Even below the state level, we see indicators of partisan targeting. Of the five Public Health Infrastucture Grants NOT terminated in these states, 3 are in Trump-voting counties, and one in big Republican donor Orange County. 3/
We are not powerless! Last month, the administration reversed massive cuts to to SAMHSA and CDC after public and congressional outcry. We can do that again. Call your representatives!
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The administration circulated a list of "examples" of grants to be terminated. They pulled the most lurid "DEI" language from grant and program descriptions for these examples, and this language has been repeated in news stories for the past week.
Those programs make up about 5% of the cuts. The vast majority of the cuts are to basic public health infrastructure: things like recruitment, training, and IT systems for local health departments. 2/
Even below the state level, we see indicators of partisan targeting. Of the five Public Health Infrastucture Grants NOT terminated in these states, 3 are in Trump-voting counties, and one in big Republican donor Orange County. 3/
The Trump administration is planning to terminate $600M of CDC grants to CA, CO, MN, and IL. We're publishing the full list.
They are using vulnerable communities as a weapon to dismantle public health, targeting partisan enemies, and manipulating media.
https://grant-witness.us/posts/2026-02-10-cdc-terminations/
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The administration circulated a list of "examples" of grants to be terminated. They pulled the most lurid "DEI" language from grant and program descriptions for these examples, and this language has been repeated in news stories for the past week.
Those programs make up about 5% of the cuts. The vast majority of the cuts are to basic public health infrastructure: things like recruitment, training, and IT systems for local health departments. 2/
The Trump administration is planning to terminate $600M of CDC grants to CA, CO, MN, and IL. We're publishing the full list.
They are using vulnerable communities as a weapon to dismantle public health, targeting partisan enemies, and manipulating media.
https://grant-witness.us/posts/2026-02-10-cdc-terminations/
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A fast-moving measles outbreak in South Carolina highlights how declining vaccination rates, permissive state laws and weakened federal vaccine oversight are creating larger, harder-to-control outbreaks across the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/09/world/us-measles-milestone-is-everyones-problem/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #robertfkennedyjr #donaldtrump #medicine #vaccinations #health #measles #covid19 #cdc #us #southcarolina #donaldtrump
New: nearly half of CDC’s disease and outbreak databases/surveillance systems have “gone dark" under Trump, the US marinates in its 12th Covid surge amid worsening cognitive damage data, mRNA cancer vax shows 5-year protection, Phil Collins caught Covid in hospital & now needs live-in nurse, more:
Link to the full brief: https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-january-29-149392047
New: nearly half of CDC’s disease and outbreak databases/surveillance systems have “gone dark" under Trump, the US marinates in its 12th Covid surge amid worsening cognitive damage data, mRNA cancer vax shows 5-year protection, Phil Collins caught Covid in hospital & now needs live-in nurse, more:
Link to the full brief: https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-january-29-149392047
There's a lot to take in today, but here's another outrage we shouldn't let pass by: they keep trying to shutter the public health system, and then reversing when too many people notice. Gotta keep pushing back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/01/24/public-health-trump-kennedy-cdc/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/health/cdc-grant-pause-reversal
Would the #CDC's principal deputy director view it as a public health loss for the US if the country loses its #measles elimination status? "Not really," Dr. Ralph Abraham said at a press conference today. https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/cdc-measles-briefing-lost-elimination-status-cost-of-doing-business/
"220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html
Eye-opening, stomach-turning table of the staff cuts to 500+ federal agencies, Nov 2024 - Nov 2025. Plus a search engine to find the cuts for a given agency. Some examples:
#NASA, down 6%
#NIH, down 18%
#HHS, down 18%
#NOAA, down 20%
#CDC, down 22%
#OSTP, down 26%
#NSF, down 29%
#NEA, down 34%
#IMLS, down 59%
#NEH, down 73%
#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
CDC staff 'blindsided' as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled
#HackerNews #CDC #Vaccine #Overhaul #ChildHealth #PublicHealth #VaccinePolicy #Blindsided
Between ICE shootings, lack of disease control,stripping healthcare, defunding drug treatment programs, murdering sailors who cling to the remains of their boats … even the domestic starvation of Americans and their children … Trump and the Republicans sure have a weird approach to being pro-life.
#prolife #trump #republicans #cdc #MAGA #healthcare #ice #venezuela #news #starvation #DrugTreatment
Between ICE shootings, lack of disease control,stripping healthcare, defunding drug treatment programs, murdering sailors who cling to the remains of their boats … even the domestic starvation of Americans and their children … Trump and the Republicans sure have a weird approach to being pro-life.
#prolife #trump #republicans #cdc #MAGA #healthcare #ice #venezuela #news #starvation #DrugTreatment
Upheaval under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weakening U.S. public health by fueling disease outbreaks, undermining vaccinations and threatening insurance coverage and drug approvals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/05/world/americas-year-of-health-care-chaos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #robertfkennedyjr #donaldtrump #medicine #vaccinations #health #covid19 #cdc #us #misinformation
INFLUENZA HITTING HARD!
Unexpected New Variant Strikes
The Flu is Deadly
"An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure!"
Flu in the US Spreading Fast
Flu Levels Are "Very High" and "High" in These 14 States
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #influenza #flu #cdc #Breaking #BreakingNews
https://share.newsbreak.com/gjx3ebhq
Trump & RFK are bringing back the worst of U.S. criminal racist medical abuses of the past, like the Tuskegee experiment that killed over 100 African American men the South.
This time, in the name of proving that vaccines are unnecessary, or dangerous, they've awarded a $1.6 million grant to a group of controversial Danish researchers (The Bandim group) to delay the hepatitis B vaccine to children in Guinea-Bissau, despite the fact that it has already been proven safe and effective, particularly when given to newborns. This is in a region with high endemic hepatitis B prevalence (up to 20% of the population is infected). And it is particularly unethical and cruel, when any delay in vaccination increases the risk of lifelong, irreversible hepatitis infection and premature death.
Past studies by the Bandim researchers have been challenged by mainstream scientists, but championed by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. The grant smacks of corruption and cronyism, as it was awarded to the Danish team without any competition from any other scientists. A review published in Vaccine last month found that the Bandim researchers “have systematically over-interpreted the findings from their randomized trials” for 25 years.
#publichealth #hepatitis #vaccines #antivax #rfkjr #trump #cdc #africa #racism #children #ethics
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
#measles #CDC #RFKJR #Trump #Republicans #MAGA #antivaxxers #GOP #press
When the CDC’s panel relies on vaccine deniers over experts and applies an impossibly high standard to evaluate vaccines, it isn’t empowering parents to make better decisions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/11/world/hepatitis-b-vaccine-vote-reverses-progress/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #vaccines #medicine #cdc #donaldtrump #robertfkennedyjr #health #hepatitisb #covid19
