BREAKING: The Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration, as it embarked on its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to two sources reut.rs/3FPs7j6

Our university’s NIH CTSA (Clinical and Translational Science Award) was just cancelled for having some keywords that just mean it will serve ALL people in Utah. This funds research that moves discovery science into clinical therapies. This is literally the mandate of the NIH! 😰 🧪

I’m going to continue to work until my computer access is revoked,” Lennox said. “Then I’m going to volunteer. I’m going to keep working as best I can to support the veterans. That’s what I’m here for.” taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...

Half of EIS, the CDC's renowned "disease detectives," gone. These folks respond to emergencies in the US and around the globe, and are now in tatters.

The EIS symbol is a shoe with a hole worn in the sole, to signal they wear out shoes tracking down the causes of outbreaks. They serve 2 years on the promise to go anywhere with almost no notice. They ended smallpox, identified HIV, beat back polio, solved dozens of new diseases. Without them? Oof.

If this reporting stands up (and it appears confirmed by multiple sources): devastating. The EIS is the front-line SWAT team of disease detection in the US and globally, and also the training ground for new generations of public health workers. No EIS, no boots on the ground for outbreaks. ->

I oversaw global health programs at @USAID. They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide. What insanity and cruelty to break that.

Huge thanks to @vox.com for writing on the crucial issue of funding and meeting cessation at NIH. Also, @celiaford.bsky.social wins for characterizing study sections as "jury duty for nerds". www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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