Six years ago WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Despite tens of millions of deaths, the world has not sufficiently addressed the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, and we are more vulnerable to future pandemics due to anti-science officials leading government agencies around the world.

I see that Tammy, who’s speaking on Thursday, wrote the forward to a book entitled “The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy,” which, according to the cover, is good for pretty much everything that ails ya.

California boy dies of SSPE (measles complication) after being infected at age 7 months, when he was too young to be vaccinated.

Predicting Alzheimer's disease up to 25 years in advance of any symptoms with the p-tau217 biomarker blood test, among 2,766 women mean age 70 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Measles patients are developing severe complications including life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation. Measles is a life-threatening infection which can be prevented by vaccination. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

It is wildly irresponsible to grant that authority to any single individual, much less one with no medical or health related training.

1/3 Meet Dr. Angelina Farella, RFK Jr.'s new ACIP member. Texas pediatrician, decades of practice… and a noted anti-vaxxer. As if ACIP's credibility weren’t already flushed down the toilet 😬🩺

Measles cases have now been confirmed in Mass. Vaccines save lives—and our federal health leaders should be saying that loudly and clearly. Instead, RFK sows doubt about vaccine safety while his Surgeon General nominee won't commit to recommending the vaccine. Baystate families deserve better.

"The FDA has been using an outside investigator in a probe of workplace complaints against CBER Director Vinay Prasad, a source familiar with the matter told Endpoints News." via @endpts.com endpoints.news/fda-probes-i...

Trump’s surgeon general pick won’t urge vaccines for measles, flu, whooping cough; Reminder: she's also without an active license to practice and has no real scientific credentials or clinical experience. thehill.com/policy/healt... via @thehill.com

This is what the battle against food coloring does. It gives food makers and retailers a chance to look like they're doing something meaningful when they're doing absolutely nothing about the things that actually affect public health. corporate.target.com/press/releas...

Once again: vaccines are popular, actually.

ACOG has withdrawn as a liaison organization from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, citing concerns about recent changes that undermine the committee’s scientific integrity and evidence-based approach to vaccine policy. Read the press release: https://buff.ly/gKx1qor

ACOG Withdraws from CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices www.acog.org/news/news-re...

142,000 participants! The largest randomized trial of a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test failed its primary endpoint genomeweb.com/cancer/grail... Had the enrollment been risk-based instead of age 50, it would likely have been very positive.

Our new acting CDC director (also the NIH director) Jay Bhattacharya has graced us with an email. Reading it feels like being given conflict resolution advice by someone punching you in the face.

It’s an observation for which Arendt was sharply criticized for at the time, but which has been acknowledged more and more to be correct as time has passed.

Jeezus (If we don’t report, nobody will ever find out how bad it is, so we won’t get blamed— or we will blame it on the illegals)

there are a few rx meds that should probaby safely be OTC, eg ondansetron (zofran) my colleague @wickerperlis.bsky.social has argued for OTC SSRIs (www.statnews.com/2024/04/08/t...) but overall this seems like a… really bad idea for lots of safety and cost/economics and again, safety, reasons

In addition to emotional distress to the family and child, think of the economic costs. Hospitalization and treatment; the father's lost work time; potential for months or years of rehab for the child, or lifelong disability. Multiply this times thousands going forward. #measles #Medsky #IDsky

Story out in The Guardian re Bhattacharya. @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , @malar0ne.bsky.social , and I were asked direct questions and gave direct answers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 1/5

We live in a bizarre world where longevity influencers tell millions to take rapamycin, sit in hyperbaric oxygen chambers, blast themselves with red light therapy, and take 50+ supplements daily. Meanwhile something that cuts dementia risk by 20% Is invisible. open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...

I’m sure these decisions - to first refuse to even give a cursory review to an extremely promising new vaccine then backtracking and deciding to fully review it after public backlash to the first refusal - are being made solely based on scientific evidence and concern for American health and safety

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ICYMI: Dr. Oz goes off-message from RFK. #IDsky #publichealth #measles #vaccines #MMR #outbreak #immunization

Moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee or tea was linked to reduced #dementia risk and modest improvements in cognitive outcomes; no benefit was seen for decaffeinated coffee in an observational study of US adults. bit.ly/4bEUa2F

Cesarean delivery on maternal request accounts for 2.5% of US births and is linked to lower rates of #PelvicFloorDisorders, but increased future risks such as placenta accreta and hysterectomy. 💡 Learn more in this JAMA Insights: bit.ly/4rIIlgK

Wowsers.

💬 Perspective: Aluminum exposure from routine vaccines is significantly lower than dietary sources, and current evidence supports vaccine safety with no identified health risks. bit.ly/4r5e63l

BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines? DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines BASH: Oh, come on

one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it

"...Even by the standards Trump has set for himself, his bid to rename this train station and airport are on another level." | Analysis https://cnn.it/4ce0IFy

Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/h... Of course they weren't going to stop at just taking children's vaccines away.

Laughable. Just a glorified book of coupons. 🤡 "Consumers can redeem a coupon provided though the service to receive a discount on their out-of-pocket costs." "...it's unclear whether the majority of US consumers...will see significant savings as part of the program." www.dw.com/en/trumprx-p...

No, they did not increase trust in vaccines and CDC. "..following the Trump administration’s announcement of changes to the recommended childhood vaccine schedule, the public’s trust in the CDC remains at its lowest point since the COVID-19 pandemic..." www.kff.org/health-infor...

#giftarticle wapo.st/4qjFtWk

NIH research is in the red zone. $561M in grants for cancer and heart disease is frozen, and 304 trials are defunded. Vacancies in 15 director roles create a leadership gap that stalls medical progress here in the US. #MedSky 🛟 #AcademicSky

The FDA recently approved the birth control implant Nexplanon for use up to five years, instead of three. But to providers' surprise, it also placed the device under a special monitoring protocol called REMS, which is infamous for the way it has limited access to medication abortion.

Novo Nordisk said it plans to take legal and regulatory action against Hims & Hers. on.wsj.com/4aek0b9

“Encephalitis is a rare but severe complication of #measles that can lead to convulsions and cause deafness or intellectual disability in children.” #Ivax2protect

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Three US Olympic bodies have changed the name of their shared athlete hospitality space at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics from “Ice House” to “Winter House,” following widespread protests in both Italy and the US over the role and conduct of ICE agents. https://cnn.it/3M12uPR

A Kentucky family battling extreme cold temperatures on their farm over the weekend opened their home to a newborn calf that was struggling in the deep freeze. Hours later, the calf, fed and fluffed, took a spot on the couch with the Sorrell family's two children. https://cnn.it/4taPoQx

The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

My journey from foreign correspondent (Reuters bureau chief in Ottawa) to Uber driver in Trump's America. I once documented human displacement and desperation; now I am living it, by Steve Scherer stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey... via @tomhawthorn.bsky.social #journalism

We lost a giant in public health today. Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines. His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

Dr Bhattacharya—the MAGA/MAHA hero who campaigned for RFK Jr, praises Trump’s approach to science & cowrote the Great Barrington Declaration—has been a firehouse of Fox News disinformation talking points since 2020 Ofc he says he’s delighted Trump pulled the US out of the WHO 🤯 youtu.be/FuBUu6AsaUA

📰 Recently, I had fun discussion with @ritarubin.bsky.social @jama.com, about our latest research exploring how stress may link depression to cardiovascular disease. [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844453] Mental health is not separate from Cardiovascular health.