Josh Michaud
@joshmich.bsky.social
Associate Director Global Health and Public Health Policy @KFF.
U.S. and international public health, infectious disease epidemiology, global health security.
U.S. and international public health, infectious disease epidemiology, global health security.
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Josh Michaud
@joshmich.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Hello! I'm an Associate Director, Global Health Policy @kff.org, focused on various aspects of health policy including U.S. public health, global health, and pandemic & infectious diseases.
Looking forward to posting and engaging here on these issues and more.
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Looking forward to posting and engaging here on these issues and more.
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NEW: We analyzed recent state actions on vaccine policy, given narrowing federal guidelines. Overall, 26 states have taken some action; of these, 23 have Democratic governors, signaling a growing red/blue divide in vaccine access. @kff.org Key findings in next post ⬇️
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Tracking State Actions on Vaccine Policy and Access | KFF
With recent federal actions to curtail vaccine access, many states have announced actions intended to maintain broader access. This issue brief provides a snapshot of this rapidly changing landscape, ...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
NEW: We analyzed recent state actions on vaccine policy, given narrowing federal guidelines. Overall, 26 states have taken some action; of these, 23 have Democratic governors, signaling a growing red/blue divide in vaccine access. @kff.org Key findings in next post ⬇️
www.kff.org/covid-19/tra...
www.kff.org/covid-19/tra...
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As some states form alliances on vaccine policy, others bar vaccine mandates, and ACIP pulls back on recommendations for certain vaccines, we provide a snapshot of what states are doing on vaccine policy.
Dive in: https://on.kff.org/3IhxRnr
Dive in: https://on.kff.org/3IhxRnr
Tracking State Actions on Vaccine Policy and Access | KFF
With recent federal actions to curtail vaccine access, many states have announced actions intended to maintain broader access. This issue brief provides a snapshot of this rapidly changing landscape, tracking which states have instituted changes in resp...
on.kff.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
As some states form alliances on vaccine policy, others bar vaccine mandates, and ACIP pulls back on recommendations for certain vaccines, we provide a snapshot of what states are doing on vaccine policy.
Dive in: https://on.kff.org/3IhxRnr
Dive in: https://on.kff.org/3IhxRnr
Only a small minority of parents oppose school vaccine requirements, nationally and in Florida specifically, according to new @kff.org @washingtonpost.com polling. The great majority of parents support these requirements.
Even 73% of self-described MAGA parents support these requirements
Even 73% of self-described MAGA parents support these requirements
September 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Only a small minority of parents oppose school vaccine requirements, nationally and in Florida specifically, according to new @kff.org @washingtonpost.com polling. The great majority of parents support these requirements.
Even 73% of self-described MAGA parents support these requirements
Even 73% of self-described MAGA parents support these requirements
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NEW: "The USAID List of Terminated Global Health Awards – What Does it Tell Us?"
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The USAID List of Terminated Global Health Awards – What Does it Tell Us? | KFF
This policy watch examines the USAID list of terminated awards, recently sent Congress, to examine the implications for global health programs and outstanding questions.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW: "The USAID List of Terminated Global Health Awards – What Does it Tell Us?"
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⚡KFF’s @lindseydawson.bsky.social writes about the implications of a potential funding cut to the CDC’s HIV prevention budget. #QuickTake on.kff.org/4izGLZR
![FF graphic featuring a quote from Lindsey Dawson, KFF Associate Director for HIV Policy. It says, “Eliminating [HIV prevention] funding could jeopardize recent successes in addressing the nation’s HIV epidemic, including those related to the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative, which the first Trump administration created... Diminished prevention efforts would likely lead to an increase in HIV incidence, with negative implications for individual well-being, public health, and health costs.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpwka3ky6phhcwmwor4tu5xj/bafkreicwmuadlrwfrr4pm2z432lryrlamdzljnx7mdy6fjjptttsdjjnke@jpeg)
March 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
⚡KFF’s @lindseydawson.bsky.social writes about the implications of a potential funding cut to the CDC’s HIV prevention budget. #QuickTake on.kff.org/4izGLZR
In two rulings in the last 8 days, judges have ruled against Trump Administration actions freezing USAID funding and shutting down the agency. These will continue to be fought in court.
From our @kff.org timeline of events on USAID:
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From our @kff.org timeline of events on USAID:
www.kff.org/u-s-foreign-...
March 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In two rulings in the last 8 days, judges have ruled against Trump Administration actions freezing USAID funding and shutting down the agency. These will continue to be fought in court.
From our @kff.org timeline of events on USAID:
www.kff.org/u-s-foreign-...
From our @kff.org timeline of events on USAID:
www.kff.org/u-s-foreign-...
Dr. Dave Weldon "didn't have the votes" to be confirmed as CDC Director, according to a source. His confirmation hearing this morning was cancelled.
Interesting to note that the CDC Director position only became Senate confirmed as of this year.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Interesting to note that the CDC Director position only became Senate confirmed as of this year.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
White House to Withdraw Weldon as CDC Nominee
A Republican familiar with the nomination said Dr. Dave Weldon didn’t have the votes in the Senate to be confirmed.
www.wsj.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dr. Dave Weldon "didn't have the votes" to be confirmed as CDC Director, according to a source. His confirmation hearing this morning was cancelled.
Interesting to note that the CDC Director position only became Senate confirmed as of this year.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Interesting to note that the CDC Director position only became Senate confirmed as of this year.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Excellent timeline of events from @kff.org chronicling Trump/Musk actions to freeze all U.S. foreign aid and dissolve #USAID
U.S. Foreign Aid Freeze & Dissolution of USAID: Timeline of Events | KFF
This timeline provides a detailed overview of actions, including counter-actions, related to the administration’s efforts to freeze all U.S. foreign aid and dissolve the U.S. Agency for International…
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March 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Utah Governor Cox signs a fluoride ban into law. A remarkable new development in the saga of fluoride in the U.S., as Utah is the first state ever to impose such a ban.
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March 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Utah Governor Cox signs a fluoride ban into law. A remarkable new development in the saga of fluoride in the U.S., as Utah is the first state ever to impose such a ban.
www.wsj.com/us-news/utah...
www.wsj.com/us-news/utah...
Reports of a second measles death now in the growing measles outbreak. Apparently Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was prescient when he initially mentioned two measles deaths last week. Another unvaccinated individual.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Second death reported in growing measles outbreak
The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Reports of a second measles death now in the growing measles outbreak. Apparently Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was prescient when he initially mentioned two measles deaths last week. Another unvaccinated individual.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Utah is on the verge of being the first state to ban use of fluoride in drinking water. It's up to the governor to veto (or not) the legislation approved by Republican lawmakers
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Utah could become the first state to ban fluoride in its drinking water
The Republican-controlled statehouse sent the bill to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox (R) last week after it passed both chambers largely along party lines.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Utah is on the verge of being the first state to ban use of fluoride in drinking water. It's up to the governor to veto (or not) the legislation approved by Republican lawmakers
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Report of the first death due to the TX measles outbreak.
124 cases of measles have been reported in the outbreak so far, almost all among unvaccinated children
apnews.com/article/meas...
124 cases of measles have been reported in the outbreak so far, almost all among unvaccinated children
apnews.com/article/meas...
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people
A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first since the outbreak began late last month.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Report of the first death due to the TX measles outbreak.
124 cases of measles have been reported in the outbreak so far, almost all among unvaccinated children
apnews.com/article/meas...
124 cases of measles have been reported in the outbreak so far, almost all among unvaccinated children
apnews.com/article/meas...
Trump Administration Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says USDA will invest "up to $1 billion" to address the avian flu crisis and bring down the price of eggs. Part of that investment, she writes in an op-ed, will come from DOGE savings.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Trump Administration Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says USDA will invest "up to $1 billion" to address the avian flu crisis and bring down the price of eggs. Part of that investment, she writes in an op-ed, will come from DOGE savings.
www.wsj.com/opinion/agri...
www.wsj.com/opinion/agri...
It appears there is little to no resistance from Senate Republicans to the nomination of RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
February 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It appears there is little to no resistance from Senate Republicans to the nomination of RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Excellent article which (ahem) lays out biosecurity issues facing U.S. egg production in a time of uncontrolled H5N1 spread in poultry, and the growing risk for human health
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On the Front Lines Against Bird Flu, Egg Farmers Say They're Losing the Battle - KFF Health News
Tools used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks aren’t working this time, experts say. The virus has sickened at least 67 people in the U.S. and killed one, with egg producers begging for a new appr...
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February 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Excellent article which (ahem) lays out biosecurity issues facing U.S. egg production in a time of uncontrolled H5N1 spread in poultry, and the growing risk for human health
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
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To my knowledge, USAID's President's #Malaria Initiative (PMI) is still subject to the #foreignaidfreeze. This means no bed nets, indoor residual spraying, seasonal preventive treatments, or medicines getting to people - mostly kids and pregnant women.
February 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
To my knowledge, USAID's President's #Malaria Initiative (PMI) is still subject to the #foreignaidfreeze. This means no bed nets, indoor residual spraying, seasonal preventive treatments, or medicines getting to people - mostly kids and pregnant women.
Musk and his team are collecting lists of CDC employees with less than a year of service or in two-year probationary periods.
The concerted effort to hollow out the federal workforce continues, now coming for public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The concerted effort to hollow out the federal workforce continues, now coming for public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
DOGE broadens sweep of federal agencies, gains access to health payment systems
Associates of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have fanned out across the federal government in recent days, alarming some career employees.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Musk and his team are collecting lists of CDC employees with less than a year of service or in two-year probationary periods.
The concerted effort to hollow out the federal workforce continues, now coming for public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The concerted effort to hollow out the federal workforce continues, now coming for public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The stop work order on foreign assistance and media blackout from CDC is already hampering the response to an ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda
www.cbsnews.com/news/some-u-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/some-u-...
February 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The stop work order on foreign assistance and media blackout from CDC is already hampering the response to an ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda
www.cbsnews.com/news/some-u-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/some-u-...
A new Executive Order withdraws the US from the UN Human Rights Council also requires the State Department to review ALL international organizations and ALL conventions and treaties the US is party to, and determine which are “contrary to the interests of the US”
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Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A new Executive Order withdraws the US from the UN Human Rights Council also requires the State Department to review ALL international organizations and ALL conventions and treaties the US is party to, and determine which are “contrary to the interests of the US”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Now Argentina, following in the Trump Administration's footsteps, says it will withdraw from the World Health Organization
www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/a...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/a...
Argentina says it will pull out of World Health Organization | CNN
Argentina has announced it will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), mirroring a similar move by US President Donald Trump last month.
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February 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Now Argentina, following in the Trump Administration's footsteps, says it will withdraw from the World Health Organization
www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/a...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/a...
One-third of all US global health assistance, just over $4 billion per year, has been directed through USAID in recent years.
Shuttering its maternal, child health, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and other programs will have predictable, terrible, results for those served.
www.kff.org/interactive/...
Shuttering its maternal, child health, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and other programs will have predictable, terrible, results for those served.
www.kff.org/interactive/...
February 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
One-third of all US global health assistance, just over $4 billion per year, has been directed through USAID in recent years.
Shuttering its maternal, child health, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and other programs will have predictable, terrible, results for those served.
www.kff.org/interactive/...
Shuttering its maternal, child health, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and other programs will have predictable, terrible, results for those served.
www.kff.org/interactive/...
About 50% of USAID global health staff - "roughly 450 technical experts" whose responsibilities cover areas such as HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases, have now been fired
www.cbsnews.com/news/rubio-f...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rubio-f...
Rubio foreign aid freeze leads to USAID staff suspensions and contractor terminations
Approximately 60 senior staff within USAID have been suspended, leaving the agency without clear leadership, five sources familiar with the internal action told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
About 50% of USAID global health staff - "roughly 450 technical experts" whose responsibilities cover areas such as HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases, have now been fired
www.cbsnews.com/news/rubio-f...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rubio-f...
Reposted by Josh Michaud
Our latest KFF tracking poll on health information and trust highlights some trends about who the public trusts on health issues and how partisanship and trust play out in public health.
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KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: January 2025 | KFF
As Senate hearings begin for President Trump’s health nominees, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust shows a decline in public trust for govern...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Our latest KFF tracking poll on health information and trust highlights some trends about who the public trusts on health issues and how partisanship and trust play out in public health.
www.kff.org/health-infor...
www.kff.org/health-infor...