Knee-capping the NIH

America Dissected

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Abdul and Katelyn explain how Trump’s cuts to NIH will hobble U.S. research labs and their surrounding economies. They also speculate on RFK Jr’s first moves at HHS, and a new bird flu mutation. Then Abdul sits down with Drs. Joseph Wright and Helen Burstin to learn more about their efforts to root race-based clinical algorithms out of healthcare. Check out our shop at store.americadissected.com for our new America Dissected merch – including logo shirts, hoodies and mugs. And don’t miss our “Make America Scientific Again” ballcaps! This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: Thrive Market: Head to thrivemarket.com/AD and get 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift! Boll & Branch: Get 15% off, plus free shipping on your first set of sheets at bollandbranch.com/AD.

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0:00.0	Trump kneecaps NIH.
0:10.3	Layoffs loom large at HHS and the U.S. Senate decides the fate of RFK Jr.
0:15.7	This is America Desected.
0:16.8	I'm your host, Dr. Ombudsayette.
0:18.6	And I'm your co-host, Dr. Caitlin Jadalina.
0:20.4	And we're taping this on Tuesday night, 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
0:27.6	So at this time, we're waiting for RFK Jr's confirmation by the full Senate.
0:31.9	Assuming this is what happens, let's jump right into it.
0:35.2	So, Caitlin, if RFK Jr. is in fact confirmed, and he does decide to do the
0:41.4	worst, which is to come for vaccines, what will be the first tells? What are you watching for to get a
0:48.0	sense of whether or not he really is going to do the darndest? I mean, I think this is going to be the
0:52.9	most important is anticipating
0:54.7	chess moves, right? Like this is so political, but it's, it's where can he make changes and
1:00.6	where we'll be looking? And the first place I'll be looking is ACIP, which is the advisory
1:06.8	committee for immunization practices. This is basically an outside scientific advisory board
1:14.2	that determines a vaccine policy in the United States, all the way from flu and DTAP to MPCs
1:22.0	to COVID to the new RSV vaccines. The reason I am looking at this first is because they actually have a meeting
1:28.6	this month at February 26. And it'll be interesting to see what the first moves are with Kennedy
1:37.9	in the hot spot of overseeing HHS, mostly because he also doesn't have an acting CDC director yet.
1:46.3	He has an interim yet.
1:47.7	So we'll see on that.
1:48.9	I mean, another medium term thing I'll be looking for is weaponizing resources against states
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