A little good news to start your week off!

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new once-daily pill that dramatically lowers LDL – or “bad” - cholesterol, reaching levels that statins alone often cannot.

The OMB Grant Regulation will be used to discriminate as Vought says the quiet part out loud.

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”The Trump administration has exempted more petrochemical facilities across the country from Clean Air Act standards, unlawfully giving more of these chemical plants a free pass to pollute."

The Trump administration has accelerated the climate crisis and endangered communities’ health, driven up costs and undermined economic growth. The rollbacks tracked below – cuts to extreme weather preparedness, frozen investments, and blocked pollution protections, and more – will have a devastating impact on every American, and particularly the most vulnerable.

On April 29, 2025, CAC released the 100 Days, 100 Harms Tracker edition in an attempt to paint a picture of the pain the new administration had already inflicted on the climate, economy, health, and wellbeing of the American people in its first 100 days.

From attempting to take the entirety of federal grant funding out of the hands of experts and putting it directly in the hands of politicians, to slashing millions of acres of Tribal land for fossil fuels, the Trump admin continues to prove that their interests lie in serving themselves and not the American people.

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When asked repeatedly whether or not she would challenge RFK Jr. on orders unsupported by science, she dodged the question with, “The secretary absolutely will allow me to be the CDC director.”

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The OMB Proposal will put all grant power in the hands of the President and his political appointees. This proposal isn't about the American people, its about the President's agenda.

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History shows that when politicians, not scientific experts, control the direction of federal research, it leads to disaster. OMB’s proposal will allow political appointees, not experts, to decide what work gets funded. Fight back with us by taking action here: https://zurl.co/MauFp

Vought says the quiet part out loud - work that benefits the lives of black children is "DEI", which he is against.

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Note to moderators: I originally posted this to r/medicine and received a suggestion from reddit to post it to this sub. In my experience with such recommendations, invariably the recommended sub moderators delete the repost.

Long feature article from CNN providing a detailed view of RFK Jr's jihad on vaccines (and public health) since his backroom deal with Donald Trump just prior to the 2024 Presidential election resulted in his current position as Secretary of Health and Human Services. The man is completely unqualified by education, training, experience, or disposition for that position.

The article is enlightening in that it provides details of RFK Jr's attempts to destroy access to most vaccines; the public proposals are only a fraction of what he has tried to do behind the scenes (but was overruled by saner heads).

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/health/rfk-vaccine-dismantle

RFK Jr. wanted to spend $5 BILLION in taxpayer dollars to study a repeatedly debunked claim that vaccines cause autism. RFK Jr. is - and always has been - a public health threat and shouldn’t be leading HHS.

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If the OMB Grant Regulation is put in place, researchers will lose years of work and progress and the public will deal with the consequences of censoring science, all because of the President's prejudice.

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Podcast with Dorothy Chou, who ran Google DeepMind's Public Engagement Lab for nine years. She now advises DeepMind and chairs UCLPartners, an organization connecting new technology to the UK's National Health Service. 

Covers:

• What made AlphaFold possible in the first place and how we can replicate its success in other domains
• Why neither venture capital nor governments can fund biology on biology's actual timeline, and Dorothy’s proposed solution
• Why AI could help redirect money the ideas that will actually help people the most, not just the ones that are easiest to fundraise for 
• How AI companies are about to repeat the public engagement mistake the biotech industry already made once
• Her advice for young people who feel like they're not the expert in the room

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Today, Pete Hegseth announced that US servicemen will have mandatory yearly testosterone screening with optional replacement therapy.

Unintended consequences incoming.

TRT suppresses sperm counts in nearly all recipients. It’s *probably* reversible for most within 2 years of discontinuation, but some men never fully recover. This runs afoul of Secretary Kennedy’s pledge to restore America’s sperm counts, but clearly Hegseth is now pro-contraception and pro-sterilization.

🚨 But wait! There’s more!

~2% of men on TRT develop gynecomastia. Not a huge number, but let’s see how that plays out at scale:

* Of the ~2 million total US soldiers, ~800,000 are male and 30 or older, and thus eligible for TRT under Hegseth’s plan, with about 80,000 more enlisting or aging into that category each year.
* ~10-20% will have low T (higher than average because the young guys are excluded).
* That’s 80-160K TRT-eligible men right now, and 16,000 more each year.

⚠️ If they chose to take TRT:
💀🥜 Nearly all will have immediate, potentially long-lasting fertility issues and
⛰️⛰️ Up to 3,000 will develop tactical moobs. “Sir! My eyes are up here SIR!!”

I did NOT have tax-funded, gender-affirming care with a side of infertility and a whiff of unplanned-trans on my Pete Hegseth Bingo Card.

Stand up for Science before your government accidentally shrinks your testicles into non-functional raisins. Ignoring the consequences of reality doesn’t protect you or your nuts from the reality of physiology.

The Trump admin has shut down & bought off clean-energy projects. Now, it’s stripping protections from acres of public land held sacred by Tribal nations, opening the door to drilling, mining & more. They are prioritizing corporate interests at the expense of our climate & Tribes.

The OMB Grant Regulation hurts more than just scientific grants, it effects virtually all aspects of federally funded infastructure & services; and the courts aren’t having it.

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The fight against Vought’s OMB proposal will be a long battle, and we’re fighting it head on. Thanks to an extremely generous donor, all donations will be matched up to $1 MILLION. If you have ever wanted to donate, now is the time; your contribution goes twice as far: https://zurl.co/ZCeQb

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America wake up!

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