Defend Public Health
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
An organization of thousands of public health professionals dedicated to defending evidence-based public health.
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
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Not sure who came up with this "not so brilliant", pretty much awful idea. Nurses are already leaving in the nursing profession in droves. Guaranteed this will make it much worse.
Thx @drjudystone.bsky.social who highlights why DOE is making a huge mistake.
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
Thx @drjudystone.bsky.social who highlights why DOE is making a huge mistake.
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What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter?
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more
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November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Not sure who came up with this "not so brilliant", pretty much awful idea. Nurses are already leaving in the nursing profession in droves. Guaranteed this will make it much worse.
Thx @drjudystone.bsky.social who highlights why DOE is making a huge mistake.
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
Thx @drjudystone.bsky.social who highlights why DOE is making a huge mistake.
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
@drjudystone.bsky.social on why DOE is making a huge mistake
What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter?
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@drjudystone.bsky.social on why DOE is making a huge mistake
After Marty Makary claimed, with no evidence, that COVID19 vaccines killed children, Defend Public Health published this report on the topic.
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Scientific evidence shows no link between COVID19 vaccines and child deaths | Defend Public Health
In response to claims by the Trump administration that COVID19 vaccines caused 25 pediatric deaths, Defend Public Health reviewed the scientific evidence from rigorous vaccine safety surveillance syst...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
After Marty Makary claimed, with no evidence, that COVID19 vaccines killed children, Defend Public Health published this report on the topic.
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Couldn’t agree more with my colleague @madhupai.bsky.social. And thanks for shout out to @defendpublichealth.bsky.social! @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @jonshaffer.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social
Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
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My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change,
political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the
altar of populism and authoritar...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Couldn’t agree more with my colleague @madhupai.bsky.social. And thanks for shout out to @defendpublichealth.bsky.social! @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @jonshaffer.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social
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Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change,
political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the
altar of populism and authoritar...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
This week’s Whopper of the Week we focus on RFK Jr.'s embrace of AIDS denialism- which parallels RFK's other anti-science beliefs.
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Has Plainly Stated His Belief in the Falsehoods of AIDS Denialism | Defend Public Health
In June 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told New York Magazine, "There are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS." This is blatantly false, contradicted by mountains of data and real-world ...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This week’s Whopper of the Week we focus on RFK Jr.'s embrace of AIDS denialism- which parallels RFK's other anti-science beliefs.
A detailed run through of literature and claims concerning vaccines and autism. Long story shot: vaccines do not cause autism.
No, Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism—Here’s the Proof Parents Need to See
Countless studies have shown no link between vaccines and an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder. But some parents still hold onto that belief.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A detailed run through of literature and claims concerning vaccines and autism. Long story shot: vaccines do not cause autism.
It’s time. RFK Jr. must go. Learn why from @gregggonsalves.bsky.social 👇 www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
www.thenation.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s time. RFK Jr. must go. Learn why from @gregggonsalves.bsky.social 👇 www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Defend Public Health - Michigan in the local news!!
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Group 'Defend Public Health' pleading to Whitmer
YouTube video by WLNS 6 News
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November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Defend Public Health - Michigan in the local news!!
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Facts. He’s a danger to this nation. There aren’t reforms that can fix what he has done. What’s been undone will take possibly decades to repair. He must go. Thank you @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
www.thenation.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Facts. He’s a danger to this nation. There aren’t reforms that can fix what he has done. What’s been undone will take possibly decades to repair. He must go. Thank you @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
For this week’s Whopper of the Week, we have a look at RFK Jr.’s appointees to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and their ties to the anti-vaccine movement.
You can read it below.
You can read it below.
Whopper of the Week: Kennedy's “Unbiased” Vaccine Panel is actually packed with Anti-vaxxers | Defend Public Health
ACIP will meet in December and is considering some major changes to childhood vaccines. In June Secretary Kennedy fired the panel of experts and installed a group of vaccine cynics. To justify this ch...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
For this week’s Whopper of the Week, we have a look at RFK Jr.’s appointees to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and their ties to the anti-vaccine movement.
You can read it below.
You can read it below.
"The reality is that federal agencies under this current administration are brandishing this 'gold standard science' as a cudgel, to make data, people, and problems disappear."
Challenging The Administration’s Weaponized And Lethal “Gold Standard Science” | Health Affairs Forefront
The real gold standard for science, and academic freedom, requires upholding scientific work that investigates who and what is responsible for creating conditions in which only a select few, rather th...
www.healthaffairs.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"The reality is that federal agencies under this current administration are brandishing this 'gold standard science' as a cudgel, to make data, people, and problems disappear."
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As we wrote in our IHAT report for @defendpublichealth.bsky.social the solution is not privileged men screaming at us to “exercise!”, and “eat better!”.
Improving access to physical activity and healthy foods requires commitment to infrastructural changes, including by the government.
Improving access to physical activity and healthy foods requires commitment to infrastructural changes, including by the government.
Improving the Health of Americans Together: An evidence-based framework for addressing the root causes of illness in the U.S | Defend Public Health
As an alternative to HHS Sec. Kennedy's flawed, dishonest "MAHA Report," Defend Public Health offers some key policies to truly improve Americans’ health. While certainly not exhaustive, our report ou...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As we wrote in our IHAT report for @defendpublichealth.bsky.social the solution is not privileged men screaming at us to “exercise!”, and “eat better!”.
Improving access to physical activity and healthy foods requires commitment to infrastructural changes, including by the government.
Improving access to physical activity and healthy foods requires commitment to infrastructural changes, including by the government.
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This is super easy
Please join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and send a letter to YOUR US Representative NOW to please VOTE NO on the CR.
It is a click and send so takes less that a minute.
Let's flood every office!
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Please join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and send a letter to YOUR US Representative NOW to please VOTE NO on the CR.
It is a click and send so takes less that a minute.
Let's flood every office!
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House Democrats "Grow a Spine" Challenge
Late Sunday night enough Senate Democrats agreed to a deal with Senate Republicans to reopen the government. This deal did not address the major concerns Defend Public Health has been advocating about...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is super easy
Please join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and send a letter to YOUR US Representative NOW to please VOTE NO on the CR.
It is a click and send so takes less that a minute.
Let's flood every office!
actionnetwork.org/letters/hous...
Please join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and send a letter to YOUR US Representative NOW to please VOTE NO on the CR.
It is a click and send so takes less that a minute.
Let's flood every office!
actionnetwork.org/letters/hous...
THIS WEEK'S WHOPPER:
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SAYS HE GETS FAN-MAIL FROM DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, THE LETTERS SENT TO CONGRESS ACTUALLY ASK FOR HIS RESIGNATION
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ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SAYS HE GETS FAN-MAIL FROM DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, THE LETTERS SENT TO CONGRESS ACTUALLY ASK FOR HIS RESIGNATION
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Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. says he gets fan mail from scientists and doctors, the letters sent to Congress actually ask for his resignation | Defend Public Health
Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
THIS WEEK'S WHOPPER:
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SAYS HE GETS FAN-MAIL FROM DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, THE LETTERS SENT TO CONGRESS ACTUALLY ASK FOR HIS RESIGNATION
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SAYS HE GETS FAN-MAIL FROM DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, THE LETTERS SENT TO CONGRESS ACTUALLY ASK FOR HIS RESIGNATION
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
For this week’s Whopper of the Week, we consider RFK Jr.’s claim that he gets a lot of fan mail.
You can have a read here:
You can have a read here:
Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. says he gets fan mail from scientists and doctors, the letters sent to Congress actually ask for his resignation | Defend Public Health
Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For this week’s Whopper of the Week, we consider RFK Jr.’s claim that he gets a lot of fan mail.
You can have a read here:
You can have a read here:
Enjoy this piece by @gregggonsalves.bsky.social that was a speech he gave at this years APHA!
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.
It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Enjoy this piece by @gregggonsalves.bsky.social that was a speech he gave at this years APHA!
Defend Public Health is hiring an Organizing Director (full time), and Organizing and Operations managers (part time). Apply!
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November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Defend Public Health is hiring an Organizing Director (full time), and Organizing and Operations managers (part time). Apply!
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Defend Public Health is hiring an Organizing Director (full time), and Organizing and Operations managers (part time).
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Jobs at Defend Public Health | Defend Public Health
See the paid positions we have open to build the Defend Public Health movement.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Defend Public Health is hiring an Organizing Director (full time), and Organizing and Operations managers (part time).
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It’s Wednesday so it’s time for the Whipper of the week: RFK Jr. Wants to Remove Aluminum from Vaccines and Endanger Americans' Health
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Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants to Remove Aluminum from Vaccines and Endanger Americans' Health | Defend Public Health
Aluminum, found naturally in many foods, is sometimes added as a salt in tiny quantities to vaccines as an immune booster. For years, Robert F. Kennedy has said that aluminum-containing vaccines cause...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It’s Wednesday so it’s time for the Whipper of the week: RFK Jr. Wants to Remove Aluminum from Vaccines and Endanger Americans' Health
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Today at 4:00 PM on the National Mall in Washington DC, the March for Health and Science is taking place.
If you’re in the area, we’d be grateful if you joined to support healthcare workers and scientists during this unprecedented attack by the Republican Party.
If you’re in the area, we’d be grateful if you joined to support healthcare workers and scientists during this unprecedented attack by the Republican Party.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today at 4:00 PM on the National Mall in Washington DC, the March for Health and Science is taking place.
If you’re in the area, we’d be grateful if you joined to support healthcare workers and scientists during this unprecedented attack by the Republican Party.
If you’re in the area, we’d be grateful if you joined to support healthcare workers and scientists during this unprecedented attack by the Republican Party.
Why ALL HCWs should be vaccinated against Covid--by @drjudystone.bsky.social and Dr. Judith Feinberg. www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/c...
Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid
The vaccination status of health care workers under 65 has profound implications for millions of Americans.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Why ALL HCWs should be vaccinated against Covid--by @drjudystone.bsky.social and Dr. Judith Feinberg. www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/c...
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🗣 NY We need your voice @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is calling on Hochul to act now & protect vaccine access. A gap means some ppl may not get care they need. Access should not depend on zip code. Our community’s health is stronger when everyone is included.
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Tell Governor Hochul: Act Now to Protect Vaccine Access for All New Yorkers
Governor Hochul has taken an important step by extending Executive Order 52 for another 30 days, allowing pharmacists to keep administering COVID-19 vaccines until November 5. But that 30-day extensio...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🗣 NY We need your voice @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is calling on Hochul to act now & protect vaccine access. A gap means some ppl may not get care they need. Access should not depend on zip code. Our community’s health is stronger when everyone is included.
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We are urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Casey Means as U.S. Surgeon General. Means is a “health influencer” without discernible qualifications to be Surgeon General & who seems to make most of her living peddling unproven products
Senate Must Reject Casey Means as Surgeon General, Defend Public Health Says | Defend Public Health
With her confirmation hearing scheduled for this morning, Defend Public Health is urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Casey Means as U.S. Surgeon General. Means is a “health influencer” with...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We are urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Casey Means as U.S. Surgeon General. Means is a “health influencer” without discernible qualifications to be Surgeon General & who seems to make most of her living peddling unproven products