Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition)
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Fired federal employees working to protect public health. Learn more at: https://www.firedbutfighting.org
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National Public Health Coalition released new data showing impacts of illegal firings across CDC since Jan 2025. CDC has lost one-third of its civil-service workforce & over 150 programs. Explore an interactive dashboard. See how cuts are undermining public health nationwide.
CDCDataProject.org
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Yikes! Here is a link to general info about Marburg virus.
www.cdc.gov/marburg/abou...
www.cdc.gov/marburg/abou...
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Yikes! Here is a link to general info about Marburg virus.
www.cdc.gov/marburg/abou...
www.cdc.gov/marburg/abou...
Update: there are 23 confirmed cases of infant botulism in 13 states as of Nov 14, 2025.
Recall issued for all ByHeart infant formula.
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Recall issued for all ByHeart infant formula.
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Update: there are 23 confirmed cases of infant botulism in 13 states as of Nov 14, 2025.
Recall issued for all ByHeart infant formula.
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Recall issued for all ByHeart infant formula.
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Please don’t inject products into your body that are not medically advised. Talk to your primary care doctor!
Remember, RFK Jr told us himself “don’t take medical advice from me.”
Remember, RFK Jr told us himself “don’t take medical advice from me.”
RFK Jr. is a big proponent of peptide injections.
They aren’t tested, aren’t FDA-approved, recently caused two women to be hospitalized in critical condition, and make a shit ton of money for dishonest quacks who peddle them.
No wonder he loves them.
They aren’t tested, aren’t FDA-approved, recently caused two women to be hospitalized in critical condition, and make a shit ton of money for dishonest quacks who peddle them.
No wonder he loves them.
The trend of unproven peptides is spreading through influencers and RFK Jr. allies
More Americans are turning to peptides for muscle building, skin rejuvenation, and to try and live longer even though the substances aren’t FDA approved.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Please don’t inject products into your body that are not medically advised. Talk to your primary care doctor!
Remember, RFK Jr told us himself “don’t take medical advice from me.”
Remember, RFK Jr told us himself “don’t take medical advice from me.”
Heads up: calling all friends. Get loud.
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🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
The David J. Sencer CDC Museum: In Association with the Smithsonian
Free museum exhibiting public health topics and the history of CDC.
www.cdc.gov
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Heads up: calling all friends. Get loud.
Science! Evidence based approaches can decrease chronic condition and improve health.
Science matters. Public health is your health.
Science matters. Public health is your health.
RCT: Home-delivered, low-sodium Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) groceries and dietitian support temporarily improved blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in Black adults with high BP versus monetary support.
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ja.ma/43uIevv
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Science! Evidence based approaches can decrease chronic condition and improve health.
Science matters. Public health is your health.
Science matters. Public health is your health.
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To those heading back to work today, or those who have been working throughout the shutdown, thank you so much for your service and your commitment to the communities you serve!
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
To those heading back to work today, or those who have been working throughout the shutdown, thank you so much for your service and your commitment to the communities you serve!
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1/4: As we prep to head back to the office, we remember the 🍑🎩 at OPM wants federal workers to be traumatized.
Many of us are living in trauma everyday.
Trauma activates our 🧠’s fight or flight response and we begin noting as many details as possible, even if we don’t realize it.
Many of us are living in trauma everyday.
Trauma activates our 🧠’s fight or flight response and we begin noting as many details as possible, even if we don’t realize it.
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
1/4: As we prep to head back to the office, we remember the 🍑🎩 at OPM wants federal workers to be traumatized.
Many of us are living in trauma everyday.
Trauma activates our 🧠’s fight or flight response and we begin noting as many details as possible, even if we don’t realize it.
Many of us are living in trauma everyday.
Trauma activates our 🧠’s fight or flight response and we begin noting as many details as possible, even if we don’t realize it.
This warms our hearts. We feel seen. We are not going away. We are still volunteering our time to protect the health and wellbeing of all Americans.
We are stronger together.
We are stronger together.
I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This warms our hearts. We feel seen. We are not going away. We are still volunteering our time to protect the health and wellbeing of all Americans.
We are stronger together.
We are stronger together.
RFK Jr and JD Vance are holding a "Make American Great Again" summit today. 🤮
No career scientists? Check. ✅
Big names from wellness/biotech + politics? Check. ✅
Accountability for oversight? MIA. ❎
Cool, cool. 🥶
No career scientists? Check. ✅
Big names from wellness/biotech + politics? Check. ✅
Accountability for oversight? MIA. ❎
Cool, cool. 🥶
Vance, RFK Jr. to mingle with health execs, influencers at DC MAHA summit
Top Trump administration officials including Vice President JD Vance and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are slated to speak alongside biotech executives and influencers at an all-day “Make …
thehill.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
RFK Jr and JD Vance are holding a "Make American Great Again" summit today. 🤮
No career scientists? Check. ✅
Big names from wellness/biotech + politics? Check. ✅
Accountability for oversight? MIA. ❎
Cool, cool. 🥶
No career scientists? Check. ✅
Big names from wellness/biotech + politics? Check. ✅
Accountability for oversight? MIA. ❎
Cool, cool. 🥶
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Cutting 30,000 jobs at the VA, which will put veterans' services at risk.
Firing federal workers across government, many of whom are veterans.
Gutting SNAP & Medicaid, which millions of veterans need.
Our vets defended us, and this is how the Trump regime is repaying them?
Firing federal workers across government, many of whom are veterans.
Gutting SNAP & Medicaid, which millions of veterans need.
Our vets defended us, and this is how the Trump regime is repaying them?
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cutting 30,000 jobs at the VA, which will put veterans' services at risk.
Firing federal workers across government, many of whom are veterans.
Gutting SNAP & Medicaid, which millions of veterans need.
Our vets defended us, and this is how the Trump regime is repaying them?
Firing federal workers across government, many of whom are veterans.
Gutting SNAP & Medicaid, which millions of veterans need.
Our vets defended us, and this is how the Trump regime is repaying them?
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Update on Baby Formula recall
All ByHeart infant formula should NOT used!
Share widely. Will share more once gov websites are updated.
Update on Baby Formula recall
All ByHeart infant formula should NOT used!
Share widely. Will share more once gov websites are updated.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Update on Baby Formula recall
All ByHeart infant formula should NOT used!
Share widely. Will share more once gov websites are updated.
Update on Baby Formula recall
All ByHeart infant formula should NOT used!
Share widely. Will share more once gov websites are updated.
To the Veterans who protect us,
We promise to continue to uphold our oath of office “…to protect and defend the constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic…”
We see you. We appreciate you.
We promise to continue to uphold our oath of office “…to protect and defend the constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic…”
We see you. We appreciate you.
a poster that says thank you for your service with an american flag
ALT: a poster that says thank you for your service with an american flag
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
To the Veterans who protect us,
We promise to continue to uphold our oath of office “…to protect and defend the constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic…”
We see you. We appreciate you.
We promise to continue to uphold our oath of office “…to protect and defend the constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic…”
We see you. We appreciate you.
You have got to be kind us? 🤢🤮
ICYMI: Robert Kennedy Jr. claimed that he had nothing to do with Children’s Health Defense during his confirmation hearings.
His wife just headlined the group’s annual conference.
www.importantcontext.news/p/kennedy-sa...
His wife just headlined the group’s annual conference.
www.importantcontext.news/p/kennedy-sa...
Kennedy Said He Was Done With Children’s Health Defense; His Wife Headlined Its Annual Conference
Actress Cheryl Hines spoke at the anti-vax star-studded affair this weekend.
www.importantcontext.news
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
You have got to be kind us? 🤢🤮
When the current administration cuts the budget to CDC’s HIV prevention unit, freezes deployment of outbreak response experts, & slashes harm-reduction programs; they are not abstractly “reducing cost”.
They are letting diseases spread.
Maine is giving us a wake-up call. Who is going to listen?
They are letting diseases spread.
Maine is giving us a wake-up call. Who is going to listen?
Maine sought federal help amid its largest HIV outbreak in state history. It’s still waiting
After initially approving Penobscot County's request for CDC aid, the agency put it on hold. Meanwhile, the virus spreads.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
When the current administration cuts the budget to CDC’s HIV prevention unit, freezes deployment of outbreak response experts, & slashes harm-reduction programs; they are not abstractly “reducing cost”.
They are letting diseases spread.
Maine is giving us a wake-up call. Who is going to listen?
They are letting diseases spread.
Maine is giving us a wake-up call. Who is going to listen?
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
This is coming our way courtesy of RFK Jr and his anti-vaccine movement.
Jan or Feb 2026 this will be coming to our country, too!
Jan or Feb 2026 this will be coming to our country, too!
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is coming our way courtesy of RFK Jr and his anti-vaccine movement.
Jan or Feb 2026 this will be coming to our country, too!
Jan or Feb 2026 this will be coming to our country, too!
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THE SUPREME COURT WON’T REVISIT GAY MARRIAGE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
Supreme Court won't revisit landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
Kim Davis asked the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges appealing damages she owed a gay couple after she denied them a marriage license.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
THE SUPREME COURT WON’T REVISIT GAY MARRIAGE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
DOGE is at again. Yes, DOGE is still a thing. It didn’t just disappear with Elon.
A DOGE leftover, Sam Beyda, is now rumored to be sleeping and showering (eck!) in the CDC Director’s suite. This started during the shutdown. Weird? Right?
A DOGE leftover, Sam Beyda, is now rumored to be sleeping and showering (eck!) in the CDC Director’s suite. This started during the shutdown. Weird? Right?
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
DOGE is at again. Yes, DOGE is still a thing. It didn’t just disappear with Elon.
A DOGE leftover, Sam Beyda, is now rumored to be sleeping and showering (eck!) in the CDC Director’s suite. This started during the shutdown. Weird? Right?
A DOGE leftover, Sam Beyda, is now rumored to be sleeping and showering (eck!) in the CDC Director’s suite. This started during the shutdown. Weird? Right?
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Get your flu shot! 💉
💪It may not prevent you from getting the flu but it will lessen the severity of the disease.
Several pharmacies and grocery stores will give you coupons and discounts for shopping - how this poster bought some of my Halloween candy stash last month! 🍭
💪It may not prevent you from getting the flu but it will lessen the severity of the disease.
Several pharmacies and grocery stores will give you coupons and discounts for shopping - how this poster bought some of my Halloween candy stash last month! 🍭
Flu is coming soon. That epi curve looks a bit ominous. #IDSky
Good explainer article & public health message 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good explainer article & public health message 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Get your flu shot! 💉
💪It may not prevent you from getting the flu but it will lessen the severity of the disease.
Several pharmacies and grocery stores will give you coupons and discounts for shopping - how this poster bought some of my Halloween candy stash last month! 🍭
💪It may not prevent you from getting the flu but it will lessen the severity of the disease.
Several pharmacies and grocery stores will give you coupons and discounts for shopping - how this poster bought some of my Halloween candy stash last month! 🍭
ALERT: Baby Formula
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
ALERT: Baby Formula
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
Because Nothing Builds Trust Like Censorship
The Trump administration is STILL delaying communications and publications.
You can’t make this up.
#science #savescience #savehealthresearch #publichealth #savepublichealth #CDC #HHS
The Trump administration is STILL delaying communications and publications.
You can’t make this up.
#science #savescience #savehealthresearch #publichealth #savepublichealth #CDC #HHS
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Because Nothing Builds Trust Like Censorship
The Trump administration is STILL delaying communications and publications.
You can’t make this up.
#science #savescience #savehealthresearch #publichealth #savepublichealth #CDC #HHS
The Trump administration is STILL delaying communications and publications.
You can’t make this up.
#science #savescience #savehealthresearch #publichealth #savepublichealth #CDC #HHS
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Do we still have a House of Reps? Asking for a country… 🫠
Must be nice getting a 6 week paid vacation while fed workers go without pay 💀
#CongressOnVacation #FedStrong #DoYourJob
Must be nice getting a 6 week paid vacation while fed workers go without pay 💀
#CongressOnVacation #FedStrong #DoYourJob
House will be out of session next week
abcnews.go.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Do we still have a House of Reps? Asking for a country… 🫠
Must be nice getting a 6 week paid vacation while fed workers go without pay 💀
#CongressOnVacation #FedStrong #DoYourJob
Must be nice getting a 6 week paid vacation while fed workers go without pay 💀
#CongressOnVacation #FedStrong #DoYourJob
Remember when Congress controlled the budget?
Cute. 😏 That was so 1791.😉
Now it’s executive-branch roulette 🎰 with community health grants.
Public health isn’t supposed to depend on who’s behind the desk at OMB, currently Russ Vought.
Cute. 😏 That was so 1791.😉
Now it’s executive-branch roulette 🎰 with community health grants.
Public health isn’t supposed to depend on who’s behind the desk at OMB, currently Russ Vought.
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Remember when Congress controlled the budget?
Cute. 😏 That was so 1791.😉
Now it’s executive-branch roulette 🎰 with community health grants.
Public health isn’t supposed to depend on who’s behind the desk at OMB, currently Russ Vought.
Cute. 😏 That was so 1791.😉
Now it’s executive-branch roulette 🎰 with community health grants.
Public health isn’t supposed to depend on who’s behind the desk at OMB, currently Russ Vought.
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"The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order that requires the government to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November."
Read that back.
The cruelty of this regime is on full display.
Read that back.
The cruelty of this regime is on full display.
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order that requires the government to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November."
Read that back.
The cruelty of this regime is on full display.
Read that back.
The cruelty of this regime is on full display.
📉 Public health funding was budgeted by Congress.
🦠 Outbreaks don’t pause for red tape, but budgets sure do per Russ Vought.
👉 When measles outbreaks hit and emergency funds are still “processing,” that’s not efficiency. That’s negligence dressed in bureaucracy.
🦠 Outbreaks don’t pause for red tape, but budgets sure do per Russ Vought.
👉 When measles outbreaks hit and emergency funds are still “processing,” that’s not efficiency. That’s negligence dressed in bureaucracy.
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
kffhealthnews.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📉 Public health funding was budgeted by Congress.
🦠 Outbreaks don’t pause for red tape, but budgets sure do per Russ Vought.
👉 When measles outbreaks hit and emergency funds are still “processing,” that’s not efficiency. That’s negligence dressed in bureaucracy.
🦠 Outbreaks don’t pause for red tape, but budgets sure do per Russ Vought.
👉 When measles outbreaks hit and emergency funds are still “processing,” that’s not efficiency. That’s negligence dressed in bureaucracy.