I am shocked and deeply saddened by the loss of Helen Branswell. I tried to read everything she published because of her mastery in distilling complexity without sacrificing accuracy. She always asked the best questions and I learned a great deal from her work. May her memory be a blessing.

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This is the worst news I have heard in a very long time - what a tragic loss. @helenbranswell.bsky.social was, unquestionably, _the_ best in the field and just a wonderful person. Condolences to her family and colleagues - she'll be sorely missed. www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...

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An inestimable, incalculable loss to public health and science journalism. Helen was the dean. She cannot be replaced. www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...

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I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

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@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Dysfunctional memory B cell responses to the protective repeat region of the Plasmodium circumsporozoite protein are associated with waning humoral immunity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @marionpepper.bsky.social

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