apnews.com/article/hepa... US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying #hepatitisB vaccine in African babies #Deplorable

RFK Jr.’s handpicked anti-vaccine staff at HHS have apparently decided that the CDC will no longer recommend most childhood vaccines. They will encourage parents to discuss it with doctors instead. This is going to kill babies, and it will cause the most harm among the most vulnerable.

The Virus That Took My Father Could Become a Greater Threat www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...

New #HBV Guidelines! #TLM25 www.aasld.org/practice-gui... @aasldnews.bsky.social

Let’s go! #StandUpforScience #SaveHepBBirthdosw #PatientCenteredCare #TLM25 @aasldnews.bsky.social @robbrierley.bsky.social #HepBFoundation

Come join us today 12:30 pm outside 209 in center area for a #TLM25 advocacy photo! #PatientVoice @aasldnews.bsky.social @worldhepalliance.bsky.social @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social

Excited to be a part of this panel to talk about expanding #HepB treatment! @ice-hbv.bsky.social @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social @worldhepalliance.bsky.social @pippa-matt.bsky.social

Every single day, someone in MAHA demands that scientists do something that violates the ethical principles that resulted directly from the exposure of the Tuskegee study.

I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject. Gift link:

The ACIP meeting is Sept 9/18-9/19 and the hepatitis B vaccine is at stake. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w... @altcdc.altgov.info @worldhepalliance.bsky.social @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social @altfda.altgov.info @aasldnews.bsky.social #IDsky #Liversky

I care for children in the hospital on inpatient & consult services. Most weeks there are at least a few kids admitted with vaccine preventable diseases. Often in children who can’t get vaccinated themselves. 15 years in pediatrics and I’ve never seen a single one admitted with vaccine injury.

Happening now! x.com/hepbfoundati...

Great piece- We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Let's model deferring to experts and not pretending to know everything. 👍

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

So disappointing and sad for the public health community and the CDC to have RFKjr oust Dr. Susan Monarez, and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis who are great advocates for public health.

So far just in the last hour or so, director of CDC and 3 top personnel, including 2 center directors and the chief medical officer.

The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6 www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c... via @statnews.com

No one should ever have the power to autonomously cancel hundreds of millions of dollars for scientific research based on some lies they saw on YouTube.

Researchers have registered more than 120 clinical trials to date evaluating the potential of mRNA-based approaches for treating many types of cancer, including lung, breast, and prostate, pancreatic, and brain tumors.

Check it out👇 “Scientific & medical evidence informing expansion of #HepatitisB treatment guidelines” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #WorldHepatitisDay #NOhep #LetsBreakItDown @pippa-matt.bsky.social @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social @lizhighleyman.bsky.social @microbetv.bsky.social

Disinformation erodes trust in science. The DISCERN Collab unites experts to assess disinformation, promote evidence-based communication, and support research that centers the public interest. Check out our website for more information preventdisinformation.org

We need to get more people w #HBV on antiviral treatment. 👇See our 2 papers just published on all the reasons!

Let’s realize that both parties, when in power, have approved original Medicare and MA plans that enrich insurance companies at the expense of patients. Both parties let the HC industry get so opague, no one has a clue how the much care truly costs. Including most hospitals.

Rep. Joaquin Castro on Texas floods: "I don't think it's helpful to have missing key personnel from the National Weather Service not in place to help prevent these tragedies."

Kennedy’s New Advisers Promise Closer Scrutiny of Childhood Vaccines “including a vaccine for hepatitis B given at birth that is credited with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of that disease.” We need to stop this threat to progress! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h... #IDTwitter

105 controlled vaccine trials. 110 yrs. 1.8 M participants. All in one live, crowd-sourced sheet. Built by contributors worldwide to counter the myth that vaccines weren’t tested with controls. Quiet work still breaks through the noise. www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts @bradspellberg.bsky.social

💥 AI - Actual Insanity. When political propaganda meets AI hallucinations. @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social @allentien.bsky.social @lorak.bsky.social @kallmemeg.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social @michaelpholz.bsky.social @janibeg515.bsky.social

A packed conference room to hear about the new HBV treatment guidelines from #EASL2025

Goals of #HBV #treatment: reduce morbidity (cirrhosis, decompensation, liver failure, HCC), improve survival, prevent transmission, prevent reactivation, reduce extra-hepatic manifestations, improve quality of life & patient-reported outcomes. And research recommendations included! #EASLCongress 🧪👏

youtube.com/watch?v=8H34... Thank you John Oliver for great coverage of whats happening w all the health cuts w dose of wit, laughter is therapeutic in the midst of the horror.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

What a great piece by @arstechnica.com: "This moment calls out for moral clarity and resolve. It asks universities to take their mission in society seriously and to resist being co-opted by government forces." arstechnica.com/culture/2025...

I got lots of advice, some very specific. But one thing I heard again and again: America, you are running out of time. Here is what I learned: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

#WorldLiverDay There is a crisis for #HBV #hepatitis as crucial funding is cut. If you have lived experience or work in this field - anywhere in the world - can you complete this questionnaire? It's quick and can be anonymous. More evidence ➡️ more action. Please share. forms.gle/xxwpwm3whMhs...

🏥HHS ELIMINATIONS💀 We have created a list of all agency and program eliminations proposed in the HHS 2026 Budget. Feds: Please let us know if you have any clarity to share. The cuts are massive. Reach out if you would like a PDF or xlsx @alt-hhs.altgov.info @altfda.altgov.info

👇The #CDC viral hepatitis #labs must be reopened if we r to control #HepB & #HepC epidemics in the US & globally! This is a major loss to #HepatitisElimination- need to make some noise! 😡📣 @altcdc.altgov.info @worldhepalliance.bsky.social @apha.org @treatmentactiongroup.org #IDsky #Liversky

Support workers at #FDA who were laid off earlier this month were told they weren't needed; their work was being done by others at #HHS. Now the agency is finalizing plans to contract out their work, @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social reports. www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-rep...

Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world. Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

More about the devastating losses with closure of #CDCs Division of Viral Hepatitis #Lab @altcdc.altgov.info @helenbranswell.bsky.social #LiverSky #IDsky ---------------- Closure of CDC hepatitis lab imperils U.S. outbreak response, prevention www.statnews.com/2025/04/14/c... via @statnews.com

Does the Trump admin have a quack fetish or what? Serving grade-A quackery, anti-vax doc Ben Edwards peddled unproven measles treatments—and kept treating patients while visibly sick with measles. Reminder: Measles is extremely contagious. Vaccines saves lives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJQU...

As #measles spreads, the Trump administration continues to close vaccine clinics through its federal cuts. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

Cancer Council Victoria calls for action to stop rising #livercancer deaths caused by #hepatitisB. This follows Hepatitis Australia's call for universal #hepB testing people 25+ www.cancervic.org.au/about/media-... @suwang88.bsky.social @hepbvoicesau.bsky.social @worldhepalliance.bsky.social

“We join the APHA in calling for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to resign or be dismissed, & wholeheartedly agree with APHA that “Americans deserve better than someone who is trying to impose his unscientific & judgmental view of public health & science.” @treatmentactiongroup.org @apha.org

Correct. NIH, and the cancer and other medical cures it generates, is being burned to the ground. And we’d add: with that goes the whole US tech and biotech economy. Silicon Valley is in the US not elsewhere because of NSF, ARPA, NIH. That word isn’t getting out widely.

cool thing to do when rates of syphilis are going up

It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.