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"Existing evidence also shows that azelastine is one of several drugs that can stop SARS-CoV-2 from replicating itself, halting the virus in its tracks. However it works, though, the drug is clearly effective at preventing COVID-19."
www.sciencealert.com/over-the-cou...
www.sciencealert.com/over-the-cou...
Over-The-Counter Nasal Spray Cuts COVID Cases by Two-Thirds in Trial
We may have a new way of protecting against COVID-19 that checks almost all the boxes: It's effective, it's affordable, it's easy to apply, it's already approved as safe for public use, it's available...
www.sciencealert.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Existing evidence also shows that azelastine is one of several drugs that can stop SARS-CoV-2 from replicating itself, halting the virus in its tracks. However it works, though, the drug is clearly effective at preventing COVID-19."
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US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children reut.rs/41hcLvH
US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children.
reut.rs
August 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children reut.rs/41hcLvH
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Trump can’t:
take away our anger
stop us from using our minds
stop us from reading & writing
hide his fraudulence
make us hate a free, democratic America
convince us our allies are really our enemies
make us stop loving
stop us from realizing collective power
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-we-dis...
take away our anger
stop us from using our minds
stop us from reading & writing
hide his fraudulence
make us hate a free, democratic America
convince us our allies are really our enemies
make us stop loving
stop us from realizing collective power
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-we-dis...
Can We Discuss What Trump Can't Do?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
July 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trump can’t:
take away our anger
stop us from using our minds
stop us from reading & writing
hide his fraudulence
make us hate a free, democratic America
convince us our allies are really our enemies
make us stop loving
stop us from realizing collective power
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-we-dis...
take away our anger
stop us from using our minds
stop us from reading & writing
hide his fraudulence
make us hate a free, democratic America
convince us our allies are really our enemies
make us stop loving
stop us from realizing collective power
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-we-dis...
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@greenhousemd.bsky.social #medsky
Please sign and share our petition to remove RFK Jr.
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Please sign and share our petition to remove RFK Jr.
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July 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
@greenhousemd.bsky.social #medsky
Please sign and share our petition to remove RFK Jr.
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Please sign and share our petition to remove RFK Jr.
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I wrote about how Trump is dismantling the country's disaster forecasting infrastructure. But this isn't going to stop disasters from piling up -- quite the contrary.
Flash Floods and Climate Policy
As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.
www.newyorker.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I wrote about how Trump is dismantling the country's disaster forecasting infrastructure. But this isn't going to stop disasters from piling up -- quite the contrary.
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July 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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This is why i’m thankful to have been diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago, and have been rushing to get all my post breast cancer reconstruction done this Insurance year, I do not have faith that I’d be able to next year.
100 health groups sound alarm after ‘abrupt’ cancellation of USPSTF meeting. The influential task force dictates whether health insurers must cover preventive services such as mammograms and low-dose CT lung exams, which now may be in jeopardy.
radiologybusiness.com/topics/healt...
radiologybusiness.com/topics/healt...
Senator, 100 health groups sound alarm after ‘abrupt’ cancellation of USPSTF meeting
The influential task force dictates whether health insurers must cover preventive services such as mammograms and low-dose CT lung exams, which some say could be in jeopardy.
radiologybusiness.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This is why i’m thankful to have been diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago, and have been rushing to get all my post breast cancer reconstruction done this Insurance year, I do not have faith that I’d be able to next year.
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"Kennedy’s recommendation--and the FDA license stipulation —will likely make it difficult for parents who want to get their babies vaccinated against Covid.., Havers said. Among other considerations, physicians may be concerned about liability if they recommend what is effectively off-label use..."
FDA grants full approval for Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children but limits eligibility.
The vaccine is only cleared for kids who have at least one condition that puts them at an increased risk.
www.statnews.com/2025/07/10/m...
The vaccine is only cleared for kids who have at least one condition that puts them at an increased risk.
www.statnews.com/2025/07/10/m...
FDA grants full approval to Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children but limits eligibility
Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children has been given full FDA approval, making it the first such shot for kids in the U.S. that will no longer be administered under an emergency use authorization.
www.statnews.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Kennedy’s recommendation--and the FDA license stipulation —will likely make it difficult for parents who want to get their babies vaccinated against Covid.., Havers said. Among other considerations, physicians may be concerned about liability if they recommend what is effectively off-label use..."
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Tillis: What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of medicaid because the funding's not there anymore, guys?
June 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tillis: What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of medicaid because the funding's not there anymore, guys?
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The HPV vaccine is one of the most powerful vaccines ever developed, and access was about to get easier and cheaper—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC's entire vaccine advisory committee. @katherinejwu.com reports:
The Future of the HPV Vaccine Is Up in the Air
One of the most effective vaccines available was going to become more accessible—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC’s advisory committee.
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The HPV vaccine is one of the most powerful vaccines ever developed, and access was about to get easier and cheaper—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC's entire vaccine advisory committee. @katherinejwu.com reports:
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Cyber resilience is not a luxury for modern nations; it’s a strategic necessity. Which makes President Trump’s recent decision to gut the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) even more dangerous.
Slashing CISA Is a Gift to Our Adversaries
Trump is making America more vulnerable to cyberattack.
www.thebulwark.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Cyber resilience is not a luxury for modern nations; it’s a strategic necessity. Which makes President Trump’s recent decision to gut the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) even more dangerous.
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The Trump administration is poised to make life significantly harder for Baby Boomers, Charley Locke reports.
Baby Boomers’ Luck Is Running Out
After a lifetime of good fortune, the generation has become vulnerable at exactly the wrong moment.
bit.ly
June 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The Trump administration is poised to make life significantly harder for Baby Boomers, Charley Locke reports.
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"President George Washington offered a very different model of an American parade—one better suited for a moment that tested the nation’s founding principles," T. H. Breen writes:
Trump’s Un-American Parade
What looks like an excess of strength may really be a deficit of liberty.
bit.ly
June 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"President George Washington offered a very different model of an American parade—one better suited for a moment that tested the nation’s founding principles," T. H. Breen writes:
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🚨 STATEMENT RELEASE 🚨
Nurses for America Denounces HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Removal of all 17 Sitting Members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
Nurses for America Denounces HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Removal of all 17 Sitting Members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
June 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
🚨 STATEMENT RELEASE 🚨
Nurses for America Denounces HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Removal of all 17 Sitting Members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
Nurses for America Denounces HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Removal of all 17 Sitting Members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
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If you missed the brave and articulate Jenna Norton - one of the hero researchers at #NIH who signed the Bethesda Declaration - on #NPR yesterday, check her extraordinary interview here.
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#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill
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#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill
🔊 Listen Now: NIH scientists sign Bethesda Declaration to protect biomedical science through Trump administration
Here & Now from WBUR on NPR One | 6:30
one.npr.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you missed the brave and articulate Jenna Norton - one of the hero researchers at #NIH who signed the Bethesda Declaration - on #NPR yesterday, check her extraordinary interview here.
one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...
#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill
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#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill
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One thing the MAHA report is seriously missing: connection to reality. You can’t tackle chronic illness while gutting the workforce that prevents it. Health departments hollowed out, $11b of directed federal support pulled, 20k jobs at health agencies eliminated.
zurl.co/QUnUU
zurl.co/QUnUU
Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come
Americans are losing an array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy.
zurl.co
June 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
One thing the MAHA report is seriously missing: connection to reality. You can’t tackle chronic illness while gutting the workforce that prevents it. Health departments hollowed out, $11b of directed federal support pulled, 20k jobs at health agencies eliminated.
zurl.co/QUnUU
zurl.co/QUnUU
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Trump tax bill poses limited benefits, higher costs for lower-income Americans reut.rs/4mZFU7Z
Trump tax bill poses limited benefits, higher costs for lower-income Americans
U.S. President Donald Trump's signature tax break on tips promises relatively few upsides for low-income Americans, who face a net loss of income under his massive tax and spending bill in Congress, analysts say.
reut.rs
June 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Trump tax bill poses limited benefits, higher costs for lower-income Americans reut.rs/4mZFU7Z
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"In reverse Robin Hood style, the One Big Beautiful Bill proposes nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest among us while cutting $1 trillion in vital support for the most vulnerable, including poor families...and the elderly." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
Editorial: One big shameful bill
Jesus weeps over this cruelty. So do we.
www.ncronline.org
May 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"In reverse Robin Hood style, the One Big Beautiful Bill proposes nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest among us while cutting $1 trillion in vital support for the most vulnerable, including poor families...and the elderly." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
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“152 children died last year of COVID. 40% of those children were perfectly healthy," said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
"So when [Kennedy] says he's not recommending the vaccine for healthy children, that flies in the face of data”
"So when [Kennedy] says he's not recommending the vaccine for healthy children, that flies in the face of data”
Why healthy children needs to be vaccinated as Secretary Kennedy cuts COVID vaccine recommendations for some kids. Experts say healthy children are also at risk of severe disease and death from COVID.
abcnews.go.com/Health/healt...
abcnews.go.com/Health/healt...
Why healthy children may need vaccination as RFK Jr. cuts COVID shot recommendation for some kids
Public health experts said healthy children also at risk of severe disease and death from COVID amid RFK Jr.'s announcement of new CDC COVID vaccine recommendations.
abcnews.go.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“152 children died last year of COVID. 40% of those children were perfectly healthy," said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
"So when [Kennedy] says he's not recommending the vaccine for healthy children, that flies in the face of data”
"So when [Kennedy] says he's not recommending the vaccine for healthy children, that flies in the face of data”