Defiant Acts of Joy danielleofri.com/defiant-acts... via @danielleofri.bsky.social

Recent and upcoming presentations and meetings: In September, I traveled to Oxford University for the international Preventing Overdiagnosis conference, where I presented for a research team that spent several years working to estimate the harms ... commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2025/10/rece...

“Once you actually start reading the studies, more of the statements in the press release start to fall apart, the experts said.” Great reporting by @greennoise.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Health Centers Face Risks as Government Funding Lapses kffhealthnews.org/news/article... via @kffhealthnews.org

The CDC still hasn't issued COVID vaccine guidelines, leaving access in limbo www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org Vaccines for Children covers half of US children - and none of them can get the vaccine due to RFK Jr.'s failure to confirm a recommendation from his own handpicked ACIP.

1/8 Evidence keeps piling up: Medicaid work requirements do not increase employment. They just make it harder for people to get health insurance. Latest evidence comes from a BMJ study on Georgia. 🧵

280 children died from influenza last year. Fortunately this girl did not, but the suffering she endured was consequential for her and her family.

The CDC website reverting mpox to the inaccurate & racist “monkeypox” is analogous to reverting HIV to “gay-related immune deficiency” (GRID). How far the once premier public health agency has fallen under RFK Jr. and minions.

“Someone who says that ‘I’m against abortion, but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life.” -- Pope Leo XIV apnews.com/article/vati...

Low-income children lack access to Covid vaccines because of approval delay www.statnews.com/2025/09/30/c... via @statnews.com ACIP actually did their part, but RFK Jr. hasn't signed off to make the vaccines available.

Just released from prison? Good luck finding a primary care physician. open.substack.com/pub/commonse...

This is particularly concerning. While on the surface, it may seem boilerplate, we have to read it within the context of today's environment. If you don't recall the Tailhook scandal of 1991 or even the movie A Few Good Men, you need to refresh yourself. We're being taken back to "the good ol days"

BREAKING: Federal agencies are blaming Democrats and leftists/liberals in Congress for the looming shutdown. That appears to violate the Hatch Act -- my latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Health Care Costs of Firearm Injury Hospital Visits in the US jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... via @jamahealthforum.com

Perimenopause is the new buzzword in the business of women’s health www.statnews.com/2025/09/29/p... via @statnews.com

Just a reminder that it's the last day of September and the US Preventive Services Task Force hasn't met since March. (Their July meeting was cancelled by RFK Jr. and there are no future meetings scheduled.) Understandably we have been focused on preserving vaccine access, but screenings matter too.

A Looming Trade-Off: What is at Stake with AHRQ's "Gold Standard" Focus? academyhealth.org/blog/2025-09... via @academyhealth.bsky.social

Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions theconversation.com/why-a-study-... via @theconversation.com

But RFK Jr. gets rich off of being anti-vaccine.

What if NIH had been 40% smaller? | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Interesting thought experiment illustrates the damage that current / proposed NIH budget cuts will do to anticipated medical advances.

Today, the AMA sent a letter, co-signed by more than 50 other national health orgs, asking the Administration to waive the new $100,000 application fee for H-1B physicians. Doctors from other countries play a critical role in delivering high-quality patient care. spr.ly/63327AjZQF

Fully 80% of the CDC's budget goes out to state and local health departments. Slashing the CDC's budget is going to be felt by "every person in every community across this country, whether they realize it or not.” my latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Routine vaccination for COVID-19 reduces hospitalization and deaths much more than vaccinating only high-risk groups. www.news-medical.net/news/2025092...

This is the official communication from the FDA to physicians on acetaminophen use in pregnancy. - They acknowledge the lack of a causal link with autism - Essentially tell physicians to keep doing what we've been doing anyway It's very different from the press conference. Pass it on.

1/ The US Public Health Service (USPHS) just sent 70 officers to tribal communities for 4-month “details.” On its face: 👍🏽. In reality: not so much. Let’s unpack why. (long thread 👇🏽) www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...

Democrats Should Trade Spending Cuts for RFK Jr.'s Resignation. open.substack.com/pub/insideme... via @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

Tariffs: Added Strain On The US Health Care System www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... via @healthaffairs.bsky.social

Don't forget the family physicians!

Why Obamacare Marketplace Premium Costs May Double Next Year www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...

Correlation, causation, and Presidential pronouncements on health: The historical track record of major U.S. Presidential pronouncements on health is as abysmal as one might expect given their prior occupations (27 lawyers, zero physicians or medical ... commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2025/09/corr...

The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning. They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then: No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism AND Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”

There is no conclusive evidence that taking Acetaminophen during pregnancy harms children, but there is very strong evidence that getting COVID does.

⚠️ CDC quietly updated its webpage to caution pregnant people about acetaminophen (Tylenol). Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk. As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔 www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...

President makes false claims on acetaminophen (word he could not pronounce) & vaccines at press conference buff.ly/ZXGKqv1 But study of 2.5M kids shows no link of acetaminophen to autism, ADHD, or disability. buff.ly/1Trmabu Misinformation has consequences. Evidence matters. #medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪

What the President said yesterday about vaccines and Tylenol causing autism was deeply irresponsible, analogous to him speculating in 2020 about bleach injections treating Covid. The difference is that instead of being appalled, his health agency leaders were actually cheering him on.

F.D.A.’s Approval of a Drug for Autism Upends Review Process www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h... "Gold Standard Science" this is not.

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

Vaccine mandates misinformation: 2 experts explain the true role of slavery and racism in the history of public health policy – and the growing threat ignorance poses today theconversation.com/vaccine-mand... via @theconversation.com

Preventive Services at Risk: Federal Instability and State Responses chir.georgetown.edu/preventive-s...

ACIP Is Now Obsolete. Here's Where Medicine Can Look Instead. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... via @medpagetoday.com

Removing Fluoride From Water? An Oral Health Crisis Unfolds jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... via @jamahealthforum.com

Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/c... via @statnews.com

Today's ACIP 🤡 show had some wins, but the biggest loser was the American people because vaccine recs are fully in the hands of people who do not understand, or do not care, that every word of a rec has impacts on everyday people. Actions have consequences.

"My thoughts turned to David Rose, who volunteered to try to prevent another such attack on our country, and then, when back home, ran toward danger once again to help his fellow Americans." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-hero-dav...

No commentary. I’m just asking you to please share this with friends and family: Before following guidance from RFK Jr’s CDC on children’s vaccines or health, do this… 📌 Google: RFK Jr. and Children’s Health Defense — conspiracies 📌 Google: RFK Jr. and Children’s Health Defense — measles

Reaction's to ACIP's vote are coming in. The American Academy of Pediatrics says the meeting "promoted false claims and misguided information about vaccines as part of an unprecedented effort to limit access to routine childhood immunizations and sow fear and mistrust in vaccines."

Special thanks to the @CDC scientists for great presentations, excellent scientific reviews, and enormous patience in the face of an enormously challenging and upsetting day at what used to be the ACIP

The importance of hepatitis B vaccines. "If hepatitis B virus was a superhero, its secret power would be its stealth." www.chop.edu/parents-pack...

As Dr. Monarez made clear from her testimony, these votes were essentially pre-determined by RFK Jr and his careful selection of like-minded supporters to staff ACIP. He asked her to guarantee in advance she would approve the votes, no matter the science.

EtR (evidence to Recommendations) is gone. We're now forming vaccine policy based on vibes and public opinion. Mallone admits they are making a decision not based on a safety signal...but on trust? There is no reason to defer the Hep B birth dose except to advance the anti-vaccine agenda.