How will RFK’s cuts on the CDC, FDA and NIH influence you?

The Ministry of Health and Human Services announced drastic cuts That would fall 20,000 jobs on March 27 – FDA (3500), NIH (1200), CDC (2400) and more from other agencies.

A leaked design budget released by the Washington Post and Politico on 10 April shows that the Office of Management and Budget Plans Cuts of $ 40 billion to HHS. The NIH and CDC will be a reduction in a face of more than 40%. How will that influence the public?

CDC

Cutbacks on the CDC emphasized programs that look at smoking, rifles and climate change – topics that has devalued this administration.

Under discussion are plans to Eliminate the Interior HIV prevention programAlthough HHS officials said Poloo that this was part of streamlining programs for efficiency and they did not actually eliminate. The $ 1 billion issued on the program is largely led to the States for testing, surveillance, offering prep -profylaxis to prevent HIV and outreach. What will states do now to make up for the shortage?

Although precious, the HIV prevention programs Pay for itself. Every newly diagnosed person builds up $ 500,000 in lifelong health care costs. In 2022 alone, 31,800 people were newly diagnosed, which would translate into $ 15.9 billion.

Journalist Marisa Kabas has an ongoing list of HHS departments that have already been stripped Until the point of non-functionality. They include the

Cuts on CDC:

• viral hepatitis lab,
• TB communication, Education and Behavioral Studies Branch
• STD Prevent Lab and Disease Branches
• HIV -Prevention
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Development and handicap, handicap and health promotion branch
• Blood disorders and genomics for public health
• Office of Health Equity (All: OD, Office or Women’s Health, Office or Minority Health)
• Office with equal opportunities
• Traumatic brain injury team
• National Center for Prevention of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion
• Smoking Reduction
• National Center for Emerging and Zönotic Infectious Diseases, stopping financing for Lyme disease, prion disease, chronic fatigue syndrome,

Cuts at FDA:

• Vaccines and Related Organic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC)
• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (Cder)
  • Call Center telephones are eliminated.
  • Media matters have disappeared (there is no one for journalists to call for interviews or verify information. Personnel is not supposed to have some communication with outsiders)
  • The Foia office has disappeared.

Cuts at Nih:

• National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Office of the director
  • Much of the office of communication and government relationships
• Office of Minority Health (the entire office has disappeared)

These are just a bit the planned cuts on the planned desk. Some have already been implemented; Others don’t have that.

Another remarkable cut is that the Head Start program, which offers early childcare and education, has lost all its financing from HHS’s administration for children and families.

What could the public notice?

The FDA will no longer investigate food outbreaks. They have just suspended a quality control program Test milk and cheese on bird flu And other pathogens.

The administration says that The states will pick up that work. Given how tied state health departments are now, it is difficult to imagine how this will happen. Many outbreaks also cross several states and require extensive cooperation. A good example is the Cronobacter outbreak -infections From powdered baby formula in 2022.

Vaccines may not be that available.

A new treatment for deadly pancreatic cancer, using an mrna vaccine, Is threatened by subsidy “purity” tests for mentioning a “forbidden” word, “mrna”.

Robert F. Kennedy, JR, now HHS’s head, has been pronounced in his criticism of MRNA vaccines. That is why scientists are reportedly warned Scrub the word mrna of their subsidy proposals for cancer tests. RFK Jr. has previously called MRNA COVID-19 vaccinations ‘dangerous’. He also tried to have withdrew their approval in 2021 when the death of Covid was unbridled.

The NIH has that too Axed Research in Vaccine AargancyWith acting director Matthew Memoli that the agency is not interested in investigating ways to “improve the interest and dedication of vaccine”.

If we have widespread bird flu infections, we will probably be in trouble because MRNA vaccines can be developed faster than most vaccines on eggs.

The Novavax vaccine, which is not based on mrna is also in need because of the distrust and lack of knowledge of RFK Jr. The FDA was planned to pass Novavax ‘S COVID-19 vaccine from authorization from emergency use to full license on 1 April. But both RFK JR and Tracy Beth Høeg, now a special assistant from Marty Makary (head of the FDA), are against Novavax. RFK Jr. said: “It is a single antigen vaccine. And for respiratory diseases, the few antigen vaccines have never worked.” RFK JR is wrong. Paul Offit, a leading vaccine researcher, immediately challenged this, just like Peter Marks, the former head of the FDA’s Biologics Center, which was recently driven out, and other prominent doctor researchers. RFK Jr. is neither a doctor nor a scientist.

Hoeg has promoted incorrect information about COVID-19Gaccins, including incorrectly interpreted data, said several people with vaccine expertise. Furthermore, in 2022, Novavax explained that their Bivalente Ba.1 + Wildtype formulation did not perform better than some antigen formulases. Previously, Marty Makary, now head of the FDA, said: “Novavax is perhaps the best Covid-19 vaccine so far. It uses a proven working mechanism and can easily be stored and transported. A better PR company needs.”

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccination has far fewer side effects than the MRNA vaccines. Given all the opinions and data that support their use, why has the FDA not approved the full license?

Do we have access to Covid -vaccines next year? For many it seems more and more doubtful. The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices met last week and tends to recommend “Risk -based” boosters, with half -yearly boosters for people older than 65 or immunocomromized (by whose definition?) And no vaccination was necessary. That even ignores that “mild” Covid infections can cause long Covid and years of side effects, including cognitive disorders. If ACIP do not recommend vaccination, it is unlikely that insurers will pay for it.

The development of medicines will be delayed

Do you hope for a new medicine for your cancer? Don’t hold your breath! Did you know that financing of the NIH, a total of $ 187 billion, contributed to 354 of 356 medicines (99.4%) approved From 2010 to 2019? This is not an extravagant waste – The return was $ 2.56 For every dollar invested.

A number of clinical examinations, did to test new medicines or treatments before approval, have already stopped when HHS has abruptly canceled the financing. So many leaders at the NIH were fired that there is no one left to sign on subsidies for funds that the congress has already approved. (This means that the administration ignores the will of the people by not distributing these funds that have already been assigned by the congress).

There is a upcoming hearing of the Senate Credit Committee on April 30: Biomedical Research: keeping America’s lead in innovation. This title is clearly an oxymoron. To share your thoughts, you can reach your senators on 5Calls.org or here.