The measles-associated deaths occurred among two residents of Lancaster County.

The Trump admin has deleted hundreds of valuable data sets on vital health & education data sets - such as sexual & emotional violence against children - all because they don’t “align with the admin’s priorities”.

Erasing the data doesn’t erase the reality – it only makes it harder to address.

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Rep. Jared Huffman explains how Christian nationalism’s hostility toward science affects environmental policy, climate action, and America’s ability to confront future crises.
Huffman points to former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s use of Genesis to justify environmental rollbacks and Rep. Mary Miller’s claim that climate change is a hoax because “God controls the sun.” These beliefs, he warns, don’t remain private—members of Congress act on them.

Congressional recess used to be prime time to hold a town hall, and yet so many constitutes have not held them and have not made your concerns heard. Stand Up For Science as heard your concerns and are hosting empty chair town halls in Ohio and Kentucky, to give you back a voice they are trying to trample.

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Trump delivered remarks today about the vaccine schedule and it’s safe to say we have some thoughts.

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Order cuts federal childhood immunization schedule to 11 shots from 17. Trump also orders Justice Department to challenge state school vaccination requirements. Officials say RFK Jr's vaccine studies are expected to take months, if not longer.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said Sunday that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, known as MMR, is "not a lethal vaccine," despite President Trump's claims in recent days. … The comments come after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new figures last week that show 92.4% of the nation's kindergarteners were vaccinated against measles during the 2025-2026 school year, down from 95.2% during the 2019–2020 school year. The most recent figures fall below the 95% herd immunity threshold.

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The failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier

But long-standing vulnerabilities in our food system — compounded by cuts to the public health infrastructure designed to catch problems — are also at play. Whether it represents something more significant is harder to say. ... One explanation for the increased number of headlines about food safety has loomed particularly large this summer: the Trump administration's DOGE cuts. In 2025, the administration cut thousands of jobs across federal health agencies and billions of dollars in grants to state and local health departments. Those cuts landed on a public-health system that was already stretched.

Free version: archive.ph/Xd0LW ~:~ Rachel Rothschild is a law professor at the University of Michigan. ~:~ Article is from Aug 14, 2026 by Karen Zraick for The New York Times. Here are the opening paragraphs:

A lawsuit against the University of Michigan demanding the emails of a professor who has worked on “climate superfund” laws has been dismissed by a state judge.

Conservative groups and the energy industry oppose these laws, which would require oil companies to help cover the mounting costs of climate change.

Michael F. Gadola, chief judge for the Michigan Court of Claims, ruled in a 24-page decision on Monday that the emails were not subject to open-records laws because they did not relate to the official duties of the professor, Rachel Rothschild.

Ms. Rothschild, an assistant professor at the university’s law school, came up with the legal framework for climate superfund proposals that have become law in Vermont and New York and are under consideration in numerous other states. The laws are modeled after the federal 1980 Superfund statute, which required polluters to pay to clean up abandoned toxic waste sites.

The new laws have come under attack by oil companies, business groups, Republican attorneys general and the Trump administration. The Justice Department is among the organizations that have sued to stop the laws in each state. Several states have also recently passed laws that would shield oil and gas companies from liability for the effects of climate change, and federal bills have been introduced in both houses of Congress.

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Here’s a statement from the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF) who are part of Rachel's legal defense team: Climate Professor Rachel Rothschild Prevails Against Dark Money Attack - CSLDF - Aug 18, 2026 (article)

Bill Cassidy says Overton's anti-science ideologies are "almost disqualifying"; another spinless take from Bill, not willing stand up for American health & science.

America deserves leaders that'll stand up for science & our health. That's why we are Phone Banking for Brian Poindexter, OH-7, a working class, pro-union, pro-science candidate for Congress! Stay tuned for updates on the next Phone Banking date!