Susan Jaffe

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre. The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.
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CDC is “in the ICU right now” former officials say Senior officials say HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is eviscerating the CDC. Washington Correspondent Susan Jaffe reports.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implosion was months in the making, senior officials tell @thelancet.com after they resigned in protest following the dismissal of CDC Director Susan Monarez.
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My Wife Has Profound Hearing Loss. What She Likes About Smart Captioning Glasses and Where They Can Improve Xander Captioning Glasses are 'a miraculous breakthrough,' my wife concluded after a brief road test. But there are a few things to know before forking over $5,000 for a pair of your own.

Especially for older adults w severe hearing loss: "These glasses translate speech to text in real time and project captions of conversations to the wearer's field of view," writes @jonkalish.
https://www.pcmag.com/articles/wife-profound-hearing-loss-xander-smart-captioning-glasses-likes-dislikes

When I Go, I’m Going Green

"I live in #Brooklyn, where real estate is pricey even for the dead," writes @paula_span. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/health/green-natural-burials.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU8.nO07.Y4ZS4Tu74f3P&smid=nytcore-android-share

How Trump's immigration policies are affecting caregivers and nursing homes More than one million immigrants work in healthcare and make up an increasing share of caregivers for elderly and disabled Americans. That includes not only medical professionals, but also workers who...

"There are already huge numbers of vacancies for #nursinghome workers... If the immigrants who are now filling those jobs [leave], they just won't be filled," @huntercollege.bsky.social's Dr. David Himmelstein tells @newshour.bsky.social

Minors’ Ability to Consent to Contraception and Abortion Services | KFF This brief examines state consent requirements for minors accessing contraceptive and abortion care, processes for minors to attempt to obtain abortion without parental involvement, and trends in stat...

Minors’ Ability to Consent to Contraception and Abortion Services www.kff.org/1d6f093/

Millions to lose Medicaid coverage under new law President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes the largest cuts to Medicaid since its creation, with doctors warning that patients will suffer. Susan Jaffe reports.

"This seismic shift in the US health-care system was opposed by nearly every major health-care provider and industry organisation." #OBBBA @thelancet.com
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background in aging issues not required, fellowship includes travel expenses to GSA annual meeting in Boston and a writing stipend
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I Was Laid Off from CDC. Here’s Why We Need to Bolster State and Local Supports to Protect Public Health  | Milbank Memorial Fund I moved to Atlanta in August 2024 to begin my dream job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After making it to the semi-finalist

Micaela Camozzi writes:
"I Was Laid Off from CDC...."

"As a probationary worker, I have also remained on indefinite leave and ironically received a cash performance award even though the alleged basis of my termination was poor performance." www.milbank.org/2025/07/i-wa...

ASHP, Pharmacy Organizations Urge Insurers to Maintain Vaccine Coverage-ASHP This week, ASHP, along with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the Hematology/Oncology Ph...

Nine top US pharmacy groups urge health insurance companies to continue covering #vaccines at little or no cost to patients, regardless of changes to the #CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (#ACIP) news.ashp.org/news/ashp-ne...

'You Lied': Physician Lawmaker Confronts RFK Jr. About ACIP Firings Kennedy will be responsible for 'every death' from vaccine-preventable illness, pediatrician said

'You Lied': Physician Lawmaker Confronts RFK Jr. About ACIP Firings via @medpagetoday.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Health insurers promised @HHSgov this week they'll streamline prior authorization, reducing delays and red tape. Does that mean #medicareadvantage and employer-sponsored plans will increase spending on medical care? Not likely, financial analysts tell Modern Healthcare. tinyurl.com/4uawpm52

Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Need a good reason to get the shingles vaccine? #PaulaSSpan has one that may surprise you.
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Deadline 7/18 for full-time & freelance reporters to apply for
@geronsociety.bsky.social fellowship includes $1,500 stipend + expenses to attend Boston conference. Info, projects & past recipients (includg moi!) at tinyurl.com/yc5c33jn #AgingIssues background not required @lizseegert.bsky.social

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AMA Urged to Speak Out Against EMTALA Guidelines Withdrawal 'People will die because of this, and our AMA needs to be on the right side'

From today's @AmerMedicalAssn meeting: "I'm terrified for my patients," says #OBGYN @AllieConry re: elimination of abortions from required emergency medical care (#EMTALA). "People will die because of this..." ‪@joycefr.bsky.social‬ & @medpagetoday.bsky.social‬
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NYC Policy Directs $72 Million to Community Media Over Five Years, New Report Finds - Newmark J-School A new report spotlights the transformative impact of New York City’s groundbreaking legislation supporting community media outlets.

"...Since the legislation’s inception five years ago, more than $72 million has been infused into the local community media ecosystem." #LocalNews #independentjournalism
https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/05/nyc-policy-directs-72-million-to-community-media-over-five-years-new-report-finds/

Medicaid work requirements don’t hold corporations accountable—they punish low-wage workers. It’s upside-down policy.
❌ They stigmatize people trying to survive
✔️ While protecting corporate bottom lines
Let’s call it what it is: corporate welfare, plain and simple.

Trump works towards US tariffs on drug imports Observers warn of the negative health consequences if US President Donald Trump follows through on his promise to impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals. Susan Jaffe reports.

If the Trump Administration imposes tariffs on #imported #drugs and/or their active ingredients, can companies here produce enough products to meet the demand? How long would it take to boost production? via @thelancet.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@thelancet.bsky.social editorial April 25, 2025: “The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Why Cameras Are Popping Up in Eldercare Facilities (Gift Article) Roughly 20 states now have laws permitting families to place cameras in the rooms of loved ones. Facility operators are often opposed.

Daughters of an 82-year-old woman w/memory problems put a camera in their mother's assisted living apartment. It told them what their mother couldn't, writes @paula_span. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/h...

CREW sues to challenge destruction of CDC FOIA office - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington The closure of the CDC's entire FOIA office violates both FOIA and the Administrative Procedure Act and the CDC must be compelled to follow the law.

www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action... @crew.bsky.social

Disability Advocates Sue Social Security Administration and DOGE to Stop Unlawful Cuts to Social Security Services - Justice in Aging The lawsuit alleges that recent mass staffing reductions, policies requiring individuals to seek services in person at field offices, and the elimination of critical offices within the SSA unlawfully ...

Disability Advocates Sue Social Security Administration and DOGE to Stop Unlawful Cuts to Social Security Services justiceinaging.org/ssa-doge-law...

Dementia May Not Always Be the Threat It Is Now. Here’s Why. (Gift Article) The number of cases will increase, but the rates seem to be declining with every birth cohort that reaches advanced ages, researchers said.

Your risk of #AlzheimersDisease might be LESS than you think, writes @paula_span for @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/h...

NIH researchers develop eye drops that slow vision loss in animals

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-researchers-develop-eye-drops-slow-vision-loss-animals?s=03

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-researchers-develop-eye-drops-slow-vision-loss-animals?s=03

Latest @kff.org poll: "A majority of the public expect [dissolving #USAID] will lead to increased humanitarian and health crises globally." www.kff.org/c2cafa9/

Rose Girone, Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 113 (Gift Article) She fled Nazi Germany in 1939 with her husband and baby only to be forced into a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai. Still, she would often say, “Aren’t we lucky?”

Rose Girone, Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 113
"Her secret to longevity was simple, she would say: dark chocolate and good children." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/us/rose-girone-dead-holocaust-survivor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E4.BqDK.ETLEpJ_yG0E1

Judge Declines to Intervene in AP Lawsuit Over Trump Access (Gift Article) The wire service had sued Trump administration officials after they restricted reporters from press events citing The A.P.’s references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.

"On Monday, when President Emmanuel Macron of France met with Mr. Trump at the White House, the French press corps decided that a Paris-based reporter from @apnews.com would ask their first question during the planned joint news conference." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/u...