“ Studies show that heat, air pollution, disease spread and food insecurity linked to climate change are worsening and costing millions of lives around the world each year.” theconversation.com/want-to-make...

“Washington State Department of Health is working with local, state, Oregon Health Authority and federal public health partners to investigate Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC) infections linked to consumption of aged, raw milk cheese.” www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/e-co...

“Most of the bills…were supported by at least one of four national groups connected to Kennedy: MAHA Action, Stand for Health Freedom, the National Vaccine Information Center and the Weston A. Price Foundation. The groups also opposed dozens of science-driven bills.” apnews.com/article/vacc...

“The Measles Exposure Location Tracker shows public places where a person with contagious measles recently was.” Excellent! doh.wa.gov/newsroom/doh...

“The prevalence of reported conflicts of interest in the CDC's ACIP and the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has declined from the early 2000s to historically low levels through 2024, attributed to policy changes and increased scrutiny.” ja.ma/3WPGQzz

“Heat probably plays the most crucial role in generating these micro- and nanoplastics…” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

“You’ll be able to get an updated coronavirus shot in every state without a prescription…You should be able walk into your pharmacy just like you have every other season…Most Americans are expected to keep free access to Coronavirus vaccines.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

“I cannot think of a single benefit of splitting up these vaccines. It was a terrific scientific triumph to be able to put them all together.” [said William Schaffner, an epidemiologist and professor of public policy at Vanderbilt University.] thehill.com/policy/healt...

“AAFP’s recommendations are closely aligned with other medical societies to ensure continuity for both patients and physicians…We review the same evidence and share the same goal: supporting physicians in protecting patients through safe, effective vaccination.” www.aafp.org/news/media-c...

“…Dr. Marrazzo and Dr. Neuzil “came forward to inform the public about the serious dangers to public health that the country and the world face.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h...

Washington State Department of Health issues a standing order authorizing health care providers (including pharmacists) to administer the most updated versions of COVID-19 vaccines to all persons aged 6 months and older, including pregnant individuals. doh.wa.gov/sites/defaul...

“As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.” www.idsociety.org/news--public...

“California, Oregon and Washington announced plans on Wednesday to form a “health alliance” that would coordinate vaccine recommendations for the three states.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

“Hundreds of reports have tracked the efficacy of the vaccines since they first debuted in 2021. The shots have saved millions of lives in the United States & elsewhere, dozens of studies have estimated.” Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/h...

“…Kennedy said nobody should trust him on medical advice, & yet he’s pushing out all the people who we can trust because of their scientific expertise & knowledge…” www.scientificamerican.com/article/cdc-...

“Leaders in state government can support patients who want vaccines (and their clinicians) by authorizing pharmacists, nurses, and other health care providers to keep administering Covid-19 vaccines without disruption from the FDA label change.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/30/f...

“Jernigan…said over the last several months he was asked to review & revise long-established findings about vaccine safety data at the behest of Lyn Redwood & David Geier, anti-vaccine activists who promote a debunked link with autism.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.” That’s from the resignation of CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social (on X) 🧪

The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...

The Vaccine Integrity Project has posted links to trustworthy, evidence-based recommendations on fall vaccines at: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte... www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...

“…nobody should be under any illusions as to what it is - a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt & unscientific wellness industry, seeks to discredit mainstream medicine, & portrays institutions and experts as enemies, not partners.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“People deserve facts, not fear and confusion. The sad but plain truth is that we can no longer rely on the federal government to disseminate accurate, fact-based information.” www.linkedin.com/posts/jeff-d...

“Secretary Kennedy is right that conflict of interest is an important issue, but he is wrong that it is present at substantial levels on (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) vaccine advisory committees…” www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

“There is no scientific evidence to support the changes HHS [the Department of Health and Human Services] made to COVID recommendations for pregnant women or for children." www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/vac...

“They found that there were temperature thresholds that could cause widespread breakdowns, leading to a cascade of crippling domino effects.” Paris Braces for a Future of Possibly Paralyzing Heat www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/w...

“This decision undercuts one of the most significant medical advances in decades, technology that could protect millions more from the threats ahead.” America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

“The intersection of disinformation, conspiracy theories and political violence is getting scarier by the day…” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

Today, the Vaccine Integrity Project issued a final report summarizing findings from the exploratory phase, focused on what’s needed to ensure the integrity of the US vaccine system, incl vaccine evaluations & clinical guidelines based on rigorous & timely reviews. www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...

Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World’s Forests www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/c...

“ACOG has committed to developing and releasing maternal immunization respiratory season guidance and recommendations in collaboration with the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy’s Vaccine Integrity Project (VIP).“ www.acog.org/news/news-re...

“We are, to be blunt, eating too much and probably eating too much of the wrong foods.” www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

👇🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“The grim milestone represents an alarming setback for the country’s public health and heightens concerns that if childhood vaccination rates do not improve, deadly outbreaks of measles — once considered a disease of the past — will become the new normal.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...

“The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength…Once we see a resurgence of measles, we know that other diseases are going to come behind it.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Today, multiple medical professional organizations filed suit v. RFK Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to defend vaccine policy, and to put an end to the Secretary’s assault on science, public health and evidence-based medicine. www.aap.org/en/news-room...

"The diminution and marginalization of science are thus central parts of the erosion of democracy itself." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hundreds of employees at the EPA released a “Declaration of Dissent” today, accusing EPA officials of politicizing the agency and undermining its core mission to “protect human health and the environment.” scim.ag/4lB937S

“The threat to the health of Americans is larger than one issue. It’s about more than Medicaid…more than vaccines. It’s about the totality of the administration’s agenda…the cumulative effects of the entire basket of policies that put Americans at greatest risk.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“Immunization policy decisions must be guided by science. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is gravely concerned with the flawed process that occurred during the recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting on June 25-26, 2025.” www.nfid.org/statement-on...

Who remembers the [retracted] DeLong study, suggesting that HPV vax would lead to 2M fewer conceptions bc it negatively affected fertility? Even though it didn't control for 1) birth control use or 2) trying to conceive? Well hold on to your asses bc AVers are trying to make DeLong2.0 happen. /1

RFK Jr’s vaccine advisers vote down flu-shot ingredient — but back some jabs Thimerosal is found in only a small fraction of US vaccine doses but has long been viewed with suspicion by the anti-vaccination community. www.nature.com/artic... 1/3

“For the new committee, it was clear that not all were vaccine experts—they questioned basic epidemiologic methods, misunderstood fundamental scientific principles, and repeated conspiracy theories that have circulated for decades…” yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/vaccine-po...

Message from AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG and IDSA. “We have an urgent, united message: Immunizations work, they are very effective and safe, and they save lives…So let us be clear: Our organizations will strongly continue recommending vaccines.” Bravo. www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...

“As the world continues to emit planet-warming greenhouse gasses, and temperatures climb past what the human world was built to handle…more people will experience climate change in damaging and frightening ways.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/c...

I know that a lot of today was really bad to any reasonable person (esp Gavi stuff), but I think that it would be wrong to count the ACIP meeting itself today as among that. Here's why I think that: Any fair-minded person listening to the discussion today could clearly see an undeniable truth.