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Nursing Clio

RFK’s ideas about “wellness farms” for young people are eugenic and unconstitutional

DPH member Kylie Smith connects HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposal of "wellness farms" for youth with substance abuse or other issues to the long, disturbing history of eugenic policies.

MedCentral

The Fight to Save Medicaid Is On

DPH member Norbert Goldfield, MD, and co-author Billy Millwee critique the ways Congress might cut Medicaid and the likely damage, urging MedCentral readers to speak out against cuts.

The Seattle Times

Add whooping cough to the list of preventable diseases that are back

DPH members Donna Gaffney and Teri Mills discuss the growing rates of vaccine-preventable diseases like pertussis (whooping cough), while HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. does nothing to control the outbreaks.

The nation

Trump’s Legacy Will Be the Countless People Killed by His Policies

Harking back to his days in ACT UP, DPH coordinating committee member Gregg Gonsalves writes that "Trump and his henchmen... have blood on their hands"

defend public health

Defend Public Health Urges Appropriations Committee to Probe Destruction of U.S. Health Research

As the Senate Appropriations Committee prepares for tomorrow’s hearing on Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation, Defend Public Health urged the committee to look deeply into what the group termed the “wholesale destruction” of the U.S. biomedical research infrastructure.

Honolulu Civil Beat

Public Health Isn’t A Luxury, It’s A Necessity

DPH member Jessica Yamauchi and Janet Berman lay out the impact of public health cuts in Hawaii, and what legislators and citizens can do about it.

CNN health

Vaccine Integrity Project is 'sadly, very necessary,' epidemiologist says

Infectious disease epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera explains how misinformation is affecting herd immunity and parents' decision-making.

The Impending HIV Resurgence

DPH member Katie Suleta reviews the devastation caused by HIV/AIDS during the 1980s, how that devastation was greatly reduced -- and how it will likely come back with a vengeance due to the Trump administrations cuts to life-saving prevention and care programs.

Springer Publishing Connect

The Supreme Court of the United States Is Poised to Impair LGBTQ+ Health

Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health. DPH member and journal editor Perry N. Halkitis addresses threats to LGBTQ health from pending US Supreme Court cases and the failure of many institutions to Trump administration attacks.

The Progressive Magazine

Trump Is Killing Life-Saving Health Research

In this nationally syndicated column that appeared in the Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, and Charlotte Observer, among others, coordinating committee member James Alwine lays out the consequences of the Trump/RFK Jr. destruction of the U.S. health research infrastructure.

Help! Make it Make Sense

How We Fight Back with Dr. Jim Alwine

In this podcast episode, DPH coordinating committee member James Alwine discusses the Trump/RFK Jr. destruction of the U.S. health research infrastructure that has saved so many lives.

Yale News

Yale-launched national coalition aims to defend public health from political threats

Led by Yale faculty, Defend Public Health is mobilizing thousands of scientists, clinicians and students to push back against political threats to evidence-based health policy.