Absolutely brutal.

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.” Among those RIFd: —leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases; —leadership of global health center —leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

My story on the "historic" autism announcement is in the works. Not included in my story is a lingering feeling that, gee, that White House briefing sure involved a lot men telling women to just deal with the pain.

Sec Kennedy said he doesn’t know how many people died of COVID in the US. But cites what percentage of world COVID deaths occurred in the US. US deaths divided by worldwide deaths X 100. So either he knows how many people died in the US or doesn’t know percentages.

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

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy. Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule. www.aap.org/en/news-room...

ITS FLAT FUCK FRIDAY ROLL THE CLIP

Shabbat Shalom to everyone who recognizes that the safety, freedom & thriving of Jews and Muslims are bound up together — in Israel & Palestine, across the five boroughs, and in many other beloved places.

IYKYK

Several states have adopted shield laws to protect providers of gender affirming care, including from out-of-state actors who want to punish them for treating ban-state residents. Some states cover repro but not GAC. Know your state’s law & advocate for your state leaders to strengthen protections

Shout out to Chase Strangio who did his level best and should have fucking won. What a beast of an attorney and an amazing advocate. This is heartbreaking. #Skrmetti

The head of the FDA tells us they're taking a look at the dietary guidelines and that the food pyramid is out. The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.

The Panthers' tying goal, as called around the world and in American Sign Language:

The US now has no vaccine advisory committee, no CDC director, and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary.

The Federal Register extended the notice and comment period on the Trump admin's Schedule F civil service purges until June 4—and the topic is trending. More than 1 MILLION comments to date. www.regulations.gov/document/OPM... Background www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-purg...

Kennedy unilaterally strikes healthy kids & healthy pregnant people from the list of people who should get Covid boosters per the #CDC's approved schedule. There's a process for doing this, but it was not followed. "He's overstepped his bounds," one expert told STAT. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/c...

Kennedy, Makary, and Bhattacharya announced on X that they are pulling recommendations for Covid vaccines. They will no longer be part of the childhood vaccination schedule, and they're no longer recommended for pregnant people. There's a process for changing recs. It's not posting a video on X.

The man on the left wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine *last week* that pregnancy is a one of the medical conditions that increases the risk of severe covid and thereby warrants vaccination. Covid infection is linked to miscarriages. MAHA is a cult. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/c...

Read my latest:

Nope.

Seemingly random white women at the #MetGala are making me grumpy.

We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...

“B/C of my family’s commitment to these issues, I spent 200 hours w the retarded when I was in HS,” Kennedy said. “So I was seeing people with intellectual disabilities all the time. I never saw anybody with autism.” This was RFK Jr speaking to FDA staff, and some of the staffers walked out.

What’s left to say about this man? Unhinged and offensive. Let’s try that.

Little too on the nose.

great news "for middle-school smokers" www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Tough to be a Canadian MAGA shithead these days. Looking forward to 895 #ALLCAPS

It's unfortunate that this needs to be said, but to stay alive, listen to scientific consensus (on health, climate, environment, etc.) and ignore the conspiracy theorists.

You guys. Watch this and share this. This is the TRUE STORY of the effect of these #publichealth cuts. Thanks to @brindabee.bsky.social and even more so to these brave veterans for speaking up. youtu.be/6vUypKX39q4

Literally begging @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social to discuss Alito’s (!!) vape ruling and smack down of the 5th (!) especially given yesterday’s gutting of CTP.

NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Caught up in the purge was Dustin Brace, a social scientist at the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, who spent his days scrutinizing new e-cigarette products, making sure they did not appeal to kids. “More mistakes may be made because the workload is so much higher," he said.

Sotomayor scoffs at suggestion that democratic process will protect trans people: "When you’re 1% of the population or less, it's very hard to see how the democratic process will protect you." Adds: There are many more Black people/women, & the dem process "didn't protect them for whole centuries"