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megansouza17.bsky.social
Population Health PhD student at Northeastern University. Research focus areas include mental health, trauma, and violence.
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Sec. Kennedy, you're incorrect. This *is* an unusual year for measles. This year has already passed 8 out of the past 15 years' *annual* counts. And we are only 2.5 months into 2025. Rather than falsehoods, you should publicly state support for MMR. Today marks the first measles death in 10 years.

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

submitted 10 days ago • 697 comments

🧵 US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023. ja.ma/4aVchPn #MedSky

submitted 16 days ago • 13 comments

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991. Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens. As of this morning, it’s gone.

submitted 29 days ago • 35 comments

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

submitted 29 days ago • 166 comments

In a small piece of bright news: exciting news today for everyone who wishes there were a non-addictive, effective way to treat pain. The first in a new class of medications was approved by the FDA 🛟🩺🧪 (Nb: The RCTs for approval focused on acute, not chronic, pain.) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/h...

submitted 29 days ago • 10 comments

**screams in early career scientist**

submitted 32 days ago • 6 comments

The NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office website has been taken down. LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately subjected to violence, discrimination & stigma, affecting their health outcomes. Ignoring these facts endangers us all. #MedSky #LGBT #LGBTQ #NIH #research #science

submitted 36 days ago • 14 comments

Another great post from @kkjetelina.bsky.social on the uncertainty in public health right now and how we can move forward. open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

submitted 38 days ago • 509 comments

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7

submitted 39 days ago • 266 comments

Women: You are invited to participate in a study of how identity characteristics influence women’s experiences of bias at work. Fill out the brief survey here: amy-diehl.com/study (And please repost and share this link).

submitted 51 days ago • 24 comments

There is no health without #MentalHealth💚 In 2025, let's make sure mental health is given the same priority as physical health by standing up against stigma and ensuring more people can access the support they need.

submitted 48 days ago • 8 comments

We are recruiting LGBQ+ Veterans in the Boston area for a study testing a brief intervention for anxiety and depression. Please spread the word! 🌈 #LGBTQhealth #LGBTQResearch #VeteransHealth

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

👏👏👏 open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – that is 6 lives every minute – since the founding of the Expanded Programme on Immunization, 50 years ago. bit.ly/4gpxQJK

submitted 64 days ago • 3 comments

With flu season having started, the US is entering its most dangerous period when it comes to H5N1 bird flu's ability to adapt into a virus that can more easily be transmitted between humans. If a person gets flu and bird flu at the same time, the viruses can swap genes.

submitted 71 days ago • 11 comments

I guess we should start a running list of all the absurd ways in which politics is restricting the public's ability to make evidence-based health decisions. Latest ex: LA halts all flu, mpox & C19 vaccination comms from one of their most trusted sources of health info: Public health departments

submitted 70 days ago • 13 comments

There has been a groundswell of support for making America healthier. But let’s be sure we don’t lose the forest for the trees. While individual improvements are necessary, many claims are based on falsehoods. And we cannot ignore the powerful external forces that shape behavior. Our latest at YLE:

submitted 81 days ago • 4 comments

It's not a good sign when there are so many infectious disease outbreaks happening at the same time that it's difficult to keep track of everything.

submitted 84 days ago • 7 comments

Hot off the presses: We @yalesph.bsky.social collaborated w/ @kkjetelina.bsky.social & Your Local Epidemiologist to answer 12 common questions about vaccines. Please read & share! If you have more q’s, let us know…This is just the beginning 💉🩺🛟🧪 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/the-dose-n...

submitted 99 days ago • 7 comments

Exciting to see Bluesky grow! I created a starter pack for folks interested in all things traumatic stress. Please don’t hesitate to add: go.bsky.app/MHqLdaG

submitted 107 days ago • 25 comments

Created an IPV, Sexual Assault, & Violence Research starter pack! Let me know if you’d like to be added 😊 go.bsky.app/EGwNNrS

submitted 102 days ago • 34 comments

I made one for 'types of paper in epidemiology and public health' #EpiSky

submitted 103 days ago • 20 comments