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New: The 🐝's are locked in.

Top appropriators reached a deal on the totals for a dozen spending bills late Friday night, clearing a critical hurdle toward securing a broader government funding agreement: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

🎉Celebrating the anniversary of the NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable. This groundbreaking policy underscores the importance of considering sex differences in research, fostering a more inclusive understanding of health. #WomensHealthResearchDay bit.ly/3koMhFQ

New analysis by Leo Trasande, MD, MPP shows how expensive our addiction to plastics really is when we consider the costs to health. Costs to the environment are ON TOP OF these costs. This just can't continue.

(And these calculations are incredibly conservative.)

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Disparities in the prevalence and management of #diabetes in the #USA persist today due to multilevel and multidisciplinary factors from the individual level to the systems level thelancet.com/journals/landi…
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🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS -- Punchbowl News text is OUT

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS are considering a stopgap funding bill that would extend spending authority until March 1 and March 8 -- keeping intact Speaker Mike Johnson's laddered funding approach

March 8/15 also under consideration.…

Plastic chemicals linked to $249 billion in US health care costs in just one year, study finds #plastictreaty #plastics #reduce @cnn Jane Muncke Bethanie Carney Almroth #PlasticsTreaty #INC4 amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/11…

The federal appropriations process seems more complicated than ever! Check out Coalition for Health Funding video explaining how it works to understand what is going on: youtube.com/watch?v=tlJ8DA… #fundhealth

🆕TODAY: The FY 2021–2022 Biennial Report is now live! Read about NIH's #WomensHealth research, details on the influence of #SexandGender on health and disease, and information on the diversity of NIH’s workforce and grantees. bit.ly/48AS8fe #SABV

In a worst-case scenario if Speaker Mike Johnson carries out his threat of a yearlong CR, large-scale furloughs of federal workers, contract cancellations & severe disruptions in a range of government services are likely, Senate Appropriations aides say. ow.ly/8zv550QgZI4

Lawmakers trying to finish FY24 appropriations early next year face a new reality laid bare by budget scorekeepers: automatic cuts in last spring’s debt limit law intended to force final agreement that would disproportionately hit nondefense programs. ow.ly/oris50Qaxpl

'It is important to participate. If you don't speak, someone else will'. Contact your representative. If we don't make our voice heard, someone else will take that place. #sciencematters #ENDO2023 #sciencepolicy #plasticstreaty Mila N. Becker Endocrine Society

Congratulations to Dr. Maren Laughlin, NIDDK’s new Co-Director of the Office of Obesity Research (OOR). Her scientific leadership experience, clinical study design expertise, and grants management leadership equip her well to co-lead the OOR. -GR

Since the beginning of the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, Endocrine Society members have been saying that Chemicals Used in Plastic Materials Harm Human Health and the Economy. Find our one pager on the topic 👇
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Leo Trasande, MD, MPP Scientists' Coalition for Effective PlasticsTreaty
#INC3

BIG NEWS and Thanks to Jill Biden for leading this important #WomensHealth #research initiative. Endocrine Society stands ready to work with you

UPDATE: House Republicans, under Speaker Johnson are continuing the push to eliminate the $35/ month cap on insulin that Democrats helped pass.

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TFAH joins HHS.gov in bringing awareness to the #publichealth systems and people working to manage #diabetes care. Learn more about the policy & program recommendations highlighted in our recent #obesity report. tfah.org/report-details…

Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans are considering a new approach to stopgap funding that would extend pieces of current appropriations for different time periods, effectively setting up a series of funding cliffs. ow.ly/Pt4s50Q3Thb