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Brittany Trang<p>STAT's lead "Make America Healthy Again" reporter, Isa Cueto, has a summary of what's in the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MAHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAHA</span></a> Commission report for you.</p><p>The report touches on agrochemicals, ultra-processed foods, social media and smartphones, and, of course, vaccines:</p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/22/rfk-jr-maha-commission-report-key-takeaways-ultraprocessed-foods-environmental-toxins-overmedicalization/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/05/22/rfk-jr</span><span class="invisible">-maha-commission-report-key-takeaways-ultraprocessed-foods-environmental-toxins-overmedicalization/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rfk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rfk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hhs</span></a></p>
Bruce Mirken<p>Banning <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fluoride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fluoride</span></a> from drinking water has predictable results: "We'll see more cavities, more infections and more complex procedures that require anesthesia, which carry greater risk and cost." Every day he is allowed to remain head of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> commits <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PublicHealthMalpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealthMalpractice</span></a> <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-fluoride-threaten-oral-health-rural.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05</span><span class="invisible">-fluoride-threaten-oral-health-rural.html</span></a></p>
Bruce Mirken<p>National Nurses United and @DefendPublicHealth agree: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CaseyMeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaseyMeans</span></a> as surgeon general would be every bit as dangerous as <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> heading <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>. This nomination must be stopped. <a href="https://www.defendpublichealth.org/press-release/nurses-and-public-health-advocates-join-strongly-oppose-new-us-surgeon-general" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">defendpublichealth.org/press-r</span><span class="invisible">elease/nurses-and-public-health-advocates-join-strongly-oppose-new-us-surgeon-general</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"To accomplish its mission of increasing the health security of the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that it 'conducts critical science and provides health information' to protect the nation. But since President Trump's administration assumed power in January, many of the platforms the CDC used to communicate with the public have gone silent, an NPR analysis found."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5387723/cdc-communications-cuts-social-media-public-health" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-53877</span><span class="invisible">23/cdc-communications-cuts-social-media-public-health</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreak</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/IDmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryCare</span></a></p>
Lisa Gets Politik<p>Thank you, John Oliver, for bringing attention to the devastating cuts to Health and Human Services (HHS), including the tragic cuts to the NIH, which has been until now a world model for how to cure and treat disease. </p><p>RFK, blood is on your hands for letting this happen on your watch. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34jcpEsFs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=8H34jcpEsF</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/AbolishDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/HealthServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthServices</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Tuesday's hearing before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee centered on Trump's 2026 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services, and within minutes, lawmakers expressed concerns about specific programs and funding that would be cut if the proposed budget passes."</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rfk-jr-testify-congress-last-weeks-contentious-hearings-rcna207687" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/congress/</span><span class="invisible">rfk-jr-testify-congress-last-weeks-contentious-hearings-rcna207687</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIOSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIOSH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/OccHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OccHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/OccSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OccSafety</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/appropriations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appropriations</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Court Cantrell prefers not to<p>If you are a person of ANY sort of conscience and you work at the CDC, NOW is your time. NOW is the time in which you are called upon to go against your superiors, *daily* collect all the data that protects the public, and share that info with the public anonymously but thoroughly.</p><p>*** We need you *** and there isn't anybody else. You are it. Without you, we will die, some of us horribly. </p><p>Please help us. </p><p>4/4</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FuckingSickOfAcronyms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckingSickOfAcronyms</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyJustFuckingSICK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyJustFuckingSICK</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"But they illustrate the complexity of the war on food additives.</p><p>They show how, when it comes to food science, regulators are chronically playing catch-up. In the meantime, for many ingredients, regulators and consumers alike are left in a gray zone between suspicion and proof of harm in humans."</p><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/emulsifiers-foods-chemical-risks-fda-regulation-ice-cream-gut-microbiome-polysorbate-80/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kffhealthnews.org/news/article</span><span class="invisible">/emulsifiers-foods-chemical-risks-fda-regulation-ice-cream-gut-microbiome-polysorbate-80/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FoodSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSafety</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nutrition</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/microbiome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiome</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of cuts and policy changes President Donald Trump ordered in the name of reducing waste and improving efficiency. But most of the impact isn’t as tangible as, say, higher egg prices at the grocery store.</p><p>One thing experts from a wide range of fields, from basic science to public health, agree on: The damage will be varied and immense."</p><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-care-spending-cuts-research-trump-administration-tariffs-public-health/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kffhealthnews.org/news/article</span><span class="invisible">/health-care-spending-cuts-research-trump-administration-tariffs-public-health/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Axomamma<p>"Removing all the CDC's web developers, graphic designers and social media staffers simultaneously caused a problem. The CDC was suddenly locked out of its main social media accounts, said three people close to the situation.</p><p>"The passwords to those accounts were kept on a password protected Word doc," ..."And that Word doc was inaccessible for anyone left, because all of the people that could have opened that document were fired."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanDeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanDeathCult</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5387723/cdc-communications-cuts-social-media-public-health" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-53877</span><span class="invisible">23/cdc-communications-cuts-social-media-public-health</span></a></p>
Brittany Trang<p>Did you see this photo of RFK with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthtech</span></a> leaders and wonder who got to bend the ear of the administration? </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@STAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>STAT</span></a></span>'s Mario Aguilar has the list, as well as insight on what this particular group means for how HHS is thinking about health tech:</p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/kennedy-marc-andreessen-mark-hyman-function-health-talkiatry/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/05/20/kenned</span><span class="invisible">y-marc-andreessen-mark-hyman-function-health-talkiatry/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hhs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rfk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rfk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maha</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/als" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>als</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rhodeisland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rhodeisland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/leadpoisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadpoisoning</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/senatorjackreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senatorjackreed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wisconsin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a> </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson 5/20/25<br>Lead poisoning of children Not a Concern</p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/als" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>als</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illinois</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dickdurbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dickdurbin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson 5/20/25<br>RFK’s ignorance. Massive cuts to research on ALS and dementia. Scientists fired.</p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson 5/20/25<br>RFK has no manners and is called to order. Forced to admit he blocked billions in child care. (Party of pro-life, unless you’re already born, and “family” values.</p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>Under the watchful eye of the fascist anti-vaxx regime, covid boosters are going to be restricted to those 65 and over or with “preconditions”. </p><p>Everyone needs the right to access Covid vaccines. </p><p>It’s not over. It’s still killing and disabling. And the vaccines are an important tool to keep folks out of hospital. </p><p>There’s three days left to have your say! </p><p>These folk respond to force &amp; mass public outcry, so make your voice heard!</p><p><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-2025-N-1146-0001" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-</span><span class="invisible">2025-N-1146-0001</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fda</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/hhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hhs</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisnotover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisnotover</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/longcovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longcovid</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Some of the National Institutes of Health's top brain scientists received layoff notices last month, weeks before Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified to Congress that no working scientists had been cut from his department...multiple sources familiar with the situation say their layoff notices have not been revoked."</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-claims-no-working-scientists-fired-nih-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-claims</span><span class="invisible">-no-working-scientists-fired-nih-cuts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/biomedical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biomedical</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIOSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIOSH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"What’s truly outrageous is that Biden’s small-handed &amp; even smaller-minded successor -in doing the exact opposite of his huckster pitch to “Make America Great Again” has launched the equivalent of a🚨neutron bomb toward Biden’s “moonshot” that'd devastate the entire US infrastructure that’s seeking to end cancer as we know it."</p><p>Defunding cancer research should be another impeachable offense, but...<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cancer</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/cancer-research-cuts-trump-biden-gallego-slotkin-cryptocurrency-20250520.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inquirer.com/columnists/attyto</span><span class="invisible">od/cancer-research-cuts-trump-biden-gallego-slotkin-cryptocurrency-20250520.html</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>The FDA outlines stricter Covid vaccine booster approval standards for healthy ppl -recommended different standards of evidence for approval based on patients’ risk of getting severely sick from Covid.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> wants to see new clinical trials showing Covid shots are still safe before approving them for healthy adults &amp; children -a costly new requirement for pharma companies -could potentially🚨LIMIT WHO GETS NEW JABS EACH YEAR. <br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccinations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/fda-stricter-covid-vaccine-approval.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/05/20/fda-strict</span><span class="invisible">er-covid-vaccine-approval.html</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"They’re always so close."<br>-K Kingsley</p><p>"The guy who pushed hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 (despite little evidence of its effectiveness) was named to serve in a top PANDEMIC PREVENTION role at HHS.</p><p>Nothing Makes America Healthy Again quite like a leader who ignores scientific evidence for ineffective treatments."<br>-P Citizen</p><p>Now we've an anti-vaxxer heading HHS. Republican leaders in govt favor sickness, suffering &amp; death over <a href="https://toad.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a>.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccinations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> Secretary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> skeptic, who has long sown doubts about the safety &amp; efficacy of the shots.</p><p>Makary &amp; Prasad have been critical in the past of the approval process &amp; the evidence supporting the necessity of annual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a>-19 shots for many Americans. They said the US policy has been more aggressive than policies followed in Europe, Mexico &amp; Canada.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a></p>
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