Ann Dennis MD
@anndennis-md.bsky.social
Infectious Disease Physician and Researcher at UNC Chapel Hill
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Beside measles outbreaks, we are likely to see resurgence of:
- HIV
- Tuberculosis
- STIs (Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea)
- A worse flu season
- other vaccine preventable diseases.
Because that's what happens when you gut public health, defund research and promote vaccine misinformation.
- HIV
- Tuberculosis
- STIs (Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea)
- A worse flu season
- other vaccine preventable diseases.
Because that's what happens when you gut public health, defund research and promote vaccine misinformation.
April 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Beside measles outbreaks, we are likely to see resurgence of:
- HIV
- Tuberculosis
- STIs (Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea)
- A worse flu season
- other vaccine preventable diseases.
Because that's what happens when you gut public health, defund research and promote vaccine misinformation.
- HIV
- Tuberculosis
- STIs (Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea)
- A worse flu season
- other vaccine preventable diseases.
Because that's what happens when you gut public health, defund research and promote vaccine misinformation.
Reposted by Ann Dennis MD
Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
my word cloud on these titles (minus Columbia) - any patterns emerge?
March 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Reposted by Ann Dennis MD
I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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If any of you know Neil Gorsuch (a longtime defender of Indian tribes' rights), please send him this piece about the devastating layoffs of about 1,000 employees in the Indian Health Service -- which means we're abrogating our obligations as mandated by treaties. ictnews.org/news/life-or...
‘Life or Death Consequences’: Layoffs throw Indian Country into turmoil
Thousands of workers are losing their jobs in health, education and other key tribal programs and agencies
ictnews.org
February 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If any of you know Neil Gorsuch (a longtime defender of Indian tribes' rights), please send him this piece about the devastating layoffs of about 1,000 employees in the Indian Health Service -- which means we're abrogating our obligations as mandated by treaties. ictnews.org/news/life-or...
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Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz:
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
February 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz:
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
Reposted by Ann Dennis MD
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
canada.ca/en/public-he...
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
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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
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
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
Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals.
Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI
Reposted by Ann Dennis MD
This week, amidst a broader purge of LGTBQ-mentioning materials from federal health sites, NIAID deleted its HIV Language Guide, an important reference on destigmatizing, people-first terminology. But it's still a public domain document, so we reposted it on TheBody:
www.thebody.com/hiv/niaid-hi...
www.thebody.com/hiv/niaid-hi...
January 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This week, amidst a broader purge of LGTBQ-mentioning materials from federal health sites, NIAID deleted its HIV Language Guide, an important reference on destigmatizing, people-first terminology. But it's still a public domain document, so we reposted it on TheBody:
www.thebody.com/hiv/niaid-hi...
www.thebody.com/hiv/niaid-hi...
Reposted by Ann Dennis MD
Opinion: Allowing ICE in hospitals is a public health catastrophe in the making.
We cannot allow fear to undermine our duty to care for those in need.
We cannot allow fear to undermine our duty to care for those in need.
Allowing ICE in hospitals is a public health catastrophe in the making
Allowing ICE to conduct raids in hospitals and medical clinics is not only cruel; it is a public health catastrophe in the making, writes Eric Reinhart.
buff.ly
January 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Opinion: Allowing ICE in hospitals is a public health catastrophe in the making.
We cannot allow fear to undermine our duty to care for those in need.
We cannot allow fear to undermine our duty to care for those in need.
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“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
scim.ag
January 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
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Report in NEJM describing the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
January 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Report in NEJM describing the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....