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Molecular Microbiologist. M. tuberculosis. Early Antimicrobial Resistance Detection.
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The CDC oversees larger-scale operations that cannot simply be handed off to states or individual organizations. Public health responses must be coordinated at the national level in order to be effective, since health risks are shared across state borders.
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Kennedy hearing deepens crisis over dismantling of CDC leadership - health scholar explains why the agency’s ability to protect public health is compromised
The CDC’s current crisis has been building since Trump’s first week in office and boiled over after Kennedy fired the agency’s newly appointed director.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The CDC oversees larger-scale operations that cannot simply be handed off to states or individual organizations. Public health responses must be coordinated at the national level in order to be effective, since health risks are shared across state borders.
theconversation.com/kennedy-hear...
theconversation.com/kennedy-hear...
Correct, micro decisions in the hood separate a good tech from a veteran. Nothing will replace repetition and understanding of ascetic technique that is learned over time. The best practice for new techs is to learn from veterans with an open mind. Many micro decisions seem pedantic to newbies.
Very true. In my experience, there are three aspects of “good hands”. 1. Be low entropy: when in doubt, do things in an orderly manner. 2. Make good micro decisions: observe what matters and what doesn’t in any given protocol. 3. Make fewer errors. Of these, I think 2 is the most learnable.
Every few months the "good lab hands" thing comes up and it misses a key point: you can learn to have good hands. Training matters.
Good hands aren't some magic gift from the PCR gods, you have to develop them through directed repetitive practice, like any other skill
Good hands aren't some magic gift from the PCR gods, you have to develop them through directed repetitive practice, like any other skill
September 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Correct, micro decisions in the hood separate a good tech from a veteran. Nothing will replace repetition and understanding of ascetic technique that is learned over time. The best practice for new techs is to learn from veterans with an open mind. Many micro decisions seem pedantic to newbies.
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Unsurprising but horrifying. Wherever there are people forced into crowded living conditions, there will be tuberculosis. Wherever people are dehumanized, there will be tuberculosis. prospect.org/health/2025-...
Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers
Doctors and medical researchers expect more outbreaks of infectious disease as the Trump administration crams thousands more people into miserable conditions.
prospect.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Unsurprising but horrifying. Wherever there are people forced into crowded living conditions, there will be tuberculosis. Wherever people are dehumanized, there will be tuberculosis. prospect.org/health/2025-...
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A former DOGE worker ("Big Balls") gets beaten up in DC,
and Trump sends in the military to take over the city.
But when thousands of CDC employees are targeted in a shooting,
federal buildings are attacked, and a first responder is killed...
there’s not even a statement from the White House?😡
and Trump sends in the military to take over the city.
But when thousands of CDC employees are targeted in a shooting,
federal buildings are attacked, and a first responder is killed...
there’s not even a statement from the White House?😡
August 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A former DOGE worker ("Big Balls") gets beaten up in DC,
and Trump sends in the military to take over the city.
But when thousands of CDC employees are targeted in a shooting,
federal buildings are attacked, and a first responder is killed...
there’s not even a statement from the White House?😡
and Trump sends in the military to take over the city.
But when thousands of CDC employees are targeted in a shooting,
federal buildings are attacked, and a first responder is killed...
there’s not even a statement from the White House?😡
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CDC Public Health Service physicians are being deployed to migrant detention centers. We know you face a difficult choice: go in an attempt to provide medical care or refuse to participate. If you go, DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. We need proof of human rights violations perpetrated by this administration.
July 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
CDC Public Health Service physicians are being deployed to migrant detention centers. We know you face a difficult choice: go in an attempt to provide medical care or refuse to participate. If you go, DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. We need proof of human rights violations perpetrated by this administration.
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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Today's theme: Infectious diseases & STIs.
Trump’s idea of “making America healthy”? Cutting labs that track STD & hepatitis outbreaks.
Our hot take? That’s really, really stupid.
Trump’s idea of “making America healthy”? Cutting labs that track STD & hepatitis outbreaks.
Our hot take? That’s really, really stupid.
April 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today's theme: Infectious diseases & STIs.
Trump’s idea of “making America healthy”? Cutting labs that track STD & hepatitis outbreaks.
Our hot take? That’s really, really stupid.
Trump’s idea of “making America healthy”? Cutting labs that track STD & hepatitis outbreaks.
Our hot take? That’s really, really stupid.
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“Public health communications should be about empowering people with reliable, science-based information, so they can make their own health decisions,” he added. “Unfortunately, we can’t count on Kennedy’s HHS for that anymore.”
“Public health communications should be about empowering people with reliable, science-based information, so they can make their own health decisions,” he added. “Unfortunately, we can’t count on Kennedy’s HHS for that anymore.”
CDC communications director Kevin Griffis resigns
Griffis wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that he believes public health policy must always ‘be guided by facts and not fantasy.’
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“Public health communications should be about empowering people with reliable, science-based information, so they can make their own health decisions,” he added. “Unfortunately, we can’t count on Kennedy’s HHS for that anymore.”
“Public health communications should be about empowering people with reliable, science-based information, so they can make their own health decisions,” he added. “Unfortunately, we can’t count on Kennedy’s HHS for that anymore.”
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Today is #WorldTBDay.
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms include
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms include
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
March 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Today is #WorldTBDay.
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms include
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms include
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB
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March 24 is #WorldTBDay, commemorating Dr. Robert Koch's 1882 discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria causing TB. This breakthrough was important for preventing and treating this disease. Learn more about World TB Day awareness: www.cdc.gov/world-tb-day #tuberculosis
March 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
March 24 is #WorldTBDay, commemorating Dr. Robert Koch's 1882 discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria causing TB. This breakthrough was important for preventing and treating this disease. Learn more about World TB Day awareness: www.cdc.gov/world-tb-day #tuberculosis
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March 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I present to you all the notice that now is displayed on the CDC HIV prevention page.
Again - In these times, find a healthcare provider you trust, who follows evidence based practice grounded in science. Follow trusted sources of information.
Again - In these times, find a healthcare provider you trust, who follows evidence based practice grounded in science. Follow trusted sources of information.
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I present to you all the notice that now is displayed on the CDC HIV prevention page.
Again - In these times, find a healthcare provider you trust, who follows evidence based practice grounded in science. Follow trusted sources of information.
Again - In these times, find a healthcare provider you trust, who follows evidence based practice grounded in science. Follow trusted sources of information.
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BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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DOCTORS FOR AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB)
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8]
Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the
hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that
1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food
and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on
February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset
identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for
a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1];
2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members
rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or
after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall,
by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifoaihlyxzbiko32lmralzpicfxnzwfoxp3ki5w4wniiihonzxira@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
We take the wins as they come!
A bright light in a dark moment: The price of the critical TB drug bedaquiline has now dropped to $90 per adult treatment course for TB, a 54% reduction since just 2023.
This is a huge win for @tbfighters.org and the TB activism community generally. www.stoptb.org/what-we-do/f... (1/2)...
This is a huge win for @tbfighters.org and the TB activism community generally. www.stoptb.org/what-we-do/f... (1/2)...
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February 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We take the wins as they come!
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Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
February 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
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1/ The TB outbreak in Kansas City isn’t just about case numbers. The real danger? Limited treatment options. TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a slow-growing bacterium that’s hard to kill and has developed resistance to many drugs. #TB #PublicHealth
February 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
1/ The TB outbreak in Kansas City isn’t just about case numbers. The real danger? Limited treatment options. TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a slow-growing bacterium that’s hard to kill and has developed resistance to many drugs. #TB #PublicHealth
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We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
Why are the police not defending the USAID office from these Elon-Ian thugs? It is an illegally created department and it is stealing the priorities from the American people. We pay for these programs and we demand that they continue…
February 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Why are the police not defending the USAID office from these Elon-Ian thugs? It is an illegally created department and it is stealing the priorities from the American people. We pay for these programs and we demand that they continue…
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I would love to hear from MAGA who is happy with this trade war. Can they articulate why they like it and how it will help them?
February 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would love to hear from MAGA who is happy with this trade war. Can they articulate why they like it and how it will help them?
Where are the safeguards? This is taxpayer data they are scrubbing!
February 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Where are the safeguards? This is taxpayer data they are scrubbing!
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#Tuberculosis is curable!
Tuberculosis is treated with antibiotics. To be effective, these medications need to be taken daily for 4–6 months.
⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Learn more bit.ly/3Vo428E #EndTB
Tuberculosis is treated with antibiotics. To be effective, these medications need to be taken daily for 4–6 months.
⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Learn more bit.ly/3Vo428E #EndTB
February 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#Tuberculosis is curable!
Tuberculosis is treated with antibiotics. To be effective, these medications need to be taken daily for 4–6 months.
⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Learn more bit.ly/3Vo428E #EndTB
Tuberculosis is treated with antibiotics. To be effective, these medications need to be taken daily for 4–6 months.
⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Learn more bit.ly/3Vo428E #EndTB
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I have proudly been a scientist my whole life. We are now watching the deliberate destruction of American science at the hands of the corrupt regime. Data is disappearing, young scientists are not getting paid, free speech is crushed. We can fix this, but we don't have much time to undo the harm. 🧪🌏
February 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have proudly been a scientist my whole life. We are now watching the deliberate destruction of American science at the hands of the corrupt regime. Data is disappearing, young scientists are not getting paid, free speech is crushed. We can fix this, but we don't have much time to undo the harm. 🧪🌏