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Action Item: Senators Must Vote No to RFK Jr. as HHS Nominee Urgent! Oppose RFK Jr. as HHS Nominee with US Senate Finance Committee Vote on Feb 4th

If you live in Louisiana or work in healthcare or medicine, please call or leave a voicemail with Senator Bill Cassidy’s staff at 202-224-5824 stating you are either resident or work in those areas.

Call or email your senator. Link to instructions: tinyurl.com/notorfk.

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Immediate Call to Action!

Ask your US Senator to Oppose and Vote No for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary by Tues, Feb 4th.

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Call to Action - due Jan 29th!

Ask your US Senator to Oppose Nominees Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Health and Human Services and Jay Bhattacharya for National Institutes of Health. Ask your senator by Jan 29 to oppose these two nominations for our nation’s leading health agencies.

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People’s CDC COVID-19 Weather Report This is the People’s CDC bi-weekly update for January 13, 2025! This Weather Report from the People’s CDC sheds light on the ongoing COVID situation in the US.

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This is the People's CDC Weather Report for January 13, 2025.

The winter surge continues, forcing hospitals throughout the country to reinstate mask mandates, the US reports its first death from bird flu, and Mask Bloc activists save lives in LA wildfires.

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People’s CDC COVID-19 Weather Report This is the People’s CDC bi-weekly update for December 16, 2024! This Weather Report from the People’s CDC sheds light on the ongoing COVID situation in the US.

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This is the People's CDC Weather Report for December 16, 2024.

We are awaiting updates for the winter surge, discuss the critical importance of extending telemedicine funding through CMS, and we have optimism for increased funding for the RECOVER-TLC program to advance Long COVID research.

Demand Medicare Extend Funding for Full Telehealth Services by Dec 18, 2024 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must provide indefinite funding and support for telehealth services for everyone.

Instructions can be found here: peoplescdc.substack.com/p/demand-med...

Please personalize your letter. Letters to elected officials are most effective when they start with a brief personal comment (a sentence or two) about why and how telehealth services have been important as a type of healthcare service to you, your loved ones, your community.

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Demand Medicare Extend Funding for Full Telehealth Services by Dec 18, 2024.

You can submit a letter to your members of Congress both the House and the Senate via our Action Network (actionnetwork.org/letters/exte...) or contact Congress (usa.gov/elected-offi...).

CDC HICPAC Nov 2024 Meeting Concludes with Low Standards of Infectious Disease Protections in Healthcare - The Public Must Respond by Nov 22! CDC’s health care infection control committee (HICPAC) met on Nov 14-15 unwilling to establish robust, science-based infection control guidelines, universal masking, broad use of N95s

Support universal masking in healthcare, and clear, strong protective protocols such as N95 respirators or higher for all diseases spread via inhalation of aerosols. You can email them directly at HICPAC@CDC.gov. More instructions can be found at: tinyurl.com/respondtohic...

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Write to HICPAC by Fri, Nov 22, and express your disagreement with their responses to CDC’s questions, and that the CDC must ensure stronger guidelines that protect patients, healthcare workers, and the public.

CDC HICPAC Nov 2024 Meeting Concludes with Low Standards of Infectious Disease Protections in Healthcare - The Public Must Respond by Nov 22! CDC’s health care infection control committee (HICPAC) met on Nov 14-15 unwilling to establish robust, science-based infection control guidelines, universal masking, broad use of N95s

The CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) met November 14 and 15 with the majority of members voting to maintain current standards in infection control guidelines and not elevate them in healthcare settings.

Today, Nov 14th, is the day in which the #CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) establishes guidelines to protect against infectious diseases in healthcare settings #COVID. Request HICPAC to ensure the most rigorous standards including broad use of N95 or better.

Preventing COVID infections is important especially in healthcare. Healthcare acquired COVID infections can lead to severe illness, hospitalization, #LongCovid, or ultimately death. Send in a public comment by tomorrow! Instructions can be found here: peoplescdc.substack.com/p/tell-cdc-h...

You can either email them at HICPAC@CDC.gov or submit your demands at www.cdc.gov/hicpac/php/a....

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We ask you to write to HICPAC by Nov 13th and press them to protect patients, healthcare workers, by adopting universal masking in healthcare, and strong protective protocols.

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CDC’s infection control committee (HICPAC) meets Nov 14 and 15. They will be considering revised infection control guidelines for healthcare settings.

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