Tag Archive for "HHS" - Union of Concerned Scientists

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March 25, 2026

Democracy Depends on Science—So Scientists Need to Show Up for Democracy

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

Jim O'Neill being sworn in by Robert F. Kennedy Jr

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

March 17, 2026

Trump’s Nominee to Run NSF is Unqualified, Conflicted, and a Threat to Science

Julian Reyes
Chief of Staff

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February 10, 2026

Is Fluoride the Only Chemical Trump’s EPA Will Strictly Regulate?

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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January 29, 2026

Science, Innovation, and the National Institutes of Health

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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December 18, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Assault on Vaccines Endangers Us All

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

a nurse bandages a patient after a vaccination

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September 22, 2025

The Empty Promises and Grim Reality of “MAHA”

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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September 15, 2025

As Scientists Raise the Alarm, Trump Administration Attacks Continue

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

Former CDC officials Dan Jernigan, Deb Houry, and Demetre Daskalakis smile as employees and supporters of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) line up outside the CDC global headquarters to honor the three leaders who resigned in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's firing of CDC director Susan Monarez, on August 28, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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August 29, 2025

What Happens When Facts Don’t Matter? We’re About to Find Out

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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August 28, 2025

How RFK Jr. Dismantled Trust in Public Health: A Student’s Warning for the Future

UCS Science Network

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July 24, 2025

From the Courtroom to the Internet, the Fight Over Federal Science Is On

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

President Trump, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other administration officials sit at a table in the White House.

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June 12, 2025

Science Under Fire in Washington

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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May 8, 2025

The State of Science at 100 Days: Co-Opted, Hindered, and Undermined

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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May 7, 2025

A Cruel Tradeoff: Building the “Amazon of Deportation” While Tearing Down Health and Human Services

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

three people working in a scientific lab in masks and lab coats

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April 15, 2025

5 Ways the Chaos at HHS Could Affect Your Community’s Health

Guest Commentary

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April 10, 2025

RFK Jr.’s Incompetence Is Costing Kids’ Lives

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

An American flag with binary code superimposed over it.

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April 9, 2025

Keeping Track: Mapping the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science and Health

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

A person holds a sign reading STOP FIRING FEDERAL WORKERS outside the Atlanta, GA, headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control

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April 4, 2025

Ode to the Federal Scientist

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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April 1, 2025

Trump’s NIH Ditches Its Scientific Integrity Policy. That’s Bad News for Public Trust in Government Science

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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January 30, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Lead US Public Health Agencies

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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January 29, 2025

What the Federal Health Agency Gag Order Means for Public Health

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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October 10, 2023

New Report Underscores the Need to Prevent Political Interference at US Public Health Agencies

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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May 25, 2021

Biden Administration is Building Back Science and Equity to Title X Health Program

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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October 23, 2020

Herding People to Slaughter: The Dangerous Fringe Theory behind the Great Barrington Declaration and Push toward Herd Immunity

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow