BERNIE SANDERS: Vaccines do not cause autism. Do you agree?
RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained--
SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby
RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ...
SANDERS: That is a very troubling response
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at https://t.co/8XlteewbRp - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
When covering the potential impacts of a RFK Kr confirmation, pls don’t leave out Indian Health Services (the treaty based federal program that provides millions of Native Americans with healthcare).
It’s under HHS.
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. https://t.co/IrPIRCSvt0
A driving assumption behind the admin's proposed restrictions on grants & aid seems to be that any use of "DEI" signals a political agenda that is antithetical to conducting good research. Let's unpack that. Why would DEI language be used in a grant?
"We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that's given to Whites, because their immune system is better than ours." ---RFK Jr.
So what vaccine schedule should I have received?
His answer was dangerous. I will be voting no.
Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccine manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."
Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccine manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."
“It will be much easier to destroy the world’s greatest scientific ecosystem than it will be to try to rebuild it”
Scientists are worried about the long-term effects of the Trump administration’s actions
https://t.co/QsTYLeNyuX
❗️We did it (for now)! ❗️
Our lawsuit was successful - the US district court is blocking OMB from moving forward on its reckless plan to halt federal funding.
The stay is until Monday, so still much more to do.
For now - thank you all for your support, partnership, and leadership. Take a breath, take a rest, and buckle up - we’re not done.