Federal Judge Orders NIH to Reinstate Kennedy’s Research Grant Cuts
In a partial win for researchers and public health advocates, a federal judge in Boston ruled this week that Kennedy’s decision to cancel hundreds of National Institutes of Health grants was illegal—and ordered that the funding be immediately restored. The grants, totaling roughly $3.8B, had funded research in areas such as racial disparities in disease, vaccine hesitancy, maternal mortality, and the effects of climate change on human health. Judge Young
APS Rate Hikes & the Corporation Commission’s Industry Capture are Undermining Health
Electricity is already the 2nd second-highest expense for many households, trailing only rent and surpassing even food. Constant rate hikes from our monopoly utilities like APS is making electricity more and more expensive and is seriously damaging the social determinants of health in Arizona. Last week APS filed yet another rate increase request along with a proposal to make their return on equity even higher for their stock shareholders – proposing to
State Budget in the Books?
The Senate passed a $17.6B state budget after midnight last Thursday which includes some of Hobbs’ priorities and some priorities on both Senate Dems and Republicans. The 10 or so budget bills still need to be passed by the House before the end of the month. That’s easier said than done as the more conservative House leadership (R) is unwilling to bring the Senate bills to the House floor even
View Our AZPHA Breakfast & Learn Public Health Under Siege: How the American Public Health Association is Fighting Back
Public health is under siege. From destructive policy changes to the indiscriminate firing of experienced experts at the CDC, FDA, and other HHS agencies – decisions by Secretary Kennedy are putting the nation’s health—and the future of biomedical research—at serious risk. Fortunately the American Public Health Association has come to the rescue – filing lawsuits, motions and briefs in several lawsuits challenging Kennedy’s harmful decisions. Rebecca Boulos, Don Hoppert and
Setting the Record Straight: Vaccines Are Tested with Placebos, and that’s Just the Beginning Long & Thorough Safety Process
Last week, Secretary Kennedy continued to spread lies on national TV claiming that “none of the vaccines on the CDC’s childhood recommended schedule was tested against an inert placebo.” Adding that: “we know very little about the actual risk profiles of these products.” Those claims are lies. Vaccines licensed in the US do undergo rigorous placebo-controlled clinical trials before they ever make it to the public. This includes the childhood
As Expected – New ACIP Members Picked by Kennedy Have Anti-vax Bias
After wiping out all the previous ACIP members early last week, Mr. Kennedy promptly appointed eight new members (just enough for the Committee to have a quorum). As expected, most of the new appointees are known for their anti‑vaccine views or skepticism of mainstream immunization policy. With the next meeting scheduled for June 25, the new committee poised to dismantle the current evidence-based recommended child and adult vaccine schedules. They know