Liberdon

17 posts10 participants0 posts today

Steve Thompson PhDThis man is an American hero.‘He’ll have to confront his maker for those lies’: FDA’s vaccine chief who resigned slams RFK Jr.<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/video/dr-peter-marks-fda-vaccine-robert-kennedy-jr-ebof-digvid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/video/dr-peter-marks-fda-vaccine-robert-kennedy-jr-ebof-digvid</a>CNN's Erin Burnett talks with Dr. Peter Marks, the former head of vaccines for the FDA, who says he was pushed out for not agreeing to spread misinformation about vaccines.<a href="https://flipboard.com/@CNN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CNN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFKJR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJR</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformatin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misinformatin</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#press</a>

Lorraine C. 🇨🇦<a href="https://forall.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> says 20% of <a href="https://forall.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doge</a>’s health agency job cuts were mistakes Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid <a href="https://forall.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration’s push to slash federal workforce<a href="https://forall.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publichealth</a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/fda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fda</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/rfk-jr-doge-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/rfk-jr-doge-cuts</a>

Kailee ♾️🇺🇦 Vote MidtermsHe helped write the policies that guided manufacturers, worked to close loopholes that threatened safety, and trained the FDA’s investigators to uncover sterility failures at manufacturing plants scattered across the globe.And he was among the thousands of employees at the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> and other federal health agencies who were abruptly purged on April 1st by republicans.<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-expert-who-kept-eye-drops-from-blinding-you-was-fired-yesterday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-expert-who-kept-eye-drops-from-blinding-you-was-fired-yesterday</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a>

ProPublicaUnsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say —“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Baby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Baby</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parenting</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parents</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Safety</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a>

Bytes EuropeIdentifying Unique Health Challenges of AAPI Populations, with Adrienne Poon, MD, MPH <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/891393/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/891393/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/allergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#allergy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cardiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cardiology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/clinicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clinicians</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dermatology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dermatology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/diabetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diabetes</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doctors</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Drugs</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Endocrinology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Endocrinology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gastroenterology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gastroenterology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Healthcare</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hematology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hematology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InfectiousDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfectiousDisease</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/insight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insight</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternalMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternalMedicine</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Interviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Interviews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medical</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ophthalmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ophthalmology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pharmaceuticals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pharmaceuticals</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pipeline</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrimaryCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrimaryCare</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/providers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#providers</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Psychiatry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Psychiatry</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pulmonology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pulmonology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RareDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RareDisease</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rheumatology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rheumatology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/treatments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#treatments</a>

Jeri DanskyScary stuff, from Vanity Fair:If you’ve ever used eye drops that didn’t blind you, thank Dr. Timothy J. Pohlhaus. As of yesterday, he’s gone.Pohlhaus was one of the FDA’s few leading experts on sterile manufacturing for drugs. “I work to ensure that when people get a purportedly sterile drug product, that it is actually sterile,” as in, free of any contaminant, toxic or otherwise, Pohlhaus told VF.The cuts were so sweeping that former FDA commissioner Dr. Robert Califf … posted on LinkedIn, “The FDA as we’ve known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and a deep understanding of product development and safety no longer employed.”<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-expert-who-kept-eye-drops-from-blinding-you-was-fired-yesterday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-expert-who-kept-eye-drops-from-blinding-you-was-fired-yesterday</a> or <a href="https://archive.ph/oQTQv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/oQTQv</a>h/t <a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@knittingknots2</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>

petersuberUpdate. "Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies" <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-human-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-ec4d7731695e4204970c7eab953b2289" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/health-human-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-ec4d7731695e4204970c7eab953b2289</a>"Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a>] Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated…The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the federal government without many of the key experts who have long guided U.S. decisions on medical research, drug approvals and other issues." <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDC</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CMS</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

The Japan TimesTrump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other U.S. health agencies <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/world/politics/trump-layoffs-fda-cdc-health-agencies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/world/politics/trump-layoffs-fda-cdc-health-agencies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#us</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republicans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fda</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robertfkennedyjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#robertfkennedyjr</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Staff who track emerging potentially deadly pathogens were fired. Staff who work on scientific and medical mysteries that hold the keys to cancer cures and efforts to address chronic diseases were fired."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccination</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> /8

William Lindsey :toad:"Some of the nation’s top career scientific, public health and medical officials were fired.Staff who protect millions of people who rely on Medicare and Medicaid were fired. Staff who’ve spent years developing safer alternatives to tobacco products that kill millions were fired."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccination</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> /7

William Lindsey :toad:"President Donald Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put the nation at risk today and made us all far less safe by firing thousands of dedicated public health, medical and scientific staff across multiple agencies at HHS. …As many as 10,000 workers might be hit by the cuts."~ Jeff Nesbit<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccination</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> /6<a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-kennedy-just-put-america" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-kennedy-just-put-america</a>

William Lindsey :toad:In response to the mass firings at HHS about which we've learned today, David Corn of MSNBC addresses Senator Cassidy of Louisiana who strongly supported RFKJr.'s confirmation:“Sen. Bill Cassidy, you violated the Hippocratic oath when you supported RFK Jr.’s nomination and you own this—and all the horrific consequences to come.”<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccination</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> /5<a href="https://www.alternet.org/gop-senator-rfk-jr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.alternet.org/gop-senator-rfk-jr/</a>

NonilexTop ofcls at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDC</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> were put on *administrative leave* or offered reassignment to the Indian Health Service. Other employees began receiving layoff notices or learned they had lost their jobs when their entry badges no longer worked Tues morning.  At one <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> office in Rockville, MD, long lines grew as workers were screened to determine whether they were still employed.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disease</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassLayoffs</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The mass culling of the labor force of the Department of Health and Human Services began on Tuesday morning. And early indications are that it’s a bloodbath."~ Sam Stein <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccination</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> /4<a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/innocent-brutal-prison-abroad-deportation-ms-13-court-salvador" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thebulwark.com/p/innocent-brutal-prison-abroad-deportation-ms-13-court-salvador</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The Texas health department said on Friday that the number of measles cases in the state rose 20% since its last report three days ago, as experts warn they expect the outbreak to further spread in coming weeks."~ Reuters<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a>. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccination</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> /3<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/measles-outbreak-worsens-texas-new-mexico-cases-rise-20-3-days-2025-03-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/measles-outbreak-worsens-texas-new-mexico-cases-rise-20-3-days-2025-03-28/</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Trump has no intention of stopping him because MAGA hates vaccines and has no confidence in public health authorities. He has an open field to conduct a virtual laboratory experiment designed to prove that insanity is an effective substitute for sound science & decades of public health research and experience,Kennedy has serious emotional and mental problems and is unfit to lead an agency of this importance."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccination</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> /2

William Lindsey :toad:"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assured the Senate that he would not interfere in the public’s right to secure vaccines. He lied. He has taken several steps to end public-private partnerships in the vaccine development area. He promised no major changes at HHS and FDA. He lied."~ Mark Mansour<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccination</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> /1<a href="https://mmansour.substack.com/p/robert-f-kennedy-jr-lied-to-congress" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mmansour.substack.com/p/robert-f-kennedy-jr-lied-to-congress</a>

Brittany TrangIntense layoffs have begun at HHS.The agency “as we’ve known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and a deep understanding of product development and safety no longer employed.” — former FDA commissioner Rob Califf<a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/</a> via <a href="https://newsie.social/@STAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@STAT</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hhs</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fda</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cdc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdc</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publichealth</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#layoffs</a>

Jeri DanskyI'm looking through all the FDA recalls in my timeline and wondering how the FDA is going to be affected by the Trump/Musk administration.A lot of the recalls are for food issues such as undeclared eggs, undeclared wheat, undeclared milk allergen — important to folks with food allergies. And of course there are also the reports for contaminations. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@fdarecall_bot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://m.ai6yr.org/@fdarecall_bot</a>(And thanks to <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ai6yr</a> for the bot!) <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a>

Glyn Moody<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biotech</a> group warns exit of top <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> vaccine official will ‘erode scientific standards’ - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/biotech-group-warns-exit-fda-vaccine-official-erode-standards" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/biotech-group-warns-exit-fda-vaccine-official-erode-standards</a> "Rare admonition from a sector that has largely been silent in the face of the second <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration" more like this please

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#fda