Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition)
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Fired federal employees working to protect public health. Learn more at: https://www.firedbutfighting.org
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National Public Health Coalition released new data showing impacts of illegal firings across CDC since Jan 2025. CDC has lost one-third of its civil-service workforce & over 150 programs. Explore an interactive dashboard. See how cuts are undermining public health nationwide.
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The number of recorded measles cases in the U.S. during 2025 has exceeded 2,000 for the first time in more than 30 years, according to data from the CDC.
U.S. measles cases reach highest level in over 30 years, CDC reports
The U.S. will likely lose its globally recognized measles "elimination status" by Jan. 2026.
www.axios.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The number of recorded measles cases in the U.S. during 2025 has exceeded 2,000 for the first time in more than 30 years, according to data from the CDC.
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The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
2025 Saw Most Measles Cases Since 1992 — Amid Latest Measles Exposure At Newark Airport
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
www.forbes.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
Appreciate people remembering that the CDC's wild to mild vaccination ad campaign was stopped by RFK Jr and this administration.
January 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Appreciate people remembering that the CDC's wild to mild vaccination ad campaign was stopped by RFK Jr and this administration.
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Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is likely to get worse. Here's what you need to know. n.pr/49yrLtt
Flu cases are surging and rates will likely get worse, new CDC data shows
Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is likely to get worse. Here's what you need to know.
n.pr
December 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is likely to get worse. Here's what you need to know. n.pr/49yrLtt
We are being set back decades by RFK Jr’s HHS!
It doesn’t have to be this way. There is a vaccine.
Call your representatives demand better for Americans. Our next generation depends on us.
It doesn’t have to be this way. There is a vaccine.
Call your representatives demand better for Americans. Our next generation depends on us.
Among the nationally confirmed cases, the CDC says about 93% are among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.
US measles cases surpass 2,000, highest in 30 years: CDC
The U.S. has surpassed 2,000 measles cases for the first time in more than 30 years, according to data from the CDC.
abcnews.go.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM
We are being set back decades by RFK Jr’s HHS!
It doesn’t have to be this way. There is a vaccine.
Call your representatives demand better for Americans. Our next generation depends on us.
It doesn’t have to be this way. There is a vaccine.
Call your representatives demand better for Americans. Our next generation depends on us.
Tobacco use is leading cause of preventable disease, disability, & death in USA.
Why did admin fire CDC's tobacco prevention & control experts? Illegal RIFs didn’t just eliminate jobs, they have silenced science. Critical data on tobacco use & its harms are NOT being published through MMWR.
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Why did admin fire CDC's tobacco prevention & control experts? Illegal RIFs didn’t just eliminate jobs, they have silenced science. Critical data on tobacco use & its harms are NOT being published through MMWR.
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January 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Tobacco use is leading cause of preventable disease, disability, & death in USA.
Why did admin fire CDC's tobacco prevention & control experts? Illegal RIFs didn’t just eliminate jobs, they have silenced science. Critical data on tobacco use & its harms are NOT being published through MMWR.
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Why did admin fire CDC's tobacco prevention & control experts? Illegal RIFs didn’t just eliminate jobs, they have silenced science. Critical data on tobacco use & its harms are NOT being published through MMWR.
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Devastating. Yesterday, a 5-year-old boy died from the flu.
Dr. Oz was spewing advice earlier this week where he downplayed the importance of vaccines and recommended “getting sunlight”.
I don’t know whether Micah was vaccinated, but of the kids who died from flu last year, 90% were not.
Dr. Oz was spewing advice earlier this week where he downplayed the importance of vaccines and recommended “getting sunlight”.
I don’t know whether Micah was vaccinated, but of the kids who died from flu last year, 90% were not.
Influencer Paul Kim's Son, 5, Dies After Contracting Severe Case of the Flu
Influencer Paul Kim’s 5-year-old son, Micah, died on Dec. 31 after contracting a severe case of influenza, which led to the child suffering seizures and sepsis.
people.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Devastating. Yesterday, a 5-year-old boy died from the flu.
Dr. Oz was spewing advice earlier this week where he downplayed the importance of vaccines and recommended “getting sunlight”.
I don’t know whether Micah was vaccinated, but of the kids who died from flu last year, 90% were not.
Dr. Oz was spewing advice earlier this week where he downplayed the importance of vaccines and recommended “getting sunlight”.
I don’t know whether Micah was vaccinated, but of the kids who died from flu last year, 90% were not.
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This is still true today. Keep calling your reps.
#strangerthings
#strangerthings
Vecna (aka RFK jr) can’t keep his dusty, mind-flaying tentacles out of your tax funded public health system.
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
January 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
This is still true today. Keep calling your reps.
#strangerthings
#strangerthings
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Side note: I love this quote I pulled because it also applies to all of you #AltCitizens as well.
Being here speaking about these things instead of staying silent. Discussing, debating, learning with everyone as a community.
Its not just AltGov and AltFam. It's all of us and all of you.
Being here speaking about these things instead of staying silent. Discussing, debating, learning with everyone as a community.
Its not just AltGov and AltFam. It's all of us and all of you.
"Instead, they occupy a space that democratic systems have always relied upon but rarely formalized: the realm of civil society, where informed individuals organize, speak, and warn — not because they are ordered to, but because they feel a civic obligation to do so."
I love this part ❤️
I love this part ❤️
January 1, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Side note: I love this quote I pulled because it also applies to all of you #AltCitizens as well.
Being here speaking about these things instead of staying silent. Discussing, debating, learning with everyone as a community.
Its not just AltGov and AltFam. It's all of us and all of you.
Being here speaking about these things instead of staying silent. Discussing, debating, learning with everyone as a community.
Its not just AltGov and AltFam. It's all of us and all of you.
This administration can’t stop. They won’t stop. This is not ok. It doesn’t have to be this way.
We have to resist. We are stronger together.
We care. We are here. We are still volunteering our time to save public health. Follow us and support us as you can.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We have to resist. We are stronger together.
We care. We are here. We are still volunteering our time to save public health. Follow us and support us as you can.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states
Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This administration can’t stop. They won’t stop. This is not ok. It doesn’t have to be this way.
We have to resist. We are stronger together.
We care. We are here. We are still volunteering our time to save public health. Follow us and support us as you can.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We have to resist. We are stronger together.
We care. We are here. We are still volunteering our time to save public health. Follow us and support us as you can.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Happy New Years to working families everywhere as child care funding is ripped away from all states.
I hope these fucks come to my state. I hope they set foot to our office doors so we can tell them to fuck off.
All children and families must suffer for the fraud committed by a select few 🤬🤬🤬
I hope these fucks come to my state. I hope they set foot to our office doors so we can tell them to fuck off.
All children and families must suffer for the fraud committed by a select few 🤬🤬🤬
HHS freezing child care payments to all states after Minnesota fraud allegations: Official
An HHS official says the agency has "frozen all child care payments" to all states after allegations of fraudulent day care centers in Minnesota.
abcnews.go.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Happy New Years to working families everywhere as child care funding is ripped away from all states.
I hope these fucks come to my state. I hope they set foot to our office doors so we can tell them to fuck off.
All children and families must suffer for the fraud committed by a select few 🤬🤬🤬
I hope these fucks come to my state. I hope they set foot to our office doors so we can tell them to fuck off.
All children and families must suffer for the fraud committed by a select few 🤬🤬🤬
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Trump admits to taking more aspirin than his docs recommend: “They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
What could possibly go wrong! (2/6)
What could possibly go wrong! (2/6)
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Trump admits to taking more aspirin than his docs recommend: “They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
What could possibly go wrong! (2/6)
What could possibly go wrong! (2/6)
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Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)
Measles is highly contagious. Please consider vaccination.
Please be aware of children and elderly when traveling to and from states with ongoing outbreaks.
apple.news/AryB4IKU-R-a...
Please be aware of children and elderly when traveling to and from states with ongoing outbreaks.
apple.news/AryB4IKU-R-a...
New measles cases in South Carolina put U.S. on the verge of losing elimination status — NBC News
The state reported 20 more measles cases in the last four days. If the disease spreads for three more weeks, it may no longer be considered eradicated in the U.S.
apple.news
January 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Measles is highly contagious. Please consider vaccination.
Please be aware of children and elderly when traveling to and from states with ongoing outbreaks.
apple.news/AryB4IKU-R-a...
Please be aware of children and elderly when traveling to and from states with ongoing outbreaks.
apple.news/AryB4IKU-R-a...
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President Trump tells the Wall Street Journal that the large dose of aspirin he chooses to take daily has caused him to bruise easily. www.wsj.com/us-news/as-signs-...
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:13 PM
President Trump tells the Wall Street Journal that the large dose of aspirin he chooses to take daily has caused him to bruise easily. www.wsj.com/us-news/as-signs-...
We are proud and honored to be volunteering our time to uphold our oath of office with the #altgov family!
Thanks for everyone who has and continues to support us while we try to save public health.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Thanks for everyone who has and continues to support us while we try to save public health.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
“The Alts”: Civil Society, Digital Dissent, and Democratic Resilience
The Steady State | by Steven A. Cash
substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We are proud and honored to be volunteering our time to uphold our oath of office with the #altgov family!
Thanks for everyone who has and continues to support us while we try to save public health.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Thanks for everyone who has and continues to support us while we try to save public health.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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The new year is always great for “wellness” marketing.
Grifters everywhere will try to exploit your desire to make positive changes by selling you their books, dietary supplements, gadgets, etc.
You don’t need this crap, and people shouldn’t be trying to profit by making you feel inadequate.
Grifters everywhere will try to exploit your desire to make positive changes by selling you their books, dietary supplements, gadgets, etc.
You don’t need this crap, and people shouldn’t be trying to profit by making you feel inadequate.
December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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reminder that rfk jr. illegally cut the CDC team responsible for tracking outcomes at these clinics
Between 2013 and 2023, private equity ownership of US fertility clinics increased nearly tenfold, from 3.7% to over 32%, with affiliated sites responsible for the majority of #IVF cycles by 2023.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
reminder that rfk jr. illegally cut the CDC team responsible for tracking outcomes at these clinics
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According to @yalesph.bsky.social:
Total U.S. measles cases: 2,024
Past-week new cases: 38
The U.S. passed 2,000 measles cases this week, ending the year with a record number of cases since measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. The next-highest annual case count was 1,274 in 2019.
Total U.S. measles cases: 2,024
Past-week new cases: 38
The U.S. passed 2,000 measles cases this week, ending the year with a record number of cases since measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. The next-highest annual case count was 1,274 in 2019.
December 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
According to @yalesph.bsky.social:
Total U.S. measles cases: 2,024
Past-week new cases: 38
The U.S. passed 2,000 measles cases this week, ending the year with a record number of cases since measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. The next-highest annual case count was 1,274 in 2019.
Total U.S. measles cases: 2,024
Past-week new cases: 38
The U.S. passed 2,000 measles cases this week, ending the year with a record number of cases since measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. The next-highest annual case count was 1,274 in 2019.
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Walter Koroshetz, MD, long-time director of NINDS, is stepping down after his reappointment request was unexpectedly denied.
@aanmember.bsky.social voiced "significant concern over the abrupt decision" by the NIH to terminate its contract with Koroshetz.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/ge...
@aanmember.bsky.social voiced "significant concern over the abrupt decision" by the NIH to terminate its contract with Koroshetz.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/ge...
NIH Neurology Director Abruptly Ousted
American Academy of Neurology voices 'significant concern' over the decision
www.medpagetoday.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Walter Koroshetz, MD, long-time director of NINDS, is stepping down after his reappointment request was unexpectedly denied.
@aanmember.bsky.social voiced "significant concern over the abrupt decision" by the NIH to terminate its contract with Koroshetz.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/ge...
@aanmember.bsky.social voiced "significant concern over the abrupt decision" by the NIH to terminate its contract with Koroshetz.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/ge...
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NEW with @natsfert.bsky.social: Some states are spending hundreds of millions to make up for federal cuts to Obamacare aid. They warn it won't be enough to stop millions of people from becoming uninsured. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
States step into the breach as Obamacare subsidies lapse
Even state governments that want to help can’t completely cover rising insurance premiums.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NEW with @natsfert.bsky.social: Some states are spending hundreds of millions to make up for federal cuts to Obamacare aid. They warn it won't be enough to stop millions of people from becoming uninsured. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...