Friday, May 16, 2025
LWV-Downeast
We will be discussing the repercussions of the federal administration's policies on funding health and science research and delivery, nationally and here in Maine.
Special Guests:
- Art Blank, Former CEO, MDI Hospital
- Amy Fried, Professor emerita of political science at the University of Maine
- Dr. Nirav Shah, former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, and former principal deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Learn more about this topic:
- The Scramble to Save Rural Health Care from DOGE | The Atlantic Monthly, Stephanie McCrummen, April 2025
- Trump, Musk and RFK Jr. are hurting people with cancer, including me | Portland Press Herald Opinion, Amy Fried, April 2025
- How Europe is quietly stealing America’s scientists | Politico, Timea Steingart, April 2025
- Trump vs. science | NYT, Alan Burdick for The Morning, April 2025
- Feds freeze community paramedicine funding across Maine | Centralmaine.com, Hannah Kaufman, April 2025
- Federal Workers Are Facing a New Reality - The Atlantic, Elaine Godfrey, April 2025
- Trump Admin Scraps Plan to Limit Salmonella in Poultry | Rolling Stone, Charisma Madarang, April 2025
- The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster | Can We Still Govern, Don Moynihan, April 2025
Tune into the broadcast at 4:00 p.m., Friday, May 16, on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, streaming at weru.org. If you miss the broadcast, check back here for the audio archive. Subscribe to our podcast: iTunes | iOS | Android | RSS | Feed | Instructions.