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I’d like to hear from voters of any race who were evacuated from polling places due to bomb threats and never voted.

submitted 5 hours ago • 49 comments

Many community health centers, which also serve uninsured people, are expected to close if Medicaid funds gets brutally cut by Congress. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Favorite sign seen at the Stand Up for Science rally in Chicago thus far? GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUNDING

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

So proud of my friend Dr. Liz Sokol for helping to showcase the harms caused by cutting NIH-funded pediatric cancer research, as well as harms caused by other cuts to HHS and Medicaid!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

New from me: The measles outbreak in Texas is spiraling rapidly — but the CDC isn’t sending a strike team to get it under control. newrepublic.com/article/1921...

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

As Texas measles outbreak grows, parents are choosing to vaccinate kids www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com @erikaedwards.bsky.social

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy

submitted 10 days ago • 444 comments

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

submitted 11 days ago • 815 comments

I’m writing for Slate on advice for fired federal workers & would love to hear from fired feds struggling with - how to job search in the private sector when it's so different from govt hiring -how to translate your skills to non-govt work I can keep you anonymous. Pls email [email protected]!

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Have you been laid off from a health agency in recent days? I’d love to speak for a story I’m doing with the Guardian. Signal: melodyschreiber.06

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Great essay by Dr. Caitlin Rivers! Vaccines remain extremely popular and we actually undermine confidence in them when we imply that they are less popular than they are.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer? She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.

submitted 22 days ago • 41 comments

U.S. Senators: If Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. takes over the Department of Health and Human Services, people will die who could have lived. If you vote today to confirm him, their deaths will be on your hands. slate.com/technology/2...

submitted 24 days ago • 17 comments

BREAKING: In response to our motion, the court has required CDC, FDA, and HHS to immediately restore critical health info and data that the Trump administration ordered the agencies to remove. This is a huge win for doctors, researchers, and patients.

submitted 25 days ago • 33 comments

The House Republicans listed below are vulnerable in 2026. They will only vote to cut our benefits if they think no one is watching. If you live in these districts, or know anyone who does, CALL NOW and tell them to keep their hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!

submitted 30 days ago • 222 comments

Quite the update -- Susan Collins claims funding was restored to a rural community health care center, but they said they haven't received the funds. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/02/05/b... #mesen #mepolitics

submitted 30 days ago • 46 comments

This entire thread is a must-read.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Let me say this in no uncertain terms: the President’s actions today are illegal. Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel. The State of Illinois will fight this unlawful order with everything we have.

submitted 38 days ago • 398 comments

Commenting on still-evolving news of which we know fuck-all seems fraught, so I would rather not. In the meantime, though, I might suggest reading 👇, if you haven't already. It's poignant. Especially given still-evolving news of which we know fuck-all. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 43 days ago • 7 comments