Prof Gavin Yamey
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
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Prof Gavin Yamey
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Trump’s war on diversity in medical education could shorten Americans’ lives
Building a diverse medical workforce is a crucial step to improving population health outcomes, write Gavin Yamey and Michael D Green
The Trump administration and its allies have recently taken seve...
www.bmj.com
🚨In a new piece that I co-authored with @michaeldgreen.com for @bmj.com, we argue that Trump's war on DEI in medical education will damage the health of Americans
We present research evidence showing that a diverse medical workforce improves population health outcomes
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We present research evidence showing that a diverse medical workforce improves population health outcomes
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Another superb piece by Lisa Jarvis, on the leaked COVID-19 vaccine memo
Prasad "provided no data or research to support the claim — an irresponsible and dangerous approach to regulatory oversight. It is also wildly out of step with the agency’s typically careful process of reviewing safety data."
Prasad "provided no data or research to support the claim — an irresponsible and dangerous approach to regulatory oversight. It is also wildly out of step with the agency’s typically careful process of reviewing safety data."
Prasad's leaked memo makes reckless and dangerous claims without evidence and offers a concerning glimpse into the future of vaccine regulation in the US — one that could have profound implications for both access to and the development of vaccines.
My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):
My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):
The FDA’s Leaked Covid Memo Is Reckless and Dangerous
An internal memo written by the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator offers a concerning glimpse into the future of vaccine regulation in the US — and could have profound implications ...
www.bloomberg.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Another superb piece by Lisa Jarvis, on the leaked COVID-19 vaccine memo
Prasad "provided no data or research to support the claim — an irresponsible and dangerous approach to regulatory oversight. It is also wildly out of step with the agency’s typically careful process of reviewing safety data."
Prasad "provided no data or research to support the claim — an irresponsible and dangerous approach to regulatory oversight. It is also wildly out of step with the agency’s typically careful process of reviewing safety data."
The Trumpification of Britain continues....
“I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Trumpification of Britain continues....
I listened to the new Sarathy Korwar album last night, "There Is Beauty, There Already," in one sitting, which I think is the way it should be heard; tracks flow into each other
This is the music we need (well, I need!) right now: meditative & enriching
sarathykorwar.bandcamp.com/album/there-...
This is the music we need (well, I need!) right now: meditative & enriching
sarathykorwar.bandcamp.com/album/there-...
There Is Beauty, There Already, by Sarathy Korwar
10 track album
sarathykorwar.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I listened to the new Sarathy Korwar album last night, "There Is Beauty, There Already," in one sitting, which I think is the way it should be heard; tracks flow into each other
This is the music we need (well, I need!) right now: meditative & enriching
sarathykorwar.bandcamp.com/album/there-...
This is the music we need (well, I need!) right now: meditative & enriching
sarathykorwar.bandcamp.com/album/there-...
What a wonderful thread summarizing key messages of our webinar, THANK YOU @katribertram.bsky.social!
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What a wonderful thread summarizing key messages of our webinar, THANK YOU @katribertram.bsky.social!
The MAGA/MAHA government is a terrorist regime—imagine doing this & then claiming you’re making America “great” & “healthy” again. Imagine what this boy & his dad are going through right now. I’d love to ask the physicians in the regime (Oz, Makary, Bhattacharya, Hoeg, Prasad) why they support this
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The MAGA/MAHA government is a terrorist regime—imagine doing this & then claiming you’re making America “great” & “healthy” again. Imagine what this boy & his dad are going through right now. I’d love to ask the physicians in the regime (Oz, Makary, Bhattacharya, Hoeg, Prasad) why they support this
If you missed our webinar today, “Global Health After the Breakpoint: Evidence for What Comes Next,” a video recording is now online:
youtu.be/Y64KbzE2qpo?...
youtu.be/Y64KbzE2qpo?...
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If you missed our webinar today, “Global Health After the Breakpoint: Evidence for What Comes Next,” a video recording is now online:
youtu.be/Y64KbzE2qpo?...
youtu.be/Y64KbzE2qpo?...
You can easily see why Donald Trump & Russell Vought wanted to hire the MAGA hero Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH & push forward the extreme, right-wing, toxic, Project 2025 agenda. Bhattacharya wrote this in OCT 2023—he was already pushing kooky conspiracy theories & salivating about NIH funding cuts😢
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
You can easily see why Donald Trump & Russell Vought wanted to hire the MAGA hero Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH & push forward the extreme, right-wing, toxic, Project 2025 agenda. Bhattacharya wrote this in OCT 2023—he was already pushing kooky conspiracy theories & salivating about NIH funding cuts😢
Seriously, Kylie Minogue’s “Slow” from “The Abbey Road Sessions” is magnificent
Trust me on this one
youtu.be/odeXSl8NkLg?...
Trust me on this one
youtu.be/odeXSl8NkLg?...
Kylie Minogue - Slow - The Abbey Road Sessions
YouTube video by Kylie Minogue
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December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Seriously, Kylie Minogue’s “Slow” from “The Abbey Road Sessions” is magnificent
Trust me on this one
youtu.be/odeXSl8NkLg?...
Trust me on this one
youtu.be/odeXSl8NkLg?...
This is an absolutely brilliant thread
Scientific communication at its finest
“No country has ever reverted from universal to selective HBV birth dose vaccination because it works. It's been one of public health's quietest triumphs.”
I hope to goodness ACIP does not delay the birth dose
Scientific communication at its finest
“No country has ever reverted from universal to selective HBV birth dose vaccination because it works. It's been one of public health's quietest triumphs.”
I hope to goodness ACIP does not delay the birth dose
It's very concerning that the ACIP may vote to delay hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines for children, as reported by
@reuters.com
Here's why. 🧵
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
@reuters.com
Here's why. 🧵
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is an absolutely brilliant thread
Scientific communication at its finest
“No country has ever reverted from universal to selective HBV birth dose vaccination because it works. It's been one of public health's quietest triumphs.”
I hope to goodness ACIP does not delay the birth dose
Scientific communication at its finest
“No country has ever reverted from universal to selective HBV birth dose vaccination because it works. It's been one of public health's quietest triumphs.”
I hope to goodness ACIP does not delay the birth dose
“Listen to the voice of Buddha
Saying stop your sericulture
Little people like your offspring
Boiled alive for some god's stocking
Buddha's watching, Buddha's waiting”
This song turns 50 next year (🤩) & it remains one of the greatest synth-pop tracks of all time
youtu.be/I_NStTkSRQw?...
Saying stop your sericulture
Little people like your offspring
Boiled alive for some god's stocking
Buddha's watching, Buddha's waiting”
This song turns 50 next year (🤩) & it remains one of the greatest synth-pop tracks of all time
youtu.be/I_NStTkSRQw?...
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“Listen to the voice of Buddha
Saying stop your sericulture
Little people like your offspring
Boiled alive for some god's stocking
Buddha's watching, Buddha's waiting”
This song turns 50 next year (🤩) & it remains one of the greatest synth-pop tracks of all time
youtu.be/I_NStTkSRQw?...
Saying stop your sericulture
Little people like your offspring
Boiled alive for some god's stocking
Buddha's watching, Buddha's waiting”
This song turns 50 next year (🤩) & it remains one of the greatest synth-pop tracks of all time
youtu.be/I_NStTkSRQw?...
Reposted by Prof Gavin Yamey
radical transparency pt. 10 trillion
News: Government vaccine advisors have excluded industry and CDC experts from its review of the hep B vaccine
Officials have skipped usual safety data consultations with the makers of the shots, which they will review this week
w/ @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/a...
Officials have skipped usual safety data consultations with the makers of the shots, which they will review this week
w/ @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/a...
As vaccine panel prepares hepatitis B review, CDC and industry experts are excluded
CDC experts and manufacturers haven't been consulted for an ACIP review of hepatitis B vaccine, raising concerns over any change in the vaccine schedule.
www.statnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
radical transparency pt. 10 trillion
Exactly this.
When people prioritize ideology and political agendas over scientific evidence, they focus only on the side that supports their position. Case in point: Prasad's memo uses unsupported claims of dead children to justify ignoring the many benefits of COVID vaccination
Prasad's memo focuses only on the potential risks of vaccines, without considering their benefits or citing how many lives they have saved, says @angierasmussen.bsky.social. One estimate finds vaccines saved the lives of 299 children from 2020 to 2024.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Exactly this.
Very sad to see his trajectory (when I worked as a BMJ editor, I knew and met Peter Gøtzsche, back when he was still in the reality-based, science-based, evidence-based community)
The sole author here, Peter C. Gøtzsche, was expelled from the Cochrane Collaboration for his increasingly extremist screeds against drug company research, breast cancer screening & COVID & HPV vaccines.
He started his "Institute for Scientific Freedom" to continue his fringe anti-vaccine views.
He started his "Institute for Scientific Freedom" to continue his fringe anti-vaccine views.
The grievance blog masquerading as a "journal" founded by Trump HHS appointees (The "Journal" of the "Academy" of Public Health) is now publishing lengthy screeds about how HHS secretary RFK Jr is being treated unfairly by the BMJ and calling it a literature synthesis...
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Very sad to see his trajectory (when I worked as a BMJ editor, I knew and met Peter Gøtzsche, back when he was still in the reality-based, science-based, evidence-based community)
Reposted by Prof Gavin Yamey
A doctor in Alaska once watched the hepatis B virus take children’s lives, until the vaccine for newborns made those tragedies preventable. Now a CDC panel is weighing changes that could limit access to the shot and fuel misinformation. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
RFK Jr. Wants To Delay the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Here’s What Parents Need To Know. - KFF Health News
A CDC panel is reconsidering the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Renewed doubt could lead to fewer kids getting vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to an incurable, preventable virus that can b...
kffhealthnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A doctor in Alaska once watched the hepatis B virus take children’s lives, until the vaccine for newborns made those tragedies preventable. Now a CDC panel is weighing changes that could limit access to the shot and fuel misinformation. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Reposted by Prof Gavin Yamey
Yeah this journal has been on my radar for a bit, they're now "publishing" articles in advance of peer review too
Finding another awfully done "study" in this "journal" ➡️ googling the authors ➡️ finding one is a teaching prof in an English department (WILD) ➡️ finding his awful rate my prof page filled with complaints like "he really is a weird guy that looks at girls in an uncomfortable way"
Is anyone in public health still following the weird fake journal story?
"Journal of the Academy of Public Health" is now "publishing" articles in advance of peer review.
Is this where we're gonna see fake garbage studies "proving" that vaccines cause autism show up in the coming months?
"Journal of the Academy of Public Health" is now "publishing" articles in advance of peer review.
Is this where we're gonna see fake garbage studies "proving" that vaccines cause autism show up in the coming months?
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Yeah this journal has been on my radar for a bit, they're now "publishing" articles in advance of peer review too
Reposted by Prof Gavin Yamey
1) lol. lmao.
2) we are so cooked as a field.
3) "character assassination" as a keyword is so funny lol
4) coooooooooked
2) we are so cooked as a field.
3) "character assassination" as a keyword is so funny lol
4) coooooooooked
The grievance blog masquerading as a "journal" founded by Trump HHS appointees (The "Journal" of the "Academy" of Public Health) is now publishing lengthy screeds about how HHS secretary RFK Jr is being treated unfairly by the BMJ and calling it a literature synthesis...
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
1) lol. lmao.
2) we are so cooked as a field.
3) "character assassination" as a keyword is so funny lol
4) coooooooooked
2) we are so cooked as a field.
3) "character assassination" as a keyword is so funny lol
4) coooooooooked
WTAF?
🚨 NEWS
Girlguiding has been forced, "with a heavy heart" and a decision they "would have preferred to not have had to make"...
To no longer allow trans girls or young trans women to join.
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
Girlguiding has been forced, "with a heavy heart" and a decision they "would have preferred to not have had to make"...
To no longer allow trans girls or young trans women to join.
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
WTAF?
Reposted by Prof Gavin Yamey
more info
Expert review finds delaying the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose would increase chronic infections in kids
Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead to more chronic infections in kids.
www.statnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
more info
Reposted by Prof Gavin Yamey
if they had any actual evidence or data backing their beliefs, they’d publish it. but they don’t. because that’s not the point
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
if they had any actual evidence or data backing their beliefs, they’d publish it. but they don’t. because that’s not the point
Reposted by Prof Gavin Yamey
more radical transparency from team RFK Jr. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
more radical transparency from team RFK Jr. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr has been WILDLY, WILDLY successful—surely beyond his wildest dreams—in his extreme, dangerous anti-vaccine crusade, aided of course by powerful elite MAGA and MAHA MDs and PhDs like the Great Barrington Declaration dudes (Drs Bhattacharya & Kulldorff) & Drs Makary, Prasad, Hoeg, and Oz
The FDA wants to make it harder to get vaccines approved.
“It's a de facto ban disguised as higher standards.”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
“It's a de facto ban disguised as higher standards.”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
RFK Jr has been WILDLY, WILDLY successful—surely beyond his wildest dreams—in his extreme, dangerous anti-vaccine crusade, aided of course by powerful elite MAGA and MAHA MDs and PhDs like the Great Barrington Declaration dudes (Drs Bhattacharya & Kulldorff) & Drs Makary, Prasad, Hoeg, and Oz
This is, um, quite something
Peter Gøtzsche (who writes for the kooky anti-vaccine Brownstone Institute) LOVES RFK Jr—arguably the world’s most dangerous, extreme conspiracy theorist & anti-vaxx activist—& thinks @bmj.com engaged in “character assassination”
(btw, he isn’t too pleased with me 🤣)
Peter Gøtzsche (who writes for the kooky anti-vaccine Brownstone Institute) LOVES RFK Jr—arguably the world’s most dangerous, extreme conspiracy theorist & anti-vaxx activist—& thinks @bmj.com engaged in “character assassination”
(btw, he isn’t too pleased with me 🤣)
The grievance blog masquerading as a "journal" founded by Trump HHS appointees (The "Journal" of the "Academy" of Public Health) is now publishing lengthy screeds about how HHS secretary RFK Jr is being treated unfairly by the BMJ and calling it a literature synthesis...
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is, um, quite something
Peter Gøtzsche (who writes for the kooky anti-vaccine Brownstone Institute) LOVES RFK Jr—arguably the world’s most dangerous, extreme conspiracy theorist & anti-vaxx activist—& thinks @bmj.com engaged in “character assassination”
(btw, he isn’t too pleased with me 🤣)
Peter Gøtzsche (who writes for the kooky anti-vaccine Brownstone Institute) LOVES RFK Jr—arguably the world’s most dangerous, extreme conspiracy theorist & anti-vaxx activist—& thinks @bmj.com engaged in “character assassination”
(btw, he isn’t too pleased with me 🤣)
501 people have signed up to join today's webinar, which starts at 10am ET. I'll be moderating, and we have 5 fabulous speakers/panelists: John-Arne Røttingen, Ebere Okereke, Sam McPherson, Nina Schwalbe, and Osondu Ogbuoji
It's not too late to register.....link below!
It's not too late to register.....link below!
We are pleased to sponsor the online seminar, "Global Health After the Breakpoint: Evidence for What Comes Next", featuring a panel of experts to discuss the future of global health. It's not too late to register using the link below! 🧪
📆 Tuesday 2nd Dec
🕐3.00-4.30pm GMT
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📆 Tuesday 2nd Dec
🕐3.00-4.30pm GMT
duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
501 people have signed up to join today's webinar, which starts at 10am ET. I'll be moderating, and we have 5 fabulous speakers/panelists: John-Arne Røttingen, Ebere Okereke, Sam McPherson, Nina Schwalbe, and Osondu Ogbuoji
It's not too late to register.....link below!
It's not too late to register.....link below!
Wow, the firings:
"The N.I.H. lost nearly 3,000 employees this year, or about 14 percent of its work force"
"The N.I.H. lost nearly 3,000 employees this year, or about 14 percent of its work force"
Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Wow, the firings:
"The N.I.H. lost nearly 3,000 employees this year, or about 14 percent of its work force"
"The N.I.H. lost nearly 3,000 employees this year, or about 14 percent of its work force"
Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”