“What we’re seeing is what happens when individuals who have don’t have a basic understanding about how vaccines are delivered are making these crucial policy decisions for the American public. They don’t know what they’re doing” -Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of AAP’s Committee on Infectious Diseases

Very well said -- with lessons for other fields as well.

If you believe free speech rights aren't important when the government is moving towards authoritarianism, you never actually believed free speech rights were important.

Hepatitis B can lead to cirrhosis, cancer, death We have reduced its incidence among children by 99% — a huge achievement Today RFK Jr’s hand-picked vaccine committee could unravel it www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-ken...

One of the newly-announced ACIP members... ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/02/22/s...

The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.

It should not be up to John Oliver to be publicly making the argument that university presidents should be making loudly & collectively on the news & in front of the US Capitol every day.

As a lawyer, I'll tell you that there's nobody who knows this law better than Ryan and Brian. Sure looks like murder or war crime to me. But as a human, I'll tell you that the Rubio statement -- we could have stopped the boat but we blew it up to send a message -- is sickening and depraved.

Truly no words to describe how stunningly irresponsible and dangerous this is.

The Ohio Capital Journal talked to two parents who send their children to private school — one who uses school vouchers and the other who refuses to use vouchers. @ohiocapitaljournal.com bit.ly/3JVzlE1

Resignations of CDC staff directly related to misinformation, weaponizing of public health, which is coming from RFK Jr. Untenable situation for them to serve under these conditions. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

At @defendpublichealth.bsky.social, in anticipation of the next MAHA report, we wrote on what it would actually take to maker Americans healthy. It demands that we examine the root causes of illness, malnutrition, etc. & invest in health-promoting programs. www.defendpublichealth.org/resource/imp...

Perhaps there is more context, but numerous outlets reporting that CDC Director Monarez told CDC staff that "misinformation can be dangerous" without clarifying WHAT misinformation and WHO is spreading it. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The data package HHS offered to defend Kennedy’s decision is not the work of U.S. government scientists… “The compilation originated as material for a book titled “TOXIC SHOT: Facing the Dangers of the COVID ‘Vaccines’,” an anthology of essays by prominent anti-vaxxers.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Disgraceful.

Feel like this needs a spotlight: employees were told that the shooting at CDC, which left an officer dead and buildings riddled with bullets, was targeted at agency, @lenasun.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and @tobiaraji.bsky.social report Years of anti-CDC rhetoric has consequences

Textbook democratic erosion. No one fears challenging the government in a functioning liberal democracy.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Again, they’re not just canceling this funding going forward but revoking already-awarded grants for things like vaccines against H5N1 bird flu Big “enlightenment reverts to mythology” hours

Good piece by @emilyctamkin.bsky.social on the incoherence of the Trump administration's strategy of effectively requiring DEI for Jews and banning it for other minority groups. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

#Ohio -- where the legislature has tried preempt ALL local tobacco regulation -- is unsurprisingly one of the states with the highest number of tobacco lobbyists. Thanks to @ash.org for their important work compiling this data. ash.org/tobacco-money/

The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services is a direct threat to public health. "Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover."

Fantastic and timely intervention by the indispensable Dave Pozen on the true meaning of the Columbia shakedown for higher ed: replacing the rule of law with regulation by deal, which ultimately undermines both regulation and education. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

"In some cases, [panel members] claimed that antidepressants don’t work at all and that depression goes away on its own." More promotion of dangerous, stigmatizing misinformation. www.nbcnews.com/health/menta...

Also a lobbyist for RJ Reynolds and JUUL — which suggests a lack of concern for college students’ wellbeing, to say the least.

Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated). It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings. It has written majority opinions in only 3. Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*

2nd Circuit opinion perfectly timed to make it into the teacher's manual update on preemption that I'm working on today. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

From the opinion: "R.C. 9.681 regulates nothing yet seeks to preempt the field of tobacco policy. This sort of law is and always was invidious to the text and spirit of the [Ohio Constitution's] Home Rule Amendment." www.cincinnati.com/story/news/c...

the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does

Fully agree with @lindsaywiley.bsky.social's take on Braidwood. Read the whole thread ⬇️

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Ohio EdChoice voucher system ruled unconstitutional (under Ohio Const.) in suit by 200+ school districts -- but stayed pending appeal. Judge Page: "[T]he State may not fund private schools at the expense of public schools or in a manner that undermines its obligation to public education."

This is excellent

Technically, the Court said retailers can sue regarding marketing denial orders (MDOs) & punted on whether tobacco companies can join those suits where they can't independently establish venue. 1/2

There’s one vice RFK Jr. isn’t talking about The health secretary, who wants Americans to make healthier choices, rarely mentions smoking WHY IS THAT? www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

We are again at “US government is promoting junk science to hurt people” o’clock. This is not bad only for trans folks (which is enough). It is bad for all public health and science. Further erosion of systems. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

Well worth listening to.

Not at all clear this is required by SB 1 (which is not yet in effect) -- it's another frustrating choice OSU is making.

MAHA report used numerous fake studies, suggesting that it was AI generated & (surprise!) seeking evidence for pre-established conclusions. Long term, destroying the government’s ability to serve as a reliable source of health info is incredibly dangerous. www.notus.org/health-scien...

This is what the Senate signed up for by confirming RJF Jr., but this is incredibly reckless. Changing vaccine recs without consulting the CDC or ACIP is an ominous sign. A moment of truth for insurance companies, who *should* continue to cover these vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/c...

Here's what actually happened at the CDC (and FDA). Thanks to @by-cjewett.bsky.social for covering this story. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Thanks to @delauro.house.gov for asking Sec. Kennedy about the elimination of the CDC's Office of Smoking & Health (at 40:00 or so). The disingenuous answer -- seeming to falsely imply that OSH "was not cut at all" -- is beyond infuriating. appropriations.house.gov/schedule/hea...

Now out in @nejm.org: @rachelsachs.bsky.social, @drjoshs.bsky.social & me on the decision vacating FDA's LDT rule. In short, there is good reason for FDA oversight of LDTs & the judge's reasoning could extend beyond LDTs - to the detriment of patients & public health. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Our likely new surgeon general in May 2020: “Many (if not most) COVID-19 deaths could be prevented w optimal metabolic health.” She tagged Trump and Pence.

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University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

These are all good questions. Important to note that the user fees that fund FDA's Center for Tobacco Products ($712 million/year) are set by statute and can ONLY be used for purposes relating to tobacco regulation.

“Many professors contacted said the proposed compact was vital to ensure they are protected from a White House that has cut research funding, revoked visas of international students and tried to direct curriculum at some institutions.“ story from @benbrasch.bsky.social @mollyhf.bsky.social

Big announcement from OSU’s Comprehensive Cancer Center! cancer.osu.edu/news/rathmel...

👇🎯💯 All of it, but especially this: