Nothing says "public service" like telling millions to just get over dying without health care. Truly inspiring leadership.

🚨🚨🚨 CBO: " #MAGAMurderBill will kick 8.2M ACA enrollees off their coverage!" Wakely Consulting: "Hold our beer." New white paper projects up to *~14 MILLION* losing ACA exchange or BHP coverage between House GOP budget bill + IRA subsidy expiration: acasignups.net/25/06/24/mag...

3 years after Dobbs, the harm is undeniable—but so is the resilience. Physicians & clinicians are stepping up, even as they face legal risk for providing evidence-based care that conflicts with restrictive state laws. DFA is proud to help lead the fight—through mobilization, litigation, & education.

If you want to avoid long term health issues, wear a mask If you care about disabled people, wear a mask If you care about being able to resist & fight back, wear a mask If you know that raw milk, vitamin A and green juice aren’t cures, wear a mask If you want to fight fascism, wear a mask

It took decades for us to reach a place where people were comfortable talking about their autism. Where diagnosis became achievable because awareness & advocacy efforts were successful This move will undo all of that. People will fear being diagnosed & mask themselves more The cruelty is the point

We are fighting for funding for the ME/CFS Research Roadmap. We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap. Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action. #PwME #MECFS #NIH

World ME Day - May 12, 2025 I have suffered from ME/CFS since 2009. We need good health care, up-to-date medical education and immediate research funding! This bipartisan issue impacts people of all ages. Please help us find the cure soon. #StandByMEcfs #StillSickStillFighting #MEcfs #EndMEcfs

ICYMI: As kids keep getting sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune dysregulation and damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, and more, while masks, clean air & COVID go unmentioned. www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...

In the U.S., a study with 108,237 COVID survivors reveals that post-COVID conditions (PCCs) significantly reduce quality of life. Survivors with PCCs report poorer general, mental, and physical health, especially in middle age. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again. Bravo

The next time you hear RFK Jr talk about how he wants to “make America healthy” and end the chronic illness epidemic … remember that he just chose to cut the entire NIOSH department. A group of people whose sole purpose is to help prevent sickness, death and disability.

The executive functioning required to make these decisions is considerable, and ironically also has a negative impact on our baseline. It’s exhausting having to be on high alert all the time. Unfortunately the alternative, throwing caution to the wind, is far more dangerous to our health.

abc missing the point... again its not "dating pressure" is violence, assault, misogyny, death threats, stalking, revenge pr0n, r*pe, murder

“You’re already sick so why not take the risk?” Non disabled people act like because our level of functioning is reduced, we should be ok taking extra risks. It’s the opposite. We know the pain of losing health & independence. We know help isn’t coming. We protect what we have left at all costs.

181 992 matched pairs: Paxlovid use associated with a significant reduced risk of ischemic & hemorrhagic stroke (HR 0.85) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.68) during the long COVID period, defined as more than 90 days post-diagnosis Tschüss Psychosomatik onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

It will never cease to amaze me that wearing a mask was a deal breaker for many people. It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.

This is no surprise to many of us who work in long COVID. The poor lack access to good care; the poor can’t take time off to rest when they need to; the poor often work in higher exposure risk jobs (healthcare and teaching and essential workers) and are women. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

This is what they're doing to Dr. Badar Khan Suri. This is not my America, and the world is aghast.

Georges Benjamin, exec director of the American Public Health Assn, calls on Secretary Kennedy to resign, calling him "a danger to the public’s health.” www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r...

Thank you so much for being there, @metrauxjulia.bsky.social! Everyone who couldn't make it, we are hosting another rally next Saturday. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Enjoy Dan Rather’s writing!

🚨: RECOVER grants for Long COVID pathobiology studies were rescinded under a new NIH directive this week. "...there’s going to be an opportunity cost which will reverberate for generations" one pediatric Long COVID researcher told @thesicktimes.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2025/03/27/r...

“I don’t know how you do it! I could never be chronically ill!” We didn’t get a choice. No one asked our permission. Disability just happens. It can happen to you too. We cope because we have no choice. We can’t trade our bodies in for new ones. We can’t “try harder” our way out of it.

No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.

Himes: This is his life now. He’s nowhere near qualified for the position he holds, so when he gets on a Signal chat with his buddies and says, ‘We’re a go. Centcom says all in. F-18s,’ it just makes him feel really, really good. Sadly, of course, it puts our people at risk.

Wisconsin—ignore the polls & get your ass to the voting booth on Tuesday. Elon Musk is dumping millions to turn out a group that usually stays home—voters that the pollsters didn’t account for. Don’t let the richest man on Earth buy your state to serve his own interests. Show up and shut him down.👀

Texas’s abortion ban is one of the most strict in the country. Now they’ve taken the disturbing step of arresting a midwife for helping women who sought reproductive care. Abortion bans were never about protecting women, they were always about control. www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3...

Wisconsin voters, I know you understand the assignment: ✅ Crawford ✅ Underly ✅ No

“Everybody’s so afraid to put their name on a chart related to an abortion because they don’t want to go to jail,” Lyerly said.

Americans: We’d like to afford basic necessities, keep vital programs, and not lose our retirement savings. Trump: Best I can do is a car commercial for the richest man on Earth.

The American Association of Immunologists: 'Long COVID: An Often Invisible Disability' 'On February 26, 2025, at AAI’s first ever congressional briefing, Lisa McCorkell shed light on the reality of Long COVID as an often invisible and episodic disability' news.aai.org/2025/02/27/l...

Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

1/ The medical community is fighting back! In the Doctors for America lawsuit in DC, a judge has just ordered that at least for now, HHS, CDC, & FDA must restore public health webpages taken down. by midnight tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪👩‍🔬

Good people feel it. They know we're not well because of this illness that has invaded. And it is the good people who need to be loud right now. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/defeating-...

South Florida Sun Sentinel: 'The hidden cardiovascular risks of COVID infection' 'COVID-19 has reshaped global health..its long-term impacts on cardiovascular health remain an evolving and critical area of study' www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/02/11/t...

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The H5N1 is mutating and spreading. The new D1.1 genotype, which is more dangerous to humans, has been found in dairy herds in Nevada. The risk of an H5N1 pandemic is rising.

Pandemics do not begin with official announcements. They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern." Pay attention.

JUST IN: Tuberculosis cases on the rise in North Carolina after more than 30 years of decline.

My heart hurts for our country. Healthcare encompasses my whole life & I have lived it: Survived cancer 2x, living with Lupus, chronic pain & chronic illnesses. I take 38 meds annually. I've done EVERYTHING in my power to help others have ACCESS to healthcare & I will NEVER GIVE UP fighting for YOU!

WUSF: 'USF public health expert reflects on COVID-19 in the U.S. after five years' '..this virus that has not gone away...there are still people dealing with long COVID...' health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-...

As the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wisely said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Today and every day, I pledge to never silence my voice in the fight for what is right, and I will continue to march in the path he forged toward justice.

On Martin Luther King Jr Day, we shall remember the woman who shattered ceilings to be to the first Black/Asian woman to be the American Vice President. Thank You Kamala Devi Harris for all of your work these past 4 years 🙏🏾 #kamalaharris #martinlutherkingjr #blacksky

Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025