Other than the clear top-of-alphabet favoritism in this list (9 out of 20 have names that start between A and C? Typical biased media) this is a great list. Subscribe to The Onion, too, obviously, but this is a very good way to spend your money on good people.

‼️Yikes, ICE attack dog bites & being denied urgently needed medical attention - including need to address serious risk of infection. #IDSky

If you're an expert in your field but still occasionally feel a tinge of imposter syndrome, just have a look at some of the current ACIP lineup.

Defend Public Health is speaking out about the ACIP meeting calling it an epidemiological crime scene. www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...

My son is having a public health strategy for his packed lunch today.

Academia is a daily gauntlet of criticism, rejection, & excessive workload demand. It's normal to feel like a failure when the main feedback is negative. And you're constantly doing a rushed job. That's why it's critical to have supportive managers. Alas, bullying & neglect are more common.

You've likely benefitted from HIV/AIDS research even if you're not living with or at risk for HIV. AIDS activists led the way in urging faster drug approval & spurring patient & community input & participation. @fredhutch.org #WorldAIDSDay www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...

🤩The momentum is with public health, vaccines, ID…jumped to 2nd place!🥈 Calling on #RheumSky colleagues to infuse 🍎team #mealioidosis 🍎 with more immunology… #EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #HCWvsHunger #FightHunger hcwvshunger.org

📣Team #mealioidosis Time to rise above 6-7😉 #HCWvsHunger hcwvshunger.org

I am shocked, SHOCKED, that #mealioidosis is getting crushed this year in #HCWvsHunger. Not even in the top 5, and yet, we practically invented #MedSky! C'mon #IDsky you know what to do. hcwvshunger.org

Some outlets are reporting that DOGE "doesn't exist" anymore. But the fine print on that overturns the whole story: DOGE is just dropping its tarnished brand, not the chainsaw. 🧵

When lawmakers refuse to take action on gun violence, we run for office and take their jobs. Voters chose former Virginia Moms volunteer Abigail Spanberger as their next governor, and 13 of our Virginia volunteers were elected to the Virginia House—constituting 20% of the historic House majority.

It was a HUGE night for our volunteers in Virginia! Not only did Virginians elect the first woman and Moms Demand Action volunteer — Abigail Spanberger — to the governor’s office, 13 of our volunteers were elected to the state assembly! 🧵 #DemandASeat

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

"AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat" is something from a Final Destination pre-production brainstorming session www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...

#NoKings + #TaylorSwift

After a week on service I’m reminded that the world is full of indescribable sadness but also full of unbounded hope and the best we can do is be kind and love those around us.

I am really glad that @jeremymberg.bsky.social wrote this. Everybody who cares about science, and about knowledge generation and civil society generally, should read and share with their favorite administrator. Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick. Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

These attacks on vaccines, tylenol, fluoridation of water, masks, etc is to keep everyone so distracted that nobody has the energy to ask - why are so many lacking access to medical care? - why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids? - why is life expectancy falling? - why are meds unaffordable?

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

My daughter’s 5th grade class outside her school, protesting gun violence and the Anunciation shooting, and getting lots of love!

You could literally just toss meth in any (open) fire, or destroy it even more easily without using fire at all, but for some reason the FBI used an animal carcass incinerator in a negatively pressurized animal shelter to smoke 2 pounds of meth with all the staff and animals in the building

I'm surprised how many people are quick to make a defense of violence in my replies. For them it's necessary, foreclosing on its use is a privilege. For me, non-violence is a powerful tool. It is the lesson of one of my heroes, Bayard Rustin. 1/ wagingnonviolence.org/2022/08/reme...

Report of the 2024 #marburg outbreak in #rwanda. The response successfully treated two patients in the icu, simultaneously ran vaccine and treatment trials and effectively contained the outbreak. 15/66 cases died. They gave the world a lesson in outbreak response. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

OLIVER: "While I do get the appeal of thinking just 'one more concession, one more payoff' might safeguard your independence or let you live to fight another day, it's worth asking: At what point have you compromised so much that the thing you're supposed to be defending is gone?"

Amazingly enough I am on this list *multiple times* because of scholarly articles I coauthored. You should really check and see if you’re on it too.

Best comment from this #townhall "I'd like a President who is a champion for the humanities. Quoting the 19th century playwright, writer and persecuted homosexual Oscar Wilde: "A cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing" UM must avoid becoming a cynical place..."

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

My quote of the day Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get. William Foege

One more #FedWorkerFriday post. Dr Daniel Jernigan addressing a crowd near CDC on Aug 28, 2025. He resigned 8/8/2025 as CDC's director of National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. CDC staff will miss his expertise. We are excited to work with him to #savepublichealth & #saveCDC.

#FedWorkerFriday meet @drdemetre.bsky.social as he addresses a crowd across from CDC, Aug 28. He resigned 8/28/25 as Director of National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases at CDC. He will be missed. We are excited to have him fighting along side us to #savepublichealth & #saveCDC.

Look who made the cover of AJC? CDC heroes; our heroes. They are heartbroken. We are heartbroken. We will work together to #saveCDC and #savepublichealth. @drdemetre.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social Thanks @ajc.com for the coverage.

Your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligibility criteria. Please send a letter to your members of Congress today and help spread the word. actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution. But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Please, people. Stop treating anything RFK Jr says as science. It’s not. It’s not even close. 🧪

Here in Michigan, gross ACA premiums are going up by around 17% on average statewide starting January 1st,, ranging from 4 - 25% by carrier. acasignups.net/rate_changes...

It's always @teenvogue.com that steps up, while the rest of the media is still in the "is it authoritarianism? Some experts warn of rightward shift in Trump administration" mode. www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...

For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products

And “AIDS funds,” means money for medicines that keep people from dying of AIDS. Russell Vought—devout Christian—seeks to withhold these drugs from millions of men, women and children.

3/ to attempts to confuse the public & intimidate healthcare providers. As a UCSF law professor noted, "Whether a vaccine falls under" the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which handles liability issues, "has nothing to do with whether AAP recommends it, and the liability protections are not...

Consumers Energy has already reported spending $29 million in just the first 38 days of running the J.H. Campbell plant, and those completely unnecessary costs will ultimately be passed on to families. www.fox17online.com/news/local-n...

Several people have suggested that I compile my emails to Bhattacharya and I am delighted to do so. Announcing the first cut of "Fifty Shades of 'Jay' jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... This contains just the first few exchanges. I will be adding more as time permits.

The entire annual budget of the Fogarty International Center is a merely 0.2% of the total NIH budget Despite this tiny investment, Fogarty has had a spectacular national & global footprint and impact... Trump administration wants to zero the Fogarty budget www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

Call these representatives, tell them that funding NIH and protecting it from partisan political control serves their constituents, not only with cures but with jobs, too!

My new article in @theconversation.com today explains what's going on at the vaccine court under RFK, Jr.'s HHS leadership. Yes, it's alarming, but it's also complicated.

If you’ve read and agree with our IHAT report, and reject the falsehoods and harm from MAHA, you can help defend public health! Click here to write to your members of Congress and tell them to REJECT MAHA, ADOPT IHAT to improve the health of all Americans! actionnetwork.org/letters/shar...

I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy

anyways, note the daycare playground in the shot