Randi Hernandez
@randihernandez.bsky.social
Medical copywriting
Yo I read Forever in like 5th grade, which was approximately 100 years ago. Got it out from the public library.
We are really in the worst era.
We are really in the worst era.
BANNED: Judy Blume. Margaret Atwood. Alison Bechdel.
Utah schools are banning books by award-winning authors — not just from classrooms, but from students' backpacks.
You heard that right: your child could face consequences for having a personal copy of a book on school grounds.
Utah schools are banning books by award-winning authors — not just from classrooms, but from students' backpacks.
You heard that right: your child could face consequences for having a personal copy of a book on school grounds.
June 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Yo I read Forever in like 5th grade, which was approximately 100 years ago. Got it out from the public library.
We are really in the worst era.
We are really in the worst era.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Demand an affidavit ballot and submit it. Your vote will count.
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“many do not have significant experience…and may even have a preconceived bias”
They’re extreme antivaxxers, conspiracy theorists, & dark money insiders, handpicked by RFK alone & bypassing a 2-year review process. Bill Cassidy remains forever spineless.
Read @walkerbragman.bsky.social’s analysis:
They’re extreme antivaxxers, conspiracy theorists, & dark money insiders, handpicked by RFK alone & bypassing a 2-year review process. Bill Cassidy remains forever spineless.
Read @walkerbragman.bsky.social’s analysis:
June 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“many do not have significant experience…and may even have a preconceived bias”
They’re extreme antivaxxers, conspiracy theorists, & dark money insiders, handpicked by RFK alone & bypassing a 2-year review process. Bill Cassidy remains forever spineless.
Read @walkerbragman.bsky.social’s analysis:
They’re extreme antivaxxers, conspiracy theorists, & dark money insiders, handpicked by RFK alone & bypassing a 2-year review process. Bill Cassidy remains forever spineless.
Read @walkerbragman.bsky.social’s analysis:
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This is an intentional outcome from the decisions made by Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and the collective supporters of the Trump Administration.
Gay and bisexual men in Nigeria who lost access to PEPFAR-funded PrEP because of the Trump administration's aid cuts are testing positive for HIV.
It's an example of how HIV prevention is under threat across the continent.
Latest for Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
It's an example of how HIV prevention is under threat across the continent.
Latest for Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Trump aid cuts deal a blow to HIV prevention in Africa
Trump's cuts restrict the availability of drugs that millions of Africans have taken to prevent infection.
www.reuters.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is an intentional outcome from the decisions made by Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and the collective supporters of the Trump Administration.
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Let the leaking and backstabbing begin. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
May 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Let the leaking and backstabbing begin. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
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The Trump administration has taken its fight against DEI to the Fulbright program, intervening in the selection process to disqualify applicants whose projects focus on race, gender or climate change. Great reporting by @liamknox.bsky.social.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Fulbright Applicants Rejected Over “DEI” Research Proposals
The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change.
www.insidehighered.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Trump administration has taken its fight against DEI to the Fulbright program, intervening in the selection process to disqualify applicants whose projects focus on race, gender or climate change. Great reporting by @liamknox.bsky.social.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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The only acceptable answer here should have been "absolutely not"
Q: A NOTUS investigation found the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear to not exist. Does the WH have confidence in the info coming from HHS?
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance
Q: Did they use AI?
L: I can't speak to that
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance
Q: Did they use AI?
L: I can't speak to that
May 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The only acceptable answer here should have been "absolutely not"
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Good job, #RussellVought, #ElonMusk, #RFKJr and #JayBhattacharya: "Even using the lower value in calculations, the lost health from the NIH cuts translates into more than $8.2 trillion ($100 000 × 82 million years)." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
jamanetwork.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Good job, #RussellVought, #ElonMusk, #RFKJr and #JayBhattacharya: "Even using the lower value in calculations, the lost health from the NIH cuts translates into more than $8.2 trillion ($100 000 × 82 million years)." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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If any pro-vaccine study did something like this, the anti-vax movement would broadcast it so loud and make it the centerpiece of a documentary. But, bc the anti-vax movement is fundamentally about eugenics and propaganda, they'll just hand-wave it away, play the victim, and move on.
The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If any pro-vaccine study did something like this, the anti-vax movement would broadcast it so loud and make it the centerpiece of a documentary. But, bc the anti-vax movement is fundamentally about eugenics and propaganda, they'll just hand-wave it away, play the victim, and move on.
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Three More Children Have Died in the North American Measles Outbreak: Three unvaccinated young children in Mexico die from U.S. - exported measles, explains @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...
Three More Children Have Died in the North American Measles Outbreak
While cases do seem to be slowing down in Texas, they continue to rise in a large outbreak in Mexico, where four people have now died, including three young children.
open.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Three More Children Have Died in the North American Measles Outbreak: Three unvaccinated young children in Mexico die from U.S. - exported measles, explains @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...
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NEW: Citations in the MAHA Report have telltale signs of AI chatbot use -- we reviewed all 522 of the listed citations, and at least 37 of the footnotes appear multiple times in the citations with another 21 having dead links
w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social
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White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
NEW: Citations in the MAHA Report have telltale signs of AI chatbot use -- we reviewed all 522 of the listed citations, and at least 37 of the footnotes appear multiple times in the citations with another 21 having dead links
w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Why healthy children needs to be vaccinated as Secretary Kennedy cuts COVID vaccine recommendations for some kids. Experts say healthy children are also at risk of severe disease and death from COVID.
abcnews.go.com/Health/healt...
abcnews.go.com/Health/healt...
Why healthy children may need vaccination as RFK Jr. cuts COVID shot recommendation for some kids
Public health experts said healthy children also at risk of severe disease and death from COVID amid RFK Jr.'s announcement of new CDC COVID vaccine recommendations.
abcnews.go.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Why healthy children needs to be vaccinated as Secretary Kennedy cuts COVID vaccine recommendations for some kids. Experts say healthy children are also at risk of severe disease and death from COVID.
abcnews.go.com/Health/healt...
abcnews.go.com/Health/healt...
It’s getting really weird on the NIH account at The Other Place
May 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It’s getting really weird on the NIH account at The Other Place
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So much uncertainty at CDC. Who's in charge? Is anyone?
By @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/05/16/d...
By @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/05/16/d...
Does the CDC have an acting director?
Health secretary RFK Jr. earlier this week said it's Matthew Buzzelli, listed on the CDC's website as chief of staff. But the situation is a bit murky.
www.statnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So much uncertainty at CDC. Who's in charge? Is anyone?
By @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/05/16/d...
By @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/05/16/d...
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When ChatGPT started to hit the mainstream, like a lot of people, I tried it out. Not super impressed, but whatever. I did that thing where you ask it to write your bio. Most of what it wrote was hilariously wrong. Whatever. But then?
May 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
When ChatGPT started to hit the mainstream, like a lot of people, I tried it out. Not super impressed, but whatever. I did that thing where you ask it to write your bio. Most of what it wrote was hilariously wrong. Whatever. But then?
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Only in America can the Surgeon General—our nation’s top doctor and health voice—be someone without residency training, board certification, or an active medical license.
Just vibes, wellness influencer status, and no need for the clinical expertise or experience
The greatness can't be contained
Just vibes, wellness influencer status, and no need for the clinical expertise or experience
The greatness can't be contained
May 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Only in America can the Surgeon General—our nation’s top doctor and health voice—be someone without residency training, board certification, or an active medical license.
Just vibes, wellness influencer status, and no need for the clinical expertise or experience
The greatness can't be contained
Just vibes, wellness influencer status, and no need for the clinical expertise or experience
The greatness can't be contained
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With the appointments for RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Dr. Oz, Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, and Casey Means, MAHA increasingly stands for Make Americans Hospitalized Again.
May 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
With the appointments for RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Dr. Oz, Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, and Casey Means, MAHA increasingly stands for Make Americans Hospitalized Again.
Vinay Prasad already updated his LinkedIn to “Director CBER”
May 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Vinay Prasad already updated his LinkedIn to “Director CBER”
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This is a great piece. Bhattacharya insisted that the reporter not "write about rumors" because "it spreads panic.” Hours later, those very leads were confirmed.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It’s been a tough period’: NIH’s new director speaks with Science
Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”
www.science.org
May 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is a great piece. Bhattacharya insisted that the reporter not "write about rumors" because "it spreads panic.” Hours later, those very leads were confirmed.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
How about both?
I only see two possible explanations. Either Bhattacharya lied, or he genuinely didn’t know because RFK Jr. and Trump don’t include him in discussions of major decisions about NIH. In other words, he’s a liar or a powerless figurehead. Take your pick.
This is a great piece. Bhattacharya insisted that the reporter not "write about rumors" because "it spreads panic.” Hours later, those very leads were confirmed.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
May 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
How about both?
I see, every single COVID denier was appointed a head of a health agency 🤢 www.statnews.com/2025/05/06/v...
Vinay Prasad tapped to run FDA center that regulates vaccines, gene therapies
Vinay Prasad will be the next director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, after Peter Marks was forced out.
www.statnews.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I see, every single COVID denier was appointed a head of a health agency 🤢 www.statnews.com/2025/05/06/v...
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NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
This will be interesting to watch, considering entire businesses were built on the ability of compounders to make their versions of these meds. (And companies were actively marketing the compunded versions using brand names without permission.) www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Ozempic copies restricted after US judge denies injunction
A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected a bid by compounding pharmacies to keep making copies of Novo Nordisk's popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy while a legal challenge over drug shortages unfolds, court records showed.
www.reuters.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This will be interesting to watch, considering entire businesses were built on the ability of compounders to make their versions of these meds. (And companies were actively marketing the compunded versions using brand names without permission.) www.reuters.com/business/hea...