My heart is heavy today for The Washington Post. The layoffs not only undermine a journalistic institution Iβve long admired but also hurt people I care about. A sad day for the industry and the people who gave so much to make the paper an important force for accountability.
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U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN
The U.S. governmentβs failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time. The federal government had recognized this awareness day every year since its inception in 1988. www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/w...
Deeply saddened for my friends and former colleagues at the WSJ health and science team who I hear were laid off today. During a government shut down overβ¦.health
on this week's #WTHealth: shutdown fallout, vaccine changes, a new generic abortion pill and more; with @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social and CNN's Tami Luhby. Plus Sarah Grusin of @nhelp.bsky.social on immigrants and federal health programs:
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So about the efforts to restore trustβ¦.
Story from when we first broke RFK looking to bankrupt vaccine injury fund with autism addition
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I think this is real
The new $50 billion rural health fund will be a significant injection of money for struggling health systems. But, itβs temporary and does not make up for the looming $137 billion in Medicaid cuts in rural areas.
Thank you #BobDylan for the Outlaw tour (I was even named after your Bard College gf) Your new Whereβs Waldo approach of hiding in shadows behind a hoodie created an audience disconnect. Tho your voice resonates. Still feel lucky to have heard him.
On a slightly personal note, I always post on #national suicide prevention day in honor of my Dad, James Peterson, a freedom rider who was shot at for his work who took his life when I was almost 4. Please know you are not alone. Call 988. People care and it is vital we break down stigmas. β€οΈ
As sources of vaccine info move away from CDC and fragment β to doctors, state health departments, professional societies β this is who the public trusts:
NEW analysis on the GOP megabill's core policy choice: each millionaire's tax cut is paid for by taking away health insurance from 4 people while reducing health care benefits from many others.
"Kennedy wants to see the Pfizer and Moderna messenger RNA-based covid-19 vaccines pulled from the market, according to two people familiar with the planning who asked not to be identified because theyβre not authorized to speak to the press," @stephaniearmour.bsky.social reports.
Insider Sources say that RFKβs plan is to pull all COVID shots from US
As COVID spikes again.