Deb Houry
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
ER doc, public health professional, researcher, and former chief medical officer at the CDC. Working to improve health in communities while figuring out what is next for me
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Replacing the US child vaccine schedule with Denmark’s schedule is negligence, writes @drdemetre.bsky.social
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
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“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The U.S. vaccine schedule is a jet engine. Denmark’s is a toy plane.
Replacing the U.S. vaccine schedule with one like Denmark’s would be negligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Replacing the US child vaccine schedule with Denmark’s schedule is negligence, writes @drdemetre.bsky.social
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too.
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Boy, 11, Dies After Severe Case of the Flu: ‘Jace Never Even Got to Open His Christmas Gifts’
Jace Watkins, 11, of Alabama died on Dec. 27 after being hospitalized due to complications from the flu.
people.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too.
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Flu activity is very high and rising in many parts of the country, with levels similar to last year's big season. Be careful out there. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/widespread...
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Flu activity is very high and rising in many parts of the country, with levels similar to last year's big season. Be careful out there. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/widespread...
Appreciate UTD info re vaccines, treatment, and influenza data by CDC, but as I told @cnn.com today what is different from prior years- no Health Advisory Notice re a new subclade, HHS/CDC political leaders not leading by example getting flu vaccines publicly, no flu campaign like Wild to Mild.
Former CDC Chief Medical Officer criticizes Health Department’s handling of rising flu cases | CNN
Former CDC Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director, Dr. Debra Houry, talks to CNN about rising flu cases across the country, and the criticizes the lack of promotion for Americans to get their flu v...
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December 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Appreciate UTD info re vaccines, treatment, and influenza data by CDC, but as I told @cnn.com today what is different from prior years- no Health Advisory Notice re a new subclade, HHS/CDC political leaders not leading by example getting flu vaccines publicly, no flu campaign like Wild to Mild.
Heartbreaking to see the continued dismantling of CDC and the impact this has on the staff still there
Sharing the follow-up piece written by one of our colleagues.
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Opinion | The CDC Shooting Isn't What Broke Me
Continuing to show up to work at an agency I no longer trust is devastating
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December 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Heartbreaking to see the continued dismantling of CDC and the impact this has on the staff still there
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Medical freedom isn’t free. How should policy makers evaluate vaccine policy proposals. My piece for stat.
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4 questions to understand the costs of ‘medical freedom’
The choice that one person makes not to vaccinate has real costs — financial and otherwise — for their neighbors.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Medical freedom isn’t free. How should policy makers evaluate vaccine policy proposals. My piece for stat.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/v...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/v...
4 questions to consider for vaccine policy and medical freedom in @statnews.com including what will be the impact on individuals and communities
4 questions to understand the costs of ‘medical freedom’
The choice that one person makes not to vaccinate has real costs — financial and otherwise — for their neighbors.
www.statnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
4 questions to consider for vaccine policy and medical freedom in @statnews.com including what will be the impact on individuals and communities
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Thank you Dr. Marrazzo for standing up for science #hero
Marrazzo said in a statement: “I was fired for calling this out, but I will not stay silent. This lawsuit is about protecting not just my right to expose abuse and fraud by our government, but those rights for all federal employees...”
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thank you Dr. Marrazzo for standing up for science #hero
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STAT: Former NIH leader Jeanne Marrazzo sues administration over termination 🔥
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December 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
STAT: Former NIH leader Jeanne Marrazzo sues administration over termination 🔥
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Trump loses on public health leadership as states leave his 'flock of quacks' behind
States are employing experts with public health experience as Trump fills the leadership roles of the U.S. public health system. Dr. Debra Houry discusses with @maddow.bsky.social.
States are employing experts with public health experience as Trump fills the leadership roles of the U.S. public health system. Dr. Debra Houry discusses with @maddow.bsky.social.
Maddow: Trump loses on public health leadership as states leave his 'flock of quacks' behind
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Trump loses on public health leadership as states leave his 'flock of quacks' behind
States are employing experts with public health experience as Trump fills the leadership roles of the U.S. public health system. Dr. Debra Houry discusses with @maddow.bsky.social.
States are employing experts with public health experience as Trump fills the leadership roles of the U.S. public health system. Dr. Debra Houry discusses with @maddow.bsky.social.
Spoke last night with @maddow.bsky.social about @capublichealth.bsky.social new initiatives in state and regional networks for innovative public health programs given the lack of federal scientific leadership
Maddow: Trump loses on public health leadership as states leave his 'flock of quacks' behind
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Spoke last night with @maddow.bsky.social about @capublichealth.bsky.social new initiatives in state and regional networks for innovative public health programs given the lack of federal scientific leadership
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After tragedies like those this weekend, particularly when the horror of gun violence hits so close to home:
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First We Grieve
Then we must act.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
After tragedies like those this weekend, particularly when the horror of gun violence hits so close to home:
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Current feds- OPM cancelled the 2025 FEVS so Partnership for Public Service created Public Service Viewpoint Survey to fill this critical gap and provide career federal employees with an opportunity to share their perspectives on workplace
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December 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Current feds- OPM cancelled the 2025 FEVS so Partnership for Public Service created Public Service Viewpoint Survey to fill this critical gap and provide career federal employees with an opportunity to share their perspectives on workplace
ourpublicservice.org/public-servi...
@altcdc.altgov.info
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My daughter spent hours in a bathroom this weekend as we waiting for the lockdown to be over.
A few lessons I learned along the way.
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A few lessons I learned along the way.
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What Parents Can Do When Their Child Is in an Active-Shooter Lockdown
This moment will come for too many of us.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
My daughter spent hours in a bathroom this weekend as we waiting for the lockdown to be over.
A few lessons I learned along the way.
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A few lessons I learned along the way.
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Thank you @governor.ca.gov for the opportunity to elevate the important work of public health in California, across the region, and globally
Dr. Houry, a physician, public health exec, & former CDC Chief Medical Officer under the Trump admin, will serve as a Senior Advisor for PHNIX. Dr. Houry will engage existing public health alliances & organizations to develop a sustainable public health network across the local to global spectrum
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Thank you @governor.ca.gov for the opportunity to elevate the important work of public health in California, across the region, and globally
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Dr. Houry, a physician, public health exec, & former CDC Chief Medical Officer under the Trump admin, will serve as a Senior Advisor for PHNIX. Dr. Houry will engage existing public health alliances & organizations to develop a sustainable public health network across the local to global spectrum
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Dr. Houry, a physician, public health exec, & former CDC Chief Medical Officer under the Trump admin, will serve as a Senior Advisor for PHNIX. Dr. Houry will engage existing public health alliances & organizations to develop a sustainable public health network across the local to global spectrum
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CDPH will work alongside Governor Gavin Newsom and nationally recognized leaders including former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry, and epidemiologist Dr.Katelyn Jetelina. [2/4]
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
CDPH will work alongside Governor Gavin Newsom and nationally recognized leaders including former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry, and epidemiologist Dr.Katelyn Jetelina. [2/4]
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Learn more at the Governor’s livestreamed announcement today at 1:30 pm PT on the @CAgovernor X page [4/4]
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Learn more at the Governor’s livestreamed announcement today at 1:30 pm PT on the @CAgovernor X page [4/4]
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California announced the launch of the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX), a state-led initiative designed to modernize public health infrastructure and strengthen trust in science-based decision-making.
Read the news release: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/15/g... [1/4]
Read the news release: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/15/g... [1/4]
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
California announced the launch of the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX), a state-led initiative designed to modernize public health infrastructure and strengthen trust in science-based decision-making.
Read the news release: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/15/g... [1/4]
Read the news release: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/15/g... [1/4]
Just finished decorating the tree with a @firedbutfighting.bsky.social ornament. I’m ordering a few more for gifts firedbutfighting.org/shop
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Just finished decorating the tree with a @firedbutfighting.bsky.social ornament. I’m ordering a few more for gifts firedbutfighting.org/shop
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Dismantling of public health!
RFK Jr's anti-vaccine advisers voted to end decades-long recommendation that all newborns get a hepatitis B shot at birth. Instead, vaccination would be limited to infants of mothers with virus or unknown status; others would rely on shared decision-making with doctors.
RFK Jr's anti-vaccine advisers voted to end decades-long recommendation that all newborns get a hepatitis B shot at birth. Instead, vaccination would be limited to infants of mothers with virus or unknown status; others would rely on shared decision-making with doctors.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
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December 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Dismantling of public health!
RFK Jr's anti-vaccine advisers voted to end decades-long recommendation that all newborns get a hepatitis B shot at birth. Instead, vaccination would be limited to infants of mothers with virus or unknown status; others would rely on shared decision-making with doctors.
RFK Jr's anti-vaccine advisers voted to end decades-long recommendation that all newborns get a hepatitis B shot at birth. Instead, vaccination would be limited to infants of mothers with virus or unknown status; others would rely on shared decision-making with doctors.
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"I did not resign to make a symbolic point," writes Dr. Debra Houry, former chief medical officer of the CDC. "I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit." 🛟 🧪 time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"I did not resign to make a symbolic point," writes Dr. Debra Houry, former chief medical officer of the CDC. "I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit." 🛟 🧪 time.com/7338714/dr-d...
Wore green for @altcdc.altgov.info on @cnn.com- a few comments I made- have Secretary, CDC political leaders testify about vaccine access and CDC oversight; scientific priorities should be led by careers not a realtor and aviation attorney; need to get accurate advice from AAP and other orgs now
Former CDC exec shares biggest concerns over panel’s hepatitis B vote | CNN
Former CDC chief medical officer Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s policies, details her concerns over the CDC vaccine advisory panel’s vote to abandon univer...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wore green for @altcdc.altgov.info on @cnn.com- a few comments I made- have Secretary, CDC political leaders testify about vaccine access and CDC oversight; scientific priorities should be led by careers not a realtor and aviation attorney; need to get accurate advice from AAP and other orgs now
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A powerful reminder from @drdebhoury.bsky.social: when science is sidelined by ideology, public health pays the price.
#PublicHealth #CDC #NIH #USPol #ScienceMatters #StandUpForScience
#PublicHealth #CDC #NIH #USPol #ScienceMatters #StandUpForScience
“I did not resign to make a symbolic point. I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit. I spoke up because the stakes for children, communities, and our preparedness are too high.” time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A powerful reminder from @drdebhoury.bsky.social: when science is sidelined by ideology, public health pays the price.
#PublicHealth #CDC #NIH #USPol #ScienceMatters #StandUpForScience
#PublicHealth #CDC #NIH #USPol #ScienceMatters #StandUpForScience