Mark Harmel MPH, CDCES

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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s #Vaccine Policies nytimes.com/2026/03/16/hea…

More Lost Science: NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts nytimes.com/2025/12/31/cli… #LostScience

She Studied Mosquitoes to Prevent Malaria and lost her job and the science when USAID was shut down. #Malaria #mosquito nytimes.com/2025/12/11/sci…

There’s a cost to all of these cuts.” Who Left the Federal Workforce The impact of #DOGE nytimes.com/interactive/20… via @NYTimes

A growing contingent of doctors say they are wary of federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—and they are forming a parallel public-health universe wsj.com/health/healthc… via @WSJ

People were “flocking into the park without paying — it was criminal. “They’re losing a heck of a lot more money than whatever they’re saving.” #DOGE #NPS #Zion nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/…

For some reason the @VirginVoyages ship in #Santorini is spewing more smoke than the other three cruise ships in the harbor combined.

Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen: The Fed Must Be Independent nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opi… #FederalReserve

Park Visitation Is Up, Staffing Down. How to Prepare for the Rest of Summer npca.org/articles/9353-… #DOGE

“Efforts that are lifesaving now are being curtailed,” one scientist said. “People will die.” #DOGE did this. cnn.com/2025/07/08/hea…

@RegalMovies Too many ads!

The vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000 - but... U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread wapo.st/3GbSP6b #vaccineswork

This is an ongoing problem. Park Service Is Left Short-Staffed in Peak Travel Season nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/… #DOGE

The Park System is not woke - visitors love them and want the staff to be rehired. How park visitors responded when asked to report anti-American signs wapo.st/4lgHQr2

We will not stay silent on #vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations #vaccineswork statnews.com/2025/06/26/vac… via @statnews

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a #Measles Outbreak Hits Home #vaccines #vaccination nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/…

Trump wants more dirty coal and does not protect the coal workers. There was of course #DOGE cuts as well. How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country. nytimes.com/2025/06/19/wel…

The Changing Landscape of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… #SSB

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