@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 Speaking of the US FDA, I saw this on Reddit today and it made me sad, not too long ago I ordered a half dozen rapid flu/covid/RSV tests from this company and it looks like they aren’t making it through now. 
"If you’ve ever used eye drops that didn’t blind you, thank Dr. Timothy J. Pohlhaus. As of yesterday, he’s gone." #RFKJr is well on the way to being the deadliest serial killer in American history.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-expert-who-kept-eye-drops-from-blinding-you-was-fired-yesterday
#SCOTUS Rules Against Makers of Flavored #Vapes Popular With #Teens
The justices said the #FDA had acted lawfully in rejecting applications from makers of flavored liquids used in #ecigarettes.
#law #regulations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/us/supreme-court-flavored-vapes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=F17AE0B8-1D25-4CB7-B60A-7D67266A4172
Update. "Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies"
https://apnews.com/article/health-human-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-ec4d7731695e4204970c7eab953b2289
"Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services [#HHS] 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."
DATE: April 02, 2025 at 08:36AM
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Trump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other U.S. health agencies https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/world/politics/trump-layoffs-fda-cdc-health-agencies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #republicans #donaldtrump #elonmusk #fda #cdc #robertfkennedyjr
"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."
#RFKJr #Trump #healthcare #HHS #FDA #vaccines #vaccination #medicine #research #Texas #measles
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"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."
#RFKJr #Trump #healthcare #HHS #FDA #vaccines #vaccination #medicine #research #Texas #measles
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"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
#RFKJr #Trump #healthcare #HHS #FDA #vaccines #vaccination #medicine #research #Texas #measles
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-kennedy-just-put-america
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.”
#RFKJr #Trump #healthcare #HHS #FDA #vaccines #vaccination #medicine #research #Texas #measles
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"1000s of the BEST EXPERTS at #FDA, #NIH -across #HHS:
TERMINATED.
Now the ppl who make sure: meds you & your children take are safe -perform & oversee research on cancer, infant health... -new devices: physicians & patients use are effective -keep workers safe on the job & help prevent devastating injuries for workers... -track what drugs & meds are experiencing shortages so we can adapt -tackle HIV/other infectious diseases... makes many Americans
sick.
We'll regret this."
Dr C Spencer
#USPol
Top ofcls at the #NIH, the #CDC & the #FDA 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 #HHS office in Rockville, MD, long lines grew as workers were screened to determine whether they were still employed.
"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
#RFKJr #Trump #healthcare #HHS #FDA #vaccines #vaccination #medicine #research #Texas #measles
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/innocent-brutal-prison-abroad-deportation-ms-13-court-salvador
"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
#RFKJr. #Trump #healthcare #HHS #FDA #vaccines #vaccination #medicine #research #Texas #measles
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"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."
#RFKJr #Trump #healthcare #HHS #FDA #vaccines #vaccination #medicine #research
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"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
#RFKJr #Trump #healthcare #HHS #FDA #vaccines #vaccination #medicine #research
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https://mmansour.substack.com/p/robert-f-kennedy-jr-lied-to-congress
Intense 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
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/ via @STAT
Health and Human Services workforce to shrink from 82,000 to 62,000 employees. New plan aims to "streamline" the agency and improve service quality, but experts warn of risks to public health, scientific progress, and anyone who needs help from Medicare or Medicaid: https://buff.ly/WnYEAsS #CDC #NIH #FDA
Drugmakers sink after key #FDA official ousted as #Trump plans *#health* overhaul
Shares of US drugmakers fell on Monday after reports that the FDA's top #vaccine official, Peter Marks, had been forced to resign, the most high-profile exit at the regulator as the Trump admin undertakes an overhaul of federal health agencies.
#law #science #medicine #RFKJr #HHS #PublicHealth #economy #Trumpcession
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/biotech-stocks-tumble-reports-fdas-top-vaccine-regulator-leave-2025-03-31/
#Biotech group warns exit of top #FDA vaccine official will ‘erode scientific standards’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/biotech-group-warns-exit-fda-vaccine-official-erode-standards "Rare admonition from a sector that has largely been silent in the face of the second #Trump administration" more like this please
