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Academic medical researchers face the reality of federal cuts

Researchers discuss the devastating impact of cuts to NIH medical research funding, with comments from DPH member Perry N. Halkitis, dean of the Rutgers University School of Public Health.

'Slashed and burned': Cincinnati doctors condemn NIH funding cuts

DPH member Dr. Judith Feinberg speaks to the Cincinnati Enquirer about the impact of devastating cuts to federal funding.

Science is under attack. So I’m taking RFK Jr. to court

DPH member Dr. Brittany Charlton writes about the elimination of her grant funding related to LGBTQ+ health research, and why she is taking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to court over it.

RFK Jr. Promotes Public Health Malpractice

DPH member Jacqueline H. Wolf, professor emeritus of social medicine at Ohio University. asks: Do we now have an HHS Secretary hell-bent on declaring who is unworthy of government health insurance, thereby committing public health malpractice?

Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate

"The fear factor" is rampant among scientists in the wake of firings and grant cancellations, but some -- including DPH coordinating committee member Gregg Gonsalves -- are speaking out.

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Defend Public Health Launches New Website

As the destructive effects of Trump administration attacks on public health and medical research continue to grow, Defend Public Health has launched its first website at defendpublichealth.org.

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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"

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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.