Kim Perales<p>“NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cancer</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GOPDeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPDeathCult</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/04/06/nih-firings-cancer-immunotherapy-treatment/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/science/202</span><span class="invisible">5/04/06/nih-firings-cancer-immunotherapy-treatment/</span></a></p>
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FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petergleick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>petergleick</span></a></span> </p><p>"Got to say it takes a lot of nerve for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> to attend the funeral of a child he's at least partly responsible for killing."</p><p>I saw that, and thought as I have so many times lately that the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> party has lost all sense of appropriate optics and is simply running full speed ahead into whatever wall it's created for itself</p><p>And for good measure the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> will then slam its hand in whatever door is available</p><p>A political party of bomb-throwing loose cannons </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AccountabilityIsDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AccountabilityIsDead</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A second <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>child</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> has died in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> where hundreds of cases of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> have been recorded in recent weeks, prompting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a>* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> to plan a trip to the state, local media reported early on Sunday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GetVaccinated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetVaccinated</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VaccinesWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaccinesWork</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiScience</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kennedy-travel-texas-after-second-measles-related-death-axios-reports-2025-04-06/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/kennedy-t</span><span class="invisible">ravel-texas-after-second-measles-related-death-axios-reports-2025-04-06/</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>OTD in 2023 conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr filed his candidacy for the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. See his family's experimental home water fluoridation unit <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/robert-f-kennedy.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/robert-f-kenne</span><span class="invisible">dy.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
Steve Thompson PhD<p>This man is an America hero.</p><p>‘He’ll have to confront his maker for those lies’: FDA’s vaccine chief who resigned slams RFK Jr.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/video/dr-peter-marks-fda-vaccine-robert-kennedy-jr-ebof-digvid" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/vi</span><span class="invisible">deo/dr-peter-marks-fda-vaccine-robert-kennedy-jr-ebof-digvid</span></a></p><p>CNN's Erin Burnett talks with Dr. Peter Marks, the former head of vaccines for the FDA, who says he was pushed out for not agreeing to spread misinformation about vaccines.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CNN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CNN</span></a></span> </p><p>FDA <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFKJR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformatin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformatin</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>
Scott Busby<p>A U.S. District Court today just granted a temporary restraining order that restores $11 billion in critical public health funding to state and local public health agencies across the country. This funding had been recently cut without notice by HHS under RFKJr.<br>These grants cover identifying, tracking, and addressing infectious diseases; ensuring access to immunizations; and modernizing critical public health infrastructure.<br>This funding was set by Congress to ensure the United States is better prepared for future public health threats like the Covid pandemic.<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hhs</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rfkjr</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The US now has >600 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> [& 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" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> alone. The country has now reported >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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cancer</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alzheimers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alzheimers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> Could Be Lost Forever</p><p>Days before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> announced that 10,000 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> research repository sites saying they were "under review."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/nih-archives-repos</span><span class="invisible">itories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> Cmte on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a>, Education, Labor, and Pensions invited <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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 & physician <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillCassidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> layoffs begin to erode <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>treatments</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>'s massive *restructuring* of US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> agencies….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>ChildHealth</span></a> & Human Development [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NICHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NICHD</span></a>], the director of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>’s Division of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> & Infectious Diseases, the director of the National Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nursing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nursing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NINR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NINR</span></a>], & the director of the National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIMHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIMHD</span></a>].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>’s Office of New <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>Allergy</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfectiousDiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDiseases</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIAID</span></a>], the director of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>’s National Center for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a>, Viral <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hepatitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hepatitis</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/STD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STD</span></a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TB</span></a> Prevention, the head of the CDC’s Center for Forecasting & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Outbreak</span></a> Analytics,</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> secy, but here are just a few of the MDs & PhDs who were reportedly targeted yesterday:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> warned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> ofcls that they should pack their bags, & 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> epidemic & 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" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> umbrella.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaxxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener" 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&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. The Dept of Health and Human Services (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>) can no longer fulfill requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOIA</span></a>), at least not without "exponentially" longer delays and backlogs. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> — who promised "radical transparency" — fired the staffers who handled those requests. A spokesperson said the layoffs will "streamline" the department and the work "will continue". <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/03/g-s1-57888/hhs-fda-rfk-foia-public-records" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/04/03/g-s1-57888/hhs-fda-rfk-foia-public-records</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Richard Rathe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>Try 90% "mistakes" and not really mistakes if you are *planning* to rehire within days. There is absolutely no reason to believe these are mistakes. This is intentional sabotage.</p><p>He is dumb as a doorknob!</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cuts</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>OFFS! These aren’t toys that you break/reassemble! They’re professionals, PEOPLE, whose lives are disrupted as Trump & his thugs disrupt the health & wellbeing of the whole world!</p><p>"Personnel that should not have been cut, were cut. We're reinstating them. And that was always the plan. Part of the DOGE, we talked about this from the beginning, is we're going to do 80% cuts, but 20% of those are going to have to be reinstated, because we'll make mistakes”: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-hhs-job-cuts-doge-mistakes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-hhs-jo</span><span class="invisible">b-cuts-doge-mistakes/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Business Insider reports — with a chart to demonstrate the point — that measles cases are "spreading exponentially" in the US right now.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <br>/5</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/charts-show-measles-spreading-in-us-states-2025-4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/charts-sho</span><span class="invisible">w-measles-spreading-in-us-states-2025-4</span></a></p>
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