Epi Mom, MPH
@epi-mom.bsky.social
Mom | Wife | Dog Mom | Epidemiologist | Microbiologist | Biostats | Diversity 💙🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️| Travel | Views are my own | she/her 🦋
“We build bridges not walls.”
“We build bridges not walls.”
Pinned
Epi Mom, MPH
@epi-mom.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Hello, World! I’m an infectious disease epidemiologist, infection preventionist, mom, and lover of evidence-based science. My experience has included pharmaceutical manufacturing & quality control, environmental remediation, infection prevention, vaccine data analysis, and health informatics. (1/2).
Anchorage Alaska 4/19/25
Est 4,000+ people showed up today at Town park Square today
Est 4,000+ people showed up today at Town park Square today
April 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Anchorage Alaska 4/19/25
Est 4,000+ people showed up today at Town park Square today
Est 4,000+ people showed up today at Town park Square today
Hi, Infectious disease epidemiologist here 👋
The ONLY way to prevent measles is with the measles vaccine.
• Vit A DOES NOT prevent measles.
• Vit A DOES NOT prevent long-term complications like hearing loss or subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, which measles can cause.
The ONLY way to prevent measles is with the measles vaccine.
• Vit A DOES NOT prevent measles.
• Vit A DOES NOT prevent long-term complications like hearing loss or subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, which measles can cause.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hi, Infectious disease epidemiologist here 👋
The ONLY way to prevent measles is with the measles vaccine.
• Vit A DOES NOT prevent measles.
• Vit A DOES NOT prevent long-term complications like hearing loss or subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, which measles can cause.
The ONLY way to prevent measles is with the measles vaccine.
• Vit A DOES NOT prevent measles.
• Vit A DOES NOT prevent long-term complications like hearing loss or subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, which measles can cause.
There’s a peaceful luncheon tomorrow nationwide at noon to show your support for NPS employees.
Remember to be safe: tinyurl.com/4cb9va8r
Find your location here: tinyurl.com/48hruufh
Remember to be safe: tinyurl.com/4cb9va8r
Find your location here: tinyurl.com/48hruufh
March 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
There’s a peaceful luncheon tomorrow nationwide at noon to show your support for NPS employees.
Remember to be safe: tinyurl.com/4cb9va8r
Find your location here: tinyurl.com/48hruufh
Remember to be safe: tinyurl.com/4cb9va8r
Find your location here: tinyurl.com/48hruufh
Please vaccinate yourself and your kids. This disease is terrible and it’s completely preventable.
Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.
As the Texas outbreak grows, how contagious is measles, really?
Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Please vaccinate yourself and your kids. This disease is terrible and it’s completely preventable.
Reposted by Epi Mom, MPH
In 2022, AK had the highest rate of new TB cases in the entire US, at 13.1 per 100k population – almost double the next highest figure, Hawaii’s 7 per 100k & nearly 3x higher than Cali, who is third at 4.7 per 100k. In some rural areas, however, the incidence rate can be as high as 135 per 100k.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
In 2022, AK had the highest rate of new TB cases in the entire US, at 13.1 per 100k population – almost double the next highest figure, Hawaii’s 7 per 100k & nearly 3x higher than Cali, who is third at 4.7 per 100k. In some rural areas, however, the incidence rate can be as high as 135 per 100k.
What happens when you cancel the meeting? Does this mean they won’t select the next strain for the vaccine for this coming fall? Anyone work at Sanofi Aventis have any ideas?! #vaccinessavelives
February 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
What happens when you cancel the meeting? Does this mean they won’t select the next strain for the vaccine for this coming fall? Anyone work at Sanofi Aventis have any ideas?! #vaccinessavelives
Lots of us in public health right now are dealing with canceled CDC meetings. #publichealthmatters
Hopefully all recommended vaccines continue to be available in U.S. I cannot stress enough the importance of finding a pediatrician or primary care doc who believes in science & who you trust with your health to provide guidance on vaccines for you & your children.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
An HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled.
www.nbcnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Lots of us in public health right now are dealing with canceled CDC meetings. #publichealthmatters
Found in the wild.
Zoom in.
Zoom in.
February 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Found in the wild.
Zoom in.
Zoom in.
Reposted by Epi Mom, MPH
COLLINS: You are a coequal branch of government
BERNIE SANDERS: Are we?! I kinda thought so, but you'll have to explain that to the president
BERNIE SANDERS: Are we?! I kinda thought so, but you'll have to explain that to the president
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
COLLINS: You are a coequal branch of government
BERNIE SANDERS: Are we?! I kinda thought so, but you'll have to explain that to the president
BERNIE SANDERS: Are we?! I kinda thought so, but you'll have to explain that to the president
Been in a funk all day— had a dream last night that @petebuttigieg.bsky.social told me to put my resume in the trash can. I’ve never met him. I’m sure he’d never say that to anyone. I unpacked that dream as the stress of CDC grant cuts and looming unemployment. But, why was the messenger Pete? 😂
a woman is saying it 's a nightmare while looking at the camera .
ALT: a woman is saying it 's a nightmare while looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Been in a funk all day— had a dream last night that @petebuttigieg.bsky.social told me to put my resume in the trash can. I’ve never met him. I’m sure he’d never say that to anyone. I unpacked that dream as the stress of CDC grant cuts and looming unemployment. But, why was the messenger Pete? 😂
To all my friends who lost their jobs today, big hugs. I’m thinking about doing a get together to talk about resume writing and future career paths. If you’re interested, let me know. When a door closes, another opens. Let’s build community.
a drawing of a person with a heart and the words sending virtual hug loading hug sent
ALT: a drawing of a person with a heart and the words sending virtual hug loading hug sent
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
To all my friends who lost their jobs today, big hugs. I’m thinking about doing a get together to talk about resume writing and future career paths. If you’re interested, let me know. When a door closes, another opens. Let’s build community.
Reposted by Epi Mom, MPH
Three dairy veterinarians, including one who worked only in states with no known bird flu outbreaks in cows, had recent, undetected bird flu infections, according to a new study from the CDC.
C.D.C. Study Finds Silent Bird Flu Infections in Dairy Veterinarians
The vets had no symptoms, and one worked only in states where no dairy infections had been reported.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Three dairy veterinarians, including one who worked only in states with no known bird flu outbreaks in cows, had recent, undetected bird flu infections, according to a new study from the CDC.
Reposted by Epi Mom, MPH
In 2024, NIH granted more than $900 million in research grants to schools and other institutions in Missouri to research neurological disorders, infectious diseases and countless other pursuits. www.stlpr.org/health-scien...
Federal cuts to research grants could be ‘devastating’ for Missouri schools
The proposed cap on grants is part of a raft of sweeping federal cost-cutting measures put in place by the Trump administration.
www.stlpr.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In 2024, NIH granted more than $900 million in research grants to schools and other institutions in Missouri to research neurological disorders, infectious diseases and countless other pursuits. www.stlpr.org/health-scien...
Reposted by Epi Mom, MPH
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Donate to causes today who are doing good things in the world.
February 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Donate to causes today who are doing good things in the world.
Reposted by Epi Mom, MPH
We have a growing bench of Alaskan attorneys & adjacent pros on call to act as a “legal ER” for immediate problems that arise in the context of this “situation.” We anticipate overflow from civil rights & immigration groups & I will be trying to triage problems & match them with problem solvers.
February 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We have a growing bench of Alaskan attorneys & adjacent pros on call to act as a “legal ER” for immediate problems that arise in the context of this “situation.” We anticipate overflow from civil rights & immigration groups & I will be trying to triage problems & match them with problem solvers.
Hillary 2 Duffy 0
Reality TV actor Sean Duffy’s last 3 tweets as Secretary of Transportation are:
-fighting with Hillary Clinton
-more fighting with Hillary Clinton
-lamenting the third(!) airline crash that's occurred since he was sworn in
-fighting with Hillary Clinton
-more fighting with Hillary Clinton
-lamenting the third(!) airline crash that's occurred since he was sworn in
February 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Hillary 2 Duffy 0
Cat owners: I would be cautious about letting them outside.
Also Friday Safety Briefing: reminder to not touch dead wild animals, including bids.
Note: Highly likely it’s not the CDC driving the silencing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Also Friday Safety Briefing: reminder to not touch dead wild animals, including bids.
Note: Highly likely it’s not the CDC driving the silencing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
February 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Cat owners: I would be cautious about letting them outside.
Also Friday Safety Briefing: reminder to not touch dead wild animals, including bids.
Note: Highly likely it’s not the CDC driving the silencing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Also Friday Safety Briefing: reminder to not touch dead wild animals, including bids.
Note: Highly likely it’s not the CDC driving the silencing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
2/7/25: Anyone else getting OPM email notifications for considerations for CDC positions you applied to years ago?
February 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
2/7/25: Anyone else getting OPM email notifications for considerations for CDC positions you applied to years ago?
The discovery of the D1.1 bird flu strain's spread in cows also upends previous theories floated by U.S. health and agriculture officials that the spillover of the virus into cows from wild birds was a rare, one-off event.
D1.1 symptoms are severe, linked to a human fatal case in Louisiana (2024)
D1.1 symptoms are severe, linked to a human fatal case in Louisiana (2024)
Cows infected by lethal bird flu strain never before seen in the animal showing respiratory symptoms, Nevada says
The strain, called D1.1, was behind a human death from bird flu last year.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The discovery of the D1.1 bird flu strain's spread in cows also upends previous theories floated by U.S. health and agriculture officials that the spillover of the virus into cows from wild birds was a rare, one-off event.
D1.1 symptoms are severe, linked to a human fatal case in Louisiana (2024)
D1.1 symptoms are severe, linked to a human fatal case in Louisiana (2024)
Terrible news. Thank you for your service. We still don’t have any information coming out publicly since the information freeze.
The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
February 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Terrible news. Thank you for your service. We still don’t have any information coming out publicly since the information freeze.
Yep.
Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”
February 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Yep.
I wish I went to grad school in Christchurch back in 2021.
February 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I wish I went to grad school in Christchurch back in 2021.
No sitting President has ever gone. Security will be a nightmare. What’s this costing taxpayers? Also👇 raise money for good causes
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
No sitting President has ever gone. Security will be a nightmare. What’s this costing taxpayers? Also👇 raise money for good causes