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Trump's 2027 budget proposal fully eliminates the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

LIHEAP helps struggling families with energy bills and energy crises.

whats the equivalent of it not containing the song houses of the holy?

"for the first time, our public health officials have said junk food is bad" is an odd thread through so much MAHA

sign that says "BABY SHOES ON SALE 1 FOR $60 2 FOR $80 3 FOR $100"

hold my beer, hemingway

Let me be clear: the study was unethical because it had a placebo group when the intervention—Pfizer’s COVID19 vaccine—has been proven to be safe and effective.

Because of Vinay Prasad, Pfizer was forced to conduct this unethical trial to get FDA approval for those aged 50-64 years.

Scariff

the more I prepare, the luckier I get

a man in a suit and tie is saying that he is not superstitious but i am a little stitious . Alt: a man in a suit and tie is saying that he is not superstitious but i am a little stitious .

it’s nice to hear lots of redundancy has so far no need to use

I vaguely remember seeing someone post about a really good free 1040 tax prep software that was free for low income folks, but my white cell count was through the roof at the time - anyone have any ideas?

Watch Abraham Verghese, MD, #BedMed2025 keynote speaker, discussing bedside medicine:

skill issue.

you blue it

FEMA official Gregg Phillips?

Taken together, Trump's request calls to take funding away from housing, education, health - and sink that money into the military.

The 20th century saw the US turn from a country that did nothing except war into one that helped its citizens. Trump's budget is a move back towards a worse America.

NDD less VA medical, 1986-present. roughly flat-ish until 2020 around 3%, and then down down down down to 2% last year. And then Trump is proposing taking it down to 1.7%.

Here is my thread on Trump's budget request, which I'll update throughout the day.

He calls to cut domestic discretionary funding to the lowest level in the modern era.

Trump's budget reimagines Americans' relationship with our govt, and proposes a country that does less to help people get by.

White House proposes 12% cut to federal health agencies in 2027 budget request Congress largely ignored President Trump's previous budget proposal, instead boosting federal health spending.

#Breaking: White House proposes 12% cut to federal health agencies in 2027 budget request. Congress largely ignored President Trump's previous budget proposal, instead boosting federal health spending. www.statnews.com/2026/04/03/t...

The Committee shall consist of up to 19 Special Government Employees, including the Chair and Vice Chair. Members shall be selected from authorities who are knowledgeable in the fields of immunization practices and public health, have expertise in the use of vaccines and other immunobiologic agents in clinical practice or preventive medicine, have expertise with clinical or laboratory vaccine research, or have expertise in assessment of vaccine efficacy and safety. The Committee shall include a person or persons knowledgeable about consumer perspectives and/or social and community aspects of immunization programs. Members shall be deemed Special Government Employees.

3. Criteria for selecting members to ensure the committee has the necessary expertise and fairly balanced membership: Departmental policy provides that Committee membership be fairly balanced in terms of points of view represented, and the Committee's function. Consideration is also given to representation from diverse geographic areas and diverse viewpoints. Preference is given to candidates who are citizens of the United States. Aspects that are considered at the time of candidate screening and review for inclusion in nomination packages forwarded to the Secretary, DHHS, include: • Geographical balance. Efforts are made to ensure that voting members come from states representing a diversity of geographic locations within the U.S. • Balance of specialty areas (e.g., biostatistics, toxicology, immunology, epidemiology, pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, nursing, consumer issues, state and local health department perspective, academic perspective, public health perspective,

As I had feared, RFK Jr. does indeed plan to unilaterally rewrite the charter for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices so he can keep the unqualified, anti-vaccine members.

The wording for the qualifications has been changed.

My thanks to @tom.medsky.social for the heads up.

“That’s funny, the damage doesn’t look as bad from out here.”

“That’s funny, the damage doesn’t look as bad from out here.”

sorry I’m trying

(complimentary)

based on my 4 weeks of driving lap cameras for mostly choles at a community hospital as an m3 in 2006, that tracks

i miss those