Victoria Harden

Federal Regulations Progressive Era and Beyond YouTube video by Perspectives on Sci Tech Med

A righteous History of Medicine podcast! This one is by younger trained medical historians. I look forward to listening.

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Your Voice Matters - AHA Individuals can make a difference. Federal, state, and local representatives rely on input from constituents to inform their decisionmaking. In many instances, they want to hear from you as they navig...

The AHA has prepared useful "how to" guides for preparing comments and tailoring them differently for Congressional representatives and for the Federal Register. The
comment period on proposed visa restrictions in the Federal Register expires on Sept. 29, 2025.

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National Army Museum Director <strong>About the Position:</strong> This position serves as the Director of the National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA) reporting to the Executive Director, Center of Military History. The ...

JOB OPENING: Director, National Army Museum *closes 9/18 (not 9/15 as listed)

Announcement number - CHDE259943636247D (Open to Public)
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Announcement number -SDSB-25-12782849-MP (Federal Employees)
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Herd immunity as policy & metaphor.
#IllnessPolitics

Trump orders an overhaul of how elections are run, inviting a likely legal challenge The order could be used to justify canceling a future election, one Democratic official warned. “It’s very methodical, and very, very dangerous.”

The entire @votebeat.org staff tore Trump's executive order on elections apart to explain it to you. Here it is. I promise you it's the most detailed article on this you'll find on the internet right now. www.votebeat.org/2025/03/25/t...

White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump (Gift Article) In announcing plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.

Make no mistake about what the aim is: complete control of the media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

John Parascandola memorial service:
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: River Road Universalist Unitarian Congregation, Fireside Room
6301 River Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
Website: www.rruuc.org

To RSVP, please contact parascandolamemorial@gmail.com

CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired

Firing the incoming class of EIS officers at the CDC will put all of us at great risk of an epidemic or pandemic not recognized until too late.
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NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars

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Health agencies purge Trump-targeted programs and websites NIH spares grants so far, but ‘data apocalypse’ erupts at CDC

Situation at NIH & CDC as of Feb. 1.

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Opinion | How Trump Will Fail (Gift Article) The problem with populism is that it doesn’t work.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...

Betty Monkman, longtime curator of White House treasures, dies at 82 During 35 years under eight presidents, she was entrusted with the conservation and care of thousands of artistic and decorative artifacts in the White House.

Very sad news. Betty was a colleague in federal history and a friend. Her books on the furnishings in the White House are authoritative.

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Sad news: John Parascandola died this weekend. John suffered from recurring lymphoma and had stopped a new round of chemo because he wasn't strong enough to endure it. Will post more detailed information as I learn it. John was a dear friend and colleague for 40+ years. He will be sorely missed.

Don't stop fluoridating the water! Protect children from having teeth full of cavities! Here's the history of fluoridation, beginning in 1901 with the observation that people unhappy with their brown teeth also had teeth with no cavities.
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Museum Curator This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director (OD), in the Office of Intramural Research (OIR).<br>

Job opportunity: Senior Curator, Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum, National Institutes of Health. GS-13.  Application Deadline: Feb. 24, 2024.
 
Link for current/former fed. employees:
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Link for nonfederal candidates:
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Opinion | When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever The rise of A.I. will make “soft skills” even more important.

There have been just a handful of moments over the centuries when we have experienced a huge shift in the skills our economy values most. We are entering one such moment now.

Gifted.

www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/o...