Chrissie Juliano
@chrissiejuliano.bsky.social
#PublicHealth & #Policy geek. Exec Dir @BigCitiesHealth.org. Married to @DanZibel.bsky.social w/two crazy, amazing kids. @harrissocial.bsky.social & @gwu1821.bsky.social alum. Views my own!
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
State and local public health officials say RFK Jr.’s cuts to funding and the federal workforce are already weakening the country’s ability to respond to disease outbreaks.
We talked to @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social of @bigcitieshealth.org to find out more.
🎙️: tradeoffs.org/2025/04/10/h...
We talked to @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social of @bigcitieshealth.org to find out more.
🎙️: tradeoffs.org/2025/04/10/h...
April 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
State and local public health officials say RFK Jr.’s cuts to funding and the federal workforce are already weakening the country’s ability to respond to disease outbreaks.
We talked to @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social of @bigcitieshealth.org to find out more.
🎙️: tradeoffs.org/2025/04/10/h...
We talked to @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social of @bigcitieshealth.org to find out more.
🎙️: tradeoffs.org/2025/04/10/h...
This is what federal service looks (and feels) like. And the vast majority of those impacted won’t know it until it’s gone (which is pretty much now) #PublicHealth
Inside the C.D.C., a Final ‘Love Letter’ Before Mass Layoffs (Gift Article)
The agency’s injury center was among the departments that were largely gutted in Tuesday’s wave of dismissals. Read a staff member’s letter to colleagues while they awaited their fates.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is what federal service looks (and feels) like. And the vast majority of those impacted won’t know it until it’s gone (which is pretty much now) #PublicHealth
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
CDC Division of HIV Prevention is under attack! This is an assault on all progress we have made in the field of HIV Prevention. That means more HIV infections, more complications from HIV, and higher healthcare costs. We must act now! #HIVSky #IDSky #SaveHIVFunding
aidsunited.org/action/polic...
aidsunited.org/action/polic...
ACTION ALERT: CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back - AIDS United
CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back We have heard very unfortunate news that there is an effort un...
aidsunited.org
March 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
CDC Division of HIV Prevention is under attack! This is an assault on all progress we have made in the field of HIV Prevention. That means more HIV infections, more complications from HIV, and higher healthcare costs. We must act now! #HIVSky #IDSky #SaveHIVFunding
aidsunited.org/action/polic...
aidsunited.org/action/polic...
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
By then (long before then) it won’t be the Texas outbreak anymore
Texas public health official predicts the measles outbreak could take a year to contain www.statnews.com/2025/03/18/m... via @statnews.com
Texas public health official predicts the measles outbreak could take a year to contain
The director of public health for the city of Lubbock said Tuesday that uptake of the measles vaccine “has definitely been a struggle,” and that the outbreak will be "large."
www.statnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
By then (long before then) it won’t be the Texas outbreak anymore
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
The Texas-New Mexico-Oklahoma #measles outbreak could be a long one, local public health official warns. www.statnews.com/2025/03/18/m...
Texas public health official predicts the measles outbreak could take a year to contain
The director of public health for the city of Lubbock said Tuesday that uptake of the measles vaccine “has definitely been a struggle,” and that the outbreak will be "large."
www.statnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Texas-New Mexico-Oklahoma #measles outbreak could be a long one, local public health official warns. www.statnews.com/2025/03/18/m...
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
nightmare fuel www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.
www.nbcnews.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
nightmare fuel www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
Five years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Are we prepared for the next health emergency? 🧵
March 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Five years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Are we prepared for the next health emergency? 🧵
*Great* reporting telling the story of “probationary staff” let go from the nation’s federal #PublicHealth agencies. Their work - and those of their colleagues not yet profiled - saved lives. Shout these stories from the mountaintops friends!
Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
propub.li
March 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
*Great* reporting telling the story of “probationary staff” let go from the nation’s federal #PublicHealth agencies. Their work - and those of their colleagues not yet profiled - saved lives. Shout these stories from the mountaintops friends!
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
ICYMI: new MMWR has been published, showing that this year’s flu vaccine is decent at keeping people from needing to see the doctor… and pretty darn good at preventing kids’ (& to a lesser extent, adults’) flu hospitalization
Also: it’s safe. And it’s not too late to get it.
Also: it’s safe. And it’s not too late to get it.
March 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ICYMI: new MMWR has been published, showing that this year’s flu vaccine is decent at keeping people from needing to see the doctor… and pretty darn good at preventing kids’ (& to a lesser extent, adults’) flu hospitalization
Also: it’s safe. And it’s not too late to get it.
Also: it’s safe. And it’s not too late to get it.
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
“Today there isn’t a single state, city or county in the United States where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.”
Not a *single* state, city, or county, people!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
Not a *single* state, city, or county, people!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“Today there isn’t a single state, city or county in the United States where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.”
Not a *single* state, city, or county, people!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
Not a *single* state, city, or county, people!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
A judge ruled yesterday that DOGE can access sensitive student loan borrower data at the Department of Education - placing the confidential records of millions in jeopardy.
So what’s next? @KatiePhang.bsky.social is LIVE tomorrow at 10:30 am ET on our official show FB, IG, and TikTok!
So what’s next? @KatiePhang.bsky.social is LIVE tomorrow at 10:30 am ET on our official show FB, IG, and TikTok!
February 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A judge ruled yesterday that DOGE can access sensitive student loan borrower data at the Department of Education - placing the confidential records of millions in jeopardy.
So what’s next? @KatiePhang.bsky.social is LIVE tomorrow at 10:30 am ET on our official show FB, IG, and TikTok!
So what’s next? @KatiePhang.bsky.social is LIVE tomorrow at 10:30 am ET on our official show FB, IG, and TikTok!
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
Be part of the conversation at #HJ25 in Los Angeles this May! Early registration ends March 5. Don't miss four days of immersive field trips, thought-provoking panels, and more. Register today:
Health Journalism 2025
Get ready to join us on the West Coast! AHCJ is thrilled to announce HJ25 will take place in Los Angeles from May 29 to June 1.
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Be part of the conversation at #HJ25 in Los Angeles this May! Early registration ends March 5. Don't miss four days of immersive field trips, thought-provoking panels, and more. Register today:
👏👏👏
“We appreciate all your efforts, especially your focus on providing care to those who are struggling. You embody the mission and vision of the Department of Health and Human Services.”
140-plus Obama and Biden appointees, including Sebelius + Becerra, sign a thank-you letter to career staff at HHS.
140-plus Obama and Biden appointees, including Sebelius + Becerra, sign a thank-you letter to career staff at HHS.
THANK YOU!
The following is a “thank you” letter from the political appointees who served alongside the tens of thousands of dedicated civil servants at HHS during the Obama and Biden presidencies. It is signed…
jeffnesbit.medium.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
👏👏👏
😬🤔😷
Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread of bird flu were notified Friday that 25% of the staff in a central program office coordinating their work were fired in the Trump administration’s mass layoffs of federal employees.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Trump administration firings hit key office handling bird flu response
The layoffs in USDA's National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office come as egg prices reach record high amid worsening outbreak.
www.politico.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
😬🤔😷
We’re gonna need a few more profiles in courage like these brave teens….
N.H. teens to fight Trump order on trans athletes
A 15-year-old soccer player and 14-year-old tennis player who are challenging New Hampshire's ban on transgender athletes on girls' sports teams will now fight President Trump's executive order "Keepi...
www.espn.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We’re gonna need a few more profiles in courage like these brave teens….
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
Color me shocked (not)
And sad for these kids (indeed)
And sad for these kids (indeed)
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/h...
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate | CNN
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Color me shocked (not)
And sad for these kids (indeed)
And sad for these kids (indeed)
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
Great @pbump.com piece! wapo.st/4jIR5Ac
Opinion | What’s at risk when the federal government also is
The sudden stop in federal funding reminded Americans how vital the government is in people’s lives.
wapo.st
February 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Great @pbump.com piece! wapo.st/4jIR5Ac
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
Learn more about the game-changing shift FDA has proposed for tobacco products. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/ciga...
FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump
The Biden administration is floating a long-awaited proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine levels.
apnews.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Learn more about the game-changing shift FDA has proposed for tobacco products. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/ciga...
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
"Tobacco regulation is a huge part of reaching the goals [RFK Jr. has] outlined for reducing chronic disease and a really important part of the conversation we need to have in this country." —Chrissie Juliano, BCHC executive director / @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Tobacco regulation is a huge part of reaching the goals [RFK Jr. has] outlined for reducing chronic disease and a really important part of the conversation we need to have in this country." —Chrissie Juliano, BCHC executive director / @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
What are big city public health leaders thinking about the path ahead? So glad you asked. www.medicaleconomics.com/view/public-...
Public health and primary care in 2025: ‘We are a trusted partner to you’
As health care sector readies for change in the White House, Big Cities Health Coalition outlines policy priorities for next year.
www.medicaleconomics.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:59 PM
What are big city public health leaders thinking about the path ahead? So glad you asked. www.medicaleconomics.com/view/public-...
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
It's one thing to say #PublicHealth is underfunded, and another to realize what that specifically means. Big city health depts alone are short 755 epidemiologists (aka disease detectives)—and that's before the pandemic relief funding dries up. 💡 Get the facts: www.bigcitieshealth.org/epidemiology...
New report: Shortfall of big city health detectives poses serious threat to public health response - Big Cities Health Coalition
A new report shows that big city health departments are in dire need of epidemiologists, putting the nation’s efforts to combat pandemics at risk.
www.bigcitieshealth.org
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 PM
It's one thing to say #PublicHealth is underfunded, and another to realize what that specifically means. Big city health depts alone are short 755 epidemiologists (aka disease detectives)—and that's before the pandemic relief funding dries up. 💡 Get the facts: www.bigcitieshealth.org/epidemiology...
Reposted by Chrissie Juliano
From politics to public health, disinformation is deadly. It should be criminal but so long as it’s profitable (currency subjective) anything goes.
Have you ever been curious about how and why outright lies - aka “disinformation” - takes hold
In this article, @economist.com traces the spread of one group of lies, about the Mme Zelenska.
Now rinse & repeat -for health information, public safety data, & more. It’s a machine.
econ.st/3ZZmQMa
In this article, @economist.com traces the spread of one group of lies, about the Mme Zelenska.
Now rinse & repeat -for health information, public safety data, & more. It’s a machine.
econ.st/3ZZmQMa
The truth behind Olena Zelenska’s $1.1m Cartier haul
The anatomy of a disinformation campaign
econ.st
December 29, 2024 at 6:15 PM
From politics to public health, disinformation is deadly. It should be criminal but so long as it’s profitable (currency subjective) anything goes.