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• nytimes.com

RFK Jr. Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group’s Goals. Here’s What He’s Doing.

The health secretary is quietly taking steps that public health experts fear will reduce immunization rates further.
• nytimes.com

N.I.H. Hospital Board Rebukes Kennedy Over New Vaccine Injury Clinic

The board that oversees the N.I.H. Clinical Center voted unanimously to support a statement accusing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of undermining trust in the hospital’s work.
• nytimes.com

RFK Jr. Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group’s Goals. Here’s What He’s Doing.

The health secretary is quietly taking steps that public health experts fear will reduce immunization rates further.
• hsph.harvard.edu

Federal maternal, infant health data collection system remains weak, puts health outcomes in jeopardy

Medicaid funding cuts are jeopardizing the health of U.S. mothers and infants—and with a weak federal database to monitor maternal health outcomes, the consequences may be invisible, according to Harvard Chan School experts.
Federal maternal, infant health data collection system remains weak, puts health outcomes in jeopardy
• robertreich.substack.com

Is Trump to blame for explosive diarrhea, too?

Yes. His cuts in food safety have literally caused a shitshow.
Is Trump to blame for explosive diarrhea, too?
• blog.ucs.org

Ask a Scientist: How Have You Been Affected by Trump Administration Cuts?

Pamela Worth contributed to these interviews. Thousands of government scientists have been pushed out of their public service careers since the second Trump administration took office. Some were fired, while others left because their work was targeted for political interference. Nearly 95,000 science employees are no longer in federal service. This massive loss doesn’t just […]
Ask a Scientist: How Have You Been Affected by Trump Administration Cuts?
• blog.ucs.org

To the Trump Administration, Children’s Health Is an Acceptable Sacrifice

On Children's Environmental Health Day, here's a look at how the Trump administration isn't living up to its promises to protect children's health.
To the Trump Administration, Children’s Health Is an Acceptable Sacrifice