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Lem1951

(30 posts)
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 09:56 AM Apr 19

Trump/DOGE end newborn screening committee at CDC

Source: NBC news website

Newborn screening committee at CDC suspended amidst ongoing cuts.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-eliminates-committee-newborn-health-screening-rcna201370



I am a pediatrician, one of the most important rolls pediatricians have done in the last several decades has been the development of screening tolls for genetic defects to screened at birth. The diseases screened have increased in number over the years as interventions in many diseases have progressed. DOGE has suspended this important committee, just days before it was to update the list. This is a major crime against the vulnerable.
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Trump/DOGE end newborn screening committee at CDC (Original Post) Lem1951 Apr 19 OP
Come on dems! Simple 15-30 second ads, target in red states Tadpole Raisin Apr 19 #1
YES to this!!! mountain grammy Apr 19 #7
He Lied multigraincracker Apr 19 #2
damn. riversedge Apr 19 #3
i used to b a hospice volunteer. mopinko Apr 19 #4
People who work(ed) hospice are amazing! I had the honor sometimes Tadpole Raisin Apr 19 #9
i definitely considered a privilege . mopinko Apr 19 #11
Trump's eugenics program. Irish_Dem Apr 19 #5
That would be interesting twist angrychair Apr 19 #6
This is the irony of the fascist psychopath leaders. Irish_Dem Apr 19 #10
RFK the idiot will spend CDC resources mountain grammy Apr 19 #8
They care so much about fetuses, until the child is actual born. Timeflyer Apr 19 #12
Unbridled Fascist Depravity Knows No Bounds... MayReasonRule Apr 19 #13

Tadpole Raisin

(1,789 posts)
1. Come on dems! Simple 15-30 second ads, target in red states
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 10:07 AM
Apr 19

that just list what republicans have done. We know if republican voters go to Fox or their favorite right wing website they won’t learn about any cuts.

mountain grammy

(27,839 posts)
7. YES to this!!!
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 11:08 AM
Apr 19

I'm seeing maga ads a couple times a day, and I only watch tv a couple times a day!!!

Come on Dems.. tell the people!!

mopinko

(72,594 posts)
4. i used to b a hospice volunteer.
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 10:33 AM
Apr 19

i didnt see many kids, but we did have 1 family w a kid w 1 of these disorders. i’m sorry i dont remember what it was. but it was 1 that if u knew, u cd treat it.

his mom, while caring for this severely disabled child, went on a crusade to get testing for it for all newborns. this is crushing that her hard work is gonna b flushed.
the suffering this will bring…

Tadpole Raisin

(1,789 posts)
9. People who work(ed) hospice are amazing! I had the honor sometimes
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 11:17 AM
Apr 19

to be involved in those cases. It was a privilege!

mopinko

(72,594 posts)
11. i definitely considered a privilege .
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 02:24 PM
Apr 19

it’s amazing to b let into a time like that for someone u dont know.
to this day i shake my head at how many complete strangers wanted a hug.

Irish_Dem

(70,152 posts)
5. Trump's eugenics program.
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 10:40 AM
Apr 19

Last edited Sat Apr 19, 2025, 11:45 AM - Edit history (1)

Do not prevent, diagnose or treat illness or disease.

The weak, infirm, ill must all die.

Survival of the fittest is the new American value.

Irish_Dem

(70,152 posts)
10. This is the irony of the fascist psychopath leaders.
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 11:47 AM
Apr 19

They are the genetically deviant ones.

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