It’s that time of year to sign up for or donate to Obliteride, the Fred Hutch Cancer Center’s annual fundraising effort. This year this fundraising event feels different to me and it feels like a way to protest. Link to donate is here: secure.fredhutch.org/site/TR/Obli...

Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.

The case, brought by attorneys general in 22 states and the District of Columbia, represents a pivotal test for the administration as it pursues a dramatic review of government spending priorities.

The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.

The sometimes invisible costs of disruption in process and lack of clear decision making are really looming large for me these days. The potential lost bc of time passing, talent moving elsewhere, and inertia from lack of decision making that hits the hardest.

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A judge last week ruled that the freeze on foreign aid must be reversed. But Trump's USAID team responded that many contracts give them the right to halt funding.

"Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread of bird flu were notified Friday that 25 percent of the staff in a central program office coordinating their work were fired"

Emerging 4th world country in North America!
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The Dep't of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies, including the FDA and CDC.

Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices.
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NIH funding at @UMich supports important medical research, such as extending the life of organs waiting for transplant, advancing treatments for cerebral palsy, and sustaining experimental genetic trials for children with brain cancer.

Spot on.

Someone needs to ask DOGE what they did with all our condoms

Centers for Disease Control cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health in U.S

EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad

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Republicans are realizing just how much damage these illegal and unconstitutional cuts are doing to their own districts and states. This is what happens when you kowtow to your King instead of standing up for your own Constitutional powers. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

I hope the impacts of indiscriminately using a sledgehammer where a scalpel is required are realized quickly enough to avoid permanent damage to our health agencies and research. Trump administration orders CDC and NIH layoffs : Shots - Health News

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Washington: In 2024, 2 schools received more than $10 million in grants for a total of $617 million. Of that, $397 million went directly to research and $220 went to facilities and administration. The new rate would bring that to $60 million, a loss of $160 million.

NEW: A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has grown to be the largest in the U.S. since the CDC started tracking the illness in the 1950s.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.