“RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department.”

RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research

NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm...

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Fridays 😊

We stand with Stephen Colbert.

Jimmy Kimmel Drops F-Bomb In Fiery Instagram Post Ripping CBS For Canceling Colbert—And Fans Are Here For It

We stand with Stephen Colbert.

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There is no greater five alarm fire than this. I don’t know how to break through to Republicans about the impact of ending VICP, but I won’t stop posting about it, and neither should you. Call your elected reps. Write letters. This is a living nightmare.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has derided federal health agencies as being under the thumb of the pharmaceutical industry. But ethicists say the financial ties he and other “Make America Healthy Again” notables have to the U.S. wellness industry raise red flags. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Vested Interests. Influence Muscle. At RFK Jr.’s HHS, It’s Not Pharma. It’s Wellness. - KFF Health News

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lambasted federal agencies he accused of being overly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. But he and other “Make America Healthy Again”...

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Not only did this scammer take $100K in his scam lying to kids, he also destroyed more than $28K of federally-purchased vaccines - taxpayers paid for - when vaccines first became available. It’s not just RFK and it’s not just “skepticism.” Our government is willing to lose money to promote antivaxx.

Dr Elizabeth Murray@drelizabethmurray.bsky.social · last yr.

He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore

Senator @campbell4tn.bsky.social is correct. Senator @MarshaBlackburn is lying. Never has cutting $1 Trillion from a program “strengthened” it. She thinks we are all idiots. People will lose coverage. Hospitals will close. All for a tax cut for herself and her donors.

We love and appreciate ALL our hospital workers. We can only do what we do together.

KFF@kff.org · last yr.

Immigrants account for at least one in five hospital workers in nine states, including California, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, and Texas. California has the highest share at 32%: on.kff.org/4lNZ9jo

1/ Your local hospital. Your kid’s checkups. Your parents’ nursing home. They’re all at risk. Congress just passed the largest #Medicaid cuts in U.S. history—$1 trillion over 10 years—and most Americans have no idea how this could affect them, even if they aren't on Medicaid.

Just me and my non-ambiguous feelings about wanting what’s best for kids. Shoutout to Sen. John Cornyn for the inspiration.

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

It’s time for real Christians to get really loud about the rise in fake Christianity.

Everybody needs sunscreen, including people with dark skin. And we need a lot. Here is a look at what the ingredients in a sunscreen tube do. cen.acs.org/business/con... #chemsky

What’s in sunscreen, and how does it protect your skin from the sun’s rays?

UV filters help prevent sunburn and cancer, while other ingredients encourage people to slather sunscreen on their skin

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So glad we all get to experience the Most Ironic Independence Day In American History.

By 2029, 1.22 million healthcare jobs could be lost due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts in the "Big Beautiful Bill." www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...

How Medicaid and SNAP Cutbacks in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Would Trigger Big and Bigger Job Losses Across States

The budget bill recently passed by the House of Representatives reduces federal funding for Medicaid by $863 billion and for SNAP by $295 billion over 10 years.

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Disabled kids like mine rely on Medicaid to survive; this bill cuts Medicaid. I don't know how else to say that medically complex disabled children will die as a result of this bill.

Anti-DEI is about re-segregation and the erasure of Black and Brown people. Every day brings another example of the blatantly racist agenda of this policy. eji.org/news/fearing...

I just voted NO on the motion to proceed with the Washington Republican Tax Bill. Simply put: I cannot support a bill that will cut health care, raise premiums, and kill Georgia jobs. This bill robs from you to give another tax break to big corporations and billionaires.

I’m grateful that these people are willing to share their stories, hopefully so that others can avoid their fate. There is a reason that specific infections have been targeted by vaccines. Vaccine-preventable diseases are terrible.

PortiaMcGonagal@portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · last yr.

"These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth birthday." 1/ Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families apnews.com/article/vacc...

Great Measles 2025 update in NEJM. It is unfortunate we need this but measles is on course to return to endemicity in the United States and Canada. A self inflicted predicament thanks to the spread and rise of anti-vaccine rhetoric. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Measles 2025 | NEJM

In this article on measles, the authors review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and associated illnesses as well as treatment and prevention strategies.

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1/ The first #ACIP meeting with RFK Jr.’s handpicked members wrapped up yesterday. Over 4,000 tuned in—a level of attention we haven’t seen since the pandemic. And for good reason: these meetings shape vaccine policy, coverage, timing, access and availability. Here's what happened 👇

This is a great piece by @jakescottmd.bsky.social on the safety of vaccines Share widely!!

Ilan Schwartz@germhuntermd.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong by @jakescottmd.bsky.social (congrats Jake - keep it up!) theconversation.com/im-a-physici...

Every medical professional organization needs to condemn the actions this administration has taken with regards to health and science, and especially the replacement of the CDC’s expert vaccine advisory council (who were among the top vaccine experts in the world) with incompetent antivaxx cronies

Edward Nirenberg@enirenberg.bsky.social · last yr.

Meissner is upset that the AAP boycotted the meeting, and claims it is childish. I would so much rather be childish than have professional medical organizations lend legitimacy to this farce. The AAP's (and IDSA, SAHM, SHEA) example should be followed by all professional medical societies.

Your health should not be tied to your employment. There is no logic in that. And the vast majority of Medicaid enrollees are employed and their employer does not provide them with healthcare!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Mike Johnson brazenly lies: "We are not cutting Medicaid. The president has said that and I have said that. We're all said that. We're strengthening the program."

Both my patience and the Commerce Committee hearing with RFK Jr. have come to an end. Summary: RFK Jr. said Bill Cassidy lied when Cassidy asserted that RFK Jr. wouldn’t change the membership of ACIP (RFK Jr. fired all members). RFK Jr. doesn’t believe that HHS-funded HIV work saved any lives