Scott Hensley

Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign As flu rages, the Trump administration has pulled the plug on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu immunization campaign that targeted high-risk groups, including pregnant women.

Despite its success, CDC flu vaccine campaign killed, writes @wstonereports.bsky.social. (He's at @wstonereports.95 on that encrypted app.)
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Have information you want to share about the ongoing changes across the federal government? Reach out to these authors via encrypted communications: Will Stone @wstonereports.95, Pien Huang @pienhuang.88, Rob Stein @robstein.22 and Sydney Lupkin @sydneylupkin.36.

Health agencies lose staff members in key areas as Trump firings set in As the dust settles from the first wave of firings at health agencies, here's how many people got cut and the impact of the roles that were lost.

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Louisiana health department going quiet on common vaccines: @rosemarywestwood.bsky.social reported in December on the public health pullback.
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Unease grows at the CDC as Trump administration keeps grip on research, messaging CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from external papers pending publication.

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Stub your toe and say it. TOWWWW-son

I found Warren Buffett's update on his philanthropic plans pretty interesting and full of good advice about estate planning for those of us with less substantial means.
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