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Defend Public Health
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An organization of thousands of public health professionals dedicated to defending evidence-based public health.

https://www.defendpublichealth.org
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Enjoy this piece by @gregggonsalves.bsky.social that was a speech he gave at this years APHA!
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.
It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Defend Public Health is hiring an Organizing Director (full time), and Organizing and Operations managers (part time). Apply!

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November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Defend Public Health is hiring an Organizing Director (full time), and Organizing and Operations managers (part time).

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Jobs at Defend Public Health | Defend Public Health
See the paid positions we have open to build the Defend Public Health movement.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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It’s Wednesday so it’s time for the Whipper of the week: RFK Jr. Wants to Remove Aluminum from Vaccines and Endanger Americans' Health

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Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants to Remove Aluminum from Vaccines and Endanger Americans' Health | Defend Public Health
Aluminum, found naturally in many foods, is sometimes added as a salt in tiny quantities to vaccines as an immune booster. For years, Robert F. Kennedy has said that aluminum-containing vaccines cause...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Today at 4:00 PM on the National Mall in Washington DC, the March for Health and Science is taking place.

If you’re in the area, we’d be grateful if you joined to support healthcare workers and scientists during this unprecedented attack by the Republican Party.
MARCH FOR HEALTH & SCIENCE Washington DC, November 5@4PM THE TRUMP REGIME HAS DECLARED WAR ON SCIENCE, SCIENCE-BASED POLICY, PUBLIC HEALTH.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Why ALL HCWs should be vaccinated against Covid--by @drjudystone.bsky.social and Dr. Judith Feinberg. www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/c...
Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid
The vaccination status of health care workers under 65 has profound implications for millions of Americans.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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🗣 NY We need your voice @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is calling on Hochul to act now & protect vaccine access. A gap means some ppl may not get care they need. Access should not depend on zip code. Our community’s health is stronger when everyone is included.

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Tell Governor Hochul: Act Now to Protect Vaccine Access for All New Yorkers
Governor Hochul has taken an important step by extending Executive Order 52 for another 30 days, allowing pharmacists to keep administering COVID-19 vaccines until November 5. But that 30-day extensio...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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We are urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Casey Means as U.S. Surgeon General. Means is a “health influencer” without discernible qualifications to be Surgeon General & who seems to make most of her living peddling unproven products
Senate Must Reject Casey Means as Surgeon General, Defend Public Health Says | Defend Public Health
With her confirmation hearing scheduled for this morning, Defend Public Health is urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Casey Means as U.S. Surgeon General. Means is a “health influencer” with...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Today the Senate is hearing from Surgeon General nominee #caseymeans. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social https:// notes that "Means is a 'health influencer' without discernible qualifications to be Surgeon General and who seems to make most of her living peddling unproven products and tests sold by […]
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October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for the whopper of the week!

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. MAKES UP SPOOKY STORIES ABOUT OLD MEN BEING MORE VIRILE THAN TEENS

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Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Makes Up Spooky Stories about Old Men Being More Virile than Teens | Defend Public Health
American fertility rates, like those of most countries , have been dropping since about 1960 for many reasons related to broad social, economic, technological and demographic changes. At a White House...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Just who we need in charge of Special Education. #FireRFKJr who is 100% unqualified to take over this department.

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RFK Jr. May Oversee Special Education For Students With Disabilities
Trump has said he wants to tap RFK Jr to head special eduction, moving it from DOE to HHS. Kennedy has said controversial things about autism. What might happen?
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October 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Whopper of the week!

RFK Jr.’s Claims of “Immune Overload” is Nonsense and Ignores How the Immune System Works
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr.’s Claims of “Immune Overload” is Nonsense and Ignores How the Immune System Works | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr does not want the CDC to recommend newborns be vaccinated against the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV infection early in life, especially as a baby, puts a person at a high risk of developing a ch...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Learn more about Grandparents For Vaccines and our own @nurseteria.bsky.social
Why These Grandparents Are Speaking Out On Vaccines
Grandparents for Vaccines, who saw firsthand the transformative power of vaccination, are trying to help bridge the gap between generations.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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To learn more about @defendpublichealth.bsky.social join our town hall Oct 28 and hear from the one and only Dr. @pauloffit.bsky.social!

And if you want to get involved: www.defendpublichealth.org/home

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Home | Defend Public Health
Defend Public Health is an all-volunteer network of public health researchers, healthcare workers, advocates and allies fighting to protect the health of all.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Today a volunteer team in Ohio with @defendpublichealth.bsky.social delivered a stack of letters from constituents to Jon Husted’s office in Columbus about how his votes - especially for the big bad bill - harm our health.
A bag saying “Ohio Defend Public Health” full of constituent letters next to street art of a Statue of Liberty behind barbed wire and a “keep out” sign on a utilities poll across the street from the Columbus statehouse. A handful of postcards saying “thank you for your votes against our health” with personal notes from constituents on the back describing how Senator Husted’s voting record is negatively impacting their health, healthcare, and community’s health
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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danskinner.bsky.social
Took some time out yesterday with the Ohio @defendpublichealth.bsky.social team to deliver letters to Sen. Jon Husted's Columbus office--telling him to straighten up and stop undermining Ohio's healthcare and public health systems. Join the movement!
Ohio Defend Public Health team, outside Bricker Federal Building.
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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evilpeony.bsky.social
Enough is enough. RFK Jr must go.

Join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social campaign! All you need is a postcard and stamp.

Directions-- www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...
Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health
When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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An important and personal, heartfelt op-ed from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social's @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy We Must Stand with Our #Trans Neighbors.
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I couldn't agree more. Thank you, Bruce
We Must Stand with Our Trans Neighbors | Defend Public Health
Most of us have some hobby or favorite activity we do to keep ourselves sane amid the pressures of daily living and the increasing political madness that is the USA. For me, it’s performing in communi...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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#WhopperOfTheWeek

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IS DEAD WRONG WHEN HE IMPLIES BABIES WON'T GET HEPATITIS B @defendpublichealth.bsky.social

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Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. is Dead Wrong Babies Won't Get Hepatitis B | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr does not want the CDC to recommend newborns be vaccinated against the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV infection early in life, especially as a baby, puts a person at a high risk of developing a ch...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say
Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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“Undermining the CDCs reputation and capacities will reverberate for generations, making the nation less prepared for future health emergencies, including diseases of pandemic potential.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Assault on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Budget Cuts, Political Control, and the Erosion of Trust
This JAMA Forum discusses measures the Trump administration has taken against the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that include budget cuts and program eliminations, workforce reductions ...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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It’s Wednesday so it’s time for the Whooper of the week!

RFK Jr. is Dead Wrong Babies Won't Get Hepatitis B
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. is Dead Wrong Babies Won't Get Hepatitis B | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr does not want the CDC to recommend newborns be vaccinated against the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV infection early in life, especially as a baby, puts a person at a high risk of developing a ch...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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@defendpublichealth.bsky.social Anyone old enough to remember the Hatch Act
October 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Folks in Ohio: there is a @defendpublichealth.bsky.social action on October 15th in Columbus to hand deliver notes to Sen. Jon Husted to *thank him* (derogatory) for all he is doing for Ohioan’s healthcare.

PLEASE fill out this form with your message to be printed on a pretty card & delivered!
Write a Letter to Senator Jon Husted to Defend Public Health in Ohio
On October 15th the Ohio chapter of Defend Public Health will convene in Columbus to deliver as many cards from constituents as possible to Senator Jon Husted to "thank" him for threatening the health...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM