Diana [Denni] Fishbein

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back - The Hechinger Report President Trump is aggressively stepping up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. The new policies sweeping the nation deeply affect and harm our children. Educators should do whatever they can t...

OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back hechingerreport.org/opinion-poli...

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Dr. Diana Fishbein: This is how addiction science is saving lives Medication-assisted treatment and harm reduction strategies are made possible by federal investments in addiction science.

Dr. Diana Fishbein: This is how addiction science is saving lives www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/o...

SOC Press Release 7-22-25.docx PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 24, 2025 – Chapel Hill, NC Leading Addiction Scientists Warn: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Devastate Research, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction and O...

PRESS RELEASE: Leading Addiction Scientists Warn: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Devastate Research, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction and Overdose and Reverse Gains
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Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.

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I’m a Pediatrician. There’s So Much That the MAHA Report Does Get Right. It sets up a compelling argument—then veers wildly off course.

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This commentary is the most eloquent and appropriately targeted commentary I've read on the disconnect between what the RFK Jr MAHA report states are root causes of poor child health outcomes and what is administration is doing to harm children's health.

The Unprecedented War on Children 21 Coordinated Attacks That Threaten Children’s Health, Education, Development, Safety, Well-Being and Fundamental Rights

The Unprecedented War on Children
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What Kind of Nation Penalizes Its Poorest Children? During Children’s Week, which starts today, we must demand better for kids from our politicians on issues such as the Child Tax Credit, Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP.

What Kind of Nation Penalizes Its Poorest Children?
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Impacts of the Reduction In Workforce on CDC’s National
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If you are or know of someone whose cancer treatment has been disrupted due to administrative actions, please contact me at diana.fishbein@npscoalition.org.

NIH Post-Mortem by a Former NIH Insider: It’s Worse Than You Think [Anonymized] The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research, is under unprecedented assault, not just…

Please read this first-hand account of what's actually happening at NIH that is traumatizing staff and terminating vital research that supports the public's health.

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The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do

The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster
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Target Ineffective Programs, Not People, to Save Money An army of researchers, service providers, physicians, community workers, prevention practitioners, and countless others who serve the…

Government can do better! medium.com/@dianafishbe...

April 17, 2025 Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) posted a picture of himself with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump administration says it sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador t...

April 17, 2025
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Testifying for Children Before a House Committee That, Far Too Often, Ignores Them Last week, I testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government to speak about the crisis children in America face and urge Congress to act.

Testifying for Children Before a House Committee That, Far Too Often, Ignores Them
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'How is it possible that you have this job?': RFK Jr. was not aware of the addiction and mental health programs he was cutting. See the first 1 min 30 sec of this clip: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

Addiction Science Defense Network | npsc The ASDN is an information exchange and action network for individuals and organizations devoted to studying, treating and preventing problems caused by psychoactive substance use, including alcohol, ...

🚨 I have been working with several addiction scientists and clinicians through the Addiction Science Defense Network (www.npscoalition.org/projects/add...) to craft a statement of concern about recent executive orders and actions that can be shared with members of congress.

I'm assisting the HELP Committee with stories of child-or family-focused researchers, grants, clients/patients, or clinical services/programs that were suspended, terminated or otherwise harmed by recent actions. Please contact me: diana.fishbein@npscoalition.org.

After Kennedy's Destruction at NIH, Alcohol Prevention and Addiction Medicine Must Stand In Solidarity - Alcohol Justice Kennedy's funding cuts and mass firings at NIH means alcohol prevention, research and recovery--and the entire addiction medicine field--must stand together.

From Alcohol Justice: "After Kennedy’s Destruction at NIH, Alcohol Prevention and Addiction Medicine Must Stand In Solidarity" alcoholjustice.org/blog/kennedy...

Cancelled NIH grant information submission form Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.

If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.

Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

How Medicaid Caps Endanger the Lives of Children with Special Health Care Needs For families of children with disabilities and chronic conditions, Medicaid isn’t just insurance — it’s a lifeline.

How Medicaid Caps Endanger the Lives of Children with Special Health Care Needs
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Please contact me right away with stories about researchers and patients who have been adversely impacted by firings, disruptions to research, or discontinuation of treatment. diana.fishbein@npscoalition.org. I'm gathering this information for the congressional HELP Committee. Thanks.

If you are an investigator and have been impacted by recent actions affecting federal funding agencies (e.g., interruption in an ongoing grant, delay in receiving funds, halt or delay in receiving newly approved grant, loss of support staff, break in data collection, etc.), please contact me asap.

Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

This article explains what’s happening at NIH
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Making America Sick Again: How Medicaid Caps Will Leave Children Underinsured and Unhealthy Children need congressional leaders to step up and protect their health NOW!

Making America Sick Again: How Medicaid Caps Will Leave Children Underinsured and Unhealthy
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Want More Babies, Vice President Vance? Here’s What Needs to Change for Children and Families Dear Vice President Vance,

Want More Babies, Vice President Vance? Here’s What Needs to Change for Children and Families
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