Tina Kim
@officialtinakim.bsky.social
Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Health Equity and Human Rights at New York State Department of Health. Former Assistant Secretary for Health for NYS. Views expressed/likes my own.
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The Trump administration has cut funding and programs for HIV research, treatment, and prevention so deeply that “we’re watching the field burn to the ground,” one researcher told Katherine J. Wu.
Trump’s Revenge on Public Health
The attacks on HIV research are just the beginning of unraveling decades of progress.
bit.ly
April 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Trump administration has cut funding and programs for HIV research, treatment, and prevention so deeply that “we’re watching the field burn to the ground,” one researcher told Katherine J. Wu.
The fed administration did away with COVID-related grants because we are past COVID and the worst of the pandemic.
People are still getting COVID. That $ was strengthening the very health departments actively working to monitor and mitigate outbreaks like these. Absurd basis for taking away the $.
People are still getting COVID. That $ was strengthening the very health departments actively working to monitor and mitigate outbreaks like these. Absurd basis for taking away the $.
Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department said they could be linked to an ongoing outbreak that has infected at least 379 people across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Measles cases rise to 23 in Kansas, may be linked to large multistate outbreak | CNN
Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department said they could be linked to an ongoing outbreak that has infected at least 379 people across Texas, New Mexico...
www.cnn.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The fed administration did away with COVID-related grants because we are past COVID and the worst of the pandemic.
People are still getting COVID. That $ was strengthening the very health departments actively working to monitor and mitigate outbreaks like these. Absurd basis for taking away the $.
People are still getting COVID. That $ was strengthening the very health departments actively working to monitor and mitigate outbreaks like these. Absurd basis for taking away the $.
We at @nysdoh.bsky.social are continuing to evaluate and find ways to mitigate the impacts of these cuts to critical COVID-related public health funding. While these cuts hurt and their impacts will be deeply felt by all, good public health work must prevail.
Statement From Governor Kathy Hochul on Sweeping Federal Cuts to Public Health, Mental Health, and Addiction Services
"Yesterday, the federal Department of Health and Human Services notified our Administration that they intend to cut more than $300 million in funding for the New York State Department of Health, Offic...
www.governor.ny.gov
March 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We at @nysdoh.bsky.social are continuing to evaluate and find ways to mitigate the impacts of these cuts to critical COVID-related public health funding. While these cuts hurt and their impacts will be deeply felt by all, good public health work must prevail.
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At the start of COVID, we all learned how to beat airborne viruses like the flu: by wearing masks and staying home when we are sick. It's a real shame we haven't translated those important lessons into long-term behavioral change.
March 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
At the start of COVID, we all learned how to beat airborne viruses like the flu: by wearing masks and staying home when we are sick. It's a real shame we haven't translated those important lessons into long-term behavioral change.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@kff.org has a wealth of thorough, data-driven, digestible, and reliable health policy resources. As a KFF alum my opinion may seem biased but the resources speak for themselves!
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
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Texas measles outbreak update: 124 cases, 18 hospitalized, & now the first death of a child, who was not vaccinated.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
February 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Texas measles outbreak update: 124 cases, 18 hospitalized, & now the first death of a child, who was not vaccinated.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
I am absolutely heartbroken that in 2025 a child in TX died from an entirely preventable disease, the first measles death in a decade. Immunization is safe, backed by science, and really the best thing we can do for our loved ones.
February 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I am absolutely heartbroken that in 2025 a child in TX died from an entirely preventable disease, the first measles death in a decade. Immunization is safe, backed by science, and really the best thing we can do for our loved ones.
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November 22, 2024 at 3:04 AM