Melissa Sablik

The proposed Trump budget is brutal, unless you’re the military or Homeland Security.

Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%

Dear Members of Congress,
This is not the time for civility and negotiations. The President and an unelected private citizen not appointed by Congress to be in a pivotal leadership position are wreaking havoc on our infrastructure and standing in the world. Now is the time to fight.

In a sudden reversal, CDC rescinds some staff firings Some employees who were previously fired received emails saying they're "cleared to return to work."

Some employees who were previously fired received emails saying they're "clear to return to work."

Getting vaccinated always wins in the end, but sadly some may die or be permanently disabled before some parents reject anti-vax conspiracies and face reality. #Ivax2protect

The NIH indirect cost caps will kneecap biomedical research–and everyone will pay the price This reckless policy will gut scientific innovation, drive researchers out of the US, devastate healthcare, and cause economic collapse.

The NIH funding cap on indirect costs will eviscerate scientific research from the inside.

Universities won’t be able to support researchers, biomedical progress will slow, & YOUR health will be harmed.

Plus, widespread economic collapse.

Read more ⬇️
news.immunologic.org/p/the-nih-in...

I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

RFK Jr says he wants to tackle chronic disease. His war on the HPV vaccine shows otherwise. RFK Jr. profits by scaring people from a proven cancer prevention: that’s the opposite of combating chronic disease.

If I told you there’s a medicine that can prevent:

90% of cervical cancers
90% of anal cancers
90% of HPV-caused oropharyngeal cancers
85% of vaginal cancers
90% of vulvar cancers
90% of penile cancers

Would you be on board with it?

Read more ⬇️
news.immunologic.org/p/rfk-jr-say...

Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda

In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵

CDC pages relating to LGBTQ+ queer health are being removed from the CDC website. Staff are not involved in this censorship. We will follow up with external resources for our communities.

Along with datasets related to environmental science, social vulnerability index, gender identity, and DEI.

I appreciate how timely you are with your thoughtful responses in topics such as this. Thank you!

Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.

Largest #tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history. Unfortunately, we can’t learn more about this in the #MMWR b/c the Trump silenced the #CDC and stopped publication of MMWR. #PublucHealth
www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...

Black text on white background. It reads: With you, for you. WHO remains committed to health for all.

#HealthForAll

For everyone. Everywhere.