The 2009 swine flu pandemic showed me how devastating and deadly #influenza can be. I still tell those stories today when I discuss arming our immune systems with updated flu shots. #vaccinessavelives

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · last yr.

2. #CDC reports that of the kids who died who were eligible for vaccine (ie 6 months & older) & for from vaccination status is know, 89% hadn't been vaxed for the 2024-25 season. There was vaccine available. In 2009, during the pandemic, vaccine became available as the major wave subsided. Tragic

UPDATED TODAY: If you're looking to get in touch with us about a specific issue related to the Trump administration, we've got a list of the federal agencies/topics our reporters are covering + their secure contact information 👇

What ProPublica’s Reporters Are Covering During Donald Trump’s Second Presidency — and How to Contact Them

From Trump’s relationships with billionaires to immigration, here are some of the issues and topics our reporters are watching during his second presidency.

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NEW: The Trump administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

The Trump Administration’s War on Children

The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

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Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women

The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

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By defying the Supreme Court’s order to return Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, Trump is laying the groundwork to do the same to U.S. citizens. Now is the time to speak out — before there is no one left to speak. We are on a path towards dictatorship.

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

This is beautiful - as scientists are fired or lost their federal funding, Silenced Stories generates awareness and advocacy. #CantFireScience If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ... silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists @silencedscience.bsky.social

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)

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The lesson of today is: Never let impostor syndrome hold you back. There's almost no way you're actually less competent than some of the people in charge.

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

Mission Accomplished

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2y ago

Health and Human Services has removed a former surgeon general's warning declaring gun violence a public health crisis. Vivek Murthy — who served under President Biden — issued the advisory last year, citing the increasing number of firearm-related injuries and deaths in the U.S.

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Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.  "Party of family values."

You have “good insurance” through your job? Well your pediatrician’s office could fold and the [oncologist, neonatologist, critical care, pediatric surgeon, pulmonologist, infectious diseases, nephrologist, etc] that your child needs may not be there anymore when half their payment base collapses.

Advocacy tip via AAP President Sue Kressly #AAPAdvocacy #AAPAdCon

Kids are 22% of the US population but 100% of the future. - AAP President Sue Kressly #speakupforkids #AAPAdvocacy #AAPAdCon

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.

This should really be titled Recognizing Vaccine Preventable Diseases. I think the hardest part is going to be picking these out of the more common diseases we see. Fixed the title and the degrees! #pedsICU

Chris Carroll, MD@chriscarrollmd.com · 2y ago

An infographic on Vaccine-preventable diseases. Might as well start familiarizing ourselves with these. Made me feel better to put this together

A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, is growing, with 24 cases and at least 14 hospitalizations—mainly among children. Low vaccination rates are fueling the crisis. Outbreaks like this will become more common as vaccine misinformation spreads and laws weaken immunization requirements.

Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health News

With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.

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I've met with many cabinet nominees across many admins, and my meeting with RFK Jr. was by far the most troubling. He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health.

The Seattle Times@seattletimes.com · 2y ago

"He threw out so many nonsense, nonsensical questions and statements that it was head-spinning," Washington's senator said of her private meeting with Kennedy.

this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

Welcome to the Dark Ages.

Had our first flu death in a previously healthy child. About 24 hour period between feeling ill and death. Every year most of our PICU admissions with influenza are not vaccinated. Don't skip yours.

Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death in the US & affects many people at young ages. Cancer trials are often the best hope for survival for people who currently have cancer as well as those who will subsequently develop cancer It is critically important for these trials to continue

Pretty slow start to #flu season this year so far. But #CDC reports there seems to be a slight uptick in activity among kids. They are the engines of flu transmission; where they lead, adults will follow. First pediatric flu death of the 2024-25 season has been reported. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...