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ProPublica is recording the casualties of the DOGE purge, highlighting the scale of what is being lost as public health programs and seasoned experts are caught in the Trump administration’s blunt-force drive to shrink the federal government. Read 👇 by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social

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Incredible public service. @propublica.org has catalogued the DOGE crew and their links to Elon. projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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Yeah, these federal workers actually understand what they do for us and how devastating these cuts are for us. It'd be great if the media could explain that clearly instead of taking Elon Musk's word that he's magically produced "savings" that come with no downside.

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It boggles my mind that this is unfolding in the United States: moms and babies are dying because of abortion bans www.propublica.org/article/texa... www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...

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I want to salute the Governor of Maine Janet Mills who, in that room with a raging Trump and silent complicitors, stood her ground and said, “see you in court!” Maine residents, show your support for your Gov for standing up for your independence.

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Official United States government health websites promoting blatant lies and disinformation, as began with the heinous attempted disclaimers on sites they were forced to restore by court orders.

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SCOOP - US blocking G7 statement for the third anniversary of Russian invasion of Ukraine, refusing to agree language that refers to Moscow’s “aggression” With the brilliant @christopherjm.ft.com @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/7380...

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NEW: Trump NIH pick Jay Bhattacharya’s financial disclosures are out. Last year he was awarded the $250K Bradley Prize from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, a major funder of right-wing causes. He did not include the money, which he previously claimed to have given to charity, on the form.

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Confirmation needed but this was one way many folks pointed out that RFK Jr can destroy vaccines without simply taking them away. ACIP reviews data and makes recommendations about vaccine usage in the US.

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"farmers are apoplectic. In Ohio, they’re stressed about USAID contracts and USDA cost-sharing investments. They held up their end. The government made promises. Now their family farms and livelihoods are on the line. Billions of dollars are at stake. It’s all being held hostage by Musk and Trump."

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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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Climate change is likely to exacerbate determinants which drive TB, the world’s leading infectious disease killer. Commissioned by WHO, we developed an analytical framework outlining potential causal relationships between climate change and TB: medrxiv.org/cgi/content/... @lshtm.bsky.social @who.int

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WNK1-dependent water influx is required for CD4+ T cell activation and T cell-dependent antibody responses @naturecomms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The updated count of measles cases in Texas now stands at 90, increased from 58 three days ago. Of these cases, 77 (86%) are children, 85 (94%) overall are unvaccinated, and 0 (0.0%) have been mentioned by RFK Jr. the Secretary of HHS. He’s far too busy casting aspersions on vaccines.

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Differences in #HIV-1 reservoir size, landscape characteristics, and decay dynamics in acute and chronic treated HIV-1 Clade C infection elifesciences.org/articles/96617 (open access) @elife.bsky.social

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Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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When @eryk.bsky.social called it an "AI coup" in his essay on Tech Policy Press, it wasn't just a cute phrase. Read the piece, "Anatomy of an AI Coup," here:

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Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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On the 3rd anniversary of Dr Paul Farmer's death, several leaders reflect on his lessons for dealing with the ongoing crisis in global health & development Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

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This was just 233 days ago:

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Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4

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There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/

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“This is truly a national tragedy and one that is being executed by people who do not understand the value of scientific research.” 🧪 from @science.org

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#ACIP, the expert panel that advises #CDC on vaccine policy, will not meet next week. #HHS, which never gave final approval for the meeting, per sources, suggests it will be rescheduled, but gives no date. www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/a...

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No one — ESPECIALLY not Donald Trump — can erase us from history. www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...

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If the block on the Federal Register isn’t removed in the next few months, I fear a majority of labs will close within a year. This small procedural wrench has the power to kill US science indefinitely, losing an entire generation of discovery and innovation.

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Please call or write to your elected representatives and state Attorneys General and explain to them that NIH submissions to the Federal Register must be permitted immediately. This is a bureaucratic end run around a court order to resume NIH funding. 5calls.org

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Sweeping layoffs. Funding freezes. Executive orders. The Trump administration has provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners for undermining decades of research into rare disorders and their potential cures. nbcnews.to/3QmKePd

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Preprint: #HIV-1 Rebound Virus Consists of a Small Number of Lineages That Entered the Reservoir Close to ART Initiation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (open access) @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social

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Bobby Whalen is a man with autism who had a job sterilizing surgical instruments at NIH. He was apparently quite good at it, but he just lost his job because of Musk’s hatchet job. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...

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Call your Congressperson, tell them to use the debt ceiling as a hostage to scale back DOGE. Tell them not to throw away their authority under Article I of the Constitution. The U.S Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121 (or local offices)

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UNAIDS has received reports from 52 countries experiencing disruptions in their HIV responses due to the U.S. foreign aid pause. The situation is evolving quickly, and we are closely monitoring it. Read our latest report for more details. www.unaids.org/en/resources...

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Two renowned ethicists on the abrupt cancellation of clinical trials funded by USAID. www.statnews.com/2025/02/16/u...

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I have spent the past two weeks reporting on how Trump's stop-work order has affected Uganda's HIV response. In Uganda, nearly every component of the country’s HIV response was supported by the United States. The order ignited a crisis that still persists: www.devex.com/news/a-month...

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41/47 (87%) of NIH study sections are cancelled this week Frustrating to see all this good research stalled (& not funded) You can search for study sections that ‘did not meet as scheduled’ here with ones with * ⤵️ www.csr.nih.gov/RevPanelsAnd...

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Thinking about this body of research in light of what's happening in Washington. Job loss has substantial effects not only on the individuals, but also on the families and communities surrounding them. These political games will ruin so many people's lives. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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About 80% of annual funding support for #HIV cure research comes from NIH. I think the last available analysis is for 2021 but the broad parameters haven't changed significantly. avac.org/resource/rep...

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CFPB has recovered $21B for consumers Now Musk-Trump have shuttered CFPB Musk wants to open a Twitter financial platform and he doesn't want banking cops like CFPB monitoring him What's that tell you? Any financial platform Musk starts will probably be bad for consumers

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"This feels like the early days of the pandemic, except there's less I can do about it", a colleague told me yesterday. Yep. One thing you can do is outreach. My sense is that the majority of the country doesn't yet understand the scale or the stakes of what is happening. We have to tell them:

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Color me not-surprised but also very-frustrated @katherinejwu.com www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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apnews.com/article/sout... South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country. Trump's aid freeze has hit hard

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“Beyond spreading inaccurate, dehumanizing, and divisive rhetoric, Trump’s Executive Orders seek to tie the hands of organizations, like our clients, providing critical services to people who need them most.” – Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of @legaldefensefund.bsky.social

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ICYMI: in the latest in AVAC v. State Department, the USG says they won’t unfreeze foreign aid, despite a temporary court order. @publiccitizen.bsky.social on behalf of AVAC filed a motion asking the Court to hold USG officials in contempt, www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u... avac.org/avac-vs-dept...

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The courts ruled that Congress-approved spending must be used as intended, including for USAID, yet the funds remain frozen. That's all there is to it. Our tax dollars are being held hostage, illegally, and in ways that violate the Constitution. Why are people so chill?

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SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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NEW: Two weeks ago gov't IT experts warned us that the worst case scenario would be if DOGE got full admin access to agency systems. We can report at at least one agency DOGE has unfettered "god mode" access. Our latest: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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