David Vaught

Husband, Father, Scientist, Teacher, Traveler, Foodie, Outdoorsy. Tweets are my own and not necessarily an endorsement.

[STAT @statnews]

Kentucky’s campaign to improve rural cancer care is a national model. Federal cuts threaten its progress https://t.co/reGmWJsSHS

[STAT @statnews]

The NIH has cut new grant awards by at least $2.3 billion this year, with major declines in research on infectious diseases, heart and lung conditions, and biology. This shift highlights the strain on the critical federal-academic research partnership, per STAT analysis.

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

So much of what is in here is incorrect

Americans are NOT getting sicker every year

After a devastating pandemic, life expectancy is beginning to rise again

Cancer mortality rates have fallen substantially

Cardiovascular mortality is down

Opioid related deaths are down

Even obesity rates have plateaued and are beginning to turn down

Yes, these gains are fragile

Yes, we have more work to do

But we were making progress

Gutting our public health system will not help

[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

With all that's going on, the last thing you need is the encyclopedia trying to fool you so we just hope you have a nice day.

[Matthew Herper @matthewherper]

The entire STAT staff is updating this story about layoffs at HHS. There will be a lot of info.

But the short version is this: a lot of the people who would keep drugs safe and effective, to protect patients in trials, and to fight bird flu and future pandemics are gone -- even though it seems the scientists in charge of directly reviewing new medicines are mostly protected at FDA.

Per Robert Califf: "[The FDA] as we’ve known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and a deep understanding of product development and safety no longer employed.”

https://t.co/BMrVUhlqvK

[ProPublica @propublica]

“We have a duty to tell the public what’s going on,” one park ranger said. “If that’s saying, ‘We just don��t have the staff to stay open and that’s what these firings are doing,’ I think the people have a right to know.”
https://t.co/PdFwp1neBY

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

Science cannot thrive without the next generation.

[Brown University School of Public Health @Brown_SPH]

Dean @ashishkjha reacts to the deep cuts proposed to indirect research funding and what it would mean for the future of US health research.

"Less cancer research, research for Alzheimer's disease, heart disease. This is really a bad idea," he tells @WBUR.https://t.co/lTsPE5q04f

[Appalachian Trail Conservancy @AT_Conservancy]

"The mass terminations of federal employees within the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service are deeply concerning and will have devastating impacts to our beloved public lands, including the Appalachian Trail."

Full statement by our CEO: https://t.co/FHUF4ybhmy

[Tracy Wholf @TWholf]

First time I've seen a federal press release with 41 quotes from people and orgs supporting a nominee's appointment...intriguing that many of these orgs (oil/gas, fertilizer, mining, etc.) are ones the EPA traditionally regulates and scrutinizes: https://t.co/5UcwydPdZF

[Rafeeque @rafeequemavoor]

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍

@NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations!

all freely available in the public domain.

Retweet and spread the message!
https://t.co/p1bD1kxO7H

[David Vaught @VaughtPhD]

We knew this was coming.

[FloTrack @FloTrack]

WORLD RECORD AGAIN FOR SYD 🌎

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone defends her Olympic title from Tokyo by lowering her own world record in the women's 400m hurdles to 50.37!

And it's a 1-2 SWEEP for Team USA 🇺🇸 as Anna Cockrell charges past Femke Bol 🇳🇱 down the homestretch for silver in a huge PR of 51.87.

Bol would earn the bronze in 52.15.

#Paris2024

📸: Getty

[David Vaught @VaughtPhD]

Track and field in world championships and at the Olympics…always good to shoot any chance at me being productive outside of watching all the races.

[Bill Frist, M.D. @bfrist]

From my latest @Forbes op-ed: Never in my lifetime has the word ‘vaccine’ been so controversial. Recent data on vaccine hesitancy must be our wake-up call –– our rallying cry –– to right the ship.

https://t.co/g8MlKNG0Fn

#vaccinessavelives #vaccinehesistancy

[David Vaught @VaughtPhD]

Please @NashvilleSC do something worthwhile during transfer window. This is unwatchable. No support from fans for the product on the field and flat play.

[David Vaught @VaughtPhD]

Utah. It’s been fun. Looking forward to a return visit to explore your parks in even more detail especially you @CapitolReefNPS with the rain that disrupted and cut short our visit.

[Jennifer Guerriero, PhD @JennGuerriero]

Please repost! First time attendees to the @sitcancer annual meeting from Latin America receive significantly discounted registration rates!

[Kentucky Baseball @UKBaseball]

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY...

KENTUCKY IS GOING TO THE MEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

#WeAreUK x #RoadToOmaha

[David Vaught @VaughtPhD]

@stacheVille @GEODISPark Against half of a Toronto squad at that…