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For decades the NIH has led a public health campaign credited with saving thousands of babies from dying in their sleep. The administration's cuts come as sleep-related infant deaths have been rising.

submitted 8 days ago • 67 comments

This is driving me crazy too. Not long ago 10% universal tariffs were considered the worst-case scenario, something even Trump wasn’t crazy enough to impose. Now have those PLUS 125% tariffs on China. Together, these raise raise inflation by about as much as original “Liberation Day” tariffs did!

submitted 33 days ago • 126 comments

Climate change is impacting kids now. Heat. Smoke. Floods. These cause stress, respiratory distress, pain, illness, & school closure. They all cause learning loss that disproportionately affects poor & marginalized kids, 240+ million of them. We can’t wait to act on climate. Our kids need us.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.   It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.

submitted 42 days ago • 691 comments

“We urge the Administration to rescind this guidance…” www.childrenshospitals.org/news/newsroo...

submitted 70 days ago • 240 comments

The firing of the top Army, Navy, and Air Force lawyers who provide legal and ethical guidance to military leaders is alarming. They are known as the conscience of our military.

submitted 79 days ago • 88 comments

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

submitted 89 days ago • 422 comments

Minnesota and 21 other states went to court to prevent the admin from slashing medical research—and won. This would have canceled life-saving research into organ transplants, cancers, Parkinson’s disease, and more.

submitted 90 days ago • 63 comments

NEW: A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has grown to be the largest in the U.S. since the CDC started tracking the illness in the 1950s.

submitted 106 days ago • 31 comments

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

submitted 105 days ago • 54 comments

It's happening as we knew it would. Farm workers, who would be picking citrus right now, aren't coming to work. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/califor...

submitted 107 days ago • 28 comments