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Charlotte Huff

@charlottehuff.bsky.social
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Texas-based medical journalist reporting on science, policy, and ethics.

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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Given the loneliness epidemic, I really enjoyed working on this article exploring the concept that @karenfingerman.bsky.social and her psychologist colleagues have developed, regarding the value of "fringeships," which sit on the cusp of friendship and carry inherent emotional value.
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Such a gorgeous pristine (until now) stretch of West Texas, have never seen so many stars at night. Without any light pollution, the Milky Way was a wide swathe across the sky.
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Terrific reporting by Sarah Todd regarding too close juxtaposition of products, a risk that should be discussed more often.
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
70% of Texas counties don't have any hospital that delivers babies. @sandywestreporter.bsky.social reports on the fallout, in terms of unsafe driving, delayed treatment & chronic stress for women and their families. www.texastribune.org/2026/06/29/t...
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Maternal health ‘deserts' endanger some Texas women, babies
Of the more than 200 rural counties in Texas, about 70% have no hospital at all or have hospitals that don’t have facilities for delivering babies.
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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
JOURNALISTS! WE NEED A SIGNAL BOOST ON THIS! I'm not sure how many people realize how dangerous the proposed federal rule on grantmaking is & how it could fundamentally reshape ALL federal funding. Join the @healthjournalism.org webinar WEDNESDAY July 1 at 3pm to find out what it could mean.
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How a new White House proposal could fundamentally change American science
Join us for a discussion on the potential impacts of a Trump admin plan to overhaul how federal research grants are awarded and administered.
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A must-read article by @amymaxmen.bsky.social about the daily implications (do you put your infant in childcare?) of the ongoing Utah measles outbreak: kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
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Anguished Parents. Doctors in Tears. Utah’s Long Measles Outbreak Takes a Toll. - KFF Health News
Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. The state’s outbreak provides a glimpse into a new era in America’s health, in which vaccine-preventabl...
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I find this unsettling: A new study in #Lancet shows that the number of faux citations in scientific articles is on the rise, and #AI is likely to blame. @aniloza.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/l...
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Fraudulent citations, blamed on AI hallucinations, are becoming more common in research papers
“Fabricated” citations that do not reference real academic papers are spreading in the literature, polluting the public record of science, a new study found
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A Pulitzer for Julie K. Brown. Richly deserved, and overdue!
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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🪄💛🤎💖💚🧡💖🩷💜💖💛❤️🪄
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Cara Kelly @carakelly.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This section of the @washingtonpost.com really captures why women are enraged right now and how the system keeps allowing women to die and be assaulted. I’m HOT today so here’s a thread explaining why.
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MyPet Health by Vetcation @vetcation.com · 13/04/2026
If you're having a bad day watch this video! How can we not love dogs! ❤️
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 10/04/2026
@drneilstone.bsky.social
Sometimes vaccine efficacy is subtle.  Sometimes it isn’t. 
Graph showing the number of measles cases after the 1st and 2nd MMR vaccines were recommended.
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 02/04/2026
Artemis II launch caught from an airline flight. Incredible video.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Local journos, this new feature will help you find all the habeas cases in your state and federal judicial district with one click. Track them over time. Huge public service!
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
NEW from @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social --> The National Cancer Institute, funded by tax dollars, is studying ivermectin, a horse dewormer and lice treatment, to treat cancer: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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US Cancer Institute Studying Ivermectin’s ‘Ability To Kill Cancer Cells’ - KFF Health News
At a January event organized by allies of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Cancer Institute Director Anthony Letai said results may be released “in a few months.” Ivermectin, used to d...
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Do you have chronic kidney disease, or require dialysis, and want to share your experience with others? For an article, I'm interviewing individuals to educate others about the daily logistics and challenges involved. Please comment here or send a DM if you are. Thanks!
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Appreciated by any cat owner, anywhere!
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The second Trump administration’s deep federal spending cuts, including at the NIH, have halted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting more than 74,000 patients, according to a new analysis. www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...
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NIH grant cuts have disrupted hundreds of clinical trials, study finds
The second Trump administration has been defined by widespread cuts to federal spending, including at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). | The second Trump administration has been defined by wid...
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Jeanne Erdmann @jeanne-erdmann.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
From humble beginnings to fifteen years, 600 articles—over 1.5 million words. Please consider donating to @theopennotebook.bsky.social on October 24
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
"...Georgians browsing the state website are seeing estimated monthly costs double or even triple, depending on their incomes, as lower subsidy thresholds resume." (96% of current enrollees are subsidized): www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Here's an interesting indicator about how ordinary folks are feeling about the economy.
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State Fair of Texas sees 400,000 drop in attendance compared to 2024, with cost cited as key factor by families
The 2025 State Fair of Texas drew about 2 million visitors, roughly 400,000 fewer than last year, as many families cited affordability concerns.
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
"Like Wong and Wallace, roughly half of Obamacare enrollees work for small businesses, including the self-employed, according to KFF." (Chiropractors, real estate agents, musicians, farmers, ranchers, etc.) www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Who Gets Healthcare Subsidies Under the Affordable Care Act
The ACA marketplace health plans now cover more than 24 million people, many of them reliant on enhanced subsidies to keep costs down.
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Per article: "millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached hungry people because of the administration’s cut." All of us who are able should donate to our local food bank.
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Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO @fumikochino.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Many American families struggle to put food on the table ...but we won't know how many after this year. 🍎 Food insecurity is apolitical 🍎 The fight against hunger is not a 🔴 or 🔵 issue, it's a human issue @hcwvshunger.bsky.social @tmprowell.bsky.social @shematologist.medsky.social
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USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food
The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Kids are going to die. Needlessly. Because some other kid's parents are listening to these people. It's monstrous. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
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Denise Schipani @deniseschipani.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Another print newspaper to cease publication and shift entirely to digital: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/b...
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Brutal honesty re: heat as a "predatory force," with a massive inequality impact @jeffgoodell.bsky.social "Nights are also growing hotter, which is particularly risky for people who work in the heat, since it limits the time the body has to recover from daytime heat." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
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Opinion | The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
PS- If you’re a #SeattleWorldCon attendee who is not *yet* a Knowable fan, here is a shameless plug: If you’re looking for research-backed, accessibly written, paywall-free science journalism to inform your worldbuilding… we’ve got you. For example, some articles relevant to the Hugo finalists 🧵
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 13/08/2025
🚨🚨🚨 Yesterday I promised I'd post my full analysis of how much gross 2026 #ACA premiums are expected to increase in #TEXAS. As promised, here it is: 4 MILLION Texans are looking at avg. *gross* rate hikes of 31% starting in January: acasignups.net/rate_changes...
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2026 Gross Rate Changes - Texas: +31.1%; ~4 MILLION enrollees are in for a hell of a shock this fall
Overall preliminary rate changes via the SERFF database, Texas Insurance Dept. and/or the federal Rate Review database. Access to Care Health Plan: (Access to Care Health Plan is a division of Sendero...
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
ICYMI: A must-read from ‪@tedalcorn.bsky.social‬, looking at strides made by Kentucky in rural cancer treatment, in a state that stands to lose the most in Medicaid cuts under a recently passed federal bill, via ‪@statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/c...
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Kentucky’s campaign to improve rural cancer care is a national model. Federal cuts threaten its progress
Improvements in rural cancer care in Kentucky could be imperiled by President Trump's tax and domestic policy bill.
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NPR @npr.org · 05/07/2025
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
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Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Per ‪@reuters.com‬, who interviewed someone about why fellow workers are scarce: "If they show up to work, they don't know if they will ever see their family again," he said. ‪(California grows 1/3 of U.S. vegetables & more than 3/4 of fruits and nuts.) www.yahoo.com/news/immigra...
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Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk
OXNARD, California (Reuters) -Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-p...
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Michele C. Hollow @michelechollow.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
How do you encourage #Writers? 1. Buy their #books. 2. If you read a book, share it on social & book review sites. 3. Bring #authors to speak at events or schools. 4. Ask your library to carry the book. 5. Follow authors on social media. 6. Show up at local book signings. jurassicgirl.com
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Medicaid cuts could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/m... via @statnews.com
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Medicaid cuts could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually
Health care proposals in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could lead to more than 16,000 preventable deaths, a new analysis finds.
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"A climate has been created in which it is hard for people to tell the difference between a fake ICE agent and a real ICE agent," the district attorney said at a news conference. www.phillyvoice.com/philly-robbe...
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Man who allegedly posed as ICE agent to rob Northeast Philly auto shop charged with false imprisonment
Prosecutors say Robert Rosado, 54, zip-tied a woman at the Mayfair business and stole $1,000 in cash.
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
ICYMI: potential ripple effects, such as: "Kevin Stansbury, the CEO of the Lincoln Community Hospital, a 25-bed rural hospital in Hugo, Colorado, said his business is unlikely to survive under the proposed changes." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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What is the provider tax? How the Senate’s proposed Medicaid cuts could deepen the rural hospital crisis
All states except Alaska have at least one provider tax. A significant proportion of the revenue the taxes generate goes toward supporting rural hospitals.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This headline reads like out of The Onion. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... From article: Doctors and other medical staff can also be barred from working at VA hospitals based on their marital status, political party affiliation or union activity, documents reviewed by the Guardian show.
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‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Closer look @propublica.org about what NIH cuts mean for scientific progress & for patients: "In addition to jeopardizing data, terminating a grant in the middle of an active study may worsen participants’ conditions and put them at higher risk of death." projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"Kentucky, Texas, New York, North Carolina, California, and Michigan have the largest estimated populations of rural Medicaid enrollees." via ‪@kffhealthnews.org‬ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“They wanted to show they were gutting the government, but there was no thought about what parts might be worth keeping,” said one FDA staffer who was fired and rehired. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people
Across the government, the administration is rehiring federal workers who were forced out or encouraged to resign.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
*new interns, residents, and fellows start on July 1 *~11,000 house staff in US hospitals are on J-1 visas *these doctors are the backbone of rural & urban safety-net hospitals *most of these doctors go into primary care after training, often in the same community www.intealth.org/pdfs/J-1_US_...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Republicans slipped a provision into their big spending bill that would limit the power of federal judges to hold people in contempt, potentially allowing Trump and his administration to violate court orders without consequence. @migold.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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Republican Bill Would Limit Judges’ Contempt Power
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Michele C. Hollow @michelechollow.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
A few friends sent this to me. I'd love to see my book, Jurassic Girl, on their newsstand. secretnyc.co/rexs-dino-st...
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The latest estimates from CBO find the House Republican budget plan would increase the number of people uninsured by about 10 million. ** 7.6 million from Medicaid changes. ** 1 million from Energy and Commerce ACA changes. ** 2.1 million from Ways and Means ACA changes. www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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Estimated Budgetary Effects of a Bill to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 18, 2025
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Charlotte Huff @charlottehuff.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Hmmm
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/05/2025
The FAA halted the work of an outside panel of experts scrutinizing its management of air traffic control, a previously unreported move made after a fatal airliner crash near Washington raised questions about the agency’s abilities to keep the skies safe.
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FAA suspends work of independent panel reviewing air traffic control
The FAA ordered an independent panel hired to recommend ways to strengthen oversight of its air traffic control operations to stop work.
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