Erika Edwards
@erikamedwards.bsky.social
Perinatal epidemiologist. Chief Scientific Officer, Vermont Oxford Network. Research Professor, University of Vermont. Fan of public health, penguins, and Fulham Football Club. Up the Green! Views=my own.
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The latest sign of the apocalypse
Trump ally MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell officially registered to raise campaign funds for a potential Minnesota governor bid through the state's site today.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell sets up run for Minnesota governor
He told MPR News he's "98 percent sure" he'll run for governor.
www.axios.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The latest sign of the apocalypse
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Immigration policies are creating impossible choices for NICU families.
Parents are afraid to visit their infants, deterred by anti-immigrant rhetoric and fear of U.S. ICE actions at hospitals.
@neodrswenson.bsky.social and I wrote about this here:
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
Parents are afraid to visit their infants, deterred by anti-immigrant rhetoric and fear of U.S. ICE actions at hospitals.
@neodrswenson.bsky.social and I wrote about this here:
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Immigration policies are creating impossible choices for NICU families.
Parents are afraid to visit their infants, deterred by anti-immigrant rhetoric and fear of U.S. ICE actions at hospitals.
@neodrswenson.bsky.social and I wrote about this here:
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
Parents are afraid to visit their infants, deterred by anti-immigrant rhetoric and fear of U.S. ICE actions at hospitals.
@neodrswenson.bsky.social and I wrote about this here:
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
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Dr. Heather Kaplan, VON faculty member, outlined an old-fashioned "Top 10 List" to highlight key learnings from the year. Qualitative data captures the “why” behind the numbers—insights observed but not measured. It adds essential context to project findings. #neosky bit.ly/3WV67bR
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dr. Heather Kaplan, VON faculty member, outlined an old-fashioned "Top 10 List" to highlight key learnings from the year. Qualitative data captures the “why” behind the numbers—insights observed but not measured. It adds essential context to project findings. #neosky bit.ly/3WV67bR
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
After doing No Buy Friday and Small Business Saturday, I just celebrated “Order The Kid’s Jeans In Three Different Shades from Three Different Vendors Because It’s A Common Size And I Can’t Buy Them Locally” Day.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
After doing No Buy Friday and Small Business Saturday, I just celebrated “Order The Kid’s Jeans In Three Different Shades from Three Different Vendors Because It’s A Common Size And I Can’t Buy Them Locally” Day.
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That news article of racist folks in the UK thinking immigration has gone up even when it’s dramatically down reminds me of those surveys in the US showing some white folks thinking the country is 50 percent Black. White supremacy isn’t logical. It’s built on imagination and violence.
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
That news article of racist folks in the UK thinking immigration has gone up even when it’s dramatically down reminds me of those surveys in the US showing some white folks thinking the country is 50 percent Black. White supremacy isn’t logical. It’s built on imagination and violence.
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Another thing, when JD Vance and Stephen Miller are the folks you lean on for charisma and to speak to the people, you’re going to lose. Both of them have a personality that only sandpaper enthusiasts would enjoy.
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Another thing, when JD Vance and Stephen Miller are the folks you lean on for charisma and to speak to the people, you’re going to lose. Both of them have a personality that only sandpaper enthusiasts would enjoy.
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Vermont, like much of the U.S., lacks affordable dental care.
On Tuesday, I visited the future home of Detroit Mercy’s new dental clinic in Colchester.
When students arrive in 2027, this facility will help tackle our dentist shortage & become the largest dental facility in VT.
On Tuesday, I visited the future home of Detroit Mercy’s new dental clinic in Colchester.
When students arrive in 2027, this facility will help tackle our dentist shortage & become the largest dental facility in VT.
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Vermont, like much of the U.S., lacks affordable dental care.
On Tuesday, I visited the future home of Detroit Mercy’s new dental clinic in Colchester.
When students arrive in 2027, this facility will help tackle our dentist shortage & become the largest dental facility in VT.
On Tuesday, I visited the future home of Detroit Mercy’s new dental clinic in Colchester.
When students arrive in 2027, this facility will help tackle our dentist shortage & become the largest dental facility in VT.
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They are still essential heroes in my eyes. Thank you to our healthcare workers!
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
They are still essential heroes in my eyes. Thank you to our healthcare workers!
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The American people know that our current health care system is broken and extremely expensive. They understand that health care is a human right.
A recent poll shows that 6 in 10 back Medicare for All.
Let’s do it.
A recent poll shows that 6 in 10 back Medicare for All.
Let’s do it.
6 in 10 Americans Back Medicare for All — Poll
The poll's results stand in stark contrast to Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," which cuts federal health care spending.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The American people know that our current health care system is broken and extremely expensive. They understand that health care is a human right.
A recent poll shows that 6 in 10 back Medicare for All.
Let’s do it.
A recent poll shows that 6 in 10 back Medicare for All.
Let’s do it.
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The US would immediately tank if it became this white ass country the administration strives for. It would decline culturally, economically, and in influence. Good luck, chuckle heads.
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The US would immediately tank if it became this white ass country the administration strives for. It would decline culturally, economically, and in influence. Good luck, chuckle heads.
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Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
by @deldeib.bsky.social @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
#Covid #covid19 #autism
by @deldeib.bsky.social @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
#Covid #covid19 #autism
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
by @deldeib.bsky.social @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
#Covid #covid19 #autism
by @deldeib.bsky.social @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
#Covid #covid19 #autism
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The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
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We have not seen this level of unemployment since the end of the pandemic.
Trumponomics: putting Americans last
Trumponomics: putting Americans last
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We have not seen this level of unemployment since the end of the pandemic.
Trumponomics: putting Americans last
Trumponomics: putting Americans last
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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“We’ve always known that getting early prenatal care is important. Now, in the United States, it’s moving in the wrong direction.”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
About a quarter of pregnant women in the US don’t get prenatal care in their first trimester, report says | CNN
A report released Monday by the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes says that only about 75% of babies last year were born to mothers who started prenatal care in the first trimester o...
www.cnn.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“We’ve always known that getting early prenatal care is important. Now, in the United States, it’s moving in the wrong direction.”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
I am 75% of the way thru my reviews of abstracts for the 2026 PAS meeting and I am seeing some really good stuff! I hope some of this gets published - especially the Neonatal QI work #neosky
a blue fish with the words just keep swimming written below it
ALT: a blue fish with the words just keep swimming written below it
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I am 75% of the way thru my reviews of abstracts for the 2026 PAS meeting and I am seeing some really good stuff! I hope some of this gets published - especially the Neonatal QI work #neosky
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Trump is welcoming MBS, the Saudi crown prince, to the White House. This is the dictator who had a U.S. columnist murdered for criticizing the Saudi royal family.
Sadly, we have a president who prefers the Saudi model — an autocracy run by a trillionaire family — to democracy.
Sadly, we have a president who prefers the Saudi model — an autocracy run by a trillionaire family — to democracy.
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Trump is welcoming MBS, the Saudi crown prince, to the White House. This is the dictator who had a U.S. columnist murdered for criticizing the Saudi royal family.
Sadly, we have a president who prefers the Saudi model — an autocracy run by a trillionaire family — to democracy.
Sadly, we have a president who prefers the Saudi model — an autocracy run by a trillionaire family — to democracy.
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Infant botulism as of 11/14: 23 cases, 8 newly identified. All consumed ByHeart baby formula, now recalled.
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Infant botulism as of 11/14: 23 cases, 8 newly identified. All consumed ByHeart baby formula, now recalled.
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Wonderful news from my local football team to help achieve the SDGs. Maybe they have some ideas for SDG 3.2?
Vermont Green FC has been accepted as a member of the United Nations' initiative, Football for the Goals (FFTG).
By joining Football for the Goals, Vermont Green FC commits to advocating for the achievement and implementation of policies aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
By joining Football for the Goals, Vermont Green FC commits to advocating for the achievement and implementation of policies aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Vermont Green FC Joins United Nations Initiative - Vermont Green Football Club
Vermont Green FC announced today that the club has been accepted as a member of the United Nations’ initiative, Football for the Goal (FFTG).
vermontgreenfc.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wonderful news from my local football team to help achieve the SDGs. Maybe they have some ideas for SDG 3.2?
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If Trump thinks he will get people to "rally round the flag" by invading Venezuela, he should think again
The killings of Venezuelan citizens is deeply unpopular and certainly illegal, not to mention immoral
The killings of Venezuelan citizens is deeply unpopular and certainly illegal, not to mention immoral
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If Trump thinks he will get people to "rally round the flag" by invading Venezuela, he should think again
The killings of Venezuelan citizens is deeply unpopular and certainly illegal, not to mention immoral
The killings of Venezuelan citizens is deeply unpopular and certainly illegal, not to mention immoral