Yvette Cuca
@ycuca.bsky.social
San Francisco transplant, and loving it.
Tracking estimated deaths associated with the PEPFAR funding freeze and discontinuation.
PEPFAR Impact Tracker
Track the impact of PEPFAR funding halt
pepfar.impactcounter.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Tracking estimated deaths associated with the PEPFAR funding freeze and discontinuation.
Checkout our new AJPH journal supplement from our Black Women First initiative!
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American Journal of Public Health - Volume 115, Issue S1
Table of Contents for American Journal of Public Health
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March 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Checkout our new AJPH journal supplement from our Black Women First initiative!
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"[F]or every dollar invested in family planning, there is a projected return of $60–$100 in economic growth. [It] increases women’s and girls’ education and labor force participation, which positively impacts economic growth and stability, and builds stronger families, communities and countries."
Foreign Aid Cuts Will Lead to 34,000 More Pregnancy-Related Deaths in Just One Year
The freeze on U.S. foreign assistance funding and the subsequent stop work order has already taken an irreversible toll on global health programs, including family planning services, causing chaos acr...
msmagazine.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"[F]or every dollar invested in family planning, there is a projected return of $60–$100 in economic growth. [It] increases women’s and girls’ education and labor force participation, which positively impacts economic growth and stability, and builds stronger families, communities and countries."
What Has Aid Ever Done for Anyone?
What Has Aid Ever Done For Anyone?
YouTube video by SaveTheChildren
www.youtube.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What Has Aid Ever Done for Anyone?
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I was at Connecticut Foodshare this morning with Senator Blumenthal to talk about the massive cuts by Trump and his billionaire friends to child food programs.
Kids are going to go hungry so that billionaires can get another big tax break.
Kids are going to go hungry so that billionaires can get another big tax break.
March 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I was at Connecticut Foodshare this morning with Senator Blumenthal to talk about the massive cuts by Trump and his billionaire friends to child food programs.
Kids are going to go hungry so that billionaires can get another big tax break.
Kids are going to go hungry so that billionaires can get another big tax break.
Graphic of the impact on each state of the destruction of USAID.
USAID Impact State by State — USAIDStopWork
These documents show the partnerships between states and USAID. USAID is critical to the economic health of America.
www.usaidstopwork.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Graphic of the impact on each state of the destruction of USAID.
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The cover-up…
USAID officials were ordered to destroy classified documents, raising concerns about compliance with federal law. An internal email sent to remaining bureau leaders at the agency’s Washington headquarters provided guidance on “clearing our classified safes and personnel documents.”
USAID officials were ordered to destroy classified documents, raising concerns about compliance with federal law. An internal email sent to remaining bureau leaders at the agency’s Washington headquarters provided guidance on “clearing our classified safes and personnel documents.”
March 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The cover-up…
USAID officials were ordered to destroy classified documents, raising concerns about compliance with federal law. An internal email sent to remaining bureau leaders at the agency’s Washington headquarters provided guidance on “clearing our classified safes and personnel documents.”
USAID officials were ordered to destroy classified documents, raising concerns about compliance with federal law. An internal email sent to remaining bureau leaders at the agency’s Washington headquarters provided guidance on “clearing our classified safes and personnel documents.”
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Hearing from a source:
"A friend at NCI lost 3 outstanding staff (their words) and tweeted about it. She was suspended for 2 days. No idea how her tweet was flagged."
This is for all the people asking us why it's hard to tell what's happening at NIH. Retaliation is real.
"A friend at NCI lost 3 outstanding staff (their words) and tweeted about it. She was suspended for 2 days. No idea how her tweet was flagged."
This is for all the people asking us why it's hard to tell what's happening at NIH. Retaliation is real.
March 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hearing from a source:
"A friend at NCI lost 3 outstanding staff (their words) and tweeted about it. She was suspended for 2 days. No idea how her tweet was flagged."
This is for all the people asking us why it's hard to tell what's happening at NIH. Retaliation is real.
"A friend at NCI lost 3 outstanding staff (their words) and tweeted about it. She was suspended for 2 days. No idea how her tweet was flagged."
This is for all the people asking us why it's hard to tell what's happening at NIH. Retaliation is real.
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Patients who struggle to take daily HIV pills can benefit from long-acting injectable treatments, a study finds. "We've had folks who struggled for years & when we put them on injectables, it's like magic,” Dr. Matthew Spinelli says.
Long-acting injectable HIV therapy offers hope for those unable to take pills
Patients who struggle to take daily HIV pills can benefit from long-acting injectable treatments, a new study by researchers at UCSF has found.
medicalxpress.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Patients who struggle to take daily HIV pills can benefit from long-acting injectable treatments, a study finds. "We've had folks who struggled for years & when we put them on injectables, it's like magic,” Dr. Matthew Spinelli says.
Standing Up for Science in San Francisco
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Standing Up for Science in San Francisco
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
USAID and PEPFAR have saved millions of lives. Shutting them down will kill people.
Fired USAid workers and HIV activists hold ‘die-in’ to protest Trump and Musk
Dozens of demonstrators lie down in government office building to warn against dismantling foreign aid agency
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
USAID and PEPFAR have saved millions of lives. Shutting them down will kill people.
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10% of NASA’s workforce has been laid off—guess that’ll be a boost for SpaceX.
February 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
10% of NASA’s workforce has been laid off—guess that’ll be a boost for SpaceX.
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Don't let Trump flood your zone. Stay focused. Keep your eye on what this corrupt regime is really doing — looting the government to line their own pockets with massive tax cuts and the ability to steer more federal contracts their way.
February 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Don't let Trump flood your zone. Stay focused. Keep your eye on what this corrupt regime is really doing — looting the government to line their own pockets with massive tax cuts and the ability to steer more federal contracts their way.
Great video from UCSF on the indirect costs / F&A that Trump wants to cut.
F&A Funding: The Bedrock of Biomedical Research
YouTube video by UC San Francisco (UCSF)
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Great video from UCSF on the indirect costs / F&A that Trump wants to cut.
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Infant mortality increased along with births in most U.S. states with abortion bans in the first 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to new research. Babies who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects died at the highest rates.
After Abortion Bans, Infant Mortality and Births Increased, Research Finds
The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Infant mortality increased along with births in most U.S. states with abortion bans in the first 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to new research. Babies who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects died at the highest rates.
Three earthquakes near Hayward in just over an hour.
February 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Three earthquakes near Hayward in just over an hour.
“Despite verbal assurances from Secretary of State Marco Rubio about allowing lifesaving humanitarian aid to continue, international aid and development work funded by the U.S. government have almost entirely come to a halt, multiple leaders in humanitarian aid confirmed to ABC News.”
Nonprofits, NGOs scramble to provide global aid amid USAID uncertainty
International aid and development work funded by the U.S. government has almost entirely come to a halt, leaders in humanitarian aid confirmed to ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“Despite verbal assurances from Secretary of State Marco Rubio about allowing lifesaving humanitarian aid to continue, international aid and development work funded by the U.S. government have almost entirely come to a halt, multiple leaders in humanitarian aid confirmed to ABC News.”
“When you suddenly turn off those programs, I fully expect to see an exponential increase in new HIV infections,” .... “People who have been living with HIV don’t have their medications that keep them virally suppressed so that they don’t pass it on to others.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
How USAID freeze could be the most catastrophic for women and girls
“I fully expect to see an exponential increase in new HIV infections,” one expert said. Women and girls are more susceptible to HIV and malaria in many developing countries.
www.nbcnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“When you suddenly turn off those programs, I fully expect to see an exponential increase in new HIV infections,” .... “People who have been living with HIV don’t have their medications that keep them virally suppressed so that they don’t pass it on to others.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
Is anyone tracking how much time, effort, and money is being spent on court cases to push back against all of these executive orders? Doesn’t seem very efficient.
February 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Is anyone tracking how much time, effort, and money is being spent on court cases to push back against all of these executive orders? Doesn’t seem very efficient.
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Any claims about California taking more than its fair share of FEMA aid are blatantly FALSE. California has had the most natural disasters of any state in the last ten years, and still is only fifth on the list of FEMA aid recipients.
February 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Any claims about California taking more than its fair share of FEMA aid are blatantly FALSE. California has had the most natural disasters of any state in the last ten years, and still is only fifth on the list of FEMA aid recipients.
Why are USAID and foreign assistance important? For all of these reasons and because it is the right thing to do.
February 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Why are USAID and foreign assistance important? For all of these reasons and because it is the right thing to do.
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Demand an end to the freeze on US foreign aid. Resuming work tomorrow would restore access to essential health care for millions of women and girls this year.
More in our policy analysis: gu.tt/3EkEpz6
More in our policy analysis: gu.tt/3EkEpz6
February 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Demand an end to the freeze on US foreign aid. Resuming work tomorrow would restore access to essential health care for millions of women and girls this year.
More in our policy analysis: gu.tt/3EkEpz6
More in our policy analysis: gu.tt/3EkEpz6
“For each day that US-funded international family planning programs are forced to stop work, 130,390 women are denied contraceptive care. If the freeze lasts 90 days…. This could result in an estimated 4.2 million unintended pregnancies and 8,340 maternal deaths.” (Guttmacher)
February 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“For each day that US-funded international family planning programs are forced to stop work, 130,390 women are denied contraceptive care. If the freeze lasts 90 days…. This could result in an estimated 4.2 million unintended pregnancies and 8,340 maternal deaths.” (Guttmacher)