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Lem1951

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

Trump/DOGE end newborn screening committee at CDC [View all]

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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Come on dems! Simple 15-30 second ads, target in red states Tadpole Raisin Apr 2025 #1
YES to this!!! mountain grammy Apr 2025 #7
He Lied multigraincracker Apr 2025 #2
damn. riversedge Apr 2025 #3
i used to b a hospice volunteer. mopinko Apr 2025 #4
People who work(ed) hospice are amazing! I had the honor sometimes Tadpole Raisin Apr 2025 #9
i definitely considered a privilege . mopinko Apr 2025 #11
Trump's eugenics program. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #5
That would be interesting twist angrychair Apr 2025 #6
This is the irony of the fascist psychopath leaders. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #10
RFK the idiot will spend CDC resources mountain grammy Apr 2025 #8
They care so much about fetuses, until the child is actual born. Timeflyer Apr 2025 #12
Unbridled Fascist Depravity Knows No Bounds... MayReasonRule Apr 2025 #13
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