And what about at the CDC? Our analysis found that more than 3,000 workers at the CDC have been lost so far. While RFK Jr claimed in a Senate hearing last May that HHS had not fired any “working scientists," we found **a third of lost CDC staffers worked as scientists or in health care roles.**

And what about at the CDC?

Our analysis found that more than 3,000 workers at the CDC have been lost so far.

While RFK Jr claimed in a Senate hearing last May that HHS had not fired any “working scientists," we found **a third of lost CDC staffers worked as scientists or in health care roles.**

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

William Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act 1, Scene 1

US CDC official in charge of COVID, RSV data resigns ahead of vaccine meeting A U.S. government scientist who oversees the team responsible for collecting data on COVID-19 and RSV hospitalizations used to shape national vaccine policy has resigned, citing concerns over how such data would be used by the Trump administration.

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Breaking: This is NOT good.

When brilliant, experienced scientists feel they can no longer do their jobs—it’s a warning siren 🚨

RFK Jr. is undermining science and endangering lives.
Call your reps—especially Republicans. 🧠🪱 has got to go.

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BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.

“Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation…

"This is the more necessary where the frame of the government is so compounded that the laws of the whole are in danger of being contravened by the laws of the parts.”

Federalist 22

Federal cuts to Safe to Sleep campaign ‘devastating,’ AAP leader says Recent federal budget cuts included the office responsible for the Safe to Sleep campaign, which has reduced infant mortality since its launch in 1994.

🧵 (1/5) With the Trump admin, there is no bottom.
This “pro-life” regime cut the NIH’s Safe to Sleep campaign — a program that helped slash Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) rates by 50%.
SIDS = when a baby dies suddenly during sleep.
It’s mostly preventable.
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Cue up Montell Jordan please.
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As we get farther into what the cuts at HHS means in dumb ass fucking press releases. I thought I should post the most extensive list I have of all the cuts I know of. Note: this list is not complete and alt txt will not be provided, sorry for that last part. @maddow.msnbc.com

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.

🚨 ICYMI: A draft 2026 budget proposal obtained by WaPo reveals the Trump admin plans to cut approx. $40 billion from the Department of Health and Human Services—about one-third of its discretionary spending.

As public health experts, we have serious concerns.

Let's dive in. 🧵

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid…I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."

Today is chaos. So many agencies are breaking down across the board from FDA to CDC to VA. Swaths of SSA are down.
The American government is being hacked by the American government. Medical research, medicines, & social security accessibility are all questionable.
It's only Tuesday.

Musk’s staffers have descended on the SEC and will be granted the same access as official staff, including full network, system, and data privileges.

Too many people would be homeless before it course corrected. Some landlords are less than tolerant of any gaps. Missed meds due to copays. Empty gas tanks for cancer treatments. There are lives literally in the balance & the pro life party is hard at work, not pro lifing.
Isaiah 10:2

CDC has never had authority to give or enforce mandates. CDC is essentially an advisor. States implement that advice to varying degrees. When republicans say they want to reform CDC's authority they mean remove the ability to make recommendations. This is exactly what Project 2025 calls for.

Vivian Wilson on the cover of Teen Vogue, with the headline “Introducing Vivian Wilson”. It’s a close up shot of her looking at the camera in a black suit jacket and blue button down

Teen Vogue presents: Introducing Vivian Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social

In her 2nd-ever interview, the 20-year-old tells @ellayurman.bsky.social about going viral, protecting trans youth, her “pathetic man-child” estranged dad Elon Musk, and more @teenvogue.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...

Friends, it’s so easy to become demoralized as we suffer blow after blow from this admin. It’s ok to take a breathe and unplug. Then get back into the fight. We still have tools to use. Hit the streets. Get to town halls. Be loud. #speakup

indivisible.org/town-hall-re...

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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

Paul Weiss: "Fight for you? Oh, honey, we don't even fight for ourselves!"

Kid is steepling (or trying), just like his dad... when he said "you're not the President (to Trump)" and "they'll never know," he repeated that as well.

Kids are mocking birds.

You mean the same DOGE that has access to the entirety of Social Security & Treasury? Those guys we were told are cyber geniuses?
The folks whose emails are in the wild?
Those people?

Trump is labeling certain expenses as “FRAUD,” despite most of his claims being completely false—for example, they have even called cancer funding fraud. USAID and EPA employees are being individually targeted for allocating funds—funds they were directly instructed to allocate.

Please listen and share—this is a very serious situation. This is extremely alarming! The Trump administration, across two agencies, is considering bringing criminal charges against employees simply for doing their jobs.

zelenskyy is a comedian and that would be very funny

Undercounted: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Who Are Experiencing Homelessness

With funding from the Initiative, Michele Decker, Bloomberg Fellow Janice Miller, and House of Ruth Maryland, set out to quantify the "undercount” of intimate partner violence survivors experiencing homelessness in publicly available survey data. Read more: americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/underco...

Dear Sir, As United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, I receive requests for information and clarification. I take these requests seriously and act on them with letters like this one you are receiving. It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEl. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this and would welcome your response to the following questions: First, have you eliminated all DEl from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEl is found in your courses or teaching in anyway, will you move swiftly to remove it? At this time, you should know that no applicant for our fellows program, our summer internship, or employment in our office who is a student or affiliated with a law school or university that continues to teach and utilize DEl will be considered. I look forward to your cooperation with my letter of inquiry after request. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Please respond by Monday, February 24, 2025. Should you have further questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office or schedule a time to meet in person.

The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it"

Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.

People citing studies showing improvements with vitamin A supplements are missing the fact that’s in the context of serious vitamin A deficiency.

Vitamin A is fat soluble & there is very real risk of overdosing if you take excess.

Will his announcement cause this?

I can’t believe this needs to be said.

TransGENIC mice

are not

TransGENDER mice

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.

Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.

World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.

Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?

What’s the GOP doing about egg prices ?