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As a longtime public health reporter covering the rise of anti-vaccine groups, I have seen them use personal stories to raise doubts about vaccines.
Today I saw immunization advocates push back by highlighting the stories of the toll of vaccine-preventable illness. A thread:
Today I saw immunization advocates push back by highlighting the stories of the toll of vaccine-preventable illness. A thread:
July 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
As a longtime public health reporter covering the rise of anti-vaccine groups, I have seen them use personal stories to raise doubts about vaccines.
Today I saw immunization advocates push back by highlighting the stories of the toll of vaccine-preventable illness. A thread:
Today I saw immunization advocates push back by highlighting the stories of the toll of vaccine-preventable illness. A thread:
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REPORTER: The president is revamping the Rose Garden for a second time, he's spending billions of dollars to overhaul a 747 that will be used for Air Force 1 for possibly a year. Are you concerned about that spending too?
RUSS VOUGHT: We have a lot of priorities. We need to spend in areas.
RUSS VOUGHT: We have a lot of priorities. We need to spend in areas.
July 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
REPORTER: The president is revamping the Rose Garden for a second time, he's spending billions of dollars to overhaul a 747 that will be used for Air Force 1 for possibly a year. Are you concerned about that spending too?
RUSS VOUGHT: We have a lot of priorities. We need to spend in areas.
RUSS VOUGHT: We have a lot of priorities. We need to spend in areas.
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Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."
July 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."
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The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget.
Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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June 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget.
Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Courage. Now more than ever. These NIH staffers just stood up to Trump, RFK Jr., Bhattacharya. We need to have their backs. The administration will come for each of them, one and all now. apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Courage. Now more than ever. These NIH staffers just stood up to Trump, RFK Jr., Bhattacharya. We need to have their backs. The administration will come for each of them, one and all now. apnews.com/article/nih-...
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Reuters: US HOUSE REPUBLICAN TAX-CUT AND BUDGET BILL WOULD ADD $2.4 TRILLION TO NATIONAL DEBT, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES
June 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reuters: US HOUSE REPUBLICAN TAX-CUT AND BUDGET BILL WOULD ADD $2.4 TRILLION TO NATIONAL DEBT, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES
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CDC has strongly urged pregnant people to get vaccinated against COVID. Brenner's advice is contrary to scientific evidence. It protects both pregnant person and infant.
May 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
CDC has strongly urged pregnant people to get vaccinated against COVID. Brenner's advice is contrary to scientific evidence. It protects both pregnant person and infant.
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Instead, I got a call from the a spokesperson at NIH who added the top HHS spokesperson to the line.
Their ask: hold the story a week, and the scoop on the new policy is all yours.
"We're trying to be gracious here to offer you an exclusive on a forthcoming policy," I was told.
Their ask: hold the story a week, and the scoop on the new policy is all yours.
"We're trying to be gracious here to offer you an exclusive on a forthcoming policy," I was told.
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Instead, I got a call from the a spokesperson at NIH who added the top HHS spokesperson to the line.
Their ask: hold the story a week, and the scoop on the new policy is all yours.
"We're trying to be gracious here to offer you an exclusive on a forthcoming policy," I was told.
Their ask: hold the story a week, and the scoop on the new policy is all yours.
"We're trying to be gracious here to offer you an exclusive on a forthcoming policy," I was told.
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On his 100th day in office in 2017 Trump headed to a PA wheelbarrow factory to launch his trade policy and put the US on the path to today’s tariffs.
Eight years on that factory is closed. The wheelbarrows are now made in China.
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Eight years on that factory is closed. The wheelbarrows are now made in China.
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The US Factory Where Trump Previewed His Tariffs in 2017 Is Now in China
The president celebrated the first 100 days of his first term at a Pennsylvania factory that’s since closed.
www.bloomberg.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
On his 100th day in office in 2017 Trump headed to a PA wheelbarrow factory to launch his trade policy and put the US on the path to today’s tariffs.
Eight years on that factory is closed. The wheelbarrows are now made in China.
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Eight years on that factory is closed. The wheelbarrows are now made in China.
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
April 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
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Matt Gaetz, who was Donald Trump’s former pick for attorney general, is the latest politician to follow up his political ouster by joining Cameo. Gaetz — whose nomination ran aground over an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use — will make users a video for $500.
Who Needs Congress When You Have Cameo?
nytimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Matt Gaetz, who was Donald Trump’s former pick for attorney general, is the latest politician to follow up his political ouster by joining Cameo. Gaetz — whose nomination ran aground over an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use — will make users a video for $500.