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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.

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.

Minnesota Star Tribune

Praise for the Minnesota Department of Health in a moment of peril

DPH member John Besser draws on his experiences working for the Minnesota Dept. of Health and the CDC to lay out the devastating effects of federal health cuts on his state.

la nouvelle republique

« Les gens ont oublié ce que l’humanité a vécu avant les vaccins » : chasse aux idées reçues avec la virologue Océane Sorel

In this French language article (paywalled), DPH member Oceane Sorel discusses her work explaining virology to regular people, including a discussion of Defend Public Health and our work.

The nation

Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge

DPH coordinating committee member and Yale epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves looks at the administration’s systematic attack on knowledge and researchers and finds similarities to Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Soviet purges.

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.