Dr. Richard Pan
@drpanmd.bsky.social
Pediatrician, Educator, Former State Senator, Small Business Owner. Candidate for CA-06.
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I took on RFK Jr. and the anti-vaccine movement, and we won.
Now extremists in Washington are attacking science and shutting down the government again.
I’ve fought this battle before. I’ll fight it again for truth, science, and families.
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Now extremists in Washington are attacking science and shutting down the government again.
I’ve fought this battle before. I’ll fight it again for truth, science, and families.
Donate ⬇️
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When it comes to infectious diseases, 2026 may look more like 1926 if current trends continue: The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases in 2025, the 2nd year cases exceeded 25k. The contagious bacterial infection is a deadly threat to infants, older people & anyone w/ weakened immunity👇
The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases this year. Here’s what you need to know | CNN
For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.
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December 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
When it comes to infectious diseases, 2026 may look more like 1926 if current trends continue: The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases in 2025, the 2nd year cases exceeded 25k. The contagious bacterial infection is a deadly threat to infants, older people & anyone w/ weakened immunity👇
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Contra Costa County reported a case of measles on Monday; people may have been exposed at Walnut Creek shops and other public locations before Christmas.
Measles case reported in East Bay: Here’s where the infected person shopped before Christmas
Contra Costa County reported a case of measles on Monday; people may have been exposed at Walnut Creek shops and other public locations before Christmas.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Contra Costa County reported a case of measles on Monday; people may have been exposed at Walnut Creek shops and other public locations before Christmas.
The Trump Administration wants to silence critics of online hate speech. @counterhate.com is a nonprofit that reports on social media corporations amplifying disinformation & hate. This is government #censorship . #1stAmendment #AmericanValues
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Imran Ahmed on Trump's threat to deport him over 'censorship' for countering online hate
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining or deporting Imran Ahmed. He’s a British-born researcher who focuses on countering online hate and misinformation, but t...
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December 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The Trump Administration wants to silence critics of online hate speech. @counterhate.com is a nonprofit that reports on social media corporations amplifying disinformation & hate. This is government #censorship . #1stAmendment #AmericanValues
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Happy holidays! No matter who we are or what we believe, this season is about shared humanity, and the small kindnesses that bring us together. #CA06 #DrPanforCongress
December 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Happy holidays! No matter who we are or what we believe, this season is about shared humanity, and the small kindnesses that bring us together. #CA06 #DrPanforCongress
“On the other side are workers and lower- and middle-income households, whose spending, as already mentioned, is increasingly shaped by constraint rather than confidence, accounting for the consistent “affordability crisis.’”
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GDP data confirms the Gen Z nightmare: the era of jobless growth is here | Fortune
"I've never seen anything like it," KPMG's chief economist Diane Swonk told Fortune.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“On the other side are workers and lower- and middle-income households, whose spending, as already mentioned, is increasingly shaped by constraint rather than confidence, accounting for the consistent “affordability crisis.’”
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For years, it didn’t feel like the holidays truly arrived until Fabrizio and I sing karaoke at the Sacramento CLC Holiday Party. What holiday traditions do you enjoy? #DrPanforCongress #CA06
December 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
For years, it didn’t feel like the holidays truly arrived until Fabrizio and I sing karaoke at the Sacramento CLC Holiday Party. What holiday traditions do you enjoy? #DrPanforCongress #CA06
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In 2025, America saw the highest number of measles cases in over 30 years. That’s just a preview of what’s to come as RFK Jr continues his rollback of vaccine guidance.
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In 2025, America saw the highest number of measles cases in over 30 years. That’s just a preview of what’s to come as RFK Jr continues his rollback of vaccine guidance.
Not only are groceries more expensive, food is now less safe thanks to @fda.gov Director Makary, RFK Jr & Trump. #MAHA
The US food safety system may be facing death by a thousand funding cuts, experts tell @sarah-todd.bsky.social
"All of these cuts that are not coherent are all working against each other"
"All of these cuts that are not coherent are all working against each other"
American food safety could be headed for a breakdown
More Americans will be exposed to foodborne illness as a result of this year's funding cuts, food safety experts predict
www.statnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
“like many entrepreneurs, they have relied on the #ACA for health insurance…. they will need medical care:.. Newton, 51, was diagnosed with chronic leukemia….. enhanced subsidies that helped middle-income people afford Obamacare plans have been stuck”
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A middle-class family’s only option: A $43,000 health insurance premium
Consumers are left with few options and crushing prices as insurers offering Affordable Care Act plans pull out of some regions.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“like many entrepreneurs, they have relied on the #ACA for health insurance…. they will need medical care:.. Newton, 51, was diagnosed with chronic leukemia….. enhanced subsidies that helped middle-income people afford Obamacare plans have been stuck”
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What would Jesus ask people to give to? #Christmas
“It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor,
but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.” Proverbs 14:21
fortune.com/2025/10/26/3...
“It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor,
but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.” Proverbs 14:21
fortune.com/2025/10/26/3...
December 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What would Jesus ask people to give to? #Christmas
“It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor,
but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.” Proverbs 14:21
fortune.com/2025/10/26/3...
“It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor,
but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.” Proverbs 14:21
fortune.com/2025/10/26/3...
RFK Jr “is circling a dark idea: that the value of one’s life can be tabulated in accordance with diagnoses and preexisting conditions…. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.” #MAHA #autism #ADA
Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Junk health plans that don’t pay for the health care you need is just a corporation that is taking your money. That is why I authored legislation banning health insurance companies from discriminating against patients with pre-existing conditions. #DrPanForCongress
LANKFORD: In 2010, before Obamacare kicked in, the normal healthcare premium was $215.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Junk health plans that don’t pay for the health care you need is just a corporation that is taking your money. That is why I authored legislation banning health insurance companies from discriminating against patients with pre-existing conditions. #DrPanForCongress
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It would seem that the anti-vaccine movement's focus on autism is just a way to reduce vaccines, period. They don't actually care about autism.
4/ I think Denmark's appeal is simpler. Del Bigtree told @washingtonpost.com that the "medical freedom" movement has always touted Denmark. "Our belief is there are just too many vaccines." It's the minimal schedule they want.
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U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It would seem that the anti-vaccine movement's focus on autism is just a way to reduce vaccines, period. They don't actually care about autism.
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“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
“Almost 4 in 10 U.S. adults named health care or health issues as one of the top five issues they want the government to address…. Six in 10 respondents said it is ‘the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that all Americans have health care coverage.’”
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December 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Almost 4 in 10 U.S. adults named health care or health issues as one of the top five issues they want the government to address…. Six in 10 respondents said it is ‘the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that all Americans have health care coverage.’”
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“Children’s Health Defense, or CHD, which Kennedy led from 2015 to 2024, produces a daily stream of articles and videos stoking fear about vaccines and falsely suggesting that the risks associated with vaccine-preventable diseases are exaggerated.” #Ivax2protect
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Anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreak
Children’s Health Defense using familiar playbook to defend health secretary as it downplays dangers of disease and exaggerate risks of vaccines, public health experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Children’s Health Defense, or CHD, which Kennedy led from 2015 to 2024, produces a daily stream of articles and videos stoking fear about vaccines and falsely suggesting that the risks associated with vaccine-preventable diseases are exaggerated.” #Ivax2protect
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RFK Jr is not interested in the real cause of #autism. @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
“it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
“it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
HHS cuts millions in grants to the AAP for "initiatives aimed at reducing sudden infant deaths, improving teen and young adult health, preventing birth defects, such as fetal alcohol syndrome, and identifying autism early,..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics
The move is an escalation in the agency’s clash with the medical group, which is suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
RFK Jr is not interested in the real cause of #autism. @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
“it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
“it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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This is unethical scientific exploitation through "research" on vulnerable populations that will cause harm and will be written about and taught in ethics courses in years to come. This study would not be approved by any IRB in the US or in Europe. African children deserve better.
“NIH is in crisis, grants are being terminated, labs are closing….but they found $1.6 million for an unsolicited proposal to study whether we should delay a vaccine we’ve been safely giving for 40 years, in a country where infants are at high risk of infection”
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CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is unethical scientific exploitation through "research" on vulnerable populations that will cause harm and will be written about and taught in ethics courses in years to come. This study would not be approved by any IRB in the US or in Europe. African children deserve better.
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Why does this seem unsurprising?
"Many officials call Bhattacharya 'Podcast Jay'" & "see him as so disengaged...they hardly worry abt his impact."
NIH Principal Dep. Dir. Matthew Memoli "knows just enough abt (NIH)...to help destroy it..." No exec leadership record but anti-COVID vax & anti-DEI.
"Many officials call Bhattacharya 'Podcast Jay'" & "see him as so disengaged...they hardly worry abt his impact."
NIH Principal Dep. Dir. Matthew Memoli "knows just enough abt (NIH)...to help destroy it..." No exec leadership record but anti-COVID vax & anti-DEI.
“Inside the agency, officials describe Bhattacharya as a largely ineffectual figurehead, often absent from leadership meetings, unresponsive to colleagues, and fixated more on cultivating his media image than on engaging with the turmoil at his own agency.”
The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity
While NIH director Jay Bhattacharya focuses on podcasting, his second in command is dramatically remaking the agency.
www.theatlantic.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Why does this seem unsurprising?
"Many officials call Bhattacharya 'Podcast Jay'" & "see him as so disengaged...they hardly worry abt his impact."
NIH Principal Dep. Dir. Matthew Memoli "knows just enough abt (NIH)...to help destroy it..." No exec leadership record but anti-COVID vax & anti-DEI.
"Many officials call Bhattacharya 'Podcast Jay'" & "see him as so disengaged...they hardly worry abt his impact."
NIH Principal Dep. Dir. Matthew Memoli "knows just enough abt (NIH)...to help destroy it..." No exec leadership record but anti-COVID vax & anti-DEI.
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American tax dollars are going to pay for a Russian roulette study on leaving babies at risk for hepatitis B and ensuing liver disease. In a deeply poor African nation. To give cover of "science" to a 20-year anti-vax grifter.
Far worse than Tuskegee, out in the open.
Far worse than Tuskegee, out in the open.
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
American tax dollars are going to pay for a Russian roulette study on leaving babies at risk for hepatitis B and ensuing liver disease. In a deeply poor African nation. To give cover of "science" to a 20-year anti-vax grifter.
Far worse than Tuskegee, out in the open.
Far worse than Tuskegee, out in the open.
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American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding for projects including reducing sudden infant deaths, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome, and more after criticizing RFK Jr. wapo.st/48U8yB2 via @lenasun.bsky.social and Paige Cunningham @washingtonpost.com
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding for projects including reducing sudden infant deaths, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome, and more after criticizing RFK Jr. wapo.st/48U8yB2 via @lenasun.bsky.social and Paige Cunningham @washingtonpost.com
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I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
RFK Jr. is putting politics and his personal agenda ahead of children’s health. Cutting federal funding to the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and America’s pediatricians as a personal vendetta is an attack on American children. #CA06 #DrPanforCongress
Exclusive: The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The association has been one of the harshest critics of Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s changes to federal vaccine policy.
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
RFK Jr. is putting politics and his personal agenda ahead of children’s health. Cutting federal funding to the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and America’s pediatricians as a personal vendetta is an attack on American children. #CA06 #DrPanforCongress