If the #ACIP votes not to recommend the MMRV anymore, then that vaccine won't be covered by the Vaccines for Children Program, which makes vaccines free for low-income families. Nearly half of kids are eligible for the program. Medicaid also may not cover the MMRV as a first dose, either. #Equity

A doctor attending at the #ACIP (but not a voting member) said the committee needs to consider equity. Some underserved communities have trouble getting time off from work or transportation to clinic visits.

I'm watching the ACIP meeting. #Follow along for updates. The committee will vote on whether to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for babies and whether to give the MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) and chickenpox vaccines separately.

The meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is starting now. They will vote on delaying the hepatitis B vaccine (now given at birth) until baby is 1 month old, as long as mom tests negative. www.youtube.com/live/-6uBNXs...

We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.

We are off the looking glass & through the looking glass when Karl Rove has more spine than almost any national Democrat & The Wall Street Journal’s opinion editor more courage than any of the leaders at ABC or CBS or Fox or CNN or NBC.

The Republican Party that hated racial quotas sure does seem to like racial quotas

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Pop quiz: Which state saw the biggest increase in its child uninsured rate during Medicaid unwinding. The answer will be revealed on our webinar today at 1p ET - sign up below.

We’re condemning political violence right

Last chance to sign a petition to ACIP by pro-vaccine people, for those not comfortable writing their own comment, organized by Voices for Vaccines🙌🏾 c.org/nwTPLHYJgj

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.

More than 4,000 film workers, including actors Joaquin Phoenix and Olivia Colman, have signed onto a pledge vowing not to work with Israeli film organizations that they believe are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.”

Just for fun, I'm going to give you some clips of the hate mail I got from being placed on Kirk's TPUSA Dangerous Professor list. Buckle up:

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence. For an actual public servant. Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

Neoliberalism will not counter fascism it will Embrace it. example 1,500,000

Protestors chant FREE DC FREE PALESTINE TRUMP IS THE HITLER OF OUR TIME To Trump, Vance, and Hegseth

“A new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available.” [kgw.com]

I am here to say vaccines are awesome because guess what Denmark is close to completely eliminating the two most dangerous HPV strains (serotype 16 and 18) and with the cervical cancer.I think that is bloody AMAZING!!!! bit.ly/4pbHxjT

I am as livid as I can be without shimmering

This sort of modelling is obviously quite uncertain, but overwhelmingly it shows that vaccines have a massive saving in economic terms. The COVID-19 vaccines may have been the best investment that humanity ever made!

"The answer to economic anxiety is not even more moaning about coastal elites or “wokeness”: it is durable political power built on solidarity rather than predation. The only route to true security for all... is the solidaristic protection of all by all" @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social #BlackSky #MedSky

*Policies* can't be the only prescription to heal what's clearly broken in our nation. While policy change is important, what is needed most is communal solidarity & accountability. A commitment that won't be dependent on if an issue directly impacts us or our loved ones.

At some point folks will realize this *Christian* nation & its leaders treat children as dispensable It doesn't care if gun violence is the leading cause of their death It no longer cares if they're protected from preventable diseases or if they're cured from cancer

This is happening to our neighbors' families , our friends' families. It is not just happening "over there." It is happening to us. www.startribune.com/israel-war-p...

We’re in a tragic—but preventable—measles resurgence, w/over 1,200 U.S. cases & rising. So it's meaningful to be named one of @mspmag.bsky.social's Top Doctors 2025 in an issue focused on vaccines - mspmag.com/health-and-f... #MedSky #VaccinesSaveLives #ScienceSky

Tomorrow I’ll be joining an Instagram Live conversation hosted by @sahanjournal.bsky.social to talk about how the One Bloated Bankrupt Bill (OBBB) passed by Congress & signed in to law by the President earlier this month could impact immigrant communities enrolled in #Medicaid in MN. #TuneIn #MedSky

I am incredibly honored to be the DFL endorsed candidate for Minneapolis Mayor. This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us. fatehformayor.com/donate

“'What particularly rings out is how certain large media outlets or owners or large conglomerates try to appease Donald Trump by settling lawsuits or by firing journalists [or] editors,' he said. 'It really resembles what happened in Hungary in the 2010s.'”

Minneapolis has long been the home to diverse communities and we have a long history of electing members of our many diverse and overlapping communities to represent us at every level of government.

Join us live on our Instagram @sahanjournal at 4 p.m. July 23, with panelists Ryan Pérez, organizing director of COPAL MN, and Dr. Nathan Chomilo, the medical director for the State of Minnesota’s Medicaid & MinnesotaCare programs.

So, what should Minnesotans know about these changes to Medicaid and MinnesotaCare? And how will it impact immigrants’ health care? We’ll discuss these topics on Wednesday. sahanjournal.com/inside-sahan...

FULL TEXT: Senate Republicans just released their 940-page reconciliation bill. www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Most people haven’t heard of ACIP—the group that decides which vaccines get recommended nationally. But their decisions don’t just guide doctors—they determine which vaccines get covered by insurance, including #Medicaid & CHIP, often with no out-of-pocket cost. #MedSky #BlackSky #VaccinesWork

One of my most important titles is Dad. On 6/27, I’m keynoting the Black Men Healing Conference with a talk titled, “Fatherhood as a Driver of Health" I will focus on how being a dad doesn’t just shape our kids—it transforms us. Join us!🙌🏾 #BlackSky #BlackFathers #BlackMenHealing

One of my most important titles is Dad. On 6/27, I’m keynoting the Black Men Healing Conference with a talk titled, “Fatherhood as a Driver of Health" I will focus on how being a dad doesn’t just shape our kids—it transforms us. Join us!🙌🏾 #BlackSky #BlackFathers #BlackMenHealing

The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, a law enforcement official said

I no longer view the crisis before us as a GOP vs. Democrat issue, and I haven't for a long time. This is a profound issue of choosing to fight supremacist politics, of necropolitics-- of whether you believe it's worth protecting people's right to live with a measure of dignity and respect, period

And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.

How can we do the most good for families—especially in fraught times? Join me, my Aspen Ascend co-fellow Teresa Ramos & Anne Mosle Monday June 16th for Big Moves, Bold Partnerships, a convo on how state leaders can scale what works & stay rooted in community needs. 🙌🏾 💻:

With federal changes to vaccine policy & recommendations underway, here's our overview of insurance coverage requirements for vaccines by payer, as linked to ACIP/CDC. As we show, federal changes mean consumers could lose access to free vaccines. www.kff.org/other/issue-...

How can we do the most good for families—especially in fraught times? Join me, my Aspen Ascend co-fellow Teresa Ramos & Anne Mosle Monday June 16th for Big Moves, Bold Partnerships, a convo on how state leaders can scale what works & stay rooted in community needs. 🙌🏾 💻:

#mnhouse coverage of #mnleg POCI Caucus news conference on proposed repeal of MinnesotaCare coverage for undocumented adults — LIVE now on HTV2 🔴 Watch on the House website www.house.mn.gov/live/2 and YouTube www.youtube.com/live/c2JveMD...

Another possible headline could be: "Well-Financed Challenger Lydia Millard Fails To Win Endorsement Despite Big Spending by pro-Frey PAC." Strib photo of Chughtai also follows Strib tradition of portraying female electeds as grim and angry (a la former mayor Betsy Hodges and DA Mary Moriarty.)

Doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners - members of Doctors Council SIEU - say they have been negotiating for 15 months.

Joined a powerful convo last week @nationalacademies.org on #Medicaid’s impact on kids The House budget rolls back the welcome mat—targeting adults, but pushing kids out too. In MN ~600K kids rely on Medicaid. This isnt fiscal responsibility. Its risking our future Invest in children. Not tax cuts

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Secretary Kennedy's announcement that COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women could reduce vaccine access for millions of Americans. IDSA urges insurers to maintain coverage for COVID-19 vaccines: bit.ly/4jjmwPV