One way we use pathogen genomics for public health here in Utah. www.deseret.com/lifestyle/20...

Great collaboration between the CDC and state public health labs!!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I’m curious. If an outspoken atheist was to set up tables outside churches on Sunday and on campuses of Christian colleges with a sign that said “God doesn’t exist, prove me wrong,” would that person be hailed as a figure who was trying to engage in good faith debate and heal our divisions?

I miss the old brand #CDC

Going forward, what comes out of the CDC “will be a Frankenstein of science and ideology” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Kennedy “is trying to fully dismantle the nation’s vaccination apparatus, regardless of what science says or what most people want. And less than a year into his tenure as health secretary, he is succeeding brilliantly.” We are all at deep risk unless we push Congress to actually act. NOW.

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)

🗓 Pathoplexus turns ONE! 🎂🎉 In the past year we’ve grown from 4 pathogens to a truly global, community-driven platform for transparent, equitable & impactful pathogen sequence sharing. 📰 Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-08... 1/10

Trump takes light www.sltrib.com/news/environ...

“New Jersey health officials are issuing a warning about a possible measles exposure on NJ Transit and PATH trains. A Hudson County resident who was diagnosed with measles used public transportation while potentially infectious, the New Jersey Department of Health announced Friday.”

They're all cool with sexually assaulting children it appears www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬 Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025

We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.

I once talked to Ice-T about skiing in the Delta customer service line in Salt Lake City.

A little shameless self-promotion. www.aphlblog.org/how-next-gen...

NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.

Check out some fun foodborne illness investigations! www.aphlblog.org/contaminatio...

Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10

This week’s main story is about the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s leadership, how those cuts will impact all of us, and some foolproof ideas for what scientists can do in the absence of totally superfluous stuff like, y’know, centrifuges.

💣The Carpet Bombing of HHS 💥 It's hard to describe how America's health agencies have been bombed and shelled in the past few months, but John Oliver is a good start. 🧵

We agree that CDC needs to be more nimble and efficient. But CDC restructuring should be done by someone who understands the mission and respects science. RFKJ is not that person. He does not understand the work he is destroying and does not care to find out. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Utah just banned fluoride in drinking water, undoing decades of science-based public health progress. Time for a fluoride #factcheckfriday:

Those NAS worked great for almost 9 years. RIP!

CDC leadership has not been included in decisions that affect the agency's future. Termination emails will go directly from HHS to CDC staff. The tone from Center directors today: “sorry we don't know anything. Please tell us if you're RIF'd. We'll do a headcount Monday of those still standing".

The hits just keep coming! This in the same week as the cuts to state public health agencies. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

RFK Jr puts an absolute crank with a history of retracted papers and license violations in charge of his “no really vaccines do cause autism” study. David Geier… incredible, really. Nice job, Bill Cassidy! www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

I can’t believe we just went through the worst pandemic of a generation and are now just going to ignore it for political reasons. As if COVID just disappeared and there’s no chances of another similar pandemic down the road 🤦🏻😨

In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics www.science.org/content/arti... www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... www.science.org/content/arti...

This is absolutely devastating! www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

We can confirm that CDC (Trump/DOGE) is making massive cuts to states. State and local health departments rely on federal funds to provide services. Immediate termination of grants, effective today, as well as steep cuts to COVID funds. We will update as we learn the full extent.

Come check out @erinyoung.bsky.social poster at #IDLabCon ! Learn about how long read sequencing reads can be used to identify AMR genes!

Fun way to kick off @aphl.org #IDLabCon with the next steps for next generation sequencing pre conference workshop! Thanks @drkfo.bsky.social @k-florek.net and Dan Evans for speaking!

Kicking off the NGS pre conference workshop at APHL’s ID Lab Con! Nice presentation @k-florek.net #IDLabCon

2023: mRNA vaccine scientists win the Nobel Prize 2025: US government cuts research on mRNA vaccines

Nice overview of CDC's Travelers Genomics Program, which screens for SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens among the travelling public (voluntary swabs/aircraft blue water) at four US international airports. www.cbsnews.com/news/disease...

The Utah State Legislature banned pride flags on government buildings so the Salt Lake City government lit City Hall up in Pride Colors ☠️

You've no doubt heard that the Great Library of Alexandria was destroyed in a fire and with it, centuries of knowledge, learning & prose. But that's not the ACTUAL story. The TRUE story of the destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria has more to teach us than the myth.

WTF? Why is Musk at the CDC? He might get lost and stumble into the BLS4 without any PPE.

A new article my team contributed to! Researchers have identified unique North American isolates of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae. Genome sequencing revealed distinct strains not closely related to known isolates. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

We have an opening on my team at the Utah Public Health Lab. We are looking for someone with NGS experience to help us sequence all the things! www.governmentjobs.com/careers/utah...

The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research! That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?

Federal health agencies have been instructed to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts. Let’s not forget about the current H5N1 situation. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

>8000 virus genomes described from 40 species of bats across 52 locations in China. Huge diversity of novel viruses described - 3.4 fold increase from current diversity. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Norovirus is on the rise! This stomach bug spreads fast through food, surfaces, and close contact. Wash hands, clean surfaces and stay home if sick. Read more on our blog. #publichealth #virosky

With all of these new followers, I feel like I need to say something profound.

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