NC sees its first #measles case of 2025. Person passed through Forsyth and Guilford counties in these locations, at these times. Keep in mind measles is exceedingly infectious, just being in the same room with someone with the disease will put you at risk.

Duke loses $129 million contract to work on a vaccine for #HIV www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025... Researchers were told the administration, instead, wanted to go with "current approaches," effectively abandoning the most potent prevention strategy. #publichealth #vaccines #trumpadministration

Help NC Health News tell the story of the cuts happening at #DHHS #USDHHS #CDC www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/04/01/a...

Slava Ukraini.

@mcuban.bsky.social Here's an interesting question left over from the Hospitalogy Zoom meeting: Will CostPlus still ship items like birth control/ Plan B/ mifepristone/ misoprostol to states if it becomes against the law to acquire it in a woman's home state? Thanks for a great conversation!

CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline

Many folks reached out about last week's directives from the government to federally-supported scientists. Not everyone is going on record, grateful for public comments by @drstarbird.bsky.social @peiferlabunc.bsky.social @barakrichman.bsky.social www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/01/27/n...

Looking for a #NorthCarolina #NC researcher who is willing to talk on the record about the #NIH #CDC shutdowns. Thanks.

Hey @astrokatie.com are you still affiliated with NC State? Would love to talk to a NC-based researcher about the NIH work stoppage.

Copy of email sent to employees at #NIH (provided by a friend)

Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans www.statnews.com/2024/12/05/h...