Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
@rahallclifford.bsky.social
Global health, medical anthropology, co-design for health equity. @Emory U, working in Guatemala and beyond. Loves sightings of the absurd and compassion.
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The Spanish edition of my book El Punto Débil launched with a wonderful discussion in Guatemala! (Free ebook links below)
🎶Playlist for reading🎶
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The US has always been deeply imperfect, but this Amnesty International report is sickening
Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The US has always been deeply imperfect, but this Amnesty International report is sickening
Reposted by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
Financial cuts to #EndMalaria are disrupting health systems, weakening surveillance, and delaying malaria interventions.
Sustained and predictable funding, including a fully replenished Global Fund is crucial to getting us back on track and maintaining our progress.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/4pETX34
Sustained and predictable funding, including a fully replenished Global Fund is crucial to getting us back on track and maintaining our progress.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/4pETX34
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Financial cuts to #EndMalaria are disrupting health systems, weakening surveillance, and delaying malaria interventions.
Sustained and predictable funding, including a fully replenished Global Fund is crucial to getting us back on track and maintaining our progress.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/4pETX34
Sustained and predictable funding, including a fully replenished Global Fund is crucial to getting us back on track and maintaining our progress.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/4pETX34
Man, I slept on my email for like an hour, and school holiday party sign-ups went out. All the good stuff like napkins was gone, so now I gotta make a hot chocolate bar 😭
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Man, I slept on my email for like an hour, and school holiday party sign-ups went out. All the good stuff like napkins was gone, so now I gotta make a hot chocolate bar 😭
Reposted by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
“You can’t compare the US because many women here don’t have adequate health access,” @bhadeliamd.bsky.social on why vaccine schedules in countries w/ universal healthcare may not work in the US where only 35% of women who test pos for Hep B receive follow-up care
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December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“You can’t compare the US because many women here don’t have adequate health access,” @bhadeliamd.bsky.social on why vaccine schedules in countries w/ universal healthcare may not work in the US where only 35% of women who test pos for Hep B receive follow-up care
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Life in the upside-down continues to deteriorate
ACIP vote 2: 6-yes, 4-no, 1 abstain. Motion passes. The serology recommendation will be made to CDC.
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Life in the upside-down continues to deteriorate
ACIP turns into a crime scene www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
ACIP Meeting Turns into “Epidemiological Crime Scene” | Defend Public Health
Health experts with Defend Public Health expressed shock at the flood of antivaxxer disinformation that dominated the first day of the December meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practi...
www.defendpublichealth.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
ACIP turns into a crime scene www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
Reposted by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
Once, as a doctor in South Sudan, the Maternal-HIV Specialist had siphoned diesel from a drum into a generator by sucking on a small tube. At the Agency, she spent hour after hour, day after day, pressing CONTROL-F through documents, replacing gender with sex. She CONTROLLED-F as she ate oatmeal...,
Doughnuts and Bullets: The Absurdity of Working for RFK Jr.
What happens when your new boss thinks you’re a child killer?
nymag.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Once, as a doctor in South Sudan, the Maternal-HIV Specialist had siphoned diesel from a drum into a generator by sucking on a small tube. At the Agency, she spent hour after hour, day after day, pressing CONTROL-F through documents, replacing gender with sex. She CONTROLLED-F as she ate oatmeal...,
Reposted by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
Today and tomorrow, the ACIP committee is meeting to discuss the Hep B vaccine for newborns. Follow along here and watch the meeting live! youtube.com/live/LpthhPBFAgI?feature=share&themeRefresh=1
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - December 4, 2025 - Day 1 of 2
YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today and tomorrow, the ACIP committee is meeting to discuss the Hep B vaccine for newborns. Follow along here and watch the meeting live! youtube.com/live/LpthhPBFAgI?feature=share&themeRefresh=1
Really REALLY trying not to freak out about this rhetoric
Leavitt’s citizenship comments clash with SCOTUS
Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country.”
The Supreme Court: It ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it.
Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country.”
The Supreme Court: It ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it.
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Really REALLY trying not to freak out about this rhetoric
Reposted by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
My previous lead fell through, so...
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
My previous lead fell through, so...
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
This is rough.
Well, things are sure getting interesting at the FDA. Tracy Beth Hoeg to replace retiring Richard Pazdur at CDER.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/t...
Tracy Beth Høeg, Makary aide who investigated Covid vaccines, to lead FDA drug center
Tracy Beth Høeg, a top lieutenant to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, will be the next leader of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
www.statnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is rough.
🚨BELLA HAS A CHRISTMAS SWEATER 🚨
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
🚨BELLA HAS A CHRISTMAS SWEATER 🚨
Happy Monday, December 1st! Just in case you feel like you don't have it all together, I thought liquid lunch meant soup until well into my 30s. There's always room for growth (and martinis, apparently)!
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Monday, December 1st! Just in case you feel like you don't have it all together, I thought liquid lunch meant soup until well into my 30s. There's always room for growth (and martinis, apparently)!
Reposted by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
Today is World AIDS Day.
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Today is World AIDS Day.
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
Putting up Christmas decorations, and my kids are surprisingly unimpressed I'm singing Jingle Bells in Latin 🤷♀️
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Putting up Christmas decorations, and my kids are surprisingly unimpressed I'm singing Jingle Bells in Latin 🤷♀️
Reposted by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
After you read the Prasad memo, read this.
Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence
“Over and over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine,” writes former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
www.statnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
After you read the Prasad memo, read this.
My 4th grader was asked to make a 'Keep Christ in Christmas' poster for his parochial school (I know 🙃), and he's drawn Santa putting communion elements under a Christmas tree along with the presents. I'm sure that's totally what they had in mind 😂
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
My 4th grader was asked to make a 'Keep Christ in Christmas' poster for his parochial school (I know 🙃), and he's drawn Santa putting communion elements under a Christmas tree along with the presents. I'm sure that's totally what they had in mind 😂
Reposted by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
Authoritarians typically neither like science nor scientists
We are seeing this everywhere
So, fighting for science is also fighting for democracy
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We are seeing this everywhere
So, fighting for science is also fighting for democracy
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change,
political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the
altar of populism and authoritar...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Authoritarians typically neither like science nor scientists
We are seeing this everywhere
So, fighting for science is also fighting for democracy
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We are seeing this everywhere
So, fighting for science is also fighting for democracy
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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"It took only weeks for Trump to turn the US from a biomedical & global health leader to a pariah, shattering trust while shattering lives, all the while posing fundamental threats to a law-based international order grounded in human rights & democratic governance"
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
The Trump presidency: Cascading global shocks on global health
journals.plos.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"It took only weeks for Trump to turn the US from a biomedical & global health leader to a pariah, shattering trust while shattering lives, all the while posing fundamental threats to a law-based international order grounded in human rights & democratic governance"
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Also what in the Cracker Barrel is this?
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Also what in the Cracker Barrel is this?
Reposted by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc
Lol wut
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Lol wut
Making Cancer Great Again!
Unconscionable.
Unconscionable.
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Making Cancer Great Again!
Unconscionable.
Unconscionable.
We did it! Meet Bella! ❤️
(Also my household requires a low allergenic pet in order to have one at all, she was responsibly sourced, please don't poop on this win for us!)
(Also my household requires a low allergenic pet in order to have one at all, she was responsibly sourced, please don't poop on this win for us!)
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We did it! Meet Bella! ❤️
(Also my household requires a low allergenic pet in order to have one at all, she was responsibly sourced, please don't poop on this win for us!)
(Also my household requires a low allergenic pet in order to have one at all, she was responsibly sourced, please don't poop on this win for us!)
REVERSE-LC clinical trial update: I had a good 3-4 weeks followed by increasing symptoms and fatigue. I'm certain I'm on 4 mg of baricitinib bc I've needed extra labs. I've now lost 10% kidney function 😬 so dropping to 2 mg.
I know we'll crack this thing, but long covid is really hard
I know we'll crack this thing, but long covid is really hard
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
REVERSE-LC clinical trial update: I had a good 3-4 weeks followed by increasing symptoms and fatigue. I'm certain I'm on 4 mg of baricitinib bc I've needed extra labs. I've now lost 10% kidney function 😬 so dropping to 2 mg.
I know we'll crack this thing, but long covid is really hard
I know we'll crack this thing, but long covid is really hard