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Meet Aaron Szabo, Trump's nominee to head the EPA office of Air & Radiation—the office that's supposed keep our air clean and safe to breathe. Here are 4 things to know about him as he moves through the confirmation process. A thread.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Meet Jayanta Bhattacharya, Trump’s nominee to head the National Institutes of Health—the agency responsible for conducting and funding much of the country’s biomedical research. NIH is under attack by this administration and has been barred from administering billions in critical research funding.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

"The whole thing could just disappear...The biomedical research enterprise in the United States depends largely on NIH dollars. You take the dollars away, the labs go away, and you lose the next generation of scientists." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

"folks living near a busy highway are breathing in more tailpipe pollution, facing higher risks of car crashes in their neighborhoods, and suffering from decreased quality of life and economic growth—all at once." @kevshen.bsky.social blog.ucsusa.org/kshen/transp...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

We cannot stay silent in this moment. The Administration's attacks on science and scientists are harming communities across the country and threaten the future of the entire US science enterprise. Join me this Friday to #StandUpForScience in DC and nationwide. standupforscience2025.org

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Want to "make America healthy again"? Then EPA needs to use and follow the best available science rather than give the chemical industry free rein to poison our air, food, and water. prhe.ucsf.edu/sites/g/file...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

NEW: A team of experts, led by PRHE, has developed recommendations for the new administration to prioritize science and health. They include to safeguard scientific integrity and stop corporate interference in regulatory decision-making. prhe.ucsf.edu

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kicked off his tenure at HHS in dangerous and disturbing ways, downplaying the threat of measles, ending key meetings of vaccine scientists, and blocking public comments at the agency. His pledge of “radical transparency” is as empty as his understanding of vaccine science. 🧵

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Elon Musk, the unelected head of “government efficiency,” demanded federal employees report their weekly accomplishments—or risk their jobs. Let’s not ignore what federal scientists actually do. Here’s what they achieved last week (and every week)📤

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

It has been a tough few weeks for public health agencies, between the Trump administration illegally removing science-based information from federal webpages to political appointees interfering with public health research.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

🚨The Trump administration has illegally seized power not granted to it by the US Constitution and is actively disregarding the rule of law.

submitted 20 days ago • 10 comments