Happy international day of women and girls in science to all those who celebrate! I consider myself incredibly lucky to call so many clever, caring, good, talented women my friends. I am so lucky to have benefited from the mentorship of older women, who tell me how much better it has gotten, while still supporting me in my frustration that the gender gap and thr leaky pipeline persist. The girls' club freaking rocks.

Great news: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting National Institutes of Health research funding after 22 states sued the NIH and HHS.

I know there's been years of disinfo downplaying the flu in order to dismiss COVID as a threat, but both things cause serious illness and are best avoided. This flu wave is no joke. It's a good idea to get this season's flu vaccine (it's not too late), and wear a well-fitting mask like an N95.

yeah, I'm into LLMs: log-linear models 💅

If RFK Jr is confirmed as HHS secretary, expect these headlines to become even more frequent and tragic.

A child in Washington State who had received some but not all the recommended #pertussis vaccinations has died from pertussis. It is the state's first pertussis death since 2011. https://srhd.org/news/srhd-reports-pertussis-death-in-spokane-county

The US Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans: Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins - By Megha Satyanarayana | Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-us-is-not-ready-for-bird-flu-in-humans/