Rebecca Mandel, MD, MPH
@drrebeccamandel.bsky.social
Pediatrician. I used to live in Maine, now I live in Hollywood. I care about children, dogs and our collective community.
Reposting so I can always keep coming back to this pure joy lololololololololololololol
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Reposting so I can always keep coming back to this pure joy lololololololololololololol
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Halloween is such a perfect holiday to reground yourself in your community. Just throngs of different people wandering the neighborhood with their kids appreciating strangers for helping create something magical. This is what most of us crave.
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Halloween is such a perfect holiday to reground yourself in your community. Just throngs of different people wandering the neighborhood with their kids appreciating strangers for helping create something magical. This is what most of us crave.
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@talsmith.bsky.social Since you're apparently not old enough to remember: One of the many reasons we enacted Obamacare is because insurance companies were routinely kicking women off their insurance coverage once they were diagnosed with breast cancer.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
@talsmith.bsky.social Since you're apparently not old enough to remember: One of the many reasons we enacted Obamacare is because insurance companies were routinely kicking women off their insurance coverage once they were diagnosed with breast cancer.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’
Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
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I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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"[When] the CDC recommended the vaccine for high-risk newborns... The number of perinatal infections stayed stubbornly high.
But hepatitis B infections plummeted after the CDC began recommending a universal dose of hepatitis B vaccine at birth in 1991."
But hepatitis B infections plummeted after the CDC began recommending a universal dose of hepatitis B vaccine at birth in 1991."
Some people say we don't need to vaccinate every baby at birth against hepatitis B, and should target vaccinations at moms who test positive for the virus. That strategy was tried and failed. But universal vaccination has lowered infection rates by 99 percent.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Newborn hepatitis B vaccine under fire as RFK Jr. and GOP Senators question immunization
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel is set to discuss and possibly vote on the vaccine at a meeting next week.
www.nbcnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"[When] the CDC recommended the vaccine for high-risk newborns... The number of perinatal infections stayed stubbornly high.
But hepatitis B infections plummeted after the CDC began recommending a universal dose of hepatitis B vaccine at birth in 1991."
But hepatitis B infections plummeted after the CDC began recommending a universal dose of hepatitis B vaccine at birth in 1991."
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ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
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Pandemic preparedness in the US has been leveled a crippling blow with the cancellation of multiple #BARDA contracts to help develop mRNA vaccines. No other vaccine platform produces vaccine so quickly; without mRNA, Americans will have a long wait for pandemic vax. www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
www.statnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Pandemic preparedness in the US has been leveled a crippling blow with the cancellation of multiple #BARDA contracts to help develop mRNA vaccines. No other vaccine platform produces vaccine so quickly; without mRNA, Americans will have a long wait for pandemic vax. www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
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The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wage…
July 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wage…
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Be safe with those fireworks y'all
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at U.S. hospitals, but many now face visa issues
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration's travel and visa…
buff.ly
July 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Be safe with those fireworks y'all
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“Immunizations work, they are very effective and safe, and they save lives. Vaccines are among the most rigorously studied and effective tools in public health.”
Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...
Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...
We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations
“We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.
www.statnews.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Immunizations work, they are very effective and safe, and they save lives. Vaccines are among the most rigorously studied and effective tools in public health.”
Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...
Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...
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Each child death is an immense tragedy. This year, more children died of flu than in 15 years.
Child flu vaccines are essential.
“There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but a big one is that fewer children get flu shots”
- Dr. Sean O’Leary of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
Child flu vaccines are essential.
“There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but a big one is that fewer children get flu shots”
- Dr. Sean O’Leary of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
216 children have died from flu this season, CDC reports
More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.
www.pbs.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Each child death is an immense tragedy. This year, more children died of flu than in 15 years.
Child flu vaccines are essential.
“There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but a big one is that fewer children get flu shots”
- Dr. Sean O’Leary of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
Child flu vaccines are essential.
“There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but a big one is that fewer children get flu shots”
- Dr. Sean O’Leary of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
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You and your children will breathe more air pollution because of this action. People will have more asthma attacks. People will have more heart attacks. All while climate impacts accelerate.
The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal challenges from environmental groups.
Trump's EPA plans to repeal climate pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants
The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal challenges from environmental groups.
n.pr
June 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
You and your children will breathe more air pollution because of this action. People will have more asthma attacks. People will have more heart attacks. All while climate impacts accelerate.
Reposted by Rebecca Mandel, MD, MPH
The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
May 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
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While eating lunch I remembered that a guy in Germany who was <65yo got 217 covid vaccines with no ill effects www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Adaptive immune responses are larger and functionally preserved in a hypervaccinated individual
Prime-boost vaccinations can enhance immune responses,1 whereas chronic antigen exposure
can cause immune tolerance.2 In humans, the benefits, limitations, and risks of repetitive
vaccination remain p...
www.thelancet.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
While eating lunch I remembered that a guy in Germany who was <65yo got 217 covid vaccines with no ill effects www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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Imagine where society might be if we took all the energy devoted to framing vaccines as the cause of our health problems and instead used it to actually solve those problems.
Utopia.
Utopia.
May 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Imagine where society might be if we took all the energy devoted to framing vaccines as the cause of our health problems and instead used it to actually solve those problems.
Utopia.
Utopia.
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We are living in one of the few times in human history where you can buy a loaf of bread and if it says it’s made with wheat flour and salt and yeast and water and nothing else, it’s probably made from just those ingredients, and some people want to END this.
April 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We are living in one of the few times in human history where you can buy a loaf of bread and if it says it’s made with wheat flour and salt and yeast and water and nothing else, it’s probably made from just those ingredients, and some people want to END this.
Reposted by Rebecca Mandel, MD, MPH
Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.
BREAKING: The FDA has officially announced they will be banning artificial dyes in the food supply by the end of 2026
This includes Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3
This includes Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3
April 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.
Reposted by Rebecca Mandel, MD, MPH
COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
April 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
Waymo, welcome to the resistance #HandsOff #LAProtests
April 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Waymo, welcome to the resistance #HandsOff #LAProtests
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It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
April 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
Reposted by Rebecca Mandel, MD, MPH
⚠️MEASLES SPIKING ⬆️60%—In just 2 weeks, measles outbreak has surged over 60% from 301 confirmed cases in 15 states (March 13th) to now 483 in 20 states (March 27th). 75% of cases are in children. 📌97% unvaccinated or unknown status. This epidemic is only accelerating.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
March 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
⚠️MEASLES SPIKING ⬆️60%—In just 2 weeks, measles outbreak has surged over 60% from 301 confirmed cases in 15 states (March 13th) to now 483 in 20 states (March 27th). 75% of cases are in children. 📌97% unvaccinated or unknown status. This epidemic is only accelerating.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...