"Francis Collins....got behind the effort to eradicate hepatitis C in the United States by 2030. The Biden administration allocated about $10 billion to achieve this. With the new administration [of Donald Trump], this is all gone.*

also, TIL there's a cure for Hep-C.

[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://archive.is/jQL6N

Non-paywalled archive

[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The irony of paywalling a piece positively portraying an anti paywall advocate is rich

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The alternative is paying through ads

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I'm pretty sure anyone in the US has had enough pharma ads smashed in their faces for conditions they don't have their quota for a free vaccine should have been met about 20 years ago.

[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Don't get me wrong, journalism should be a paid profession in a capitalist society, just pointing out the irony (90s Alanis Morissette style).

While I do indeed hate paywalls and find modern journalism fundamentally broken, I recognize their utility.