"I know the consequences of Ebola," said Noela Lumo, who began making masks by hand after hearing of the outbreak. In parts of Congo, masks are scarce survival tool. In the privileged West, some leaders speak about PPE with dread www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

“According to the FDA email from Prasad…they determined 10 children died "after and because of" the COVID vaccine. But Prasad said the true number was likely higher”. What the report ACTUALLY said: “No cases [of pediatric deaths] were classified as certain in relation to COVID-19 vaccination”.

Another #pandemic will come as surely as the sun rises each day, and the U.S. is not prepared. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/pandemic-preparedness-after-covid

NIH's RECOVER program to find treatments for long covid has frustrated patients and its first three clinical trials have all failed to show efficacy. #LongCovid #research #medicine#research#LongCovid…]

I pay close attention to this author list. Respiratory protection and the precautionary principle in the current Andes virus outbreak https://trishgreenhalgh.substack.com/p/fb368a53-f848-4b25-86de-aae5358f52be?open=false > An open letter to the World Health Organization on 11th May 2026 by […]

Scaled-back #vaccine recommendations could lead to many more cases of a serious childhood illness, rotavirus, and 200,000 hospitalizations that could have been prevented over the next 5 y ears. One of the co-authors of this Yale study is my @defendpublichealth.bsky.social#vaccinecolleague Gregg […]

Study: 17% of adults believed the risks of measles/mumps/rubella vaccine outweighed the benefits. Most adults engaged with a wide range of digital media. Engagement w/ “new" right media outlets (e.g., Breitbart) was associated with increased odds of hesitancy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

RE: https://apobangpo.space/@bich/116477716256906098 I'd normally use a head smack emoji if it wasn't so sad that a lot of people are going to suffer because of this...

RE: https://flipboard.com/@npr/health-930k6cv1z/-/a-LJuOS3gbR2-bzFzO4-zxag%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0 The antivax sentiment in one of the most notorious red states is trying to move forward with disabling and killing its populace, starting with kids. #publichealth #antivax #getvaccinated #WearAMask

The #medical community agrees: #PeteHegseth's decision to stop requiring #flu #vaccines for servicemembers is bad for #military#vaccines#flu#petehegseth#medicaldiness and a generally really bad idea: https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2026/04/23/doctors-say-hegseths-flu-vaccine-decision-will-weaken-military-readiness/

Just reminding everyone that hepatocellular carcinoma is cruel and highly lethal, and the BEST way to avoid this really nasty illness is to get immunized against the hepatitis virus as a child. The second best is as an adult. Yet, the HHS leadership is whistling and gazing into the clouds and […]

Kennedy Refuses to Commit to Backing New C.D.C. Director on Vaccines www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

We're slowly reaching a point where so many people will have been deeply effected by #Covid19 that ithe general populace will have a harder time ignoring it. -- Long COVID potentially affects nearly 6 million children in the US. This South Shore teen is one of them Defined as a chronic […]

As professionals who have had to reason and analyze antivax behavior, the comment that always stayed with me is that "People will remain willfully ignorant until it affects them directly". -- As Measles Takes Toll on Kids, Anti-Vaxxers Have Change of Heart For some vaccine-hesitant parents […]

And yet another reason of thousands to not get Covid in the first place... Long COVID May Increase Your Heart Disease Risk Long COVID was associated with a substantially higher risk for new-onset cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly cardiac arrhythmias and coronary artery disease, in […]

Sigh, more proof that I'll be needing to increase my cardiovascular and keep my weight training to help me with my studies: The Fascinating Phenomenon That Is Your Brain on Exercise ..the current physical activity recommendations to get a minimum of 150 min/wk of moderate intensity aerobic […]

Study links long COVID in kids to worse grades, attention, and social life Children and adolescents with long COVID are significantly more likely to experience worsening grades, difficulty concentrating, and having limited fun with friends, according to a new study published in Academic […]

RE: https://wisskomm.social/@tu_muenchen/116402747839756202 I see articles of events like this and it honestly scares me. As a former IT professional who now works in healthcare, I know how easily AI can be manipulated and present false information as fact. Relying on it for any type of medical […]

With baby Arthur too young for the measles vaccine and a sibling due in June, the Otwells grew nervous when the threat of the highly contagious virus started affecting their grocery run. “We go to the Costco that was kind of a hotbed,” said John Otwell after his state health department's […]

Guess I need a new #introduction since I had to move from med-mastodon. I have been an IT Manager for most of my adult life and went back to college as an older student to earn my degree in #publichealth and #psychology (Summa Cum Laude... who knew?). I have volunteered at Covid vaccine clinics […]