Molly
@mpolverento.bsky.social
Working mom, public health professional, and school board member just trying to do my best and causing some good trouble now and then
#publichealth
#publiceducation
#MichiganWomenForDemocracy
#SuburbanWomenandBeyond
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#MichiganWomenForDemocracy
#SuburbanWomenandBeyond
Yet another example of the impact of #publichealth workforce reductions on our communities
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North Carolina communities still struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene feel the loss of laid-off CDC survey team | CNN
Hurricane Helene tore through the Swannanoa River Valley of western North Carolina almost seven months ago, but many of the scars it left are still fresh.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yet another example of the impact of #publichealth workforce reductions on our communities
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Gave a lecture to first year med students today on how we pay for health care. A couple have asked for resources to learn more. I have a couple to recommend, buy want to ask all of you for videos/other resources to help med student learn about the health system.
#healthpolicysky
#MedEd
#healthpolicysky
#MedEd
April 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Gave a lecture to first year med students today on how we pay for health care. A couple have asked for resources to learn more. I have a couple to recommend, buy want to ask all of you for videos/other resources to help med student learn about the health system.
#healthpolicysky
#MedEd
#healthpolicysky
#MedEd
Children should not be dying from measles. Having people in charge of our public health agencies who push false narratives and misinformation are dangerous. Hard stop.
#publichealth
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#publichealth
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Third measles death
This is not normal. For three reasons.
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April 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Children should not be dying from measles. Having people in charge of our public health agencies who push false narratives and misinformation are dangerous. Hard stop.
#publichealth
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#publichealth
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This is why anti-vax rhetoric is so dangerous...now newborns and moms have been exposed and put in danger.
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#vaccinessavelives
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#publichealth
#vaccinessavelives
Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.
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March 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is why anti-vax rhetoric is so dangerous...now newborns and moms have been exposed and put in danger.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#publichealth
#vaccinessavelives
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#publichealth
#vaccinessavelives
It makes me ill that this administration is trying to erase a vulnerable community who has fought to been seen and valued for so long. #publichealth
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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It makes me ill that this administration is trying to erase a vulnerable community who has fought to been seen and valued for so long. #publichealth
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My med students know more about Medicaid than this after one lecture.
Incompetence
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January 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My med students know more about Medicaid than this after one lecture.
You know things are crazy in the world when you see headlines from The Onion that sound real.
Report: Everything Slightly Worse Than Yesterday
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January 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You know things are crazy in the world when you see headlines from The Onion that sound real.
Please repost! We’re trying hard to sort out rumors from truth + would like to hear from anyone affected by the new federal orders + NIH pause. Patients, scientists, health equity researchers: please contact us below. We won’t share anything without your permission. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews?
Have you been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews? @statnews would like to hear from you.
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January 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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“Wrestling fans know the truth about WWE’s history. We know that Linda McMahon’s legacy is deeply tied to the company’s most shameful moments.” Read more from @electrobrogers.bsky.social https://pv4ps.org/the-toxic-wwe-leadership-of-linda-mcmahon-a-lifelong-wrestling-fans-take/
January 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Wrestling fans know the truth about WWE’s history. We know that Linda McMahon’s legacy is deeply tied to the company’s most shameful moments.” Read more from @electrobrogers.bsky.social https://pv4ps.org/the-toxic-wwe-leadership-of-linda-mcmahon-a-lifelong-wrestling-fans-take/
It has been a crazy week with lots of deep breaths needed. Even the public health and medical students I met with this week are worried. Thinking of all my ##publichealth, #meded, and others feeling a bit overwhelmed after these last few days.
A week of chaos in public health
The truth is, there’s a lot we don’t know yet.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It has been a crazy week with lots of deep breaths needed. Even the public health and medical students I met with this week are worried. Thinking of all my ##publichealth, #meded, and others feeling a bit overwhelmed after these last few days.
Not sure I will make it through these next few years without @theonion.com
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years
LANGLEY, VA—A report released Tuesday by the CIA’s Office of the Inspector General revealed that the CIA has mistakenly obscured hundreds of thousands of pages of critical intelligence information wit...
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January 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Not sure I will make it through these next few years without @theonion.com
Interesting data since rhetoric from GOP leadership seems much more negative on Medicaid. Maybe they know the base might support it, but also won't fight for it?
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#healthpolicy
New KFF polling: 77% of adults have favorable view of #Medicaid including 63% of Republicans/62% of Trump voters. 65% of Republicans think federal Medicaid spending should be increased/is the right amount and only 15% make cutting Medicaid a top priority. #healthpolicy
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January 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Interesting data since rhetoric from GOP leadership seems much more negative on Medicaid. Maybe they know the base might support it, but also won't fight for it?
#healthpolicy
#healthpolicy
Perk of this platform for me...the ease of finding new publications and other resources for my professional interests.
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January 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Perk of this platform for me...the ease of finding new publications and other resources for my professional interests.
#meded
#healthpolicy
#publichealth
#publiceducation
#meded
#healthpolicy
#publichealth
#publiceducation
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Remember you are closer to being a refugee than you are to billionaires.
January 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Remember you are closer to being a refugee than you are to billionaires.
Where have these #chicagobears been the past few weeks?? Good to see them playing with energy and passion to end the season.
January 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Where have these #chicagobears been the past few weeks?? Good to see them playing with energy and passion to end the season.
We had this come up at a recent school board meeting. She used our school musical as an example of why we should focus on a merit-based approach (auditions) instead of DEI, but without seeing the diversity of the cast and that DEI gives all a chance to show off their talents
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This is one way in which racism reproduces itself...by completely erasing the history of racism and replacing it with a whitewashed story of "meritocracy" or a vision of one's state (Oregon) in which white people have somehow always been here, occasionally surrounded by darker skinned "outsiders."
December 30, 2024 at 1:58 PM
We had this come up at a recent school board meeting. She used our school musical as an example of why we should focus on a merit-based approach (auditions) instead of DEI, but without seeing the diversity of the cast and that DEI gives all a chance to show off their talents
@cnn.com Please stop normalizing the crazy things he says. It is not okay for the President-Elect to talk about invading multiple sovereign countries, including our allies.
Do you see what CNN is doing here? Please tell me you see it.
December 24, 2024 at 6:15 PM
@cnn.com Please stop normalizing the crazy things he says. It is not okay for the President-Elect to talk about invading multiple sovereign countries, including our allies.
I feel this so deeply today
Like the Olympic National Park tree, just keep hanging in there — together, we’ve got this.
Photo by Michelle Wiese.
Photo by Michelle Wiese.
December 24, 2024 at 3:26 AM
I feel this so deeply today
I keep wondering where we have failed in #meded that so many physicians in leadership roles don't support vaccination
An eye doctor who doesn’t believe in vaccines or masks is the Surgeon General in Louisiana.
Louisiana is home to one of the most prestigious schools of public health in the world. It trained me. We are better than this.
Louisiana is home to one of the most prestigious schools of public health in the world. It trained me. We are better than this.
December 21, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I keep wondering where we have failed in #meded that so many physicians in leadership roles don't support vaccination
Not only does this put the lives of individuals at risk, but is also why we are struggling to staff our local #publichealth departments.
This is outrageous: “Staffers were also told that it applies to every aspect of the health department's work: Employees could not send out press releases, give interviews, hold vaccine events, give presentations or create social media posts encouraging the public to get the vaccines.”
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
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December 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Not only does this put the lives of individuals at risk, but is also why we are struggling to staff our local #publichealth departments.
It's sad when a headline from The Onion doesn't sound that far-fetched
Texas Bans Sale Of Luggage To Pregnant Women
Texas Bans Sale Of Luggage To Pregnant Women
AUSTIN, TX—In a sweeping prohibition with immediate implications for the Lone Star State’s potential mothers-to-be, Texas banned the sale of luggage to pregnant women Monday. “With this law, we ensure...
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December 14, 2024 at 7:28 PM
It's sad when a headline from The Onion doesn't sound that far-fetched
Are you ready for four years of the rest of the world mocking us?
The Prime Minister of Poland and the President of France are mocking Donald Trump.
Handshakes with Donalds are usually quite a challenge…
December 13, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Are you ready for four years of the rest of the world mocking us?