Steffanie Strathdee, PhD
@superbug-slayer.bsky.social
Infectious disease epidemiologist. Harold Simon Distinguished Professor @UCSanDiego. Phage wrangler @IPATH. Author of The Perfect Predator. ThePerfectPredator.com
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Interesting backstory…
New: I spent the week looking into the cancelled mRNA contracts. Interviews with HHS officials and MAGA and MAHA influencers reveal an HHS agency plagued by dysfunction as Kennedy chips away at the nation’s public health.
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How RFK Jr. alienated MAGA, MAHA and the White House in a single week
The botched announcement about mRNA vaccines reveals a health department full of dysfunction and infighting.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Interesting backstory…
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Amazing to watch the United States of America turn it back on vaccines.
BREAKING: RFK Jr. names Martin Kulldorff and Robert Malone and six others to ACIP.
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Secretary Kennedy on X: "On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s" / X
On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s
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June 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Amazing to watch the United States of America turn it back on vaccines.
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"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...
RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American
“Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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June 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...
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In a new #OpEd, Daniel Pham, MD, discusses the debate surrounding Casey Means’ nomination for U.S. Surgeon General, weighing concerns about her medical background against the broader responsibilities of the role in public health leadership.
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Opinion | Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?
Their leadership must be grounded in sound public health priorities
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May 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In a new #OpEd, Daniel Pham, MD, discusses the debate surrounding Casey Means’ nomination for U.S. Surgeon General, weighing concerns about her medical background against the broader responsibilities of the role in public health leadership.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.
April 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.
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Seth Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science” while presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony — sometimes called the “Oscars of Science” — where Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance. Rogen's comments were cut from the broadcast.
Seth Rogen’s Trump Jokes Are Edited Out of Awards Broadcast
While presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony this month, Mr. Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science.”
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Seth Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science” while presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony — sometimes called the “Oscars of Science” — where Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance. Rogen's comments were cut from the broadcast.
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In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.
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NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
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March 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.
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AP: #Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on #fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn't allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral. #medsky
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Utah Close to Becoming First State to Fully Ban Fluoride in Water
Measure would strip cities' ability to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral
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February 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
AP: #Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on #fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn't allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral. #medsky
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President Trump’s Cuts to Medical Research
How government cuts are slowing research.
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February 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
#Scientists need to speak up to save the institutions that fund #scientific #research like #NIH, the largest public funding agency supporting #science in the world. That's why I spoke to @medpagetoday.bsky.social.
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Federal Register Blackout Blocks NIH Funding
New strategy is like pouring 'cement in the pipes of the federal funding infrastructure'
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February 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#Scientists need to speak up to save the institutions that fund #scientific #research like #NIH, the largest public funding agency supporting #science in the world. That's why I spoke to @medpagetoday.bsky.social.
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This is my first post here. I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist who studies #HIV prevention & #harmreduction. I also co-direct IPATH, a nonprofit that is advancing #phagetherapy to combat #AMR. Give me a follow!
August 17, 2023 at 8:41 PM
This is my first post here. I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist who studies #HIV prevention & #harmreduction. I also co-direct IPATH, a nonprofit that is advancing #phagetherapy to combat #AMR. Give me a follow!
I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist w/ >24,000 followers on #Twitter hoping to find y'all & more like-minded folx here!
August 17, 2023 at 7:30 PM
I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist w/ >24,000 followers on #Twitter hoping to find y'all & more like-minded folx here!