American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/17/aap-hhs-funding-rfk/

by voxadam • 7 months ago

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voxadam2• 7 months ago

https://archive.is/ntMtT

etchalon• 7 months ago

The era of petty government.

Hikikomori• 7 months ago

Big and petty.

jmclnx• 7 months ago

What a country, looks like yet another lawsuit for cancelling already allocated funds.

robomartin• 7 months ago

Interested in having a greater understanding of the matter. Can anyone point to the HHS order/action/documentation for this?

arjie• 7 months ago

Also, if someone can share a process for reliably getting these. One of the mentioned grants is here https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/340378

But that page does not seem to have been updated yet.

klaff• 7 months ago

How many people will this administration kill?

guizadillas• 7 months ago

How many MORE people will this administration kill?

voxadam2• 7 months ago

I think they're trying to beat their first term high score they earned during the pandemic.

pixl97• 7 months ago

They've been given a blank check by their voters to take the numbers up to the millions at this point.

qiqitori• 7 months ago

He also drove his ex-wife into depression, who later committed suicide.

viccis• 7 months ago

The brain worm thing, as much as people think it's a funny stupid little story, was a lie he told to avoid paying any alimony when he divorced her.

raverbashing• 7 months ago

Nah my guess is that it was probably real, obtained from eating undercooked game

buran77• 7 months ago

Hell of an opportunity to choose to not think of the children all of a sudden.

Madmallard• 7 months ago

Where is Dang? Or the other staff? The comments here are embarassing to read as a long time member of HN. The next generation is bringing regression to the mean a little too hard here.

JumpCrisscross2• 7 months ago

23% of the AAP’s revenue comes from grants and pledges [1], and their $100mm in investments could cover the shortfall for up to three years if all $28.5mm of that is HHS. A crisis, for sure. But not an urgent one. The AAP can fight.

To that end:

1) Does the AAP have a case that RFK Jr. acted unconstitutionally?

2) Were these “grants…previously awarded” in a binding nature? Or does the government sign grants with a get-out-of-jail-free clause?

3) Is Senator John Barasso, a pediatrician, a dues-paying member of the AAP?

[1] https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP%20Financial%20Statemen...

rtollert• 7 months ago

My recollection (apologies, I'm not able to turn up a citation on this) is that the AAP has not really shied away from gripping ideological third rails with both hands; they've taken very liberal-leaning positions on abortion rights, gun violence, trans healthcare, etc. (Of course, depending on how you look at things, such policy positions might appear either partisan or nonpartisan.) I would be surprised if Sen. Barasso were a member.

JumpCrisscross2• 7 months ago

I would be surprised if Sen. Barasso were a member

Hmm, I think you’re correct.

HardwareLust• 7 months ago

Why is this flagged?

American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.

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