Miriam Rabkin
@miriam2024.bsky.social
Physician, feminist, North Carolinian. Global Health consultant working on HIV and health systems. Just lurking/reposting for now…
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As shutdown ends, dubious CDC panel gets back to dismantling vaccine schedule arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
As shutdown ends, dubious CDC panel gets back to dismantling vaccine schedule
Pediatricians are calling for members to be replaced and all their decisions reversed.
arstechnica.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As shutdown ends, dubious CDC panel gets back to dismantling vaccine schedule arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Dems should probably be running ads about how Republicans are gutting health coverage and SNAP to pay themselves.
They are straight up robbing taxpayers blind at this point and not even trying to hide it. Just ransacking the treasury out in the open. This motherfucker pleaded guilty! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Dems should probably be running ads about how Republicans are gutting health coverage and SNAP to pay themselves.
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It really seems like this administration is trying to eliminate the field of public health. MPHs and DrPHs will no longer be considered "professional degrees" by the DOE and, therefore, will face limits to accessing federal student loans.
aspph.org/department-o...
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Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It really seems like this administration is trying to eliminate the field of public health. MPHs and DrPHs will no longer be considered "professional degrees" by the DOE and, therefore, will face limits to accessing federal student loans.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...
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It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week!
This week we consider the veracity of RFK Jr.’s claim that he gets a lot of fan mail.
Great work as always by @benecal.bsky.social and team!
This week we consider the veracity of RFK Jr.’s claim that he gets a lot of fan mail.
Great work as always by @benecal.bsky.social and team!
Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. says he gets fan mail from scientists and doctors, the letters sent to Congress actually ask for his resignation | Defend Public Health
Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week!
This week we consider the veracity of RFK Jr.’s claim that he gets a lot of fan mail.
Great work as always by @benecal.bsky.social and team!
This week we consider the veracity of RFK Jr.’s claim that he gets a lot of fan mail.
Great work as always by @benecal.bsky.social and team!
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The US whooping cough outbreak continues to snowball in Texas, with cases 4x higher than last year.
Texas was also the location where the U.S. measles outbreak took hold, and like many states is seeing a rise in vaccine exemptions.
But Texans for Vaccine Choice say “fears are overblown”.
Texas was also the location where the U.S. measles outbreak took hold, and like many states is seeing a rise in vaccine exemptions.
But Texans for Vaccine Choice say “fears are overblown”.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The US whooping cough outbreak continues to snowball in Texas, with cases 4x higher than last year.
Texas was also the location where the U.S. measles outbreak took hold, and like many states is seeing a rise in vaccine exemptions.
But Texans for Vaccine Choice say “fears are overblown”.
Texas was also the location where the U.S. measles outbreak took hold, and like many states is seeing a rise in vaccine exemptions.
But Texans for Vaccine Choice say “fears are overblown”.
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Just a fundamental misunderstanding of how the scientific method works: It's not that someone *disagrees* was theory or finding and then argues with it, it's that you've got data that doesn't align and you go from there. Science isn't really about agreement or disagreement in an emotional sense.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just a fundamental misunderstanding of how the scientific method works: It's not that someone *disagrees* was theory or finding and then argues with it, it's that you've got data that doesn't align and you go from there. Science isn't really about agreement or disagreement in an emotional sense.
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I wrote a piece about the tsunami of health #disinformation being supercharged by the #MAHA takeover of HHS, and interviewed @dkreiss.bsky.social for his perspective on information warfare #publichealth #medsky www.orangedems.com/disinformati... and www.orangedems.com/interview-da...
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I wrote a piece about the tsunami of health #disinformation being supercharged by the #MAHA takeover of HHS, and interviewed @dkreiss.bsky.social for his perspective on information warfare #publichealth #medsky www.orangedems.com/disinformati... and www.orangedems.com/interview-da...
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
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As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
I wrote a piece about the tsunami of health #disinformation being supercharged by the #MAHA takeover of HHS, and interviewed @dkreiss.bsky.social for his perspective on information warfare #publichealth #medsky www.orangedems.com/disinformati... and www.orangedems.com/interview-da...
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I wrote a piece about the tsunami of health #disinformation being supercharged by the #MAHA takeover of HHS, and interviewed @dkreiss.bsky.social for his perspective on information warfare #publichealth #medsky www.orangedems.com/disinformati... and www.orangedems.com/interview-da...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
Disinformation is bad for your health!
www.orangedems.com/disinformati... @defendpublichealth.bsky.social #scicomm
www.orangedems.com/disinformati... @defendpublichealth.bsky.social #scicomm
Disinformation is Bad for Your Health – Orange County Democratic Party of North Carolina
www.orangedems.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Disinformation is bad for your health!
www.orangedems.com/disinformati... @defendpublichealth.bsky.social #scicomm
www.orangedems.com/disinformati... @defendpublichealth.bsky.social #scicomm
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The Vaccine Integrity Project @CIDRAP is conducting an independent review of the evidence supporting the long-standing recommendation for universal #HepatitisB vaccination at birth.
In Sept, CDC’s vaccine advisers tabled a vote on the birth dose and asked for more data.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4sy3wwa7
In Sept, CDC’s vaccine advisers tabled a vote on the birth dose and asked for more data.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4sy3wwa7
ACIP tables vote to delay hepatitis B vaccine birth dose
tinyurl.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Vaccine Integrity Project @CIDRAP is conducting an independent review of the evidence supporting the long-standing recommendation for universal #HepatitisB vaccination at birth.
In Sept, CDC’s vaccine advisers tabled a vote on the birth dose and asked for more data.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4sy3wwa7
In Sept, CDC’s vaccine advisers tabled a vote on the birth dose and asked for more data.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4sy3wwa7
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This is an issue at this time of year because wild birds that carry the virus are migrating REALLY long distances. And of course the Trump administration's official stance is to not look for H5N1 at all. Dairy and poultry workers who might be infected sure aren't asking to be tested.
“The network of veterinary labs that's responsible for testing ceased its regular meetings because of the shutdown, Poulsen says.
"The shutdown just kind of pours gas on a smoldering fire and makes us vulnerable," he says. "It's a national security issue."
"The shutdown just kind of pours gas on a smoldering fire and makes us vulnerable," he says. "It's a national security issue."
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
www.npr.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is an issue at this time of year because wild birds that carry the virus are migrating REALLY long distances. And of course the Trump administration's official stance is to not look for H5N1 at all. Dairy and poultry workers who might be infected sure aren't asking to be tested.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Outside the HHS bldg now - delivering 150,000 petitions demanding RFK IS FIRED!!
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Outside the HHS bldg now - delivering 150,000 petitions demanding RFK IS FIRED!!
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National Public Health Coalition released new data showing impacts of illegal firings across CDC since Jan 2025. CDC has lost one-third of its civil-service workforce & over 150 programs. Explore an interactive dashboard. See how cuts are undermining public health nationwide.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
National Public Health Coalition released new data showing impacts of illegal firings across CDC since Jan 2025. CDC has lost one-third of its civil-service workforce & over 150 programs. Explore an interactive dashboard. See how cuts are undermining public health nationwide.
CDCDataProject.org
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CDCDataProject.org
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The global return of childhood vaccine-preventable infectious diseases
Truly outrageous that we are failing children everywhere in this day and age!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
Truly outrageous that we are failing children everywhere in this day and age!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
Vaccine-Preventable Disease: A Global Tracker | Think Global Health
This map is updated weekly and visualizes outbreaks of nine childhood diseases in collaboration with the International Society for Infectious Diseases
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The global return of childhood vaccine-preventable infectious diseases
Truly outrageous that we are failing children everywhere in this day and age!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
Truly outrageous that we are failing children everywhere in this day and age!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
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Canada is on track to lose its measles elimination status as an outbreak that began a year ago continues to spread.
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.
Neither country has been able to stop continuous spread of the highly contagious virus within the past year.
nbcnews.to
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Canada is on track to lose its measles elimination status as an outbreak that began a year ago continues to spread.
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I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself
Grokipedia, the copycat of Wikipedia launched by Elon Musk isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the billionaire...
www.thedissident.news
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
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Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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