Influenza, like #COVID19 , is a serious infection that can kill children. My prayers & condolences for this child’s family. The #fluvaccine greatly reduces the danger of flu infection. #FightFlu #Ivax2protect @familiesfightflu.bsky.social publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Congress needs strong medicine to perform its Constitutional duty “to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, & secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves & our Posterity” www.npr.org/2025/12/21/g...

#MAHA is about protecting privilege and increasing inequity resulting in shorter lives for all Americans. #NIH #publichealth www.unc.edu/discover/u-s...

I Was Wrong About RFK Jr.: he's not even a broken clock; he destroyed U.S. leadership in global health, and ruined our ability to trust our health agencies. He's done nothing right. via N. Adam Brown @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...

Tracy Beth Høeg has no apparent experience with creating or regulating drugs, but she did make a name for herself casting doubt on some vaccines. Her appointment as the acting FDA drugs chief signifies a greater focus from Trump's FDA on (ending) vaccines. From me www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pleased to be supporting @drpanmd.bsky.social and his congressional campaign. We need a good MD in the national discourse. Hosting a fundraiser in Davis in a few weeks. DM for details if interested!

Another day, another tragic pediatric #flu death. Last year's flu season caused 200 pediatric deaths in the US.this year is on track to match or surpass this number. www.fox19.com/2025/12/30/h...

Arkansas has reported more than 500 cases of pertussis in 2025, the highest number of infections in its 15-year data-collection history. healthy.arkansas.gov/article/arka...

“For generations, schools have required children to have proof of vaccination as a step toward protecting entire communities” #Ivax2protect #CommunityImmunity

“The state reported 20 more #measles cases in the last four days. If the disease spreads for three more weeks, it may no longer be considered eradicated in the U.S.” #MAHA www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

That RFK Jr would lie to Congress is not surprising. What is outrageous is that Congress is not holding RFK Jr accountable for lying to them. The U.S. Constitution depends on each branch of government holding the others accountable to protect our rights & freedoms. #DrPanForCongress #AmericanValues

The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.

When it comes to infectious diseases, 2026 may look more like 1926 if current trends continue: The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases in 2025, the 2nd year cases exceeded 25k. The contagious bacterial infection is a deadly threat to infants, older people & anyone w/ weakened immunity👇

Contra Costa County reported a case of measles on Monday; people may have been exposed at Walnut Creek shops and other public locations before Christmas.

The Trump Administration wants to silence critics of online hate speech. @counterhate.com is a nonprofit that reports on social media corporations amplifying disinformation & hate. This is government #censorship . #1stAmendment #AmericanValues www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Happy holidays! No matter who we are or what we believe, this season is about shared humanity, and the small kindnesses that bring us together. #CA06 #DrPanforCongress

“On the other side are workers and lower- and middle-income households, whose spending, as already mentioned, is increasingly shaped by constraint rather than confidence, accounting for the consistent “affordability crisis.’” fortune.com/2025/12/24/k...

For years, it didn’t feel like the holidays truly arrived until Fabrizio and I sing karaoke at the Sacramento CLC Holiday Party. What holiday traditions do you enjoy? #DrPanforCongress #CA06

In 2025, America saw the highest number of measles cases in over 30 years. That’s just a preview of what’s to come as RFK Jr continues his rollback of vaccine guidance.

Not only are groceries more expensive, food is now less safe thanks to @fda.gov Director Makary, RFK Jr & Trump. #MAHA

A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.

“like many entrepreneurs, they have relied on the #ACA for health insurance…. they will need medical care:.. Newton, 51, was diagnosed with chronic leukemia….. enhanced subsidies that helped middle-income people afford Obamacare plans have been stuck” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

What would Jesus ask people to give to? #Christmas “It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.” Proverbs 14:21 fortune.com/2025/10/26/3...

RFK Jr “is circling a dark idea: that the value of one’s life can be tabulated in accordance with diagnoses and preexisting conditions…. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.” #MAHA #autism #ADA

Junk health plans that don’t pay for the health care you need is just a corporation that is taking your money. That is why I authored legislation banning health insurance companies from discriminating against patients with pre-existing conditions. #DrPanForCongress

It would seem that the anti-vaccine movement's focus on autism is just a way to reduce vaccines, period. They don't actually care about autism.

“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”

“Almost 4 in 10 U.S. adults named health care or health issues as one of the top five issues they want the government to address…. Six in 10 respondents said it is ‘the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that all Americans have health care coverage.’” thehill.com/policy/healt...

“Children’s Health Defense, or CHD, which Kennedy led from 2015 to 2024, produces a daily stream of articles and videos stoking fear about vaccines and falsely suggesting that the risks associated with vaccine-preventable diseases are exaggerated.” #Ivax2protect www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

RFK Jr is not interested in the real cause of #autism. @ameracadpeds.bsky.social “it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

This is unethical scientific exploitation through "research" on vulnerable populations that will cause harm and will be written about and taught in ethics courses in years to come. This study would not be approved by any IRB in the US or in Europe. African children deserve better.

Why does this seem unsurprising? "Many officials call Bhattacharya 'Podcast Jay'" & "see him as so disengaged...they hardly worry abt his impact." NIH Principal Dep. Dir. Matthew Memoli "knows just enough abt (NIH)...to help destroy it..." No exec leadership record but anti-COVID vax & anti-DEI.

American tax dollars are going to pay for a Russian roulette study on leaving babies at risk for hepatitis B and ensuing liver disease. In a deeply poor African nation. To give cover of "science" to a 20-year anti-vax grifter. Far worse than Tuskegee, out in the open.

American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding for projects including reducing sudden infant deaths, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome, and more after criticizing RFK Jr. wapo.st/48U8yB2 via @lenasun.bsky.social and Paige Cunningham @washingtonpost.com

I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"

RFK Jr. is putting politics and his personal agenda ahead of children’s health. Cutting federal funding to the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and America’s pediatricians as a personal vendetta is an attack on American children. #CA06 #DrPanforCongress

Now is the time to support candidates for Congress who know how to hold RFK Jr. accountable for his harms to American health. #DrPanForCongress

“the Republican Party is out of healthcare ideas. They've had 15 years to conjure up a better program than the #ACA, and have nothing to show us except proposals that won't work for the average family.” #healthcare #affordability

The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, highest since 2021. https://to.pbs.org/4rVhlLP

“From 2000 to 2024, annual measles cases in the US averaged less than 200. However, in 2025, more measles cases have already been reported than any year in more than 3 decades, with 1356 cases confirmed as of August 12, 2025, across 42 jurisdictions.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer... @repauchincloss.bsky.social

“How could she provide meaningful patient care while competing with large-scale medical misinformation that increasingly questioned or disregarded the validity of her expertise?” #PutKids1st #Pedsky #Ivax2protect

Well, this is an utter disaster for science. This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next. 🧪

“The abrupt cuts in scientific funding in 2025 constitute in many ways a disaster to the U.S. that will have negative ramifications on all the people in this country in years to come.” #NIH #science www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

Take a moment to meet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. He is the guy who is leading the agency that is working overtime to enrich his MAHA patrons by taking away your kids’ access to vaccines & essential medicines. He’s replacing evidence-based regulation with corruption.

“American adults largely disapprove of Trump’s job performance, with his approval rating at 42% & disapproval at 58%…. Trump’s strong approval is higher among… MAGA Republicans: 70%…. But… a drop of 8%…. fewer Republicans report being part of… #MAGA” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Gun violence is the number-one cause of death for children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Wide childhood measles vaccination ⬆️ Americans personal earnings by about $450 per person per year. Estimate contrasts long-run adult earnings of people who grew up just before vs after measles vax rolled out decades ago. Burning our present & future, for what? www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...