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Greg Folkers
@gregfolkers.bsky.social
Washington, D.C.
NYT/ David Wallace-Wells: When the Next Pandemic Comes, MAHA Says, You’re on Your Own

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Commentary on Jay Bhattacharya, Matt Memoli op-ed
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
NEJM: Daily Mosnodenvir as Dengue Prophylaxis in a Controlled Human Infection Model

Anna P. Durbin et al

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November 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
NYT: Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day

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“It just seems petty and hostile, frankly....."

(yes)
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
C&EN: At MAHA Summit, the NIH head pushes for research that risks failure

"....we have not done a good job in the past"
😕
i can think of dozens of big advances, many transformational, in many disciplines

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November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
PNAS: Pathogens spread by high-flying wind-borne mosquitoes

Roland Bamou et al

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November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
CIDRAP: Experimental mRNA flu vaccine shows superior efficacy against symptomatic illness

bit.ly/48h76bA

@cidrap.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
medRxiv: Emergence of a novel reassorted high pathogenicity avian influenza A(H5N2) virus associated with severe pneumonia in a young adult  

Joel Armando Vazquez-Perez et al

bit.ly/4p45KZ2

h5n1 h5n2 etc
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Greg Folkers
The latest phase of the MADA movement

Make Americans Dead Again

[Gift link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...

1/4
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.DC.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
KFF Health News: South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation

by Lauren Sausser

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South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation - KFF Health News
When a measles outbreak emerged in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in October, health officials announced that most cases were tied to one public charter school, where only 17% of the 605 students enroll...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NOTUS: CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back

By Margaret Manto

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@notus.com
@margaretmanto.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
LA Times: Reaching a new low, CDC discards science in claims about vaccines and autism

by michael hiltzik

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Commentary: Reaching a new low, CDC discards science in claims about vaccines and autism
Changing its web page, the CDC now promotes the myth that vaccines are linked to autism despite years of research refuting the claim.
lat.ms
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reposted by Greg Folkers
Wow.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Inside Medicine: Scoop: The new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.

by @jeremyfaust

@CDCgov

👉 bit.ly/4pqh29A
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Gavi and UNICEF announce equitable pricing deal for malaria vaccine to protect 7 million more children by end of decade

bit.ly/3LWe1zr
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Nature Communications: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of vaccination on prevention of long COVID / Rhiannon Green et al

go.nature.com/4rgBz22
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
WSJ editorial board: RFK Jr. Turns the CDC Against Vaccines

The agency’s website is revised to spread autism fears, despite serious science finding no link.

▶️ on.wsj.com/4okTJgD
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Atlantic: Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?

Like Bhattacharya, Kennedy tends to invoke Galileo

by Michael Scherer

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November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A lot of the transformational advances in HIV science — Truvada PrEP, Treatment as prevention (HPTN 052), U=U, lenacapavir PrEP etc. happened under Carl's watch. A kind and generous person to boot. Huge loss.
As @gregggonsalves.bsky.social said, here is the main winner in the forced departure of Carl Dieffenbach.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Observer, UK/ I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards

by Rachel Clarke

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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
MedPage Today: The FDA Commissioner Is Missing the Point of Advisory Committees

by Diana Zuckerman

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November 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
IDSA podcast -- From Darkness to Opportunity: Reimagining the Future of Public Health

Mati Hlatshwayo Davis + @drdemetre.bsky.social

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From Darkness to Opportunity: Reimagining the Future of Public Health
Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA, and former CDC director Demetre Daskalakis MD, MPH, explore the current state of public health.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
TNR/Ana Marie Cox: My Weekend With the Anti-Vaxxers

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November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Forbes: NIH Under Trump Just Made It Easier To Terminate Grant Funding

@Bruce Y. Lee

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November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Zimbabwe approves twice-yearly HIV prevention drug in 23 days

lenacapavir

3-mob.com/health/zimba...
Zimbabwe approves twice-yearly HIV prevention drug in 23 days
Lenacapavir is recommended, together with safer sex practices, for PrEP in adults and adolescents weighing at least 35 kg.
3-mob.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Forbes: Reminders Of What Our Losses From CDC And USAID Mean

by @drjudystone.bsky.social Stone

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November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM