C.R.B, MPH, CHES
@pubhealthivy.bsky.social
Certified Health Education Specialist w/ an emphasis in Health Education and Promotion.
Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.
The ‘R’ in MMR is rubella.
Please don’t take advice from the man that told you to drink bleach and ivermectin if you had COVID-19.
The ‘R’ in MMR is rubella.
Please don’t take advice from the man that told you to drink bleach and ivermectin if you had COVID-19.
September 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.
The ‘R’ in MMR is rubella.
Please don’t take advice from the man that told you to drink bleach and ivermectin if you had COVID-19.
The ‘R’ in MMR is rubella.
Please don’t take advice from the man that told you to drink bleach and ivermectin if you had COVID-19.
The part that’s not being talked about enough is with these recommendations is the insurance implications if approved, and THAT is where folks will be harmed.
If you have to be counseled before getting the vaccine, that means you’ll first need an appointment —first hurdle.
If you have to be counseled before getting the vaccine, that means you’ll first need an appointment —first hurdle.
BREAKING NEWS: The group voted to require people who want a shot to be briefed on harms and benefits and tried but failed to pass a requirement for a prescription.
CDC advisers vote to add new COVID vaccines rules that could discourage uptake
The group voted to require people who want a shot to be briefed on harms and benefits and tried but failed to pass a requirement for a prescription.
n.pr
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The part that’s not being talked about enough is with these recommendations is the insurance implications if approved, and THAT is where folks will be harmed.
If you have to be counseled before getting the vaccine, that means you’ll first need an appointment —first hurdle.
If you have to be counseled before getting the vaccine, that means you’ll first need an appointment —first hurdle.
Part 752 of “Elections Have Consequences” playing out in real time.
Rolling back respiratory vaccine recommendations at the beginning of what’s slated to a be a heavy season in unconscionable.
Rolling back respiratory vaccine recommendations at the beginning of what’s slated to a be a heavy season in unconscionable.
ATLANTA (AP) — Vaccine advisers selected by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have declined to recommend COVID-19 vaccines to all Americans.
September 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Part 752 of “Elections Have Consequences” playing out in real time.
Rolling back respiratory vaccine recommendations at the beginning of what’s slated to a be a heavy season in unconscionable.
Rolling back respiratory vaccine recommendations at the beginning of what’s slated to a be a heavy season in unconscionable.
Anybody home?
a woman 's hand with long nails is knocking on a door .
ALT: a woman 's hand with long nails is knocking on a door .
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Anybody home?
Reposted by C.R.B, MPH, CHES
There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result.
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result.
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
These cuts should be criminal. The research on that 40+ page PDF effectives Black women, children, LGBTQIA+, and marginalized communities by and large.
There’s a PDF included that details the cuts. It’s extensive.
The CDC may cut certain funds for vaccines for children
One of my colleagues alerted me last night that there was a list of federal grants that will be terminated, and I was very concerned to see the list.
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
These cuts should be criminal. The research on that 40+ page PDF effectives Black women, children, LGBTQIA+, and marginalized communities by and large.
Me, a public health person, also reflecting on the fact that the people who experience this the most still are Black families.
Black Women are still 3x more likely to experience this than their white women counterparts. While calling out public health failures, we have to include systemic racism.
Black Women are still 3x more likely to experience this than their white women counterparts. While calling out public health failures, we have to include systemic racism.
Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
www.ajmc.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Me, a public health person, also reflecting on the fact that the people who experience this the most still are Black families.
Black Women are still 3x more likely to experience this than their white women counterparts. While calling out public health failures, we have to include systemic racism.
Black Women are still 3x more likely to experience this than their white women counterparts. While calling out public health failures, we have to include systemic racism.
This is a matter of asking what’s actually affecting our healthspan. Speaking specifically for Black people, it comes back to racism within healthcare, lack of resources, and lack of preventative care.
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
www.bloomberg.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:21 PM
This is a matter of asking what’s actually affecting our healthspan. Speaking specifically for Black people, it comes back to racism within healthcare, lack of resources, and lack of preventative care.
Not only is this barbaric, the residual effects —like death, will end up costing more.
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Not only is this barbaric, the residual effects —like death, will end up costing more.
This is public health.
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
Libraries around across the U.S. are helping people get healthier. They offer fitness classes, food pantries, cooking classes, conversations about loneliness and mental health, and even blood pressure...
apnews.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:08 PM
This is public health.
It’s not a matter of “if”, but “when”. He’s clearly demonstrated once that human life isn’t important to him and that he doesn’t believe in science. It’s now our turn AGAIN to right the wrongs with facts and community.
With Donald Trump’s picks to head HHS, CDC, FDA and NIH, he insures that if there is another deadly pandemic during his term, the consequences will be far more dire than last time.
November 27, 2024 at 3:18 AM
It’s not a matter of “if”, but “when”. He’s clearly demonstrated once that human life isn’t important to him and that he doesn’t believe in science. It’s now our turn AGAIN to right the wrongs with facts and community.
This is terrible. As a nation, the US reads below a 6th grade level, and the majority of that information is now taken in digitally. Literacy and being able to identify misinformation directly impacts health outcomes.
A majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it with their audiences, a study published Tuesday by the UN’s scientific and cultural arm found, underscoring concerns that some of the biggest online figures can uncritically spread misleading claims.
Majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it, study finds | CNN Business
A majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it with their audiences, a study published Tuesday by the UN’s scientific and cultural arm found, underscoring concerns t...
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:17 PM
This is terrible. As a nation, the US reads below a 6th grade level, and the majority of that information is now taken in digitally. Literacy and being able to identify misinformation directly impacts health outcomes.
Well, hello, BlueSky. 🤗
November 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Well, hello, BlueSky. 🤗