Monthly Archives: April 2026

The Trump Administration Creates a Drowning Witch Test for NIH Funding

Posted on April 6, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

The Trump Administration calls for $5 billion in cuts from NIH*. A key justification for that is COVID conspiracism: Additional egregious examples of wasteful and radical NIH IC spending that would be eliminated through reforms include: National Institute of Allergy … Continue reading →

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Links 4/5/26

Posted on April 5, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: David Botstein, Gene-Mapping Pioneer, Dies at 83 Scientists Get a Glimpse of How New Pandemics Are Made Study finds rising resistance to a last-resort antibiotic in Africa Convergent extreme reductive evolution in ancient planthopper symbioses Cost-of-living … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on April 5, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

…a month of Mad Biologist posts: Democrats Need to Be Better on the Issue of D.C. Statehood Some Context About Maine’s Senate Race Abolish ICE Is Now the Mainstream Position Trump Freezes Out ICE Queen D.C. Statehood Matters: The Speeding … Continue reading →

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Links 4/4/26

Posted on April 4, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: First-of-its-kind vaccine protects children from deadly intestinal infections How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory Cost and benefits of gene amplification-mediated antibiotic resistance … Continue reading →

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Links 4/3/26

Posted on April 3, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Antibiotic used in COVID patients tied to increased signs of antibiotic resistance Somebody Finally Stood Up to RFK Jr. A federal judge’s ruling highlights the ways Kennedy’s anti-vax agenda is putting public health at risk. More … Continue reading →

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Links 4/2/26

Posted on April 2, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed. Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan under RFK … Continue reading →

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The Absurdity of the SAVE Act

Posted on April 2, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

It is pretty clear at this point Trump really wants to pass the SAVE Act, even though senate Republicans do not want it to pass: depending on the state, these id-based restrictions would likely hurt Republicans. One absurdity in all … Continue reading →

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Links 4/1/26

Posted on April 1, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab The archaeal roots of eukaryotic life WHO releases guidance for urgently needed new antibiotics Florida Is Trying to Ignore Measles Until It Can’t Surgeon general nominee now … Continue reading →

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