Claudia WIlliams
@claudia-williams.bsky.social
Most of you know know that Covered California gives working families access to affordable health insurance
But did you know they use experiments and user research to shape every aspect of the program?
Checkout this interview with CC’s Dr. Monica Soni
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
But did you know they use experiments and user research to shape every aspect of the program?
Checkout this interview with CC’s Dr. Monica Soni
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
April 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Most of you know know that Covered California gives working families access to affordable health insurance
But did you know they use experiments and user research to shape every aspect of the program?
Checkout this interview with CC’s Dr. Monica Soni
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
But did you know they use experiments and user research to shape every aspect of the program?
Checkout this interview with CC’s Dr. Monica Soni
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Sean Darling-Hammond, Assistant Professor of #Health & #SocialBehavior at UC Berkeley Public Health, studies student #MentalHealth. He says, “We need #PublicHealth to isolate what matters—what’s making us sick, what can help us thrive.”
publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/s...
publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/s...
National Public Health Week: Assistant Professor Sean Darling-Hammond
Sean Darling-Hammond is an assistant professor of Health and Social Behavior and Community Health Sciences at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
publichealth.berkeley.edu
April 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Sean Darling-Hammond, Assistant Professor of #Health & #SocialBehavior at UC Berkeley Public Health, studies student #MentalHealth. He says, “We need #PublicHealth to isolate what matters—what’s making us sick, what can help us thrive.”
publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/s...
publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/s...
Former FDA head Rob Califf will be joining the Other 80 for an interview in a couple weeks
Many people don’t understand what FDA does or why it’s such an important foundation for the US’s global leadership in drug development
What questions should I ask him?
Many people don’t understand what FDA does or why it’s such an important foundation for the US’s global leadership in drug development
What questions should I ask him?
April 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Former FDA head Rob Califf will be joining the Other 80 for an interview in a couple weeks
Many people don’t understand what FDA does or why it’s such an important foundation for the US’s global leadership in drug development
What questions should I ask him?
Many people don’t understand what FDA does or why it’s such an important foundation for the US’s global leadership in drug development
What questions should I ask him?
In March I put out a call to talk with fired federal workers
I wanted to hear about the work they did and why it mattered, and share their stories with all of you on The Other 80
Here's the episode, featuring six powerful stories
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I wanted to hear about the work they did and why it mattered, and share their stories with all of you on The Other 80
Here's the episode, featuring six powerful stories
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Health Interrupted: The Stories of Six Recently Fired Federal Workers
Podcast Episode · The Other 80 · 04/09/2025 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In March I put out a call to talk with fired federal workers
I wanted to hear about the work they did and why it mattered, and share their stories with all of you on The Other 80
Here's the episode, featuring six powerful stories
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I wanted to hear about the work they did and why it mattered, and share their stories with all of you on The Other 80
Here's the episode, featuring six powerful stories
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Reposted by Claudia WIlliams
Trump, Musk and DOGE have touted the short-term savings from their cuts.
What they don’t mention: the long-term consequences of shrinking food inspections, disaster response and other federal safety efforts.
Me + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social on Trump’s big shift of risk to everyday Americans.
What they don’t mention: the long-term consequences of shrinking food inspections, disaster response and other federal safety efforts.
Me + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social on Trump’s big shift of risk to everyday Americans.
Worries grow over risks to Americans as Trump cuts health, safety agencies
The chorus of experts issuing warnings include Republican lawmakers, former Trump officials and civil servants who worked under GOP and Democratic presidents.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump, Musk and DOGE have touted the short-term savings from their cuts.
What they don’t mention: the long-term consequences of shrinking food inspections, disaster response and other federal safety efforts.
Me + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social on Trump’s big shift of risk to everyday Americans.
What they don’t mention: the long-term consequences of shrinking food inspections, disaster response and other federal safety efforts.
Me + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social on Trump’s big shift of risk to everyday Americans.
Reposted by Claudia WIlliams
Two studies (based on natural experiments) show shingles vaccine reduces dementia
Thanks for sharing and synthesizing @erictopol.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing and synthesizing @erictopol.bsky.social
A major paper @nature.com this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine.
I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
The Shingles Vaccine and Reduction of Dementia
A compelling new study adds to the body of data supporting some protection provided by the vaccine
erictopol.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Two studies (based on natural experiments) show shingles vaccine reduces dementia
Thanks for sharing and synthesizing @erictopol.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing and synthesizing @erictopol.bsky.social
Now is the time to step up Medicaid advocacy
The Senate budget resolution included the House directive to cut $880 billion - which would come from Medicaid
But many Senate Rs say they won’t support a reconciliation bill that cuts Medicaid
The Senate budget resolution included the House directive to cut $880 billion - which would come from Medicaid
But many Senate Rs say they won’t support a reconciliation bill that cuts Medicaid
April 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Now is the time to step up Medicaid advocacy
The Senate budget resolution included the House directive to cut $880 billion - which would come from Medicaid
But many Senate Rs say they won’t support a reconciliation bill that cuts Medicaid
The Senate budget resolution included the House directive to cut $880 billion - which would come from Medicaid
But many Senate Rs say they won’t support a reconciliation bill that cuts Medicaid
Reposted by Claudia WIlliams
💰 Health Wealth Gap Widest in US
A new study found wealth significantly predicts lower mortality in older adults, with wealthiest Americans having survival similar to Europe's poorest.
The wealth–health link is stronger in the US than Europe.
🔗 nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsa2408259
#SciComm🧪
A new study found wealth significantly predicts lower mortality in older adults, with wealthiest Americans having survival similar to Europe's poorest.
The wealth–health link is stronger in the US than Europe.
🔗 nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsa2408259
#SciComm🧪
Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe | NEJM
Amid growing wealth disparity, we have little information on how health among older
Americans compares with that among older Europeans across the distribution of wealth.
We performed a longitudinal...
nejm.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
💰 Health Wealth Gap Widest in US
A new study found wealth significantly predicts lower mortality in older adults, with wealthiest Americans having survival similar to Europe's poorest.
The wealth–health link is stronger in the US than Europe.
🔗 nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsa2408259
#SciComm🧪
A new study found wealth significantly predicts lower mortality in older adults, with wealthiest Americans having survival similar to Europe's poorest.
The wealth–health link is stronger in the US than Europe.
🔗 nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsa2408259
#SciComm🧪
Reposted by Claudia WIlliams
So my phone started blowing up last night because guess who's on the banned book list at the naval academy? Yours truly. Go support an author today and buy a book off of this this list... Doesn't even have to be mine. Gift link coming
April 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So my phone started blowing up last night because guess who's on the banned book list at the naval academy? Yours truly. Go support an author today and buy a book off of this this list... Doesn't even have to be mine. Gift link coming
Oh right, the obvious solution is massive cuts to Medicaid
Health care remains stubbornly unaffordable for millions of people in the U.S., according to a new survey. More than a third of those surveyed said they were to need medical care and would not be able to pay for it.
More Americans Cannot Afford Medical Care: Gallup Poll
A new survey found that 11 percent of Americans said they could not pay for medication and medical treatments.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Oh right, the obvious solution is massive cuts to Medicaid
State budgets will be bust open by massive Medicaid cuts
There’s not an option to plug the gap, when the gap is $10-20 billion
Listen to brilliant Katie Heidorn laying it out
And the full episode here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
youtube.com/shorts/ue8DY...
There’s not an option to plug the gap, when the gap is $10-20 billion
Listen to brilliant Katie Heidorn laying it out
And the full episode here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
youtube.com/shorts/ue8DY...
💸 A $20 Billion Cut? California’s Healthcare Safety Net Can’t Take It
YouTube video by The Other 80
youtube.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
State budgets will be bust open by massive Medicaid cuts
There’s not an option to plug the gap, when the gap is $10-20 billion
Listen to brilliant Katie Heidorn laying it out
And the full episode here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
youtube.com/shorts/ue8DY...
There’s not an option to plug the gap, when the gap is $10-20 billion
Listen to brilliant Katie Heidorn laying it out
And the full episode here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
youtube.com/shorts/ue8DY...
This is what government efficiency should look like
A useful service, built inside government, to meet a real citizen need
Thank you Amy Paris
A useful service, built inside government, to meet a real citizen need
Thank you Amy Paris
File your taxes using IRS Direct File, a free, secure, accurate and accessible product from the IRS. It is available in 25 states and allows you to import your tax information, like your W-2, directly from the IRS.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
DirectFile.irs.gov
April 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is what government efficiency should look like
A useful service, built inside government, to meet a real citizen need
Thank you Amy Paris
A useful service, built inside government, to meet a real citizen need
Thank you Amy Paris
Quoting MLK, Sierra Club’s @benjealous.bsky.social asks us all to move beyond comfort to make change
“If you are comfortable in your coalition, your coalition is too small”
#Bioneers
“If you are comfortable in your coalition, your coalition is too small”
#Bioneers
March 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Quoting MLK, Sierra Club’s @benjealous.bsky.social asks us all to move beyond comfort to make change
“If you are comfortable in your coalition, your coalition is too small”
#Bioneers
“If you are comfortable in your coalition, your coalition is too small”
#Bioneers
Here’s a must listen
Three of the smartest people I know discussing the shape and impact of potential Medicaid cuts
▶️ Kody Kinsley
▶️ @larrylevitt.bsky.social
▶️ Katie Heidorn
🔉 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Three of the smartest people I know discussing the shape and impact of potential Medicaid cuts
▶️ Kody Kinsley
▶️ @larrylevitt.bsky.social
▶️ Katie Heidorn
🔉 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
March 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Here’s a must listen
Three of the smartest people I know discussing the shape and impact of potential Medicaid cuts
▶️ Kody Kinsley
▶️ @larrylevitt.bsky.social
▶️ Katie Heidorn
🔉 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Three of the smartest people I know discussing the shape and impact of potential Medicaid cuts
▶️ Kody Kinsley
▶️ @larrylevitt.bsky.social
▶️ Katie Heidorn
🔉 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
On a recent episode of The Other 80 Alexandra Drane shared a shocking stat
52% of sandwich generation caregivers have thought about suicide in the last 30 days
Listen to whole episode here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
If Medicaid is cut, that number will only increase
52% of sandwich generation caregivers have thought about suicide in the last 30 days
Listen to whole episode here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
If Medicaid is cut, that number will only increase
March 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On a recent episode of The Other 80 Alexandra Drane shared a shocking stat
52% of sandwich generation caregivers have thought about suicide in the last 30 days
Listen to whole episode here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
If Medicaid is cut, that number will only increase
52% of sandwich generation caregivers have thought about suicide in the last 30 days
Listen to whole episode here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
If Medicaid is cut, that number will only increase
Reposted by Claudia WIlliams
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
Reposted by Claudia WIlliams
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
👀 Who's funding paid sabbaticals?
🚀 What does the social sector gets wrong about power building?
🌟 Ready for a great TED Talk on social connection and happiness?
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🚀 What does the social sector gets wrong about power building?
🌟 Ready for a great TED Talk on social connection and happiness?
Sign up for The Other 80 Newsletter today and you'll get answers in your inbox tomorrow
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The Other 80
www.theother80.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
👀 Who's funding paid sabbaticals?
🚀 What does the social sector gets wrong about power building?
🌟 Ready for a great TED Talk on social connection and happiness?
Sign up for The Other 80 Newsletter today and you'll get answers in your inbox tomorrow
www.theother80.com
🚀 What does the social sector gets wrong about power building?
🌟 Ready for a great TED Talk on social connection and happiness?
Sign up for The Other 80 Newsletter today and you'll get answers in your inbox tomorrow
www.theother80.com
Happening today at 5pm ET virtual job fair where states and counties share open legal roles
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Feds’ loss is states’ gain
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Feds’ loss is states’ gain
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Civic Match Live - Legal Roles. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Civic Match by Work for America and Justice Connection are excited to partner to present a special one hour Civic Match Live highlighting legal roles in state and local governments. The event will run...
zoom.us
March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happening today at 5pm ET virtual job fair where states and counties share open legal roles
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Feds’ loss is states’ gain
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Feds’ loss is states’ gain
I have spent a blissful 30 minutes following all of the alt national parks accounts on Bluesky and now I’m going to go and find the alt government agencies and probably the Great Lakes and volcano accounts, which used to be my favorite part of Twitter. Please let me know if there’s anything else!
March 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Want more tools to protect our democracy?
Our good friend & Quaker activist @eileenflanagan.bsky.social is offering civil resistance training this Sunday and Monday in SF
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Our good friend & Quaker activist @eileenflanagan.bsky.social is offering civil resistance training this Sunday and Monday in SF
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March 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Want more tools to protect our democracy?
Our good friend & Quaker activist @eileenflanagan.bsky.social is offering civil resistance training this Sunday and Monday in SF
Sign up link in image
Our good friend & Quaker activist @eileenflanagan.bsky.social is offering civil resistance training this Sunday and Monday in SF
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Reposted by Claudia WIlliams
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
Keeping our history
Sharing our voice
Protecting our consumers
Helping the world
These are the core functions of democracy we are destroying with the shuttering (or attempted shuttering) of IMLS, VOA, CFPB, USAID
Sharing our voice
Protecting our consumers
Helping the world
These are the core functions of democracy we are destroying with the shuttering (or attempted shuttering) of IMLS, VOA, CFPB, USAID
March 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Keeping our history
Sharing our voice
Protecting our consumers
Helping the world
These are the core functions of democracy we are destroying with the shuttering (or attempted shuttering) of IMLS, VOA, CFPB, USAID
Sharing our voice
Protecting our consumers
Helping the world
These are the core functions of democracy we are destroying with the shuttering (or attempted shuttering) of IMLS, VOA, CFPB, USAID
Taking a walk with the kids?
You’re twice as likely to die today than you would have been in 2013
➡️ Listen to “car sick” to learn more about 🚘 and health from @davidzipper.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
You’re twice as likely to die today than you would have been in 2013
➡️ Listen to “car sick” to learn more about 🚘 and health from @davidzipper.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
March 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Taking a walk with the kids?
You’re twice as likely to die today than you would have been in 2013
➡️ Listen to “car sick” to learn more about 🚘 and health from @davidzipper.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
You’re twice as likely to die today than you would have been in 2013
➡️ Listen to “car sick” to learn more about 🚘 and health from @davidzipper.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...