“The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

“A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.”

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What’s left is a fragile public health system, one that now faces silence where there used to be early warnings.

Entire teams that keep our country’s health system running, from vaccine experts to disease surveillance and data coordination, were abruptly dismantled. These are the people who track outbreaks, guide doctors, and help states respond before crises spiral.

Last night, hundreds of CDC staff lost their jobs, roughly a third of the agency’s workforce, with no warning or transition.

Last month @NYCHealthSystem led a MERS simulation @SouthBklynHealth — testing rapid setup of a portable isolation unit for airborne pathogens.

Exercises like this strengthen frontline readiness, teamwork & infection control for future outbreaks. 🦠

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Spoke to @todayshow.com about what to know for this respiratory season

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The 2025–26 Northern Hemisphere vaccine uses the same composition and may offer similar protection if the same viruses circulate.

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During the 2025 Southern Hemisphere flu season, vaccination reduced influenza-associated outpatient visits by 50.4% and hospitalizations by 49.7%.

CDC recommends flu vaccination for everyone ≥6 months.

State-level efforts to provide vaccine guidelines are "a great way to make sure that the access is still there," said CEID affiliate faculty Dr. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bfmbzkmas4tqf24vbitgqyz3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@syramadad.bsky.social, but "I am worried about the patchwork that it's causing across the United States."
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Turning Against Vaccines, America Is a Global Outlier
Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction

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As climate change brings new challenges like wider spread of vector-borne diseases, @nychealthsystem.bsky.social has developed climate health training to better equip healthcare workers, writes CEID affiliate @syramadad.bsky.social in @thinkglobalhealth.org.
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Public Health in Peril: Why Recent CDC Resignations Matter to Us All

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A 1990 Measles Outbreak Shows How the Disease Can Roar Back

To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/h...

Mississippi has declared a public health emergency as infant mortality hits its highest rate in over a decade: 9.7 deaths per 1,000 births in 2024.

Black infants are most at risk, with mortality jumping 24% in one year.

www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/h...

Exclusive-First human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

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Read the full amazing article by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social

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Public Health Initiatives Deliver Big Returns on Investment
Data analysis shows that every dollar spent on such efforts saves about $14 in medical and societal costs

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Misinformation isn’t harmless, it radicalizes.

“CDC gunman had become fixated on his distrust for COVID-19 vaccines, authorities say”

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