NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Shutting down Head Start might seem at odds with the administration's pronatalist aims. But they're actually closely aligned. Because moms who can't find/afford childcare often end up leaving the workforce. And once they're home full-time, it often seems reasonable to have more kids.
Education Officials Placed on Leave in Trump’s Sprawling Effort to Curb D.E.I. The Education Department told employees of the suspensions in letters on Friday. Some of those put on leave said they had only a minimal connection to diversity or equity efforts
The move was an early indication that Trump officials had begun looking to root out any D.E.I. efforts believed to be conducted “in disguise” after they had already moved to shutter offices explicitly focused on those efforts earlier in the week. It came as dozens of agencies raced to comply with an order issued by President Trump on his first day in office directing them to dismantle diversity offices and remove staff affiliated with them. But according to interviews with those placed on leave and people familiar with the notifications, the department appeared to have cast a wide net, suspending people whose job titles and official duties had no connection to D.E.I., and whose only apparent exposure to D.E.I. initiatives came in the form of trainings encouraged by their managers. One of the training workshops that employees speculated may have led to their being flagged took place more than nine years ago.
The recipients of the letters giving notice of suspensions included staff members who worked in the department’s Federal Student Aid office and others in the civil rights office. The department also notified all employees in the civil rights office who had joined recently and were still in a probationary period that their positions would be reviewed to determine their necessity. The letters told employees that the decision to place them on leave was “not being done for any disciplinary purpose,” and was “pursuant to the president’s executive order.” But they did not specify how long the leave would last, or why those employees had been identified for suspension. Through its first two weeks, the Trump administration has repeatedly said it would temporarily pause certain programs and sideline some federal workers while it conducts more comprehensive reviews that could inform staff reductions and bureaucratic changes. But it has done so haphazardly, leading to unintended disruptions and stoking anxiety among many federal workers.
"DEI" might be their stated justification, but yesterday's purge of Education Department employees makes clear that their real goal is much bigger--like dismantling the government, privatizing services, and eliminating regulations, all to funnel more money/power to big corporations and billionaires.
Here, with thanks!
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Today, Cinci drivers made a path for an ambulance to pass through rush hour traffic on MLK. We are still capable of caring for each other.
Screenshot showing that Arizona currently has $490,436,626 in NIH funding.
Never imagined I’d have to say this, but if you want to have a look at NIH RePORTER to see how much NIH funding your state receives so you can write to your elected representatives, you’d better do it now, and get a screenshot.
An excellent resource on the economic impact of NIH funding in the U.S. with an interactive link for state specific information here:
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
Will be important to remember over the next 4 years that laughter is the best medicine, seeing as laughter will likely be the only medicine.
Filed: Poe v Coleman. Abortion is a right - we'll see you in court.
We said we wouldn't stop fighting for your rights, and we meant it.
We filed a new lawsuit challenging Kentucky's abortion bans based on every Kentuckian's right to privacy and bodily autonomy. Read our press release and the full complaint at the link.
www.aclu-ky.org/en/press-rel...
You should know two things:
1. The Trump admin plans to remove all references to "abortion," "reproductive health," and "sexual and reproductive rights" from all federal laws, regulations, contracts, and grants.
2. The Trump admin is planning to create the Department of Life separate from HHS.
Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
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