Nisha Kurani
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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🚨CFPB drops enforcement against Capital One, letting them off the hook for $2 BILLION in cheated interest payments.
“The CFPB was created to be a watchdog for big banks, not a lapdog.” @erinwitte-cfa.bsky.social
“The CFPB was created to be a watchdog for big banks, not a lapdog.” @erinwitte-cfa.bsky.social
BREAKING: CFPB Fails to Pursue $2 Billion for Cheated Capital One Consumers · Consumer Federation of America
For Immediate Release: Press Contact: media@consumerfed.org CFPB permanently dismisses Capital One Bank from an enforcement action alleging that it cheated consumers out of interest payments on savings accounts. February 27, 2025 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the CFPB permanently dismissed its enforcement action against banking behemoth, Capital One. The complaint alleges that Capital One touted … Continued
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February 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🚨CFPB drops enforcement against Capital One, letting them off the hook for $2 BILLION in cheated interest payments.
“The CFPB was created to be a watchdog for big banks, not a lapdog.” @erinwitte-cfa.bsky.social
“The CFPB was created to be a watchdog for big banks, not a lapdog.” @erinwitte-cfa.bsky.social
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“America’s adversaries have long found it hard to persuade America’s allies to defect from America’s economic networks. Mr. Trump’s second term has changed their calculus.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/o...
Opinion | Crypto Gamblers, Tech Oligarchs, Wall Street Opportunists. What Could Go Wrong? (Gift Article)
Why the new Trump administration will inexorably weaken the country’s economic security.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“America’s adversaries have long found it hard to persuade America’s allies to defect from America’s economic networks. Mr. Trump’s second term has changed their calculus.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/o...
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CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
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NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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For all of us who wondered when the lawsuits would start, and are now wondering how we'll ever keep up, a litigation tracker from @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For all of us who wondered when the lawsuits would start, and are now wondering how we'll ever keep up, a litigation tracker from @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
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REPORTER: Palestinians say they don't want to leave.
TRUMP: I don't know how they could want to stay. It's a demolition site.
..
R: Wouldn't that amount to forcibly displacing...?
T: I don't think so..they're there because they have no alternative..It is a big pile of rubble.
TRUMP: I don't know how they could want to stay. It's a demolition site.
..
R: Wouldn't that amount to forcibly displacing...?
T: I don't think so..they're there because they have no alternative..It is a big pile of rubble.
February 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
REPORTER: Palestinians say they don't want to leave.
TRUMP: I don't know how they could want to stay. It's a demolition site.
..
R: Wouldn't that amount to forcibly displacing...?
T: I don't think so..they're there because they have no alternative..It is a big pile of rubble.
TRUMP: I don't know how they could want to stay. It's a demolition site.
..
R: Wouldn't that amount to forcibly displacing...?
T: I don't think so..they're there because they have no alternative..It is a big pile of rubble.
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"They used us. During the campaign, the elected officials from the Republican Party, they actually told us that he was not going to touch the documented people. They said, 'No, it is with undocumented people.'"
www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
'Beyond betrayal.' Venezuelans in Florida are angry at Trump immigration policy
Trump's decision to remove Temporary Protected Status means more than 500,000 Venezuelans may be forced to leave the U.S. Venezuelan Americans, many of whom voted for Trump, call it a betrayal.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"They used us. During the campaign, the elected officials from the Republican Party, they actually told us that he was not going to touch the documented people. They said, 'No, it is with undocumented people.'"
www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
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A decade ago another group of technologists arrived in Washington. Their goal was to help fix healthcare.gov, or in other words, to make government work better. Today, DOGE seems more focused on cuts than on efficiency and improvement.
February 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A decade ago another group of technologists arrived in Washington. Their goal was to help fix healthcare.gov, or in other words, to make government work better. Today, DOGE seems more focused on cuts than on efficiency and improvement.
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Important to be aware of this & diligent about food safety in your home
FDA pauses updates on foodborne outbreak probes as health agencies regroup on communications
The Trump administration's "short pause" on communications, expected to end on Feb. 1, has affected FDA updates on food contamination investigations.
www.cbsnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Important to be aware of this & diligent about food safety in your home
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
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The federal National Transportation Safety Board has declared that all updates on the crashes in Washington and Philadelphia will now only be posted on its X account. No emails and no other platforms, naturally.
Again: buying Trump was the best investment co-president Musk ever made.
Again: buying Trump was the best investment co-president Musk ever made.
February 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The federal National Transportation Safety Board has declared that all updates on the crashes in Washington and Philadelphia will now only be posted on its X account. No emails and no other platforms, naturally.
Again: buying Trump was the best investment co-president Musk ever made.
Again: buying Trump was the best investment co-president Musk ever made.
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On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
On the right, that page tonight
On the right, that page tonight
February 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
On the right, that page tonight
On the right, that page tonight
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The Census website was just taken down.
January 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Census website was just taken down.
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A Louisiana court has indicted a NY doctor for prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine.
Experts are skeptical they can enforce a judgment even if they get a conviction, but it could still create a chilling effect for other doctors in blue states.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Experts are skeptical they can enforce a judgment even if they get a conviction, but it could still create a chilling effect for other doctors in blue states.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Louisiana challenges abortion shield laws with indictment of New York telehealth doctor
The case is one of the first direct challenges to shield laws enacted in blue states that protect providers who prescribe abortion pills to out-of-state patients.
www.politico.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A Louisiana court has indicted a NY doctor for prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine.
Experts are skeptical they can enforce a judgment even if they get a conviction, but it could still create a chilling effect for other doctors in blue states.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Experts are skeptical they can enforce a judgment even if they get a conviction, but it could still create a chilling effect for other doctors in blue states.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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Data from an expansive federal survey on youth behavioral habits, including their sexual orientation and gender identity, have been removed from the website of the CDC.
CDC removal of databases on sexual orientation, gender identity sparks alarm
Data from an expansive federal survey on youth behavioral habits, including their sexual orientation and gender identity, have been removed from the website of the CDC.
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Data from an expansive federal survey on youth behavioral habits, including their sexual orientation and gender identity, have been removed from the website of the CDC.
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This dataset is the source of the incredibly limited population-level data we have on trans youth.
I’ve used it, and studies based on it, in reporting and research dozens of times.
It contains extensive data on other public health topics.
This hampers public accountability reporting.
I’ve used it, and studies based on it, in reporting and research dozens of times.
It contains extensive data on other public health topics.
This hampers public accountability reporting.
The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
January 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This dataset is the source of the incredibly limited population-level data we have on trans youth.
I’ve used it, and studies based on it, in reporting and research dozens of times.
It contains extensive data on other public health topics.
This hampers public accountability reporting.
I’ve used it, and studies based on it, in reporting and research dozens of times.
It contains extensive data on other public health topics.
This hampers public accountability reporting.
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RFK, when asked if EMTALA preempts state abortion bans when an abortion is necessary to stabilize someone in an emergency:
"I don't know."
"I don't know."
January 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
RFK, when asked if EMTALA preempts state abortion bans when an abortion is necessary to stabilize someone in an emergency:
"I don't know."
"I don't know."
Halting federal grants and loans is insane, a blatant overreach of presidential power. One third of state revenue comes from federal grants. Everything except Medicare and Social Security is *a lot* of necessary things that keep people alive and our country afloat.
January 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Halting federal grants and loans is insane, a blatant overreach of presidential power. One third of state revenue comes from federal grants. Everything except Medicare and Social Security is *a lot* of necessary things that keep people alive and our country afloat.
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The US is halting foreign aid around the world, but says weapons aid to Israel and Egypt will continue. And the White House has told the Pentagon to send a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that Biden had stopped. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
January 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The US is halting foreign aid around the world, but says weapons aid to Israel and Egypt will continue. And the White House has told the Pentagon to send a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that Biden had stopped. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the US Agency for International Development, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on US aid worldwide reut.rs/4hznOWA
Trump administration targets dozens of senior USAID staff after aid freeze
The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on U.S. aid worldwide.
reut.rs
January 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the US Agency for International Development, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on US aid worldwide reut.rs/4hznOWA
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Hey health reporters! I made a starter pack for journalists and bloggers covering health care policy. Please let me know who else belongs on this list!
(I do not belong on this list but can’t figure out how to take myself off 🫣)
go.bsky.app/4BnB6v9
(I do not belong on this list but can’t figure out how to take myself off 🫣)
go.bsky.app/4BnB6v9
November 17, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Hey health reporters! I made a starter pack for journalists and bloggers covering health care policy. Please let me know who else belongs on this list!
(I do not belong on this list but can’t figure out how to take myself off 🫣)
go.bsky.app/4BnB6v9
(I do not belong on this list but can’t figure out how to take myself off 🫣)
go.bsky.app/4BnB6v9