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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH

@annemdmph.bsky.social
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Public health and preventive medicine physician, epidemiologist. She/her. 🌈 ally. #VaccineConfident #MedicareForAll

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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Nebraska is about to give away our protected health information so RFK Jr can dig around in it. Nebraska law has strict protections on the sharing of our information from NE's information exchange (CyncHealth), including that it must comply with HIPAA. I suggest we all opt out. Link in comment.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Exciting news!! Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has won the New Mexico Democratic primary for Governor and if elected, she will make history as the nation’s first Native American woman to serve as governor. 
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Hell yes, former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has won the New Mexico Democratic primary for Governor and if elected, she will make history as the nation's first Native American governor. 💙
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We should be learning from other countries...
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Omaha World-Herald @owhnews.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
In a World-Herald op-ed, a Nebraska epidemiologist rebuts health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and says that vaccines do not cause autism.
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Op-ed: I’m a Nebraska doctor focused on public health. Vaccines do not cause autism
In a World-Herald op-ed, a Nebraska epidemiologist rebuts health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and says that vaccines do not cause autism.
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Of course he did.
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 09/06/2025
States with less restrictive gun laws after the 2010 Supreme Court decision that applied the Second Amendment to states subsequently had more firearm deaths among kids, reported @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, in JAMA Pediatrics. www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
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More Kids Are Dying From Firearms in States With Less Restrictive Gun Laws
Excess mortality observed after 2010 Supreme Court decision applied Second Amendment to states
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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People's CDC, COVID-19, Weather Report, April 21, 2025
COVID is mostly declining but summer season approaches, vaccine experts may recommend further limiting access to vaccines, measles is not under control, & join our April 24th webinar discussion.
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls
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5 Calls Newsletter
The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#handsoff #Omaha
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#Omaha resists
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
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Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
1 in 1000 kids who get measles this year could develop encephalitis. Here's what that can do to a person. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxK...
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What Measles Did to My Sister
YouTube video by Voices for Vaccines
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Yes! This!
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
He’s not even trying to hide it
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WHO @who.int · 28/02/2025
New recommendations for the viral composition of #influenza vaccines for the 2025-2026 northern hemisphere flu season 🔗 bit.ly/3Xmt4VM
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Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2025–2026 northern hemisphere influenza season
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2025–2026 influenza season in the northern hemisphere. The announcement ...
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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New research reveals long-term health impact of COVID-19
A study of hundreds of thousands of people hospitalised from COVID has shown increased risk of death more than two years after infection.
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Susie Madrak Ω @susiemadrak.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
youtu.be/RrgCxSSwBto?...
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Neil Diamond - America (Live At The Greek Theatre / 2012)
YouTube video by neildiamondVEVO
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Amy G Dala, MD @amygdalamd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Things pediatricians are scared of: Grapes Hot dogs Lawn mowers Unmounted TVs Babies on laps in cars Riders without helmets Ungated pools Crib bumpers Trampolines Hot tubs Guns Things pediatricians are not scared of: Any/all the vaccines
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
RFK Jr. says panel will examine childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it. apnews.com/article/chil... #BlueSky #MedSky #PedSky #NurseSky #EMSky #IDSky #SciSky
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Kennedy says panel will examine childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told agency employees that a commission formed by President Donald Trump will investigate the childhood vaccine schedule.
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Chris H-B@chrish-b.bsky.social @chrish-b.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Ignorant con-man RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it | AP News apnews.com/article/rfk-...
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RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it
The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary says he needs to see data showing vaccines are safe, but he dismissed the evidence shown by an influential Republican senator.
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearings were even worse than expected
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Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from data.cdc.gov Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors. "Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."
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Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Below is a thread of federal government data being taken down this week. 🧵 It’s a growing list. Feel free to add others I’ve missed. #federaldata #governmentdata #datapurge
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Came across this as well: bsky.app/profile/magg... 6/x
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
bsky.app/profile/ddia...
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Running list of disappearing web pages and data.
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Prior vaccination prevents overactivation of innate immune responses during COVID-19 breakthrough infection | Science Translational Medicine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Prior vaccination prevents overactivation of innate immune responses during COVID-19 breakthrough infection
SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in previously vaccinated individuals are characterized by reduced activation of innate immune responses.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"In 1900, 30 percent of all deaths in the United States occurred in children less than 5 years of age." #RFKJr wants to bring all this back. He doesn't believe in germ theory, he doesn't believe in vaccines. He is a menace to our nation's children. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK220...).
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PATTERNS OF CHILDHOOD DEATH IN AMERICA
In 1999, children aged 0 to 19 accounted for 29 percent, or 77.8 million, of the U.S. population of 272.7 million (U.S. Census, 2001). Reflecting their generally good health, children accounted for on...
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Well-behaved cats rarely make history. 👑
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Cancer researchers said grants were on hold. Health briefings were abruptly canceled. The CDC’s famed Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report didn’t publish as scheduled. Our look at the sweeping consequences of the Trump admin’s “pause” of health communications. with @lenasun.bsky.social + pals
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Health researchers alarmed as Trump administration pauses travel, communications
The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
The Supreme Court is going to take up a case that seeks to gut preventative healthcare such as some cancer screenings, HIV prevention medications, statins, and prenatal vitamins. This is horrifying enough on its own. But in my inexpert reading of the case… amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/...
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Supreme Court to review Obamacare’s no-cost coverage of cancer screenings, heart statins and HIV drugs | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court said Friday it will review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s no-cost coverage mandates for certain preventive care services, putting the landmark health care law in ...
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Alastair McAlpine, MD @alastairmca30.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Ivermectin kills parasites. Febendazole kills worms. Neither has any clinical effect on cancer. Yet on the JRE, Mel Gibson opined that they cured his friends. Rogan uncritically amplified it. This stuff gets people killed.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Defend Public Health is a grassroots organization of thousands of public health professionals dedicated to sharing and promoting evidence-based public health science. You can follow this organization here. bsky.app/profile/defe...
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The Carter Center does so much good.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
“a well-organized, financed, politically motivated, and steadily globalizing campaign of disinformation & attacks against science that makes it difficult to mount an effective global response to the climate & pandemic threats” @michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
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A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer
Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Thank you for highlighting this. I’ll just add another point. Chronic diseases incidence will probably go down when infectious diseases kill more people before they get them. #IDSky #EpiSky
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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Congressional switchboard can be reached at (202) 224-3121
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Insurance must now cover all parts of Nebraskans’ colorectal cancer screenings nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/02/i...
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Insurance must now cover all parts of Nebraskans’ colorectal cancer screenings • Nebraska Examiner
New Nebraska laws expand insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screenings and associated procedures, including removing polyps.
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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
In 1986 there were 3.5 million cases of Guinea worm infection (dracunculiasis). In 2023 there were 14. The Carter Foundation has worked hard on this issue. #GlobalHealth #IDSky medium.com/usaid-2030/h...?
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He Fought the ‘Fiery Serpent’
President Carter’s contribution to ending neglected diseases
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Life in America will be better for everyone when we divorce health coverage from employment and acknowledge that health care is a right, not a privilege www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/o...
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Opinion | My Restaurant Was Named One of New York City’s Best. Here’s Why It Closed. (Gift Article)
My story is one small part of an ongoing struggle for restaurant workers and culinary culture.
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Late #Caturday post. Cat-on-lap plus full coffee mug equals bliss.
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Risk to the general public remains low, until it isn’t. We just don’t know when it will happen. #H5N1 #BirdFlu #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth
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Democracy Defender @defendingdemocracy.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
1/ “Never Forget”? Congress just did. Funding for the World Trade Center Health Program—critical healthcare for 130,000 9/11 first responders and survivors—was cut from the federal budget. Let’s break down this shameful betrayal. 🧵 www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/...
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World Trade Center Health Program funding suffers setback. Fire unions sound off on Congress' failure to act.
Funding for the World Trade Center Health Program​ past 2027 was excluded from the federal budget on Friday as Congress scrambled to avert a government shutdown.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
FLASHBACK — 1977: Ted Kennedy says campaign contributions/lobbying (aka legalized bribery) from the insurance industry and the American Medical Association are why we don’t have universal health care in 🇺🇸. #MedicareForAll
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"Trans healthcare is suicide prevention, at its core."
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
He sleeps on the heated floor on the bathroom. Traitor. #cats
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 16/12/2023
Source: “Please. do. not. share. videos. share. cats.”: Counteracting terrorist and violent extremist content on Twitter during terrorist attacks. Journalism and Media, 4(1), 364.
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Anne O’Keefe, MD, MPH @annemdmph.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Eye witness reporting from today’s wild events in South Korea.
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