Noha Aboelata, MD
@nohaaboelatamd.bsky.social
Family physician, founding CEO Roots Community Health. Health policy/systems change, covid, mental health, homeless, jail/reentry health. Weekly public health briefing.
Oakland, CA
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9/9/25 - In today’s briefing, we review COVID Antibodies & Booster Timing; WHO Urges Protection of CDC; Contagious Illnesses Update
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt62...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #CommunityHealth #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #Measles #COVIDVaccine #WHO #Booster
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt62...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #CommunityHealth #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #Measles #COVIDVaccine #WHO #Booster
COVID Antibodies & Booster Timing; WHO Urges Protection of CDC; Contagious Illnesses Update
YouTube video by Roots Community Health
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When is the most optimal time to get the Covid vaccine? It depends! But if you haven't had covid in the last 5 months and live in the Northern hemisphere, the best time is right about now. I walk through the evidence in this week's People's Health Briefing 👇🏾
Reposted by Noha Aboelata, MD
#PAHO 's regional verification commission for #measles elimination meets this week. The likely outcome: Canada will lose its measles-free status, due to its large & long-running outbreak. If so, the Americas region will also lose elimination status. www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
The Americas, led by Canada, is on the brink of losing measles-elimination status
The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.
www.statnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#PAHO 's regional verification commission for #measles elimination meets this week. The likely outcome: Canada will lose its measles-free status, due to its large & long-running outbreak. If so, the Americas region will also lose elimination status. www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
The SNAP crisis perfectly demonstrates the Panic-Neglect Cycle we do so well. Everywhere folks scrambling to plug the hole with short-term, unsustainable funds, creating budget instability and burnout across the entire safety net. We need a structural commitment to readiness.
'You cannot crowdsource $8 billion.' Here's what to know about the lapse in SNAP benefits
Even if the Trump administration funded the food assistance program immediately, experts tell PBS News that many of the 42 million SNAP recipients are unlikely to get their benefits on time.
www.pbs.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The SNAP crisis perfectly demonstrates the Panic-Neglect Cycle we do so well. Everywhere folks scrambling to plug the hole with short-term, unsustainable funds, creating budget instability and burnout across the entire safety net. We need a structural commitment to readiness.
"There are too many cliffs that our young people are prone to falling off...They leave the school setting, they graduate...At 18, they fall off with certain benefits, or at 21 or 24. Because of the way our resources and systems are set up, young people fall through the gaps.” 👇🏾
The Young People’s Wellness Center expects to open in 2026, serving teens and young adults. It's a project of Roots Community Health.
Health center for East Oakland youth breaks ground
The Young People’s Wellness Center expects to open in 2026, serving teens and young adults. It's a project of Roots Community Health.
oaklandside.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"There are too many cliffs that our young people are prone to falling off...They leave the school setting, they graduate...At 18, they fall off with certain benefits, or at 21 or 24. Because of the way our resources and systems are set up, young people fall through the gaps.” 👇🏾
I don't know why Tylenol got caught in political crosshairs, but this administration has chosen to ignore medical facts and implicate an important medication based on unwarranted suspicion.
Amidst this manufactured controversy, we risk overlooking an actual deadly crisis: acetaminophen overdose. 👇🏾
Amidst this manufactured controversy, we risk overlooking an actual deadly crisis: acetaminophen overdose. 👇🏾
10/21/25 - In this week’s episode, we review public health updates, including data gaps, system challenges and their effects on our communities.
We also look at new research on Tylenol use during pregnancy and shine a light on substance use prevention.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7-...
We also look at new research on Tylenol use during pregnancy and shine a light on substance use prevention.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7-...
Tylenol & Pregnancy; Substance Use Awareness Month; Public Health Disarray & Data Blackout
YouTube video by Roots Community Health
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October 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I don't know why Tylenol got caught in political crosshairs, but this administration has chosen to ignore medical facts and implicate an important medication based on unwarranted suspicion.
Amidst this manufactured controversy, we risk overlooking an actual deadly crisis: acetaminophen overdose. 👇🏾
Amidst this manufactured controversy, we risk overlooking an actual deadly crisis: acetaminophen overdose. 👇🏾
This week's briefing: COVlD/respiratory surveillance data & telehealth access disrupted due to government shutdown; measles outbreak rages on as the Americas set to lose elimination status; CDC recommendations get further from science & reason. Watch 👇🏾
10/7/15 - In today's briefing, we review Gov’t Shutdown Stalls CDC Data & Telehealth for Seniors; MD Discretion for COVID Vax; Measles Update
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Zj...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #Measles #Shutdown #Telehealth #CDPH
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Zj...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #Measles #Shutdown #Telehealth #CDPH
Shutdown Stalls CDC Data & Telehealth for Seniors; Discretion for COVID Vax; Measles Update || S6E31
YouTube video by Roots Community Health
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October 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This week's briefing: COVlD/respiratory surveillance data & telehealth access disrupted due to government shutdown; measles outbreak rages on as the Americas set to lose elimination status; CDC recommendations get further from science & reason. Watch 👇🏾
This week's public health update reviews current covid & measles status, a recent measles-related death, and updates from states stepping up to mitigate the harm to health being caused at the federal level. Grateful for those bright spots! 🙏🏾
9/16/25 - In today’s briefing, we review At-Home Flu Vax; CA's $23B Science Bond; Post-Measles Risks; Contagious Illnesses Update
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIDg...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #CommunityHealth #BayArea #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #Measles #FDA #WHO #Flu
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIDg...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #CommunityHealth #BayArea #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #Measles #FDA #WHO #Flu
September 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This week's public health update reviews current covid & measles status, a recent measles-related death, and updates from states stepping up to mitigate the harm to health being caused at the federal level. Grateful for those bright spots! 🙏🏾
"The ACIP is no longer a scientific committee. It is an ideology machine."
I can't even bring myself to watch their meetings. Instead, I'm cheering for states and medical associations working to mitigate the damage and fill gaps. But the damage being done is immeasurable.
I can't even bring myself to watch their meetings. Instead, I'm cheering for states and medical associations working to mitigate the damage and fill gaps. But the damage being done is immeasurable.
September 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"The ACIP is no longer a scientific committee. It is an ideology machine."
I can't even bring myself to watch their meetings. Instead, I'm cheering for states and medical associations working to mitigate the damage and fill gaps. But the damage being done is immeasurable.
I can't even bring myself to watch their meetings. Instead, I'm cheering for states and medical associations working to mitigate the damage and fill gaps. But the damage being done is immeasurable.
Smart move! 1st made-in-Canada mRNA vaccines.
"By supporting the production of vaccines here at home, we are supporting our economy while strengthening Canada’s ability to respond quickly and effectively to future public health emergencies." -Canadian Minister of Health
"By supporting the production of vaccines here at home, we are supporting our economy while strengthening Canada’s ability to respond quickly and effectively to future public health emergencies." -Canadian Minister of Health
September 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Smart move! 1st made-in-Canada mRNA vaccines.
"By supporting the production of vaccines here at home, we are supporting our economy while strengthening Canada’s ability to respond quickly and effectively to future public health emergencies." -Canadian Minister of Health
"By supporting the production of vaccines here at home, we are supporting our economy while strengthening Canada’s ability to respond quickly and effectively to future public health emergencies." -Canadian Minister of Health
A new low! Reports out of SF suggest people are spraying non-overdosing homeless individuals with Narcan to induce painful withdrawal symptoms to get them to move. Another symptom of our society becoming more callous, polarized, and violent by the day.
abc7news.com/post/san-fra...
abc7news.com/post/san-fra...
Report: Narcan allegedly being used for harm on SF homeless people who aren't overdosing
SF Standard Reporter David Sjoestedt spoke with ABC7 News to explain how some drug users in San Francisco are saying residents are using Narcan on them when they're sleeping and not overdosing to brin...
abc7news.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A new low! Reports out of SF suggest people are spraying non-overdosing homeless individuals with Narcan to induce painful withdrawal symptoms to get them to move. Another symptom of our society becoming more callous, polarized, and violent by the day.
abc7news.com/post/san-fra...
abc7news.com/post/san-fra...
When is the most optimal time to get the Covid vaccine? It depends! But if you haven't had covid in the last 5 months and live in the Northern hemisphere, the best time is right about now. I walk through the evidence in this week's People's Health Briefing 👇🏾
9/9/25 - In today’s briefing, we review COVID Antibodies & Booster Timing; WHO Urges Protection of CDC; Contagious Illnesses Update
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt62...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #CommunityHealth #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #Measles #COVIDVaccine #WHO #Booster
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt62...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #CommunityHealth #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #Measles #COVIDVaccine #WHO #Booster
COVID Antibodies & Booster Timing; WHO Urges Protection of CDC; Contagious Illnesses Update
YouTube video by Roots Community Health
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September 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
When is the most optimal time to get the Covid vaccine? It depends! But if you haven't had covid in the last 5 months and live in the Northern hemisphere, the best time is right about now. I walk through the evidence in this week's People's Health Briefing 👇🏾
Horrific. SSPE, a late complication of measles, is a progressive brain disorder that develops 2-10 yrs after seeming recovery from initial infection. Gradual, worsening loss of all neurological function, 100% fatal, no cure, occurs in ~1 in 600 who get measles as an infant.
abc7.com/post/child-d...
abc7.com/post/child-d...
Child dies from rare measles-related complication, LA County health officials say
Health officials reported the death of a Los Angeles County child from a complication of measles infection acquired during infancy.
abc7.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Horrific. SSPE, a late complication of measles, is a progressive brain disorder that develops 2-10 yrs after seeming recovery from initial infection. Gradual, worsening loss of all neurological function, 100% fatal, no cure, occurs in ~1 in 600 who get measles as an infant.
abc7.com/post/child-d...
abc7.com/post/child-d...
Excellent! The moment I've been waiting for. California, Oregon & Washington will work together on vaccine guidance since we no longer have a credible CDC. Many questions on the authority the alliance will have, but still, a strong and necessary move!
Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Excellent! The moment I've been waiting for. California, Oregon & Washington will work together on vaccine guidance since we no longer have a credible CDC. Many questions on the authority the alliance will have, but still, a strong and necessary move!
Warning & Call to Action from 9 former CDC Directors/Acting Directors serving under Presidents from Carter to Trump: US lives are being endangered due to a political agenda. Worthy scientists are being pushed out when they won't rubber stamp the insanity.
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Warning & Call to Action from 9 former CDC Directors/Acting Directors serving under Presidents from Carter to Trump: US lives are being endangered due to a political agenda. Worthy scientists are being pushed out when they won't rubber stamp the insanity.
CDC grant cancellations initially hit blue & red states pretty evenly, and 4 of the 5 jurisdictions with the most terminated grants were led by Democrats (CA, DC, Illinois & Mass). Now, ~80% of the cuts have been restored to blue states, compared with <5% in red states.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/h...
Blue states that sued kept most CDC grants, while red states feel brunt of Trump clawbacks | CNN
The Trump administration’s cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a new KFF Health News...
www.cnn.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
CDC grant cancellations initially hit blue & red states pretty evenly, and 4 of the 5 jurisdictions with the most terminated grants were led by Democrats (CA, DC, Illinois & Mass). Now, ~80% of the cuts have been restored to blue states, compared with <5% in red states.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/h...
US public health in crisis: infrastructure being gutted, vaccine access being limited, eliminated virus (measles) making a resurgence, falling childhood vax rates making many vulnerable to vax-preventable illness, infant & maternal mortality rates rising & healthcare safety net being cut via HR1.
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8/26/25 - In today’s briefing, we review New Vaccine Info; Public Health Crises Explained; Contagious Illnesses Update
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkiQ...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #CommunityHealth #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #RSV #RespiratoryIllness #Measles #FDA
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkiQ...
#RootsEmpowers #PHB #CommunityHealth #PublicHealth #COVID19 #CDC #SARSCoV2 #Wastewater #RSV #RespiratoryIllness #Measles #FDA
New Vaccine Info; Public Health Crises Explained; Contagious Illnesses Update || S6E26
YouTube video by Roots Community Health
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August 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
US public health in crisis: infrastructure being gutted, vaccine access being limited, eliminated virus (measles) making a resurgence, falling childhood vax rates making many vulnerable to vax-preventable illness, infant & maternal mortality rates rising & healthcare safety net being cut via HR1.
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New Mexico issues public health order to mitigate challenges with c19 vaccine access. Hoping other states will follow suit.
State steps in to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccine
Public health order counters potential limitations set by the USFDA
www.koat.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New Mexico issues public health order to mitigate challenges with c19 vaccine access. Hoping other states will follow suit.
CDC Director and other top officials are out.
“...Secretary Kennedy and HHS have set their sights on weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk”
“...Secretary Kennedy and HHS have set their sights on weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk”
CDC chief ‘targeted’ for refusing to ‘rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives’, lawyers say – US politics live
Susan Monarez’s lawyers said the ‘attack’ was a ‘warning to every American: our evidence-based systems are being undermined from within’
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
CDC Director and other top officials are out.
“...Secretary Kennedy and HHS have set their sights on weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk”
“...Secretary Kennedy and HHS have set their sights on weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk”
Devastating. Mom with sepsis, lost her unborn child and lucky to be alive herself, toddler w/possible hemolytic uremic syndrome, had surgery for intussusception still under care - all due to raw milk consumption which is being touted by our highest level health "leaders."
Mother sues Florida dairy farm, claims she lost fetus after raw milk led to bacterial infection
A New Smyrna Beach dairy farm was named in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she lost her fetus after falling ill while caring for her toddler who became sick after drinking raw, unpasteurized mil...
www.clickorlando.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Devastating. Mom with sepsis, lost her unborn child and lucky to be alive herself, toddler w/possible hemolytic uremic syndrome, had surgery for intussusception still under care - all due to raw milk consumption which is being touted by our highest level health "leaders."
Reposted by Noha Aboelata, MD
I was overjoyed when 600K people were added to Medicaid rosters in North Carolina knowing that county safety nets could finally accommodate people that were not eligible. Now it’s going to crash harder than ever. I don’t know if I have enough steam to continue in community health nursing.
Kicking people off their Medicaid coverage is bad for everyone. More sick people, untreated chronic and communicable disease, and more pressure on our emergency systems and hospitals.
"...the math points to a crisis California’s safety net can’t sustain."
"...the math points to a crisis California’s safety net can’t sustain."
Healthcare CEO warns of a system on the brink • Sacramento News & Review
Timely reports from Sacramento News & Review writers on breaking news and big issues.
sacramento.newsreview.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I was overjoyed when 600K people were added to Medicaid rosters in North Carolina knowing that county safety nets could finally accommodate people that were not eligible. Now it’s going to crash harder than ever. I don’t know if I have enough steam to continue in community health nursing.
Kicking people off their Medicaid coverage is bad for everyone. More sick people, untreated chronic and communicable disease, and more pressure on our emergency systems and hospitals.
"...the math points to a crisis California’s safety net can’t sustain."
"...the math points to a crisis California’s safety net can’t sustain."
Healthcare CEO warns of a system on the brink • Sacramento News & Review
Timely reports from Sacramento News & Review writers on breaking news and big issues.
sacramento.newsreview.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Kicking people off their Medicaid coverage is bad for everyone. More sick people, untreated chronic and communicable disease, and more pressure on our emergency systems and hospitals.
"...the math points to a crisis California’s safety net can’t sustain."
"...the math points to a crisis California’s safety net can’t sustain."
8/11/25 Briefing: What to know as kids head back to school; new data on kids and covid vaccine; new CDC Director confirmed; medical groups barred from CDC advisory committee work groups due to allegations of bias, while the real biases of advisory committee members goes ignored.
Back to School: New Covid & Kids Data; NEW CDC Director & Vax Panel Shake-Up || S6E24
YouTube video by Roots Community Health
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August 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
8/11/25 Briefing: What to know as kids head back to school; new data on kids and covid vaccine; new CDC Director confirmed; medical groups barred from CDC advisory committee work groups due to allegations of bias, while the real biases of advisory committee members goes ignored.
Alarming! Non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines are increasing & coverage is decreasing. In Idaho, with 15.4% exemptions, only 78% of kindergartners entered school last year with polio vax - below the immunity threshold! Just one imported case could mean an outbreak.
August 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Alarming! Non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines are increasing & coverage is decreasing. In Idaho, with 15.4% exemptions, only 78% of kindergartners entered school last year with polio vax - below the immunity threshold! Just one imported case could mean an outbreak.
Reposted by Noha Aboelata, MD
I genuinely think waste-water surveillance is key to health on a societal level, in general. It's anonymous and invisible, so acceptance is easy to get, it's local enough to matter, can be scaled to global, and relatively low-cost.
It allows fast & accurate responses for individuals and groups.
It allows fast & accurate responses for individuals and groups.
The future of COVID-19? It's in the sewers!🦠
Excellent Minnesota study found SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater predictably surged ~1 week before a rise in symptomatic cases. This bolsters the case for improved wastewater surveillance as a key tool for public health.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Excellent Minnesota study found SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater predictably surged ~1 week before a rise in symptomatic cases. This bolsters the case for improved wastewater surveillance as a key tool for public health.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
August 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I genuinely think waste-water surveillance is key to health on a societal level, in general. It's anonymous and invisible, so acceptance is easy to get, it's local enough to matter, can be scaled to global, and relatively low-cost.
It allows fast & accurate responses for individuals and groups.
It allows fast & accurate responses for individuals and groups.
The future of COVID-19? It's in the sewers!🦠
Excellent Minnesota study found SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater predictably surged ~1 week before a rise in symptomatic cases. This bolsters the case for improved wastewater surveillance as a key tool for public health.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Excellent Minnesota study found SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater predictably surged ~1 week before a rise in symptomatic cases. This bolsters the case for improved wastewater surveillance as a key tool for public health.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
August 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The future of COVID-19? It's in the sewers!🦠
Excellent Minnesota study found SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater predictably surged ~1 week before a rise in symptomatic cases. This bolsters the case for improved wastewater surveillance as a key tool for public health.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Excellent Minnesota study found SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater predictably surged ~1 week before a rise in symptomatic cases. This bolsters the case for improved wastewater surveillance as a key tool for public health.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...