Last Chance: Take action NOW to stop Russell Vought from revamping the federal funding landscape.
A recent article by Elizabeth Kolbert at The New Yorker was aptly titled An O.M.B. Plan to Defund Science—and Anything Trump Doesn’t Like. Most articles about this issue…
URGENT ACTION: This is a five-alarm fire for science in the United States. This affects YOU.
A quick note from me up front: Today’s post is about a proposed change to U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and regulations. This might sound dry, or boring, or…
The cost of military spending.
By April 29 of this year, the United States government had spent $25 billion on the war with Iran. To put that into perspective, in the two months after “Operation Epic…
Is the Tide Turning? We May Have a New CDC Director
Big news yesterday, as the Trump administration announced a new nomination for CDC Director, who now will have to be confirmed by the Senate. Unlike a few recent…
Update 4: Attacking our access to scientific data and information
Continuing the series of updates on things the Trump administration has been doing to attack our health and wellness, for the weekend edition we have:4. Attacking our…
What they’re doing to federal workers is unnecessarily cruel.
In a post earlier today, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich wrote about some of the awful things this administration is doing, saying, “Most Americans abhor what…
Let’s be clear: RFK Jr. is halting scientific progress in the U.S.
Most people in public health were worried about RFK Jr. becoming HHS Secretary. We weren’t sure how much damage he would do, but it was clear he didn’t know what he was…
The disarray of NIH, plus big updates on FDA and CDC.
It’s time for some updates about big things happening at NIH, CDC, and the FDA. Some of it is good, some of it is bad, and a lot of it could be good or bad—only time…
Then they came for the unhoused people.
What in the Health?! 7/25/25In case you missed it amidst all the news of the Epstein files, Stephen Colbert’s show being cancelled, or a slew of Gen X’s childhood icons…
How many people will die without USAID? And what about Gavi? (And what can I do about it?)
For quite awhile now these updates have been focused on domestic health issues, but the reality remains that the U.S.’s withdrawal from almost all foreign aid is also…
Part 1: The Big Ugly Bill
Well. It’s been an interesting last few weeks. Just when I think the pace of the destruction is slowing down (perhaps because it’s all rubble already?) this…
The war against research, equity, and data.
In the last few weeks I’ve been traveling a lot for work, spending long days in the field observing, listening, and learning from people working hard to improve and…