@brigginp.bsky.social
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🧵 1/3 Anyone else notice that Vaccines.gov the federal vaccine locator is just… broken?
And honestly, would any of us be shocked if it never comes back, given that HHS took it over from CDC this summer?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
And honestly, would any of us be shocked if it never comes back, given that HHS took it over from CDC this summer?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
“I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🧵 1/3 Anyone else notice that Vaccines.gov the federal vaccine locator is just… broken?
And honestly, would any of us be shocked if it never comes back, given that HHS took it over from CDC this summer?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
And honestly, would any of us be shocked if it never comes back, given that HHS took it over from CDC this summer?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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“As long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone.
As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1978
This paper on bringing Indigenous perspectives and practices into SDOH frameworks for greater health equity is a good read.
As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1978
This paper on bringing Indigenous perspectives and practices into SDOH frameworks for greater health equity is a good read.
Developing Indigenous-Centered Healing, Health, and Wellness Frameworks to Strengthen Indigenous Health Systems, Decolonize Public Health, and Achieve Health Equity | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 5
Over the past 20 years, national and global health initiatives have increasingly used resources, implemented tools, and proposed policies to change the social determinants of health contributing to he...
ajph.aphapublications.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“As long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone.
As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1978
This paper on bringing Indigenous perspectives and practices into SDOH frameworks for greater health equity is a good read.
As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1978
This paper on bringing Indigenous perspectives and practices into SDOH frameworks for greater health equity is a good read.
Hot take: you cannot say that a 15yo is barely legal & old enough to consent to sex with an adult, & then turn around & say they are a child who cannot consent to puberty blockers.
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Hot take: you cannot say that a 15yo is barely legal & old enough to consent to sex with an adult, & then turn around & say they are a child who cannot consent to puberty blockers.
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The call 📞 is coming from inside the house 🏠 The only data chaos at CDC is coming from RFKJr.
Because if you fire the folks responsible for national survey data... that's bound to cause some data chaos 🌪
Here are the 954 HHS souls wrongfully fired on 10/10: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...
Because if you fire the folks responsible for national survey data... that's bound to cause some data chaos 🌪
Here are the 954 HHS souls wrongfully fired on 10/10: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...
Declaration Department of Health and Human Services – #103, Att. #1 in American Federation of Government Employees, AFL CIO v. United States Office of Management and Budget (N.D. Cal., 3:25-cv-08302) ...
NOTICE by Paul Atkins, Scott Bessent, Frank Bisignano, Pam Bondi, Shana M. Broussard, Lonnie G Bunch, III, Doug Burgum, CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, Brendan Carr, Mary Anne Carter, Lori Chavez-...
www.courtlistener.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The call 📞 is coming from inside the house 🏠 The only data chaos at CDC is coming from RFKJr.
Because if you fire the folks responsible for national survey data... that's bound to cause some data chaos 🌪
Here are the 954 HHS souls wrongfully fired on 10/10: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...
Because if you fire the folks responsible for national survey data... that's bound to cause some data chaos 🌪
Here are the 954 HHS souls wrongfully fired on 10/10: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...
@jonlovett.bsky.social Can I beg you to never again whisper directly into the mic? I was driving my kids 2 school listening in earbuds & had to seriously work to suppress my ADHD & CPTSD reaction to your whisper directly in my ear while driving.
September 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
@jonlovett.bsky.social Can I beg you to never again whisper directly into the mic? I was driving my kids 2 school listening in earbuds & had to seriously work to suppress my ADHD & CPTSD reaction to your whisper directly in my ear while driving.
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Members of Congress are being denied access to an ICE facility in Manhattan, because the conditions inside are that bad.
June 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Members of Congress are being denied access to an ICE facility in Manhattan, because the conditions inside are that bad.
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🚨 New item quietly added to the CDC ACIP agenda: a vote on thimerosal in flu shots.
Let's talk about why this worries us 🧵
TL;DR: Thimerosal is safe. This debate was settled decades ago. Reopening it signals a shift toward disinfo-driven policy...and that’s dangerous.
🚨 New item quietly added to the CDC ACIP agenda: a vote on thimerosal in flu shots.
Let's talk about why this worries us 🧵
TL;DR: Thimerosal is safe. This debate was settled decades ago. Reopening it signals a shift toward disinfo-driven policy...and that’s dangerous.
CDC vaccine advisers to vote on thimerosal in flu shots at first meeting of new panel | CNN
A newly posted agenda for next week’s meeting of the just-appointed group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes a discussion and vote on thimerosal ...
edition.cnn.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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🚨 New item quietly added to the CDC ACIP agenda: a vote on thimerosal in flu shots.
Let's talk about why this worries us 🧵
TL;DR: Thimerosal is safe. This debate was settled decades ago. Reopening it signals a shift toward disinfo-driven policy...and that’s dangerous.
🚨 New item quietly added to the CDC ACIP agenda: a vote on thimerosal in flu shots.
Let's talk about why this worries us 🧵
TL;DR: Thimerosal is safe. This debate was settled decades ago. Reopening it signals a shift toward disinfo-driven policy...and that’s dangerous.
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Trump’s EPA wants to lift a ban on asbestos.
Asbestos is banned in over 50 countries due to comprehensive research showing that it causes cancer.
This is another policy move that will make America sicker.
Asbestos is banned in over 50 countries due to comprehensive research showing that it causes cancer.
This is another policy move that will make America sicker.
June 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump’s EPA wants to lift a ban on asbestos.
Asbestos is banned in over 50 countries due to comprehensive research showing that it causes cancer.
This is another policy move that will make America sicker.
Asbestos is banned in over 50 countries due to comprehensive research showing that it causes cancer.
This is another policy move that will make America sicker.
They missed eradicating Polio
www.linkedin.com/posts/kevinl...
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What has aid ever done for anyone?
Absolutely nothing.
Except:
Educate… | Kevin L. Brown | 99 comments
What has aid ever done for anyone?
Absolutely nothing.
Except:
Educate kids.
Feed the hungry.
Vaccinate children.
Provide clean water.
Nearly eradicate polio.
Create financial growth.
Stop preventa...
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May 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
They missed eradicating Polio
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www.linkedin.com/posts/kevinl...
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I'm participating in this @sabew panel discussion tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1 PM EST... if you are free, please join us! sabew.org/event/recess...
Recession Watch: Making Sense of an Economy Sending Mixed Messages | SABEW
President Donald Trump's rapidly changing tariff policies have sparked volatility in financial markets, lifted inflation expectations and raised recession fears. At the same time, an aggressive crackd...
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May 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm participating in this @sabew panel discussion tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1 PM EST... if you are free, please join us! sabew.org/event/recess...
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This 👇 is a great read and easy to share with loved ones who are curious (or slightly misguided) about vaccines and the different levels of impact they can have.
To bookmark and share 🎯
To bookmark and share 🎯
Vaccines DO work. But what that actually means is complicated.
In Sunday’s post, I explain the 4 different types of causal effects vaccines can have and why randomized controlled trials aren’t enough to measure them all.
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
In Sunday’s post, I explain the 4 different types of causal effects vaccines can have and why randomized controlled trials aren’t enough to measure them all.
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
Scientists say vaccines work but what does that mean?
Vaccines are one of the most amazing pharmaceutical tools human-kind have ever invented.
open.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This 👇 is a great read and easy to share with loved ones who are curious (or slightly misguided) about vaccines and the different levels of impact they can have.
To bookmark and share 🎯
To bookmark and share 🎯
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This is TERRIFYING @altcdc.altgov.info @alt-hhs.altgov.info
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is TERRIFYING @altcdc.altgov.info @alt-hhs.altgov.info
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Another outrage - another 30-year US resident & Green Card holder from Ireland disappeared into detention. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Irish woman living legally in US for decades detained after visiting her father in Ireland
Cliona Ward (54) lives in California but is being held in a large immigration prison in Washington state
www.irishtimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Another outrage - another 30-year US resident & Green Card holder from Ireland disappeared into detention. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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Ask and you shall receive lol! Articles like this are too important to hide behind paywalls.
Opinion | Trump Is Breaking the Rule That Every Barroom Brawler Knows (Gift Article)
Don’t drop your guard while picking fights around the globe.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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i think “abducted by ICE” is not at all editorializing and factually accurate.
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i think “abducted by ICE” is not at all editorializing and factually accurate.
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Damnit, ICE! WTF???
ICE DEPORTED THREE U.S. CITIZENS, ages 2, 4 and 7, with their moms early Friday per @efelton.bsky.social @maeganvaz.bsky.social. They were seized during a routine check-in and not allowed to call family or lawyers. The 4-year-old, with Stage 4 cancer, was removed without medication
wapo.st/4jJ7BPC
wapo.st/4jJ7BPC
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Damnit, ICE! WTF???
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If you are worried about the food-supply chain, please heart and share this thread. These are the resources you need to ensure you stock up on items.
You can feel free to post some small businesses and markets in your area. This will probably go viral and the businesses always need customers.
You can feel free to post some small businesses and markets in your area. This will probably go viral and the businesses always need customers.
April 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you are worried about the food-supply chain, please heart and share this thread. These are the resources you need to ensure you stock up on items.
You can feel free to post some small businesses and markets in your area. This will probably go viral and the businesses always need customers.
You can feel free to post some small businesses and markets in your area. This will probably go viral and the businesses always need customers.
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RFKJ is out there spouting lies and dehumanizing people with autism. We want to hear from you in your own words. For those on the autism spectrum or with family/friends on the spectrum: what do you wish the world knew about people with autism?
April 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
RFKJ is out there spouting lies and dehumanizing people with autism. We want to hear from you in your own words. For those on the autism spectrum or with family/friends on the spectrum: what do you wish the world knew about people with autism?
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Musk is dismantling a small but important independent agency that supports economic development in poor but stable nations. Employees at the Millennium Challenge Corporation were informed that they would be offered early retirement or deferred resignation following visits from Musk’s staffers.
April 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Musk is dismantling a small but important independent agency that supports economic development in poor but stable nations. Employees at the Millennium Challenge Corporation were informed that they would be offered early retirement or deferred resignation following visits from Musk’s staffers.
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This 🧵 is diving into Head Start as its currently on the chopping block in the proposed budget. Head Start is an incredible program that is much more involved and influential than people may realize. And if the regime gets its way, this cut would result in generations of harm.
April 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This 🧵 is diving into Head Start as its currently on the chopping block in the proposed budget. Head Start is an incredible program that is much more involved and influential than people may realize. And if the regime gets its way, this cut would result in generations of harm.
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"By February, staff were locked out. Phone lines dead. HIV treatments in Africa halted. Food relief suspended in Haiti. Contracts canceled. The message wasn’t subtle: this government no longer builds; it erases."
"[T]he test? Whether you can eliminate a congressionally mandated agency, cancel lifesaving programs midstream, fire thousands of public servants, and reassign global health responsibilities to a shell office down the hall—and get away with it.
So far, they are."
So far, they are."
The Test of Our Time: USAID, Authoritarianism, and the Slow Coup We’re Failing to Stop
While billionaires buy democracy wholesale, the institutions meant to protect it are being dismantled piece by piece.
substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"By February, staff were locked out. Phone lines dead. HIV treatments in Africa halted. Food relief suspended in Haiti. Contracts canceled. The message wasn’t subtle: this government no longer builds; it erases."
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I’m in Albany today with the Alliance to Protect Kalief’s Law to once again make the case that equitable discovery laws prevent wrongful convictions. We appreciate the rallying cry offered by Sen. Cordell Cleare that we can’t go back.
March 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’m in Albany today with the Alliance to Protect Kalief’s Law to once again make the case that equitable discovery laws prevent wrongful convictions. We appreciate the rallying cry offered by Sen. Cordell Cleare that we can’t go back.
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Funding freeze leaves Kansas farmers unpaid for work they already completed www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...
Funding freeze leaves Kansas farmers unpaid for work they already completed
Many Kansas farmers are in limbo and waiting for promised payments under contracts they signed with the federal government. It comes after a federal directive from the Trump administration paused paym...
www.hppr.org
March 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Funding freeze leaves Kansas farmers unpaid for work they already completed www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...