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Dr. Becky Smullin Dawson
@dr-beckydawson.bsky.social
epidemiologist, public health leader, teacher, researcher, author, health communicator, mom, wife, & yogi

📍Meadville, PA

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@dr-beckydawson.bsky.social, an epidemiologist, said another red flag in the study is that it didn't measure confounders typically assessed in a cancer study, such as family and screening history.

In addition, there was "only 1 year of follow-up for a cancer study, which is bonkers," she said.
October 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🛑 With the CDC offline during the shutdown, real-time public health surveillance data is limited.

That’s why we launched The Spread Sheet — a weekly blog tracking COVID, flu, and RSV trends using state-reported data.

📊 Read & subscribe: beckydawson.substack.com/p/the-diseas...
The (disease) Spread Sheet
October 10, 2025
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October 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Not only are we having trouble accessing PubMed but the State Cancer Profiles data is inaccessible (from cancer.gov).

This is the error I’m getting.
March 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
RFK Jr has been confirmed as the new Secretary of HHS

I'm taking a beat from Taylor Swift & reminding myself that I can (and must) continue this work -- even with a broken heart.

🎶 "I can do it with a broken heart"

🔗https://beckydawson.substack.com/p/i-can-do-it-with-a-broken-heart
February 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Sharing the health news of the week because --

1️⃣when it comes to health, there is no 'them' only 'us'
2️⃣I'm holding onto the idea that there is some good in the world & it is worth for -- my health and yours are worth fighting for.

🔗 beckydawson.substack.com/p/that-there...
"That there’s some good in the world. And it’s worth fighting for."
Three Things Thursday
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February 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
CDC websites are down & data are gone + CDC researchers are being silenced --

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You Can Hear It In The Silence
CDC websites & data are gone + researchers are being silenced
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February 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It is not just one (or three) news stories this week. There are 1000...

To quote Taylor Swift 🫶🏻 --

"'Cause I can't pretend it's ok when it's not
It's death by 1000 cuts."

Read more in this week's Three Things Thursday --

🔗 beckydawson.substack.com/p/death-by-a...
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Three Things Thursday
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January 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Today's Senate confirmation hearing will likely be full of misinformation and statements without scientific backing. Before it begins, please know one thing --

💡 There is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that vaccines cause autism.

🔗 beckydawson.substack.com/p/vaccine-sa...
Vaccine Safety
To be clear -- Vaccines do NOT cause autism
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January 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It’s not every morning that you wake up and have your research covered by @whyy (@npr and @pbs in Philadelphia).

🥂

🔗 whyy.org/articles/pen...

Now that we know the health benefits, we need to get to work to build local public health capacity.

#publichealth #locapublichealth
Pa. counties with their own health departments see benefits, new research shows
Most counties in Pennsylvania don’t have their own health departments. A study shows that matters for residents.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
There has been enough news for a lifetime in the past four days.

Read what’s at the forefront of my thoughts and the three stories I’m focusing on this week as an epidemiologist.

🔗 beckydawson.substack.com/p/four-days-...
Four Days. Four Years Worth of News
Three Things Thursday
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January 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM