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Newsweek

Potentially Fatal Start to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Leadership at HHS

DPH members Timothy Holz and Teri Mills outline the potentially deadly start to Robert F. Kennedy’s Jr.’s tenure at HHS, including his mishandling of the deadly measles outbreak.

The Hill

I’m a scientist — here’s why I’m suing RFK Jr.

DPH member Brittany Charlton, a Harvard epidemiologist, discusses the political squashing of her research on gay, lesbian and transgender health and how she and others are fighting back.

Portland Tribune

Examining the human cost of anti-science politics

DPH members Donna A. Gaffney and Teri Mills on the devastating impact of cuts to NIH medical research.

cleveland.com

The Trump administration is betraying our kids and jeopardizing America’s future

DPH members Arthur Lavin and Teri Mills write about how anti-vaccine policies and cuts to Medicaid and help for children with disabilities will hurt America’s kids.

Independent Santa Barbara

How Gutting CDC May Impact Your Health

DPH member Daniel B. Fishbein, MD lays out how Trump administration cuts to the CDC will increase your chance of injury of death from tainted food, infectious diseases, preventable injuries and many other causes.

CT Insider

Yale epidemiologist rallies experts to ‘Defend Public Health’ against proposed Trump cuts

(This also appeared in all 10 Hearst daily newspapers in Connecticut). After mobilizing experts to fight AIDS and COVID-19, a Yale public health professor is rallying the troops again ‒ to protect vaccines, Medicaid and other public health efforts from actions by President Trump.

ZDF

DPH Member Dr. Oni Blackstock interviewed

spoke to this German public TV channel as part of an in-depth look at the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health under RFK Jr.’s leadership at HHS.

Newsweek

Former Surgeon General to Hospitals: Make 'Economic Case' for Public Health

Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. surgeon general during President Donald Trump's first administration, offered some communication advice to hospitals and health care providers during a media briefing on Tuesday.

defend public health

Trump’s Former Surgeon General Leads Call for Drastic Change in Administration Health Policies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A series of speakers led by Dr. Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General in the first Trump administration, called for drastic changes in the public health policies being pursued by the second Trump administration in a media briefing today hosted by Defend Public Health, a national network formed earlier this year.

The Progressive Magazine

Why America Needs to Hear About Lesotho

This piece about USAID cuts and offensive comments by President Trump, written DPH member Patrick Smith, was distributed nationally and appeared in at least 30 newspapers, including the Raleigh News and Observer, Sacramento Bee and Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

the times

Trump pulls Dave Weldon’s CDC nomination — without telling him

The White House withdrew President Trump’s nomination for director of the US public health agency hours before his confirmation vote on Thursday, at a time of growing concerns over his antivax views.

The Washington Post

White House pulls Dave Weldon from CDC nomination

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, officials said.