Great summary of research. Remarkable benefits to adult vaccines.

At least 12 kids have already died of flu this season.

1/2 Remember that the great disruptions of past 11 1/2 months are from the WHIM OF ONE MAN: —Upheaval of world economy via tariffs —Effective dissolution of longest-standing Western alliances (NATO, North Amer partners, cultural-scientific-educ-aid institutions, US "soft power" overall.) —Now this.

Wrote a thing: The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....

7 Religious Schools Collect More than $1M Each in 4 Years from Education Freedom Accounts indepthnh.org/2026/01/03/r...

April 17, 2018: The left engine of SF flight 1380 detonates at 32,000 feet. Metal rips through the fuselage. Oxygen masks drop as the cabin explosively depressurizes. The plane rolls. People scream. The pilot, 🧑‍✈️ Captain Tammie Jo Shults, keys the mic and says, calmly: 1/ #BlueSky #NewsSky #AirSky

Both my parents lived into their mid 90s, but both also developed dementia. I’ve had both shingles shots and would gladly get yearly boosters if they could further reduce my risk. Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...

US adds 53 more measles cases to total, largely fueled by outbreaks in 3 states www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-a...

Medicaid program to stop requiring providers to report childhood vaccine data www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

And yet the FDA wants to reconsider these therapies, one of which was just approved a few months ago.

28 percent! Wow.

Never before seen footage‼️ Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year. @myradar.bsky.social #tornado #weather

Review of 200 novel human viruses over a century a reminder that pathogen emergence isn’t rare www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...

President Trump is taking 325 mg of aspirin a day to prevent heart disease. His doctors advise him to take 81 mg. Both are wrong. Here’s why. New edition of Ground Truths, open-access from the amazing @erictopol.bsky.social erictopol.substack.com/p/the-lowdow...

Just to clarify: Not *all* ACA subsidies have expired. A large chunk of them have, but they’re still *mostly* around. If they all expired, net premiums would triple or quadruple on average instead of “only” doubling, which is disastrous enough.

Federal health subsidies are expiring. Now, states are trying to fill the gap : Here Federal health subsidies are expiring. Now, states are trying to fill the gap : Here & Now Anytime www.npr.org/2025/12/31/n...

Good news: Medicare can finally negotiate prices on some top drugs under Biden’s IRA. In 2026, seniors save on meds for diabetes, cancer, heart disease, blood clots, arthritis & Crohn’s — like Eliquis, Jardiance, 1/2 #BlueSky #NewsSky #MedSky #NurseSky #EMSky #PedsSky #EndoSky #HemeSky

We’re sleepwalking into a disaster

What should people pay attention to as health policy discussions look toward 2026? KFF President and CEO @drewaltman.bsky.social outlines 8 developments to watch — including ongoing pressures around affordability and health care costs. https://on.kff.org/4pyk8Jm

AGAIN: Unlike many PACs where HUGE percentages of what you donate goes to their "overhead," Blue26.org is NOT a PAC and not a dime goes to me unless you *choose* to throw a tip my way *separately* from what you donate to the candidates. secure.actblue.com/donate/gabam...

📣 Dems overperformed by an avg of 14 pts across 67 Special Elections in 2025! There's dozens MORE in 2026! Jan. 6th: CT HD-025: Iris Sanchez GA HD-023: Scott Sanders SC HD-98: Sonja Ogletree-Satini VA SD-15: Mike Jones VA HD-077: Charlie Schmidt Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/speci...

More important special elections coming up fast.

Utah and California are the first states to step up to regulate how police use AI to write their reports. Who will be next? eff.org/deeplinks/2...

"Amazing Grace" Hopper died #OTD in 1992. +PhD in #Mathematics, Yale +Rear Admiral, US Navy +Invented the first computer compiler, foundational to modern software +Co-developed COBOL, one of the earliest standardized computer languages #WomenInSTEM #legend

Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.

Katelin Provost is a 37 year old single mom & social worker Because of MAGA/MAHA policies (“Make America Healthy Again”), her monthly premium payment is increasing from $85/month to nearly $750 This is immoral & will sicken & kill people—it’s a huge barrier to care www.wlwt.com/article/aca-...

🚨In 2 days, millions of Americans will be facing a crisis in ACA premium increases Healthcare policy analyst @charlesgaba.com shares the gut punch in his increase based on income chart for Alaskans 👇

(Sigh) —24 million Americans are not “very few people.” —the subsidy expiration isn’t 4% of the increase; it’s 4 *percentage points* of the *gross* increase of 26%, or 15.4% of the gross increase. —More importantly, it’s causing nearly ALL of the NET increase, which is what matters to enrollees.

In one fell swoop, Trump has successfully achieved his goal of fucking up voting by mail.

Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt

A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

I’m watching the back & forth between @mcuban.bsky.social & @bsky.app and I’m reminded of one of the better pieces I’ve ever written (and it wasn’t even for my own blog): www.cracked.com/blog/a-zero-...

Yes, the U.S. vaccinates more than European countries, but look at the results! Europe never eliminated measles. Measles was eliminated for 25 years not just in the U.S., but the entire Western Hemisphere. www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...

The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake the childhood vaccine schedule. I wrote this for CIDRAP News as an explainer for the general public and public health folks, who may not be familiar with the legal issues involved. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

You’d think literally violating the Nuremberg Code would be enough but hopefully this can slow him down until we can find 67 Senators who care about our lives and wellbeing…

I feel like its an underreported issue that the between the Obamacare subsidies and student loans a whole bunch of discretionary spending is about to be sucked out of the economy.

“Sara Rosenbaum, a professor emerita at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at Georgetown University, said that Kennedy does not have the legal authority to unilaterally change vaccine schedules. “He cannot. I have no idea what authority he planned to cite for such an action,” she said”

"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth... "It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Why Americans are Dying Younger? NIH Is Not the Problem. Our Broken Healthcare Delivery Is url: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...

Wait…inside one? You mean you can’t even get out if they stall/lose their signal??

Another big difference between Denmark and the U.S.: New parents get a combined 52 weeks of parental leave (divided between each parent). Parents can stay at home w/ babies there, instead of sending to daycare, where they catch every bug possible. www.norden.org/en/info-nord...

“It’s terrifying,” she said. They’re not rich or poor — just middle class. Then her health insurance premium jumped 34%, to $43,000 a year, as federal help vanished. She also has chronic leukemia. One insurer. No alternatives. This is what unaffordable healthcare looks like now. #BlueSky  #MedSky

Should we follow Denmark on abortion, too? Abortion is legal anywhere in Denmark until 18 weeks of pregnancy. And 15- to 17-year-olds don't need parental consent www.politico.eu/article/denm...

Excellent article and well worth the read.

Denmark’s vaccine schedule is the most minimalist of any developed country. Even other Nordic nations cover more diseases. Sweden, Norway, and Finland all have broader schedules. The U.K. is adding varicella in 2026. Germany is adding meningococcal B in 2025. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...

Fun fact: It’s easy to keep premiums low when you only have to insure healthy people.

Terrific reporting by Apoorva Mandavilli. “So which diseases are they choosing to bring back to the U.S.?” Dr. O’Leary said. “Do we want to bring back deaths from chickenpox?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...

Distant Dome: Affordability Is Dependent on the Whims of Corporations indepthnh.org/2025/12/20/d...