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Broadwaybabyto

The man in charge of HHS used the R slur in an FDA meeting where he derided children with disabilities as well as people with autism.

This is the man in charge of health and human services for the entire United States.

RFK Jr is a snake oil salesman and a eugenicist. He speaks of disabled people as though they don’t deserve to live, and I truly believe that’s what he thinks of us.

He’s not going to cure autism (it’s not something that needs to be cured). He’s not going to cure the chronic disease epidemic.

He’s going to disappear us. Whether in ‘wellness camps’ or by making it impossible to access the treatments and supports we need to survive.

This article is deeply distressing:

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

#rfkjr#hhs#chronicillness
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Kim Perales

Trump’s #firings at #HHS incl the entire office that sets fed poverty guidelines, which det whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health programs such as Medicaid, food assistance, child care, & other services.

Let them eat cake!

The Trump admin won't give Americans in need, cake, or virtually any food or help -halted FDA programs that benefited local farmers, schoolchildren, & #foodbanks, childcare programs, health svcs...

#DOGE #PublicHealth #USPol

kffhealthnews.org/news/article

KFF Health NewsTrump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People - KFF Health NewsRecent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for Medicaid as well as assistance with food, home heating, child care, and more.
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Kim Perales

"The CDC has rejected a request from health officials in Milwaukee for help with a lead poisoning investigation, after HSS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team."

Trump & RFK Jr find sinister ways to sicken & kill us.

#Resist #HHS #Firings #DOGE #Musk #RFKJr #CDC #GOPDeathCult #USPol

cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-sch

www.cbsnews.comCDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffsThe CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
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petersuber

Update. "US #NIH reverses conference travel ban for scientists"
reuters.com/business/healthcar

"Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health had been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they paid their own way and went during time off… After Reuters reported the travel restriction policy earlier on Thursday, an #HHS spokesperson said, 'Effective April 10, official travel may resume following established approval processes within each Institute and Center.'"

Neither the original travel restrictions nor the recent reversal have been put in writing.

#DefendResearch#Trump#USPol
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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

From @acyn on🦋:

Crockett: It has taken #Texas’ largest measles outbreak in 30 years with more than 500 confirmed cases and the deaths of two children for the secretary of health and human services to say what we already knew: the most effective way to prevent the spread of #measles is the vaccine.
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Hashtags mine.

Also me:
#HHS #RFKjr

Can't download the video, but here's the link to his post:
bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.soc

Bluesky Social · Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)Crockett: It has taken Texas’ largest measles outbreak in 30 years with more than 500 confirmed cases and the deaths of two children for the secretary of health and human services to say what we already knew. The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the vaccin
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"When asked by LaPook if he personally approved the more than $11 billion proposed in cuts to local and state programs that address infectious disease, mental health, addiction and childhood vaccination, Kennedy said, 'No I'm not familiar with those cuts. We'd have to go … the cuts were mainly DEI cuts, which the president ordered.'"

cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-sweepi

www.cbsnews.comRFK Jr. says he's "not familiar" with all health program cuts in exclusive interviewHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed health program cuts and the measles vaccine in his first network TV interview since joining the Trump administration.
#healthcare#HHS#FDA
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly urged people to get the measles vaccine in an interview with CBS News on Tuesday.

'We encourage people to get the measles vaccine,' Kennedy told the network’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Jon LaPook."

edition.cnn.com/2025/04/08/hea

CNN · RFK Jr. publicly urges people to get the measles vaccineBy Neha Mukherjee
#PublicHealth#measles#vaccines
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

What #NIH #Layoffs Mean for #Cancer Patients
In the rush of headlines about budgets and restructuring, it’s easy to miss what’s really at stake. But working in cancer innovation and advocacy: when we delay #science, we delay survival. When we dismantle #research infrastructure, people #die waiting. Thousands at #NIH and #HHS were laid off. These were the people running #clinicaltrials, developing new treatment strategies, and pushing promising therapies toward approval.
scilight.substack.com/p/what-n

SciLight · What NIH Layoffs Mean for Cancer PatientsBy Catharine Young
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. first said Sunday that the CDC would be redeploying to Texas at its governor's request, after another unvaccinated child died in the measles outbreak. An 8-year-old girl was the second fatality there this year."

cbsnews.com/news/cdc-texas-mea

www.cbsnews.comCDC redeploys to Texas measles outbreak after layoffs, as RFK Jr. calls vaccine "most effective way" to stop spreadThe redeployment comes after another unvaccinated child died in the measles outbreak in Texas.
#PublicHealth#HHS#CDC
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"April 1 was the first day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It's also the day the Department of Health And Human Services fired the teams that work on sexual violence prevention.

The layoffs were part of a round of dramatic cuts to the federal health agencies, amid the Trump administration and Elon Musk's efforts to shrink the federal workforce."

npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-53495

#healthcare#HHS#CDC
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petersuber

Update. "Marks Says He Was Forced Out of #FDA for Trying to Protect #Vaccine Safety #Data"
medpagetoday.com/publichealthp

"Shortly before he was forced to resign, the nation's top vaccine regulator says he refused to grant #HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s team unrestricted access to a tightly held vaccine safety database, fearing that the information might be manipulated or even deleted."

www.medpagetoday.comMarks Says He Was Forced Out of FDA for Trying to Protect Vaccine Safety DataTop vaccine regulator denied RFK Jr. full access to and editing of safety database
#Censorship#DefendResearch#Medicine
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