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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Posted on Halloween. How appropriate. Free because it needs to be read way beyond the usual audience. WAKE UP AMERICA www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Who receives SNAP? Food aid for 1 in 8 Americans is threatened in November. A look into the Americans who could be affected by the delay of SNAP food assistance during the government shutdown.

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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

1 in 5 kids rely on SNAP

Opinion | It's Greek to Me: Why Patient Portals Must Speak Plainly Clear language fosters engagement and equity

It's Greek to Me: Why Patient Portals Must Speak Plainly www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... . Prof. Ailey is senior faculty @rushmedical.bsky.social . Not only is common sense literacy levels good for patients but my hunch is that it would reduce follow-up failures & lawsuits!

Noli Timere

If there every was a topic keeping every Dean up at nights this would be high on the list. Time for innovation to take the lead. @rushmedical.bsky.social college of nursing we prioritize our clinical practice faculty partnerships & clinics that include students.

YouTube video by Graham Nash - Topic Chicago

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Here in Chicago..seems timely to rinse, play and repeat. 50 plus years ago. "If you believe in Justice, if you believe in Freedom..."

I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own.

Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.

Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.

Full order is here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

SCOTUS stays (i.e., pauses) Judge Young's order insofar as it vacated (and thus reinstated) NIH grant terminations.

SCOTUS left in place the rest of Judge Young's order, which means NIH can't terminate more grants in the same way.

🚨 SCOTUS just issued a decision in the NIH grant termination cases. And it's awful.

In plain English, the likely result of this is that SCOTUS just re-terminated ~900 NIH grants worth over $1.9 billion in unspent funds

This is an atrocious decision by Justice Barrett & the right wing of the Court.

Peds Psch Mental health NP & School RN's in Illinois jump for joy. Finally screening just like we do for vision & hearing. Make life easier not harder for people.

Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again, C.D.C. Data Shows

Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again, C.D.C. Data Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/h...

Vaccination Intentions During Pregnancy and Among Parents of Young Children . The just say NO crowd nightmare. url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2836417?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=072925

The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.

This week chaotic federal immigration sweeps occurred in fields across CA-including Ventura, Kern & Tulare counties. You may have seen videos of agents chasing farm workers thru the field. Workers are terrorized.

Your gift can help us fight back.
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July 4th in the Face of Fascism Moral resources for Americans who know we’ve been betrayed

July 4th in the Face of Fascism
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We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations “We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.

“Immunizations work, they are very effective and safe, and they save lives. Vaccines are among the most rigorously studied and effective tools in public health.”

Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.

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ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.

What does 18,000+ brave signatories look like standing together in massive solidarity with the #NIH heroes of the historic Bethesda Declaration??...

Find out by adding YOUR NAME to our #NIHLove letter here! -

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#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#StopTrump

The NSF cuts are nothing short of a scorched-earth attack on US science, orchestrated w/political cynicism & total disregard for US scientific leadership. A 7% success rate doesn’t incentivize innovation; it tells researchers to take their talent elsewhere.
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⛔️ Big NIH update:

We just learned of 726 more NIH grants that were terminated sometime over the past 2 months.

A huge number of diversity supps, diversity F31s, and diversity training grants. See below ⤵️

View them here: grant-watch.us/nih-data.html

h/t to @noamross.net for processing them.

Map Shows Where Medicaid Cuts Could Close Hospitals

Just in case you have been taking a 4 month nap...Here is a news flash from us University types

The title says it it all

Data request: any APHA or UAW members impacted by NIH grant terminations are encouraged to visit the link below by MONDAY 5/19. The goal is to provide the court with info about which grants have been affected and the number of people impacted if the judge issues relief in the matter of APHA v NIH.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Defunding PBS and NPR is a Dangerous Blow to Public Media, Public Health, and Democracy

Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say

This is also true in Chicago.. what I don't see written up is how telehealth models could help in some situations. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/h...

This is devastating. 🧪

Critically, Republicans have terminated ~800 NIH grants over 8 weeks. But that's only half the story.

*Republicans have also cancelled nearly 1,000 NSF grants in 8 *days*.

The work continues. Report your terminated NSF grant here:

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