O. Rose Broderick
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disability reporting fellow @statnews work at @radiolab, @sciam, @slate, @newscientist hard of hearing, so i will ask you to repeat yourself she/they 🏳️⚧️
Brooklyn, NY
Joined January 2016
My latest @statnews: Advances in gene therapy could eventually "cure" many forms of congenital deafness. But many deaf people don't want this. They worry that this treatment will deplete their communities and make them an "endangered species." https://t.co/vfW0lyoTqs
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As scientists celebrate gene therapy's ability to enable hearing, deaf people are feeling a familiar dread: Are we endangered?
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“The folks at SAMHSA [need to] understand that the urgency is now,” said one SAMHSA grantee. “These families cannot put their crises on hold.” https://t.co/ll0iW0BALq
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The Trump administration has dismantled big chunks of the federal agency focused on mental health and addiction treatment, reducing its staff by more than half
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Goodbye, SAMHSA? After the Trump administration's latest layoffs at the federal agency for mental health and addiction treatment, the agency is in shambles. On the sacking of SAMHSA and what it means for the country's behavioral health, w/ my colleague Lev Facher (link below)
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Mothers regularly shoulder the "blame" for having a child with autism. So when autistic moms watched Trump insist — despite little scientific evidence — that Tylenol use during pregnancy causes autism, it felt like a return to a dark era. #disability #Autism Link below
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Trump, Kennedy say the data show that Tylenol use during pregnancy causes autism. It doesn't, but the PACER files show that the researcher whose data is fueling their conclusions was paid $150,000 to testify in a case against Tylenol. Link below for my latest @statnews
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After days of backlash from employees with disabilities, the CDC is reversing its decision. https://t.co/ImYiWeWhQ4
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The CDC has rescinded a policy issued on Monday that paused remote work for employees, including those with disabilities
BREAKING: The CDC is temporarily ending remote work. The decision leaves scores of employees in the lurch, even forcing people with disabilities with high-support needs to come into the office. https://t.co/inzYkf5t8G
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BREAKING: The CDC is temporarily ending remote work. The decision leaves scores of employees in the lurch, even forcing people with disabilities with high-support needs to come into the office. https://t.co/inzYkf5t8G
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The CDC revoked permission for employees with disabilities to work from home, at least temporarily.
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Coming soon from World's Beyond Number: HINT! a 4-episode series GM'd by Erika Ishii debuting Sept 2 on the podcast feed. Grab your candlestick and meet us in the library! Between now and then, stay tuned for a public fireside chat wrapping up the first book of WWW!
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There is something to live for, and it's at the farmer's market. Go get yourself some stone fruit.
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amon from korra gotta be #1
Villains who have very real critiques on society but also blow up orphanages so the audience knows you're not supposed to root for them
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The DOJ has issued “nearly 20 subpoenas” to clinics that provide gender-affirming care per DOJ's Chad Mizelle, who spoke at an all-day FTC workshop focused how the federal government might continue its crusade against trans health care. I watched:
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A Justice Department official said it has issued “nearly 20 subpoenas” to clinics that provide gender-affirming care.
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Trump's tax bill includes massive cuts to Medicaid. This could be disastrous for disabled folks. I spoke with someone from ADAPT, a group that's fought for disability rights since the 80s, about why she's putting her body on the line to fight this bill. https://t.co/s2iKQQYzHN
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Latoya Maddox, an activist, on the fight to protect the needs of disabled Americans, as time runs out to save their Medicaid-funded services.
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The man at the center of DOGE's health care cuts has quite the history: Top execs from a startup he founded feel he ripped them off & lower-level workers say their jobs were to cut services from vulnerable patients. https://t.co/dN69ov07WM via @statnews
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The relentless drumbeat of cuts to U.S. government research and disease prevention have devastated tens of thousands of affected workers and academics. To
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How do you solve a chronic disease crisis? It depends on what you care about most. That's what RFK Jr. will have to decide soon. Our new project splits the nation's health into 9 "priorities." Choose your adventure based on your top concerns. Dive in: https://t.co/kvzBDJZgYs
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#Breaking: Vinay Prasad will be the next director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, after Peter Marks was forced out.
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Vinay Prasad will be the next director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, after Peter Marks was forced out.
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Adults who suspect they have autism and parents of autistic kids are cancelling diagnostic evaluations after federal officials announced a national autism registry. https://t.co/fSrju4qDoR
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Fears of landing on a federal list prompts parents, and adults, to cancel autism screening evaluations.
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A new study shows doctors missed 65% of mistakes generated by AI. At the same time, 90% of the docs rated the AI drafts as trustworthy, "accurate" (70%), and "safe to use" (75%). Not great news for AI developers and hospitals depending on doctors to catch mistakes
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Spoke with @jaketapper yesterday about the attacks I've encountered for wearing a mask. I'm grateful for the opportunity to talk about how it is indicative of a larger trend in attacks on journalists, and how that affects trust in our institutions. https://t.co/mhpCbqQXVc
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