"220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html

Eye-opening, stomach-turning table of the staff cuts to 500+ federal agencies, Nov 2024 - Nov 2025. Plus a search engine to find the cuts for a given agency. Some examples:

#NASA, down 6%
#NIH, down 18%
#HHS, down 18%
#NOAA, down 20%
#CDC, down 22%
#OSTP, down 26%
#NSF, down 29%
#NEA, down 34%
#IMLS, down 59%
#NEH, down 73%

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html

Eye-opening, stomach-turning table of the staff cuts to 500+ federal agencies, Nov 2024 - Nov 2025. Plus a search engine to find the cuts for a given agency. Some examples:

#NASA, down 6%
#NIH, down 18%
#HHS, down 18%
#NOAA, down 20%
#CDC, down 22%
#OSTP, down 26%
#NSF, down 29%
#NEA, down 34%
#IMLS, down 59%
#NEH, down 73%

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html

Sir Humphry's 5 methods to undermine reports:

From Yes Minister. https://symbolthinking.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-favorite-principles-from-yes.html
(a) it leaves important questions unanswered
(b) much of the evidence is inconclusive
(c) the figures are open to other interpretations
(d) certain findings are contradictory
(e) some of the main conclusions have been questioned

Points (a) to (d) are bound to be true. [...] If some of the main conclusions have not been questioned, question them!

#cdc #autism

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html

Sir Humphry's 5 methods to undermine reports:

From Yes Minister. https://symbolthinking.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-favorite-principles-from-yes.html
(a) it leaves important questions unanswered
(b) much of the evidence is inconclusive
(c) the figures are open to other interpretations
(d) certain findings are contradictory
(e) some of the main conclusions have been questioned

Points (a) to (d) are bound to be true. [...] If some of the main conclusions have not been questioned, question them!

#cdc #autism

Texas reports 'very high' flu activity levels as cases surge across Austin

Austin health officials weigh in as flu cases spike across the state.

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-reports-very-high-flu-activity-levels-as-cases-surge-across-austin/

#Austin #Local #News #TopStories #Cases #Cdc #Flu #FluShot #Freeflushot #Kxan #Texas #Wheretoget

Texas reports 'very high' flu activity levels as cases surge across Austin

Austin health officials weigh in as flu cases spike across the state.

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-reports-very-high-flu-activity-levels-as-cases-surge-across-austin/

#Austin #Local #News #TopStories #Cases #Cdc #Flu #FluShot #Freeflushot #Kxan #Texas #Wheretoget

It's just a flu....

Flu hospitalizations at record levels, while flu-like illnesses surge to all-time high. And it's still early in the season.

Meanwhile, the Australian flu season, typically long over by now, is still going strong. A harbinger of what's in store for the northern hemisphere?

Only 42% of Americans have received a flu shot this year, despite the fact that it's the best protection against severe illness and death. Thanks RFK.

https://www.medicalnews.pk/06-Jan-2026/us-flu-surge-2025-record-flu-hospitalizations-influenza-all-time-high

#publichealth #flu #influenza #cdc #vaccines #rfk

It's just a flu....

Flu hospitalizations at record levels, while flu-like illnesses surge to all-time high. And it's still early in the season.

Meanwhile, the Australian flu season, typically long over by now, is still going strong. A harbinger of what's in store for the northern hemisphere?

Only 42% of Americans have received a flu shot this year, despite the fact that it's the best protection against severe illness and death. Thanks RFK.

https://www.medicalnews.pk/06-Jan-2026/us-flu-surge-2025-record-flu-hospitalizations-influenza-all-time-high

#publichealth #flu #influenza #cdc #vaccines #rfk

The announcement is a seismic shift in federal #vaccine #policy, & perhaps the most significant change yet in #PublicHealth practice by #RFKJr, the “health” secy, who has long sought to reduce the number of jabs #US children receive.

The #states, not the #federal govt, have the authority to mandate #vaccinations. But recommendations from the #CDC greatly influence state #regulations. RFKJr & his appointees have made other changes to the childhood vax schedule, but those have had less impact.

The announcement is a seismic shift in federal #vaccine #policy, & perhaps the most significant change yet in #PublicHealth practice by #RFKJr, the “health” secy, who has long sought to reduce the number of jabs #US children receive.

The #states, not the #federal govt, have the authority to mandate #vaccinations. But recommendations from the #CDC greatly influence state #regulations. RFKJr & his appointees have made other changes to the childhood vax schedule, but those have had less impact.

Upheaval under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weakening U.S. public health by fueling disease outbreaks, undermining vaccinations and threatening insurance coverage and drug approvals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/05/world/americas-year-of-health-care-chaos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #robertfkennedyjr #donaldtrump #medicine #vaccinations #health #covid19 #cdc #us #misinformation

Upheaval under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weakening U.S. public health by fueling disease outbreaks, undermining vaccinations and threatening insurance coverage and drug approvals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/05/world/americas-year-of-health-care-chaos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #robertfkennedyjr #donaldtrump #medicine #vaccinations #health #covid19 #cdc #us #misinformation