Credited with saving 26 million lives, PEPFAR suffered big blows to its impact after the Trump administration’s abrupt stop and restart of its activities last year, according to the first tranche of data from the program since 2024.
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Responding to changing times, @propublica.org has updated our code of ethics to say, "no employee should wager on the outcome of news events on the prediction markets — regardless of whether or not they are involved in coverage of said event."
A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week.
For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead.
One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.
“We’re going to keep a close eye on whatever ACIP does next and stand ready to continue to support the plaintiffs any way we can and to call out RFK Jr’s anti-science nonsense,” @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social said. www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...
ICYMI: This DHS Official Oversees the Security of Federal Elections. He Wants to Ban Voting Machines.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Two terrific #FDA related pieces by @lizzylawrence.bsky.social & @matthewherper.bsky.social. Matt's is a look at lessons to be drawn from Vinay Prasad's chaotic tenure; Lizzy's delves into the FDA's turning away from adcomms.
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“U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children”
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OK, then, for easy access to recs, provide in an app (maybe called "Rec'd", if the name isn't taken:)). @ama-assn.org @healthjournalism.org @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @propublica.org
This could be built with speed and precision by independent health reporters, editors, researchers, and data nerds.
Also, on balance, are daily "stumbles" by other top politicians a warning to their respective party?
Doesn't feel like we're in the era of polished politics. If ALL CAPS and an attack on reality itself is acceptable to some, maybe in the messy marketplace of ideas we can get over nuanced hedging.
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Been saying this from his first "editorial" decision, which led to 250K+ subscribers leaving.
It seems his intent is not to save money or create a viable product but to show (an audience of one?) that he's willing to "catch and kill" a newspaper to bend a knee.
Hard to read this any other way.
FAA Warns Airlines About Safety Risks From Rocket Launches, Urges “Extreme Caution,” by
@heathervogell.bsky.social and Agnel Philip
As I said on NPR this morning, @mprnews.org Minnesota Public Radio has done a fantastic job all month—has it only been a month?—covering the hardest of stories and often informing the whole country through reports heard on NPR.
For all directing skepticism at journalists (and it's fair to consider all messengers critically) please spend as much time evaluating your own biases.
Far too often I hear off-handed remarks about "bias" in media from people who in their next breath parrot a clearly BS talking point from a pundit.
A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
Alex Pretti - who DHS labeled a domestic terrorist - honoring a veteran that passed away in the ICU.
Yesterday, when the government used taxpayer dollars to blast a full-volume narrative about the man federal agents had shot on the street, I remembered a quote from Lincoln.
He said that if you attack someone’s character without knowing if it’s true, that is the same as a lie.
Stunning. The Minnesota Bureau of criminal apprehension says they secured a judicial warrant to access the scene of today’s shooting but were denied access by Federal agents.
The National Rifle Association is also criticizing the administration for its evidence-free descriptions of a legal gun owner standing in the street with a phone.
ICE tactics and training under scrutiny after Minneapolis shooting
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Nearly half of Trump-appointed experts involved in shaping the new dietary guidelines have financial ties to meat and dairy industries.
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Opinion | Reflecting on yet another year of scientific fraud at the University of Minnesota via @carlelliott.bsky.social "Deny wrongdoing, stonewall reporters, punish dissenters and wait for it all to blow over." www.startribune.com/umn-professo...
I wrote this column about the aggressive pushback our reporters have received for doing their jobs.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
