Melissa Bradley
@mbradl18.bsky.social
Former DOH Epidemiologist, Research Associate at UAA + Affiliated Researcher at UAB. Interested in the pharmacoepidemiology and public policy of psychedelics, climate science, maternal and child health, Biostats, Epi.
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So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Immunopeptidomics can inform the design of mRNA vaccines for the delivery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis MHC class II antigens
MHC class II immunopeptidomics in human phagocytes infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis enables vaccine immunogen design and optimization.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Usha Vance's Goodreads is public and she's been reading Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea cycle over the past month. She is either posting covert distress signals where she knows nobody she's associated with will find them or intellectually hypercompartmentalizing at Victorian governess levels
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Usha Vance's Goodreads is public and she's been reading Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea cycle over the past month. She is either posting covert distress signals where she knows nobody she's associated with will find them or intellectually hypercompartmentalizing at Victorian governess levels
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I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.
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This is the Western Alaska animal nonprofit working to rescue the pets in Kipnuk.
The residents of Kipnuk are under a mandatory evac order but can not bring their pets with them. Supporting this group will help with charter aircraft, etc.
www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com
The residents of Kipnuk are under a mandatory evac order but can not bring their pets with them. Supporting this group will help with charter aircraft, etc.
www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com
Bethel Friends of Canines
Bethel Friends of Canines is a non-profit dog rescue based in the rural Alaskan village of Bethel. Not only do we rescue dogs in Bethel, but we also rescue dogs all over the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta...
www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is the Western Alaska animal nonprofit working to rescue the pets in Kipnuk.
The residents of Kipnuk are under a mandatory evac order but can not bring their pets with them. Supporting this group will help with charter aircraft, etc.
www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com
The residents of Kipnuk are under a mandatory evac order but can not bring their pets with them. Supporting this group will help with charter aircraft, etc.
www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com
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October 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Alaska + Anchorage people:
Drop off donations for our neighbors in Kipnuk who were evacuated at the Dena'ina Center, 2nd Floor (Room 6) on Friday, October 17 1pm-5pm and Saturday, October 18 8am-2pm. Please share and come donate, click the link for requested items.
alaskacf.org/western-alas...
Drop off donations for our neighbors in Kipnuk who were evacuated at the Dena'ina Center, 2nd Floor (Room 6) on Friday, October 17 1pm-5pm and Saturday, October 18 8am-2pm. Please share and come donate, click the link for requested items.
alaskacf.org/western-alas...
Western Alaska Communities Unite to Establish Disaster Response Fund Following Recent Storms - Alaska Community Foundation
In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska’s western coast, local …
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October 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Alaska + Anchorage people:
Drop off donations for our neighbors in Kipnuk who were evacuated at the Dena'ina Center, 2nd Floor (Room 6) on Friday, October 17 1pm-5pm and Saturday, October 18 8am-2pm. Please share and come donate, click the link for requested items.
alaskacf.org/western-alas...
Drop off donations for our neighbors in Kipnuk who were evacuated at the Dena'ina Center, 2nd Floor (Room 6) on Friday, October 17 1pm-5pm and Saturday, October 18 8am-2pm. Please share and come donate, click the link for requested items.
alaskacf.org/western-alas...
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OMB head Russ Vought says RIFs have begun. In litigation challenging OMB's ability to RIF during a shutdown, OMB must provide more details by 3pm PT/ 6pm ET.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
OMB head Russ Vought says RIFs have begun. In litigation challenging OMB's ability to RIF during a shutdown, OMB must provide more details by 3pm PT/ 6pm ET.
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"Past registries of people with disabilities have led to discrimination, institutionalization, and eugenic practices. Some forms of discrimination that seem quite possible in today’s climate include employers and insurers using the data to make hiring and health care coverage decisions."
Why We Should Be Concerned About an Autism Registry
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... You should always question the ulterior motive behind RFK Jr.'s policies. He is untrustworthy.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... You should always question the ulterior motive behind RFK Jr.'s policies. He is untrustworthy.
Why We Should Be Concerned About an Autism Registry
This Viewpoint considers issues related to implementation of a nationwide autism registry.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"Past registries of people with disabilities have led to discrimination, institutionalization, and eugenic practices. Some forms of discrimination that seem quite possible in today’s climate include employers and insurers using the data to make hiring and health care coverage decisions."
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000.
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tracking U.S. Measles Outbreaks (Gift Article)
As new cases are reported, our maps show the spread of the virus.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000.
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I need to know anything i can about Indigenous people's returning to the US from abroad recently. What's been the experience? Amy changes in security?
September 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I need to know anything i can about Indigenous people's returning to the US from abroad recently. What's been the experience? Amy changes in security?
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We’ve had two vets conduct two mass shootings in a single day. It bothers me. Travis Decker killed his children. It bothers me. People serve to protect their country and when they’re separated from their uniform their country should be making sure their healthcare and mental health needs are met.
September 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We’ve had two vets conduct two mass shootings in a single day. It bothers me. Travis Decker killed his children. It bothers me. People serve to protect their country and when they’re separated from their uniform their country should be making sure their healthcare and mental health needs are met.
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“I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation” | My new op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com:
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#ScienceUnderSiege
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#ScienceUnderSiege
I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation
OPINION: “What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so,” Michael E. Mann writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation” | My new op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com:
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#ScienceUnderSiege
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#ScienceUnderSiege
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Chicago ADUs ! 🎉
September 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Chicago ADUs ! 🎉
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Latest horrifying news on Trump administration erasing national data: they're ending data collection on food security by Census. Explanation of why this is a big deal: updates.dataindex.us/archive/fors... @npi.ucanr.edu @donmoyn.bsky.social @centeronbudget.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social
Forsaking Food Security
by Chris Dick and Beth Jarosz How often are Americans concerned that their food will run out before they have money to buy more? Or that they did not have...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Latest horrifying news on Trump administration erasing national data: they're ending data collection on food security by Census. Explanation of why this is a big deal: updates.dataindex.us/archive/fors... @npi.ucanr.edu @donmoyn.bsky.social @centeronbudget.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social
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Fully 80% of the CDC's budget goes out to state and local health departments. Slashing the CDC's budget is going to be felt by "every person in every community across this country, whether they realize it or not.” my latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s CDC cuts could threaten chronic illness and national security, experts warn
Public health leaders worry proposed 53% CDC slash would weaken disease prevention and pose a national security risk
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fully 80% of the CDC's budget goes out to state and local health departments. Slashing the CDC's budget is going to be felt by "every person in every community across this country, whether they realize it or not.” my latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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A partnership between the state's radio stations and the Alaska Community Foundation seeks to fill a $15 million funding gap created by Congress. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
As program cuts begin in wake of federal rescission, Alaska fund raises $3.5M for public media
A partnership between radio stations and the Alaska Community Foundation seeks to fill a $15 million gap created by Congress.
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September 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A partnership between the state's radio stations and the Alaska Community Foundation seeks to fill a $15 million funding gap created by Congress. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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Porcelain fungus reminding me how drop-dead gorgeous fungus can be 😍
Liberton #Edinburgh #fungifriends
Liberton #Edinburgh #fungifriends
September 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Porcelain fungus reminding me how drop-dead gorgeous fungus can be 😍
Liberton #Edinburgh #fungifriends
Liberton #Edinburgh #fungifriends
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My new blog post is about great books on TB!
A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books
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A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books
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A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books
TB has impacted humans for centuries and profoundly shaped our history. These wonderful books have captured the history, impact, and consequences of this infectious disease that is still haunting huma...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
My new blog post is about great books on TB!
A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books
communities.springernature.com/posts/a-plag...
A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books
communities.springernature.com/posts/a-plag...
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"EPA estimated that just one of the rules would prevent 4,500 premature deaths and save $46 billion in health costs by 2032. The health toll and cost of rescinding all the rules listed in the EPA's announcement would be vastly higher."
www.commondreams.org/news/epa-reg...
www.commondreams.org/news/epa-reg...
'Billionaires Over Life on Earth': Trump EPA Guts Vast Array of Environmental Protections | Common Dreams
"The Trump administration is trying to roll back decades of critical health and safety regulations that have saved millions of lives and are all that's standing between us and runaway climate change,"...
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March 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"EPA estimated that just one of the rules would prevent 4,500 premature deaths and save $46 billion in health costs by 2032. The health toll and cost of rescinding all the rules listed in the EPA's announcement would be vastly higher."
www.commondreams.org/news/epa-reg...
www.commondreams.org/news/epa-reg...
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This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
March 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
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Here is link to my slides from the canceled presentation 😞
Our changing climate in the Northeast United States
Our changing climate in the Northeast United States - Download as a PDF or view online for free
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February 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Here is link to my slides from the canceled presentation 😞
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Alaska’s congressional members can stop Medicaid devastation, writes Kelso Albright in a commentary for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/27/a...
Alaska's congressional members can stop Medicaid devastation • Alaska Beacon
Commentary author Kelso Albright writes that Alaska is uniquely at risk from Medicaid cuts proposed by congressional Republicans.
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February 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Alaska’s congressional members can stop Medicaid devastation, writes Kelso Albright in a commentary for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/27/a...