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People are being fired for wearing a mask to work. This is horrible and against public health. We need to pass laws that explicitly protect the right to mask.
May 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
People are being fired for wearing a mask to work. This is horrible and against public health. We need to pass laws that explicitly protect the right to mask.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to be quizzed on Capitol Hill on his handling of the measles outbreak, the firing of thousands of federal health workers and major cuts to the health agencies he oversees.
Congress set to quiz RFK Jr. on budget cuts, measles response
The nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will face questions from lawmakers on his response to the measles outbreak and plans for budget cuts.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to be quizzed on Capitol Hill on his handling of the measles outbreak, the firing of thousands of federal health workers and major cuts to the health agencies he oversees.
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
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SEN. BOOKER KICKS OFF LENGTHY FILIBUSTER TO PROTEST TRUMP REGIME
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
April 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
SEN. BOOKER KICKS OFF LENGTHY FILIBUSTER TO PROTEST TRUMP REGIME
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
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Proposed cuts to foreign aid could result in millions of HIV deaths and soaring rates of global HIV infections, new modelling study in The Lancet HIV estimates.
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
March 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Proposed cuts to foreign aid could result in millions of HIV deaths and soaring rates of global HIV infections, new modelling study in The Lancet HIV estimates.
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
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RFK Jr's move to eliminate the Administration for Community Living, which helps disabled & aging people stay at home instead of being institutionalized, is disastrous.
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
Graduating From Dead Mom University
In this op-ed, Lindsay Lee Wallace explores grief, and how no amount of success in school or work could protect her from it.
www.teenvogue.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
RFK Jr's move to eliminate the Administration for Community Living, which helps disabled & aging people stay at home instead of being institutionalized, is disastrous.
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
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JUST IN: The FDA’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, has been pushed out. In his resignation letter, he slams RFK Jr. for rejecting “truth and transparency” and pushing “misinformation and lies.” Marks warns of an “unprecedented assault on scientific truth.”
Exclusive | FDA’s Top Vaccine Official Forced Out
In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited ‘misinformation and lies’ from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
JUST IN: The FDA’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, has been pushed out. In his resignation letter, he slams RFK Jr. for rejecting “truth and transparency” and pushing “misinformation and lies.” Marks warns of an “unprecedented assault on scientific truth.”
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🚨 BREAKING: Long COVID research grants rescinded earlier this week have been restored, according to researchers & patient reps. Advocates organized quickly yesterday in response to the news, helping reverse the decision.
Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...
Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...
UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored - The Sick Times
Long COVID research grants from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program will be restored following news stories about their abrupt cancellations and advocacy to restore the funding, accord...
thesicktimes.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Long COVID research grants rescinded earlier this week have been restored, according to researchers & patient reps. Advocates organized quickly yesterday in response to the news, helping reverse the decision.
Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...
Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...
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A lot of applause at the Garcia Town Hall after he says: We have to stand up in this moment against that type of tyranny and those types of attacks.
March 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A lot of applause at the Garcia Town Hall after he says: We have to stand up in this moment against that type of tyranny and those types of attacks.
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This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Stanley from Yale to Toronto
Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...
leiterreports.typepad.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
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“The U.S. urgently needs a strong alternative to the government public health guidance it has relied on in the past. I urge public health experts to come together to…provide independent, trustworthy sources of information on…public health matters”.
This is why we founded Defend Public Health.
This is why we founded Defend Public Health.
March 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“The U.S. urgently needs a strong alternative to the government public health guidance it has relied on in the past. I urge public health experts to come together to…provide independent, trustworthy sources of information on…public health matters”.
This is why we founded Defend Public Health.
This is why we founded Defend Public Health.
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Pritzker: The question I ask is: if you’re willing to hand the keys to Europe over to Putin, what’s next? How does the US retain its leadership in the world when he’s essentially retreating to our own borders? He’s even made enemies of the Canadians—I can’t imagine anything more telling than that.
March 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Pritzker: The question I ask is: if you’re willing to hand the keys to Europe over to Putin, what’s next? How does the US retain its leadership in the world when he’s essentially retreating to our own borders? He’s even made enemies of the Canadians—I can’t imagine anything more telling than that.
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They aren’t even collecting data.
A grievous dereliction of duty.
#COVID19
#Healthcare
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
A grievous dereliction of duty.
#COVID19
#Healthcare
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Too many catching Covid-19 in hospital, experts say - but precautions being rolled back
Hospital-acquired infections are a billion-dollar burden and cause more disability than road crashes. Why aren't we doing more to prevent them?
www.rnz.co.nz
March 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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🔥 WATCH LIVE: AOC and Bernie Sanders hold MASSIVE Fighting Oligarchy rally in Denver
LIVE: Fighting Oligarchy Tour with AOC And Bernie Sanders (DENVER, CO)
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
🔥 WATCH LIVE: AOC and Bernie Sanders hold MASSIVE Fighting Oligarchy rally in Denver
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A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred.
immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
March 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred.
immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
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This was me and @sunny-rae1.bsky.social talking about how #COVID can affect the heart and the brain by damaging blood vessels. As a result, #LongCovid also manifests as a vascular disease for many people.
Thank you for covering, @peteuk7.bsky.social!
Thank you for covering, @peteuk7.bsky.social!
March 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This was me and @sunny-rae1.bsky.social talking about how #COVID can affect the heart and the brain by damaging blood vessels. As a result, #LongCovid also manifests as a vascular disease for many people.
Thank you for covering, @peteuk7.bsky.social!
Thank you for covering, @peteuk7.bsky.social!
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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New Republic: “The Pandemic Never Ended”
“Five years later, there are still no approved treatments for long Covid”
“I am considered a mild case, yet my life is forever changed”
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
“Five years later, there are still no approved treatments for long Covid”
“I am considered a mild case, yet my life is forever changed”
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
The Pandemic Never Ended
Five years after Covid arrived on these shores, many believe the anxieties of the plague years are in the rearview mirror. But the threat is far from over.
newrepublic.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
New Republic: “The Pandemic Never Ended”
“Five years later, there are still no approved treatments for long Covid”
“I am considered a mild case, yet my life is forever changed”
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
“Five years later, there are still no approved treatments for long Covid”
“I am considered a mild case, yet my life is forever changed”
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
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The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
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“A fungus, Candida Auris, is drawing attention from health care professionals across the nation due to rapid spread & resistance to treatment”
We need to talk about what repeat covid infections are doing to the immune system
The rise in fungal & other opportunistic infections shouldn’t be ignored
We need to talk about what repeat covid infections are doing to the immune system
The rise in fungal & other opportunistic infections shouldn’t be ignored
Drug-resistant fungus Candida Auris spreads in Georgia hospitals
A drug-resistant fungus, Candida Auris, is spreading rapidly in U.S. hospitals, posing a severe threat to patients who need invasive medical equipment
www.wjcl.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“A fungus, Candida Auris, is drawing attention from health care professionals across the nation due to rapid spread & resistance to treatment”
We need to talk about what repeat covid infections are doing to the immune system
The rise in fungal & other opportunistic infections shouldn’t be ignored
We need to talk about what repeat covid infections are doing to the immune system
The rise in fungal & other opportunistic infections shouldn’t be ignored
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Trump nominee Dr. Oz once told governors that the uninsured “don’t have the right to health,” but should be given “a way of crawling back out of the abyss” with “15-minute physicals” provided by the government “in a festival like setting.”
March 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Trump nominee Dr. Oz once told governors that the uninsured “don’t have the right to health,” but should be given “a way of crawling back out of the abyss” with “15-minute physicals” provided by the government “in a festival like setting.”