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Sarah Gollust
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Prof @umnsph.bsky.social‬; studies media & politics & health policy & public opinion; teaches ethics & health policy. Member of COMM HSP research team @commhsp.bsky.social. Wesleyan & UMich alum. Editor of @jhppl.bsky.social‬ .. more

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 2d
Good Caturday, tuxedo friend 🤵

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 4d
2. "The Politics of Private Health Insurance." Guest editors: @mirandayaver.bsky.social and @adrianna.bsky.social.

Deadline to submit: February 1 (can be full research articles, commentaries, or "tracking health reform" pieces)

We look forward to reviewing your work!

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 4d
Calling health politics/policy folks- we're soliciting articles for two new special issues!

1. "Political Economy of Health Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" Guest editors: Ashley Fox, Elize Massard da Fonseca, Jessica Rich, and Sakshi Thorat

Deadline to submit: January 9

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d
I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."

Reposted by Sarah E. Gollust, Julie Rovner

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 5d
Grim new analysis from KFF: The administration's move to re-adopt the public charge rule could have a chilling effect that leads to several million people dropping Medicaid coverage — including tens of thousands of citizen children

www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Sara Wallace Goodman, Timothy D. McBride

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 6d
Somali people are my neighbors, students, and friends. These attacks are despicable.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6d
Pure, unmitigated hate.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 7d
While we wait to see what is going on, please note that you can still get most of what is in MEPS microdata from IPUMS: meps.ipums.org/meps/

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 8d
Yes. But also it had the jingle which I just started singing to myself while reading this. (I am of a certain age.)
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8d
One of the best Saturday Night Live sketches is “Toonces: the Cat who could drive a car” where a cat puppet drives a car off a cliff and that’s the beginning and end of the joke but they went with it for five years and it worked because really that’s all you need to do

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8d
One of the best Saturday Night Live sketches is “Toonces: the Cat who could drive a car” where a cat puppet drives a car off a cliff and that’s the beginning and end of the joke but they went with it for five years and it worked because really that’s all you need to do

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John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 11d
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 11d
This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
killgrove.bsky.social Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 12d
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com

Reposted by Sarah E. Gollust, Erika Franklin Fowler, Rita Hamad , and 1 more

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JAMA @jama.com · 13d
💬 Viewpoint: @kff.org polling indicates nearly three-quarters of US adults support congressional extension of #ACA premium tax credits, making health care affordability a decisive economic issue in upcoming elections and policy debates.

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JAMA article, published Nov 25, 2025: "As the 2026 Election Takes Shape, Health Care Is Becoming an Economic Issue for US Voters." Poll results show worry levels about affording healthcare, rent, utilities, food, gas, & insurance.

Reposted by Mark D. White

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 14d
I got the opportunity to share my thoughts on @jhppl.bsky.social’s 50th birthday, how health policy scholars can face this difficult moment, and my aspirations for the journal.
dukepress.bsky.social Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 14d
Today on the blog:

A Q&A with Sarah Gollust, editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law in celebration of 50 years of the journal: buff.ly/5rp6FVJ
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Headshot of a smiling woman with shoulder length dark hair wearing green earrings and a dark top against a softly blurred background. Cover of Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Volume 50, Number 6, December 2025. The special issue is titled JHPPL at 50. The design features a simple gradient background transitioning from dark to light brown, with white and dark brown text aligned to the right and a small tan square accent near the center.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 14d
Today on the blog:

A Q&A with Sarah Gollust, editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law in celebration of 50 years of the journal: buff.ly/5rp6FVJ
@jhppl.bsky.social
Headshot of a smiling woman with shoulder length dark hair wearing green earrings and a dark top against a softly blurred background. Cover of Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Volume 50, Number 6, December 2025. The special issue is titled JHPPL at 50. The design features a simple gradient background transitioning from dark to light brown, with white and dark brown text aligned to the right and a small tan square accent near the center.

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 16d
Thabkss for sharign 😉

Reposted by Sarah E. Gollust, Efrén O. Pérez, David R. Miller , and 2 more

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🦃 Seth Masket 🦃 @smotus.bsky.social · 18d
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 18d
Don't you ever wish your favorite journal articles could talk to you? (No, just me?!)

Well, I'm thrilled that @jhppl.bsky.social has launched a new author interview series. Take a listen to @neillewisjr.bsky.social in conversation with @mirandayaver.bsky.social and @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social.

Reposted by Sarah E. Gollust

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18d
Wanna see a visual on the result of the Republican attack on public health?

I’ve got you covered. This is from Pew Research Center’s most recent survey, showing a 27% drop in Republican support for school vaccine requirements from 2016-2025.
Graphic that shows that among republicans, support for school vaccine requirements has dropped from 79% in 2016 to 52% in October 2025.

Reposted by Sarah E. Gollust

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 18d
JHPPL is on Soundcloud! Please enjoy our first author interview, in which @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social and @mirandayaver.bsky.social interview @neillewisjr.bsky.social about his recent contribution to the Public Health Under Siege special issue.
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Interview with Neil Lewis,
Health policy professors Michael Shepherd (University of Michigan) and Miranda Yaver (University of Pittsburgh) interview Professor Neil Lewis (Cornell University) about his forthcoming article in the
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 18d
“All I can say is ‘Wake up, America. This administration wants to take your vaccines away from you. And they’re on a path to do that,’” Michael Osterholm, director of @cidrap.bsky.social

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Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism
A CDC website now promotes the debunked idea of a link between vaccines and autism.
www.statnews.com

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Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · 19d
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
ddiamond.bsky.social Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 19d
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Autism and Vaccines QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PAGE 2 OF 9 | ALL PAGES J For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS • The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. • Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. HHS Research on Plausible Biologic Mechanisms between Vaccines and Autism HHS will evaluate plausible biologic mechanisms between early childhood vaccinations and autism. Mechanisms for further investigation include the impacts of aluminum adjuvants, risks for certain children with mitochondrial disorders, harms of neuroinflammation, and more. * The header "Vaccines do not cause autism" has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 19d
I know it’s hard, but remember that it wasn’t just Cassidy that voted for this. It was every GOP senator but McConnell. And a lot of needless suffering will result.
ddiamond.bsky.social Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 19d
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.

Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”

Note the language in second photo.

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 19d
Seriously

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 19d
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.

Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”

Note the language in second photo.

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 19d
I don't even have the words to express my rage.
ddiamond.bsky.social Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 19d
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Autism and Vaccines QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PAGE 2 OF 9 | ALL PAGES J For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS • The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. • Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. HHS Research on Plausible Biologic Mechanisms between Vaccines and Autism HHS will evaluate plausible biologic mechanisms between early childhood vaccinations and autism. Mechanisms for further investigation include the impacts of aluminum adjuvants, risks for certain children with mitochondrial disorders, harms of neuroinflammation, and more. * The header "Vaccines do not cause autism" has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 19d
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Autism and Vaccines QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PAGE 2 OF 9 | ALL PAGES J For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS • The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. • Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. HHS Research on Plausible Biologic Mechanisms between Vaccines and Autism HHS will evaluate plausible biologic mechanisms between early childhood vaccinations and autism. Mechanisms for further investigation include the impacts of aluminum adjuvants, risks for certain children with mitochondrial disorders, harms of neuroinflammation, and more. * The header "Vaccines do not cause autism" has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website.

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 19d
Today in @jhppl.bsky.social, we show that few Americans express strong concern about H5N1 health risks.

That's a problem, because public apathy may impede an already-sluggish policy response to a potential pandemic (as @propublica.org documented this week).

read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 20d
hi there!