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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 21h
This👇 is such a good example of how on top of her game Helen was. While she was keeping us all updated on Ebola, MERS, flu, and so many of all the other infectious diseases out there, she immediately grasped the gravity of the first warning sign of what we now remember as SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 21h
How terribly sad. There's no one more respected in health journalism than Helen. I learned so much from her, just by reading her work and sharing the same press calls. Rest in power, without pain. www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...
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Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 23h
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 12/10/2026
At least four members of the Danish ethics committee have resigned after this project was pushed through. One told me that the babies who contract hepatitis B while they are part of this research will, in effect, get sick “by design”. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
You might be asking yourself, "who are these RFK Jr-funded Danish researchers?" Well, here you go [yes it's in Danish] "Vaccine researchers sought to clear their names. Now, their own university has concluded there are reasonable grounds to suspect misconduct" www.weekendavisen.dk/ideer/kritik...
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Kritik for nøl med data
Eskalering. Vaccineforskere ville renses. Nu vurderer deres eget universitet, at der er begrundet mistanke om uredelighed.
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 11/10/2026
The chronic #Lyme cult is nearly 40 years old, having started in the late 1980s. There are people who grew up in this abusive cult who are adults now. Some of them went to med/nursing/PA school and are becoming the next generation of quacks. Example: James Bruzzese, MD opened his own quack clinic.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Read this thread & weep In our bioethics classes, we’re all going to be teaching our students about this grotesque RFK Jr-funded trial for decades to come White Danes flying in to Guinea-Bissau to withhold a proven intervention—the new Tuskegee And it’s happening in the year of our Lord 2026 🤯
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I’ve seen a few folks comment that “Guinea-Bissau is a low income country and cannot afford the hep B vaccine birth dose, so why is this study unethical?” It’s a good question. Let me have a go at answering it. In a nutshell, researchers cannot ethically exploit poverty & scarcity to do a trial
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'm still processing how I feel about all this. But for now, this will be my home base for writing as I figure out the next thing. Follow and subscribe. The plan for now is to keep posts un-paywalled until Election Night. Then time to pay. thepoliticalspectrum.substack.com/p/eric-garci...
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Eric Garcia, Independent
On being laid off, what comes next and what you can do.
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AboutPediatrics @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What can we expect from RFK, Jr's vaccine injury research center? More stories like the one we heard about a child who developed vaccine-induced polio after a DTaP vaccine...
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Let’s Talk Some More About RFK, Jr’s Vaccine Injury and Treatment Center
Did you hear about the child who developed vaccine-induced polio after a DTaP vaccine at RFK, Jr's vaccine injury research center ribbon cutting ceremony?
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau is moving forward -- and here are the details on how it will take place: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026
The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Breaking-news graphic featuring a photo of RFK Jr with headline that reads "RFK JR. TO GIVE 1.6M IN CDC FUNDS TO EXPERIMENT ON AFRICAN BABIES IN UNETHICAL TRIAL"
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 08/10/2026
This whole webinar that was run by @tarahaelle.bsky.social is great but the section on measles by Paul Offit is a must watch. Link starts with that segment: youtu.be/cQU790LT-4g?...
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Fact and Fiction on Measles and Respiratory Virus Vaccines Webinar
YouTube video by Expert Vaccine Analysis Team
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AboutPediatrics @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Secretary RFK, Jr has a plan for a vaccine injury research center at NIH. Why would anyone believe any of the biased research they might put out?
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RFK, Jr.’s New Vaccine Injury Research Center
Secretary RFK, Jr has a plan for a vaccine injury research center at NIH. Why would anyone believe any of the biased research they might put out?
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 08/10/2026
The word super is only appropriate in super-Orwellian
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is what I said before about RFK Jr. wanting to use our tax money for the unethical study in Guinea-Bissau, in which they will experiment on infants from one of the poorest countries in the world by withholding the HepB birth dose. My opinion hasn’t changed. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The US canceled much of its global aid and research earlier this year, Jacobs said.
"In the face of the US canceling all this funding for vulnerable countries, and then it's still going to pay for this research to be done - that is really worrying" she said. "It seems to say we don't value your lives enough to continue to provide support overall, but we won't hesitate to experiment with your population."
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I also wanted to remind people about the Danish dude who wrote the trial protocol, as he has said some truly wild things (I had a “debate” with him about RFK Jr) 🎢 OK, hold on tight, it’s a wild ride First, in the face of massive criticism of his protocol by ethicists, this is what he said…
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: RFK is planning a major vaccine injury initiative, including more research, a clinic at NIH, and a new billing code so doctors can be reimbursed for filing reports of side effects. Experts say more research is needed. But they're wary. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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RFK Jr. Plans Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts (Gift Article)
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tampa woman dies from dengue as Florida fights surge of cases Florida has tracked more than 250 locally acquired dengue cases this year. Read more: bit.ly/4ASXFfR 📷: CDC / James Gathany
mosquito with belly full of blood sitting on someone's skin.
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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This was one of my leadership principles I leaned on during my last few months at CDC
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Nina Friedman @ngfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just went to a fantastic talk at NIH by @kgandersen.bsky.social on the origins of SARS-CoV-2. We worked together on a counterprogramming lecture (linked) when Matt Ridley joined Jay Bhattacharya for the inaugural “Scientific Freedom” lecture at NIH, but I learned even more from watching…
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NIH FFS: The Freedom From Science Lab Leak Lecture Series
The NIH Director invited a conspiracy theorist to present his evidence-free,views on how the pandemic started. So I brought my co-conspirators to set them straight.
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 06/10/2026
Have Harlan Krumholz and Akiko Iwasaki ever addressed the substantive criticisms of their “Giving Wakefield” preprints that they produced in partnership with anti-vaxxers? RFK Jr and the other anti-vaxxers are having a field day, using Yale’s brand to launder their propaganda.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A very strange political tactic trying to make villains of pediatricians— a group generally respected by most everyone and depended upon and still very trusted by most parents. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: RFK Jr. is bragging to MAHA audiences that the massive changes he's made to HHS are permanent. "Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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RFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 05/10/2026
Any clinic that prominently advertises both cancer and chronic Lyme treatments should be assumed to be a scam:
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: Ken Paxton's office is investigating pediatricians for vaccinating children. He alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 05/10/2026
Her dad was a victim of notorious Arizona quack clinic Envita Medical Centers. Any clinic that prominently advertises chronic #Lyme and cancer treatment should be assumed to be a scam.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them. Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics, by Trisha Thadani www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/m... via @nytimes.com
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Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them.
Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics.
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 03/10/2026
Looking forward to listening 👇
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The "health freedom” movement is run by health authoritarians. They want to impose their anti-vaccine agenda on you, to threaten and intimidate scientists, and to let parents treat their children as disposable objects. This needs to be opposed, not appeased. My latest.
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“Health Freedom” Leaders are Health Authoritarians
"The centerpiece of the MAHA and health freedom agenda has been removal of mRNA shots."
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Mallory @this-is-mallory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GET READY TO CREAM YOUR YAMS
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 02/10/2026
A Review of Direct-to-Consumer Home Antibiotic Kits: A Threat to Antimicrobial Stewardship and Patient Safety "This review examines the clinical, ethical, and public health risks of stockpiling broad-spectrum antimicrobials for self-administration without guidance from a clinician."
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A Review of Direct-to-Consumer Home Antibiotic Kits: A Threat to Antimicrobial Stewardship and Patient Safety
Driven by the global wellness industry, pandemic anxiety, and increasing demand for telehealth, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) market for prescription antibiotic emergency kits has emerged. This review ex...
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In 2003, George W. Bush stunned the world by taking on AIDS in Africa. His program, PEPFAR, has saved 25 million lives. John Donnelly tells the remarkable story in a new book, Lifeline. Join us for a conversation: Friday, 10/2, Politics & Prose, 7 p.m. politics-prose.com/john-donnell...
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John Donnelly — Lifeline: The Story of PEPFAR, the Greatest Humanitarian Initiative of Our Time - with Sheryl Gay Stolberg — at Conn Ave
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 01/10/2026
Anti-science politicians are against the freedom of children to be free from disease
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Emerg Infect Dis: Pediatric Deaths during Measles Outbreak, Jerusalem, Israel, 2025-2026 11 deaths in one year from a vaccine-preventable disease.😠 Zohar Mor et al bit.ly/4xRGsRv
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 01/10/2026
Chiropractors and naturopaths are a danger to children and adults
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lancaster County reports Pennsylvania’s 5th measles-related death To date the CDC has confirmed just 2 measles deaths, as Pennsylvania’s measles cases climb to 943. Read more: bit.ly/4AEltnG
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Still kind of inconceivable how many people died or will die because of the death of USAID. And the world’s richest man did it almost as a joke
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 30/09/2026
Dana Milbank: RFK Jr. Just Exposed a Fraudster — And It Is Him He said he would end “corporate capture.” Now his MAHA movement is for sale.
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RFK Jr. Just Exposed a Fraudster — And It Is Him
He said he would end “corporate capture.” Now his MAHA movement is for sale.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“She had bought raw goat milk from a farm recommended to her in a Facebook group run by her chiropractor”. “Marris believed she had done her due diligence. She had researched raw milk…” Her baby ended up in the ICU with a life-threatening E. coli infection.
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 30/09/2026
A note from Dr. Angie Rasmussen:
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Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@rasmussenretorts)
I was sexually assaulted by another student in my PhD program on campus after a department party in front of multiple witnesses, who prevented sexual assault from becoming full on rape. I complained a...
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AboutPediatrics @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A post from the Independent Medical Alliance is a great reminder about how we have a modern bloodletting problem - bogus COVID treatments pushed by the IMA!
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The Modern Bloodletting Problem
A post from the Independent Medical Alliance is a great reminder about how we have a modern bloodletting problem - bogus COVID treatments pushed by the IMA!
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A great overview of how the Trump admin cultivated fear inside NIH to force compliance, even with harmful, unethical & unlawful orders. Also covers origins of the Bethesda Declaration community. From my friend & co-organizer Dr. Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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NIH Employees Lived in A Culture of Fear, So They Started Keeping Receipts
Sylvia Chou, former NIH program director, says “nobody’s OK” after massive disruptions to funding policies and infrastructure.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is why my eyes roll when anyone says “MAHA wants to do something about chronic diseases” No, it doesn’t MAHA’s leaders, RFK Jr & Jay Bhattacharya, run the US health & health research systems & they have DECIMATED chronic disease prevention What MAHA *says* is divorced from what it *does*
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 27/09/2026
Apoorva Mandavilli for NY Times: How the CDC Is Hobbled by Staff Cuts
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How the CDC Is Hobbled by Staff Cuts
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of the doctors Children’s Health Defense has cited to blame child measles deaths on medical malpractice and hospital error recently escaped professional liability for the death of his patient. Ironically, Dr. Pierre Kory’s defense rested on a law anti-vaxxers, including CHD, have railed against
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Children’s Health Defense ‘Expert’ Who Blamed Measles Deaths on Medical Malpractice Found to Have Caused Patient Death
A federal appeals court granted Dr. Pierre Kory immunity under a law anti-vaxxers have railed against.
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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 26/09/2026
🎵 One of these things is not like the others One of these things doesn't belong Can you tell which thing is not like the other By the time I finish this song? 🎵 youtu.be/rsRjQDrDnY8
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The BMJ Is Once Again Providing Fuel for Anti-Vaccine Influencers: the signals it is mentioning were not actual signals, except for myocarditis - which was found and addressed publicly, explains @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...
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The BMJ Is Once Again Providing Fuel for Anti-Vaccine Influencers
The bmj has published yet another piece that anti-vaccine influencers are salivating over, laundering it across their social media accounts and websites.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of those died. Splenic rupture in a newborn is incredibly rare. It can be caused by trauma during delivery. Measles can increase risk of rupture. The likelihood that this baby would have died without congenital measles infection approaches zero.
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