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Lakshmi, you are a hero for drawing your line in the sand and refusing to cross it. We all aspire to be as brave as you when we reach our lines. We know wherever you land you will continue your work to protect others. Thank you for being loud when so many are silent
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns
The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.
www.cbsnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Lakshmi, you are a hero for drawing your line in the sand and refusing to cross it. We all aspire to be as brave as you when we reach our lines. We know wherever you land you will continue your work to protect others. Thank you for being loud when so many are silent
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
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Norovirus is no joke.
The CDC's cruise ship inspectors have been laid off, as well as agency's head epidemiologist for investigating cruise ship outbreaks
That baffled health officials since this program is paid for by cruise ship fees, not taxpayer dollars
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
That baffled health officials since this program is paid for by cruise ship fees, not taxpayer dollars
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks
The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Norovirus is no joke.
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🧵There’s a lot of people out there saying that measles is being brought to the US by immigrants, specifically undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border. Let’s talk about measles and migration. ✈️
TL:DR: Measles in the US comes from outbreaks started by unvaccinated traveling Americans.
TL:DR: Measles in the US comes from outbreaks started by unvaccinated traveling Americans.
April 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🧵There’s a lot of people out there saying that measles is being brought to the US by immigrants, specifically undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border. Let’s talk about measles and migration. ✈️
TL:DR: Measles in the US comes from outbreaks started by unvaccinated traveling Americans.
TL:DR: Measles in the US comes from outbreaks started by unvaccinated traveling Americans.
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WHAT’S UP ATLANTA!
Police estimated over 20,000 Georgians hit the streets in #atlanta today. And shout to Tucker, Rome, Macon, Valdosta and the MANY other protests in Georgia today.
#handsoff2025 #resist
Police estimated over 20,000 Georgians hit the streets in #atlanta today. And shout to Tucker, Rome, Macon, Valdosta and the MANY other protests in Georgia today.
#handsoff2025 #resist
April 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
WHAT’S UP ATLANTA!
Police estimated over 20,000 Georgians hit the streets in #atlanta today. And shout to Tucker, Rome, Macon, Valdosta and the MANY other protests in Georgia today.
#handsoff2025 #resist
Police estimated over 20,000 Georgians hit the streets in #atlanta today. And shout to Tucker, Rome, Macon, Valdosta and the MANY other protests in Georgia today.
#handsoff2025 #resist
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Countless grants and projects aimed at understanding and treating Long COVID have also been cancelled. This hurts Long COVID sufferers and others with disabilities.
One win: NIH's RECOVER grants were reinstated: www.nature.com/articles/d41....
Countless others, however, remain shuttered.
One win: NIH's RECOVER grants were reinstated: www.nature.com/articles/d41....
Countless others, however, remain shuttered.
Long COVID activists fought Trump team’s research cuts and won ― for now
Success gives hope to scientists and advocates who managed to get millions of dollars in grants restored.
www.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Countless grants and projects aimed at understanding and treating Long COVID have also been cancelled. This hurts Long COVID sufferers and others with disabilities.
One win: NIH's RECOVER grants were reinstated: www.nature.com/articles/d41....
Countless others, however, remain shuttered.
One win: NIH's RECOVER grants were reinstated: www.nature.com/articles/d41....
Countless others, however, remain shuttered.
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🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨
On every Wednesday:
To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work tomorrow (WEDNESDAY) to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
On every Wednesday:
To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work tomorrow (WEDNESDAY) to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
April 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨
On every Wednesday:
To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work tomorrow (WEDNESDAY) to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
On every Wednesday:
To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work tomorrow (WEDNESDAY) to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
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Researchers who study job loss say these mass layoffs not only are disrupting the lives of tens of thousands of federal workers but also will reverberate out to their spouses, children, and communities. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers - KFF Health News
Since the Trump administration began firing federal workers, they say they feel overwhelmed, have obtained or considered seeking psychiatric care and medication, and are anxious about paying their bil...
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March 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Researchers who study job loss say these mass layoffs not only are disrupting the lives of tens of thousands of federal workers but also will reverberate out to their spouses, children, and communities. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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NEW: Researchers have sued the NIH and HHS, alleging that they have engaged in a "reckless and illegal purge to stamp out NIH-funded research that addresses topics and populations that they disfavor" by terminating hundreds of grants, violating the APA, Fifth Amendment and the Separation of Powers.
storage.courtlistener.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
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We think the correct term for this admin is "hot mess express."
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RFK Jr. announces HHS reinstating some programs, employees cut by mistake
On the heels of terminating 10,000 jobs from the HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News some programs would soon be reinstated because they were mistakenly cut.
abcnews.go.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We think the correct term for this admin is "hot mess express."
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More reckless cuts from HHS— CDC’s STD & hepatitis labs shut down, outbreak detection lost, critical testing delayed.
And an extra level of cruelty:
"Animals that were to be used in planned experiments will have to be destroyed. What a waste."
Thanks, Bobby!
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
And an extra level of cruelty:
"Animals that were to be used in planned experiments will have to be destroyed. What a waste."
Thanks, Bobby!
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis
CDC officials are warning of delays and disruptions due to cuts to laboratory staff.
www.cbsnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
More reckless cuts from HHS— CDC’s STD & hepatitis labs shut down, outbreak detection lost, critical testing delayed.
And an extra level of cruelty:
"Animals that were to be used in planned experiments will have to be destroyed. What a waste."
Thanks, Bobby!
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
And an extra level of cruelty:
"Animals that were to be used in planned experiments will have to be destroyed. What a waste."
Thanks, Bobby!
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
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👇 👇👇
Lamont: DOGE says we’re just getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse—that’s nonsense. All they’re doing is pushing costs onto the state. When we get cuts, we don’t get any notice. All of a sudden, the portal turns off and they stop paying for daycare, they stop paying for Health Department services..
April 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Good news!
And watch out, what‘s going to happen is Trump and Musk are going to use more underhanded means to ignore the court order. Will it be bans on paperwork like the Federal Register? Fired grants funding staff? Verbal orders to screw up sign offs?
And watch out, what‘s going to happen is Trump and Musk are going to use more underhanded means to ignore the court order. Will it be bans on paperwork like the Federal Register? Fired grants funding staff? Verbal orders to screw up sign offs?
NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @msnbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Good news!
And watch out, what‘s going to happen is Trump and Musk are going to use more underhanded means to ignore the court order. Will it be bans on paperwork like the Federal Register? Fired grants funding staff? Verbal orders to screw up sign offs?
And watch out, what‘s going to happen is Trump and Musk are going to use more underhanded means to ignore the court order. Will it be bans on paperwork like the Federal Register? Fired grants funding staff? Verbal orders to screw up sign offs?
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As the Iron Curtain fall on American Science, we can learn much from the heroes of the past.
Noncompliance is a powerful weapon!
Czechoslovakia’s velvet revolution, after Soviet invasion in ‘68
When a Soviet comes to you
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing.
Czechoslovakia’s velvet revolution, after Soviet invasion in ‘68
When a Soviet comes to you
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing.
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
As the Iron Curtain fall on American Science, we can learn much from the heroes of the past.
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Research to be funded even as health secretary RFK Jr suggested letting disease run freely for birds to develop immunity
As a bird flu outbreak continues to run rampant through US poultry farms, pushing eggs to record-high prices, federal officials announced funding for avian influenza research…
As a bird flu outbreak continues to run rampant through US poultry farms, pushing eggs to record-high prices, federal officials announced funding for avian influenza research…
US agriculture department announces $100m in funding for bird flu vaccine research
Research to be funded even as health secretary RFK Jr suggested letting disease run freely for birds to develop immunity
As a bird flu outbreak continues to run rampant through US poultry farms, pushing eggs to record-high prices, federal officials announced funding for avian influenza research projects, including money for new vaccine projects and potential treatments.
The US agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, said on Thursday that her department would invest $100m in these research efforts, as part of a $1bn initiative to fight bird flu and stop rising egg prices, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Research to be funded even as health secretary RFK Jr suggested letting disease run freely for birds to develop immunity
As a bird flu outbreak continues to run rampant through US poultry farms, pushing eggs to record-high prices, federal officials announced funding for avian influenza research…
As a bird flu outbreak continues to run rampant through US poultry farms, pushing eggs to record-high prices, federal officials announced funding for avian influenza research…
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BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration must comply with a district court order and pay for work already done. We are taking on this administration in the courts to hold them accountable.
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Supreme Court rules Trump administration must unfreeze foreign aid payments
A divided Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funds to nonprofit aid groups.
abcnews.go.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration must comply with a district court order and pay for work already done. We are taking on this administration in the courts to hold them accountable.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
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Good news for global health, but let’s see what the district court does when it comes to guidance on releasing funds.
BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES President Trump‘s emergency bid to cancel nearly $2 billion in USAID spending. The vote is 5-4.
March 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Good news for global health, but let’s see what the district court does when it comes to guidance on releasing funds.
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“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” Nershi said in an interview. “This was not about saving money.”
NEW: The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes.
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…
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March 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” Nershi said in an interview. “This was not about saving money.”
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Hopes of US golden age fade as investors start to worry about ‘Trumpcession’ risk
Hopes of US golden age fade as investors start to worry about ‘Trumpcession’ risk
Tariffs are dampening consumer confidence and fears of a downturn seem to be weighing on the dollar
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hopes of US golden age fade as investors start to worry about ‘Trumpcession’ risk
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Trump’s attempt to erase the horrific January 6 insurrection is one of the most shameful acts in modern US history, with major longterm consequences. So glad the inaugural episode of @revealnews.org’s ‘More to the Story’ digs into it—a must listen www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump's January 6 pardons hijacked history.
On the first episode of Reveal's new podcast "More To The Story," the lead Capitol riot investigator sounds the alarm about American extremism.
www.motherjones.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Trump’s attempt to erase the horrific January 6 insurrection is one of the most shameful acts in modern US history, with major longterm consequences. So glad the inaugural episode of @revealnews.org’s ‘More to the Story’ digs into it—a must listen www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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There is growing frustration inside the White House about the pace of arrests and deportations, as President Trump’s promise to launch the largest deportation operation in U.S. history is colliding with the practical difficulties of detaining people and transporting them across the globe.
Trump Administration Is Frustrated Over Pace of Deportations
President Trump’s promise to launch the largest deportation operation in U.S. history is colliding with the practical difficulties of detaining people and transporting them across the globe.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There is growing frustration inside the White House about the pace of arrests and deportations, as President Trump’s promise to launch the largest deportation operation in U.S. history is colliding with the practical difficulties of detaining people and transporting them across the globe.