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✍️Voter PSA! ✍️
On Nov 4th, across the country, there are 1000s of local elections. Early voting starts today in some places. From school board to mayor every one of these elections matters. This is how we take our country back
Got to your state "my voter" page (or equivalent) to find your elections
On Nov 4th, across the country, there are 1000s of local elections. Early voting starts today in some places. From school board to mayor every one of these elections matters. This is how we take our country back
Got to your state "my voter" page (or equivalent) to find your elections
October 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
✍️Voter PSA! ✍️
On Nov 4th, across the country, there are 1000s of local elections. Early voting starts today in some places. From school board to mayor every one of these elections matters. This is how we take our country back
Got to your state "my voter" page (or equivalent) to find your elections
On Nov 4th, across the country, there are 1000s of local elections. Early voting starts today in some places. From school board to mayor every one of these elections matters. This is how we take our country back
Got to your state "my voter" page (or equivalent) to find your elections
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We're collecting resources for furloughed CDC workers (and other feds!) on our new Shutdown Survival Guide page. Check it out (and let us know if we've missed something!) www.cdcresourceportal.org/resources/sh...
October 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
We're collecting resources for furloughed CDC workers (and other feds!) on our new Shutdown Survival Guide page. Check it out (and let us know if we've missed something!) www.cdcresourceportal.org/resources/sh...
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They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
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October 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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✨ EVERYONE age 6 months & up should get their flu shot ✨
Yes, even our healthy kids.
Recent MMWR: more kids died last year from flu than in any other non-pandemic season since 2004 (when first reportable)
Kids should NOT die from flu
#FightFlu #VaccinesWorks
🔗 #Altcomms bsky.app/profile/altc...
Yes, even our healthy kids.
Recent MMWR: more kids died last year from flu than in any other non-pandemic season since 2004 (when first reportable)
Kids should NOT die from flu
#FightFlu #VaccinesWorks
🔗 #Altcomms bsky.app/profile/altc...
October 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
✨ EVERYONE age 6 months & up should get their flu shot ✨
Yes, even our healthy kids.
Recent MMWR: more kids died last year from flu than in any other non-pandemic season since 2004 (when first reportable)
Kids should NOT die from flu
#FightFlu #VaccinesWorks
🔗 #Altcomms bsky.app/profile/altc...
Yes, even our healthy kids.
Recent MMWR: more kids died last year from flu than in any other non-pandemic season since 2004 (when first reportable)
Kids should NOT die from flu
#FightFlu #VaccinesWorks
🔗 #Altcomms bsky.app/profile/altc...
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Flu shot: not perfect but a hell of a lot better than the ICU. 💉
Vax efficacy depends on flu strain circulating.
’24-25 flu season - especially severe. Luckily 💉was 56% effective against getting flu.
🚨 W/ the vax, even when flu hits, it hits softer🚨
(i.e. less likely to be hospitalized/in ICU/die)
Vax efficacy depends on flu strain circulating.
’24-25 flu season - especially severe. Luckily 💉was 56% effective against getting flu.
🚨 W/ the vax, even when flu hits, it hits softer🚨
(i.e. less likely to be hospitalized/in ICU/die)
October 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Flu shot: not perfect but a hell of a lot better than the ICU. 💉
Vax efficacy depends on flu strain circulating.
’24-25 flu season - especially severe. Luckily 💉was 56% effective against getting flu.
🚨 W/ the vax, even when flu hits, it hits softer🚨
(i.e. less likely to be hospitalized/in ICU/die)
Vax efficacy depends on flu strain circulating.
’24-25 flu season - especially severe. Luckily 💉was 56% effective against getting flu.
🚨 W/ the vax, even when flu hits, it hits softer🚨
(i.e. less likely to be hospitalized/in ICU/die)
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It’s flu season! Get your shot today 💉
🔗 getmyflushot.org
💉💚💉
(Remember when “get your flu shot” came with great PSAs instead of conspiracy threads?)
🔗 getmyflushot.org
💉💚💉
(Remember when “get your flu shot” came with great PSAs instead of conspiracy threads?)
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It’s flu season! Get your shot today 💉
🔗 getmyflushot.org
💉💚💉
(Remember when “get your flu shot” came with great PSAs instead of conspiracy threads?)
🔗 getmyflushot.org
💉💚💉
(Remember when “get your flu shot” came with great PSAs instead of conspiracy threads?)
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Great article by a polio survivor. Salk declined to patent the polio vaccine, saying “it belongs to the people.”
"Physician-scientists are the artisans working through the night, arguing, racing, debating seemingly crazy ideas, all the while taking on complex questions to find a cure to benefit all of humankind. Vaccines are manmade miracles among us." www.thebulwark.com/p/polio-vacc...
The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It
As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.
www.thebulwark.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Great article by a polio survivor. Salk declined to patent the polio vaccine, saying “it belongs to the people.”
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Today is the 97th anniversary of penicillin's discovery!
Many know the story of Fleming's serendipitous find. But fewer know that the antibiotic-producing mold drifted in from a nearby lab where it was being studied during an unusually cool period that allowed it to grow.
apnews.com/today-in-his...
Many know the story of Fleming's serendipitous find. But fewer know that the antibiotic-producing mold drifted in from a nearby lab where it was being studied during an unusually cool period that allowed it to grow.
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Today in History: September 28, Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1924: First round-the-world flight 2020: Global COVID death toll reaches 1 million 2022: Hurricane Ian strikes Florida
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September 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today is the 97th anniversary of penicillin's discovery!
Many know the story of Fleming's serendipitous find. But fewer know that the antibiotic-producing mold drifted in from a nearby lab where it was being studied during an unusually cool period that allowed it to grow.
apnews.com/today-in-his...
Many know the story of Fleming's serendipitous find. But fewer know that the antibiotic-producing mold drifted in from a nearby lab where it was being studied during an unusually cool period that allowed it to grow.
apnews.com/today-in-his...
Fevers pose proven risks to a fetus are linked to cleft lip/palate, spina bifida, congenital heart defects.Conditions people use it to treat during pregnancy are more dangerous than any theoretical risks &can create severe morbidity & mortality for the mom/fetus.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
September 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Fevers pose proven risks to a fetus are linked to cleft lip/palate, spina bifida, congenital heart defects.Conditions people use it to treat during pregnancy are more dangerous than any theoretical risks &can create severe morbidity & mortality for the mom/fetus.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gift article on risks of fevers during pregnancy.
I question if denying pain relief is part of the goal to inflict suffering during pregnancy, which is difficult and dangerous enough already.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
I question if denying pain relief is part of the goal to inflict suffering during pregnancy, which is difficult and dangerous enough already.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
September 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Gift article on risks of fevers during pregnancy.
I question if denying pain relief is part of the goal to inflict suffering during pregnancy, which is difficult and dangerous enough already.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
I question if denying pain relief is part of the goal to inflict suffering during pregnancy, which is difficult and dangerous enough already.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
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We are going to see a lot of this. Today's medical system is propped up on the idea of earning the most money possible, and the end result is coming - either hospitals go broke on catastrophic care that can't be repaid or people die. And if people die there is no one to pay any of the bills anyway.
it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We are going to see a lot of this. Today's medical system is propped up on the idea of earning the most money possible, and the end result is coming - either hospitals go broke on catastrophic care that can't be repaid or people die. And if people die there is no one to pay any of the bills anyway.
This is exhausting. Gift article on food born illness monitoring. I already stopped buying lunch meat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...
September 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This is exhausting. Gift article on food born illness monitoring. I already stopped buying lunch meat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...
Opinion | Kennedy Said He Wouldn’t Take Away Vaccines. This Week Will Be the Test.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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WATCH: “Americans, you’re getting shafted.”
@drmichaelsays.bsky.social on the obscene medication costs in 🇺🇸 vs. the rest of the world. Our system is broken. #MedicareForAll
@drmichaelsays.bsky.social on the obscene medication costs in 🇺🇸 vs. the rest of the world. Our system is broken. #MedicareForAll
September 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
WATCH: “Americans, you’re getting shafted.”
@drmichaelsays.bsky.social on the obscene medication costs in 🇺🇸 vs. the rest of the world. Our system is broken. #MedicareForAll
@drmichaelsays.bsky.social on the obscene medication costs in 🇺🇸 vs. the rest of the world. Our system is broken. #MedicareForAll
A Defiant Kennedy Defends Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake-Up
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I don't agree with everything from AAP (specifically on circumcision, which I think is wrong and they frame as a personal choice), but vaccines save lives. What's happening in Florida should scare everyone. Diseases don't respect our borders.
If a parent you know is confused by crazy statements coming out of Florida or from RFK Jr. seek advice from your pediatrician. Also, this is a trusted website from the American Academy of Pediatrics
www.healthychildren.org/English/Page...
www.healthychildren.org/English/Page...
HealthyChildren.org - From the American Academy of Pediatrics
HealthyChildren.org - Powered by pediatricians. Trusted by parents.
www.healthychildren.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I don't agree with everything from AAP (specifically on circumcision, which I think is wrong and they frame as a personal choice), but vaccines save lives. What's happening in Florida should scare everyone. Diseases don't respect our borders.
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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The sources of the NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak turn out to be two city-run facilities: Harlem Hospital and a construction site for a public health laboratory.
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2 city buildings were origin of this summer’s NYC Legionnaires' outbreak
A NYC Health and Hospitals building and a Harlem construction site contained Legionella bacteria that started an outbreak that killed seven people, genetic testing showed.
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August 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The sources of the NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak turn out to be two city-run facilities: Harlem Hospital and a construction site for a public health laboratory.
gothamist.com/news/2-city-...
gothamist.com/news/2-city-...
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🚩What they are doing is RUINING our medical institutions by withholding appropriated funds & awarded grants. This funding is ESSENTIAL for the people's well-being!
🚩UAB lost $24.5 million in approved grant funding
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🚩UAB lost $24.5 million in approved grant funding
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@al.com
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August 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
🚩What they are doing is RUINING our medical institutions by withholding appropriated funds & awarded grants. This funding is ESSENTIAL for the people's well-being!
🚩UAB lost $24.5 million in approved grant funding
@nonathreetimes.bsky.social
@al.com
💠 www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
🚩UAB lost $24.5 million in approved grant funding
@nonathreetimes.bsky.social
@al.com
💠 www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...