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fromFortune
1 week ago

A year of MAHA begs the question: is RFK making America healthy again? | Fortune

"At least in the immediate or intermediate future, the United States is going to be hobbled and hollowed out in its scientific leadership," said Lawrence Gostin, a Georgetown University public health law professor who was removed from a National Institutes of Health advisory board earlier this year with a letter that said he was no longer needed. "I think it will be extraordinarily difficult to reverse all the damage."
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Atlantic's January Cover: Michael Scherer Profiles Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 'The Most Powerful Man in Science'

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as HHS secretary, dismantles career staff, promotes vaccine skepticism, investigates alleged vaccine-related chronic diseases, and allies with COVID-era dissenters.
Public health
fromFast Company
4 months ago

Union says at least 600 CDC employees are getting laid off

At least 600 CDC employees received permanent termination notices amid agency restructuring, while lawsuits protected some employees but not others.
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fromLos Angeles Times
8 months ago

California, other states sue to block Trump administration cuts to health department

California and other states are suing the Trump administration to block cuts to the HHS, claiming they are unconstitutional and jeopardize public health.
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