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Nonilex<p>The largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> outbreak by far is in West <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, where the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> is spreading quickly in remote, rural areas where the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> rates are low. The outbreak has also spread across the boarder into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>, but the outbreak there is moving more slowly due to higher vaccination rates.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The US now has &gt;600 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> cases in 22 states, acc/to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> [&amp; who knows if that’s being accurately reported]. That includes 481 cases in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> alone. The country has now reported &gt;2X the number of measles cases this year than were reported in all of 2024.</p><p>The CDC says there have been 6 measles <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreaks</span></a> so far this year.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Make America Healthy Again!!!!!!!!!!</p><p>States are losing billions in federal childhood vaccine funding<br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/04/childhood-vaccine-funding-hhs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/04/04/childhood</span><span class="invisible">-vaccine-funding-hhs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentBrainWorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentBrainWorm</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFKisNoKennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKisNoKennedy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFKPredator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKPredator</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFKGrifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKGrifter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>The measles outbreak in western Texas has hit 481 cases, with 59 newly identified infections confirmed over the last three days, ABC News reports.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentBrainWorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentBrainWorm</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFKisNoKennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKisNoKennedy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFKPredator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKPredator</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFKGrifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKGrifter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> Cmte on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a>, Education, Labor, and Pensions invited <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> to attend a hearing next week to explain the firings. The committee is chaired by Republican U.S. Senator &amp; physician <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillCassidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillCassidy</span></a> of Louisiana, whose vote was key to Kennedy's confirmation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> layoffs begin to erode <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> drug review system</p><p>The Trump admin's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> at the FDA have removed employees critical to reviewing new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicines</span></a>, setting back years of effort to bring promising <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treatments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treatments</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> more quickly.</p><p>The FDA is slated to lose 3,500 employees under Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>'s massive *restructuring* of US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> agencies….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/healthcar</span><span class="invisible">e-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>No plan—not his *MAHA* agenda, not efficiency, nothing—can realistically explain cuts like these. Instead, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> don’t seem to be a means to an end on the way to overhauling American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>. They are an end in themselves.</p><p>It’ll take months, if not years, to fully appreciate the effect that the cuts will have on America’s scientific enterprise.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>the director of the National Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildHealth</span></a> &amp; Human Development [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NICHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NICHD</span></a>], the director of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>’s Division of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> &amp; Infectious Diseases, the director of the National Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nursing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nursing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NINR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NINR</span></a>], &amp; the director of the National Institute on Minority Health &amp; Health Disparities [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIMHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIMHD</span></a>].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>the head of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>’s Office of New <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drugs</span></a>, the head of the National Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Allergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allergy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfectiousDiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDiseases</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIAID</span></a>], the director of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>’s National Center for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a>, Viral <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hepatitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hepatitis</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/STD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STD</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TB</span></a> Prevention, the head of the CDC’s Center for Forecasting &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outbreak</span></a> Analytics,</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> advocate, seems to have targeted more than just the most pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> voices in the govt. During his confirmation hearings, Kennedy said he would “empower the scientists” as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> secy, but here are just a few of the MDs &amp; PhDs who were reportedly targeted yesterday:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Even before he took office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> warned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> ofcls that they should pack their bags, &amp; on Tues, he defended the cuts: “What we’ve been doing isn’t working,” RFKJr posted. He [says he] is focused on “realigning <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> w/its core mission: to stop the chronic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> epidemic &amp; Make America Healthy Again.” But instead of improving how the federal health bureaucracy works, RFKJr is throwing his agencies into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> Is Out for Revenge</p><p>By Nicholas Florko</p><p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is finally getting his wish of sucker-punching the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> agencies. This week, Kennedy began the process of firing some 10k employees working under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> umbrella.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-end-game/682276/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxcSBkUX6DzVli5zuhIWDVp0&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/health/archive</span><span class="invisible">/2025/04/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-end-game/682276/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxcSBkUX6DzVli5zuhIWDVp0&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
Headlines Africa<p>SA: Needle exchange program for drug users feels the effects of Trump's aid cuts <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxzVx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxz</span><span class="invisible">Vx</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/NeedleExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeedleExchange</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/DrugPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SubstanceAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SubstanceAbuse</span></a></p>
Shaula Evans<p>Has anyone done a study comparing health levels in cyclists who ride in bike lanes alongside car traffic without wearing masks versus those who wear N95s?</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Epidemiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epidemiology</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a></p>
Headlines Africa<p>Africa: Africa's Health Financing in a New Era - April, 2025: [Africa CDC] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxfjb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxf</span><span class="invisible">jb</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AfricaHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricaHealth</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HealthFinancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthFinancing</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/GlobalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a></p>
Headlines Africa<p>Africa: Annual Report - 2024 a Year of Innovation, Response, and Resilience: [Africa CDC] Executive Summary <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxfj1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxf</span><span class="invisible">j1</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AfricaCDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricaCDC</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Fed judge temporarily blocks $11B in Trump admin's cuts to <a href="https://toad.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> funding to states after 23 states &amp; the DC sued to keep the funding intact.</p><p>The coalition of states sued the HHS &amp; RFK Jr, arguing that the💰is used for many "urgent public health needs," incl tracking diseases, funding access to vaccines &amp; mental health &amp; addiction services, &amp; improving health INFRAs. The AGs allege that the🚨funding was "abruptly &amp; arbitrarily terminated" on Mar 24.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-public-health-cuts-states-lawsuit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/trump-public-</span><span class="invisible">health-cuts-states-lawsuit/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Un-fucking-believable</p><p>Senate confirmed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MehmetOz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MehmetOz</span></a> to oversee <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a> for millions of Americans<br>
TV’s “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrOz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrOz</span></a>” &amp; known quack has been confirmed to lead the Centers for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> Services, which has a massive $1 trillion+ budget &amp; oversees health insurance for millions of Americans.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insurance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>“Sure, any manager can find small savings and improvements, but these kinds of demands are of the size and speed that break down organizations,” he said. “This is not the way to do good for the public or for the public’s health.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-tump-health.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/</span><span class="invisible">cdc-tump-health.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/asthma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asthma</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/injuries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injuries</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lead</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prevention</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/tobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tobacco</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoking</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Requesting insights into <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> reassigning [in lieu of firing] highly qualified, expert scientists to Indian Health Services requiring relocation to Alaska Oklahoma or New Mexico. Are there any jobs for these folks - how or if this actually works? thank you. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IHS</span></a></p>