A new poll by the Washington Post and KFF reveals that most parents trust their pediatrician when it comes to information about vaccines. Read Dr. Nola Ernest's experiences in the Washington Post's latest piece: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Exhausting to be a pediatrician these days.

ACIP now discussing Hep B infant vaccination 💉👶 — but I’m puzzled 🤔. This is one of the US’s biggest public health wins 🎉: rates fell from ~10/100,000 in 1980 📉 to just 0.7 in 2023. Infant vaccination works 💪. #PedsIDsky #Rxsky

RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.

ACIP meeting this week which is likely to undermine vaccines even more. Here's some tips to keep in mind: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...

Botswana has essentially eliminated mother to child transmission of HIV thanks to strong political and social commitment. I hope the changing landscape around foreign aid won't impact this too much. www.nature.com/articles/d44...

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Parents deserve information they can trust. The AAP has published the childhood immunization schedule for decades that has been grounded in science and relied upon by pediatricians and families alike. If you have questions, your pediatrician is your best source for answers and guidance.

Measles has arrived in Utah.

Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US. Our national @JAMAPediatrics study is live. Findings (2011-2023): •7,400 more deaths in most permissive and permissive firearm law states. •No increase in the stricter law states. •Decreases in 4 strict law states. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Some good info here around fluoride and dental health! ilikemyteeth.org

The effects of Covid in pregnancy are devastating and preventable by vaccination; now we have strong data from Penn Medicine that vaccines protect children and adolescents from long Covid

The MAHA Report on the Growth of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule is pure anti-vaccine propaganda. stopantivaxpropaganda.substack.com/p/maha-propa... #StopAntiVaccinePropaganda

This! The administration that says pollution is leading to chronic conditions in kids is the same administration that is pulling back environmental regulations to allow more pollution.

The difference between these two takes on the recently released MAHA report is shocking. They even quote one of the same experts, but in very different ways. The NYT article definitely avoids much needed criticism of this report. www.npr.org/sections/sho... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/w...

The details in this paper make my eyes glaze over, but the concept is so cool! Antiparasitic agent in bednets impairs malaria development - a new target given lots of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We talk about safe sleep with all parents in our newborn nursery. It saves lives. Yet another depressing headline.

Glad to see a strong condemnation of the HHS Report by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Gender-affirming healthcare saves lives.

We have this conversation every week that I work in our well baby nursery. Anecdotally seeing a lot more vaccine refusal/hesitancy over the last few months than the previous few years.

My article in @plosglobalpublichealth.org on some immediate things we can do journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

The American Academy of Pediatrics is working to fight misinformation with this helpful resource: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. In just a few short weeks, his actions on vacccines, fluoride and other public health science have shown how wrong he is for the job. Read & share our statement: apha.org/news-and-med...

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

I knew it was only a matter of time. Spent 2 years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Botswana. Wouldn't be the person/pediatrician/mom/human I am today without those grueling, eye-opening, humbling and joyful two years. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Signed the petition to protect Utah workers today! Find more opportunities to sign here: www.protectutahworkers.com

Congratulations to the measles virus for its victory in the US Senate today!

The largest drop occurred in middle and high schools, with 1,056 fewer students attending the week the federal policy change was announced, as compared to the previous week, according to district attendance data shared with The Tribune.

Q: Why does the U.S. have different vaccine recommendations than other countries? A: Differences tend to be pretty minor. Here are five reasons why there are differences ⬇️ 1/8 🧵 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social

Really appreciated this editorial so nicely stating how important it is for medical and public health professionals to actively speak out against policies that harm health. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Four measles cases in Texas over the last couple weeks - all among unvaccinated people, including two children. www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

The Utah legislature loves taking away power from the people: this time banning fluoride in the water. utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/01/30/u... This review in JAMA Pediatrics is a good overview: there is null relationship with IQ at 1.5mg/L or less (US allows 0.7mg/L). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39761023/