Ashish K Jha
@ashishkjha.bsky.social
Physician, Researcher, Advocate for the notion that an ounce of evidence is worth a pound of opinion. @brownpublichealth.bsky.social
My views are solely my own (who else would want them??)
My views are solely my own (who else would want them??)
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Ashish K Jha
@ashishkjha.bsky.social
· Nov 24
I'm a physician and Dean of Public Health @brownpublichealth.bsky.social
This is a time to rebuild public health
And we do that by:
1. Relying on evidence and data to make recommendations
2. Sharing what we know openly and honestly
3. Seeking to understand others through listening
Join me
This is a time to rebuild public health
And we do that by:
1. Relying on evidence and data to make recommendations
2. Sharing what we know openly and honestly
3. Seeking to understand others through listening
Join me
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"On Tylenol and #autism, one thing is clear: There is no credible evidence that the former causes the latter. What we do know is that fear and misinformation can cause real harm."
Keep reading Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social's latest @bostonglobe.com opinion.⤵️
Keep reading Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social's latest @bostonglobe.com opinion.⤵️
The real danger isn't Tylenol, it's bad information - The Boston Globe
The Trump administration's claims about Tylenol and autism -- and the weak science used to support them -- must be called out for what they are: reckless, disappointing, and dangerous.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"On Tylenol and #autism, one thing is clear: There is no credible evidence that the former causes the latter. What we do know is that fear and misinformation can cause real harm."
Keep reading Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social's latest @bostonglobe.com opinion.⤵️
Keep reading Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social's latest @bostonglobe.com opinion.⤵️
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🎧On the latest episode of A Moment in Health, Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social takes on Tylenol. What does the data tell us? And how does his guest, @elizabethlangenmd.bsky.social of @umich.edu, think about balancing the risks medications may pose with the risks of uncontrolled disease? Listen now!
What Do Data and Science Tell Us About Advising Women on Tylenol and Pregnancy? - A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha
Dr. Ashish Jha and Dr. Elizabeth Langen discuss the data and science on advising women on Tylenol and pregnancy, weighing the risks of uncontrolled disease against the potential risks of medication and emphasizing the need for stronger, prospective rese...
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September 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🎧On the latest episode of A Moment in Health, Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social takes on Tylenol. What does the data tell us? And how does his guest, @elizabethlangenmd.bsky.social of @umich.edu, think about balancing the risks medications may pose with the risks of uncontrolled disease? Listen now!
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How bad was Trump's Tylenol presser?
@ashishkjha.bsky.social, physician and former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, tells @citizencohn.bsky.social it was the worst public health briefing since the bleach moment.
@ashishkjha.bsky.social, physician and former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, tells @citizencohn.bsky.social it was the worst public health briefing since the bleach moment.
September 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
How bad was Trump's Tylenol presser?
@ashishkjha.bsky.social, physician and former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, tells @citizencohn.bsky.social it was the worst public health briefing since the bleach moment.
@ashishkjha.bsky.social, physician and former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, tells @citizencohn.bsky.social it was the worst public health briefing since the bleach moment.
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"There is no new science here," Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social says. "Bobby Kennedy said that he wanted to get to the root cause of autism by September—he's found what I think is a convenient scape goat. But the harm is going to be for pregnant women across the country."
Tylenol concerns around autism are overblown, says Dr. Ashish Jha
Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University, joins 'Fast Money' to discuss new government guidance on Tylenol use during pregnancy, why leading studies show no link to autism, the reaction from obstetricians, and the challeng...
www.cnbc.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"There is no new science here," Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social says. "Bobby Kennedy said that he wanted to get to the root cause of autism by September—he's found what I think is a convenient scape goat. But the harm is going to be for pregnant women across the country."
In my weekly podcast, I had a fabulous conversation with a brilliant Obstetrician about how she advises pregnant women about the risks and benefits of taking a medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Langen is really good
This is worth your time
Dr. Elizabeth Langen is really good
This is worth your time
How should we think about the data and evidence on Tylenol during pregnancy? On this week's episode of @amomentinhealth.bsky.social, @ashishkjha.bsky.social and Dr. Elizabeth Langen discuss how to weigh the risks and where to go from here.
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What Do Data and Science Tell Us About Advising Women on Tylenol and Pregnancy?
Podcast Episode · A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha · 09/23/2025 · 15m
podcasts.apple.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In my weekly podcast, I had a fabulous conversation with a brilliant Obstetrician about how she advises pregnant women about the risks and benefits of taking a medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Langen is really good
This is worth your time
Dr. Elizabeth Langen is really good
This is worth your time
Reposted by Ashish K Jha
How should we think about the data and evidence on Tylenol during pregnancy? On this week's episode of @amomentinhealth.bsky.social, @ashishkjha.bsky.social and Dr. Elizabeth Langen discuss how to weigh the risks and where to go from here.
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What Do Data and Science Tell Us About Advising Women on Tylenol and Pregnancy?
Podcast Episode · A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha · 09/23/2025 · 15m
podcasts.apple.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
How should we think about the data and evidence on Tylenol during pregnancy? On this week's episode of @amomentinhealth.bsky.social, @ashishkjha.bsky.social and Dr. Elizabeth Langen discuss how to weigh the risks and where to go from here.
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Dr. @ashishkjha.bsky.social, who led Biden’s coronavirus response, on what the Trump administration’s MAHA report leaves out.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/12/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/12/o...
September 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Dr. @ashishkjha.bsky.social, who led Biden’s coronavirus response, on what the Trump administration’s MAHA report leaves out.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/12/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/12/o...
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"The number one cause of death for kids in America is gun violence, a fact that the MAHA report makes no mention of," Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social writes in a @bostonglobe.com opinion. It gets some things right, he says, but "offers no real path to a healthier America."
The problem with RFK Jr.'s MAHA report - The Boston Globe
It falls short in its honesty, its innovation, and the evidence.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"The number one cause of death for kids in America is gun violence, a fact that the MAHA report makes no mention of," Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social writes in a @bostonglobe.com opinion. It gets some things right, he says, but "offers no real path to a healthier America."
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The #CDC “no longer has any credibility as a public-health entity,” Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social says. “States have to do it themselves.”
Decades of Vaccine Synchrony, Gone in Seven Months
The coming chaos could take decades more to undo.
www.theatlantic.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The #CDC “no longer has any credibility as a public-health entity,” Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social says. “States have to do it themselves.”
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"This amounts to a very dark moment for public health. . . The department needs leadership that respects evidence and allows CDC to operate free from political interference. Without that, it is hard to see how the agency can recover."
Read more from Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social in @statnews.com⤵️
Read more from Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social in @statnews.com⤵️
CDC's crisis marks a dark moment for public health
“The firing of Susan Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed CDC director in history, was more than just unprecedented,” writes Ashish K. Jha.
www.statnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"This amounts to a very dark moment for public health. . . The department needs leadership that respects evidence and allows CDC to operate free from political interference. Without that, it is hard to see how the agency can recover."
Read more from Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social in @statnews.com⤵️
Read more from Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social in @statnews.com⤵️
There is a destruction of leadership at the CDC. The newly confirmed Director is out
Most of the top leaders who run key centers have resigned en masse
Wholesale implosion
All because of @SecKennedy leadership
What a disaster
Most of the top leaders who run key centers have resigned en masse
Wholesale implosion
All because of @SecKennedy leadership
What a disaster
August 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
There is a destruction of leadership at the CDC. The newly confirmed Director is out
Most of the top leaders who run key centers have resigned en masse
Wholesale implosion
All because of @SecKennedy leadership
What a disaster
Most of the top leaders who run key centers have resigned en masse
Wholesale implosion
All because of @SecKennedy leadership
What a disaster
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"Ending this research is not just a policy misstep. It is a profound failure of leadership."
Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social's latest in the @bostonglobe.com. Keep reading ⤵️
Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social's latest in the @bostonglobe.com. Keep reading ⤵️
Abandoning the mRNA vaccine platform is a failure of leadership - The Boston Globe
The retreat signals that the federal government is capricious and weak and easily persuaded by misinformation.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Ending this research is not just a policy misstep. It is a profound failure of leadership."
Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social's latest in the @bostonglobe.com. Keep reading ⤵️
Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social's latest in the @bostonglobe.com. Keep reading ⤵️
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Our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social joins @amomentinhealth.bsky.social w/ @ashishkjha.bsky.social to discuss the US's retreat from global health leadership and how it's fueling political strong-arming and a decline in global trust.
🎧 Listen here:
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🎧 Listen here:
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How Does the World See U.S. Public Health?
A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha · Episode
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July 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social joins @amomentinhealth.bsky.social w/ @ashishkjha.bsky.social to discuss the US's retreat from global health leadership and how it's fueling political strong-arming and a decline in global trust.
🎧 Listen here:
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🎧 Listen here:
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"That’s the unspoken promise of our health care system: when the worst happens, an ER will be there, no questions asked. But that promise is about to become harder to keep."
Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social writing in @timemagazine.bsky.social⤵️
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Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social writing in @timemagazine.bsky.social⤵️
time.com/7300067/budg...
The Budget Bill Could Make Your ER a Mess
Tucked inside the massive bill is a "wrecking ball" for local hospitals, writes Dr. Ashish Jha.
time.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"That’s the unspoken promise of our health care system: when the worst happens, an ER will be there, no questions asked. But that promise is about to become harder to keep."
Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social writing in @timemagazine.bsky.social⤵️
time.com/7300067/budg...
Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social writing in @timemagazine.bsky.social⤵️
time.com/7300067/budg...
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"On #IndependenceDay, politicians will speak of freedom. True freedom, however, requires not just platitudes but actual policies that improve health through innovation, access, and reduced costs," Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social writes in the @bostonglobe.com. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/30/o...
Health is the foundation of American freedom - The Boston Globe
To pursue life, liberty, and happiness — not just politically but through our everyday lives — you need health.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"On #IndependenceDay, politicians will speak of freedom. True freedom, however, requires not just platitudes but actual policies that improve health through innovation, access, and reduced costs," Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social writes in the @bostonglobe.com. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/30/o...
This move by Kennedy is just awful
Gavi works in close partnership (operationally and financially) with governments around the world to distribute life-saving vaccines to children. Their work has saved nearly 20 million lives since 2000.
Kennedy is either misinformed or lying, but either way children will die as a result.
Kennedy is either misinformed or lying, but either way children will die as a result.
Kennedy Withdraws Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This move by Kennedy is just awful
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Gavi works in close partnership (operationally and financially) with governments around the world to distribute life-saving vaccines to children. Their work has saved nearly 20 million lives since 2000.
Kennedy is either misinformed or lying, but either way children will die as a result.
Kennedy is either misinformed or lying, but either way children will die as a result.
Kennedy Withdraws Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Gavi works in close partnership (operationally and financially) with governments around the world to distribute life-saving vaccines to children. Their work has saved nearly 20 million lives since 2000.
Kennedy is either misinformed or lying, but either way children will die as a result.
Kennedy is either misinformed or lying, but either way children will die as a result.
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"Kennedy’s new ACIP panel isn’t about reform; it’s an effort to sabotage the vaccine program."
RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him. wapo.st/3ZBWqkt by @ashishkjha.bsky.social
RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him. wapo.st/3ZBWqkt by @ashishkjha.bsky.social
Opinion | RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him.
States must act swiftly to protect their residents — especially children and the vulnerable.
wapo.st
June 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Kennedy’s new ACIP panel isn’t about reform; it’s an effort to sabotage the vaccine program."
RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him. wapo.st/3ZBWqkt by @ashishkjha.bsky.social
RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him. wapo.st/3ZBWqkt by @ashishkjha.bsky.social
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"Congress must investigate and take urgent steps to restore ACIP’s scientific integrity," @ashishkjha.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/4k4WAs0
Opinion | RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him.
States must act swiftly to protect their residents — especially children and the vulnerable.
wapo.st
June 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Congress must investigate and take urgent steps to restore ACIP’s scientific integrity," @ashishkjha.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/4k4WAs0
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#RFKJr is dismantling America's access to #vaccines, and subjecting all of us to risk to deadly illnesses. And nobody is doing anything to stop him:
-Not Congress. Not the courts. Not healthcare corporations.
Dr @ashishkjha.bsky.social has a proposal:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
-Not Congress. Not the courts. Not healthcare corporations.
Dr @ashishkjha.bsky.social has a proposal:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him.
States must act swiftly to protect their residents — especially children and the vulnerable.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#RFKJr is dismantling America's access to #vaccines, and subjecting all of us to risk to deadly illnesses. And nobody is doing anything to stop him:
-Not Congress. Not the courts. Not healthcare corporations.
Dr @ashishkjha.bsky.social has a proposal:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
-Not Congress. Not the courts. Not healthcare corporations.
Dr @ashishkjha.bsky.social has a proposal:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I do have a proposal
What RFK Jr did with ACIP makes one thing clear:
I don't believe we can rely on the federal government to keep vaccines accessible for Americans any longer
So I have a proposal
Its time for medical societies and for states to step up
They can. And they should
What RFK Jr did with ACIP makes one thing clear:
I don't believe we can rely on the federal government to keep vaccines accessible for Americans any longer
So I have a proposal
Its time for medical societies and for states to step up
They can. And they should
#RFKJr is dismantling America's access to #vaccines, and subjecting all of us to risk to deadly illnesses. And nobody is doing anything to stop him:
-Not Congress. Not the courts. Not healthcare corporations.
Dr @ashishkjha.bsky.social has a proposal:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
-Not Congress. Not the courts. Not healthcare corporations.
Dr @ashishkjha.bsky.social has a proposal:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him.
States must act swiftly to protect their residents — especially children and the vulnerable.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I do have a proposal
What RFK Jr did with ACIP makes one thing clear:
I don't believe we can rely on the federal government to keep vaccines accessible for Americans any longer
So I have a proposal
Its time for medical societies and for states to step up
They can. And they should
What RFK Jr did with ACIP makes one thing clear:
I don't believe we can rely on the federal government to keep vaccines accessible for Americans any longer
So I have a proposal
Its time for medical societies and for states to step up
They can. And they should
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Foreign aid can save lives and ALSO advance U.S. interests in the world. Its not an either/or.
I argued in @thinkglobalhealth.org that foreign aid builds soft power when it is:
✅ Visible
✅ Altruistic
✅ Effective
✅ Aligned with country priorities
I argued in @thinkglobalhealth.org that foreign aid builds soft power when it is:
✅ Visible
✅ Altruistic
✅ Effective
✅ Aligned with country priorities
U.S. Soft Power: Next Steps After the Foreign Aid Withdrawal | Think Global Health
A former White House official on the future of advancing strategic interests while saving lives and growing economies
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Foreign aid can save lives and ALSO advance U.S. interests in the world. Its not an either/or.
I argued in @thinkglobalhealth.org that foreign aid builds soft power when it is:
✅ Visible
✅ Altruistic
✅ Effective
✅ Aligned with country priorities
I argued in @thinkglobalhealth.org that foreign aid builds soft power when it is:
✅ Visible
✅ Altruistic
✅ Effective
✅ Aligned with country priorities
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Reposted by Ashish K Jha
In his latest @bostonglobe.com opinion, Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social reacts to HHS cancelling Moderna’s bird flu vaccine contract—a decision he calls RFK Jr.'s "most dangerous yet." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/03/o...
Canceling Moderna’s bird flu contract could be Robert Kennedy’s most reckless act yet - The Boston Globe
The federal government should be investing and working to expand the nation’s scientific and public health arsenal, not shrinking it.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In his latest @bostonglobe.com opinion, Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social reacts to HHS cancelling Moderna’s bird flu vaccine contract—a decision he calls RFK Jr.'s "most dangerous yet." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/03/o...