Currently thinking about the poetry that is how last year I got diagnosed with a rare disease at the end of Rare Disease Month while writing an article about Rare Disease Week. Anyways happy #RareDiseaseMonth! 🦓
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To Acting Secretary Fink and Acting Director Monarez:
We are writing on behalf of the 1,400 members of the Association of Health Care Journalists, to protest the removal of vital public health data from the CDC website, including survey results from the Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System, the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index, and AtlasPlus, an interactive CDC tool with years of data on social determinants of health and diseases including HIV, TB, and STDs.
These data are used by journalists every day to report stories about public health.
At a time when the rise in chronic illnesses and harmful behaviors among young people is at the top of the national agenda, the YRBS data on smoking, vaping, drinking, eating, exercise, and sexual behavior are crucial for reporters trying to inform the public about these issues. The county-level Social Vulnerability Index data is important to inform reporting on communities’ resilience and ability to respond when faced with disasters such as wildfires and severe weather.
Even the temporary removal of such data will impair our members’ ability to give the public essential and timely health information. We request the immediate restoration of sites that have been taken down in recent days, and that the agency not take down other pages with critical health data.
Sincerely,
Felice J. Freyer, president
Gideon Gil, vice president
Andrea Waner, interim executive director
Association of Health Care Journalists
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NBC News' Peter Alexander presses White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on what programs will be impacted by the federal funding freeze.
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Immigrant advocates in Virginia start hotline to offer support to ICE targets
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One day I will write a headline that does not contain the word “amid” but today is not that day
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Hi! Thought I’d do a little intro since most of us are new here. I’m Jordan, and I’m a digital producer at NBC4 Washington where I mostly cover health, politics and breaking news (but also a little bit of everything). DMs are always open for all things DMV local news! 🗞️
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