Dr. Oz emailed an invite to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to Jeffrey Epstein. Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.

@andreapitzer.bsky.social "concentration camp regimes in their early stages often make use of large open infrastructure to convert into detention spaces. Dachau was converted from a shuttered factory into a concentration camp in 1933" degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...

“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing

CDC funding cuts to 4 states in limbo after judge’s ruling A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the cuts, which could cost health departments in California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota an estimated $600 million. www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...

New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.

New rules from the Trump Administration expand the Global Gag Rule, cutting funding for more organizations and services tied to diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender care. Our new policy brief explains the serious implications for global health and U.S. leadership: https://bit.ly/4kymVAA

My thoughts, FWIW: JB screamed about being “silenced¡!” because virologists, clinicians, public health experts & pandemic control professionals rejected his push for mass infection instead of COVID vaccination IMHO men should process their hurt feelings instead of risking mass death as revenge 😿

Meanwhile www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/w...

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

As I reported Wednesday, @drtedros.who.int said it would be unethical to conduct a hepatitis B birth dose study in Guinea-Bissau. Today #WHO put out a statement outlining its objections to the proposed trial, partially funded by CDC. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/h... & www.who.int/news/item/13...

#HIV #NIAID

Scoop: The NIH infectious-diseases institute (NIAID) will soon scrub “pandemic preparedness” and “biodefense” from its web pages, according to e-mails I obtained. The directive is the start of a broader shake-up at NIAID, which has long been attacked by Republicans.

Saboteurs: Wrecking the US for generations by contributing to the spread of disease.

Can we file like, a whole-nation class action lawsuit against the Federal government?

“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.“

It’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week! This time we take on RFK Jr.’s attacks on mifepristone. Grateful as always for the team that puts these together! @benecal.bsky.social @miriam2024.bsky.social @erohealthcomms.com Kathylynn Saboda

NEWS: “This is what democracy looks like!" A chaotic scene as community members were dissatisfied with a temporary flagpole that political leaders had tried to affix the Pride flag to. The result: the community rehung the flag on the original flagpole themselves. www.advocate.com/politics/com...

FDA's decision not to accept Moderna's flu vaccine filing has sent shock waves through pharma. "When there’s uncertainty about the path to approval & the reliability of the process, that really has pretty serious consequences,” one player told @jasonmast.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2026/02/12/f...

NIH, CDC, HHS, and all of US cancer research and public health needed and still needs protection from Russell Vought and the P2025 White House. The defining feature of 2025 at NIH was not merely grant changes. It was unprecedented levels of presidential interference with NIH decision-making. 1/

This is EXACTLY right RFK Jr and the MDs and PhDs he hired to follow his orders—Drs Prasad, Bhattacharya, Høeg, Kulldorff, Oz, & Makary—have been hugely successful at rapidly dismantling the US vaccine system & at discouraging vaccine R&D (including mRNA vaccine R&D)

Trump’s culture war has left vulnerable people to pay the price with their health. Take action: hrc.im/equalityhub

🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.

this is so good “It’s crazy, because I always say I only fear God, but they have definitely triggered something in me to be more protective of myself and of my surroundings and the people that I care about, including other people on my route.”

WHO recommended community-based, out-patient treatment for people with drug resistant TB in 2011. Yet, 15 years after this recommendation and 8 years after the introduction of all-oral regimen, many countries are still slow in adopting this guidance. Must read by @stephanienolen.bsky.social

Revoking the endangerment finding would shove science aside in favor of special interests – at the expense of American health and wellbeing. Read our full statement ➡️ fas.org/publication/...

Revokes scientific finding

OPINION: "The outrageous lies of Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a Commerce Secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished ... America desperately needs truth and consequences." — Inquirer columnist Will Bunch

More than 650 members of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, acting in their individual capacities, publicly signed on to endorse the Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House on Dec 10, 2025 by Representative Haley Stevens. drive.google.com/file/d/1iQKK...

There is more to do and a long way to get there. The public release and endorsement by 650+ signatories from NASEM should continue to make it clear of the risk we face as long as RFK Jr remains in charge. @standupforscience.bsky.social www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly. "This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees." Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...

From the UK, but similarly ignorant and despicable policies are being pursued here.

RFK Jr certainly knows. Marty Makary certainly knows. White House SHOULD and likely does know. And that’s the problem….

Prasad/Makary/Hoeg still haven't released a shred of evidence to support this claim.

Trans folk and allies, flood this. It won’t stop them doing irreparable damage to trans kids in schools but in twenty years when this gets studied we’ll be able to say they knew the consequences and how poorly received it was. consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...

Going to #CROI2026? AVAC’s package of infographics provides snapshots on the R&D pipeline, updates on access to long-acting injectables and on the impact of US funding cuts. Check them out for the latest information. We update these graphics regularly, so keep this link handy! buff.ly/lqJfWDL

This week marks 1 yr since AVAC sued the US government over the sweeping #ForeignAid freeze that halted #HIV & #GlobalHealth programs overnight. Watch our Executive Director, Mitchell Warren, explain what happened, what was at stake, and why this case still matters, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXfM...

Interested in the science at #CROI2026? Join the Community Breakfast Club, which is open to everyone. Follow the science on HIV cure, prevention, and long-acting options. Get the details and register here: buff.ly/4UnAJbs

The intention of policies like this proposal is to introduce so much friction, so much pain, so much discomfort and humiliation, that a child desists rather than continue to assert their true identity. It is nothing less than conversion therapy being written into school policy.

NEW: Another NIH institute director hasn't been renewed — the director of NIAMS (arthritis, musculoskeletal and skin diseases institute). That leaves a whopping 15 of 27 institutes and centers without a permanent director.

Ex vivo expanded allogeneic Vδ2 T cells specifically reduce reservoirs of HIV-1 following latency reversal @insight.jci.org insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

Global Public Health: The Trump administration's politics of cruelty and its impact on global health Jane Galvão et al bit.ly/4tvyyw5

Opposite effects of chronic #HIV infection and antiretroviral medication on organismal and organ-specific biological aging www.nature.com/articles/s41... (open access) @natcomms.nature.com

Impact of AGT103-T cell and gene therapy on intact #HIV proviral reservoirs journals.lww.com/aidsonline/a... (open access)

Versatile #HIV Rev-dependent reporter cell system for stringent and sensitive quantification of viral reservoirs, neutralizing antibodies, and restriction factors link.springer.com/article/10.1... (open access)

Sustaining Rwanda's #HIV response after elimination of #PEPFAR funding: a modelling analysis of HIV epidemic and care continuum outcomes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (open access)

RIO trial results in preprint form @riotrial.bsky.social riotrial.org #HIV

Analyses from the ongoing RIO trial in the UK @riotrial.bsky.social riotrial.org #HIV

Interleukin-6 restricts pre-thymic T cell lineage commitment of progenitors driving loss of SIV control https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.29.702123v1

HIV-producing resting T cells monopolize virus production, associated PANoptosis, and persistence in lymphoid tissue https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.06.703840v1