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Don Milton

@donmilton.bsky.social
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Aerobiologist, epidemiologist, physician, bicycle commuter Distinguished University Professor, Dept of Global Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health

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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
snyder.substack.com/p/helping-th... A sobering perspective and wise advice for how to and not to respond when the next terrible attack occurs.
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Helping the Terrorists to Win
A Quarter Century after 9/11
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Pragmatic study seems to becoming a synonym for sloppy study by people without the requisite expertise designed so that results avoid disturbing the status quo. High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filters to Prevent Winter Respiratory Infections in Care Homes jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filters to Prevent Winter Respiratory Infections in Care Homes
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether high-efficiency particulate air filters in communal rooms and private bedrooms reduce respiratory infection episodes in care home residents.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social just interviewed Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social about our paper in @bmj.com on #hantavirus and the need for airborne precautions. substack.com/@erictopol/n...
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Assessment of the Hantavirus with Prof Donald Milton
A recording from Eric Topol's live video
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Let’s talk about lessons learned, still to be learned, protecting healthcare workers, and the precautionary principle.
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School of Public Health at the University of Maryland @publichealthumd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Important opinion piece led by @donmilton.bsky.social and colleagues in British Medical Journal calling on @who.int to revisit approach to airborne virus risk in light of #hantavirus outbreak — read the whole article here: www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
@publichealthumd.bsky.social @phablabumd.bsky.social
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
@publichealthumd.bsky.social
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: The first unionized Apple store in the U.S. is closing—Towson deserves better, and so do its workers. Tell Apple to Respect Its Unionized Workers: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Tell Apple to Respect Its Unionized Workers
Apple plans to close its first unionized store in Towson, Maryland — raising concerns for workers and the community. This location is a critical hub for service and support across the Baltimore regio...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/04/2026
This short film about one night in one city documents racial profiling and a host of other abuses by ICE using body cam footage. Issued as a video opinion by full editorial board of the New York Times, it is utterly bone-chilling. Gift link. Please take the time to watch it, then call your reps.
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Opinion | White Drivers Got a Warning. Latino Drivers Got Detained.
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
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Perfect Vessels
On Cesar Chávez, Dolores Huerta and the cost of our heroes
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Do not be surprised when the unthinkable terror comes — the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Be prepared to defend democracy. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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The Desire for Terror
And the defense of democracy
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Today's the day --30 days after the bill was signed. Will we start to see NIH FY26 funds flow? Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers
Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/03/2026
Stand Up for Science is excited to welcome American Public Health Association ( @apha.org ) as an endorser of our National Day of Action on March 7th! Join us: zurl.co/XPoUy #science #standupforscience #rally #March7 #savescience
Stand Up for Science is excited to welcome American Public Health Association as an endorser of our National Day of Action on March 7th!
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GUV Hub @guv-hub.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This week, the GUV Hub is showcasing the "Invisible Life of Germs with Dr. Jelena Srebric." This video explains the mysterious movement of germs in classrooms, offices, and other indoor spaces. @donmilton.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPtD... #GermicidalUV #GUV #InfectionPrevention #UVC
An announcement for a GUV HUB video titled "Let’s Talk GUV," featuring an interview between Dr. Donald Milton and Dr. Jelena Srebric. The graphic includes a February 2026 calendar icon, website and social media handles, and a photo of the two doctors in discussion below the title "Invisible Life of Germs with Dr. Jelena Srebric."
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New search: AsstResProf infectious disease epidemiologist w expertise & interest in influenza, airborne infection transmission, environ & immune determinant of transmission, non-pharmaceutical interventions. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni... #publichealth #MedSky
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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University of Washington School of Public Health @uwsph.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A team of researchers from OSU and UW looked at cancer deaths among working-age adults in the U.S. The results, published in @thelancet.com, provide a valuable look into the variation and trends in cancer burden by occupation and research interventions. #PublicHealth @uwdeohs.bsky.social
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Jobs with the highest cancer deaths in the U.S. | UW School of Public Health
Researchers provide detailed look at how US cancer burden varies across hundreds of jobs and by sex.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
open.substack.com/pub/davidfis... This is a must read for #publichealth #medsky and #infectionprevtion - the RCT trap led to major errors responding to COVID especially at WHO and CDC. We must do better next time.
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The RCT Trap
When “Gold Standard” Evidence Becomes an Excuse for Inaction
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We who value, peace and justice under law are the true conservatives. The radical right’s treasonous fascist chaos is destroying America. Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m...
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Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Come on New York Times the videos clearly contradict federal accounts. Clicking through to the article gets to a headline that says as much. Why waffle on the front page of the website? #DontLookAway
New York Times headline says videos appear to contradict federal accounts of fatal shooting fee snippet of text below. The headline says “but videos emerged that appeared to directly contradict their [the federal official’s] account of the shooting.
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
On this sad day when my country officially left the WHO, I'm proud to say that several patriotic American health and infection control experts participated in a WHO Guideline Development Group meeting working on how to control the next influenza/coronavirus pandemic. #publichealth #WHO #MedSky
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
During my respirator fit test today, reading the 'rainbow passage' I felt like the ending needed some editing: "There is, according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at one end. People look, but no one ever finds it. " Donald J. Trump, however, believes that he will find it in Greenland.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Only one environmental control can significantly limit airborne spread of measles - germicidal UV (GUV). It works for other airborne infections too (TB, influenza, and COVID-19). Find out about it and what it can do for you at our new website. Thank you to Balvi.io for support to make this possible!
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GUV Hub @guv-hub.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
⭐We are excited to present the GUV Hub website!⭐ The GUV Hub is a reliable source for learning about Germicidal Ultraviolet (GUV) technology. Visit us at guv.umd.edu #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #IndoorAirQuality #GermicidalUltraviolet #GUV #PHABLab #Science
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"Judges must start imposing sanctions and holding [DOJ] lawyers accountable."
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
@apoorvanyt.bsky.social Thank you for reporting this glimmer of good news. What was the cost? Will these workers be paid for their forced time away from work? What work was damaged or permanently lost?
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/01/2026
At a time when so many big law firms, corporations and universities are caving to Trump’s bullying, we need to celebrate the individual acts of conscience by those who refuse to be complicit in Trump’s lawlessness. We salute you for standing up!
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Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14/01/2026
If you need any more proof of who this Admin serves, look no further. The EPA will no longer consider harm to HUMAN LIFE when setting air pollution limits. What will they consider? The bottom lines of the CEOs of the biggest polluters. A headline from The Onion come to life.
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We just published our “Insights from lack of transmission in a controlled transmission trial with naturally infected donors” in the journal PLOS Pathogens. I've summarized it in a Substack post. "How not to catch the flu?" profairborne.substack.com/p/how-not-to... #Influenza #AirborneInfection
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How not to catch the flu?
The airborne infection transmission pathway remains elusive
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 08/01/2026
First, they lied about what we saw on video when ICE killed Renee Good. Now, they're politicizing the investigation by freezing out Minnesota authorities, so the full truth may never see the light of day. They are breaking our country. We must continue demanding accountability.
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local and n...
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
@vanhollen.senate.gov Thank you for your words. John Lewis's words, #GoodTrouble never meant so much as they do today. @ivey.house.gov we need more than investigation, we need accountability. #ICEkilledGood, #TheyKilledGood
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I'm heart sick and angry. No one is safe. We are all Renee Good. We must respond with the courage and nonviolent discipline of a John Lewis -- "Good Trouble" -- never had such a ring before. These are times that try our souls. We must not shrink from this crisis.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 03/01/2026
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies. Full statement below:
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 03/01/2026
Don’t be fooled: you can’t both claim this was simply the execution of an arrest warrant AND say the U.S. is now "running" Venezuela & grabbing its oil resources. Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
These lines by Leonard Cohen have a prophetic feeling at the start of this new year I can't run no more With that lawless crowd While the killers in high places Say their prayers out loud But they've summoned, they've summoned up A thundercloud They're going to hear from me From all of us
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School of Public Health at the University of Maryland @publichealthumd.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
@donmilton.bsky.social shares expertise with @newsweek.com on #fluseason and masks: "Masks, especially when worn by people who have an infection as well as those who don't, work well. They suppress transmission. The tighter fitting the better." More from Milton here: brnw.ch/21wYnCn
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List of mask mandates in US for December 2025
As various illnesses have been surging nationwide, a number of states have issued mask mandates to try to reduce the rate of transmission.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns. The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Here in Maryland, within hours, the Dept of Health issued standing orders for all qualified health practitioners to provide hepatitis B vaccination. We will not condemn our newborns to a life of chronic infection and liver cancer.
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Proud to be a Marylander today, received a physician letter "reaffirm our commitment to ensuring widespread access" fr MD Dept of Health, including standing orders for all qualified health practitioners to provide HepB vaccine. The email came within hours of the RFKjr's ACIP vote.
MDH Letterhead from email 
Dear Clinician letter link included.
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Brown University School of Public Health @brownpublichealth.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
“The reason all of those 383 trials were funded is because people believe they have novel solutions to important public health questions,” Professor Amy Nunn said of the studies cut by the Trump administration earlier this year. “The knowledge that we would have had...will be lost.”
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Trump slashed spending on clinical trials. The toll is starting to become clear.
Grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research.
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
So wonderful to see good news from my home town, and so proud of my spouse @revddt.bsky.social whose grant writing and organizing skills played a key role in the start of ROCA in Chelsey MA 40 years ago.
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Kimberly Prather PhD @kprather.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Incredible honor to received the Susanne V. Hering award this year at @americanaerosol.bsky.social meeting!!
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
If Kennedy is so concerned about teens' future fertility, he should know that mumps & many other vaccine-preventable infections cause sterility. Instead of inventing weird shit about minor childrens' fertility, he should recommend that they all get the MMR, HPV, HBV, flu, & COVID-19 vaccines.
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Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “[Bowie] #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day” - sign up now to join me! #aftvotes www.mobilize.us/aft/event/82...
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[Bowie] #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day · AFT
**Labor and community are planning more than a barbecue on Labor Day this year because we have to stop the billionaire takeover.** Billionaires are converting the government into their private slush f...
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