🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo
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✏️ HHS reporter @statnews
Washington, DC
Joined November 2014
my latest investigation for @ConsumerReports is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day — some by more than 10 times !
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How did generic drug that alleviates cancer therapy side effects end up being touted as a treatment for autism? An FDA leader asked. @LizzyLaw_ has a stunning story on the political pressure inside the FDA to approve the drug as an autism treatment:
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Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.
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This CDC team's work was key to the MAHA report. Their jobs were just cut. https://t.co/jW2w7lQPZB
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NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
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New: The CDC’s flagship publication which reports on public health threats and trends has been essentially rendered inoperable by cuts, sources tell us. I spoke with its former EIC about what this means for the public health of America:
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CDC staff behind the agency’s flagship publication have been fired amid drastic cuts to the HHS promised by the White House due to the government shutdown, according to five people familiar with the...
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NEW: The Trump admin, in a court filing, says 7 agencies began RIFs today - Commerce: 315 employees - Education: 466 employees - Energy: 187 employees - HHS: 1100-1200 employees - HUD: 442 employees - DHS: 176 employees - Treasury: 1446 employees h/t @carmenpaun
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The Trump administration is firing between 1,100 and 1,200 employees at HHS as part of the latest "reduction in force" — while blaming Democrats — more than at any other government department aside from the Treasury. Via @ChelseaCirruzzo
https://t.co/KbFYUd7fZi
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Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.
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If you're an HHS employee who is being impacted by the newest round of RIFs, please contact me on Signal: chelseacirruzzo.42
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More than 32,000 employees are already furloughed and HHS saw an initial round of firings earlier this year when HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a downsizing of the department from 80K to 60K.
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Breaking: Mass firings will impact the Department of Health and Human Services, a spokesperson confirms to STAT, as the White House makes good on a promise to fire federal workers amid the government shutdown.
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Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.
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I love to go to a concert and everyone is acting like the person next to them is their opp
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unless you’re my friend pls invite me to Friendsgiving
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the rise of partiful has only accelerated the bidding war to claim the hottest dates for parties. I got partiful invites for Halloween in August. if you haven’t sent out your partiful for friendsgiving yet it’s TOO LATE
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Vaccines for Children Program beneficiaries lack access to Covid vaccines because of approval delay: Acting Director @HHS_Jim has not signed ACIP recommendations, preventing access. https://t.co/2RuGWomzJj via @statnews @AnilOza16 @ChelseaCirruzzo
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Two weeks after vaccine advisers approved new Covid recs, Kennedy still hasn’t given his approval, leaving states unable to order updated shots for low-income kids.
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News: Trump's 100% pharma tariffs, which were supposed to start today, have been delayed https://t.co/WZIFyAj2v4
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The White House is pressing drugmakers to lower their prices and invest in U.S. factories.
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Since there’s no CDC Director since Kennedy fired her over a vaccine policy dispute, he would need to sign off (or his acting director Jim O’Neill). @maxonwifi asked him about it today:
I briefly caught @SecKennedy walking back into the White House and asked if he'll adopt the ACIP recommendations soon and he did not respond.
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The recommendations must be approved by the CDC Director — or in their absence — by the HHS Secretary to allow states to order doses from the Vaccines for Children program which offers shots to low-income kids for free. About half the kids in the U.S. are eligible.
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it’s been ~2 weeks since federal vaccine advisers met to recommend that everyone 6 months+ get an updated Covid shot after discussing risks with their doc but RFK Jr. has yet to sign off, meaning shots for low-income kids haven’t shipped yet. w/ @AnilOza16
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Two weeks after vaccine advisers approved new Covid recs, Kennedy still hasn’t given his approval, leaving states unable to order updated shots for low-income kids.
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