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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 6:58 PM
“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
www.msnbc.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.
May 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The longer I am an activist, the more I am convinced #PublicHealth departments are actually #PoliticalHealth departments.....
October 21, 2023 at 1:56 AM
The longer I am an activist, the more I am convinced #PublicHealth departments are actually #PoliticalHealth departments.....
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
#PoliticalHealth
The "cod liver oil" reference unfortunately doesn't surprise me - considering that Samuel Alito referenced shit about witchcraft in his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on 6/24/2022.
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The "cod liver oil" reference unfortunately doesn't surprise me - considering that Samuel Alito referenced shit about witchcraft in his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on 6/24/2022.
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Congratulations, America: Our public health policy is now dictated by Grandpa Simpson.
September 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
#PoliticalHealth
The "cod liver oil" reference unfortunately doesn't surprise me - considering that Samuel Alito referenced shit about witchcraft in his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on 6/24/2022.
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The "cod liver oil" reference unfortunately doesn't surprise me - considering that Samuel Alito referenced shit about witchcraft in his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on 6/24/2022.
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Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better."
(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)
(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)
October 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
With Pennsylvania hardest hit, worst US measles outbreak since 1991 accelerates
The United States is in its worst measles year since 1991, and Pennsylvania is the epicenter, adding 129 infections in a single week to a toll that already includes four deaths.
www.wsws.org
September 27, 2026 at 11:55 PM
The U.S.’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization is complicating the global response to the current Ebola epidemic—and highlighting the value of the coalition, Katherine J. Wu reports. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
The U.S. Is Winging This Ebola Outbreak
By responding to this outbreak independently, the U.S. is showing the limits of that approach.
www.theatlantic.com
May 29, 2026 at 2:25 AM
I see folks who work *in hospitals* still wearing floppy blue surgical 😷s instead of N95, KN95 or equivalent respirators
& am constantly reminded that #PoliticalHealth "MAHA" bullshit purveyors drowned out true *facts* about SARS-CoV-2 being airborne.
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& am constantly reminded that #PoliticalHealth "MAHA" bullshit purveyors drowned out true *facts* about SARS-CoV-2 being airborne.
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When I see elderly folks carrying handgel only to protect themselves from COVID for a predominantly airborne virus, it really makes me upset. Health messaging is a bin fire.
#Covidisairborne
#Covidisairborne
a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says 5
ALT: a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says 5
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
I see folks who work *in hospitals* still wearing floppy blue surgical 😷s instead of N95, KN95 or equivalent respirators
& am constantly reminded that #PoliticalHealth "MAHA" bullshit purveyors drowned out true *facts* about SARS-CoV-2 being airborne.
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& am constantly reminded that #PoliticalHealth "MAHA" bullshit purveyors drowned out true *facts* about SARS-CoV-2 being airborne.
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I guess if one has *NOT* personally known other humans whose lives were decimated by #LongCovid #MassDisablingEvent - facilitated by #PoliticalHealth -
it's easy to forget that aspect of #CovidIsNotOver exists.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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it's easy to forget that aspect of #CovidIsNotOver exists.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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The deepening toll of Long COVID after 5 years of the pandemic
The capitalist response to the pandemic has exacted a stark toll of mass death and disability, while accelerating social inequality and initiating the destruction of the world’s public health infrastr...
www.wsws.org
April 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I guess if one has *NOT* personally known other humans whose lives were decimated by #LongCovid #MassDisablingEvent - facilitated by #PoliticalHealth -
it's easy to forget that aspect of #CovidIsNotOver exists.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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it's easy to forget that aspect of #CovidIsNotOver exists.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#Ableist #Eugenic #PoliticalHealth disables & kills‼️ 😫🤬
#RobertFKennedyJrForPrison2026‼️
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www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-secret...
#RobertFKennedyJrForPrison2026‼️
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www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-secret...
RFK Jr.’s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count
Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference.
www.thebulwark.com
September 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
#Ableist #Eugenic #PoliticalHealth disables & kills‼️ 😫🤬
#RobertFKennedyJrForPrison2026‼️
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www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-secret...
#RobertFKennedyJrForPrison2026‼️
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www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-secret...
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.
In Utah, Pam Bondi put a stop to a surgeon’s vaccine fraud trial — and ignited nationwide hope for more ‘medical freedom’ pardons
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.
www.sltrib.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
March 21, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Individual responsibility (bedrock principle of #PoliticalHealth in service to #EndStageCapitalism)
does *NOT* work worth a shit in mitigating a global pandemic - SARS-CoV-2 *OR* inevitable future ones (H5N1 influenza?)!
does *NOT* work worth a shit in mitigating a global pandemic - SARS-CoV-2 *OR* inevitable future ones (H5N1 influenza?)!
January 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Individual responsibility (bedrock principle of #PoliticalHealth in service to #EndStageCapitalism)
does *NOT* work worth a shit in mitigating a global pandemic - SARS-CoV-2 *OR* inevitable future ones (H5N1 influenza?)!
does *NOT* work worth a shit in mitigating a global pandemic - SARS-CoV-2 *OR* inevitable future ones (H5N1 influenza?)!
Although this is a fucking outstanding start,
🧠🪱 & #PoliticalHealth need more #KARMA, *STAT*‼️
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
🧠🪱 & #PoliticalHealth need more #KARMA, *STAT*‼️
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
A legal win for vaccines. But chaos is the point.
Plus, on Friday we'll speak to the AAP lawyer who delivered us the victory.
open.substack.com
March 19, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Although this is a fucking outstanding start,
🧠🪱 & #PoliticalHealth need more #KARMA, *STAT*‼️
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
🧠🪱 & #PoliticalHealth need more #KARMA, *STAT*‼️
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
www.rawstory.com/hegseth-pent...
According to reporting by Punchbowl News, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) sounded the alarm on Thursday by revealing that the Department of Defense is trying to divert billions of dollars from the National Institutes of Health….
According to reporting by Punchbowl News, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) sounded the alarm on Thursday by revealing that the Department of Defense is trying to divert billions of dollars from the National Institutes of Health….
'Beyond the pale': Pentagon caught trying to raid billions from disease research
The Pentagon was caught attempting to divert funding for infectious-disease research to cover its own money woes, sparking outcry from a Democratic lawmaker.According to reporting by Punchbowl News, R...
www.rawstory.com
September 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM
CIDRAP Op-Ed: The Cyclospora outbreak was, and still is, a communications failure
www.cidrap.umn.edu
July 29, 2026 at 2:02 AM