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On Deadline D.C. with @bradbannon.bsky.social, CAP's @nzmurphy.bsky.social explains the urgent need to extend the ACA's enhanced tax credits: "We right now are staring down the cliff of pretty much a premium affordability crisis."

Sign the Petition Petition to Remove EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin

MAHA advocates and everyday Americans are urging President Trump to fire EPA head Lee Zeldin for rolling back "important safeguards designed to protect families" from toxic substances and chemicals and threatening "the health, safety, & future of our nation." www.change.org/p/petition-t...

Senate Republicans’ HSA Plan Can’t Replace the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits The Senate Republican response to the looming expiration of the ACA’s enhanced tax credits is a patchwork of policies that will shift costs onto patients and weaken insurance markets.

Senate Republicans’ alternative to extending the ACA's enhanced premium tax credits is not a real health care plan. They will shift more financial risk onto families and undermine marketplace stability. New from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/sena...

Comparison of U.S. vaccine policy to other countries is a red herring. As experts pointed out, the U.S. has worse access to health care, less social and economic supports for families and children, and worse health than comparable countries, all of which influence our vaccine policies.

Trump orders overhaul of U.S. vaccine schedules Trump's order suggests he's not trying to distance himself from RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda — at least for now.

Following ACIP's decision to end the HepB vaccine recommendation for all newborns, limiting protection for children from preventable disease, Trump ordered top health officials to review all U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations. A frightening day for children’s health www.axios.com/2025/12/06/t...

Hepatitis B Birth Dose: What Parents Should Know About New Guidelines As an infectious disease doctor and mother, these are my recommendations for how parents might think about the new CDC advisory committee Hepatitis B vaccine guidelines.

The incredible @drjudystone.bsky.social has a new piece out on what parents should make of Temu ACIP’s new HepB vaccine recommendations.

A graphic with a dark background shows a close-up photo of a baby lying in a hospital bassinet, wrapped in a white blanket with blue and pink stripes on the edges. The baby has dark skin and is asleep on its back. Overlaid in large white, bold text is a breaking news headline: "Despite no evidence of vaccine harm, RFK Jr's advisory board ends recommendations that babies receive the hepatitis B vaccine. The Trump administration is needlessly risking children's lives." The text "BREAKING" is in a red banner above the headline. A source note at the bottom right states: "Source: PBS News, 'RFK Jr's chosen vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth' (2025). Photo: Getty Images."

Today is a dark day for children's health—RFK Jr.'s hand-picked CDC committee did this.

CAP's statement in response to ACIP's dangerous and unconscionable vote to end recommendations for HepB vaccines for newborns, reversing efforts to protect them from the risk of infection, illness, and death. www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...

An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns

The process was riddled with inaccuracies, falsehoods, and confusion. The outcome threatens babies and reverses decades of progress in preventing hepatitis B infection, illness, and death. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

This is a frightening day for children’s health. Despite no evidence of vaccine harm, and overwhelming evidence that the birth dose of HepB strongly protects against risk of infection, liver disease & cancer and death, the committee arrived at its preconceived and politically motivated conclusions.

Its always good to see charity, but this donation to children will be much less impactful than it could be 🧵

The problem lies in the faulty design of “Trump Accounts”
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"I think this president thinks we have the world's largest economy ever because of real estate investors. It's not—it's because of science."

Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.

ACIP cannot answer why they are reconsidering the HepB vaccine when the preponderance of evidence shows it is safe and effective. Their response: "we need to be humble about what we know." This is how they'll make decisions that will increase preventable disease & affect infant health in the U.S.?

Scientists and experts are pushing back on RFK Jr's ACIP, demanding any specific evidence of harm from the HepB vaccine. None has been provided. Follow the ACIP discussion here ⬇️

Today RFK Jr's ACIP considers delaying/removing the hep B birth dose recommendation, increasing chronic infection in children leading to liver disease. Studies show no benefit to vaccine delay. Since 1991, the birth dose has cut childhood hep B infections by 99%. ACIP: Do not fix what isn't broken.

While the Trump admin slashes the EPA, polluters will emit more toxins and chemicals that could cause millions of avoidable asthma attacks, increase the risk of pregnancy complications and poor birth outcomes, and more. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

Flooding poses risks of drowning, waterborne illnesses and infections, respiratory issues, allergic reactions, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and disruptions in health care. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

6 Ways States Can Protect Vaccine Access While the Trump Administration Dismantles the Federal System As the federal government dismantles the country’s vaccine infrastructure, the burden of ensuring access to vaccines for flu, measles, and more is shifting to states.

States can, and are, stepping up to fill the void. Read more ⬇️ www.americanprogress.org/article/6-wa...

One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you. Where to find trusted health information now?

Experts are now saying that the general public should avoid the CDC website. Vaccine information is full of falsehoods. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...

6 Ways States Can Protect Vaccine Access While the Trump Administration Dismantles the Federal System As the federal government dismantles the country’s vaccine infrastructure, the burden of ensuring access to vaccines for flu, measles, and more is shifting to states.

CAP explores six ways states can preserve local systems and protect the public from preventable infectious diseases. www.americanprogress.org/article/6-wa...

C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism

Perfect example of how states are on the hook to protect the health and safety of their residents as RFK Jr fuels vaccine skepticism and dismantles the federal vaccine system. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...

6 Ways States Can Protect Vaccine Access While the Trump Administration Dismantles the Federal System As the federal government dismantles the country’s vaccine infrastructure, the burden of ensuring access to vaccines for flu, measles, and more is shifting to states.

As the federal government dismantles the national vaccine infrastructure, the burden to protect and preserve access to lifesaving vaccines increasingly falls on states. Read 6 ways states can, and already are, taking action to fill the void. www.americanprogress.org/article/6-wa...

RFK Jr. cut a CDC program that tracks foodborne illness, including cutting tracking of listeria. Meanwhile 6 people have died & at least 27 infected across 18 states due to a listeria outbreak. foodsafetynews.com/2025/09/groups-call-for-rfk-jr-to-resign-because-of-food-safety-other-concerns/

Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.

Did you know the bill to end the shutdown eliminates rules to prevent food contamination and foodborne illnesses, even though they are increasing? And it slows efforts to regulate ultra-processed foods, even while RFK Jr touts his MAHA agenda to reduce them? www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...

The Trump administration has made it clear: it wants to take food away from hungry families—it'll even go to court over it.

Standing up with @apha.org for public health and science!

Please join me at the Rally for the Public’s Health if you can. Public health protects us all. It’s policies and actions to ensure access to vaccines, food safety, clean air and water, reproductive rights, gun violence prevention, and so much more. Visit APHA.org/Rally to RSVP.

I'm excited to share 2 new reports from @americanprogress.bsky.social examining how private equity’s profit-driven model is reshaping U.S. health care—at the expense of patients and communities. Read more ⬇️

Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril

The Trump administration and RFK Jr continue to dismantle vaccine infrastructure, putting us all at risk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump promised not to touch Social Security, but he's breaking his promise—and hurting millions of people in the process.