In parts of rural Rwanda, nearly three out of four pediatric health clinic visits end with an antibiotic prescription.
A new digital tool cut that down to just 25%, without compromising patient outcomes. Could it help slow the spread of antimicrobial resistance?
www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...
In parts of rural Rwanda, nearly three out of four pediatric health clinic visits end with an antibiotic prescription.
A new digital tool cut that down to just 25%, without compromising patient outcomes. Could it help slow the spread of antimicrobial resistance?
www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...
My heart is with the Iranian people and the country that is my beautiful homeland 💚
All I see on my timeline is devastation, but this is what I think of when I think of Iran.
EXCLUSIVE: The strike that destroyed a school in Minab, Iran was larger than has been previously reported. A nearby clinic was also hit.
The evidence suggests a precision strike against an IRGC base that was adjacent to the school.
www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...
I've been really struggling to write about space while living through the ICE occupation in Minneapolis this winter. I was shocked to find myself thinking, "Who cares about sending people to the moon?"
That feeling is more historically resonant than I thought. 🧪🔭
www.sciencenews.org/article/moon...
Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.
The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇
The WHO-led flu vaccine meeting happening now is a big deal!
I wrote about why even though the US is (virtually) at the meeting, its exit from WHO is threatening the global influenza surveillance system while simultaneously diminishing US influence in shaping the shot.
www.npr.org/2026/02/26/n...
A special issue from the team at @biographic.bsky.social! What has happened in the year since the Trump administration's wide ranging cuts to global conservation initiatives? A lot. And when you dig into the history, it's not entirely surprising: www.biographic.com/conservation...
COOL JOB ALERT: NPR has an opening for a correspondent on its general assignment desk. An amazing opportunity for an ambitious journalist. DETAILS: https://loom.ly/kyvIRvs
BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
My last bit of Olympics coverage, making the case that cross country skiers are the best athletes, at least when it comes to one scientific metric.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV9n...
O'Neill, an investor in anti-aging technology who worked on HHS policy, would be the first non-scientist or engineer to lead NSF. His background will be a 'major concern' to the science and technology community, former NSF director Neal Lane told me.
@maxkozlov.bsky.social and I report:
Woody and Buzz launch the Butlerian jihad.
SCOOP: Jay Bhattacharya, NIH director, will also serve as acting CDC director, per two admin officials, until Trump names a permanent director.
POTUS will nominate Jim O'Neill, who left HHS on Friday, to run National Science Foundation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
I wrote about the best Olympic sport
defector.com/high-level-a...
Despite withdrawing from the WHO, the U.S. will be participating in the WHO-led flu shot meeting later this month, according to an HHS spokesperson.
CDC staff historically play a major role in shaping next year's flu shot. Seems like both WHO and the US want that to continue.
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The Trump administration will rescind the central scientific finding that underpins much of the nation's climate pollution rules, its most aggressive action yet to halt initiatives that address planetary warming. My @npr.org story with @camilareads.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...
Moonlighting as an Olympics correspondent!
On at the end of this Up First Winter Games talking about the scandal rocking the ski jumping world. Please forgive my excessive nodding, video is a new medium for me...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrWe...
My friends at Niemanreports.org asked me to write about the experience of being a journalist on the ground in Minneapolis right now. I knew I wanted to tell reporters elsewhere how even this most hopeless of times has been clarifying and, in some ways, energizing. (1) share.google/ms1wKDQZmgep...
Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
The White House has to approve all voucher recipients, and Trump officials have used the promise of speedier reviews to reward companies that help them advance political priorities. The episode involving Compass underscores the ways in which political pressure has shaped the voucher program.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
I'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders.
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.
EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
More than 10,000 STEM PhD's have left or been fired from the federal workforce since Trump took office again.
NSF, EPA, DOE and USFS hardest hit.
www.science.org/content/arti...
and while you’re here, ready my story today: 8 weeks under siege in Minnesota minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/23/8...
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
