Broadly Epi
@broadlyepi.com
https://www.broadlyepi.com/
At Broadly Epi, we specialize in innovative public health solutions through expert consultation and data-driven strategies. Our team of experts work to advance health equity, and help the next generation of public health heroes!
At Broadly Epi, we specialize in innovative public health solutions through expert consultation and data-driven strategies. Our team of experts work to advance health equity, and help the next generation of public health heroes!
Pinned
Broadly Epi
@broadlyepi.com
· Nov 8
Hello everyone! We compiled a list of Trans Inclusive / LGBTQIA+ health resources. Normally we wouldn't ask for engagement, but sharing this around would be deeply appreciated. Remember: You're not alone. We'll endure.
www.broadlyepi.com/lgbtqia-heal...
#MedSky #LGBTQIA+ #TransRights #HumanRights
www.broadlyepi.com/lgbtqia-heal...
#MedSky #LGBTQIA+ #TransRights #HumanRights
Reposted by Broadly Epi
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
Reposted by Broadly Epi
If boosting brain health wasn’t on your list of reasons to get the shingles vaccine, it might be now. A new study finds lower risk in dementia death and a reduction in cognitive impairment among vaccinated folks. 💉 🧠
Shingles vaccine may slow, prevent dementia progression, study finds
A new study shows the shingles vaccine may offer a defense against dementia. Here are the details.
www.usatoday.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If boosting brain health wasn’t on your list of reasons to get the shingles vaccine, it might be now. A new study finds lower risk in dementia death and a reduction in cognitive impairment among vaccinated folks. 💉 🧠
🛟 So this is what the new leadership HHS is spending their time on, eh? Good to know we can rely on them as much as the average Call of Duty lobby.
Massive respect for Admiral Levine for her comment, though:
"[...] I'm not going to comment on this type of petty action."
shorturl.at/JL5DR
Massive respect for Admiral Levine for her comment, though:
"[...] I'm not going to comment on this type of petty action."
shorturl.at/JL5DR
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
shorturl.at
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
🛟 So this is what the new leadership HHS is spending their time on, eh? Good to know we can rely on them as much as the average Call of Duty lobby.
Massive respect for Admiral Levine for her comment, though:
"[...] I'm not going to comment on this type of petty action."
shorturl.at/JL5DR
Massive respect for Admiral Levine for her comment, though:
"[...] I'm not going to comment on this type of petty action."
shorturl.at/JL5DR
We really should do away with the term anti-vax, and instead pivot to the term "pro-disease", or "pro-preventable death". It's a little bit more clear in what the end result is.
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We really should do away with the term anti-vax, and instead pivot to the term "pro-disease", or "pro-preventable death". It's a little bit more clear in what the end result is.
Reposted by Broadly Epi
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This disability education law turned 50 today. Disability advocates want more.
"Our civil rights are not up for negotiations," Rep. Lateefah Simon said.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Broadly Epi
Worked like a dog today as part of this handsome mobile lab team. Felt great. We gave HIV tests to 86 sex workers, got 3 poz, 6 inconclusive & 77 neg results. Got the 3 into care & about 60 of the 77 neg onto PrEP! Also gave PEP, antibiotics, condoms & lube to 200+ sex workers. A successful day.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Worked like a dog today as part of this handsome mobile lab team. Felt great. We gave HIV tests to 86 sex workers, got 3 poz, 6 inconclusive & 77 neg results. Got the 3 into care & about 60 of the 77 neg onto PrEP! Also gave PEP, antibiotics, condoms & lube to 200+ sex workers. A successful day.
Reposted by Broadly Epi
Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
New Reports Bring Global Solutions to Bolster U.S. Lawmakers in the Fight to Protect Reproductive Freedom - O'Neill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the State Innovation Exchange (SiX) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health, released Beyond Borders, a groundbreaking report series that examines how countr...
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
Reposted by Broadly Epi
"So many queer resources are disappearing from the internet and are only partially preserved or completely lost." Assigned Media speaks with Dr. Clair Kronk about digital queer history preservation.
This article brought to you by @funcrunch.me.dm.ap.brid.gy
This article brought to you by @funcrunch.me.dm.ap.brid.gy
Preserving the data of LGBTQ+ history — Assigned
An interview with Dr. Clair Kronk.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"So many queer resources are disappearing from the internet and are only partially preserved or completely lost." Assigned Media speaks with Dr. Clair Kronk about digital queer history preservation.
This article brought to you by @funcrunch.me.dm.ap.brid.gy
This article brought to you by @funcrunch.me.dm.ap.brid.gy
Remember when the CDC (the organization, not the actual scientists who are in general sensible and trying to help) had any shred of dignity left? Pepperidge Farm remembers. Can't believe this is on an actual CDC web page. Autism probably caused vaccines, not vice versa.
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Remember when the CDC (the organization, not the actual scientists who are in general sensible and trying to help) had any shred of dignity left? Pepperidge Farm remembers. Can't believe this is on an actual CDC web page. Autism probably caused vaccines, not vice versa.
Reposted by Broadly Epi
Now live Dr. Monika Moir, describing how the gradual increase in temperature affects diseases like West Nile Viruses - Join Live youtu.be/Aj4hsL0pCMo?...
CLIMADE COP30 Report Launch: Climate Change as a Public Health Emergency
YouTube video by CERI & KRISP Centre Epidemic Response & Innovation
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Now live Dr. Monika Moir, describing how the gradual increase in temperature affects diseases like West Nile Viruses - Join Live youtu.be/Aj4hsL0pCMo?...
It's this kind of weaponized incompetence from the trump regime that's really the most insidious. Sure, half might be hired back but the burnout of "you've spent your life learning and doing this, and we can fire you in 5 minutes." Is a cruel, stupid, and tiring power move.
Staff with the CDC’s institutional review board … were also let go.
In the next 30 days, some science protocols will be up for renewal by the institutional review board.
“They’ll have to be shut down,” Houry said.
😳
In the next 30 days, some science protocols will be up for renewal by the institutional review board.
“They’ll have to be shut down,” Houry said.
😳
‘Instability and whiplash’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while former top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It's this kind of weaponized incompetence from the trump regime that's really the most insidious. Sure, half might be hired back but the burnout of "you've spent your life learning and doing this, and we can fire you in 5 minutes." Is a cruel, stupid, and tiring power move.
Congrats to all the protestors all around the country yesterday for really showing up and showing out! The signs were fantastic, the inclusion of people from every walk of life was great, and it was great to see folks be so unified and accomodating to each other while standing against this madness.
October 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Congrats to all the protestors all around the country yesterday for really showing up and showing out! The signs were fantastic, the inclusion of people from every walk of life was great, and it was great to see folks be so unified and accomodating to each other while standing against this madness.
Reposted by Broadly Epi
The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.
Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.
Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
Reposted by Broadly Epi
it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
qnews.com.au
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
The person who decided to use the original Pokémon theme song for an advertisement for ICE has to be the living embodiment of everything wrong with meme culture.
September 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The person who decided to use the original Pokémon theme song for an advertisement for ICE has to be the living embodiment of everything wrong with meme culture.
COVID is hitting pretty hard already this year, with Flu and RSV well on their way. Every year since 2020 has been hell for emergency departments and peds floors. I cannot imagine how it'll be by the holiday season this year.
In case you’re wondering, it’s barely fall & our children’s hospital is already almost always full with kids boarding in the ER.
And the pediatric workforce is stretched thin.
Our system does not have the capacity to care for the influx of vaccine preventable diseases that is coming.
And the pediatric workforce is stretched thin.
Our system does not have the capacity to care for the influx of vaccine preventable diseases that is coming.
September 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
COVID is hitting pretty hard already this year, with Flu and RSV well on their way. Every year since 2020 has been hell for emergency departments and peds floors. I cannot imagine how it'll be by the holiday season this year.
Having PragerU as part of an "Education Coalition to..Advance a shared understanding of America's founding principles" is truly one of the most unhinged things I've seen yet. TPUSA is there, too.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
U.S. Department of Education, AFPI, TPUSA, Hillsdale College, and Over 40 National and State Organizations Launch America 250 Civics Coalition
The U.S. Department of Education, alongside the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 40 leading national and state-based organizations today announced th...
www.ed.gov
September 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Having PragerU as part of an "Education Coalition to..Advance a shared understanding of America's founding principles" is truly one of the most unhinged things I've seen yet. TPUSA is there, too.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
This shouldn't really come as a surprise, but even for the party of "facts and logic", claiming talking points that would get them laughed out of a 5th grade classroom is really low.
Number of Washington people who died due to a covid vaccine: 1-3.
Number who died from COVID: >15,900.
C'mon now.
Number of Washington people who died due to a covid vaccine: 1-3.
Number who died from COVID: >15,900.
C'mon now.
September 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This shouldn't really come as a surprise, but even for the party of "facts and logic", claiming talking points that would get them laughed out of a 5th grade classroom is really low.
Number of Washington people who died due to a covid vaccine: 1-3.
Number who died from COVID: >15,900.
C'mon now.
Number of Washington people who died due to a covid vaccine: 1-3.
Number who died from COVID: >15,900.
C'mon now.
Reposted by Broadly Epi
Some pretty wild swings here.
September 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Some pretty wild swings here.
It is absolutely crazy to be building a software that requires accurate weather forecasting data, only to find out NOAA said months ago staffing cuts were so deep that forecast and measurement data is likely to be a bit screwy going forward.
September 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It is absolutely crazy to be building a software that requires accurate weather forecasting data, only to find out NOAA said months ago staffing cuts were so deep that forecast and measurement data is likely to be a bit screwy going forward.
In a lot of ways, medical provider resistance to mask wearing parallels its previous resistance to hand washing. There was controversy around handwashing that boiled down to ego. "How dare you imply I am impure or filthy, now excuse me as I deliver a baby with another patients blood on my hands."
When you get a vaccine or a medical checkup, we expect the healthcare worker to wash their hands and wear gloves.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
September 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In a lot of ways, medical provider resistance to mask wearing parallels its previous resistance to hand washing. There was controversy around handwashing that boiled down to ego. "How dare you imply I am impure or filthy, now excuse me as I deliver a baby with another patients blood on my hands."
Reposted by Broadly Epi
My new piece is on the painfully slow process of scientific error-correction and how it harms real people all the time.
Also, why cinnamon probably isn't a useful treatment for diabetes.
gidmk.substack.com/p/cinnamon-f...
Also, why cinnamon probably isn't a useful treatment for diabetes.
gidmk.substack.com/p/cinnamon-f...
Cinnamon For Diabetes And Vitamin D For COVID-19
The painfully slow process of scientific correction
gidmk.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
My new piece is on the painfully slow process of scientific error-correction and how it harms real people all the time.
Also, why cinnamon probably isn't a useful treatment for diabetes.
gidmk.substack.com/p/cinnamon-f...
Also, why cinnamon probably isn't a useful treatment for diabetes.
gidmk.substack.com/p/cinnamon-f...
Reposted by Broadly Epi
Group that includes most major insurers — apart form UnitedHealthcare — says its plans will continue to cover vaccines including Covid and flu despite potential changes to recommendations.
More @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/a...
More @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/a...
Major health insurer group says members will continue to cover vaccines, a step that may ease anxiety over access
Amid concern about Americans’ access to vaccines, a major health insurance association said member plans will continue to cover all shots recommended by the ACIP.
www.statnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Group that includes most major insurers — apart form UnitedHealthcare — says its plans will continue to cover vaccines including Covid and flu despite potential changes to recommendations.
More @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/a...
More @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/a...
Reposted by Broadly Epi
Trans rights are human rights.
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trans rights are human rights.
We're going to be resuming writing topical public health articles soon, but would love some feedback!
Would there be interest in articles that summarize policy decisions, determine how based in reality they are, and what local communities can do to empower themselves with or against them?
Would there be interest in articles that summarize policy decisions, determine how based in reality they are, and what local communities can do to empower themselves with or against them?
September 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We're going to be resuming writing topical public health articles soon, but would love some feedback!
Would there be interest in articles that summarize policy decisions, determine how based in reality they are, and what local communities can do to empower themselves with or against them?
Would there be interest in articles that summarize policy decisions, determine how based in reality they are, and what local communities can do to empower themselves with or against them?