"The administration’s norm-shattering masks a more fundamental misunderstanding of how administrative power can bring about lasting change. . . . The credibility of decisions depends on a respected agency showing its work." -- @drjoshs.bsky.social @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/16/m...

"Actions on a wide range of difficult topics are most credible and durable when they are supported by processes that are fair and have integrity." Perspectives on a necessary path forward for FDA by @drjoshs.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2026/05/16/m...

New from @cspinet.org -- a searchable database of federal vaccine actions in this Trump Administration. Search by agency, type of action, and headline. apps.knack.com/thestraights...

Attention health policy leaders: This @milbankfund.bsky.social leadership program and network are really terrific. www.milbank.org/wp-content/u...

Devastating story.

Americans shouldn’t have to rely on Europe to get its health evidence and recommendations. The CDC needs to publish its own detailed threat assessment. Let the experts, not the political appointees speak.

(1/2) New in @jamanetworkopen.com, a Yale-led study engaged 42 national experts in hospital-based addiction treatment in a consensus-building process to develop best practices for initiating MOUD in the era of high-potency synthetic opioids. medicine.yale.edu/internal-med...

Regulations already make it challenging for people recovering from drug addiction to get medications, one doctor says. But when they’re displaced, “those challenges just become insurmountable.” @arjonesreports.bsky.social ⤵️

Is the US prepared for the next pandemic? 🏥 @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social appeared on @pbsnews.org Horizons with @drjoshs.bsky.social to explore the current state of our public health system and what needs to change before our next pandemic. Watch the full conversation: www.pbs.org/video/can-th...

Another symptom of "information sick" -- families trying to give birth at home without any support. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...

ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. (Published Nov. 2025)

The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies. n.pr/4d0E5EA

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

Some evenings downtown Baltimore is just impossibly beautiful and peaceful.

"Even as they debated the Obama plan’s possible burden on the power industry, in the entire chain of correspondence obtained by The Times, not a single justice … mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Ralph Tyler was indeed a legal giant — and still had time to teach a young health commissioner about how to use the law to advance health. I still hear his voice in my ears…and his support at my back. I will miss him very much. www.baltimoresun.com/2026/04/16/r...

Do you sometimes wish there was a law that required health agencies to base their policies on high quality data ... with an opportunity for the public to file complaints? It turns out ... www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

Baltimore, 4/4/26

We consulted with the writers of The Pitt on this storyline. The scripts don’t always get all the insurance and health policy details right, but I can vouch for the fact that they definitely work hard to understand the nuances. It has to work as a compelling story, too. @robinr.bsky.social

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is challenging to study; for one thing, it can only be diagnosed after death. Jesse Mez of @bu-cte.bsky.social explains who is at risk for developing the condition and how to understand CTE as a public health issue. 🔗 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/1028-what-we...

While the rest of the world is busy eliminating the horrible disease of hepatitis C, we're seeing a rise in cases and a decline in treatments. Sigh. Time to pass the Cassidy-Van Hollen bill to establish a meaningful national hep C elimination effort. From @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

A difficult read but also a must-read from Jeenen Interlandi. ‘A Mass Disaster Nonstop’: Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s C.D.C. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I appreciated the opportunity to sign an amicus brief in this case, focusing on the procedural lapses of the administration in its vaccine policy changes.

Breaking: In a severe blow to the Trump administration’s health agenda, a U.S. district court in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the government from implementing a series of decisions on vaccines made over the last year by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...

There are four pillars of US vaccine policy … and they are under unprecedented strain. 1) schedule 2) vaccine safety oversight 3) injury compensation 4) vaccines for children Our new piece in @jamahealthforum.com With Sarah Despres jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Terrific reporting by Katherine J. Wu in the @theatlantic.com on the unfortunate silence about measles as it spreads in Florida. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

The 4 Pillars of Childhood Vaccine Policy—1 Year Later jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... via Sarah Despres, @drjoshs.bsky.social @jamahealthforum.com

Know a teen driver, or a soon-to-be teen driver? Share this podcast episode with them — and their parents! — and help to keep … them … safe.

The latest @publichealthpod.bsky.social episode features CIDRAP's Liz Szabo on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in dentistry. Listen to Liz's commentary below or read the 3-part news series ⬇️. 🎧 ow.ly/nYTv50YsuNx 📰 ow.ly/U5aX50YsuNy

New data show that Michigan's "red flag" (ERPO) law was used 514 times last year, up from its 1st year in effect in 2024. It lets law enforcement, health professionals & family members ask a judge to order removal of firearms from someone who poses an immediate danger to themselves or others. (1/3)

ICE confirms measles outbreak in the nation's largest detention facility in Texas www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and their allies have consistently eroded confidence in the medical establishment—even as they propose to solve the widespread mistrust of public health by encouraging Americans to talk to their doctor. My latest story www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

As promised my colleague Andy Schneider with a *must read* blog taking a deep dive into the Trump Admin's latest unprecedented effort to block federal #Medicaid funding in order to punish Minnesota. A few key takeaways to follow (1/x): ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/03/02/c...

As Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary, we only found it appropriate to release our special edition PHokémon cards! Can you catch 'em all?

Just published: Our research on the association of school facility conditions with absenteeism and test scores in Maryland. We found that school infrastructure is associated with educational success, especially among the most disadvantaged. Thread...1/

Wuther or not you've seen the movie yet, we're sure you'll love these memes

This is a terrific podcast about what in the world is going on with that enormous sewage spill in the Potomac. If you are interested in the Potomac, or sewage, highly recommend.

Lots of poop talk today.

"As difficult as this moment is, I hold onto hope because I have seen how public health can bring people together to drive real change," writes Bloomberg School Dean Keshia Pollack Porter. "While despair can lead to paralysis, hope pushes us forward." magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/how-pub...

Olympic men’s hockey result: 🇺🇸USA: 6 🇩🇰Denmark: 3 Total shots on goal: 🇺🇸USA: 47 🇩🇰Denmark: 21 The moral of the story: When the US offers more shots 💉🏒than Denmark, good things happen for our country.

Thanks to Senator Ossoff and Rep. Kiggans for their bipartisan investigation into the inappropriate incarceration of youth with serious mental health needs www.ossoff.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

The Danish vaccine schedule is not just different from the US schedule because the countries are different ... it's worse for children. www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/d...

Pediatricians speaking out in Minnesota publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Appears I was a bit more fired up than usual in my analysis here.

Important analysis from @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social and colleagues.

On public health and human rights in Minneapolis-- An interview with Professor Joe Amon of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights on the @publichealthpod.bsky.social johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/1002-on-publ...

I’ve spent 15 years challenging a flawed explanation for an infant’s death. Credit to The New Yorker for patient investigative journalism that corrected the record when institutions did not.

Hosts @sdesmon.bsky.social, @drjoshs.bsky.social, and @lindsaysmithrogers.bsky.social reflect on 1,000 episodes of the show, the challenges of covering nuanced health topics, and what issues they want to focus on next. 🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/1000-celebra...

new blog from @asthonews.bsky.social about measles elimination status spoiler alert: it matters www.astho.org/communicatio...

'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...