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Judge extends ban on Musk's DOGE access to private Social Security data www.investing.com/news/economy...

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Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Dept. of Health and Human Services, four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.

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The nationwide measles outbreak now stands at more than 800 cases, but you probably don’t know that since RFK Jr is keeping a tight lid on that news. The orange areas in the below map show where the vaccination rate is under the 95% coverage target among kindergarteners. That’s a LOT of orange!

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Ocean Warming Speeds Up, Alarming Scientists ->Science Blog | #OceanWarming #Science | More info from EcoSearch

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Measles cases in 25 US jurisdictions rise to 800 in 2025, CDC says

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On it. Report your terminated NSF grant here: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... And spread the word. We'll have a database up once we build out the back end and receive submissions. All credit to @noamross.net for standing this up so quickly.

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We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...

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Explore the cuts to the US biomedical research infrastructure. Using data from @natureportfolio.nature.com, we created a dashboard that shows where and what the cuts are about. thisweekinpublichealth.com/blog/2025/04...

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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

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This is how you do it. The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact". The moral imperative may be to fight... but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone: www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...

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“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Have been hearing a lot of confusion about the human right and US Constitutional right to due process, lately.

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Exclusive: The US consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to CDC staff cuts, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation reut.rs/4lvPWN4

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The Global Engagement Center, a State Department unit that called out Russian and Chinese propaganda campaigns, has been shut down.

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All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.

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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

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BECAUSE WE HAVE A VACCINE. AND, UNTIL RECENTLY, ALMOST EVERYONE TOOK IT. Remarkably, nowhere in the article does the word "vaccine" appear. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/w...

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As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance. In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites." But this is unequivocal fact.

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A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration in the case that alleged fraud in a Biden-era, clean-energy program, unfreezing roughly $20 billion in funding meant to support projects like new solar energy arrays and efficiency upgrades for small businesses.

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RFK Jr. is touting new autism research, promising answers by September. But experts at 10 specialized autism research groups across the country haven't been approached about it. via @isabellacueto.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/r...

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NIH grants are still not being funded for existing awards. NIH reps are telling scientists they can't provide any info when they call to check the status of their annual funding. Now input into the NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION is unnecessary too. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Ontogeny is more complex than “chromosomes.” Developmental neurobiology is where simple binaries and “common sense” go to die.

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REPORTER: Why not show the public the evidence? BONDI: Well, he is an illegal alien who has been living illegally in our country from El Salvador ... He is not coming back to our country R: But the evidence. We're not gonna see the evidence? BONDI: We have the transcripts from the court hearings

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A chief U.S. District Judge in Washington, D.C. said he would launch proceedings to determine whether to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for defying his order not to remove Venezuelan migrants based on the wartime Alien Enemies Act. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Opinion: The CDC’s critical occupational safety institute has been virtually wiped out www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/n...

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A federal judge in Texas has overturned the CMS national nursing home minimum-staffing rule, siding with the long-term care industry over patient advocates’ safety concerns. www.mcknights.com/news/breakin...

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New Mexico Department of Justice seeks information about programs impacted by the Trump administration’s funding freezes: nmdoj.gov/get-help/fed...

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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

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“Something bad is happening.” 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...

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In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials. nyer.cm/hMT7u9R

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The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.

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The university refused to make changes it said would "dictate what private universities can teach" and "whom they can admit and hire," among other things.

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Despite a court order, the White House bars a reporter and photographer from the @AP from an Oval Office news conference with Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador while the administration appeals the decision. @dbauder.bsky.social apnews.com/article/trum...

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“According to an email obtained by The New York Times, H.H.S. intends to revise its web pages to include statements like ‘The decision to vaccinate is a personal one’ and ‘People should also be informed about the potential adverse events associated with vaccines’” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/h...

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More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

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