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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 3 days ago • 1215 comments

Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

submitted 3 days ago • 1350 comments

The opposite of DEI is NOT "color-blind, hire-the-best-qualified." It's "continue to hire the incompetent white male just because he's a white male." And the entire Trump administration proves that point.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

🚨 Yesterday was a true Valentine’s Day massacre for public health. 💔 Over 5,200 jobs cut at NIH & CDC 💔 EIS program slashed at CDC 💔 Federal funding cut for schools and universities with COVID-19 vaccine mandates We are gutting public health, with repercussions that will last for generations.

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

Doing great 👍

submitted 7 days ago • 1846 comments

Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.

submitted 7 days ago • 1695 comments

NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.

submitted 8 days ago • 853 comments

This is so important - the line of defense is at the state level. Seeing changes in LA and WV are examples of moving in the wrong direction

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 7 days ago • 30 comments

Elon Musk’s staffers have been going through data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees healthcare coverage for over 160 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.

submitted 7 days ago • 163 comments

A judge just blocked Elon Musk and co-president Donald Trump from firing the financial cops at the CFPB who protect consumers from Wall Street scams. There's power in fighting back.

submitted 8 days ago • 229 comments

This needs to be emphasized. Public health capacity is being rapidly destroyed and this cannot be undone. The expertise and institutional memory will be gone, and it will take years or even decades to restore.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

A free, independent press is a cornerstone of democracy and functions to hold those in power accountable. When journalists are coerced into reporting using only government-sanctioned language and information, the press is no longer free. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The wide-ranging nature of the federal workforce cuts will leave all of us more vulnerable to disease and other safety threats, including from outside the United States, says IDSA President Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP. Our statement: https://buff.ly/40UK0E8

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

In a joint statement, IDSA and HIVMA reaffirmed our core mission and values and emphasized that inclusion, diversity, access and equity — and an unwavering commitment to health equity — are essential to improving health outcomes for all. Read: https://buff.ly/3WXIfVA

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

www.aamc.org/news/press-r... thanks @aamctoday.bsky.social for finally speaking up! @germhuntermd.bsky.social @boghuma.bsky.social

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more. Thanks to NIH, we have: 💉 Cancer immunotherapy ❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins 🩸 Insulin for diabetes Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.

submitted 14 days ago • 240 comments

Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

submitted 14 days ago • 358 comments

I am deeply disappointed by the subdued response of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (@idsainfo.bsky.social) to the dismantling of public health structures, both in the US & globally Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky

submitted 15 days ago • 14 comments

Moving defense of childhood #vaccines by Vanderbilt vaccine expert Kathy Edwards in JAMA. Stunning that so many people fear the tools that prevent children from dying and being maimed, rather than the pathogens that resurge when vaccine use declines. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 16 days ago • 7 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

submitted 16 days ago • 6590 comments

Farmers slammed. “American farms… supply about about 41 percent of the food aid that the agency sends around the world.” And “hundreds of tons of American-grown wheat stranded in Houston alone.” wapo.st/3WSo7nI

submitted 16 days ago • 42 comments

Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.

submitted 16 days ago • 146 comments

“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Ellen Weintraub, chair of the Federal Election Commission, announced that President Trump sent her a letter declaring her immediate removal. However, Weintraub rejected the action, stating it was not legally valid.

submitted 16 days ago • 143 comments

After hearing from two of my colleagues in Africa who work with USAID/PEPFAR, and the consequences already of recent events, I had to write this. So sad. And so pointless! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

submitted 16 days ago • 8 comments

There is a line in the sand. Healthcare and public health organizations need to collectively hold the line. This is a life or death matter. shorturl.at/O5lsU

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

The Trump administration, along with Elon Musk’s staffers, has jeopardized the security of the C.I.A. by making employee names public—a move both illegal and dangerous. Current officials confirmed that the C.I.A. sent employee names to the OPM, complying with an executive order signed by Trump.

submitted 16 days ago • 173 comments

www.usaidstopwork.com/individuals?...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

14+ suspected cases of ebola in Uganda, now today (up from 1) Wish US gov didn't cut off USAID funding to help to respond to outbreak, transport samples, or prohibit CDC personnel from responding. Any infection is only a plane ride away, so one cannot bury one's head in the sand as policy.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

submitted 20 days ago • 3292 comments

Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.

submitted 17 days ago • 167 comments

If you are one of the federal employees who received Trump's “Fork In The Road” memo, know that you have options ahead of tomorrow’s deadline. Don’t be scared or threatened into resigning. Take time to review your rights and the below resources. ⬇️

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

🧵 When Medicine and Science Ignores Diversity, People Die. 1/ Ignoring diversity in medicine and science is deadly. From unethical experiments to life-threatening misdiagnoses, history is replete with examples of how neglecting race, gender, and identity costs lives. A thread of concrete examples.

submitted 17 days ago • 26 comments

Can we please go one day without violating human rights or starting fights with our allies? www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

submitted 21 days ago • 230 comments

The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning. Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals. Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI

submitted 22 days ago • 14 comments

CDC staff have been told to RETRACT all studies submitted to journals (but not yet accepted) if they include the words “gender” or “pregnant people”. #holdtheline #publichealth

submitted 22 days ago • 39 comments

STI Treatment Guidelines are down, for now go to nnptc.org where our group has housed STI and HIV PrEP guidelines #HIVSky #STISky #IDSky

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

Without regard to science, health or reason, the National STD + HIV curriculums are down. The NNPTC's CCN is open for clinical consultation. We want to help you with your STI/ Sexual Wellness questions [Mon to Fri :)] www.stdccn.org/render/Public

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

submitted 27 days ago • 105 comments

Scientific advancements aside, this is economically irresponsible Every $1 spent by NIH generates $2.46 For example, in 2023, $47B in NIH spending generated ~$93B Halting NIH spending will LOSE the US a lot of money (and talent)

submitted 31 days ago • 61 comments