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#hepatitis

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William Lindsey :toad:

Chiara Eisner reports on how, with a hepatatis C outbreak now occurring in multiple states, the CDC under the Musk-Trump regime is shuttering the one lab that could monitor, report on, and help us deal with this outbreak:

"Ongoing investigations of current hepatitis outbreaks have been stalled, not just in Florida, but also in Oregon, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Georgia."

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #CDC #hepatitis
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Nonilex

"The [Division of #Viral #Hepatitis] Laboratory Branch had the highest degree of viral hepatitis expertise of any #PublicHealth laboratory in the world," wrote Scott Becker, the assn's CEO. "Their loss eliminated critical national testing services that do not exist anywhere else within the #HHS agencies."

As of April 16, the assn had not received a response from #RFKJr, Becker said.

#Trump#Musk#DOGE
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Nonilex

2 days after the lab's scientists received their reduction in force emails, #HHS Secy #RFKJr acknowledged that ~⅕ of the cuts at HHS were made *unintentionally* & some people would be offered their jobs back.
On April 4, the Assn of #PublicHealth Laboratories sent a letter to RFKJr urging HHS to reinstate all personnel in the Division of #Viral #Hepatitis & at the Division of #STD Prevention, another lab at the #CDC that was shuttered.

#Trump#Musk#kakistocracy
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Nonilex

…Although 4 new samples have already arrived at the lab & 3 more were waiting in #Florida to be sent, none have been tested by the #CDC. Epidemiologists still at the CDC have been trying to find another place that can do the tests but have been unsuccessful….

…w/o the CDC's scientists to test the genetic material, it will be harder for epidemiologists to confirm whether people w/ #hepatitis C were infected in the same doctor's office or somewhere else where the #virus could still be spreading….

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Nonilex

The email said their duties were "identified as either unnecessary or virtually identical to duties being performed elsewhere in the agency." But the #genetic #tracing that the #CDC's lab performs is not conducted by any lab in the #UnitedStates or the #world….

While it remains shuttered, ongoing investigations of current #hepatitis #outbreaks have been stalled, not just in #Florida, but also in #Oregon, #Pennsylvania, #Massachusetts, #NewMexico, #Wisconsin, #WestVirginia & #Georgia….

#Trump
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Nonilex

But on April 1, the #outbreak investigation was brought to a halt. All 27 of the lab's scientists received an email from the #HHS informing them that they were losing their #jobs. Like thousands of other employees who received similar emails that day, the scientists were told they would be placed on administrative leave until June 2, after which they would no longer work for the #CDC.

#Trump#RFKJr#Musk
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Nonilex

The scientists at the lab knew what they were doing. Quickly, they analyzed the blood from #Florida using their custom software & found that 9 cases were genetically linked to the same pain clinic, where it was later discovered that a doctor was improperly reusing injection vials. By March, ofcls in FL had restricted the doctor's #medical license to limit the spread of the #virus & packaged new patient samples to send to the #CDC for testing…

#Trump#science#medicine
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Nonilex

The #hepatitis C #virus, which is spread through contact w/infected blood & can lead to #deadly liver #cancer, is notoriously hard to identify. But if anyone could understand what was #happening in FL, it would be the Division of #ViralHepatitis in the #CDC's HQ.
Using samples from the lab's collection of nearly 1M frozen specimens, scientists helped make the initial discovery of the #HepatitisC virus in the 1980s. In 2020, that #research was awarded the #NobelPrize in #Medicine.
#Trump #science

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Nonilex

In the middle of a #hepatitis #outbreak, #CDC shutters the one lab that could help

After people started testing positive for #HepatitisC in a coastal #Florida town in December, state ofcls collected blood from patients, wrapped their specimens in dry ice & mailed them straight to the CDC in ATL, GA.

#Trump #RFKJr #Musk #DOGE #cuts #idiocracy #kakistocracy #law #USpol #science #medicine #disease
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ABC Feeds

STIs are increasing in Australia. Can anything lower these rates?
By Sam Nichols

Sexual transmitted infections have continued to grow across Australia over the last three decades, with chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis spiking in New South Wales alone. The reasons why are complex, experts say.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-19/sti

ABC News · STIs are increasing in Australia. Can anything lower these rates?By Sam Nichols
#SexuallyTransmittedDiseases#Bacteria#PublicHealth
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Dominik Steiger

#Hepatitis #Covid

Remember the cases of pediatric fulminant hepatitis after Omicron ran through? Hypothesized to be associated with AAV infection?

Röttele et al. find SARS2 antigens in ACE2-expressing cells, in the areas of significant liver pathology, and conject an "immune-mediated postacute sequel to COVID-19".

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Enzyklopädie Roter Kreis

In den 1980er-Jahren infizierten sich viele Menschen durch den Erhalt von Blutprodukten mit #HIV und #Hepatitis C, weil das #Blut der #Blutspender noch nicht darauf getestet wurde. Das #DRK beteiligte sich an einer #Stiftung zur Unterstützung der Betroffenen. Eine aktuelle #Podcast-Folge beleuchtet die damaligen Vorfälle.
➡️ deutschlandfunkkultur.de/verse („Verseuchtes Blut. Die Geschichte zweier Skandale“)
➡️ roter-kreis.de/Humanit%C3%A4re (Enzyklopädie)

Illustration: Ein ausgestreckter roter menschlicher Arm mit einer Blutkonserve an der Nadel.
Deutschlandfunk KulturHIV-Hepatitis-Blutskandal: Krank durch verseuchte BlutkonservenVerseuchte Blutkonserven infizieren in den 1980er Jahren mindestens 1.500 Menschen mit HIV und Hepatitis-C. Überlebende kämpfen bis heute um eine Entschädigung.
#RotesKreuz#Blutspende#Blutprodukt
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beSpacific

#CDC Centers for Disease Control & Prevention sites datasets removed as of 1/31/25 . Not immediately clear what day they were removed: the Youth Risk Behavior Survey; AtlasPlus, which housed #HIV #AIDS, #Hepatitis and #STD information; #contraception page for #healthcare providers; page on ending #gender based #violence; Evidence supporting recommendations for #HPV vaccination harmonization across genders, ages 22 -26 yrs; #Heartdisease death rates by gender, by county axios.com/2025/01/31/health-cd

Axios · HIV, transgender care and other federal websites go darkBy April Rubin
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