The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led a path of gutting and destruction of public, global health, and medical research resources, among others. How much did it save in federal spending? Nothing...it led to an increase www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

Five real global health wins in 2025 1.HPV vaccination scaled faster than expected; 2. measles/rubella eliminated in several countries; 3. long-acting HIV PrEP (lenacapavir) approved; 4. progress on TB vaccines/diagnostics; 5. A promising new antimalarial. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Cheddar cheese products branded as Charlevoix Cheese Company Farm have been recalled due to potential Listeria contamination. That recall coincides w/ a separate one involving rice & peas w/ an undeclared allergen wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/2025...

Congress has left for the year without reaching a health care deal, leaving ACA subsidies that have helped lower insurance prices for roughly 22 million Americans to expire on Dec. 31 without taking action to address the surge in costs that is expected to follow. time.com/7342062/heal...

Be careful when using ChatGPT and AI! Several of the bones are completely labeled wrong. Always double check answers from AI.

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Not only is his lab silent, but he's aware that without public funding, he'll have to turn to commercial sources. Instead of creating a public good, he'll have to create private ones. Tragic. www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...

This is a reminder of how much it matters that pediatricians, public health specialists, scientists and members of the public who care about vaccines and science based recommendations continue to speak up. Many voices break through. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

An aerospace engineer became the first wheelchair user to reach space. Her breakthrough flight demonstrates that accessibility improvements in spacecraft can open space travel to people with disabilities, challenging long-held assumptions about spaceflight eligibility www.latimes.com/world-nation...

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The current circulating strain(s) of influenza are causing severe morbidity & deaths in pregnant people and young children. Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings. 😷 💉

There have been at least 4.6 million illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations, and 1,900 deaths from flu this season so far. There is a lot of flu out there. Getting the flu shot prevents hospitalisations and death! Please get your flu shot it id not too late.

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Not recommending vaccines on a national level will harm children. Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children. This is a deadly policy change. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

As a doctor I recommend the AAP childhood vaccine schedule. 😎

California hires top former CDC leaders to modernize public health and keep science-driven decision-making. buff.ly/6YGBLde 🧬Dr. Susan Monarez, former Director CDC 🧬@drdebhoury.bsky.social, former CDC Chief Medical Officer 🧬 @kkjetelina.bsky.social of Your Local Epidemiologist #medsky #pedsky🛟😷🧪

Traveling for the holidays? Stay well on your way by wearing a high-quality mask like an N95 in crowded indoor spaces like airports and planes. Also wash your hands frequently, cover your cough or sneeze, and avoid traveling if you’re sick. 📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses

Dear UK government, think of the savings! Look it’s actually more cost effective to bother to vaccinate everyone, especially children.

COVID vaccines protect children from severe illness per CDC. ⬇️76% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 9 mo. to 4 years ⬇️56% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 5 - 17 years #medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪

California hires top former CDC leaders to modernize public health and keep science-driven decision-making. buff.ly/6YGBLde 🧬Dr. Susan Monarez, former Director CDC 🧬@drdebhoury.bsky.social, former CDC Chief Medical Officer 🧬 @kkjetelina.bsky.social of Your Local Epidemiologist #medsky #pedsky🛟😷🧪

12/18/25 NBC: Michigan sticks with hepatitis B vaccine guidance for all babies buff.ly/7OkZhJs

YEARLY TAMIFLU PSA: If you google "pediatric tamiflu dosing" the first chart in the search results shows the dosing guide for the 12mg/ml suspension. This is not the common commercially available concentration and is completely incorrect. Please use the second one if you're gonna do this.

This is the best piece I’ve read so far on why the Guinea-Bissau RCT, in which a proven life-saving vaccine will be deliberately WITHHELD, is unethical “When benefit is established, withholding an intervention is no longer neutral experimentation it becomes premeditated harm”

When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.

Normalize wearing a mask especially during respiratory season

Thank you @ameracadpeds.bsky.social for standing up for kids! www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Children and babies will get sick and some will die because of this.☠️ The universal birth dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine is safe and protective.

New JAMA study of 20,000 pregnancies shows that COVID vaccination before or during pregnancy: ⬇️ reduced severe maternal COVID infections (62% less hospitalizations, 90% less ICU care needed) ⬇️ reduced risk of preterm birth. buff.ly/OuyTY4q

🔥Systemic inflammation increases with age and is associated with cancers and all-cancer mortality. 🏃‍♂️Aerobic exercise reduces cancer by decreasing immunosenescence (with reduction in Mki67+ immune cells) and by promoting anti-inflammatory factors. buff.ly/nF7r9xu #medsky 🛟🧪

✨Please share! My newsletter is out. 📰Flu, COVID, RSV updates ☹️SARS-CoV-2 causes low white blood cells for 20 months 💉COVID vaccine reduces all cause mortality for 4 years 🧠Mild COVID causes transient brain ischemia & much more buff.ly/V1M00u0 #medsky 🛟😷🧪

ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray. The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter. These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby. We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?

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BA.3.2 (Circada) COVID variant is spreading very slowly so far. BA.3.2 descendants represent 13% of SARS-CoV-2 samples in Netherlands in Nov/Dec. Summary of the BA.3.2 family from @snpoehlm.bsky.social via @ryanhisner.bsky.social Note: BA.3.2.2.2 (= RE.2.2) is 18x of sequences

In a huge French study of >28 million adults, those who received the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: ✅25% lower risk of death from any cause over 4 years ✅75% lower death from COVID buff.ly/SP0sCpJ Strong long-term, population-level evidence reinforces vaccine's safety and protection. #medsky #episky🛟😷🧪

The ignorance and data denialism of FDA intent of putting a black box on Covid vaccines when the evidence of benefit is overwhelming, even among children www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

For five years I've lived with long COVID and watched people push for answers without the tools they deserved. So I'm building TrialPilot, a way to take part in real studies from home. Any support or sharing would be deeply appreciated. ❤️ gofund.me/3f6830e8f

🚨🎯From @nychealthy.bsky.social on Twitter: "Flu, COVID-19, and RSV are all currently spreading in NYC. Wearing a mask can help protect you and others from getting sick. Flu, COVID-19, and RSV can spread even if you do not have symptoms. Learn more: on.nyc.gov/3Y5U8Zt%22 OP: x.com/nycHealthy/s...

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The post thanksgiving travel influenza spike is here. Flu is all the way up in hospitals abd clinics. Later up on protection. Get your vaccine ASAP Wear a mask 😷 Ventilate/improve airflow in your indoor spaces. Stay home from work if you are sick.

Because the vaccine prevents chronic hepatitis B for which there is no cure and the lifelong treatment costs more than a single birth dose of the vaccine. Insurance companies recognize this is a no brainer. Brought to you by prevention beats treatment any day. www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/h...

Vomiting condition called Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) associated with chronic cannabis use is being seen more frequently at Emergency Departments in the US. buff.ly/hZdLccX CHS surge in young adults seen with greater access to high-potency cannabis.

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Letter from Congress to FDA re: undermining vaccines, page 1 of 6

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This week’s bouquet of butter colored roses, pink garden roses, and hydrangeas. The roses have a lovely scent too.🌹 Made from Trader Joe’s and Safeway flowers. #Flowers #Photography #FlowerFridayfamily #roses

Drunk raccoon found passed out on liquor store floor after breaking in and sampling all of the spirits buff.ly/KbsiIyV (He was checked out by animal control and was released after he sobered up.)

New review finds no evidence to support delaying universal hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination Analysis of over 400 studies ahead of ACIP mtg reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...