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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2026

Federal Cuts and Public Health: Social Media Sentiment Among Federal Employees.

Yi Wang, Andrew N Crenshaw, Rodrigo Reis

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yi WangPeople, Health & Place Unit, Bursky School of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, United States, 1 314-935-5000.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1486-5051
Andrew N CrenshawPeople, Health & Place Unit, Bursky School of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, United States, 1 314-935-5000.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2070-4382
Rodrigo ReisPeople, Health & Place Unit, Bursky School of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, United States, 1 314-935-5000.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-9865

Funding

Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research P30DK092950 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Ross C Brownson, Debra Haire-Joshu · 2011 to 2026
$11.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092950
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: Using sentiment analysis of 44,216 public health-related posts from the FedNews Reddit forum (2020-2025), we found that fear and anger scores rose 32% and 63%, respectively, in 2025 over 2024. These results underscore the adverse mental health impact of federal workforce changes and funding cuts on public health employees.

Indexed as

Federal GovernmentGovernment EmployeesPublic HealthSocial MediaHumansUnited Statesfederal workforcemental healthpublic health workforcesentiment analysissocial media

Identifiers

PMID42456174
PMCPMC13372291

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