314 Action Fund Launches Support for Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock to Secure Biden Mandate on Climate Crisis Solutions in U.S. Senate

Democratic Control of U.S. Senate Essential to President-Elect Biden’s Implementation of Policy Solutions for Climate Crisis November 18, 2020 PHILADELPHIA — Today, after drafting scientists Capt. Mark Kelly and Gov. John Hickenlooper to successfully run for U.S. Senate and raising $3.2 million in grassroots donations for their campaigns, 314 Action Fund launched support for Jon […]

Democratic candidates — some with medical backgrounds — lean into science as a campaign message

"I'm wearing a mask, and you may ask why," the Democratic congressional candidate said in a video he posted to Twitter late last month. Gandhi, who's hoping to unseat a longtime Republican in Texas' 10th District, filmed himself outside the Austin community health clinic where he's a physician and where, he explained, masks are required.

Nightly Applause Is Nice, but Some Doctors Think Votes Would Be Nicer

By Emma Goldberg Maxine Dexter, an intensive care physician, remembers exactly where she was sitting the Thursday morning her political ambitions were born. She was looking out her bedroom window toward northwest Portland — the snow-capped peak of Mount Adams winking at her from across the valley. She clutched a coffee her husband had brought upstairs […]

Is there a doctor in the House?

Ronny Jackson, Donald Trump’s former physician, had been struggling for months to break through in a crowded field of Republicans vying for a congressional seat in Texas — despite his ties to the president. But that’s all changed since the coronavirus outbreak:Jackson has become a regular presence on conservative radio and cable TV, tapping his […]

Vaccine Agency Director Reassigned For Defending Science in Political Attack by Trump

Dr. Rick Bright of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Files Whistleblower Complaint Philadelphia — Today, as the federal government continues to delay expanding access to coronavirus testing amid goals to slowly re-open the country, President Trump reassigned Dr. Rick Bright, the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. In a whistleblower […]

314 Action Fund Endorses Dr. Cameron Webb for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District

Dr. Webb Will Bring Health Policy Expertise and Commitment to Fellow Virginians to the U.S. House of Representatives Philadelphia — Today, as the coronavirus pandemic highlights the need for science and fact-based leadership in government, 314 Action Fund announced its endorsement of Dr. Cameron Webb for Virginia’s fifth congressional district. A practicing internal medicine physician, […]

‘Running for office takes a lot of guts’: 314 Action and the case for electing scientists to local government

Our “Local STEM” series highlights local government and community initiatives and organizations in areas that relate to STEM. by Clarke Knight In 2014, chemist and entrepreneur Shaughnessy Naughton ran for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th District. Despite having no prior political experience, she came within two percentage points of winning the Democratic primary. Although her […]

New Digital Ad Campaign from 314 Action Urges Remaining Governors to Issue Stay-at-Home Orders

Philadelphia — While most governors have issued stay-at-home orders to slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep constituents safe, some governors are ignoring the recommendations of public health professionals and scientific experts and refusing to enact statewide shelter-in-place policies. That’s why 314 Action is launching a new digital ad campaign targeting voters in the eight […]

Pro-Science Group Takes on Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Coronavirus Trump Apologists

Philadelphia — 314 Action is launching a new national radio ad campaign on the Rush Limbaugh Show in local markets across the country to hold Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and other Trump allies accountable as they continue to risk American lives by downplaying the threat of the coronavirus and ignoring the truth from scientists. Limbaugh […]

Sec. Sebelius, Dr. Murthy Discuss COVID-19 on Facebook Live Panel

Philadelphia — This afternoon, 314 Action hosted “COVID-19: Get the Facts,” a Facebook Live panel with leading health care experts including former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, along with Dr. Craig Spencer, Director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia […]