Diana [Denni] Fishbein
@docdenni.bsky.social
Nova Scholar, Nova Institute for Health; Senior Scientist, FPG Child Development Institute University of North Carolina; part-time researcher, Penn State University; president, National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives
he White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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The Trump Administration has hobbled AHRQ, the federal agency responsible for patient safety. This action is in direct contrast with "making America healthy again" and places all of us at risk and without recourse. Please share this story as widely as possible. kffhealthnews.org/news/ahrq-fu...
Trump Has Quietly Throttled an Agency Devoted to the Safety of American Healthcare - KFF Health News
Congress appropriated $345 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the 2026 fiscal year, but the agency has spent less than $15 million on grants. AHRQ hasn’t issued a new one i...
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2027 is bound to be an even more challenging year for the millions of American who rely on Medicaid for their health care. Read on... open.substack.com/pub/chadsabo...
Medicaid Is About to Make Treatment a Paperwork Test
The federal government recently published 135 pages explaining a new Medicaid “community engagement” requirement. That is an impressive amount of paper needed to avoid saying "work requirement".
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This is the best commentary I have read on the state of our government and the democrats failure to envision and message to the public a hopeful future for America. And what to do about it.... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...
Opinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance
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Please join our full-day (or part of it!) webinar with NIH institute directors and other child health experts who will discuss where best to invest our precious federal dollars and elevate children and families in that research and policy agenda! Please repost!! www.npscoalition.org/federal-rese...
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Join our full-day (or part of it!) webinar with NIH institute directors & other child health experts who discuss where best to invest our precious federal dollars and elevate children and families in that research and policy agenda! www.npscoalition.org/federal-rese...
Federal Research in Whole Child Health and Wellbeing
Alarming trends show U.S. children face growing health, academic, and social challenges, threatening future prosperity. This full-day webinar highlights evidence-based strategies and research to advan...
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WATCH: Trump's Own Words Prove HE Is the Source of Most Violent Rhetoric, Not the Left zeteo.com/p/watch-trum...
WATCH: Trump's Own Words Prove HE Is the Source of Most Violent Rhetoric, Not the Left
The GOP is now blaming the Dems for inciting violence, but it is Donald Trump who has invoked horrific language to attack immigrants, journalists, and his opponents for years. Zeteo has the receipts.
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@altnih4science.bsky.social This impact tracker estimates the 1 year human impact of the funding freeze on USAID. 159,272 people have died so far as a result, 15,954 of them children. Where is the awareness, the media coverage, the outrage?!!! pepfar.impactcounter.com
PEPFAR Impact Tracker
Track the impact of PEPFAR funding halt
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Please join us and share widely with your colleagues and networks! www.npscoalition.org/congressiona...
Protecting Federal Leadership in Addiction Science and Public Health
The Assiction Science Defense Netowrk (ASDN) is hosting a six-part congressional briefing series on the urgent need for sustained federal support for addiction research, prevention, treatment, and rec...
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We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back hechingerreport.org/opinion-poli...
OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back - The Hechinger Report
President Trump is aggressively stepping up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. The new policies sweeping the nation deeply affect and harm our children. Educators should do whatever they can t...
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Dr. Diana Fishbein: This is how addiction science is saving lives www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/o...
Dr. Diana Fishbein: This is how addiction science is saving lives
Medication-assisted treatment and harm reduction strategies are made possible by federal investments in addiction science.
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PRESS RELEASE: Leading Addiction Scientists Warn: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Devastate Research, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction and Overdose and Reverse Gains docs.google.com/document/d/1...
SOC Press Release 7-22-25.docx
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2025 – Chapel Hill, NC Leading Addiction Scientists Warn: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Devastate Research, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction and O...
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slate.com/technology/2... This commentary is the most eloquent and appropriately targeted commentary I've read on the disconnect between what the RFK Jr MAHA report states are root causes of poor child health outcomes and what is administration is doing to harm children's health.
I’m a Pediatrician. There’s So Much That the MAHA Report Does Get Right.
It sets up a compelling argument—then veers wildly off course.
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What Kind of Nation Penalizes Its Poorest Children? open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
What Kind of Nation Penalizes Its Poorest Children?
During Children’s Week, which starts today, we must demand better for kids from our politicians on issues such as the Child Tax Credit, Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP.
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Impacts of the Reduction In Workforce on CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) files.constantcontact.com/023aa8ab001/...
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If you are or know of someone whose cancer treatment has been disrupted due to administrative actions, please contact me at diana.fishbein@npscoalition.org.
Please read this first-hand account of what's actually happening at NIH that is traumatizing staff and terminating vital research that supports the public's health. medium.com/@dianafishbe...
NIH Post-Mortem by a Former NIH Insider: It’s Worse Than You Think [Anonymized]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research, is under unprecedented assault, not just…
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Testifying for Children Before a House Committee That, Far Too Often, Ignores Them open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
Testifying for Children Before a House Committee That, Far Too Often, Ignores Them
Last week, I testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government to speak about the crisis children in America face and urge Congress to act.
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'How is it possible that you have this job?': RFK Jr. was not aware of the addiction and mental health programs he was cutting. See the first 1 min 30 sec of this clip: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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🚨 I have been working with several addiction scientists and clinicians through the Addiction Science Defense Network (www.npscoalition.org/projects/add...) to craft a statement of concern about recent executive orders and actions that can be shared with members of congress.
Addiction Science Defense Network | npsc
The ASDN is an information exchange and action network for individuals and organizations devoted to studying, treating and preventing problems caused by psychoactive substance use, including alcohol, ...
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