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APHA @apha.org · Sep 3

New statement: IDSA, APHA and partners call for RFK Jr. to resign: "Our country needs leadership that will promote open, honest dialogue — not disregard decades of lifesaving science, spread misinformation, reverse medical progress and decimate programs that keep us safe." bit.ly/3JOgDya

JOINT STATEMENT CALLING FOR SECRETARY KENNEDY RESIGNATION Infectious Diseases Society of America 

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

American Academy of HIV Medicine 

American Association of Immunologists

American Public Health Association

American Society for Microbiology

American Society for Virology

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 

AVAC  

Camenzind Solutions LLC 

Fast-Track Cities Institute 

ID Care

International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 

NTM Info & Research 

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society  

Peggy Lillis Foundation

Seattle Children’s Research Institute

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)

Stop TB USA 

Treatment Action Group

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jul 30

How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge?

I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.

tinyurl.com/thehumantoll

The Human Toll

The US is undergoing rapid social, economic, and policy change.

If you've been impacted, we want to hear your story!

To participate, visit: https://tinyurl.com/thehumantoll

Study sponsored under University of Wisconsin-Madison IRB Protocol #2025-1096. PI: Dr. Jessica Calarco

Participants must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the US

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · Jul 30

NEW: Their NIH grants are back, but nothing is back to normal.

In June, a judge ordered the restoration of 900+ terminated grants. So how's that going? Scientists say they're happy, but also it's been a bumpy road—and they're afraid their funds will get cut again. www.chronicle.com/article/thei...

Their NIH Grants Are Back. But Nothing Is Back to Normal.

Researchers say that picking up where they left off is complicated — scientifically, financially, and logistically.

www.chronicle.com

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · Jul 10

Few Americans actively support the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed. But, our data show that many seem to have no problem with it.

@stecula.bsky.social ‬and I discuss why Americans should *demand* that our elected officials stand up for higher ed.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/atta...

Apathy Over Attacks on Higher Education Needs to Change

If Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education, the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science a...

www.scientificamerican.com

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Rebekah Nagler @rebekahnagler.bsky.social · Jul 12

So much going on, so much to take in…maybe we are not just cognitive misers but also care misers, for lack of a better word?

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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · Jun 9

“I want people to know how bad things are at NIH,” Norton told The Associated Press.

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apnews.com/article/nih-...

NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research

Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.

apnews.com

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · Jun 9

RFK Jr. promised under oath not to take away vaccine access. He broke that promise again today.

ACIP determines which vaccines are covered by major insurers. Replacing career civil servants w/political appointees (or disbanding ACIP altogether) will reduce access for *millions of Americans*

Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · Jun 9

BREAKING: RFK Jr. fires ACIP, the panel responsible for advising on vaccines.

This breaks a promise to Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to advance Kennedy as HHS secretary on the condition that he would, among other things, keep ACIP in place.

www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...

Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.

www.statnews.com

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Jun 2

Joint w/@asinclair.bsky.social and the #SCIMaP team: brief correspondence in @nathumbehav.nature.com on the impact of NIH indirect cost cuts on the economy and employment, impacts that will only worsen given similar proposals for NSF/DOE + overall science proposal.

rdcu.be/eo3Hp

NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 31

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)

NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · May 31

SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · May 30

"If the proposal is enacted, Americans today and tomorrow will be sicker, poorer, and die younger”
an $18 Billion cut
Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...

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Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social · May 30

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.

It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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Rebekah Nagler @rebekahnagler.bsky.social · May 30

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Rebekah Nagler @rebekahnagler.bsky.social · May 30

Yep. This is what we called for, too: www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

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STAT @statnews.com · May 6

The NIH Clinical Center is struggling to carry out its mission of running clinical trials for the hardest-to-treat diseases

Trump policies disrupt trials at NIH Clinical Center, researchers say

The NIH Clinical Center is struggling to carry out its mission of running clinical trials for the hardest-to-treat diseases

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · May 1

Ugh, this is so wrong. Research by @egolberstein.bsky.social and @aaronsojourner.org (see link in thread) showed positive impacts of school-based mental health services. www.npr.org/2025/05/01/n...

Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health

Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.

www.npr.org

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 1

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

www.nature.com

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 1

“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.”

Read, share, respond. Call your representatives.

The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake.

www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’

After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding

www.science.org

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · Apr 26

Next, @rebekahnagler.bsky.social talking about the current moment. Public awareness of threats to public health and science in March 2025. Does the public know what's going on? How do they perceive the consequences of these actions? 14/
www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

Public Awareness of Threats to Public Health and Science in March 2025 | Milbank Memorial Fund

Our survey found that a high proportion of the American public (almost 80%) had heard about the firing of federal scientists and health workers, and a substantial number had heard of federal cuts to h...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Apr 24

The Trump administration is "willing to not just slash and burn research that challenges their political ideology but to replace it with shoddy studies designed to support their goals, under the guise of scientific legitimacy," Katherine J. Wu writes.

‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’

The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Apr 24

URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.

For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.

We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Apr 22

New survey on awareness of Trump cuts:

"We found that a high proportion of the American public (almost 80%) had heard about the firing of federal scientists and health workers… undoubtedly an underestimate of current levels."

@rebekahnagler.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social et al

Public Awareness of Threats to Public Health and Science in March 2025 | Milbank Memorial Fund

Our survey found that a high proportion of the American public (almost 80%) had heard about the firing of federal scientists and health workers, and a substantial number had heard of federal cuts to h...

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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · Apr 22

Given the number of federal actions threatening public health and science in the first three months of the Trump administration, @rebekahnagler.bsky.social of the University of Minnesota and colleagues conducted a survey in March 2025 on public awareness of these actions and their consequences.

Public Awareness of Threats to Public Health and Science in March 2025 | Milbank Memorial Fund

Our survey found that a high proportion of the American public (almost 80%) had heard about the firing of federal scientists and health workers, and a substantial number had heard of federal cuts to h...

www.milbank.org

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Rebekah Nagler @rebekahnagler.bsky.social · Apr 22

cc @commhsp.bsky.social @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social

With @sarahgollust.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social @ekvraga.bsky.social Alex Rothman and Rachel Vogel

Collaborative on Media & Messaging for Health and Social Policy (@commhsp.bsky.social)

We design, conduct, and disseminate research to inform how communication can help to advance #healthequity through health and social #policy. Find us at commhsp.org.

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Rebekah Nagler @rebekahnagler.bsky.social · Apr 22

These data are a call for continued storytelling about the systematic undermining of public health and science and its consequences. Read the full piece here: . www.milbank.org/quarterly/op... 4/4

Public Awareness of Threats to Public Health and Science in March 2025 | Milbank Memorial Fund

Our survey found that a high proportion of the American public (almost 80%) had heard about the firing of federal scientists and health workers, and a substantial number had heard of federal cuts to h...

www.milbank.org

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