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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist

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🧫 Scientist #BreastCancer 🧬 Research Expertise: 3D models #DCIS | #Cancer

🔬Immunofluorescence Nerd 🧪 Yoga enthusiast | Passionate about scientific writing. I put effort into my posts. My Mission: To keep people informed about science

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  1. This @newyorker.com article by @janemayer.bsky.social (who with @ronanfarrow.bsky.social brought down Harvey Weinstein ) on the ability of journalists to document the truth, challenge what the US govt is lying about, & change much of the public’s mind, is so amazing! #Pinks #ResponsibleJournalism

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  2. 🧪RFK Jr is letting go of one of the biggest discoveries of our time just because of misinformation. Science censorship is not new, and it never ended well.

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  3. A group of 15 public health organizations is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the federal government jeopardized access to services including birth control for more than 800,000 people.

    The 2025 budget provided $285.6 million in Title X funds.

    🧪 www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

    Birth control is routine for many Americans and polls show it's popular across party lines. Now, the Trump administration is withholding funds that provide contraception for low income people.

    Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women

    Birth control is routine for many Americans and polls show it's popular across party lines. Now, the Trump administration is withholding funds that provide contraception for low income people.

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  4. 🧪 Another type of localized brain drain of a different type.

    TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws were associated w/ a 4.67% reduction in the density of OB-GYNs per 100k women ages 15–44 from 1993–2021 in non-metropolitan counties.

    www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

    #pinks

    Obstetricians and gynecologists (OB-GYNs) provide essential health care to women across their lifespan. Yet nearly half of US counties have no OB-GYNs, with nonmetropolitan communities disproportionat...

    Targeted Regulations Of Abortion Providers Associated With Significant Decreases In OB-GYN Density, 1993–2021 | Health Affairs Journal

    Obstetricians and gynecologists (OB-GYNs) provide essential health care to women across their lifespan. Yet nearly half of US counties have no OB-GYNs, with nonmetropolitan communities disproportionat...

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  5. "We’re really putting our public in jeopardy," says a local pharmacist who's already seeing the effects after government support for vaccines flipped. This is how the cuts are playing out in local pharmacies and schools as we head into sickness season...

    #Pinks www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

    The Trump administration continues to change national vaccine policy and slash funding. Here's how one Seattle pharmacy is being hit by federal decisions.

    Seattle pharmacist has already seen the effects of vaccine funding cuts

    The Trump administration continues to change national vaccine policy and slash funding. Here's how one Seattle pharmacy is being hit by federal decisions.

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