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
Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:
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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
Alex Akselrod
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Andres
boosted
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
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
#measles #CDC #RFKJR #Trump #Republicans #MAGA #antivaxxers #GOP #press
#RFKJr replaces chair of controversial #vaccine advisory panel
The chair of #ACIP, himself a well-known vaccine critic, will be moving to an official role within the #HHS, the agency announced Monday.
HHS announced #MartinKulldorff was appointed to be chief “science” officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation ( #ASPE).
#PublicHealth #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #insurance #eugenics
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5628322-martin-kulldorff-kennedy-hhs-appointment/
#MartinKulldorff, a Swedish biostatistician, served as chair of #ACIP at the #CDC earlier this year after #HHS Secy #RFKJr fired & remade the entire committee with known #vaccine skeptics & critics.
#PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #eugenics
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Science #Research #Health #COVID #Vaccines #Women #Autism
Greg Lloyd
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The updated #CDC webpage now includes an asterisk & explanation after the header “Vaccines do not cause Autism.”
“* The header ‘Vaccines do not cause autism’ has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website,” according to the website.
#BillCassidy’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation
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Greg Lloyd
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The revisions show that the “CDC cannot currently be trusted as a scientific voice,” said Demetre Daskalakis, who formerly led the agency’s center responsible for respiratory viruses & #immunizations. He was 1 of 3 senior leaders who resigned in August because of what they said was the politicization of #science at the agency. “The weaponization of the #CDC voice by validating false claims on official websites confirms what we have been saying,” he said.
Greg Lloyd
boosted
The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
GeePawHill
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RFK Jr has utterly destroyed the CDC and taken public health down with it.
Once again, vaccines do not cause autism.
Tylenol does not cause autism.
More importantly, autism isn’t a disease that needs to be “fixed”.
The way this regime speaks about autistic and disabled people is eerily reminiscent of the Nazi “useless eater” rhetoric.
They went after disabled people first because they knew no one would speak up for us.
Get your vaccines. Protect your health.
But also push back on the idea that there’s something “wrong” with us.
We aren’t useless. We aren’t expendable. We aren’t a problem to be “fixed”
#uspol #rfkjr #vaccines #autism #fascism #disability #ableism #cdc #publichealth
