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Issue 56

💪Fired But Fighting:  HHS RIFs Suit moves forward, POTUS 2027 Budget fantasy revealed, TACO happens. Happy National Public Health Week 🎉

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Issue 55

💪Fired But Fighting: One year since April Fools’ Day. Commemoration events. Measles and COVID-19 updates. No Director, no Surgeon General, no problem?


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Issue 54

💪Fired But Fighting: Good riddance, Malone. Hope the door hits you on the way out. Malone quits. Still no CDC director. April 1 RIF commemoration events. Support for TSA agents.

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Issue 53

💪Take that, MAHA. Bonkers new childhood vaccine schedule is illegal. Spoons in the comments. So much merch.

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Issue 52

💪Fired But Fighting: It’s our Anniversary. Dang it. Ok. Spoons on a mission. Probies get a win. Happy spoon-iversary.

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Issue 51

💪Fired But Fighting: New leadership, new ACIP, same bullsh*t. Plus, Bobbo goes Full Nanny State on Dunkin’

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Issue 50

💪Fired But Fighting: A revolving door of CDC directors. What’s up, Doc? Plus, NPHC is featured in the Guardian.


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Issue 49

💪Fired But Fighting: This week in “you cannot be serious,” NIH is running CDC? FDA blinked. Ways to make yourself a problem.

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Issue 48

💪Fired But Fighting: WTAF - 1st Anniversary of Probationary Terminations. New analysis from CDC Data Project. CDC grants cancelled. Survey for probationary terminated staff and Black public health heroes.

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Issue 47

CDC gets full funding despite Bobbo’s wishes: Shutdown ends. RIFs must be justified: Measles in detention facilities.

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Issue 46

💪Fired But Fighting: ICE as a Public Health Problem. RA Arbitration wins. New Merch. Save HHS states our position on ICE and CBP funding. Vaccine databases not being updated. (Un) Happy Hour.

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Issue 45

Fired But Fighting: 💪 Where’s OUR Peace Prize?

New chaos data viz. 2026 proposed budget for HHS. Cute new merch. 

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Issue 44

Fired But Fighting: 💪 All the distractions have distractions now. 

NIOSH is back. Mental health grants cancelled. Public comment needed on new OPM rule.

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Issue 43

Fired But Fighting: 💪 Hold the vax and pass the beef tallow, I want a Darwin Award.

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Issue 42

Fired But Fighting: 💪 New Year’s Eve Edition Oh great. Another year of this.

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Issue 41

Fired But Fighting: Holiday Christmas Edition

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Issue 40

💪Fired But Fighting: AAP funding revoked. Shady RA guidance: Why is this admin so hellbent on killing children?

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Issue 39

Fired But Fighting: Oregon Trail Edition. Vaccine policy rolled back.

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Issue 38

Fired But Fighting: More ACIP Nonsense:  ACIP protest. Likely MSPB class certification. Holiday shopping.

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Issue 37

Fired But Fighting, Thanksgiving Edition: Spoon of the Week. Holiday Shopping. Tips.

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