School shootings, brace for vaccine headlines this week, Covid-19 vaccine access, another measles death, and more. by @kkjetelina.bsky.social yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/school-sho...

We need a public health expert in the United States Senate to hold RFK Jr. accountable.

LIVE NOW: Join "Your Local Epidemiologist" author @kkjetelina.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA. www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

NEW: The CDC has been in crisis for months. After the firing of its director, resignations of senior leaders, staff + experts are bracing for what could be death knell for public health credibility. Me + @laurenweberhp.bsky.social + @davidovalle.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The amazing Dr. Deb Houry— former and recently pushed out Deputy and Chief Medical Officer of CDC— is ready to join the public conversation. Follow her at @drdebhoury.bsky.social !!

This is an extremely widespread view in public health. Daskalakis is one of the most respected health officials we have.

only so many words you can put in a headline but the whole response is loud and proud support for the trans community and worth reading

CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo

The most helpful info I've found on the Covid-19 vaccine at this point, from @kkjetelina.bsky.social, particularly point 12, "What should I do right now?" I'm interested to see what our pediatrician, who is extremely pro-vaccine, has to say about this...

"CDC basically imploded yesterday and now it’s truly in shambles,” said @kkjetelina.bsky.social. Also: vaccines? My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege. www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...

@kkjetelina.bsky.social Where "omg this is such a mess" meets "let's just press record and talk this out." tl;dr: Fall vaccines are anything but business as usual this year and all eyes will be on independent orgs and health insurance companies. Let's listen. open.spotify.com/episode/4C7p...

"We are drowning in the abnormal, yet forced to carry on our 'normal' lives, living in a constant state of cognitive dissonance." @kkjetelina.bsky.social yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/public-hea...

“Those bullet holes are a haunting, terrible metaphor for what public health has endured over the past six months—and the past six years.” @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Four CDC buildings shot up. Employees under lockdown and in fear for hours. Public health is physically under attack, and the silence from the administration is deafening.

Public health has a communication problem, and we need to fix it. Excited to share our new piece in @nejm.org explaining the need to train more health communicators, with coauthors @meganranney.bsky.social, @kkjetelina.bsky.social, and @tedmelnick.bsky.social: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

@kkjetelina.bsky.social has been my "go-to" epidemiologist for. some time now. CA peeps....she's starting a CA sub stack! You can sign up for a free weekly update here. Your Local Epidemiologist in California yourlocalepidemiologistca.substack.com?r=9mc3r&utm_...

It's exceedingly hard to argue that the administration & MAHA are committed to improving nutrition when they're simultaneously cutting everything from SNAP-Ed to innovative community nutrition work - cements the perception that food dyes are public health theatre. www.healthbeat.org/newyork/2025...

“...my biggest goal is to not turn people off that are curious… that means leading with a lot of empathy.” — @kkjetelina.bsky.social A powerful conversation on science, trust, and public health on Health & Veritas 🔗 insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/hea... #PublicHealth #ScienceCommunication

New Health & Veritas drops tomorrow! We’re joined by the incredible @kkjetelina.bsky.social — epidemiologist, communicator, & author of Your Local Epidemiologist. We talk public health, trust, & translating science for millions. @thehowie.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social @yalesom.bsky.social

So…what’s the latest in health research in the US? Excellent overview from @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social Watching this play out, I’ve been too sad to write much myself. I’m grateful to them for continuing to tell what’s happening open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

This week, @texasmonthly.bsky.social’s reporting on the floods in Kerr County has been so purposeful and so deeply empathetic. It was personal. This first person account is so, so horrific and so beautifully written. You’ll cry very hard. (CW: Child death.) www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

"Instead of moving towards a health system that lifts people up—towards more prevention and better access to services, free from debt—we are moving towards one that increases bills, debt, and makes people sicker." by @kkjetelina.bsky.social yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/medicaid-c...

Annnnddddd ❌Thousands of Louisianans will lose healthcare. ❌33 LA hospitals are at risk of closing ❌Thousands of children won’t get food Seems like a real winner.

Sadly, I agree with most of this and it is nicely described and illustrated. Its clever to position the "hits" after the mid-term elections. This causes a challenge of how to describe the issue when its not being felt yet. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/medicaid-c...

Just a reminder that saying something is “Gold standard” is much easier than working to make it as good as it can possibly be

USAID is shutting its doors today--marking the end of democracy, diplomacy, and decency all in one fell swoop.

Excellent interview by @danpfeiffer.bsky.social with @kkjetelina.bsky.social about the current status of vaccines in the U.S. Plus more on what the science really tells us about some of these bizarre MAHA claims. crooked.com/podcast/are-...

$20 that RFK Jr removes the members…

Dr. Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social and I will host live analysis following Thursday’s ACIP session at 1pm ET on Substack. Details soon (subscribe to our Substacks for free to get notified).

BouGhT bY pHaRmA is the one note this guy hits, yet for some reason no one here has taken any shots at the crackpots he's put on ACIP who profit from undermining confidence in vaccines. Or pointed out the overwhelming size of the woo-woo wellness market they grift through. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Let’s go! Live at 10am est!

The U.S. Health Secretary, RFK Jr., announced he was dismissing all the members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee. Hear @kkjetelina.bsky.social on what RFK Jr. says are his goals, and what the consequences might be. www.wnyc.org/story/rfk-jr...

Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...

@kkjetelina.bsky.social writes, “Someone with an established track record of ignoring reality made the unilateral, ideological decision to gut one of the most trusted and effective pillars of America’s vaccine infrastructure.”

“We should all be paying attention. What happens next will determine whether your child or your community has the choice of life-saving protection. & whether scientific processes still have a place in shaping our future.” @kkjetelina.bsky.social yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-gut...

do you have any idea how furious you have to make career civil servants to get them to put their names to a letter

This is incredibly important stuff from @kkjetelina.bsky.social . The only way those of us who care about public health can reach the many folks who agree with "MAHA" is to have difficult two-way conversations. open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Or much simpler, modified from @kkjetelina.bsky.social

Really good explainer this morning from @kkjetelina.bsky.social about why pregnant people and children are *still* eligible for COVID-19 vaccines - and getting one is often the right choice. open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

“The damage is already done. A wave of confusion due to unilateral political decision-making instead of established evidence-based processes, resulting in whiplash headlines, likely hurts trust, sows immense confusion, and in turn, reduces vaccine uptake.” @kkjetelina.bsky.social

This conversation between two “sides” was deep, thoughtful, and truly honest… in ways that I didn’t expect. Take a listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... @brindabee.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.

@kkjetelina.bsky.social points out these areas where American health is getting better, due in large part to research and public health efforts: Diabetes rates are decreasing. Dementia is decreasing. Heart disease is decreasing. Cancer deaths are decreasing. Obesity trends are improving.

Three in four adults enrolled in Medicaid have one or more chronic conditions. See new @kff.org brief with state and national numbers and condition breakouts-- www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

The 👏 point 👏 of 👏 vaccination 👏 is 👏 that 👏 we 👏 don’t 👏 have 👏 to 👏 urgently 👏 treat 👏 severely 👏 ill 👏 children

Important article - glad to be quoted along with @craigspencer.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-j...

Wish they didn't have to. And its so much intellectual labor. But the authors clearly, and with moral conviction, state why:

A nutrition program that fights obesity in kids is cut. This isn't MAHA. This is the opposite of MAHA.