Don Milton
@donmilton.bsky.social
Aerobiologist, epidemiologist, physician, bicycle commuter
Distinguished University Professor, Dept of Global Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health
Distinguished University Professor, Dept of Global Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health
So wonderful to see good news from my home town, and so proud of my spouse @revddt.bsky.social whose grant writing and organizing skills played a key role in the start of ROCA in Chelsey MA 40 years ago.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is taking a public health approach to reducing gun violence.
So far, the city has seen an unprecedented reduction in the number of homicides and other violent crimes. He discusses this progress on Public Health On Call 🎧
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/973-baltimor...
So far, the city has seen an unprecedented reduction in the number of homicides and other violent crimes. He discusses this progress on Public Health On Call 🎧
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/973-baltimor...
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
So wonderful to see good news from my home town, and so proud of my spouse @revddt.bsky.social whose grant writing and organizing skills played a key role in the start of ROCA in Chelsey MA 40 years ago.
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Incredible honor to received the Susanne V. Hering award this year at @americanaerosol.bsky.social meeting!!
This year's recipient of the Hering award was none other than @kprather.bsky.social for her major contributions to aerosol science and instrumentation, with applications in environment and public health #AAAR2025
October 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Incredible honor to received the Susanne V. Hering award this year at @americanaerosol.bsky.social meeting!!
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If Kennedy is so concerned about teens' future fertility, he should know that mumps & many other vaccine-preventable infections cause sterility. Instead of inventing weird shit about minor childrens' fertility, he should recommend that they all get the MMR, HPV, HBV, flu, & COVID-19 vaccines.
October 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If Kennedy is so concerned about teens' future fertility, he should know that mumps & many other vaccine-preventable infections cause sterility. Instead of inventing weird shit about minor childrens' fertility, he should recommend that they all get the MMR, HPV, HBV, flu, & COVID-19 vaccines.
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “[Bowie] #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day” - sign up now to join me! #aftvotes www.mobilize.us/aft/event/82...
[Bowie] #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day · AFT
**Labor and community are planning more than a barbecue on Labor Day this year because we have to stop the billionaire takeover.** Billionaires are converting the government into their private slush f...
www.mobilize.us
September 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “[Bowie] #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day” - sign up now to join me! #aftvotes www.mobilize.us/aft/event/82...
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Jim O’Neill: Unfit to Be the #2 Health Care Leader in America - Public Citizen
www.citizen.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The Ministry of Truth to control vaccine policy
August 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Ministry of Truth to control vaccine policy
@local6741.bsky.social I want to find a Labor Day rally but the map is unusable on my phone. Can you add a zip code lookup?
August 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
@local6741.bsky.social I want to find a Labor Day rally but the map is unusable on my phone. Can you add a zip code lookup?
We are hiring a Virology Laboratory Technician to work on research projects about airborne transmission of flu, covid, and other respiratory viruses and improved ways to stop airborne transmission. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...
Faculty Research Assistant/ Virology Laboratory Technician
Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: Physical Demands: Preferences: Licenses/ Certifications: Additional Job Details Key Responsibilities: Process and archive clinical specimens, ...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We are hiring a Virology Laboratory Technician to work on research projects about airborne transmission of flu, covid, and other respiratory viruses and improved ways to stop airborne transmission. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...
@cos.io I cannot reach osf.io. I get a 503 error. I am now getting a message that it is down for everyone from downforeveryoneorjustme.com/osf.io
osf.io
July 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@cos.io I cannot reach osf.io. I get a 503 error. I am now getting a message that it is down for everyone from downforeveryoneorjustme.com/osf.io
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It's hot out there! Good thing Maryland has a heat illness prevention standard.
Too bad for workers in surrounding areas like Washington DC (as well as Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware) who have no heat protections.
Too bad for workers in surrounding areas like Washington DC (as well as Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware) who have no heat protections.
June 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's hot out there! Good thing Maryland has a heat illness prevention standard.
Too bad for workers in surrounding areas like Washington DC (as well as Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware) who have no heat protections.
Too bad for workers in surrounding areas like Washington DC (as well as Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware) who have no heat protections.
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Raise your hand if you are going out tomorrow for No Kings Protest...we all need to speak up. Don't worry about signs or messaging--just get bodies and voices out there!!!
June 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Raise your hand if you are going out tomorrow for No Kings Protest...we all need to speak up. Don't worry about signs or messaging--just get bodies and voices out there!!!
I tried to submit comments on the OPM #ScheduleF doc today.
I thought we could submit today. But, OPM_FRDOC_0001-4477 seems to have disappeared. However, opm_frdoc_0001-4478 and opm_frdoc_0001-4468 exist, and others where comments are closed also are there. Is anyone else seeing this? #civilservice
I thought we could submit today. But, OPM_FRDOC_0001-4477 seems to have disappeared. However, opm_frdoc_0001-4478 and opm_frdoc_0001-4468 exist, and others where comments are closed also are there. Is anyone else seeing this? #civilservice
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
June 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I tried to submit comments on the OPM #ScheduleF doc today.
I thought we could submit today. But, OPM_FRDOC_0001-4477 seems to have disappeared. However, opm_frdoc_0001-4478 and opm_frdoc_0001-4468 exist, and others where comments are closed also are there. Is anyone else seeing this? #civilservice
I thought we could submit today. But, OPM_FRDOC_0001-4477 seems to have disappeared. However, opm_frdoc_0001-4478 and opm_frdoc_0001-4468 exist, and others where comments are closed also are there. Is anyone else seeing this? #civilservice
Stanley Perlman’s talk on long covid at the CEIRR meeting points to the need for #longcovid registries to facilitate, as members age and die, autopsy and brain pathology studies. #medsky #publichealth
May 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Stanley Perlman’s talk on long covid at the CEIRR meeting points to the need for #longcovid registries to facilitate, as members age and die, autopsy and brain pathology studies. #medsky #publichealth
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All of this is avoidable
"more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same... millions of infections are possible if rates drop"
www.wired.com/story/scient...
"more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same... millions of infections are possible if rates drop"
www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Find Measles Likely To Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop.
www.wired.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
All of this is avoidable
"more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same... millions of infections are possible if rates drop"
www.wired.com/story/scient...
"more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same... millions of infections are possible if rates drop"
www.wired.com/story/scient...
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With a big coalition of UMD groups we're demanding UMD President Pines provide more communication and more support for our international students who are under attack by the government.
Please sign on: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Please sign on: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell UMD to Support Immigrant Rights
Please email UMD administrators and tell them why you support our demands regarding immigrant rights outlined in the letter here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-umd-to-support-immigrant-rights
actionnetwork.org
April 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
With a big coalition of UMD groups we're demanding UMD President Pines provide more communication and more support for our international students who are under attack by the government.
Please sign on: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Please sign on: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help www.npr.org/2025/04/16/n...
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were "unnecessary." Ongoing outbreak investigations have now been halted.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help www.npr.org/2025/04/16/n...
First Trump and MAGA fought mask mandates bec they infringed freedom of healthy people. Now Trump mandates that universities ban masks infringing freedom of people with health concerns.
Freedom? Doublespeak?
Glad to see that the rest of the world agreed on a pandemic control treaty today.
Freedom? Doublespeak?
Glad to see that the rest of the world agreed on a pandemic control treaty today.
April 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
First Trump and MAGA fought mask mandates bec they infringed freedom of healthy people. Now Trump mandates that universities ban masks infringing freedom of people with health concerns.
Freedom? Doublespeak?
Glad to see that the rest of the world agreed on a pandemic control treaty today.
Freedom? Doublespeak?
Glad to see that the rest of the world agreed on a pandemic control treaty today.
Globalization Explained (in plain language)
Version 1.0 (before WWII), 2.0 (1944-1974), and 3.0 (1974-2024). Vers 1.0 and 3.0 were managed for the benefit of Wall St. Ver 2.0 was managed for benefit of working people. Biden tried to get back to 2.0. Trump seems to be just burning down the house.
Version 1.0 (before WWII), 2.0 (1944-1974), and 3.0 (1974-2024). Vers 1.0 and 3.0 were managed for the benefit of Wall St. Ver 2.0 was managed for benefit of working people. Biden tried to get back to 2.0. Trump seems to be just burning down the house.
"we would do well to remember our history, or we could end up cherishing the kind of corporate globalization whose backlash paved the way for Trump in the first place." From Robert Kuttner: prospect.org/economy/2025...
We Never Had Free Trade
The U.S. trading system since the 1970s has screwed American workers. But the main culprits are the American capitalists who devised the system, not foreigners.
prospect.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Globalization Explained (in plain language)
Version 1.0 (before WWII), 2.0 (1944-1974), and 3.0 (1974-2024). Vers 1.0 and 3.0 were managed for the benefit of Wall St. Ver 2.0 was managed for benefit of working people. Biden tried to get back to 2.0. Trump seems to be just burning down the house.
Version 1.0 (before WWII), 2.0 (1944-1974), and 3.0 (1974-2024). Vers 1.0 and 3.0 were managed for the benefit of Wall St. Ver 2.0 was managed for benefit of working people. Biden tried to get back to 2.0. Trump seems to be just burning down the house.
US terminated worker protection research “Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Healthcare Settings - Assessment, Best Practices and Preferred Uses” on April 4. Nevermind economical and effective protection for future pandemics.
#PulbicHealthSky #MedSky
#PulbicHealthSky #MedSky
April 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
US terminated worker protection research “Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Healthcare Settings - Assessment, Best Practices and Preferred Uses” on April 4. Nevermind economical and effective protection for future pandemics.
#PulbicHealthSky #MedSky
#PulbicHealthSky #MedSky
@ryanlcooper.com @pkrugman.bsky.social Is there any evidence that the Labor or Commerce Dept is starting to cook the books? Can we still believe the numbers, such as jobs reports, that come out. Are there independent sources that validate them?
April 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
@ryanlcooper.com @pkrugman.bsky.social Is there any evidence that the Labor or Commerce Dept is starting to cook the books? Can we still believe the numbers, such as jobs reports, that come out. Are there independent sources that validate them?
I'm completing my annual RPPR report while reading that the NIAD director has just been reassigned to the Indian Health Service???!!!
April 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I'm completing my annual RPPR report while reading that the NIAD director has just been reassigned to the Indian Health Service???!!!
Heard that #CDC #RIFed a scientist colleague in Env Health in an early morning a email today. @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @carlzimmer.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Heard that #CDC #RIFed a scientist colleague in Env Health in an early morning a email today. @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @carlzimmer.com
What I don’t understand about media coverage of Trump’s assault on the law and the legal profession is this. He is a convicted felon, why isn’t always put front and center?
March 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
What I don’t understand about media coverage of Trump’s assault on the law and the legal profession is this. He is a convicted felon, why isn’t always put front and center?
This suggestion by @raskin.house.gov to submit a DOGE Privacy Act request seems like a good idea.
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DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (...
jamieraskin.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This suggestion by @raskin.house.gov to submit a DOGE Privacy Act request seems like a good idea.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
@chrislhayes.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov House Republicans need to come back to the office and get to work - their job is to negotiate a bill that will pass, not throw a tantrum and go home.
March 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov House Republicans need to come back to the office and get to work - their job is to negotiate a bill that will pass, not throw a tantrum and go home.