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🚨Texas measles outbreak nears 100 cases, w/16 hospitalizations. Officials suspect it's spilled just across the border to New Mexico. Low vax rates+undetected infections mean it will grow. “This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better” My latest kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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“The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot change or destroy those very institutions—even when that is exactly what they have announced that they will do.” @timothysnyder.bsky.social, On Tyranny (2017)

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Surprised this morning by the (positive) news that Trump administration will defend the important ACA provision that requires zero cost coverage of preventive services, challenged in the Braidwood case. (Is there a catch?) #healthpolicy www.axios.com/2025/02/20/t...

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Want a glimpse of the future? www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

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Exclusive scoop @statnews.com: Trump administration to fire 5,200 HHS employees this afternoon www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

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“Trump and his administration are now deciding how deep a rift to make in America’s scientific firmament. How long it takes to repair the damage, or whether that will be possible at all, depends on the extent of the damage they inflict now.” Essential reading from @katherinejwu.com, as ever

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“I am afraid for our country because I know what happens when science denialism comes into power …” @gregggonsalves.bsky.social But this is not a time for defeatism. “Yes, sometimes you persist and you fight ‘the long defeat’ … you don’t turn your back on those who have the most to lose.”

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Even though Rubio promised life-saving aid wouldn't be interrupted, it has essentially been halted worldwide, interrupting HIV and TB treatment and threatening millions of lives. People are dying today because of these chaotic, inconsistent stop work orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

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JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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A special Sunday event: a photographic essay celebrating owls, magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, and are seen here in photos from recent years.

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“…they have imperiled millions of lives, thousands of American jobs and billions of dollars of investment in American small businesses and farms while severely undermining our national security and global influence — all while authoritarians and extremists celebrate their luck.”

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Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

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The actions RFK Jr. may take on vaccines as Secretary of HHS are important. Also important: He will oversee programs that provide health coverage to 170 million Americans.

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Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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New banner has appeared at the top of cdc.gov home page.

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Below is a thread of federal government data being taken down this week. 🧵 It’s a growing list. Feel free to add others I’ve missed. #federaldata #governmentdata #datapurge

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NEW: A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has grown to be the largest in the U.S. since the CDC started tracking the illness in the 1950s.

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Medicaid covers 72 million people, more than one out of every five people in the U.S.

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BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

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American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

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As promised let's have a thread on this! Our latest pre-print on Quantifying the spatiotemporal dynamics of the first two epidemic waves of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States. This is a year-long effort to understand spatially how SARS-Cov-2 has spread over the US. Here is the story!

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This is outrageous: “Staffers were also told that it applies to every aspect of the health department's work: Employees could not send out press releases, give interviews, hold vaccine events, give presentations or create social media posts encouraging the public to get the vaccines.”

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🧵 A new @kff.org guide explores over 40 potential health care administrative actions in 11 categories once President-elect Trump takes office. Here's a tease of some with links to each category ⬇️

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US whooping cough cases soar, but public knowledge of the contagious disease remains low Thirty percent of respondents don't know that #pertussis is the same as whooping cough or that it is vaccine-preventable. www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...

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Dave Weldon’s long record of promoting the disproven link between vaccines and autism raises concerns among some public health experts about his ability to run the CDC.

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Good day to recall some milestones in US polio history 1953 Worst recorded US outbreak kills more than 3000 1955 First polio vaccine licensed 1979 Polio considered eliminated from the United States 1994 Polio considered eliminated in North and South America ourworldindata.org/grapher/repo...

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Good day to recall some milestones in US polio history 1953 Worst recorded US outbreak kills more than 3000 1955 First polio vaccine licensed 1979 Polio considered eliminated from the United States 1994 Polio considered eliminated in North and South America ourworldindata.org/grapher/repo...

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Childhood flu vaccination is down so far this season in every state but Iowa. trib.al/J5ovpbc

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New studies this week report … US loses more life years to poor health than any other country in the world jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Older Americans more likely to skip needed healthcare due to cost vs. those in peer countries www.commonwealthfund.org/publications... We can do better, no?

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The U.S. is falling short in keeping seniors healthy. Older Americans face the highest #healthcare costs among their peers in other wealthy nations.

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Latest Axios/Ipsos poll shows most Americans trust health information from their doctors (89%), CDC (66%), NIH (62%), and FDA (60%). Few trust Trump (32%) or RFK Jr. (30%). Results differ sharply by party affiliation. www.ipsos.com/en-us/axios-...

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Mochi continues to enjoy 100% favorability ratings among the 20 and under demographic in our household. Made a couple posters for the constituents.

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Colleague working with ECDC and DRC MoH responding to outbreak in Panzi just provided me with some details on epi investigation: - 330 cases in total, 318 recovered without sequelae - 25 ongoing cases -27 official deaths - 60% female, 22% young children <5 - symptoms- fever, pain cough, headache,

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My prediction on the mysterious disease in SW Congo that's killed 143 people: The world will forget about it as soon as it's not mysterious. This part of Congo is severely neglected. And really, that's the disease.

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If an #H5N1 pandemic starts tomorrow or in three months, there will be little mystery as to how it happened. The conditions are all there. They have been for a while. So in some ways the more interesting question to me at the moment is: Why aren’t we in a pandemic yet? Story here, 🧵 to come: 🧪#IDSky

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WHO today granted prequalification for the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra test, which allows rapid diagnosis of TB and detects resistance to rifampicin, a marker of multidrug resistance. TB causes more than a million deaths per year globally. #TBsky #IDsky www.who.int/news/item/05...

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“The potential coverage implications of ending the ACA Medicaid expansion would be enormous, with 23.8 million people covered as of June 2023 who are at risk for losing coverage.” @larrylevitt.bsky.social @kff.org in @jama.com Health Forum today #healthpolicy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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I know there's so much news to track at the moment, but let me add some important science to the list: "An unknown disease killed 143 people in a south-west province of Democratic Republic of the Congo in November." www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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Now is a great time to get flu & covid vaccines before holiday travel & parties lead to an uptick. Flu cases are rising. Covid deaths are down compared to other yrs but still outnumber flu. Re-sharing my piece on why vax, masks & tests are the best defense. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Scientists who have studied #H5N1 #birdflu for years are flummoxed by the lack of severe cases among the 55 human cases the US has confirmed this year. I talked to lots to explore the theories of what's going on. www.statnews.com/2024/12/02/b...

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From my segment today on @cnbc.com. We face a grim and avoidable resurgence of once vanquished childhood infectious diseases if we follow down the current path being taken in Washington.

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#PrEP for #HIV should be free under #ACA preventive services mandate but many patients still getting charged. The mandate is in jeopardy if Trump admin drops defense in Braidwood legal challenge. Cost sharing lowers use and adherence: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/... #IDSky #healthpolicy

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Happy Thanksgiving

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Turkey is resting. I’m still busy.

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I get an unreasonable amount of happiness from turning a pile of vegetables and herbs into a pile of smaller vegetables and herbs

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