Kenneth (Ken) G. Castro, MD, FIDSA
@kgcastromd.bsky.social
Professor, Global Health, Epi & Infectious Diseases, Rollins School of Public Health & School of Medicine, Emory University
Physician-scientist focusing on domestic & global TB and HIV epidemiology, prevention, care, and social justice. #EmoryID #IDSky
Physician-scientist focusing on domestic & global TB and HIV epidemiology, prevention, care, and social justice. #EmoryID #IDSky
Sharing my Op-Ed "The Looming Global and Domestic Resurgence of Tuberculosis" appearing: In My Scientific Opinion | Emory University - Rollins School of Public Health sph.emory.edu/magazine/202...
In My Scientific Opinion
Five leading researchers draw from decades of experience studying diabetes, tuberculosis, health equity, and HIV/AIDS to share their unique perspectives on current events.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sharing my Op-Ed "The Looming Global and Domestic Resurgence of Tuberculosis" appearing: In My Scientific Opinion | Emory University - Rollins School of Public Health sph.emory.edu/magazine/202...
TB is a leading infectious global killer, and causes debilitating illness in > 10 mill/yr. This is all due to neglect. TB is curable if diagnostic & treatment services are available to those at risk. WHO & Stop TB lead the fight to End TB. Recent USG actions negate key contributions - at our peril.
October 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
TB is a leading infectious global killer, and causes debilitating illness in > 10 mill/yr. This is all due to neglect. TB is curable if diagnostic & treatment services are available to those at risk. WHO & Stop TB lead the fight to End TB. Recent USG actions negate key contributions - at our peril.
The shuttering of CDC's NCHS and NHANES is yet another blow that puts our nation's health in peril. We will lose information about health services, hospitalization, ER visits, office visits, and individual warning signs related to any emerging outbreaks. Terrible.
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CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The shuttering of CDC's NCHS and NHANES is yet another blow that puts our nation's health in peril. We will lose information about health services, hospitalization, ER visits, office visits, and individual warning signs related to any emerging outbreaks. Terrible.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
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"CDC Library staff were laid off Oct 10 [2025] and have not been brought back. Sign a petition and send messages to your elected officials here": action.everylibrary.org/cdclibrarype...
PETITION: Protect the Center for Disease Control Library
Staff at the CDC Library were laid off on October 10th and have not been brought back. Sign the petition to call for their return.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"CDC Library staff were laid off Oct 10 [2025] and have not been brought back. Sign a petition and send messages to your elected officials here": action.everylibrary.org/cdclibrarype...
Done! Consider writing to your elected representatives to Protect CDC & Public Health. ActionNetwork makes it easy. Act now!
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Write to Congress: CDC Employees must be Reinstated
**Please write now to your Senators and Representative demanding that ALL CDC employees be reinstated as part of any agreement to reopen the government.** Late on Friday, October 10, the Trump Admin...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Done! Consider writing to your elected representatives to Protect CDC & Public Health. ActionNetwork makes it easy. Act now!
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From Robert Reich's FB page: "As we resist tyranny, we gain solidarity. As we gain solidarity, we build courage. As we feel courageous and stand up to Trump, we weaken him and his regime. Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18"
October 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
From Robert Reich's FB page: "As we resist tyranny, we gain solidarity. As we gain solidarity, we build courage. As we feel courageous and stand up to Trump, we weaken him and his regime. Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18"
This why the military must resort to slang usage: FUBAR
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Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This why the military must resort to slang usage: FUBAR
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Thanks to @altssa.altgov.info for sharing this gem.
Was looking for cat videos to cheer us up at #altCDC but I legit laughed out loud here.
Was looking for cat videos to cheer us up at #altCDC but I legit laughed out loud here.
Here’s my cliff notes summary of Pete Hegseth’s big military address today
September 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Thanks to @altssa.altgov.info for sharing this gem.
Was looking for cat videos to cheer us up at #altCDC but I legit laughed out loud here.
Was looking for cat videos to cheer us up at #altCDC but I legit laughed out loud here.
Nice to see the latest #GlobalTBCaucus advocacy tool. This should come in handy for evidence-based fundraising as we face challenges in global health funding.
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Policy and Research | Global TB Caucus
Discover the latest tuberculosis policy briefs, research insights, and evidence-based recommendations from the Global TB Caucus. Our Policy and Research page features global TB data, legislative frame...
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September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Nice to see the latest #GlobalTBCaucus advocacy tool. This should come in handy for evidence-based fundraising as we face challenges in global health funding.
www.globaltbcaucus.org/policy-and-r...
www.globaltbcaucus.org/policy-and-r...
As seen in FB post today...
September 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
As seen in FB post today...
H/t to Dr. Jay Varma for this summary & perspective. It would be funny if not true...
"Inside the ACIP Shake-Up: How Former CDC Experts Reacted to RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Committee" medium.com/@drjaykvarma...
"Inside the ACIP Shake-Up: How Former CDC Experts Reacted to RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Committee" medium.com/@drjaykvarma...
Inside the ACIP Shake-Up: How Former CDC Experts Reacted to RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Committee
I spent two decades at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working with some of the world’s leading experts on infectious…
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September 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
H/t to Dr. Jay Varma for this summary & perspective. It would be funny if not true...
"Inside the ACIP Shake-Up: How Former CDC Experts Reacted to RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Committee" medium.com/@drjaykvarma...
"Inside the ACIP Shake-Up: How Former CDC Experts Reacted to RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Committee" medium.com/@drjaykvarma...
A teaching moment about the USPHS Commissioned Corps, stemming from the recent tragic events at CDC. (Soure of photo & caption: current CDC employee)
August 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A teaching moment about the USPHS Commissioned Corps, stemming from the recent tragic events at CDC. (Soure of photo & caption: current CDC employee)
Yesterday's NYT -- C.D.C. Employees Host ‘Clap-Out’ for Resigned Top Officials www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: C.D.C. Employees Host ‘Clap-Out’ for Resigned Top Officials
Workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a “clap-out” to honor three of the agency’s high-ranking officials, who resigned as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to fire ...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yesterday's NYT -- C.D.C. Employees Host ‘Clap-Out’ for Resigned Top Officials www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Oh and we need to amp this up, fire up people to fight now. Don't let a three-day-weekend approaching cool your anger. Channel it, focus it. RFK Jr. needs to go. Make it your mission starting today.
August 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Oh and we need to amp this up, fire up people to fight now. Don't let a three-day-weekend approaching cool your anger. Channel it, focus it. RFK Jr. needs to go. Make it your mission starting today.
Today CDC Staff and Alumni recognized Drs. Deb Houry, Dan Jernigan, and Demetre Daskalakis at & outside ATL HQ. All 3 resigned their CDC senior leadership positions in protest... Hats off for their selfless actions to protect CDC & our nation's public health! m.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC rallies outside Atlanta HQ after director's ousting
YouTube video by Associated Press
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August 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Today CDC Staff and Alumni recognized Drs. Deb Houry, Dan Jernigan, and Demetre Daskalakis at & outside ATL HQ. All 3 resigned their CDC senior leadership positions in protest... Hats off for their selfless actions to protect CDC & our nation's public health! m.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
Good to see Dr. Monarez with attorneys fighting back the ongoing insanity!
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
August 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Good to see Dr. Monarez with attorneys fighting back the ongoing insanity!
Thankful for Dr. Bill Foege's sage advice and inspiration...
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"We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down."
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"We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down."
Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
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August 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thankful for Dr. Bill Foege's sage advice and inspiration...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
"We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down."
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
"We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down."
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OpEd in today's AJC by Drs Barb Marston & Kevin DeCock.
August 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
OpEd in today's AJC by Drs Barb Marston & Kevin DeCock.
Sharing Dr. Danielle Ofri's Op-Ed in today's NYT - "So many of our resources are now gone, and those that remain no longer feel trustworthy. Americans’ health will decline at the hands of our federal government. And there’s no vaccine for that."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
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Opinion | Doctors Have Lost Their Mount Olympus of Medicine
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July 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sharing Dr. Danielle Ofri's Op-Ed in today's NYT - "So many of our resources are now gone, and those that remain no longer feel trustworthy. Americans’ health will decline at the hands of our federal government. And there’s no vaccine for that."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
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Lucian Truscott's take merits attention. Read! substack.com/app-link/pos...
I watched Trump’s West Point commencement speech so you don’t have to
Donald Trump is a very dangerous man, and I’m going to tell you why: We are not taking him seriously enough.
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May 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Lucian Truscott's take merits attention. Read! substack.com/app-link/pos...
Dr Jose Becerra calls a spade a spade...
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A Day of Infamy
2025 April Fool’s Day
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April 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Dr Jose Becerra calls a spade a spade...
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A MUST READ! Our colleagues from around the world share their on the ground experiences of how US folly of withdrawing funding from #Globalhealth is impacting the fight against #tuberculosis.
#FundingCutsCostLives #CommitInvestDeliver
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#FundingCutsCostLives #CommitInvestDeliver
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Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths | CNN
Doctors and aid workers warn that the freeze to USAID-funded TB programs is likely to cause thousands of unnecessary deaths and a rise in TB infections worldwide, and create the conditions for an extr...
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March 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A MUST READ! Our colleagues from around the world share their on the ground experiences of how US folly of withdrawing funding from #Globalhealth is impacting the fight against #tuberculosis.
#FundingCutsCostLives #CommitInvestDeliver
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#FundingCutsCostLives #CommitInvestDeliver
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Reposted by Kenneth (Ken) G. Castro, MD, FIDSA
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in a group chat that included the editor in chief of The Atlantic two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said. It was an extraordinary breach of U.S. national security intelligence.
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in a group chat that included the editor in chief of The Atlantic two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said. It was an extraordinary breach of U.S. national security intelligence.