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This post by @enirenberg.bsky.social is absolutely worth your time. It's not just scicomm, it's poetry. deplatformdisease.substack.com/p/the-cdc-a-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This post by @enirenberg.bsky.social is absolutely worth your time. It's not just scicomm, it's poetry. deplatformdisease.substack.com/p/the-cdc-a-...
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The revolution will be inflatable..
Incredible artwork by @4nikkolas.bsky.social.
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The revolution will be inflatable..
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I joined eight former CDC directors—spanning Republican and Democratic administrations—to share this warning: our nation’s health is at risk.
The very systems that protect us from disease, cancer, and future health threats are being dismantled.
The very systems that protect us from disease, cancer, and future health threats are being dismantled.
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I joined eight former CDC directors—spanning Republican and Democratic administrations—to share this warning: our nation’s health is at risk.
The very systems that protect us from disease, cancer, and future health threats are being dismantled.
The very systems that protect us from disease, cancer, and future health threats are being dismantled.
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Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"
June 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"
A new study shows that cancer screening was suboptimal in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening prevalence in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands
Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening are recommended and can reduce mortality from these cancers, yet information on screening prevalence…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A new study shows that cancer screening was suboptimal in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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You can read Sarah Roby’s beautiful letter here:
Inside the C.D.C., a Final ‘Love Letter’ Before Mass Layoffs (Gift Article)
The agency’s injury center was among the departments that were largely gutted in Tuesday’s wave of dismissals. Read a staff member’s letter to colleagues while they awaited their fates.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
You can read Sarah Roby’s beautiful letter here:
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I do not have any words for what is happening today at the Department of Health and Human Services. It is a tragedy from the personal to the societal levels.
April 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I do not have any words for what is happening today at the Department of Health and Human Services. It is a tragedy from the personal to the societal levels.
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A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy was <50. Today, it is ~80.
What made the difference? Public Health. Public health, however, is not some magic entity happening in a vacuum - it requires people.
Without those people, there can be no Public Health. That serves no one.
Wake up.
What made the difference? Public Health. Public health, however, is not some magic entity happening in a vacuum - it requires people.
Without those people, there can be no Public Health. That serves no one.
Wake up.
#Breaking: HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.
www.statnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy was <50. Today, it is ~80.
What made the difference? Public Health. Public health, however, is not some magic entity happening in a vacuum - it requires people.
Without those people, there can be no Public Health. That serves no one.
Wake up.
What made the difference? Public Health. Public health, however, is not some magic entity happening in a vacuum - it requires people.
Without those people, there can be no Public Health. That serves no one.
Wake up.
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Let me help you with this title @politico.com. "Kennedy lays off thousands of public servants focused on improving the nation's health."
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POLITICO Pro: Kennedy lays off thousands across the health bureaucracy
Overnight notices hit civil service leaders as well as the rank and file.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Let me help you with this title @politico.com. "Kennedy lays off thousands of public servants focused on improving the nation's health."
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Whether it's students at Oberlin complaining about banh mi or administrators at NYU cancelling a speech for fear of offending Donald Trump, both schools have fraught relationship with freedom of expression.
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Whether it's students at Oberlin complaining about banh mi or administrators at NYU cancelling a speech for fear of offending Donald Trump, both schools have fraught relationship with freedom of expression.
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Morbid, but hilarious.
March 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Morbid, but hilarious.
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Some pretty stunning answers here from DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar in today's interview with NPR's Michel Martin, in which Edgar equates pro-Palestinian protests with terrorist activity and can't point to any crime committed by Mahmoud Khalil: npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
March 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Some pretty stunning answers here from DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar in today's interview with NPR's Michel Martin, in which Edgar equates pro-Palestinian protests with terrorist activity and can't point to any crime committed by Mahmoud Khalil: npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
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Trump threatens Canada with new tariffs, seeking to block the release of the new Bryan Adams album.
March 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump threatens Canada with new tariffs, seeking to block the release of the new Bryan Adams album.
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Me, watching the Census, NIH, CDC, and FDA get dismantled while trying to make rent.
March 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Me, watching the Census, NIH, CDC, and FDA get dismantled while trying to make rent.
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Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
February 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
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Hey #EpiSky, want to learn more about cancer screening? Noel Weiss presents an SERplaylist
Evaluation of cancer screening efficacy by means of non-randomized studies – Society for Epidemiologic Research
The level of screening for a given form of cancer can vary within a population over time, and/or can vary across populations. But only rarely can population-level studies deal with the other factors that...
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October 16, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Hey #EpiSky, want to learn more about cancer screening? Noel Weiss presents an SERplaylist
This study in JAMA Oncology highlights the high burden of cervical cancer in some US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cervical Cancer Incidence in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands
This cross-sectional study examines the population-based incidence of cervical cancer in 6 US-Affiliated Pacific Islands from 2007 to 2020.
jamanetwork.com
September 15, 2024 at 2:28 AM
This study in JAMA Oncology highlights the high burden of cervical cancer in some US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Curious to learn more about epidemiology? You’re in luck! Our book is coming soon to a bookstore near you 🥳🥳
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March 21, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Curious to learn more about epidemiology? You’re in luck! Our book is coming soon to a bookstore near you 🥳🥳
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