RFK Jr. thinks the MMR vaccine is crucial. (Or does he?)
Well something very odd happened yesterday: RFK Jr. released an opinion article on Fox News entitled “Measles Outbreak is Call to Action for All of Us: MMR vaccine is…
RFK Jr. is wrong that a child dead from measles is “not unusual.”
The good news for today is that it seems like the tide of public opinion on the action of this federal administration is starting to turn. People are starting to really…
Check in on your public health friends.
In pretty much every meeting I’ve been in this week (and as a consultant I go to a LOT of meetings with a lot of different people), the meeting has started with someone…
The “threats” of Lexapro, Ritalin, and Ozempic.
Today is President’s Day…what better time to provide an update on the way the current Presidential Administration is impacting the health of everyone in the United…
Where should I go for health information now?
Someone asked me where lay people should go for their information now, if CDC can’t be seen as a comprehensive and reliable source of science-based information. (Yes,…
Appreciating the wins in this dystopian marathon.
I actually had a pretty good day yesterday—despite my general sense that everything’s on fire around me, some good things did happen. I realized that it’s important not…
PEPFAR is not exempt. It’s debilitated.
In a time where so much information is being censored or suppressed, we have to keep the flow of reliable information going however we can!I’ve also been asked by some…
MMWR is back in, and “women” are out.
Well y’all, I did NOT have “my 1,002 word post ranting about the decimation of public health would go viral” on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are, 76 hours later and…
What in the Health?!
A few of you have reached out to ask how I and my public health colleagues are faring over the last two weeks. It's made me realize that a lot of people outside my work…