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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

DOGE Cuts causing Real Damage

Not even 100 days in and here we are!

CDC struggling to fight raging measles outbreak after deep funding, staff cuts

In now-rarified comments from experts at the #CDC, an agency official on Tuesday evening said the explosive #Measles outbreak mushrooming out of West #Texas will require "significant financial resources" to control and that the agency is already struggling to keep up

The agency has been devastated by brutal cuts to CDC staff and funding, including a clawback of more than $11 billion in public health funds that went to state health departments
#doge #musk #trump
arstechnica.com/health/2025/04

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. Credit: Getty | Jan
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), four current and former agency workers tell WIRED."

~ David Gilbert

#WhoopingCough #measles #vaccines #RFKJr #Trump #vaccination #CDC #HHS
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wired.com/story/department-hea

WIRED · Health and Human Services Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers SayBy David Gilbert
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William Lindsey :toad:

“'We do believe that there’s quite a large amount of cases that are not reported and underreported,' Sugerman said during a rare meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Tuesday. ...

The majority of cases have been among unvaccinated children, with 2 children and one adult marking the first U.S. measles deaths in more than a decade and the first child measles death since 2003."

#measles #vaccines #RFKJr #Trump #vaccination #CDC
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Giuseppe Michieli

#Africa #CDC and #WHO update #mpox strategy as #outbreaks persist, who.int/news/item/17-04-2025-a

Africa CDC and WHO have updated their joint Continental Response Plan for the mpox emergency as the disease continues to affect new areas. The revised strategy focuses on controlling outbreaks, while expanding vaccination coverage and transitioning toward a longer-term, sustainable response.

www.who.intAfrica CDC and WHO update mpox strategy as outbreaks persistThe Africa CDC and WHO have revised their Continental Response Plan for the ongoing mpox outbreaks, focusing on outbreak control and vaccination expansion. The updated strategy aims for a sustainable response while addressing challenges such as local transmission and funding gaps.
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What’s happening with #measles in the U.S.?

"Measles cases continue to rise across the U.S., with most cases occurring in #Texas. #Vaccination is highly effective and the best way to protect yourself.

Update on numbers

Confirmed cases are correct as of Friday April 4, 2025 (Note that the #CDC updates their numbers on Friday afternoons)

Reported cases for Texas are correct as of Tuesday April 8, 2025 (Note that the Texas Department of Health Services updates their numbers on Tuesdays and Fridays)

➡️ There has been an increase in the number of confirmed measles cases in the past few weeks."

https://thosenerdygirls.org/measles-update-april/

#thosenerdygirls #uspol #health
#health
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"A majority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work group on COVID-19 vaccines now supports ending the agency's pandemic-era recommendation for virtually all Americans to get vaccinated against the virus each year, officials said Tuesday."

cbsnews.com/news/cdc-covid-vac

www.cbsnews.comCDC weighing end to universal COVID vaccine recommendationsA majority of the agency's COVID-19 vaccine work group now backs narrower "risk-based" recommendations.
#PublicHealth#covid#vaccines
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petersuber

Update. "#CDC's #STD Lab Shuttered by #Trump Layoffs"
medpagetoday.com/infectiousdis

"A critical laboratory for surveilling sexually transmitted diseases (#STDs) in the US has been lost in the Trump administration's mass layoffs…One of its most remarkable projects is a one-of-its-kind repository of 50,000 isolates of gonorrhea used to monitor antibiotic resistance, which is quickly becoming a global health concern. The lab has been doing this work for nearly 40 years -- but will now, at best, have a gap in data."

Also see the public statement by the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (#ASTDA).
astda.org/statement-from-astda

www.medpagetoday.comCDC's STD Lab Shuttered by Trump LayoffsImplications of lab slashing 'makes me sick to my stomach,' former employee said
#Censorship#DefendResearch#Funding
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