Please join us and share widely with your colleagues and networks! www.npscoalition.org/congressiona...

We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back hechingerreport.org/opinion-poli...

Dr. Diana Fishbein: This is how addiction science is saving lives www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/o...

PRESS RELEASE: Leading Addiction Scientists Warn: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Devastate Research, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction and Overdose and Reverse Gains docs.google.com/document/d/1...

slate.com/technology/2... This commentary is the most eloquent and appropriately targeted commentary I've read on the disconnect between what the RFK Jr MAHA report states are root causes of poor child health outcomes and what is administration is doing to harm children's health.

The Unprecedented War on Children open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

What Kind of Nation Penalizes Its Poorest Children? open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Impacts of the Reduction In Workforce on CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) files.constantcontact.com/023aa8ab001/...

If you are or know of someone whose cancer treatment has been disrupted due to administrative actions, please contact me at [email protected].

Please read this first-hand account of what's actually happening at NIH that is traumatizing staff and terminating vital research that supports the public's health. medium.com/@dianafishbe...

The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

Government can do better! medium.com/@dianafishbe...

April 17, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Testifying for Children Before a House Committee That, Far Too Often, Ignores Them open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

'How is it possible that you have this job?': RFK Jr. was not aware of the addiction and mental health programs he was cutting. See the first 1 min 30 sec of this clip: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

🚨 I have been working with several addiction scientists and clinicians through the Addiction Science Defense Network (www.npscoalition.org/projects/add...) to craft a statement of concern about recent executive orders and actions that can be shared with members of congress.

I'm assisting the HELP Committee with stories of child-or family-focused researchers, grants, clients/patients, or clinical services/programs that were suspended, terminated or otherwise harmed by recent actions. Please contact me: [email protected].

From Alcohol Justice: "After Kennedy’s Destruction at NIH, Alcohol Prevention and Addiction Medicine Must Stand In Solidarity" alcoholjustice.org/blog/kennedy...

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

How Medicaid Caps Endanger the Lives of Children with Special Health Care Needs open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Please contact me right away with stories about researchers and patients who have been adversely impacted by firings, disruptions to research, or discontinuation of treatment. [email protected]. I'm gathering this information for the congressional HELP Committee. Thanks.

If you are an investigator and have been impacted by recent actions affecting federal funding agencies (e.g., interruption in an ongoing grant, delay in receiving funds, halt or delay in receiving newly approved grant, loss of support staff, break in data collection, etc.), please contact me asap.

This article explains what’s happening at NIH www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Making America Sick Again: How Medicaid Caps Will Leave Children Underinsured and Unhealthy open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Want More Babies, Vice President Vance? Here’s What Needs to Change for Children and Families open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...