Jill Rosenthal
@jillrose.bsky.social
Director of Public Health Policy at Center for American Progress, lover of everything outside in Maine, | opinions are mine
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ICYMI: A House vote on the extension of the enhanced premium tax credits is coming in January—but preventing 2026 premium spikes will ultimately depend on Senate action. Learn more: www.americanprogressaction.org/article/prev...
Preventing Premiums From Spiking in 2026 Now Depends on the Senate
Without Senate action, families will see Affordable Care Act marketplace premiums spike by thousands of dollars.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ICYMI: A House vote on the extension of the enhanced premium tax credits is coming in January—but preventing 2026 premium spikes will ultimately depend on Senate action. Learn more: www.americanprogressaction.org/article/prev...
Fossil-fueled climate change increases the intensity of floods, worsening the impacts on public health, the economy, and communities. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How Climate Change Is Fueling More Deadly and Destructive Floods
Fossil-fueled climate change increases the intensity of floods, worsening the impacts on public health, the economy, and communities.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Fossil-fueled climate change increases the intensity of floods, worsening the impacts on public health, the economy, and communities. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
The burden to protect and preserve access to lifesaving vaccines increasingly falls on states. States action can preserve vaccine access and protect individuals and communities from life-threatening diseases. www.americanprogress.org/article/6-wa...
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The burden to protect and preserve access to lifesaving vaccines increasingly falls on states. States action can preserve vaccine access and protect individuals and communities from life-threatening diseases. www.americanprogress.org/article/6-wa...
Sara Rosenbaum & Richard Hughes IV argue that ACIP's actions violate the Administrative Procedure Act and Congress can and must take action. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Should Congress Intervene in the Newborn Hep B Vaccine Controversy?
Our legislators must prepare to push back against this public health travesty
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December 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sara Rosenbaum & Richard Hughes IV argue that ACIP's actions violate the Administrative Procedure Act and Congress can and must take action. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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In response to Brown University shooting Trump says "things can happen"
Disgusting. He's directing the DOJ to undo gun regulations, making these tragedies more likely to occur.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Disgusting. He's directing the DOJ to undo gun regulations, making these tragedies more likely to occur.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump’s DOJ Prioritizes Gun Lobby Profits Over Reducing Violent Crime
The Trump administration is undermining public safety by failing to enforce gun laws and reversing popular reforms.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In response to Brown University shooting Trump says "things can happen"
Disgusting. He's directing the DOJ to undo gun regulations, making these tragedies more likely to occur.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Disgusting. He's directing the DOJ to undo gun regulations, making these tragedies more likely to occur.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
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The chemical industry wanted weaker cancer risk assessments for chemicals. EPA Administrator Zeldin and the chemical industry insiders he installed at EPA delivered, nearly doubling the amount of formaldehyde, a cancer-causing gas, considered safe to breathe! www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The chemical industry wanted weaker cancer risk assessments for chemicals. EPA Administrator Zeldin and the chemical industry insiders he installed at EPA delivered, nearly doubling the amount of formaldehyde, a cancer-causing gas, considered safe to breathe! www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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During his campaign, Trump promised oil executives that he'd dismantle climate change policies in exchange for $1B in campaign financing. Now EPA is canceling lifesaving pollution limits and scrubbing mentions of human-caused climate change from its website: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The EPA is wiping mention of human-caused climate change from its website
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
During his campaign, Trump promised oil executives that he'd dismantle climate change policies in exchange for $1B in campaign financing. Now EPA is canceling lifesaving pollution limits and scrubbing mentions of human-caused climate change from its website: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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On Deadline D.C. with @bradbannon.bsky.social, CAP's @nzmurphy.bsky.social explains the urgent need to extend the ACA's enhanced tax credits: "We right now are staring down the cliff of pretty much a premium affordability crisis."
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On Deadline D.C. with @bradbannon.bsky.social, CAP's @nzmurphy.bsky.social explains the urgent need to extend the ACA's enhanced tax credits: "We right now are staring down the cliff of pretty much a premium affordability crisis."
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MAHA advocates and everyday Americans are urging President Trump to fire EPA head Lee Zeldin for rolling back "important safeguards designed to protect families" from toxic substances and chemicals and threatening "the health, safety, & future of our nation." www.change.org/p/petition-t...
Sign the Petition
Petition to Remove EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin
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December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
MAHA advocates and everyday Americans are urging President Trump to fire EPA head Lee Zeldin for rolling back "important safeguards designed to protect families" from toxic substances and chemicals and threatening "the health, safety, & future of our nation." www.change.org/p/petition-t...
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Senate Republicans’ alternative to extending the ACA's enhanced premium tax credits is not a real health care plan. They will shift more financial risk onto families and undermine marketplace stability. New from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/sena...
Senate Republicans’ HSA Plan Can’t Replace the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits
The Senate Republican response to the looming expiration of the ACA’s enhanced tax credits is a patchwork of policies that will shift costs onto patients and weaken insurance markets.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Senate Republicans’ alternative to extending the ACA's enhanced premium tax credits is not a real health care plan. They will shift more financial risk onto families and undermine marketplace stability. New from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/sena...
Following ACIP's decision to end the HepB vaccine recommendation for all newborns, limiting protection for children from preventable disease, Trump ordered top health officials to review all U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations. A frightening day for children’s health www.axios.com/2025/12/06/t...
Trump orders overhaul of U.S. vaccine schedules
Trump's order suggests he's not trying to distance himself from RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda — at least for now.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Following ACIP's decision to end the HepB vaccine recommendation for all newborns, limiting protection for children from preventable disease, Trump ordered top health officials to review all U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations. A frightening day for children’s health www.axios.com/2025/12/06/t...
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The incredible @drjudystone.bsky.social has a new piece out on what parents should make of Temu ACIP’s new HepB vaccine recommendations.
Hepatitis B Birth Dose: What Parents Should Know About New Guidelines
As an infectious disease doctor and mother, these are my recommendations for how parents might think about the new CDC advisory committee Hepatitis B vaccine guidelines.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The incredible @drjudystone.bsky.social has a new piece out on what parents should make of Temu ACIP’s new HepB vaccine recommendations.
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Today is a dark day for children's health—RFK Jr.'s hand-picked CDC committee did this.
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today is a dark day for children's health—RFK Jr.'s hand-picked CDC committee did this.
CAP's statement in response to ACIP's dangerous and unconscionable vote to end recommendations for HepB vaccines for newborns, reversing efforts to protect them from the risk of infection, illness, and death. www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
CAP's statement in response to ACIP's dangerous and unconscionable vote to end recommendations for HepB vaccines for newborns, reversing efforts to protect them from the risk of infection, illness, and death. www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
The process was riddled with inaccuracies, falsehoods, and confusion. The outcome threatens babies and reverses decades of progress in preventing hepatitis B infection, illness, and death. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The process was riddled with inaccuracies, falsehoods, and confusion. The outcome threatens babies and reverses decades of progress in preventing hepatitis B infection, illness, and death. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
This is a frightening day for children’s health. Despite no evidence of vaccine harm, and overwhelming evidence that the birth dose of HepB strongly protects against risk of infection, liver disease & cancer and death, the committee arrived at its preconceived and politically motivated conclusions.
Summary of what happened at Temu ACIP this morning:
As expected, they overturned the 30+ year recommendation for the birth dose of HepB vaccine, which has reduced the incidence of pediatric HepB by 99%.
They provided no credible evidence to support this decision.
As expected, they overturned the 30+ year recommendation for the birth dose of HepB vaccine, which has reduced the incidence of pediatric HepB by 99%.
They provided no credible evidence to support this decision.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is a frightening day for children’s health. Despite no evidence of vaccine harm, and overwhelming evidence that the birth dose of HepB strongly protects against risk of infection, liver disease & cancer and death, the committee arrived at its preconceived and politically motivated conclusions.
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Its always good to see charity, but this donation to children will be much less impactful than it could be 🧵
The problem lies in the faulty design of “Trump Accounts”
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The problem lies in the faulty design of “Trump Accounts”
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Michael and Susan Dell are donating $6.25 billion to fund "Trump Accounts" for 25 million U.S. children. The gift would put $250 into each eligible child's account. n.pr/4rzXG3L
Michael and Susan Dell commit $6.25 billion for investment accounts for kids
Michael and Susan Dell are donating $6.25 billion to fund "Trump Accounts" for 25 million U.S. children. The gift would put $250 into each eligible child's account.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Its always good to see charity, but this donation to children will be much less impactful than it could be 🧵
The problem lies in the faulty design of “Trump Accounts”
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The problem lies in the faulty design of “Trump Accounts”
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"I think this president thinks we have the world's largest economy ever because of real estate investors. It's not—it's because of science."
Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.
Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"I think this president thinks we have the world's largest economy ever because of real estate investors. It's not—it's because of science."
Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.
Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.
ACIP cannot answer why they are reconsidering the HepB vaccine when the preponderance of evidence shows it is safe and effective. Their response: "we need to be humble about what we know." This is how they'll make decisions that will increase preventable disease & affect infant health in the U.S.?
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
ACIP cannot answer why they are reconsidering the HepB vaccine when the preponderance of evidence shows it is safe and effective. Their response: "we need to be humble about what we know." This is how they'll make decisions that will increase preventable disease & affect infant health in the U.S.?
Scientists and experts are pushing back on RFK Jr's ACIP, demanding any specific evidence of harm from the HepB vaccine. None has been provided. Follow the ACIP discussion here ⬇️
As a reminder, today's meeting is all about hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination, specifically the dose of vaccine given within 24 hours of birth universally. This is a critically important policy intervention that enabled us to drastically reduce the incidence of hepatitis B:
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Scientists and experts are pushing back on RFK Jr's ACIP, demanding any specific evidence of harm from the HepB vaccine. None has been provided. Follow the ACIP discussion here ⬇️
Today RFK Jr's ACIP considers delaying/removing the hep B birth dose recommendation, increasing chronic infection in children leading to liver disease. Studies show no benefit to vaccine delay. Since 1991, the birth dose has cut childhood hep B infections by 99%. ACIP: Do not fix what isn't broken.
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Today RFK Jr's ACIP considers delaying/removing the hep B birth dose recommendation, increasing chronic infection in children leading to liver disease. Studies show no benefit to vaccine delay. Since 1991, the birth dose has cut childhood hep B infections by 99%. ACIP: Do not fix what isn't broken.
While the Trump admin slashes the EPA, polluters will emit more toxins and chemicals that could cause millions of avoidable asthma attacks, increase the risk of pregnancy complications and poor birth outcomes, and more. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
While the Trump admin slashes the EPA, polluters will emit more toxins and chemicals that could cause millions of avoidable asthma attacks, increase the risk of pregnancy complications and poor birth outcomes, and more. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
Flooding poses risks of drowning, waterborne illnesses and infections, respiratory issues, allergic reactions, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and disruptions in health care. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Flooding poses risks of drowning, waterborne illnesses and infections, respiratory issues, allergic reactions, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and disruptions in health care. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
Experts are now saying that the general public should avoid the CDC website. Vaccine information is full of falsehoods. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
Where to find trusted health information now?
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Experts are now saying that the general public should avoid the CDC website. Vaccine information is full of falsehoods. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
Perfect example of how states are on the hook to protect the health and safety of their residents as RFK Jr fuels vaccine skepticism and dismantles the federal vaccine system. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Perfect example of how states are on the hook to protect the health and safety of their residents as RFK Jr fuels vaccine skepticism and dismantles the federal vaccine system. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...