Alicia Ault
@aliciaault.bsky.social
Independent journalist for Medscape, Smithsonian, covering all things health and science. Consumer and chronicler of food, music, art and culture. More-than-mediocre tennis player. Beach yogi.
From @washingtonpost.com Health Brief: a screenshot of the 982 people RIFed from HHS. Majority--596--from CDC. The total was released as part of lawsuit filed by AFGE, the federal workers' union.
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#Medsky #IDSky #politics #epidemiology #shutdown
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
From @washingtonpost.com Health Brief: a screenshot of the 982 people RIFed from HHS. Majority--596--from CDC. The total was released as part of lawsuit filed by AFGE, the federal workers' union.
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#Medsky #IDSky #politics #epidemiology #shutdown
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here are the four voting questions for ACIP on COVID vaccines.
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#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #publichealth #obgyn
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Here are the four voting questions for ACIP on COVID vaccines.
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #publichealth #obgyn
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #publichealth #obgyn
Slide 5 from Levi's ACIP presentation--info he's seeking to add to COVID vaccine information sheet.
September 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Slide 5 from Levi's ACIP presentation--info he's seeking to add to COVID vaccine information sheet.
Here's the first slide on what Levi wants to add to COVID vaccine info
September 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Here's the first slide on what Levi wants to add to COVID vaccine info
Here's second slide on what Levi is seeking to add to COVID vaccine info
September 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here's second slide on what Levi is seeking to add to COVID vaccine info
Trying to get all of them now. Will try to post in order soon.
September 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Trying to get all of them now. Will try to post in order soon.
Here's some more of what Levi said should be added to COVID vaccine info -- that the vaccine itself causes a long-COVID-type syndrome
September 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Here's some more of what Levi said should be added to COVID vaccine info -- that the vaccine itself causes a long-COVID-type syndrome
more proposed update
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
more proposed update
More on what ACIP is proposing to update on COVID
September 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
More on what ACIP is proposing to update on COVID
Here's what ACIP is proposing to add--trying to screenshot them all but missing some
September 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Here's what ACIP is proposing to add--trying to screenshot them all but missing some
Here's how Retsif Levi and his work group colleagues view COVID vaccines
September 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Here's how Retsif Levi and his work group colleagues view COVID vaccines
September 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Overall COVID vaccine coverage in the US through April -- from CDC presentation to ACIP.
Pretty low numbers, highest among older Americans.
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Pretty low numbers, highest among older Americans.
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #geriatrics
September 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Overall COVID vaccine coverage in the US through April -- from CDC presentation to ACIP.
Pretty low numbers, highest among older Americans.
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #geriatrics
Pretty low numbers, highest among older Americans.
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #geriatrics
CDC official giving ACIP and update on COVID epidemiology. As has been seen over the years, the very youngest and very oldest are most likely to be hospitalized due to COVID.
#Medsky #IDsky #infectiousdisease
#Medsky #IDsky #infectiousdisease
September 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
CDC official giving ACIP and update on COVID epidemiology. As has been seen over the years, the very youngest and very oldest are most likely to be hospitalized due to COVID.
#Medsky #IDsky #infectiousdisease
#Medsky #IDsky #infectiousdisease
On COVID vaccine issues--"We're going to stay away from the narratives of safe and effective" -- Retsif Levi. Says the focus will be on personalized risk-benefit analyses.
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Can a scientist explain what this means?
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Can a scientist explain what this means?
September 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
On COVID vaccine issues--"We're going to stay away from the narratives of safe and effective" -- Retsif Levi. Says the focus will be on personalized risk-benefit analyses.
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Can a scientist explain what this means?
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Can a scientist explain what this means?
Voting questions on Hep B birth dose. First is that all pregnant women should be tested. Second--below.
#Medsky #IDsky #vaccines #hepatitis
#Medsky #IDsky #vaccines #hepatitis
September 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Voting questions on Hep B birth dose. First is that all pregnant women should be tested. Second--below.
#Medsky #IDsky #vaccines #hepatitis
#Medsky #IDsky #vaccines #hepatitis
Conclusion of CDC's John Su on hepatitis B vaccine at birth. No safety signals.
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines #cancer
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines #cancer
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Conclusion of CDC's John Su on hepatitis B vaccine at birth. No safety signals.
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines #cancer
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines #cancer
Levi says this slide says to him that it's only important to vaccinate those at high risk for hepatitis B, no benefit to birth dose except when pregnant women are positive.
#ACIP #IDSky #pediatrics #obstetrics #vaccines
#ACIP #IDSky #pediatrics #obstetrics #vaccines
September 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Levi says this slide says to him that it's only important to vaccinate those at high risk for hepatitis B, no benefit to birth dose except when pregnant women are positive.
#ACIP #IDSky #pediatrics #obstetrics #vaccines
#ACIP #IDSky #pediatrics #obstetrics #vaccines
CDC's Lander: points out some gaps in evidence for hep B vaccine, but nots that "studies having a high risk of overall bias can still provide useful information, especially if the directionality of the outcome is consistent across studies and the magnitude of the effect"
#Medsky #IDsky #vaccines
#Medsky #IDsky #vaccines
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
CDC official provides the ACIP panelists a look at the success of the universal birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine.
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
CDC official provides the ACIP panelists a look at the success of the universal birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine.
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines
#Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines
20 years ago today, Katrina made landfall, decimating the vibrant, beautiful and chaotic city of New Orleans.
Times-Picayune front page, 8/28/05. Personal photo, lower 9th ward, January 2006.
#NeverForget #NOLA
Times-Picayune front page, 8/28/05. Personal photo, lower 9th ward, January 2006.
#NeverForget #NOLA
August 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
20 years ago today, Katrina made landfall, decimating the vibrant, beautiful and chaotic city of New Orleans.
Times-Picayune front page, 8/28/05. Personal photo, lower 9th ward, January 2006.
#NeverForget #NOLA
Times-Picayune front page, 8/28/05. Personal photo, lower 9th ward, January 2006.
#NeverForget #NOLA