Rebecca Glassman, MPH
@glasswoman.bsky.social
Public health researcher, wife, dog mom, vaccine enthusiast, & wannabe plant whisperer. Not Becky with the good hair. Opinions/typos my own. DTWD 🏳️🌈
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“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”
— Paul Farmer
— Paul Farmer
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What kind of organizing and rhetoric is opposing the right-wing cooptation of antisemitism into a tool for repression and the violation of rights? And how can Jews disavow and denounce this stuff they pretend they're doing for us?
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
What kind of organizing and rhetoric is opposing the right-wing cooptation of antisemitism into a tool for repression and the violation of rights? And how can Jews disavow and denounce this stuff they pretend they're doing for us?
In Florida-
NIH FUNDING:
$914 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
14,688
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.78 B
NIH FUNDING:
$914 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
14,688
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.78 B
February 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
In Florida-
NIH FUNDING:
$914 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
14,688
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.78 B
NIH FUNDING:
$914 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
14,688
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.78 B
Reposted by Rebecca Glassman, MPH
The Senate HELP Committee has jurisdiction over NIH.
GOP members of the committee represent AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC.
Research universities and hospitals in those states need to be extra loud.
GOP members of the committee represent AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC.
Research universities and hospitals in those states need to be extra loud.
February 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The Senate HELP Committee has jurisdiction over NIH.
GOP members of the committee represent AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC.
Research universities and hospitals in those states need to be extra loud.
GOP members of the committee represent AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC.
Research universities and hospitals in those states need to be extra loud.
Reposted by Rebecca Glassman, MPH
On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
On the right, that page tonight
On the right, that page tonight
February 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
On the right, that page tonight
On the right, that page tonight
This is not normal. None of this is normal. My heart hurts for my former colleagues at the CDC.
January 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is not normal. None of this is normal. My heart hurts for my former colleagues at the CDC.
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inspo for your day
January 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
inspo for your day
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American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
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A bird flu pandemic is not inevitable. But a series of developments over the past few weeks indicates that the possibility is no longer remote.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Bird Flu Enters a New Phase, Scientists Say (Gift Article)
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A bird flu pandemic is not inevitable. But a series of developments over the past few weeks indicates that the possibility is no longer remote.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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strongly recommend having a cute dog who knows little to nothing about federal research funding
January 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
strongly recommend having a cute dog who knows little to nothing about federal research funding
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People affected by the #LAFires may be eligible to book an emergency stay through Airbnb [dot]org. This includes people displaced and relief workers helping in an official capacity.
If you or someone you know needs support, fill out 211 LA’s intake form here: care.211cs.org/public-surve...
If you or someone you know needs support, fill out 211 LA’s intake form here: care.211cs.org/public-surve...
January 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
People affected by the #LAFires may be eligible to book an emergency stay through Airbnb [dot]org. This includes people displaced and relief workers helping in an official capacity.
If you or someone you know needs support, fill out 211 LA’s intake form here: care.211cs.org/public-surve...
If you or someone you know needs support, fill out 211 LA’s intake form here: care.211cs.org/public-surve...
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Column | No COVID crimes: Another DeSantis gimmick fizzles.
Without splashy criminal charges to throw around, one can feel the grand jury report's authors stretching for something - anything - meaningful to impart over the course of 140-plus pages.
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
Without splashy criminal charges to throw around, one can feel the grand jury report's authors stretching for something - anything - meaningful to impart over the course of 140-plus pages.
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
Another DeSantis gimmick fizzles: grand jury finds no COVID-19 crimes | Opinion
The anticlimactic grand jury report managed to uncannily parrot the DeSantis administration's sometimes tortured views about the pandemic
www.jacksonville.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Column | No COVID crimes: Another DeSantis gimmick fizzles.
Without splashy criminal charges to throw around, one can feel the grand jury report's authors stretching for something - anything - meaningful to impart over the course of 140-plus pages.
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
Without splashy criminal charges to throw around, one can feel the grand jury report's authors stretching for something - anything - meaningful to impart over the course of 140-plus pages.
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
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If you feel reassured whenever someone says death(s) occurred in person(s) “with preexisting conditions” you should know that more than half of American adults have “a preexisting condition” and many (maybe you) don’t even know they do. Or maybe you don’t have one, but 50% of the people you know do.
January 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If you feel reassured whenever someone says death(s) occurred in person(s) “with preexisting conditions” you should know that more than half of American adults have “a preexisting condition” and many (maybe you) don’t even know they do. Or maybe you don’t have one, but 50% of the people you know do.
Today’s Jaguars’ news reminded me of this 3+ year old banger tweet. This remains true to this day @rodger.bsky.social.
January 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Today’s Jaguars’ news reminded me of this 3+ year old banger tweet. This remains true to this day @rodger.bsky.social.
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If people continue to be infected with #H5N1 #birdflu, some will die. One has: the person in Louisiana who was infected by poultry and/or wild birds in a backyard flock.
Developing story.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/b...
Developing story.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/b...
U.S. records first fatal bird flu case amid growing concerns about virus
The U.S. has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu, in a person from Louisiana who contracted the virus from infected chickens and wild birds in a backyard flock.
www.statnews.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If people continue to be infected with #H5N1 #birdflu, some will die. One has: the person in Louisiana who was infected by poultry and/or wild birds in a backyard flock.
Developing story.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/b...
Developing story.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/b...
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Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People - KFF Health News
Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers...
kffhealthnews.org
January 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Community water fluoridation is one of 10 great public health achievements of the last century. Water fluoridation is safe, effective, and provides for more equitable health outcomes among US children and adults.
Public-health officials are sparring over conflicting studies weighing the benefits and risks of fluoride, especially for young children. Most everyone agrees it is important for our dental health. Read more: https://trib.al/GeLUCYm
December 19, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Community water fluoridation is one of 10 great public health achievements of the last century. Water fluoridation is safe, effective, and provides for more equitable health outcomes among US children and adults.
“All these infections in so many species around us is paving a bigger and bigger runway for the virus to potentially evolve to infect humans better and transmit between humans,” said Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, the director of the Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Breaking News: California declared a state of emergency over a bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle. The virus has been detected in 645 herds.
California Declares an Emergency Over Bird Flu
Officials have discovered the virus in 645 herds of dairy cattle, more than in any other state so far.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:35 PM
“All these infections in so many species around us is paving a bigger and bigger runway for the virus to potentially evolve to infect humans better and transmit between humans,” said Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, the director of the Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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Neglect, it is.
WHO finds that the direct cause of "the mystery disease" in Congo is malaria, exacerbated by malnutrition. Malaria can be *cured* by a few cheap pills, as long as it's caught early. So these are deaths of neglect.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
WHO finds that the direct cause of "the mystery disease" in Congo is malaria, exacerbated by malnutrition. Malaria can be *cured* by a few cheap pills, as long as it's caught early. So these are deaths of neglect.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
December 17, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Neglect, it is.
WHO finds that the direct cause of "the mystery disease" in Congo is malaria, exacerbated by malnutrition. Malaria can be *cured* by a few cheap pills, as long as it's caught early. So these are deaths of neglect.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
WHO finds that the direct cause of "the mystery disease" in Congo is malaria, exacerbated by malnutrition. Malaria can be *cured* by a few cheap pills, as long as it's caught early. So these are deaths of neglect.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
While everyone was busy having a brat summer, I’m over here kicking off brat winter.
December 9, 2024 at 10:45 PM
While everyone was busy having a brat summer, I’m over here kicking off brat winter.
Alright, friends, send all the good vibes my way—I’m ready to graduate from hospital life and free up this bed for someone else!
December 8, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Alright, friends, send all the good vibes my way—I’m ready to graduate from hospital life and free up this bed for someone else!
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Vaccinate your kids.
December 7, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Vaccinate your kids.
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/