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YouTube video by American Academy of Pediatrics AAP Steps up on Vaccine Recommendations

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Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America | CNN A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established science and practices, and limits on vaccines that have been studied for deca...

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More than 98% of families in this country choose to vaccinate their young children. | American Academy of Pediatrics More than 98% of families in this country choose to vaccinate their young children. But now, vaccine policy is being shaped by the small, extreme minority that doesn’t. All 17 independent vaccine ex...

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The “Disinformation Dozen” spreading anti-vaccine messaging on social media Just twelve individuals are generating two-thirds of all of the anti-vaccine messaging on Twitter and Facebook.

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RFK Jr. Tells New Parents To 'Do Your Own Research' On Vaccines "We live in a democracy," the health secretary said when asked for his advice to new parents.

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May Day: From Our Roots, Together We Shall Rise · May Day Strong Students, workers, and community members from all over Dane County are going to march to the state capitol to demand protection for ALL immigrants and students, ending the war on public education and ...

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We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Department of Global and Public Health @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca!

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'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites The new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared.

White House puts up 'Lab Leak’ page on COVID origins : Shots - Health News

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Pete Hegseth must immediately resign or be removed.

His complete disregard for procedure and overall gross incompetence is an ongoing threat to national security.

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...

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Remember: Courage begets courage.

Today, the Oklahoma House passed HCR 1013, declaring “Christ is King.”

This isn’t harmless symbolism—it’s a blatant violation of church/state separation and a dangerous step toward Christian nationalism.

Our government serves all of us—not just Christians.

Trump’s attack on the American mind — on education, science, libraries, and museums — is an attack on the capacity of Americans for self-government.

Democracy depends on people knowing what’s occurring around them and having the capacity to deliberate critically about it.

Exclusive | Former Trump Official Targeted With Government Probe Vows to Fight Chris Krebs, the top cybersecurity official in Trump’s first term, resigned from his private-sector job

"Krebs said he understood why some have kept a low profile and tried not to further anger the president.

But he said he disagreed with that approach. 'I don’t think this lay-low-and-hope-this-blows-over approach is the right one for the moment we’re in,' he said..."

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Anti-Vaxxers Are Grifting Off the Measles Outbreak—and Claim a Bioweapon Caused It Activists affiliated with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are selling a “measles treatment and prevention protocol” for hundreds of dollars, including supplements supposedly formulated by AI.

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Rally for WI Higher Ed! I'm joining Wisconsin Higher Ed unions to stand up for our freedoms to research, learn, and think as we please. Join me in the fight against austerity, censorship, and intimidation.

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Texas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program Students would receive as much as $10,000 for tuition or home-schooling. The Texas House passed the plan Thursday, after a well-financed campaign by President Trump’s allies.

Breaking News: The Texas House voted to create one of the largest taxpayer-funded private-school voucher programs in the nation.

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.

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RFK Jr. claimed to be for transparency. Not so much, it seems.

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Exclusive: Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's 'Golden Dome' missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said reut.rs/3Gg8mBC 1/8

Trump’s freeze on $2.2 billion to Harvard provided no proof of wrongdoing The Trump administration skipped over requirements, including offering to hold a hearing, when applying financial penalties related to civil rights violations.

Harvard University stands to lose billions in federal funding, but the government’s actions against one of the world’s top research institutions were applied with vague accusations and no proof of specific legal violations, documents show.

Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge The gutting of the administrative state, of the universities, and of expertise is like something out of the Cultural Revolution.

“What we are seeing is a purge—of the administrative state, of the universities, of expertise—that is consistent with events like the Cultural Revolution in China…or the dismantling of the tsarist civil service after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917”.

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The sudden dismissal of public records staff at health agencies threatens government accountability Public records requested under the Freedom of Information Act have helped shape health policy and keep the government accountable – but recent staff cuts may make this impossible.

RFK Jr. says he wants to be totally transparent, so naturally he fired federal workers who are responsible for responding to FOIA requests. Great piece by @reshmagar.bsky.social below. theconversation.com/the-sudden-d...

Global pandemic treaty finalized, without U.S., in ‘a victory for multilateralism’ Three years in the making, the accord aims to increase equity and avoid errors of the COVID-19 pandemic

Not a ton of good news in public health these days. But this morning at 3am, governments around the globe reached consensus on a global pandemic treaty.
„The achievement of finding consensus in a world torn asunder by the Trump administration cannot be overstated“, Lawrence Gostin told me. 🧪

Laid-off Minnesota Health Dept. workers warn of public health consequences Union-organized demonstration highlighted chaotic nature of layoffs forced by more than $220 million in federal COVID grant cuts under the Trump administration.

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RFK Jr plays medical detective as he contradicts his own department on autism ANALYSIS: Kennedy suggested that ‘ideology’ has prevented research into the causes of autism

ANALYSIS | RFK Jr plays medical detective as he contradicts his own department on autism

Yale-launched national coalition aims to defend public health from political threats Led by Yale faculty, Defend Public Health is mobilizing thousands of scientists, clinicians and students to push back against political threats to evidence-based health policy.

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Hands off PBS protest

News alert re Trump attacking PBS

We saved PBS from Trump in 2017, and now here we are again

‘We are flying blind’: RFK Jr.’s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more — POLITICO Fired workers and outside experts say the cuts leave the nation more vulnerable to health threats.

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