Bee
@brielleweber.bsky.social
Home Visiting Nurse, student midwife, RPCV 🇪🇹
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Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
April 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
Happy Cherry Blossom Season 🌸
April 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Happy Cherry Blossom Season 🌸
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This gorgeous little juvenile yellow crowned night heron was just hanging out and enjoying a nice morning. And looking for breakfast. #photography #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #herons
April 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This gorgeous little juvenile yellow crowned night heron was just hanging out and enjoying a nice morning. And looking for breakfast. #photography #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #herons
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🧵There’s a lot of people out there saying that measles is being brought to the US by immigrants, specifically undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border. Let’s talk about measles and migration. ✈️
TL:DR: Measles in the US comes from outbreaks started by unvaccinated traveling Americans.
TL:DR: Measles in the US comes from outbreaks started by unvaccinated traveling Americans.
April 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🧵There’s a lot of people out there saying that measles is being brought to the US by immigrants, specifically undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border. Let’s talk about measles and migration. ✈️
TL:DR: Measles in the US comes from outbreaks started by unvaccinated traveling Americans.
TL:DR: Measles in the US comes from outbreaks started by unvaccinated traveling Americans.
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#Louisiana infants die of whooping cough after LA Dept of Health stops promoting #vaccine
“state's first deaths from the illness since 2018”
“For infants, it's really rather terrifying. They're just coughing so much, they can't eat, they can't drink”
“LDH will no longer promote mass vaccination."
“state's first deaths from the illness since 2018”
“For infants, it's really rather terrifying. They're just coughing so much, they can't eat, they can't drink”
“LDH will no longer promote mass vaccination."
Two Louisiana infants die of whooping cough amid drop in vaccinations
Health experts are warning that whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is making a dangerous comeback.
medicalxpress.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#Louisiana infants die of whooping cough after LA Dept of Health stops promoting #vaccine
“state's first deaths from the illness since 2018”
“For infants, it's really rather terrifying. They're just coughing so much, they can't eat, they can't drink”
“LDH will no longer promote mass vaccination."
“state's first deaths from the illness since 2018”
“For infants, it's really rather terrifying. They're just coughing so much, they can't eat, they can't drink”
“LDH will no longer promote mass vaccination."
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After decades of research, science delivered the most effective, preventative HIV drugs the world has ever seen—and the US is throwing up its hands and abandoning efforts to share them with those most in need.
Read @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social + @samveep.bsky.social's report.
Read @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social + @samveep.bsky.social's report.
Now is a uniquely terrible time to cut funding for HIV
New breakthrough drugs could eradicate AIDS. Why are we hobbling their distribution?
www.motherjones.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
After decades of research, science delivered the most effective, preventative HIV drugs the world has ever seen—and the US is throwing up its hands and abandoning efforts to share them with those most in need.
Read @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social + @samveep.bsky.social's report.
Read @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social + @samveep.bsky.social's report.
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NEW @motherjones.com: Domestic violence and maternal mortality are rising. The NIH just defunded a project to study both.
The project's co-director, @rebeccafieldingmiller.com, says she thinks the grant was canceled because the project had "equity" in the title.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The project's co-director, @rebeccafieldingmiller.com, says she thinks the grant was canceled because the project had "equity" in the title.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Domestic violence and maternal mortality are rising. The NIH just defunded a project to study both.
A lead researcher thinks the $400,000 grant was canceled because the project had “equity” in the title.
www.motherjones.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW @motherjones.com: Domestic violence and maternal mortality are rising. The NIH just defunded a project to study both.
The project's co-director, @rebeccafieldingmiller.com, says she thinks the grant was canceled because the project had "equity" in the title.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The project's co-director, @rebeccafieldingmiller.com, says she thinks the grant was canceled because the project had "equity" in the title.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Congress is back in Washington this week. That means they need to hear from library advocates like YOU who care about federal funding for libraries.
Use our easy tool and script to call your members of Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Use our easy tool and script to call your members of Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
March 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Congress is back in Washington this week. That means they need to hear from library advocates like YOU who care about federal funding for libraries.
Use our easy tool and script to call your members of Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Use our easy tool and script to call your members of Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
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It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
For John Green, Tuberculosis Is More Than A Disease | Atmos
The bestselling author says our inability to fix solvable crises is an indictment of our empathy and shared humanity.
atmos.earth
March 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
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Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy, an essay by me adapted from my book Everything Is Tuberculosis.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy
By retracting foreign aid, the president could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
www.theatlantic.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy, an essay by me adapted from my book Everything Is Tuberculosis.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Something about sunshine and hope and blooming despite adversity 🌼
March 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Something about sunshine and hope and blooming despite adversity 🌼
Ernest wants a golden snake plant 🐶🌱
March 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ernest wants a golden snake plant 🐶🌱
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fall back, spring forward. now slide to the left, now slide to the right
March 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
fall back, spring forward. now slide to the left, now slide to the right
Weekend dedicated to a dog puzzle and getting dinner at #barkingmadcafe 🦴🦮🐕🦺🐾
March 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Weekend dedicated to a dog puzzle and getting dinner at #barkingmadcafe 🦴🦮🐕🦺🐾
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You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
February 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
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It's the last day of Black History Month. But Black history is American history, so feel free to celebrate and learn everyday — regardless of what any administration says.
Here are some clips we're watching 🧵
Here are some clips we're watching 🧵
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's the last day of Black History Month. But Black history is American history, so feel free to celebrate and learn everyday — regardless of what any administration says.
Here are some clips we're watching 🧵
Here are some clips we're watching 🧵