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UPMC removed and altered dozens of prominent web pages last week related to LGBTQ+ health care, diversity, equity and inclusion and racial health disparities. Via @ChrissySuttles www.axios.com/local/pittsb...

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Without evidence, RFK Jr said, "autistic children will never pay taxes...hold a job..play baseball...write a poem... go out on a date, & many of them will never use a toilet unassisted." This is false. People with Autism do these things, & are in no way lesser citizens. #PublicHealthMalpractice

submitted 47 days ago • 11 comments

#PublicHealthMalpractice

submitted 47 days ago • 3 comments

RFK is committing #PublicHealthMalpractice.

submitted 47 days ago • 19 comments

I am beyond honored to be the recipient of this year’s Bernard D. Goldstein Undergraduate Public Health teaching award. I want to extend my sincere, heartfelt gratitude to my amazing students, who give me hope and joy in these unprecedented times.

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

It makes my blood boil that we have a vaccine that prevents cancer and an HHS secretary that is behind lawsuits against said vaccine, but trying to experience a little joy with this news. Also, a great reminder of why it is beyond dumb to slash NIH funding: apple.news/AaIWRG51tRzS...

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Happy #Caturday from Mother Nature and kittens Lava, Wildfire, Tsunami, Lightening, and Thunder

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

submitted 96 days ago • 1960 comments

🚨 With federal funding dwindling, we’ve created a starter pack of funding bodies offering #grants for #research🔬 📣 Repost & 💙 to connect #researchers with #funding 💵 💶 💷 #ResearchFunding #NIH #ERC #AcademicSky #MedSky #AcademicChatter #ECRChat #NewPI #academia #science #StandWithScience #eloquenti

submitted 102 days ago • 11 comments

From Meghan O’Rourke in Yale’s English department. Read this and send it to everyone you know. This isn’t a drill. We’re teetering on the abyss now and we need all hands on deck. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

submitted 104 days ago • 5 comments

It was such an honor last night to moderate the panel for Rescue to Reel, where we heard from members of Freedom House Ambulance service about their experience being the FIRST responders.

submitted 122 days ago • 1 comment

Last night's episode of The Pitt featured a storyline about Freedom House ambulance service, highlighting the pioneering work of the Black men and women that paved the way for today's EMS systems.

submitted 128 days ago • 1 comment

Just say no to “just say no”

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

Shutting down the CDC’s flu vaccine campaign in the middle of a severe season—with 24M+ illnesses, 310K hospitalizations, and 13K deaths—while #H5N1 continues to spread and public health officials across HHS are being fired is reckless and endangers lives. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

submitted 129 days ago • 2 comments

The most shocking thing about this is that anyone took him at his word.

submitted 130 days ago • 974 comments

So this happened yesterday…

submitted 138 days ago • 1 comment

If only we had some way of inoculating ourselves against this.

submitted 152 days ago • 6 comments

Everyone needs Girl Scout Cookies. Use this list to buy some from truly phenomenal kiddos with big goals and dreams! www.erininthemorning.com/p/2025-trans...

submitted 153 days ago • 0 comments

The Sunday Scaries but for democracy. Countering it with cats. Lots of cats #CatLadiesForDemocracy

submitted 160 days ago • 0 comments

Now that’s some bullshit👇🏻 #SheShed

submitted 160 days ago • 372 comments

Doctors and Nurses Should Get Ready for Mass Deportations www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

If you haven't yet, check out The Pitt on Max (episode 3 out tonight!). Thrilled that my colleague was able to advise the show, and also grateful for organizations like @hollywdhealth.bsky.social that work with many, many shows to help get the facts right! www.pitt.edu/pittwire/fea...

submitted 164 days ago • 0 comments

I have a new op-ed in The Hill on a less discussed aspect of the health insurance coverage delays and denials we've been talking about the last several weeks, and why ERISA reform is needed to deliver the health insurer accountability that these conditions demand. thehill.com/opinion/heal...

submitted 166 days ago • 3 comments

Proud to be among the many hundreds of public health scholars, practitioners, and advocates who signed this open letter opposing RFK Jr., which was highlighted by the New York Times. Currently in the @defendpublichealth.bsky.social meeting and we've got a great team to safeguard health & health ins.

submitted 165 days ago • 1 comment

The Pitt premiere on the first day of my Entertainment Media and Health class. I started down the path of studying media and health when my sister got me hooked on ER. It’s a total coincidence but perfectly timed!

submitted 170 days ago • 0 comments

Epidemiology 101: you cannot increase or decrease your risk of death. Risk of death (at least for right now) is always 100%. This is why teaching #medialiteracy and science communication is so important! @cnn.com please do better www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/h...

submitted 173 days ago • 2 comments

Preparing slides for Entertainment Media and Health while my “coworkers” keep an eye on the snow here in #pittsburgh

submitted 173 days ago • 0 comments

The felines and me enjoying #caturday. I got my #covid19 vaccine yesterday (had Covid in September so that’s why I waited), so we had a lazy day. #vaccinessavelives

submitted 175 days ago • 0 comments

I’m sorry, but you can’t shop at Costco and be anti-vax. No one immediately needs 48 rolls of toilet paper. You are preparing ahead of time for when you do.

submitted 180 days ago • 0 comments

The foster kittens have declared email answering time over for the night @academic-chatter.bsky.social #worklifebalance

submitted 208 days ago • 1 comment

I’m thankful for the top ten scientific developments that improve health: Vaccines Antibiotics & antimicrobials Clean water, sanitation, & hygiene Food safety & fortification innovations Modern agriculture methods Public health education campaigns 1/

submitted 213 days ago • 488 comments