Josh Michaud
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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.
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
September 5, 2025 at 2:39 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-...
March 18, 2025 at 11:19 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...
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 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...
February 12, 2025 at 5:33 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/...
February 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM