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Big nerd energy, dog and cat enthusiast. 🏳️‍🌈, she/her. Also: sailor, all-around science appreciator, astrophotography newbie. I tend to be more chatty on mastodon: @cremevax@infosec.exchange PSA: I heart vaccines but my handle has to do with the DEC kind.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
SCOOP: The CDC quietly removed a page (against court orders) on safer sex and public gatherings info for avoiding mpox transmission a week before Pride month. “This is in effect high public health treason,” Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, a former top CDC leader, told me. www.advocate.com/health/sexua...
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'This is probably illegal': CDC quietly erases mpox guidance tied to Pride events
Critics warn that the Trump administration is once again scrubbing medically vetted LGBTQ+ public health information from federal websites despite a judge's order requiring restoration.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The CDC's Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance Data webpage was updated: www.cdc.gov/traveler-gen...
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Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance Data
Highlights TGS program data collected at international U.S. airports.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The CDC's mpox case trends data was updated for May: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/da.... So was the mpox clade 1 outbreak overview page, at: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/ou... The section under "What CDC is doing" got a heavy rewrite, including removing a line about using vaccines.
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U.S. Case Data: Monkeypox
Case trends for clade I and clade II monkeypox in the United States
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The CDC has removed teh transgender from their HIV PrEP page; it used to be in their "considerations for specific populations" section. See: www.cdc.gov/hivnexus/hcp... Also, hear ye, hear ye, "men who have sex with men" is now deemed woke and has likewise been banished.
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Clinical Guidance for PrEP
General clinical overview of PrEP for HIV prevention.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The CDC's Flu Resource Center page at www.cdc.gov/flu-resource... is another page that has been down a great more than it's been up, especially since December (!). At any rate, it's up for the moment.
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Flu Resource Center
Access CDC communication resources to share information about the importance annual flu vaccination
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The CDC's COVE folks are planning for a new point release in June. Start here: www.cdc.gov/cove/about/w...
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What's New
What's New - Release Notes
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The CFA updated their RSV ensemble forecasts: www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling.... The CFA qualitative assessments page is back up: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat.... This page is down a whole more than it's up lately.
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RSV Ensemble Forecasts
Weekly forecasts of RSV hospital admissions and ED visits provided at national and state levels.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Looping back to the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics: They've updated the CovidHub ensemble forecast: www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling.... And it looks like they have removed the MOBS Lab hospital admissions model from the ensemble? The Rt estimates got updated too: www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
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COVID-19 Ensemble Forecasts
Review emergency department visit and hospital admission ensemble forecasts due to COVID-19
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The CDC has a series of webpages up about a new, multistate outbreak of salmonella linked to veiled chameleons. Start here: www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Pet Veiled Chameleons
Information about a multistate <em>Salmonella</em> outbreak linked to pet veiled chameleons.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The CDC posted a video about long covid: www.cdc.gov/long-covid/r...
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Video: Long COVID
Talk to your healthcare provider if your symptoms last for months after infection.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
As others have noted before me, the CDC finally posted an alert about the hantavirus cluster on the cruise ship: www.cdc.gov/han/php/noti...
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2026 Multi-country Hantavirus Cluster Linked to Cruise Ship
The CDC is issuing this HAN Health Advisory about a new cluster of hantavirus disease cases
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics has a new page up on their Covid19 scenario modeling methods: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat.... The CFA has also posted a page evaluating their 2025-2026 respiratory disease outlook: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
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Scenario Modeling Methods - COVID-19
Learn about the methods behind some of the scenario,
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The CDC also has a page up on safety for soccer fans?!? www.cdc.gov/soccer/index...
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CDC Safety for Soccer Fans
CDC health resources for soccer fans, with tips on travel, safety, illness prevention, and emergency
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The CDC has a new series of web pages up about monthly zoonotic and infectious diseases webinars for professional education. Start here: www.cdc.gov/zohu-call/we...
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Search ZOHU Calls
Search a collection of recent ZOHU Call webinars.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Fun change: the CDC's immunization schedule pages all have this new notice at the top. See for example www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp.... PS: I think Bluesky doesn't like the screencap's dimensions, but the text is in the alt.
Pursuant to the preliminary order issued on March 16, 2026, in American Academy of Pediatrics et al. v. Kennedy et al., No. 1:25-cv-11916 (D. Mass.), which stayed all votes taken by the ACIP during its June, September and December 2025 meetings, and further stayed the Acting CDC Director’s January 5, 2026 Decision Memo revising the CDC’s childhood immunization schedule, the July 2, 2025 immunization schedule posted here is the current CDC Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age for Healthcare Professionals.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The CDC's Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance Data page for Covid was updated: www.cdc.gov/traveler-gen...
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Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance Data
Highlights TGS program data collected at international U.S. airports.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In the CC's TB social media toolkit page, they seem to have removed references to the CDC's TB Facebook and Twitter handles and its Youtube playlist: www.cdc.gov/think-test-t...
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Sample Social Media for General Audiences
Use our suggested X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn copy to deliver tuberculosis messages.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The CDC's wastewater surveillance data method pages was updated earlier this month: www.cdc.gov/wastewater/a...
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CDC's Wastewater Monitoring Data Methodology
Various methodologies ensure ensure wastewater data are accurate, comparable, and clear.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The CDC published updates to its mpox outbreak page: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/ou.... Also updated is the situation summary page at: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/si...
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Clade I Monkeypox Outbreaks
Cases of clade I monkeypox have been diagnosed worldwide.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This CDC page about clinical are for people with HIV was de-woked by removing references to pregnant people and breast/chest feeding. www.cdc.gov/hivnexus/hcp...
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Clinical Care of HIV
General overview of HIV clinical care and treatment.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The CDC updated the flu vaccination dashboard pages earlier this month. See www.cdc.gov/fluvaxview/d.... They also added a new publication about vaccination among health care workers for 2024-2025 that was published in MMWR: www.cdc.gov/fluvaxview/p...
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Weekly Flu Vaccination Dashboard
Get weekly flu vaccination data for local areas, states, HHS regions, and the nation.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
There was a slew of resources from the 2025 Epidemic Intelligence Service conference that now 403 out. E.g.: www.cdc.gov/eis-conferen... These materials seem useful and it would be nice if the CDC would archive them some place? At any rate, the 2026 abstracts are up at www.cdc.gov/eis-conferen...
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
OMG, so many doc changes in preparation for the new CDC's open source visualization editor (COVE) release! Start here I guess: www.cdc.gov/cove/about/w...
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What's New
What's New - Release Notes
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
As usual, lots of updated material from the CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics. The Covid ensemble models were updated: www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling... and www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling... And as I mentioned earlier in this thread, there's a new RSV ensemble model.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The CDC has some new pages up about a salmonella outbreak in St. Paul. Start here: www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Backyard Poultry
Information about multistate <em>Salmonella</em> outbreak linked to backyard poultry.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In the CDC's child development website, they removed several flyers. The archived versions of the removed flyers are at web.archive.org/web/20260318... and web.archive.org/web/20260318...
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Almost Walking Flyer
Free information about milestones and free tools to help track a child’s development.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This Thursday, April 30th, the CDC will host a clinician outreach call on rabies: www.cdc.gov/coca/hcp/tra...
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Rabies is Still Here: Epidemiology, Outbreaks, and Costs of Prevention in the United States
COCA Call: evaluating a bite victim and the importance of the rabies exposure assessment
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics has a new RSV ensemble forecast page up at: www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
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RSV Ensemble Forecasts
Weekly forecasts of RSV hospital admissions and ED visits provided at national and state levels.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The CDC removed pages relating to its Wellness Policy in Action tool. The last archived version of the main page is at: web.archive.org/web/20260318...
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Wellness Policy in Action Tool (WPAT)
WPAT examines the relationship between written wellness policies and school health practices.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The CDC added a new page to its TB data section: www.cdc.gov/tb-data/abou.... The 2024 provisional data page, www.cdc.gov/tb-data/2024..., has been archived.
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About the Provisional Data
CDC reports provisional tuberculosis data reported in the United States in 2025.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The CDC's peer review agenda page at www.cdc.gov/science-qual... deleted a link to a technical report abut MS prevalence. The underlying material is still available at www.cdc.gov/nncss/php/ab....
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CDC/ATSDR Peer Review Agenda
This page provides information on the independent peer review of documents defined by CDC
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
So was the CDC's vaccination concerns page at www.cdc.gov/respvaxview/.... I'm tired, so no jokes this time.
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Vaccination Concerns, Issues, and Motivators
Explore COVID-19, flu, and RSV vaccination concerns, issues, and motivators among U.S. adults.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC's national covid-19 wastewater data page was updated: www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI....
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Wastewater COVID-19 National and Regional Trends
CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, U.S. National trends
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC's wastewater surveillance data methods page (www.cdc.gov/nwss/data-me...) has added a section about their Github repo at github.com/CDCgov/NWSS
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CDC’s Wastewater Surveillance Data Methodology | National Wastewater Surveillance System | CDC
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC's mpox situation summary page was updated: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/si...
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Monkeypox in the United States and Around the World: Current Situation
Outbreaks of clade I and clade II monkeypox are occurring in many countries around the world.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC's mpox outbreak overview page was updated: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/ou.... Boy howdy do the non-USAID vest emblems in this graphic look off to me. Also, RIP USAID.
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Clade I Monkeypox Outbreaks
Cases of clade I monkeypox originated in Central and Eastern Africa but have spread worldwide.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC updated their mpox vaccine considerations page a few weeks ago: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/hc...
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Vaccine for Monkeypox Prevention in the United States
CDC recommendations and more information about monkeypox vaccine for disease prevention.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC's mpox page about treatment with Tecovirimat was updated: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/hc...
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Tecovirimat (TPOXX) for Treatment of Monkeypox
Monkeypox patients may be eligible to get tecovirimat via CDC's investigational new drug protocol.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC has been making various changes to their teen substance use and mental health program at www.cdc.gov/free-mind/in...
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Free Mind: Mental Health & Drug Use Awareness for Teens | CDC
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Also in the CDC's flu vaccination dashboards: updates to the main page at www.cdc.gov/fluvaxview/d..., plus updates to the 65+ adults page (www.cdc.gov/fluvaxview/d...)
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Influenza Vaccination Coverage, Adults 65 Years and Older, United States
Flu vaccination coverage among Medicare beneficiaries is assessed using claims data from CMS.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC changed a footnote to its Flu vaccination dashboard to reflect changes in their methodology for counting adult vaccinations in pharmacies and doctor offices. www.cdc.gov/fluvaxview/d...
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Influenza Vaccinations Administered in Pharmacies and Physician Medical Offices*, Adults, United States
Weekly estimates of COVID-19 vaccinations administered on adults in pharmacies and medical offices.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC deleted a big chunk of their field epidemiology manual's data collection chapter at www.cdc.gov/field-epi-ma.... Everything from the subsection called "Examples of commonly used applications that can support epidemiologic field investigations" onward was deleted.
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Using Technologies for Data Collection and Management
Chapter 5
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC's open source visualization editor, COVE, it getting a new release soon. Read all about it at www.cdc.gov/cove/about/w...
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What's New
What's New - Release Notes
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
So this CDC page "Updated Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccine Use", at www.cdc.gov/coca/hcp/tra..., is often down. But it is now up, and a link to vaccine product information has disappeared. The link pointed to www.cdc.gov/vaccines/cov..., but now it redirects to www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp....
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Updated Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccine Use
Updated COVID-19 vaccine recommendations by age group and for those with immunocompromise.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Lots of changes to the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics: an updated COVID-19 ensemble forecast at www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...; the Covid-19 data viz at www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...; and the respiratory disease trends at www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling....
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COVID-19 Ensemble Forecasts
Review emergency department visit and hospital admission ensemble forecasts due to COVID-19
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The CDC got rid of its page that hosted its child developmental "almost walking" flyer. It used to live at www.cdc.gov/act-early/re...
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The CDC also has a new page for public health officials preparing for New World Screwworm infestations in people: www.cdc.gov/new-world-sc...
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Preparing for New World Screwworm Infestations in Humans
Interim considerations for New World screwworm for public health departments
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The CDC has also added some material to their site about reducing drug use among teens. Start here: www.cdc.gov/free-mind/pa...
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How to Talk to Your Teen About Mental Health or Drugs | CDC
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The CDC's website used to have a page about how to talk to your doctor about early childhood developmental issues at www.cdc.gov/act-early/re.... But now it doesn't.
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Cremevax @cremevax.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The CDC has a page up about biosafety in clinical and public health labs: www.cdc.gov/secure-labs/.... I know it is timestamped January 7, 2026, but I certainly haven't encountered it before and it isn't in the Internet Archives, so I think it's new.
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DLS Secure Labs
Outlines DLS initiatives to protect the nation’s clinical and public health laboratory systems.
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