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Heather Haq

@doc-haq.bsky.social

Physician. Activist. Pediatric hospitalist. Academic medicine. Global health. Public health. Mother. Dog mom. #medsky

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Pediatrician colleague and friend @amyrebecca.bsky.social shared what’s at stake with the proposed gutting of Dept of Education and rollback on protections for special education and disability rights. Dr. Rule has vulnerably shared her life story to highlight the threat to children. #medsky

12.02.2025 19:20 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

I’m a physician because of the IDEA and 504 made possible by the Dept of Education. And NO it won't work if we put it back to the states, it is the universal, federal protection and accountability that makes special education work and FUNDS special education. It funds kids like me. 1/

12.02.2025 18:14 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide

“Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt H.I.V. treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant H.I.V.,” said Jirair Ratevosian... “That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the H.I.V. epidemic.”

24.01.2025 23:14 — 👍 38    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 4

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