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Troublesome. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

I have seen estimates of 30-50% very consistently since late 2020 though our clinical tracking and numbers, but it is important to have a better understanding of the risk assessment for kids and parents.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

State public health humbles me daily. The confluence of organizational management at scale, state government, and life or death is truly wild.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

I would like to see the math on taxpayer dollars there. I would bet far more tax payer dollars go to other types of gender affirming surgery and prescriptions such as hair transplants and viagra. Trans individuals are ~1% of the population . .

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Contrary to popular belief, not every government employee has an email.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

If you want to defend Medicaid, at this point in time, the key thing to understand is that reaching out to your federal elected via phone or in-person interaction, is key.

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

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submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Noting so many of these jobs being cut are in rural areas with high unemployment, higher rates of single income families, and less job availability. That means loss of local tax revenue, foreclosures, loss of health insurance, and high likelihood of mental health impacts. 💔

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

As most of the federal workforce is OUTSIDE DC, the firing of employees is also occurring outside of DC with no curtailing to the impacts to those states economies. Rural areas depend on federal funds and jobs for their tax base. The ripple effects of this will be vast.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Facts. Gone due to vaccines. We are now 2+ generations of children largely spared the dread of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type B; Streptococcus pneumoniae; and (increasingly) Neisseria meningitidis. These are dreaded conditions that stalked the nightmares of parents.

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

This is why we don’t say “it’s peak!” in November. No one can predict the future. It’s not just that they were wrong - it’s that people trusted that assessment. They didn’t get their flu shot. They let their guard down. This is why sometimes you need to sit down and shut your mouth to do no harm.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

We’re experiencing perhaps the worst flu season in 25 years, with severe cases also rising, and young children and seniors faring the worst. One in six of all ER visits in the 0-17 age groups are now for influenza. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv... h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social

submitted 11 days ago • 45 comments

Federal cuts always hurt red states more than blue states.

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If you are one of the #CDC #HHS #FDA #NIH employees who have learned today that your employment is being abruptly ended, we want to hear from you. @altcdc.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

Also because of the times in which we live- if you have ever had a question about the HPV vaccine, I probably covered it here (and if I haven't please ask me in the replies and I will do my best to answer or find someone who can answer) #medsky #pedsky #immunosky #episky #IDsky 🧪

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

I don’t quite have the words to describe what just happened at HHS, on a Friday afternoon, before a holiday weekend, but it’s very very bad, and we will all be less safe and less healthy as a result. These are long time friends and colleagues and amazing, AMAZING scientists. This is senseless. 💔

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

EIS is truly a crown jewel, and it operates by being out in communities, working at state and local health departments on the front lines, investigating outbreaks in red states and blue.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

🚨UPDATE: At least 14 people have been hospitalized in a measles outbreak in an under-vaccinated part of Texas. 24 cases so far, mainly children. Health officials worry some parents might not seek care for their kids. Dangerous & means this will keep spreading. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Doc: I just intubated three of them and everyone is always surprised. Me: That you can get so sick from the flu? Doc: Yup. Me: I don’t even want to ask Doc: No, none of them were vaccinated. Me: Sigh Doc: None of the ones we intubate are ever vaccinated

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Botulism fears prompt FDA to recall some canned tuna sold at popular retailers. www.upi.com/Health_News/...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Reminder that viruses don’t see borders.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

🎶 let it snow let it snow let it snow ⛄️

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Tips for backyard chicken owners on protecting flocks from bird flu. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Loving this for us.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Nice that dems suddenly care about all these issues they ignored for the last four years.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

It’s a rough time in public health and I am going to try to facilitate some more lighthearted moments. Tell me your favorite 5-minute question/ice breaker/activity. Please!

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

80% of the federal workforce is outside of DC.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Nothing rips my family apart more than a Trump Presidency. These folks may not have four years left and they are going to spend it fighting. So disappointing.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Stocks end lower on renewed tariff, inflation concerns stocks.apple.com/AeEQXGE8MQCO...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments