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New: "Insiders Loaded Up On Firm’s Stock—Right Before Don Jr. And Eric Trump’s Involvement Sent Shares Soaring" me, for @forbes.com 1

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Yesterday, private prison company CoreCivic announced that they will reopen a family detention center in Texas. It was previously reported a toddler detained there died due to a lack of medical care. It will detain up to 2,400 people—including children.

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SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.

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Here’s a gift link to my piece in today’s @nytimes.com about Musk & the Constitution www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

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www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

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An out-of-work federal contractor w/ 2 master’s degrees is applying for food stamps for the 1st time. Others are selling their homes or taking out loans. A single mother said that now that she has no income, she’s gathering jewelry to sell at a pawnshop. www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/p...

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Measles in US in 2025 164 cases Alaska, California, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, Rhode Island, Texas Most children, some too young to be vaccinated 82% under age 20 Vaccination Status Unvaccinated or Unknown: 95% 1 MMR: 3% 2 MMR: 2% www.cdc.gov/measles/data... 🧵

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The Department of Health and Human Services has pressed the NIH to ignore court orders, dismissing NIH lawyers' advice to resume business as usual, @katherinejwu.com reports. As of this week, some institutes and centers are still not issuing any new grants: theatln.tc/MVl9uWmj

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WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirms that the mpox upsurge remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Rising cases, wider spread, conflict in eastern DRC, and lack of funding continue to hinder response efforts www.who.int/news/item/27...

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I believe we have breaking news in Inside Medicine. I spoke to a member of the FDA vaccine committee who confirmed that the meeting to decide the 2025-2026 flu shot composition was abruptly canceled today. My on-the-record Q&A with the FDA advisor: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...

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NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot. by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global movement for health. Learn more about the #1Dollar1World campaign and get involved. People have the power 👏 🔗 bit.ly/3QyEuC3

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The case counts seem to be dropping. But health officials say that's because violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes it difficult to get good data. And now U.S. assistance is being disrupted.

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Sudan conflict: USAID cut hits people 'screaming from hunger'

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"… it is the words and actions of all members of the scientific community … that form the collective voice of science …," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hR6ux0

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FOLLOWUP: SECDEF Hegseth also firing the CNO, the USAF Vice-Chief, and somewhat unusually and ominously to do in the same breath, the senior JAGs of the Army, Navy, and USAF

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So much for fighting cancer and heart disease. “The new administration has, both in broad strokes and in rather backroom bureaucratic ways, stopped the processes by which the N.I.H. funds biomedical research in the nation,” said Vaughn Cooper, a microbiologist at the University of Pittsburgh.”

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Another shakedown: U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Fueled by pandemic frustrations, populist parties are embracing anti-vaccine figures — in the U.S. and elsewhere.

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New HRW geospatial analysis shows the dismantlement of camps west of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, that housed hundreds of thousands of displaced people. 1/10 🧵⤵️

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Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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nearly 11% of the NSF workforce was fired today. this WILL slow scientific progress. this is hurting families. we need to educate folks about all the GOOD that the gov't can do! To help @500womensci.bsky.social has made social media cards for what #NSF funds in each state: bit.ly/NSF_bystate

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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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🚨 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.

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I have a NYT essay out this morning. There is very little that Americans can agree on these days. Not religion, not sports, and certainly not politics. But there is one thing nearly everyone agrees on: Vaccines are good. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...

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On hold at the CDC: An analysis suggesting that flu cases may be at a record high. That could mean a surge of deaths comes next. The CDC is delaying analyses to inform the situation & has cut off usual communication w/hospital networks & WHO. My latest: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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There will be nothing left of biomedical research in the US when Trump is done. Just think about that and anytime you or someone you love has been sick or dying. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Here's what the entire federal workforce actually looks like. It's mostly doctors, nurses and healthcare workers in VA hospitals, the military, and then everything else.

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Want a glimpse of the future? www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

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Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired

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Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda. Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is really saying. Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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(1/7) Dispatch: Children reduced to skin and bones in war-torn Sudan’s forgotten famine. Every scrap of food counts for the millions on the brink of starvation in the remote Nuba mountains. Full story below - free to read 🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

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USAID staff abandoned: "If my colleagues were kidnapped in the next day or two, they don’t even have the help button on their phone. If I had a colleague that was in West Africa and had someone from ISIS go and take them, they couldn’t even let the [special security] know that they’ve been taken."

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USAID’s inspector general—presumably operating from a remote base in the mountains—has just released a report on the staggering effect of the Trump Administration’s assault on the agency. oig.usaid.gov/sites/defaul...

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1. This time last year, the US had only ever recorded 1 human infection with #H5N1 #birdflu, in 2022. With the confirmation of an infection in a Nevada dairyworker, there've now been 69 confirmed cases in 11 states.

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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$: Tell Congress to #standwithUSAID 🏈Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food instead of letting it rot in a Texas warehouse. youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/

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In Idaho, a preview of what RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America will look like, as health district bans public clinics from distributing #COVID19 vaccine, by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... via @washingtonpost.com #antivax

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These great research institutions in red states are slated to lose about $1B in NIH research dollars

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This Politico story from last October shows how easy it is to launder lies through the press. It claimed Trump would ban anyone tied to Project 2025 from a job in a second Trump administration. “Clearly people working on Project 2025 are blacklisted,” said an unidentified Trump insider. 1/4🧵

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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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AFD Blog `New Hampshire: DHHS Identifies New Hampshire Resident with Clade I #Mpox' afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/02/new-... h/t FluTrackers

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With rumors swirling that agencies like #CDC & #FDA are about to face major layoffs, experts worry about how critical tasks — like conducting safety inspections at drug manufacturing plants — are going to proceed. @lizzylawrence.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/f...

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