Via Kyle Griffin:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Layoffs have begun at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, conducting research, regulating food and drugs.
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“ #Trump administration will begin to withhold some federal funding from #PlannedParenthood starting Tuesday, a move that will curtail access to services including cancer screenings and affordable birth control”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/31/planned-parenthood-title-x-funding/
The Washington Post · Trump administration cuts some funds to Planned Parenthood
#RFKJr forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
“Trump admin on Friday pushed out Peter Marks, the nation’s top vaccine regulator and an architect of the U.S. program to rapidly develop coronavirus vaccines, a move that comes as Health and Human Services Secretary RFKJr continues his overhaul of the nation’s health and science agencies amid a worsening outbreak of measles” 1/…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/28/rfk-jr-fda-vaccine-scientist-peter-marks/
The Washington Post · RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
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@GottaLaff RFK Jr. is death in human form.. And you crack me up everytime Laffy, with #ProLifeMyAss, LOLOL.
“The entire staff of the federal government's Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off… The moves are part of a broader restructuring plan ordered by Health and Human Services Sec #RFKJr that involves cutting 20,000 HHS positions”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-to-gut-vaccine-promotion-and-hiv-prevention-office-sources-say/
www.cbsnews.comRFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources sayMuch of the federal government's efforts to buoy lagging childhood vaccination rates have been run through the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.
The US Department of Health and Human Services will announce Thursday it is cutting 10,000 full-time employees across health agencies
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/health/hhs-rfk-job-cuts?cid=ios_app
CNN · HHS to cut 10,000 employees in major overhaul of health agencies
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So Waltz finally took responsibility for the journalist in the group, but not for adding him— still goin’ with “find out how the heck he got there.”
Also, not yet admitting the error of using Signal for such a sensitive topic, which no one else has either!
My five-year old grandson would’ve been quicker to own up to his mistake, apologize & make it right.
In a related Tulsi story …
#SignalGate #ProLifeMyAss
MastodonMcDonald_69 (@McDonald_69@mastodon.social)Happy One Month Anniversary to this story:
Tulsi Gabbard fires more than 100 intelligence officers over messages in a chat tool
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/gabbard-fires-100-intelligence-officers-messages-chat-tool-rcna193799
#TulsiGabbard #SignalGate
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Another great #Hashtag that needs to “trend” along with #ProLifeMyAss
Imma attaching these to all my posts today!
Ps—so he left his personal device behind—in his underwear drawer or what? How secure was it?
“ #Trump admin intends to terminate financial support for Gavi, the org that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of lives over the past quarter century, & to signif scale back support for efforts to combat malaria, 1 of biggest killers globally.
..decided to continue some key grants for medications to treat HIV & TB, & food aid to countries facing civil wars & natural disasters”
The New York Times · U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries
Way to go, Bobby McBrainworms! #ProLifeMyAss
“Doctors in West #Texas are seeing #measles patients whose illnesses have been complicated by an alternative therapy endorsed by vaccine skeptics including #RFKJr., the health secretary” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/health/measles-kennedy-vitamin-a.html
The New York Times · For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill
“The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica” https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health
ProPublicaNIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
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"At the N.I.H.’s hospital devoted to clinical research on its Bethesda campus" #Trump's firings "included the staff of the intensive care unit and members of the code blue team that responds when a patient has a cardiac arrest..."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/health/nih-doge-trump.html
The New York Times · ‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the N.I.H., the Crown Jewel of American Science
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“Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in #Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis
ProPublicaTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
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Wrecking ball on steroids. #ClimateCrisis #ProLifeMyAss
“Interior to open millions of acres in #Alaska to drilling and mining
Trump officials said that they would open up areas of Alaska that Joe Biden had put off limits to #oil and gas production, and allow for a gas pipeline to be built across the state.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/20/alaska-drilling-trump-anwr/
The Washington Post · Interior to open millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining
What destroying the literal health of the body politic looks like. Here is a list of the grants canceled by #HHS. They include research on #Cancer, #Covid, #HIV, #Alzheimer's. As @GottaLaff says, #ProLifeMyAss (I think that's how she puts it).
https://taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/HHS_Grants_Terminated.pdf