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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 1d

For the 2nd week in a row, the federal shutdown has blocked disease surveillance reporting. So Team Force of Infection again visited all 50 state websites to track COVID, flu & RSV. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/outbreak-o...

Outbreak Outlook: Week 2 of DIY Surveillance

State by state disease surveillance of COVID-19, influenza and RSV amid federal public health cuts

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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 17h

I can't get over how the CDC layoffs are coming less than two months after the attempted mass shooting. The agency is being taken apart brick by brick. The public servants there do not deserve this.

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 1d

For the 2nd week in a row, the federal shutdown has blocked disease surveillance reporting. So Team Force of Infection again visited all 50 state websites to track COVID, flu & RSV. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/outbreak-o...

Outbreak Outlook: Week 2 of DIY Surveillance

State by state disease surveillance of COVID-19, influenza and RSV amid federal public health cuts

caitlinrivers.substack.com

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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 1d

Continuing my tour of states. This is an unpopular opinion, but PDF reports are my favorite. They are by far the fastest to review and analyze. Dashboard makers, chill with the dropdown menus.

Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 2d

Going state by state for the 2nd week in a row to check on COVID-19, influenza, and RSV trends bc the shutdown is interrupting public reporting.

Not done yet as most data doesn't come out until tomorrow, but already seeing small signs of increase in RSV among ages 0-4.

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Force of Infection | Caitlin Rivers | Substack

Weekly updates on what's going around. Tracking COVID-19, influenza, RSV, food recalls, and more. Helpful for anyone looking to stay well. Click to read Force of Infection, by Caitlin Rivers, a Substa...

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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 2d

Going state by state for the 2nd week in a row to check on COVID-19, influenza, and RSV trends bc the shutdown is interrupting public reporting.

Not done yet as most data doesn't come out until tomorrow, but already seeing small signs of increase in RSV among ages 0-4.

caitlinrivers.substack.com

Force of Infection | Caitlin Rivers | Substack

Weekly updates on what's going around. Tracking COVID-19, influenza, RSV, food recalls, and more. Helpful for anyone looking to stay well. Click to read Force of Infection, by Caitlin Rivers, a Substa...

caitlinrivers.substack.com

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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 4d

I'm also very grateful to @cmyeaton.bsky.social, whose newsletter this past weekend offers an invaluable round-up of state-level infectious disease data updates: caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/cdc-data-i... (3/3)

CDC data interrupted, so we went state by state

A look at Covid-19, flu and RSV trends in each state

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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 7d

The government shutdown interrupted CDC's disease updates, so Team Force of Infection spent our Saturday going to the websites of all 50 health departments to check on Covid-19, flu and RSV. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/cdc-data-i...

CDC data interrupted, so we went state by state

A look at Covid-19, flu and RSV trends in each state

caitlinrivers.substack.com

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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 7d

The government shutdown interrupted CDC's disease updates, so Team Force of Infection spent our Saturday going to the websites of all 50 health departments to check on Covid-19, flu and RSV. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/cdc-data-i...

CDC data interrupted, so we went state by state

A look at Covid-19, flu and RSV trends in each state

caitlinrivers.substack.com

10 69 180

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 9d

“framing science as a debate to be won makes it easy to paint established scientists as opponents who must be overcome”

An interesting thesis and suggestion of a solution

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o... 🎁

Opinion | How the Manosphere Hijacks Young Men’s Interest in Science

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Matthew Herper @matthewherper.bsky.social · 9d

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough, the State’s First Pertussis Death in 13 Years www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 16d

Noticing lots of cold symptoms and cases of the sniffles? 🤧 We're seeing a sharp increase in rhinovirus, which causes the common cold, as shown in our latest weekly data. This isn't unexpected for this time of year when kids go back to school and mixing increases.