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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
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The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
https://projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-research-lost-trump/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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This year's #measles #outbreak is the worst since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. [Only] Halfway through 2025, reported cases have already surpassed 1,274 − the peak for all of 2019.

According to data from the #JohnsHopkins University Center for Outbreak Response Innovation, it reported a total of 1,277 confirmed cases, as of July 5. The majority of cases are linked to a large outbreak that originated in west #Texas.

#Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #vaccines
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/07/05/2025-record-breaking-measles-outbreak/83994445007/

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#RFKJr Is Barely Even Pretending Anymor
America’s #AntiVaccine era is truly beginning.

#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #medicine #science #PublicHealth #policy #regulations #law #USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/06/cdc-acip-anti-vaccine-rfk/683156/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxaLwqNRbI7I4IbkkdBen8-0

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Bizarre

They Asked an #AI #Chatbot Questions.
The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

#GenerativeAI #chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes & endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the #technology can deeply distort reality.

Mr. Torres, 42, an accountant in Manhattan, started using #ChatGPT last year to make financial spreadsheets & to get legal advice.

#MediaLiteracy #tech #health #PublicHealth #MentalHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P08.q54v.5I9Hb7nYzpyW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

A resident of northern #Arizona has died from Pneumonic Plague.

#Plague is rare to humans, w/ on avg ~7 cases reported annually in the #US, most of them in the western states, acc/to federal #health ofcls.

The death in #CoconinoCounty, which includes #Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local ofcls said. Further details including the identify of the victim were not released.

#PublicHealth #Science #Medicine #HHS #RFKJr #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/pneumonic-plague-death-arizona-2c32ed6bd4a86be3d38828fe69aeb68b

Dangerous #HeatWave Expands Over Central & Eastern #UnitedStates

A multiday #heat wave is bringing high temperatures & health risks from the #Midwest to the #Northeast, prompting warnings & emergency measures.

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #AirQuality #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/weather/heat-wave-temperatures.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#RFKJr #CDC #vaccine advisory committee recommends against #flu #vaccines

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (#ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by #HHS Secy Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted 5-1 on Thurs to recommend against #FluBaccines containing the preservative #thimerosal.

One committee member, Vicky Pebsworth, abstained on each vote.

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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-vaccine-advisory-committee-recommends-flu-vaccines-thimerosal/story?id=123224218

RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization
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Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.

“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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#Idaho doctor & patients sue over new law halting public #benefits to #immigrants in US unlawfully

An #Idaho doctor & 4 residents are challenging a new state #law that halts some of the few public benefits available to people living in the US unlawfully, including a program that provides access to lifesaving #HIV & #AIDS #medication for #LowIncome patients.

#law #PublicHealth #immigration #Trump #judiciary
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-lawsuit-idaho-public-benefits-law-hiv-cf96bf26018ed8fc9876da50390eafb8

In the time before widespread #vaccination, #death often came early.

Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of #children & leaving others w/lifelong #health problems. These illnesses were the main reason why nearly 1 in 5 children in 1900 never made it to their 5th birthday.

#Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #USpol #policy #science #medicine #vaccines #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #eugenics
https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-measles-polio-whooping-cough-rubella-af4cd1aef8f408a960601df6372f9c32?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-28-Lessons+unlearned

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system.

Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS.

Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in funding for “forever chemicals” research.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-pfas-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Environment #EPA #PFAS #PublicHealth #ForeverChemicals #Trump