior years.

Combined with the delayed release of already-appropriated funding and we are witnessing unbelievable real-time damage to the U.S. scientific enterprise.

[Michael McWilliams @JMichaelMcW]

I am hiring a senior post-doc/research fellow @HMSHCP to work on projects related to Medicare policy - risk adjustment, competition, quality of care... lots of fun work with a fun team.
Please apply!: https://t.co/1t7aPCUnNC

[Elsevier News @ElsevierNews]

To ensure success, new @US_FDA front-of-package labels must factor in #nutrition literacy. Study in AJPM shows which label design is most effective in guiding all consumers toward healthier choices. https://t.co/hszs4qBsP3

#PublicHealth

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@AnnaGrummon
@JasonPBlock

[Jonathan Cohn @CitizenCohn]

NEW at @BulwarkOnline

The vaccine story RFK Jr. doesn’t want you to hear https://t.co/lHPf9eUxwD

[Jake Scott, MD @jakescottMD]

The US childhood vaccine schedule took decades to build. It was shaped by disease outbreaks, scientific breakthroughs, and the hard lessons of children who suffered preventable illness. It was dismantled with a single memo — by someone with no credentials.

[Charles Valentine @cvalentine1]

@johnarnold Don’t also underestimate how much this process impacts high school curriculum. high school teachers and admins would design very different classes if APs weren’t so important in the admissions process you describe

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

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[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Today is a dark day for American science and biomedicine. My comments in ⁦@nytimes⁩ https://t.co/EiF5Tig8KH

[Jason Block @jasonpblock]

@JournalGIM https://t.co/QQSWPb2EqB

[Jason Block @jasonpblock]

@sandritanbraun @JournalGIM https://t.co/QQSWPb2EqB

[Jason Block @jasonpblock]

Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels for Simulated Food and Beverage Purchases https://t.co/mxc6jgJClw

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

I wonder how many mothers are going to bed tonight with a cloud of guilt over their heads, wondering if they gave their children autism because they took Tylenol when pregnant.

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

This from @bethanyshondark is exactly right

"Acetaminophen is the only widely recommended pain reliever considered safe in pregnancy.

Scaring women away from it on shaky evidence isn’t responsible, it’s cruel"

[Seung Min Kim @seungminkim]

OB-GYN group leader calls Trump administration warnings on Tylenol ‘irresponsible https://t.co/2RRMCNcrDz

[Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) @jeremyfaust]

Florida Man-in-Chief Dr. Lapado admits he didn't study the impact of ending routine vaccination requirements.

Ya know who did? Real scientists.

Including Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, who Sec. Kennedy recently FIRED from the CDC's vaccine advisory committee.

Answer: This is dangerous.

[Jason Block @jasonpblock]

The Administration is definitely trying to gaslight the public, on most display yesterday by RFK, Jr. https://t.co/Qmxp8woa9I