Sharing our paper published yesterday discussing the 2025-2026 influenza season and challenges to future seasons, given recent HHS decisions www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Statement: CIDRAP stands behind public health officials after attack on CDC -from the CIDRAP Leadership We declare our unwavering support of the CDC and all public health agencies and their steadfast dedication to improve the health of all people www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...

"Mr. Kennedy continues to use words that make it sound like he knows what he's talking about, but, in fact, he doesn't," Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told PBS News Hour's Geoff Bennett on Wednesday.

I am quoted in this article. Time to stop the anti-vaccine and anti-science rhetoric that is putting public health workers at risk.

I am quoted in this article. As a former MMWR Editor-in-Chief, I am concerned about what public health issues we are not hearing about during this MMWR slowdown.

RFK Jr. has stated that the measles vaccination routinely causes deaths, which is not true. The truth is that measles vaccination has prevented more than 60 million deaths globally. Vaccinating your children not only protects them, but also entire communities.

I’m happy to share this video where I am interviewed by the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Public Health about the critical role of CDC’s MMWR. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwRx...

and here's an article via @srasmussen7690.bsky.social that was published in the @greenjrnl.bsky.social - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

NIH research funding supported 412,000 jobs in 2023 & doubled economic returns www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep... #NIH #research #funding

NIH funding creates medicines, jobs and economic growth

Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage. So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Our paper released yesterday: The ongoing existing and potential threats to the health of the US population underscore the reality that we cannot afford a cessation of data-driven updates from our country’s lead public health agency. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Oh, hell yeah www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I’m pleased that MMWR was published this week but disappointed that the articles about H5N1 were excluded from the issue. I am quoted here - we need this information! www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

This is horrifying

Cancer researchers said grants were on hold. Health briefings were abruptly canceled. The CDC’s famed Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report didn’t publish as scheduled. Our look at the sweeping consequences of the Trump admin’s “pause” of health communications. with @lenasun.bsky.social + pals

Important thread on the importance of NIH research

I am quoted in this article about the publication of MMWR being on pause. It is concerning that information relevant to the public’s health is not able to be distributed. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

Threatening to shut down the government is a reckless and destructive tactic. Just the risk causes huge wastes of time for our government because workers have to set aside their usual work to prepare for a shutdown. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/us/politics/trump-musk-spending-bill.html?smid=…

Situation just gets worse and worse and worse. Trump’s CDC pick wouldn’t let go of false theory vaccines cause autism wapo.st/4iACoi0 "...record of promoting the disproven link btw vaccines & autism in the face of OVERWHELMING scientific evidence attesting to the safety & efficacy of vaccines..."

So many deeply concerning issues with the MAGA picks for health & science leadership. Near the top – and not emphasized enough – is their consistently demonstrated inability to understand how science works. Anti-science zealots to run science? Dark Age 2.0.

Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...

I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine

77 Nobel Prize winners are calling on the United States Senate to reject RFK Jr.'s nomination. It's imperative the Senators take note and vote NO.

Nobody could have predicted this. "Healthcare workers masking makes a difference, study found..." Medsky www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination. ja.ma/4i9ghPC

New: Recordings from private autism conferences show Trump HHS pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vilifying & conspiracy theorizing about agencies he's set to lead. Videos show RFK Jr comparing CDC vaccine programs to "Nazi death camps" & calling for researchers to be jailed. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

I have two gut check questions that I ask myself while reporting: How do I know something is true? and What if I’m wrong? I feel like we’re about to see the consequences of people in power being wrong about vaccines.