Middletown March for Science

03/17/2026

The NSF has provided no evidence to justify dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Doing so would undermine one of the nation’s most vital scientific institutions.

Read the letter UCS submitted today: https://act.ucsusa.org/3NeWZh1

03/16/2026

https://youtu.be/tfNtuhNAxlw?si=cvAKNuOzvVXv7m0H

In this video, we explore the Science March movement and its significance in today's world. We answer key questions, inclu...

12/03/2025

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As hundreds of world leaders gather in Brazil for the UN’s annual global climate conference, COP30, these charts illustrate both the challenges leaders are facing — and some reasons for optimism.

11/26/2025

Babies are dying of whooping cough across the US... and it is largely preventable.

We’ve had more than 25,000 pertussis cases this year so far. Cases are on track to surpass 2024 (a year that already saw a fivefold jump from the year before). In the first three months of 2025 alone, the U.S. logged 6,600 cases — 4× the same period in 2024 and 25× 2023!

Deaths have occurred in several states: three unvaccinated infants in Kentucky, two infants in Louisiana (we are not sure of vaccination status), and a child under 5 in Washington state who had received some doses but had not completed the DTaP series (and had other contributing health factors).

Between 2000–2017, 84% of U.S. pertussis deaths occurred in babies under 2 months old — the window BEFORE they can get their first DTaP.

IF ONLY WE HAD A WAY TO PREVENT THIS....
We do. And yes — we’re upset. These deaths should not be happening.

When children receive the complete 5-dose DTaP series on schedule, the vaccine protects about 98% of them in the year after the final dose. When pregnant women get Tdap between 27–36 weeks, it prevents ~78% of pertussis cases in newborns and is ~91% effective at preventing hospitalization.

The problem is that people aren’t getting it...

DTaP coverage among kindergarteners has fallen to 92.1%, down from about 95% pre-pandemic. That may look like a small drop — until you understand herd immunity thresholds. And until you start counting dead babies.

Pertussis in infants is brutal. About 1 in 3 is hospitalized. About 1 in 5 develops pneumonia. Some suffer seizures or brain swelling. Around 1% die.

Adults describe coughing until they vomit or break ribs.
Infants? They turn blue. They stop breathing. They die.

Whooping cough was rare for decades after vaccination became widespread — until the 2000s, when waning immunity, natural cycles, and pockets of low coverage (fueled by misinformation) allowed it to roar back.

We had this under control. Fear and misinformation are undoing decades of progress.
Get vaccinated. Get your kids vaccinated. If you’re pregnant, get Tdap between 27–36 weeks.

https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/third-unvaccinated-kentucky-baby-dies-of-whooping-cough/
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/cases-rise-nationally-2-infants-die-pertussis-louisiana
https://www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/news/two-louisiana-infants-die-of-pertussis-amid-drop-in-vaccinations/

10/25/2025

Funnny how our colleagues to the North have noticed... (not funny)

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07/10/2025

TED talk.. brilliant take-down of the narratives that claim "it's too late to change. Don't fight it, accept climate realism" Here's the data. We the people who live on this planet have the capacity to make the changes necessary to change our future.

In this urgent and hard-hitting talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore thoroughly dismantles the fossil fuel industry’s narrative of "climate realism," contrasting the...

07/09/2025

07/07/2025

There is no excuse for a charlatan with this level of documented incompetence being given a platform in a scientific inquiry. We are sharing this so you can be forewarned that ANY pronouncement or result of this alleged autism investigation will be suspect, most likely bogus. And this is from what had been one of our premier health research institutions. Now reduced to waste, fraud and abuse.

07/02/2025

"In scientific circles, we are trained to trust that rigorous data alone will win the day. If the study design is sound and the benefit/risk data are clear, the decisions basically make themselves, right? In the real world, of course, the way that we communicate data matters at least as much as the data itself."
Morgan McSweeney (a.k.a. Dr. Noc)

“A scientific message will not resonate unless viewers have clear reason to care about the issue and, more importantly, to trust the messenger,” writes popular social media scientist dr.noc.

06/17/2025

A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages, draws from internal industry documents to detail the fossil fuel industry's decades-long campaign of climate deception and delay, the consequences of which are now wreaking havoc on communities across the world. Climate disasters are becoming more severe and damaging, and local communities are left to pick up the pieces and the costs.
https://www.ucs.org/resources/decades-deceit?

Why the case against the major fossil fuel companies for fraud and climate damages is so strong.

06/17/2025

Science is based on evidence.. not ideology.