Stephanie Rolsma
stephanierolsma.bsky.social
Stephanie Rolsma
@stephanierolsma.bsky.social
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes recommendations that determine access to vaccines in the US.

The ACIP meeting scheduled for next week is now delayed.

This is how RFK Jr will administratively destroy vaccination programs.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
An HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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HHS has ordered CDC to stop its influenza vaccine “Wild to Mild” media campaign. This is an award-winning campaign that effectively explains how influenza vaccine may not prevent infection but does decrease illness severity. We are currently having one of the worst influenza seasons in 15 years.
February 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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CDC is ending its media campaign promoting influenza vaccination

drrubin.substack.com/p/cdc-ends-i...
CDC ends influenza vaccination media campaign
Why would they stop this now?
drrubin.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The ACIP meeting scheduled for next week has been postponed indefinitely to “accommodate public comment in advance of the meeting.” Why do I have the feeling that is not all that is going on here?

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
An HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed: ACIP scheduled to meet 2/26-28. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
An HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Perspective by Eleanor R. Menzin, MD:

With U.S. politics threatening to erase the gains of science, reduce access to vaccines, and undermine their vast public health benefit, what is a conscientious pediatrician to do?

Read the full Perspective: nej.md/4iZNHQW
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Massive cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health will eliminate the promise of lifesaving medical treatments for millions of Americans of all ages, says IDSA President Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP.

Our statement: https://buff.ly/4hNBHRd
February 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Trump is cutting BILLIONS in biomedical research funding — which will have a large impact on Tennessee, including and especially Williamson County.

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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“It’s important to see the big picture...
[The cut in indirect costs] came directly from a Project 2025 proposal that was explicitly designed to “reduce federal taxpayer subsidization of leftist agendas.”

This whole piece by @sbagen.bsky.social is excellent. 🧪
February 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Devastating 😢
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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"We have come a long way in preventing disease through vaccination, and we must not lose our progress."

This Viewpoint discusses the importance of early and continued vaccine use in the US.

ja.ma/42FLxAn

#MedSky
February 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all scientific manuscripts produced by its researchers that are under review at a journal be withdrawn so that certain language relating to gender can be stripped from them.
https://go.nature.com/40YJGp4
US health agency seeks to cut gender-related terms from scientific papers
The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and applies to research not yet published.
go.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Donald Trump is scrubbing critical health information from government websites.

This is staggeringly stupid, anti-science, and will have real consequences.

www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-std...
CDC purges STD and vaccine recommendations after Trump gender order
Health experts say the website purge could result in deaths.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning.

Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals.

Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI
January 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Data sets relating to issues like diversity, reproductive health, climate are disappearing from the CDC website. #IDSky
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
CDC Purging Its Website After Trump Orders
Agency removed certain pages related to gender issues, HIV, and that said 'pregnant people'
www.medpagetoday.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM