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Andrew Williams

@pubhealthandy.bsky.social
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Perinatal Epidemiologist | Assistant Professor I’m super fun.

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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We should take this as a win for public health. But let’s not hold our breath. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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White House withdraws David Weldon as pick for CDC director, Axios reports
The White House is withdrawing President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dave Weldon, Axios reported on Thursday.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
My governor is pretty neat. @governorwalz.mn.gov
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
In news that will surprise absolutely no one: New research confirms that states with abortion bans are losing OB-GYNs.
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Post-Dobbs Changes in OBGYN Clinical Workforce
This case-control study compares the availability of women’s health care clinicians in states that enacted highly restrictive abortion policy after the Dobbs Supreme Court decision vs states that esta...
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Abortion Access Front @abortionfront.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
UPDATE: After the Trump admin BAILED on the case that could have forced Idaho to prioritize SAVING LIVES over their total abortion ban, a hospital has stepped in to be the adult in the room and take up the case. buff.ly/COpdiJ3
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
On top of everything else happening in the world, my dog has decided to change her pooping spots on our walks. It’s a lot to handle.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Financially incentivizing attacks on reproductive healthcare at the expense of actual pro-life activities like education, healthcare and infrastructure. Extreme and dangerous.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Since we’ve already given up democracy we don’t need to do that whole performative rigmarole for Lent, right?
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/03/2025
GOOD NEWS!!! We know that all illegally terminated Laboratory Leadership Service and Public Health Associate Program fellows have been REINSTATED! Welcome back. We missed you! We are still learning how widespread the reversal of probationary employees is - more to come!
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a man in a tie says yay you came back in a kitchen
Alt: a man in a tie says yay you came back in a kitchen
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The only headline about the Oval Office meeting should be “Fragile men upset foreign president isn’t a boot locker.”
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Nothing to see here, just winter tornadoes… “A tornado touched down during the late afternoon of Monday, Feb. 24, in open country southeast of Watertown, S.D. This is the first tornado on record in South Dakota during the three winter months.” www.grandforksherald.com/weather/john...
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John Wheeler: South Dakota reported its first February tornado earlier this week
The vortex was in contact with the ground only about a minute and no damage occurred.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The world is now less safe. These times will be judged not by how “efficient” the government is, but by how many preventable deaths occur. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-dis...
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CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies
More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officers.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 16/02/2025
Friendly reminder: there’s plenty of time left to claim up to $1,750 per child with our nation-leading Child Tax Credit.   Last year, we put over $550 million into the pockets of nearly 225,000 families.   Don’t leave money on the table, Minnesota.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
We're hiring a Director of the Master of Public Health program at University of North Dakota! Job description and application instructions are at the link below. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. #episky #publichealth #academia careers.und.edu/jobs/directo...
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Director, Master of Public Health - Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Salary/Position Classification $150,000+ annual, Exempt Purpose of Position The Department of Population Health at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS...
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Trump Eggs. The finest, highest quality. A Golden Age of eggs.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Me having 18 eggs in the fridge.
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scrooge mcduck is laying on the ground surrounded by stacks of money
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Please share widely and mock these people ceaselessly. Childish doesn’t even begin to describe this. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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GOP lawmaker proposes renaming Greenland ‘Red, White, and Blueland’
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) introduced a new bill this week aiming to rename Greenland to “Red, White, and Blueland,” as President Trump seeks to acquire the island territory. The legisla…
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
What stage of capitalism does “fact checking Super Bowl ads” fall in to? Whatever the hell this one is?
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The animals are also preferring to stare into the void.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Excellent 🧵 on “indirects” and how they support the research ecosystem at universities and have positive economic impacts on communities.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“Apparently, the new MAGA logic is that government cannot force a private entity to bake a cake for a gay wedding—because that's tyranny, but government can force a private entity to not bake a cake for a gay wedding—because that's freedom.” www.democraticunderground.com/100220003522
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Qasim Rashid, Esq: AG Bondi to Criminally Prosecute Private Entities for DEIA - Democratic Underground Forums
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
North Dakota - NIH FUNDING: $26.9M JOBS SUPPORTED: 435 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED: $88m
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
My wife (works in accessibility) had a conversation that struck me: Don’t say DEIA. Say Diversity Equity Inclusion and Accessibility Diversity Equity Inclusion and Accessibility shouldn’t be a buzzy acronym. Make opponents know exactly what they’re against. It’s not just letters, it’s people.
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Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Yes, please see below @bmj.com statement: www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology
The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and sci...
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
IPUMS is a fantastic resource. My first stop when needing Census data.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Fantastic to see journals standing on the right side. Any others that have made public statements one way or the other?
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Rachel Hoopsick, PhD, MS, MPH, MCHES @rachelhoopsick.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social organized a group that’s 2,000+ strong with subcommittees focusing on different aspects of public health that are under attack: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Defending Public Health
Under the new administration, we are likely to see significant attacks on core public health functions in the United States, through executive action, rule-making, legislation and the force of the bul...
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Good move @acog-org.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
If you're not into Lent…the Royal Rumble kicked off WrestleMania season last night. Similar anticipation for the big event.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Further endangering communities by restricting important information. Anywhere keeping a running list of what is now blocked? Anyone starting a list of non-federal sources? www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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CCDD @ccdd-hsph.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our annual ID Epi Seminar Series returns THIS THURS, Jan 30 at 1pm ET featuring Paul Zivich @pausalz.bsky.social, Assist. Prof of Epidemiology at UNC, Chapel Hill. Register at hpsh.me/IDEPI25
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
One of the least qualified cabinet members already doing a bang-up job! www.huffpost.com/entry/kristi...
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Kristi Noem Is So Late To Her Swearing-In By JD Vance, He Leaves: Report
The new homeland security secretary eventually took her oath elsewhere at a notable conservative's home.
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Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH @erinabowles.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Sharing!
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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · 22/01/2025
I know there’s a lot happening, but this is critical: Study sections at the NIH have been shut down. ➡️ No reviews = No grants ➡️ No grants = No research ➡️ No research = No NIH This threatens the future of science & medicine. #MedSky #HealthPolicy #NIH
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
So many questions about Bubble Guppies. Are they always under water? How did Mr. Grouper have a pitcher full of ice? What IS a Bubble Guppy? Why are all of their songs bangers?
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Leonard Peltier is going home! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Biden commutes life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, 80
Native American activist spent half a century in prison over 1975 murder of two FBI agents in South Dakota
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Thriving Up North.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
New paper out: ‘The protective effect of frequent religious service attendance on #pregnancy loss’ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The protective effect of frequent religious service attendance on pregnancy loss - Discover Public Health
Background Accumulating evidence suggests that spirituality and religiosity may be associated with improved health outcomes. However, few studies have examined maternal religiosity as a protective fac...
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Resources for Measuring Rurality in Research on Maternity Care - The University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center rhrc.umn.edu/publication/...
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Resources for Measuring Rurality in Research on Maternity Care - The University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Can I also commit and be convicted of 34 felonies and just go about my day? Asking for a friend.
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MattySnaps 📸 @pleaseseatyourself.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
This one you’re going to want to click, pinch, and zoom in for those little details 🤏. #macro #photography #colorful #bee #bees #flowers #insect #nature #wildlife #garden
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
People outside of LA truly don’t understand how apocalyptic this is. It’s worse than it’s ever been. Entire residential neighborhoods are burning to the ground.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Love it when you take your child to the clinic and the nurse declares themselves a COVID denier. Really feels good 🤮
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
4 year old came home from preschool and immediately asked to watch wrestling 🥰🥰🥰
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
CM PUNK 😯😍😍 #WWE #RAWonNetflix
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
LOL Hulk Hogan go home.
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
RHEA 👸💪 #RAWonNetflix
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Dear John Cena, When you inevitably win the Rumble, please beat Gunther at ‘Mania because no one likes him anyway. Thanks, Me #RAWonNetflix
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Cena’s shirts are trending towards “indecipherable billboard” #rawonnetflix
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I started watching #RAWonNetflix late so I’m just now appreciating Roman beating Solo. HHH was being very dramatic to open. Love it. #wweraw
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Andrew Williams @pubhealthandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
“Is this how every Monday is going to be now?” - my wife “Yes. Yes it is.” - me #wweraw
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