The 16-member, non-partisan #USPSTF, established in 1984, provides recommendations about #PreventiveCare services, such as screenings for cancer and various disorders and counseling #ACA #TrumpAdministration #RFKJr buff.ly/8R55vD9

Kennedy Cancels Meeting of Key Preventive Health Panel

🧟‍♀️ “The decision to cancel the July meeting follows a Supreme Court ruling last month that upheld the work of the task force — but also affirmed Mr. Kennedy’s authority to disregard its recommendations” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/h...

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.

It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.

Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵

‘My duty is to call it out’: Judge accuses Trump administration of discrimination against minorities The Reagan-appointed judge ordered the NIH to restore funds for research related to racial minorities and LGBTQ+ people.

Judge Young, calling NIH cuts void: “I am hesitant to draw this conclusion — but I have an unflinching obligation to draw it — that this represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. (…) I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out.”

Judge orders NIH to restore research grants related to diversity The Trump administration’s cuts were illegal and discriminatory, a federal judge said Monday.

Judge William Young, appointed by Ronald Reagan: “You’re bearing down on people of color because of their color,” Young said. “Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”

#NIH #HHS #research #grants #diversity #DEI #LGBTQ #science #MedSky #equity #publichealth

Judge Rules N.I.H. Grant Cuts Illegal, Orders Funds Restored

👏👏👏Judge Rules N.I.H. Grant Cuts Illegal, Orders Funds Restored www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

A photo of Afa Ah Loo, a smiling handsome Samoan man, caption Afa Ah Loo/Instagram Fashion designer Afa Ah Loo fatally shot by "peacekeeper" at protest in Salt Lake City

The man who was killed by 50501 Utah's "peacekeepers" is Afa Ah Loo, an acclaimed fashion designer. He was the only Sāmoan contestant on Project Runway. A fundraiser for his family is here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laura...

Utahns rally at No Kings protests from Logan to Salt Lake City, St. George to Moab
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06...

NIH staff and biomedical community sound alarm about agency politicization, funding slowdown In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes

www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH scientists have been angry for months. Now some are rebelling. More than 90 NIH scientists sign their names to the “Bethesda declaration” in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health.

NIH scientists have been angry for months. Now some are rebelling. wapo.st/3Znv3KM

Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive

“By avoiding discussion of education, employment, social support networks, economic status and geographic location – the social determinants that public health experts agree influence health outcomes – Kennedy, in lockstep with top wellness influencers, is practicing soft eugenics.”

The government of the most powerful nation in human history is in the hands of people who openly align with Germany’s Neo-Nazi party.

Let’s dwell on this for a little bit. I hope we don’t have become too cynical or numb to acknowledge how outrageous this is.

At #AAHM2025

National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration (Gift Article) The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...

Supporting medical science in the USA The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr, the Trump-appointed interim ...

Supporting medical science in the USA www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social

NEH Announces Grant Opportunity to Create Statues of Iconic Americans for the National Garden of American Heroes

Where the NEH support for state humanities councils is now going…

In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study The unexpected elimination of funding for the decades-long research project focused on women's health shocked scientists. They were heartened by the quick restoration of support.

Update on this one!!! They reversed this decision today

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Opinion | Scroll through Trump’s new covid website — and have your mind blown Scrolling through Trump’s latest foray into history-washing.

“This was a normal government website until just a few days ago, and now, boom, everything that was once carefully vetted and fact-checked is gone. It’s a full-scale rewriting of history, using official government channels.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

(Published Dec. 2024)

NIH withholding funds from any institution with programs advancing DEI, for new and continuing awards (meaning all awards), in the name of Civil Rights.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

“Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic.”

Events — A National Day of Action for Higher Ed Organize your April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education action now! You can also register for a virtual action. See you April 17!

See you out in the streets tomorrow.

Lots of ways to participate: in person, online, everywhere.

#defendhighered

@actioninhighered.bsky.social
@higheredlabor.bsky.social

Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.

40% cuts to NIH and the elimination of several ICOs, incl National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and, I’d guess, Office of Research on Women’s Health. ORWH website is intermittently down already.

Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare (Gift Article) It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.

“Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students.”

@sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social in SLC on their #FightOligarchy tour. #Utah

Hundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration’s Anti-Diversity Policies The walkouts, which included about a dozen schools on U.S. military bases in Europe, Asia and at least one stateside, represent the biggest collective action military children have taken since the sta...

"Hundreds of military children who are students at Defense Department schools across the globe walked out of class to protest book bans, curriculum changes and restrictions on extracurricular activities that have resulted from Trump's crackdown on diversity." www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Trump, Antisemitism & Academia | Christopher R. Browning If the Trump administration were truly concerned about antisemitism, it would start in its own house.

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Books banned from the Naval Academy library: media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/04/...