PGHS - Pittsburgh Healthcare Workers and Scientists
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PGHS is a group of healthcare workers, public health experts, clinicians, and scientists in Pittsburgh mobilizing to protect equitable healthcare access, intellectual freedom, research funding, and democracy.
Multiple responses to last month's article by FDA on restricting COVID vaccination policy. Authors from our group are some of the respondents, showing how Prasad and Makary misrepresent international policy in their original article.
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM
To the Editor: In their Sounding Board article (June 26 issue),1 Prasad and Makary ignore the fact that the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection extend beyond acute outcomes such as hospitalization and de...
www.nejm.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Multiple responses to last month's article by FDA on restricting COVID vaccination policy. Authors from our group are some of the respondents, showing how Prasad and Makary misrepresent international policy in their original article.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Op ed by one of our members on the ways this ugly bill will impact patients and healthcare.
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The Danger of the Not-So-Beautiful Bill
Today, I was asked by Newsweek to comment on the adverse impact of the not-so-beautiful bill to dismantle America’s safety net.
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July 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Op ed by one of our members on the ways this ugly bill will impact patients and healthcare.
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GOP majority senate, under the veil of Saturday night, moves forward to vote on an unpopular budget bill that will:
- give most of the tax cuts to the wealthy
- cut Medicaid and SNAP
- increase deficit by >$2 trillion
Call your representatives to vote no!!
Summary on AP
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- give most of the tax cuts to the wealthy
- cut Medicaid and SNAP
- increase deficit by >$2 trillion
Call your representatives to vote no!!
Summary on AP
apnews.com/article/sena...
What's in the latest version of Trump's big bill now before the Senate
At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.
apnews.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
GOP majority senate, under the veil of Saturday night, moves forward to vote on an unpopular budget bill that will:
- give most of the tax cuts to the wealthy
- cut Medicaid and SNAP
- increase deficit by >$2 trillion
Call your representatives to vote no!!
Summary on AP
apnews.com/article/sena...
- give most of the tax cuts to the wealthy
- cut Medicaid and SNAP
- increase deficit by >$2 trillion
Call your representatives to vote no!!
Summary on AP
apnews.com/article/sena...
Doesn't need any further elaboration. Big ugly bill needs to be shot down
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
June 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Doesn't need any further elaboration. Big ugly bill needs to be shot down
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Our second billboard is up! On I-95, outside Philly near exit 6. Also will be up in Western PA soon.
June 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Our second billboard is up! On I-95, outside Philly near exit 6. Also will be up in Western PA soon.
Urgent! Submit public comment to save access to the COVID vaccine by midnight tonight 6/20 at 11:59PM!
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RFK Jr. and Trump Administration is Limiting Access to Vaccines. Tell them by Friday, June 20, Everyone Must Have Access
Public Comment at the CDC is open until June 20th at 11:59pm EDT.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Urgent! Submit public comment to save access to the COVID vaccine by midnight tonight 6/20 at 11:59PM!
peoplescdc.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...
peoplescdc.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...
A poignant op-ed by one of our members.
Programs like PEPFAR were absolutely life changing for people around the world. For Trump administration to stop these projects is damaging for countless people and wasteful for science.
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insi...
Programs like PEPFAR were absolutely life changing for people around the world. For Trump administration to stop these projects is damaging for countless people and wasteful for science.
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insi...
Paul C. Holden: What happens to people America helps when the aid suddenly stops
In a crowded ward in Malawi, a man died — his life lost in part because lifesaving HIV medications and diagnostics, funded by USAID, were suddenly...
www.post-gazette.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A poignant op-ed by one of our members.
Programs like PEPFAR were absolutely life changing for people around the world. For Trump administration to stop these projects is damaging for countless people and wasteful for science.
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insi...
Programs like PEPFAR were absolutely life changing for people around the world. For Trump administration to stop these projects is damaging for countless people and wasteful for science.
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insi...
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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.
Please consider adding your signature to the Bethesda Declaration below: in support of what the NIH stands for and our colleagues who push science forward!
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ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
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June 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Please consider adding your signature to the Bethesda Declaration below: in support of what the NIH stands for and our colleagues who push science forward!
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Republicans keep trying to gut health insurance and safety net programs to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.
Well if that's what they want, we can help them publicize it.
If you're driving East on I-76 near Bedford, keep an eye out for the billboard we put up!
Well if that's what they want, we can help them publicize it.
If you're driving East on I-76 near Bedford, keep an eye out for the billboard we put up!
June 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Republicans keep trying to gut health insurance and safety net programs to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.
Well if that's what they want, we can help them publicize it.
If you're driving East on I-76 near Bedford, keep an eye out for the billboard we put up!
Well if that's what they want, we can help them publicize it.
If you're driving East on I-76 near Bedford, keep an eye out for the billboard we put up!
#Pitt leadership responded after our second letter, where we sent actionable items to work together on. Read the full letter below.
Our goals remain aligned: defending scientific freedom and protecting our academic community.
Please join us on the webinar on June 11th!
Our goals remain aligned: defending scientific freedom and protecting our academic community.
Please join us on the webinar on June 11th!
June 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
#Pitt leadership responded after our second letter, where we sent actionable items to work together on. Read the full letter below.
Our goals remain aligned: defending scientific freedom and protecting our academic community.
Please join us on the webinar on June 11th!
Our goals remain aligned: defending scientific freedom and protecting our academic community.
Please join us on the webinar on June 11th!
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Op-ed from @mirandayaver.bsky.social explaining how Trump's budget will harm our rural communities by gutting their insurance coverage and closing down at-risk hospitals.
Op-ed from @mirandayaver.bsky.social explaining how Trump's budget will harm our rural communities by gutting their insurance coverage and closing down at-risk hospitals.
thehill.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Op-ed from @mirandayaver.bsky.social explaining how Trump's budget will harm our rural communities by gutting their insurance coverage and closing down at-risk hospitals.
Op-ed from @mirandayaver.bsky.social explaining how Trump's budget will harm our rural communities by gutting their insurance coverage and closing down at-risk hospitals.
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This hurts all of us; our parents and grandparents, family who care for them, the hospital systems that will be overwhelmed by the lack of long-term care options.
We need a better plan to care for our sick and elderly. And GOP's bill is definitely NOT IT
This hurts all of us; our parents and grandparents, family who care for them, the hospital systems that will be overwhelmed by the lack of long-term care options.
We need a better plan to care for our sick and elderly. And GOP's bill is definitely NOT IT
Long-term care in the U.S. faces two existential threats: an immigration crackdown and Medicaid cuts
The combined impacts of an immigration crackdown and slashing Medicaid budgets could create an exodus of long-term care workers.
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May 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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This hurts all of us; our parents and grandparents, family who care for them, the hospital systems that will be overwhelmed by the lack of long-term care options.
We need a better plan to care for our sick and elderly. And GOP's bill is definitely NOT IT
This hurts all of us; our parents and grandparents, family who care for them, the hospital systems that will be overwhelmed by the lack of long-term care options.
We need a better plan to care for our sick and elderly. And GOP's bill is definitely NOT IT
Since our open letter, we’ve had productive discussions with the Pitt leadership in town halls and face-to-face meetings.
However, the attack on public health and science continues. We need more institutional resistance.
Read our follow up letter below where we call for three actionable steps.
However, the attack on public health and science continues. We need more institutional resistance.
Read our follow up letter below where we call for three actionable steps.
May 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Since our open letter, we’ve had productive discussions with the Pitt leadership in town halls and face-to-face meetings.
However, the attack on public health and science continues. We need more institutional resistance.
Read our follow up letter below where we call for three actionable steps.
However, the attack on public health and science continues. We need more institutional resistance.
Read our follow up letter below where we call for three actionable steps.
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Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
May 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
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🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨
In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.
Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.
Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
April 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨
In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.
Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.
Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
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Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Scientific journals, especially those as prestigious as NEJM, have strict peer review and editorial processes that make them a trustworthy and reliable source of information.
Another example of trump administration attacking a scientific pillar, without any base
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Another example of trump administration attacking a scientific pillar, without any base
www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n...
New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias
Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias. Now, NEJM has received a similar inquiry as well.
www.statnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Scientific journals, especially those as prestigious as NEJM, have strict peer review and editorial processes that make them a trustworthy and reliable source of information.
Another example of trump administration attacking a scientific pillar, without any base
www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n...
Another example of trump administration attacking a scientific pillar, without any base
www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n...
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April 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Chancellor and Provost of #Pitt responded to our letter yesterday (full response below), and this morning we spoke with the Provost. It was a productive conversation and we look forward to continuing to work together. We are aligned on this:
A university is a community, a university is its people.
A university is a community, a university is its people.
April 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Chancellor and Provost of #Pitt responded to our letter yesterday (full response below), and this morning we spoke with the Provost. It was a productive conversation and we look forward to continuing to work together. We are aligned on this:
A university is a community, a university is its people.
A university is a community, a university is its people.
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Pitt faculty petition University leadership to stand up and fight...
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Pitt scholars urge resistance to Trump attacks on higher ed
As the Trump administration makes demands of Harvard and other universities, local scholars and their allies asked Pitt to ‘stand up.’
www.publicsource.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Pitt faculty petition University leadership to stand up and fight...
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Thank you again to everyone who signed the open letter to #Pitt!
Today, we are delivering the letter - electronically and in person - to the university leadership.
The link remains active for anyone who didn't have a chance to sign previously: tinyurl.com/PittLetter
Today, we are delivering the letter - electronically and in person - to the university leadership.
The link remains active for anyone who didn't have a chance to sign previously: tinyurl.com/PittLetter
April 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thank you again to everyone who signed the open letter to #Pitt!
Today, we are delivering the letter - electronically and in person - to the university leadership.
The link remains active for anyone who didn't have a chance to sign previously: tinyurl.com/PittLetter
Today, we are delivering the letter - electronically and in person - to the university leadership.
The link remains active for anyone who didn't have a chance to sign previously: tinyurl.com/PittLetter
We will see you there!
And a big thank you to everyone who signed our #Pitt open letter! We went well past our goal of 500 signatures. It's abundantly clear that academics across the country are NOT OK with Trump's attack on science.
And a big thank you to everyone who signed our #Pitt open letter! We went well past our goal of 500 signatures. It's abundantly clear that academics across the country are NOT OK with Trump's attack on science.
Pittsburgh - See you TOMORROW at 1pm at Schenley Plaza!
If you're able, please bring your donations for Our Streets Collective and DSA/Community Forge Free Pantry! See the comments for accepted donations.
If you're able, please bring your donations for Our Streets Collective and DSA/Community Forge Free Pantry! See the comments for accepted donations.
April 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We will see you there!
And a big thank you to everyone who signed our #Pitt open letter! We went well past our goal of 500 signatures. It's abundantly clear that academics across the country are NOT OK with Trump's attack on science.
And a big thank you to everyone who signed our #Pitt open letter! We went well past our goal of 500 signatures. It's abundantly clear that academics across the country are NOT OK with Trump's attack on science.
#Pitt community!
Thank you for the wonderful support in signing the open letter! We have already reached 476 signatories.
Today is the last chance to sign before we deliver it tomorrow. Please pass around to your colleagues!
tinyurl.com/PittLetter
Thank you for the wonderful support in signing the open letter! We have already reached 476 signatories.
Today is the last chance to sign before we deliver it tomorrow. Please pass around to your colleagues!
tinyurl.com/PittLetter
Defend intellectual freedom, scientific discovery, and community safety at the University of Pittsburgh
An open letter from University of Pittsburgh faculty, students, and staff mobilizing in response to threats to intellectual freedom, research funding, and democracy, calling upon Pitt leadership to st...
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April 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#Pitt community!
Thank you for the wonderful support in signing the open letter! We have already reached 476 signatories.
Today is the last chance to sign before we deliver it tomorrow. Please pass around to your colleagues!
tinyurl.com/PittLetter
Thank you for the wonderful support in signing the open letter! We have already reached 476 signatories.
Today is the last chance to sign before we deliver it tomorrow. Please pass around to your colleagues!
tinyurl.com/PittLetter