Elena Bruess
@ellevarela.bsky.social
Texas Environment Reporter for Capital & Main // 2025 ESI Journalism Fellow at MIT // eternally unsettled by Texas highways
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Yes, the HPV vaccine is safe, despite R.F.K. Jr.'s claims. It's remarkably effective at preventing cancer — roughly 97% effective in preventing cervical cancer, and nearly 100% effective in preventing external genital warts.
Is the HPV Vaccine Safe? Yes, Despite What R.F.K. Jr. Has Said.
During his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to disavow comments he had made disparaging the vaccine as unsafe.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yes, the HPV vaccine is safe, despite R.F.K. Jr.'s claims. It's remarkably effective at preventing cancer — roughly 97% effective in preventing cervical cancer, and nearly 100% effective in preventing external genital warts.
The $20 million awarded to the Houston Health Department last year is paused after Trump froze federal funds this week. This funding is meant to boost energy resilience in Greater Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens.
houstonlanding.org/houston-harr...
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Houston, Harris County scramble to determine effects of Trump pause of federal funds
The pause – and potential future elimination of funds – could have far-reaching impacts on the city and county’s operating budgets.
houstonlanding.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The $20 million awarded to the Houston Health Department last year is paused after Trump froze federal funds this week. This funding is meant to boost energy resilience in Greater Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens.
houstonlanding.org/houston-harr...
houstonlanding.org/houston-harr...
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If you haven't smiled today (or listened to Cowboy Carter), check out @moniquewelch.bsky.social's latest knockout story about teaching the Black history of the American west. Can I sign up for this class please? houstonlanding.org/we-took-univ...
We took University of Houston’s new Beyoncé Cowboy Carter class.🤠 Here’s what we learned
Beyonce’s album sparked national discussion about the exclusion of Black country music artists and was the backdrop to a unique UH course.
houstonlanding.org
January 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you haven't smiled today (or listened to Cowboy Carter), check out @moniquewelch.bsky.social's latest knockout story about teaching the Black history of the American west. Can I sign up for this class please? houstonlanding.org/we-took-univ...
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The new White House has already deleted dozens of environmental justice websites and reports. Worry not, they’re all backed up on various independent university websites. eelp.law.harvard.edu/tracker-type...
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Federal Environmental Justice Tracker – Environmental and Energy Law Program
eelp.law.harvard.edu
January 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The new White House has already deleted dozens of environmental justice websites and reports. Worry not, they’re all backed up on various independent university websites. eelp.law.harvard.edu/tracker-type...
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