EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

“A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas less than two months after Hegseth announced that U.S. troops would no longer be required to be vaccinated…In the weeks since…only about 40% of Air Force trainees have opted to take the vaccine” (Gift link)

“Referring to one of the passengers being brought back to the U.S. for observation, Health and Human Services tweeted about a “mildly positive” PCR test, phrasing that reflects either an incomplete grasp of the science or a struggle to communicate clearly when clarity matters most.”

For comparison, here is an update from European CDC. 100% data and evidence-based recommendations. 0% braggadocio. www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/defaul...

The Vaccine Integrity Project at @cidrap.bsky.social published a comprehensive review of evidence related to HPV vaccines. The findings continue to strongly support the safety, effectiveness of US-approved HPV vaccines & are consistent w/ Cochrane findings vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/hpv-evidence...

I've been in training full time for the past 12 years. I need one of these grants to start my academic career. The current administration could support my research for the next millennium with a small fraction of what they have stolen from the American people.

I am not sure I can handle transparency this radical.

Glad to have been a part of this effort: “These findings underscore the enduring value of immunization against respiratory viruses as a cornerstone of preventive care and support the feasibility of maintaining rigorous, evidence-based guidance during periods of institutional disruption.”

This could be a career epitaph. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/h...

Have Drs. Bhattacharya and Makary, part of the commission for this report, commented on their fake citations?

With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond. Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Remember when RFK claimed single antigen vaccines don’t work for respiratory viruses? Perhaps he got that from Michael Memoli, the flu vaccine researcher & COVID vaccine dissenter, and now Trump hatchet man—and main man of the “new” vaccine initiative. 2022 flashback: www.nih.gov/news-events/...

Infuriating. They are starting with their conclusions and splitting absurd hairs between the COVID and flu vaccines. It’s worked for “more than 80 years” for flu, so…it’s too dangerous for COVID? The antivaxx/COVID contrarian synthesis. It doesn’t make sense and it leaves us all more vulnerable.

The Lancet joins The American Public Health Association and @drsforamerica.bsky.social in calling for RFK Jr‘s resignation. Good. More!

Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction.

Doctors for America Calls for the Resignation or Removal of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and must be removed. The health of our nation depends on it. doctorsforamerica.org/statement-re...

I’m a union member. Did Elon Musk steal my data?

RFK denies measles as the cause of these deaths. Slips in the false assertion that MMR immunity “fades very quickly.” BUT when pinned down he does say he “encourages” people to get MMR vaccine. It’s clear he is doing the opposite on the ground. But keeping up the pressure is good!

this is not what law says about fda approvals work . it has nothing to do with priorities of govt.

A week ago, the Trump administration laid off thousands of people at HHS and its agencies. The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts. Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me. 1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.

This child became ill with measles many weeks into the outbreak. There was plenty of time to have become vaccinated if our nation’s top health official, whose organization has invested heavily on the ground in the area, were focused on ending the outbreak instead of fanning the flames.

My comments with @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/h...

In the same post, however, he deliberately added a falsehood In fact, he edited a falsehood IN to his post AFTER posting it His edited post included 'the growth rates for news cases and hospitalizations [from measles] has flattened" Sounds nice But that just isn't true

The transfers of senior HHS officials from to IHS were deliberately insulting. “But while Native leaders expected such moves from Mr. Trump, many say they feel betrayed by Mr. Kennedy.” RFK Jr and fellow HHS appointees seem to have been chosen to attack Trump’s enemies, not serve people.

This implies that over half of the children in this outbreak were treated by these two men. - What organization do these men work for? - Were either of the children who died treated by them? - Do they provide vaccines for these children and their families and neighbors?

NIH slashes overheads, fires directors and staff, freezes funds, halts trials, interrupts research, stalls grant review, and terminates 100s of grants on infectious disease, vaccines, mRNA, DEI, LGBTQ health. NIH director, to Bari Weiss: Scientists are just upset because they didn't vote for Trump.

I work with this group. They are indispensable and need to be reinstated immediately.

“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...

NEW: After cancelling nearly all projects on trans health, the Trump admin has now directed the NIH to study the negative consequences of transitioning. This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.

On Peter Marks’ firing, @matthewherper.bsky.social has the common sense read. RFK has not even pretended to excuse the firing with any of the various potential good-faith criticisms of Marks. All the evidence is that it’s just what it appears to be: Part of his antivaccine, anti-science agenda.

As the Texas measles outbreak continues, doctors there are treating some children given so much vitamin A that they have signs of liver damage. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...

Our patients persecuted; colleagues and public health institutions under attack. Our field needs to rise up & fight back Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

I can barely stomach reading this @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social story. This is the work of RFK Jr’s Children’s Health Defense. Selling lies that left this child vulnerable, then exploiting her parents to further their cruel work. He’s made this government policy. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...