What public health has already gotten right.
Hopefully you had a happy Halloween, with lots of adorable trick-or-treaters coming by to show off their costumes in exchange for a bit of candy. One of my favorite…
Don’t let your neighbors go hungry.
In Monday’s update I talked about the ways this administration is attacking our access to food by ending the USDA’s annual report on household food security, obscuring…
Update 5: Attacking our access to food
OK, here’s the final installment in the series of updates on 5 things the Trump administration has been doing to attack our health and wellness. If you didn’t already,…
Update 4: Attacking our access to scientific data and information
Continuing the series of updates on things the Trump administration has been doing to attack our health and wellness, for the weekend edition we have:4. Attacking our…
Update 3: Attacking our access to medications.
Continuing the series of updates on things the Trump administration has been doing to attack our health and wellness, today I close out the work week with a quickie:3.…
Update 2: Attacking women’s reproductive health
Continuing the series of updates on things the Trump administration has been doing to attack our health and wellness, today I bring you:2. Attacking women’s reproductive…
Update 1: Attacking Tylenol
There’s so much that’s been going on lately it’s hard to keep up! I’m going to try a new format to make it easier for you all to digest these updates while you’re…
What they’re doing to federal workers is unnecessarily cruel.
In a post earlier today, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich wrote about some of the awful things this administration is doing, saying, “Most Americans abhor what…
Catching up, Part 2: ACIP and Vaccines
Just Monday, CDC Acting Director Jim O’Neill approved the recommendations made over two weeks earlier by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This in…
Catching up, Part 1: The Senate Hearings
I have been just swamped with work lately—because there continues to be a huge need for public health planning and programs, even if the government would like to believe…
Sandwiches, gratitude, and some good news.
Most of what I share through this Substack is pretty distressing stuff. That’s appropriate, IMO, because these are some pretty distressing times. And, this week is about…
6 items to catch you up on where we are, and what you can do about it.
Happy Labor Day everyone. I hope most of you got a respite from your regular Monday work schedule, and maybe—around some barbeques and time spent in the nice weather, of…