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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 36m
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RFK Jr. still eager to fund vaccine trial that would expose babies to deadly virus
CDC allocated $1.6M for study on alleged harms of hepatitis B vaccine.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3h
“RFK Jr. has once again created a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. It's more window dressing to advance his anti-vaccine agenda and will only serve to create more confusion and doubt in public health”. My impression of RFK Jr.’s announcement about his new “vaccine injury” initiative.
medpagetoday.com
HHS Touts New Vaccine-Injury Initiatives
Proposed changes will only undermine confidence in vaccines, health groups say
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 2h
CDC's new acting chief of staff is an RFK Jr. loyalist, insiders say. But she wasn't always seen that way., by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social insidemedicine.substack.com/p/cdcs-new-a...
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CDC's new acting chief of staff is an RFK Jr. loyalist, insiders say. But she wasn't always seen that way.
Six CDC insiders describe the surprising ascent of a little-known career official, a shift in allegiances, and troubling conduct behind the scenes.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 1h
Hepatitis B vaccine study condemned as unethical wins approval from Danish university www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/he... via @lizszabo.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social
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Hepatitis B vaccine study condemned as unethical wins approval from Danish university
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/10/2026
It also creates a perverse incentive: your coworkers become competition for a limited number of higher ratings. That is not how you build a strong public health agency. CDC needs people sharing expertise and working together, not wondering who has to land in the bottom tier.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/10/2026
A relative scale makes little sense when people are doing fundamentally different work. An epidemiologist, lab scientist, IT specialist, statistician, and contracting officer aren't competing for the same outcome. There is no meaningful “curve” across those jobs.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/10/2026
Yet we are being moved toward a relative performance rating system, where ratings are distributed across employees rather than based solely on whether someone met the expectations of their job. That is a fundamental change in how performance is judged.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/10/2026
We’ll say it again: CDC cannot and should not be run like a corporation. CDC exists to protect public health. Our work is scientific, operational, regulatory, clinical, and administrative. Success does not look the same across those jobs.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/10/2026
RFK Jr. says AI can give patients a second opinion “much better informed than any doctor in the country.” We find that deeply insulting. Not because AI has no place in medicine. It absolutely does...Let's dive in...
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What Does a New Study Really Say About an Association Between Vaccines and Autism? If anti-vaccine activists actually read it, they would see it found no correlation between vaccines and autism, says @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...
open.substack.com
What Does a New Study Really Say About an Association Between Vaccines and Autism?
County immunization coverage isn't correlated to reported autism prevalence in California. You know what that means, right?
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In case you’re wondering what orchitis might be, Dr. Stone explains that too. “Orchitis, or testicular swelling, can occur in up to 40% of men, and the painful swelling can last for weeks. Testicular atrophy can occur in almost half of those affected”.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Although I treated patients for more than 40 years, I never saw a patient with mumps, a testament to our successful immunization programs”. The amazing @drjudystone.bsky.social writes about the SDSU mumps outbreak in this informative article. Men, your attention please. Mumps can cause orchitis.
forbes.com
Surging Measles Outbreaks May Fuel Mumps And Other Infections
Mumps outbreaks may be fueled by two things—waning immunity and immune amnesia following measles. We are likely to see more of both as fewer people vaccinate.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’d like to note for the record that none of the Divine 9 Fraternities or other historically African American fraternities on campus have been implicated in this in any way, shape or form.
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STAT @statnews.com · 07/10/2026
"The mysterious pneumonia in Russia deserves attention, not panic. There is zero evidence that this is the start of a plague pandemic." www.statnews.com/2026/10/06/russia-…
statnews.com
Infectious disease expert: The mysterious pneumonia in Russia deserves attention, not panic
Chill out about reports about plague in Siberia, writes infectious disease doctor Krutika Kuppalli.
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
1/“The plague” is trending across socials, and I'm getting a lot of questions. So Dr. Marisa Donelly, @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social, and I sat down and compiled answers to some of the top questions we’re seeing to bring the nuance you may be looking for. First: your risk right now is essentially zero
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Democratic candidate for Congress, Bernadette Greene-Placentia, went out to fix one of her damaged campaign signs in Arizona. She was attacked and raped. Please note that this article may be triggering and do take care if you read it.
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Did you know that pregnant nurses face potentially harmful situations at work? I’m embarrassed to say I had not considered this before. I’m very proud of my former mentee, Dr. Leslie Farland, and her co-PI, Dr. Jessica Rainbow for being awarded this grant to study these potential risks.
news.arizona.edu
Hospitals can be unsafe for pregnant nurses. U of A researchers are fixing that.
U of A researchers Jessica Rainbow and Leslie Farland land a $2.4 million grant to study pregnant nurses and their work safety.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/10/2026
This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.
Margaret Hamilton with printed computer code in 1969. Credit: NASA/Alamy
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is said to be planning a broad effort to address vaccine injuries, which are rare.
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RFK Jr. Plans Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
99% of rapers are men.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
Trump said the June 2025 B-2 strikes “ended” the war with Iran, despite launching the current war on February 28, 2026.
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Trump Says Iran War Ended Eight Months Before It Began
In a rambling Baltimore speech, Trump claimed the B-2 strikes of June 2025 effectively “ended” a war he didn’t launch until February 2026. Seven months later, the fighting continues, U.S. weapons stoc...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/10/2026
Roughly two-thirds of Americans support the idea of Medicare-for-all, according to a new KFF poll, the highest share since the health policy research and news organization began polling on the idea 10 years ago.
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Medicare-for-all support is rising, KFF poll finds
The survey also found that the public’s views of a national health plan are highly malleable.
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Axios @axios.com · 05/10/2026
President Trump says the U.S. is willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak
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Trump: U.S. willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak
"We'll help them as much as we can," Trump told reporters Monday.
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Stay_Gold @seratnin33.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ummm, 🍊🤡 and his wonder twin 🧠🪱 don't know the first thing about science or public health, so, hold on to your hats, folks! Measles just said "hold my beer!". 🦠😷🤧
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Big news: Donald Trump has spent the past 18 months misappropriating taxpayer dollars for personal gain. I'm not just a journalist. I am also a lawyer. I map out exactly all the ways Trump misused taxpayer funds, and how a future prosecutor, or a future Congress could investigate him. Subscribe:
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Major Deep Dive: Trump Is Defying Congress' Power of the Purse. Here’s a Roadmap for Investigating His Misuse of Taxpayer Funds
He was once forced to pay $2 million for misusing his own charity's money for politics. Now it's the federal Treasury. Here's the roadmap Congress needs.
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RickA @dailygrind6058.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ironic that Jack Smith is undergoing questioning for conducting a political "witch hunt" of Trump, while Blanche is ignoring court orders to release the unredacted Epstein Files!
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Benjammins: Rules For Thee But Not For Me
ALT: Benjammins: Rules For Thee But Not For Me
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
We started our very own private school with @arktimes.bsky.social. All it took was $45, a few clicks on a state website and an American flag.
propublica.org
Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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catacorso.bsky.social @catacorso.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NEW updates in the case of the young LSU student who was “forcibly raped” by a football player: the police and local DA are *now* investigating what happened. I have the latest details, including LSU’s history of multiple failures in handling sexual assaults on its campus: youtu.be/cy6ExQ5XLjI?...
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LSU Football Player UNDER INVESTIGATION After DISTURBING ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Because they are eugenicists. Back in the day when we still had to go to the library to make copies of scientific papers from peer-reviewed journals, I always made a point to grab an issue of an old Eugenics journal and copy a random article as a reminder of the dangers of malicious intent.
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Stay_Gold @seratnin33.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My future Congress person! 🎉
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/10/2026
Stand Up for Science is proud to endorse Jasmine Clark, PhD for Georgia's 13th congressional district. It’s crucial we mobilize at the ballot box to put a stop to the war on science that’s being enabled by a complacent Congress. A vote for Jasmine is a vote for science & democracy.
Campaign poster endorsing Jasmine Clark, PhD for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District. 

Text on the right hand side reads "A vote for Jasmine is a vote for science and democracy." and "Jasmine Clark is a molecular biologist and an experienced, fearless leader, who is a strong science voice in government, protecting funding for CDC, NIH, and healthcare."

To the left is a portrait of Jasmine, a short woman with curly hair and glasses, smiling. 

Bottom left hand corner features a logo that reads "Stand Up For Science Endorsed"
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The 5th Measles Death Was a 20-Year-Old Newly Wed With Leukemia who could not get the vaccine becuase of cancer treatment. open.substack.com/pub/stopanti... via @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social
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The 5th Measles Death Was a 20-Year-Old Newly Wed With Leukemia
The 5th measles death was an unvaccinated 20-year-old with leukemia who had just gotten married last year.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
…the vast majority of the time, which does not spread as easily as pneumonic. That said, we do not know which type she had. 3. Plague is indeed treatable with antibiotics, but you need them very fast.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
More context regarding some questions and comments. 1. There is a vaccine for plague but it’s not generally available in the U.S. Some people in high-risk jobs may get it. What supplies look like I do not know. 2. There are cases of plague in the U.S. every year, but they are bubonic plague…
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A woman has just died of plague in Russia, allegedly after breaking a test tube in a lab. This article doesn’t specify, but others have said that it is pneumonic plague, which can spread between humans via droplet transmission. 200 people with whom she had contact are now under medical observation.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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MS NOW @ms.now · 03/10/2026
LIVE NOW! MS NOW will serve as the livestream destination for Power to the People, featuring performances by Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen & more. WATCH NOW at ms.now/powertothepeople
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/10/2026
⚠️ Weeks before the midterms, Georgia's GOP-controlled election board is asking the Trump DOJ to declare the state's federally certified voting machines illegal. It's an extraordinary attack by unelected officials — and the DOJ has no legal authority to do it.
democracydocket.com
GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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tiowally.bsky.social @tiowally.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Note to Dems: As McTurtle so deftly showed us, there is nothing that says you can't sit on a nomination indefinitely.
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Stay_Gold @seratnin33.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It'll be his legacy
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PolittleCat 🐸 @polittlecat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Dr. Fowler confirmed in a deposition that he has no current hospital privileges, meaning no hospital has authorized him to practice or perform procedures at its facility. Dr. Fowler was also confirmed to be overseeing Ms. Pike’s execution." The same doctor in the May case that was botched.
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Tennessee Botches Another Execution Despite Earlier Warnings from Attorneys; Christa Pike Was Alive Hours After Attempt Began | Death Penalty Information Center
Christa Pike remained alive more than an hour after the state of Tennessee began its attempt to execute her on September 30, 2026. It was the latest in a…
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Stay_Gold @seratnin33.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Also a nurse but no longer practicing. And yes, you HAVE to know if you've infiltrated the vein before administering the IV. Would love to know the qualifications of the healthcare staff present.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
Dana and I will be covering Special Prosecutor Letitia James’ investigation into the Cornell 7 in depth on the @dailybeanspod.com. It’s free to subscribe! So check out the Signal and GLAAD award nominated and Webby winning podcast. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
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Headlines for October 2, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
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BlacketihW @infowire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump screams every week how America doesn’t need anyone else. Well, well, well…..
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/10/2026
Sexual violence against women is largely committed by men. Every time something horrific like this happens, this poster sees women leading the discussion. But we’d like to hear from men. What are you doing to prevent this from happening? Fathers, what are you teaching your sons?
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/10/2026
This poster has gone back & forth on wanting to weigh in on the #Cornellseven. Ultimately sexual violence is a public health problem. 1 in 3 women experience sexual violence in her lifetime. Few men know an assaulter but every woman knows another who’s been SA’d.
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Stay_Gold @seratnin33.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But we blow up the boats of "narcoterrorists" in the Caribbean and Pacific? Make it make sense.
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Stay_Gold @seratnin33.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Google is free, my friend. Source: Georgia Recorder share.google/gy2x6KYRPIvl...
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