Trish Carrington-Adkins

Shutdown leaves gaps in states’ health data, possibly endangering lives • Stateline As the federal shutdown continues, states have been forced to fall back on their own resources to spot disease outbreaks — just as respiratory illness season begins.

CDC has not updated critical data dashboards since September 30th.

"Generally, states and localities gather their own health information, but many rely on the CDC for analysis and public display."

Trump and Republicans in Congress: DO YOUR JOB. Reopen the government.

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Vision Restored Using Prosthetic Retinal Implant

We’re on a good news kick this morning.

Here’s some awesome science for ya - artificial retinas that can reverse blindness from macular degeneration.

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Ok… we are getting a theme here, right?

RIFing communications offices across CDC.

Because the people who know how to TALK to the public.

Y’know, like this genius one 👇

Ebola disease WHO fact sheet on Ebola: key facts, definition, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, WHO response.

RIFed:

Several CDC staff currently working on an Ebola outbreak overseas.

You know — the ones literally helping contain and prevent it from spreading. (Like, to the U.S.)

Trust us: dying from Ebola is a MISERABLE way to die.

RFK Jr. Will Need a Miracle Cure to Fight Cancer on Trump’s Budget | Common Dreams At the same time Trump is pledging to reverse childhood cancer rates and “get toxins out of our environment,” he and his attack doge Elon Musk are gutting federal health agencies to help pay for huge ...

"one could only imagine what he would recommend that parents give their children to protect them from cancer. Aloe? Emu oil? Kombucha? All of the above?"

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Donald Trumps two biggest strategic allies appear to be Russia and cancer.

I want the t-shirts, the posters, the sepia prints, the velvet portrait, the trapper keepers, the lunch boxes, the I-phone covers.

Rep @algreen.house.gov is an American patriot.

Sonia’s Journey: How Clinical Trials Give Hope for Rare Childhood Cancers Over 50% of children with childhood cancer receive treatments in clinical trials, making them critical for treatment outcomes.

When frontline treatment fails, clinical trials offer hope for kids with cancer. I interviewed Sonia last year as she was preparing for her freshman year in college & continuing on a trial for Ewing sarcoma. Her story:
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Trump said childhood cancer rates have increased 40% since 1975. Here's what the data shows During an address to Congress on Tuesday night, Trump said childhood cancer rates have increase by 40%. Data shows there may be some context missing.

In the #StateoftheUnion, President Trump stated that childhood cancer had increased by 40% since 1975.

Today I spoke to #ABCNews about this statement. Read it here. 👇

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Agricultural pesticide exposure linked to childhood cancers, study says High exposure to multiple pesticides may cause childhood cancers, especially brain and central nervous system tumors, a new study shows.

Researchers in Nebraska (which has the highest childhood cancer rates) report that a 10% ↑ in pesticide mixtures was tied to significant ↑ in some pediatric cancers:
- Brain and other CNS cancers ↑ by 36%
- Leukemia ↑ by 23%
- Overall pediatric cancer rates ↑ by 30%
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