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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH

@jonathansellman.bsky.social
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Physician (Occupational Medicine, Employee Health, Infectious Diseases) interested in #OneHealth, #Zoonoses, #ClimateChange, #Rewilding, #Prairies, Prescribed Burns. Earlham College Alum "Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." He/Him

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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
This is horrifying: #Measles #Texas
apnews.com
Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer
A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Rob...
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The absurdity of this letter is quite well.... read the letter.
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Peter Hense 🔔🇺🇦🇮🇱🇪🇺 @peterhense.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Fuck Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/w...
nytimes.com
Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says
The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
While RFK Jr chases fictional threats to human health, he has defunded the CDC's Lead Response Team which assists in investigations in the ACTUAL (and unfortunately quite prevalent) neurotoxin, lead. #Pb #Lead #Neurotoxin #PublicHealth #RFK www.cbsnews.com/news/milwauk...
cbsnews.com
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Another child has died due to (totally preventable) measles. #Measles #Texas
abcnews.go.com
Second child with measles dies in Texas, according to hospital officials
A second child in Texas has died with measles, according to hospital officials.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The Trump Administration has quietly moved to remove bans on "forever chemicals" that are persistent environmental pollutants.
theguardian.com
Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
EPA bids to change chemical risk evaluations, which could expose public to higher levels of PFAS and other pollutants
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Musk, Trump, and RFK have laid off 85% of the staff of NIOSH (including the director John Howard), threatening research into occupational hazards in mining, healthcare, firefighting, among others.
kare11.com
Layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab
The layoffs are stalling — and perhaps ending — many programs, including a firefighter cancer registry and a lab that is key to certifying respirators for many.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Yes, tuberculosis is still a thing — @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social new book tells us why www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
cbc.ca
Yes, tuberculosis is still a thing — John Green's new book tells us why | CBC Books Bookends
On Bookends with Mattea Roach, the American author dives into the wild history of the disease, why it persists today and Green's personal relationship with a young tuberculosis patient from Sierra Leo...
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I have trained as a wildland firefighter and have been part of multiple prescribed burns. The ongoing & worsening climate catastrophe will bring unimaginable fire risks to suburban and urban communities. #wildlandfire
theguardian.com
Millions of Americans believe they’re safe from wildfires in their cities. New research shows they’re not
Many of the suburbs and cities hit hardest in recent years were caught off-guard, and key stakeholders are racing to understand the dynamics that drive these fires
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
New IDSA 2025 Guideline Update on the Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) and Mild or Moderate Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People Led by @fungaldoc.bsky.social & Sandra Arnold www.idsociety.org/practice-gui... #IDSky #MedSky
idsociety.org
Histoplasmosis
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
washingtonpost.com
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The entire staff of the federal government's Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off, multiple federal health officials told CBS News Friday. #InfectiousDiseases #ID #HIV #AIDS www.msn.com/en-us/health...
msn.com
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
NEW: Per a source with knowledge, the entire HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, or OIDP, was just fired.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
theguardian.com
RFK Jr plans 10,000 job cuts in restructuring of US health department
Health secretary aims to close regional offices and establish new division called ‘administration for a healthy America’
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 25/03/2025
As the Texas measles outbreak continues, doctors there are treating some children given so much vitamin A that they have signs of liver damage. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
nytimes.com
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill (Gift Article)
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
As a physician who has treated #measles, this is infuriating. A 6-year-old dies, yet the parents double down on anti-vax misinformation instead of warning others. This isn’t just tragic—it’s dangerous. Science isn’t an opinion, and denial kills. #VaccinesWork www.yahoo.com/news/parents...
yahoo.com
Parents of unvaccinated 6-year-old killed by measles in Texas speak out. They still are anti-vax
Children’s Health Defense official says parents affected by measles outbreak ‘would rather have’ untested treatments ‘than the MMR vaccination’
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Erin 🌱 @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Ze doesn't mention it, but you can also stop using pesticides, leave the leaves, avoid mowing your lawn too short, and convert lawn to areas with native plants to help protect fireflies. Feat. @xercessociety.bsky.social ! youtu.be/czt_io0h-CA?...
youtu.be
True Facts: Fireflies Need Your Help!
YouTube video by Ze Frank
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
And now for a heartwarming post: Mice that find another mouse unconscious will attempt to resuscitate it in a similar manner to people giving first aid. The behavior was more forceful in rescuer mice that knew the "deceased," & resulted in a quicker recovery time. 🐀
livescience.com
First aider mice seen trying to bring their 'freshly deceased' friends back to life
Mice will lick the faces and pull at the tongues of other mice if they're found unconscious, with more vigorous grooming resulting in faster recovery.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Highly recommend HCWs read this opinion piece and follow the accounts of @ericreinhart.bsky.social and @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Any current reductions to CDC, NIH, NOAA, FDA capabilities will make us more dependent on WHO and other global resources in the future
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Hensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Today @natmedicine.bsky.social published our study showing the older individuals born prior to 1968 have more antibodies that cross-react to #H5N1 relative to younger individuals. If H5N1 causes a pandemic, children will likely be the most susceptible. 1/2 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Immune history shapes human antibody responses to H5N1 influenza viruses - Nature Medicine
H5N1 strain-specific antibodies are higher in older individuals and correlate more with birth year than with age, suggesting that younger individuals are potentially more likely to benefit from H5N1 v...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 14/03/2025
🦠 Measles 🦠 We reported a month ago that Texas was suppressing the number of measles cases. We can’t give specifics to protect staff, but we remain confident that the actual number of measles cases is FAR higher than the official count of 294 lab confirmed cases.
reuters.com
Measles cases in Texas rise to 259, state health department says
The Texas health department reported 259 measles cases in the state on Friday, an increase of 36 cases from its previous count on March 11, as one of the largest outbreaks the U.S. has seen in the last decade spreads.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Columbia University stripped of $400 million, Johns Hopkins of $800 million... This administration is dead set on destroying the scientific achievements that led to US dominance in the post-war period.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
SCOOP: The Department of Veterans Affairs has quietly rescinded longstanding VHA Directive 1341, which outlined how transgender vets should be treated with dignity in VA facilities. www.advocate.com/news/transge...
advocate.com
BREAKING: Department of Veterans Affairs rescinds policy letting transgender vets be treated with dignity (exclusive)
The Trump administration quietly reversed the policy.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This is quite amazing: Volunteer public health folks along with web developers have replicated the CDC's webpages from prior to January 20th, 2025. The site functions like the CDC website previously did. #CDC #PublicHealth
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#Measles #Texas
msn.com
With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
This CBS News article is written to suggest there is near consensus opposing vaccination of poultry & instead pursuing RFK's plan "the possibility of letting it run through the flock so that we can identify the birds & preserve the birds that are immune to it." Good luck with that approach.
cbsnews.com
RFK Jr. warns vaccinating poultry for bird flu could backfire
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned vaccines could turn "birds into mutant factories."
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Additional bonus: Moving international conferences to these visa-friendly locales would also inject Developed World travel dollars into the local economies of the Global South.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
USDA has eliminated two food safety advisory committees for microbiological contamination and meat inspection. Most recently, they had been reviewing regulatory approaches in response to the fatal Listeria outbreak from Boar’s Head meats and fatal Cronobacter contamination in powdered infant formula
reuters.com
USDA eliminates two food safety advisory committees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has eliminated two committees that advise it on food safety, the agency said on Friday, raising concerns about government oversight of the food supply as the Trump administration seeks to downsize the federal bureaucracy and slash costs.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
To be utterly clear: Vitamin A is NOT helpful in preventing measles. #measles
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
2nd measles death for 2025: #Measles www.msn.com/en-us/health...
msn.com
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This damages our reputation and hurts our public health experts at the CDC, though ultimately does a disservice to both Americans and those living around the globe who will not see the benefits of cutting edge research. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cdc-wh...
huffingtonpost.co.uk
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Mexico has issued a warning to its citizens asking them not to travel to Texas & 7 states due to a measles outbreak. Mexico’s Health Secretary describes 106 cases of measles in Alaska, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Texas. www.borderreport.com/news/health/...
borderreport.com
Mexicans warned not to travel to Texas over measles
Mexico has issued a warning to its citizens asking them not to travel to Texas and seven other states in the U.S. due to a measles outbreak.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Totally preventable: #Measles #Texas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Unvaccinated child dies of measles in west Texas as outbreak worsens
First death reported in outbreak as disease spreads in region where 14% of children are exempt from vaccination
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Potential spread of measles to San Antonio... #Measles #Vaccinate www.ksat.com/news/local/2...
ksat.com
Tourist may have exposed ‘hundreds of thousands’ of people in San Antonio to measles, health experts say
Hundreds of thousands of people in San Antonio may have been exposed to measles during Valentine’s Day weekend, according to state and local health officials.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Weirdly, my gmail account was hacked and I discovered it in real time, a mere 5 minutes after the hack. If you receive an email like that in the picture DO NOT click on the link (which thankfully I did not).
Screen capture of a false email from"me" to "me" reading, "Hey - I just came across something that I think you'd love. Have a look at (with a suspicious URL).
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Texas measles outbreak doubled, now into 4 counties www.houstonchronicle.com/health/artic...
houstonchronicle.com
West Texas measles outbreak doubles to 48 cases in four counties
Most of the measles cases are still among school-aged children in Gaines County, Texas health officials said Friday.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) was founded March 30, 1951 during the Korean War to to identify potential biological warfare outbreaks of infectious disease, develop defense measures against those outbreaks, contain the spreading contagion, & create a cadre of trained epidemiologists.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
One advantage of using a VPN set to other (sane) countries: The gulf of Mexico still exists.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This is absolutely horrific. With loss of USAID funding, in Kenya alone at least 40,000 health care workers will lose their jobs & Ethiopia’s health ministry has fired 5,000 HCWs who had been recruited under American funding. The outcome will be famines & outbreaks. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
nytimes.com
Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa
The collapse of U.S.A.I.D. at the hands of President Trump and Elon Musk is already leaving gaping holes in vital health care and other services that millions of Africans rely on for their survival.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Shot in the Arm - a sobering documentary about infectious diseases, immunization, disinformation, and democracy. Featuring heroes (Fauci, Offit, Hotez) and villains (Wakefield, Bigtree, RFK Jr). www.pbs.org/video/shot-i...
pbs.org
Shot in the Arm
Explore vaccine hesitancy historically and in the context of COVID-19.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
HHS nominee RFK Jr would have a devastating effect on public health not only bc of his vaccine denialism- which already contributed to deaths during an outbreak of measles in Samoa- but also his scientific ignorance. Clinicians: Please contact your senators and ask them to vote no on RFK Jr. #RFK
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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Acey Deecey 🚀🚀 @mcgarrygirl78.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
For the second day of Black History Month, read about Dr. Charles Drew and his work with blood plasma and in blood storage. He revolutionized the blood industry with brilliance and ingenuity. He also fought against racial segregation in blood donation.
en.m.wikipedia.org
Charles R. Drew - Wikipedia
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NPR @npr.org · 02/02/2025
The tools the US used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks just aren't working this time, according to some agricultural experts. Some egg farmers have called for vaccinations for poultry.
npr.org
On the frontline against bird flu, egg farmers fear they're losing the battle
The tools the US used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks just aren't working this time, according to some agricultural experts. Some egg farmers have called for vaccinations for poultry.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2025
Did you know? In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine. The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
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Jonathan Sellman, MD, MPH @jonathansellman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
@prairiewalker.bsky.social Thanks for the prairie hashtag tip. I have added you as a follow on INaturalist as well.
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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he...
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