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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Vaccinating babies at birth has reduced hepatitis B infections by 99 percent. Is RFK’s new CDC committee about to stop recommending it? share.google/9e3BTpcrGKSY...

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Newborn hepatitis B vaccine under fire as RFK Jr. and GOP Senators question immunization

The CDC's vaccine advisory panel is set to discuss and possibly vote on the vaccine at a meeting next week.

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Rollins School of Public Health @emoryrollins.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The new Emory-Rollins National Child Policy Poll reveals how U.S. adults view recent federal actions and proposals that affect children's health. "Cuts to critical public health programs that serve the nation’s children are unpopular across the political spectrum.” - @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social

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Poll: Americans Largely Don't Support Federal Changes to Child Health Programs

A new national survey from Rollins School of Public Health revealed how American adults view recent federal actions and proposals that affect children's health and nutrition.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Oh goodness. This is study is a sobering evaluation of parents’ and pregnant women’s vaccination intention (with the caveat that intent is not always equivalent to behavior). We have so, so much work to do. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Vaccination Intentions During Pregnancy and Among Parents of Young Children

This survey study of pregnant persons and parents of young children in the US examines vaccination intentions during pregnancy and vaccination behaviors after the child's birth for vaccines recommende...

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Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

👀In the name of “protecting vulnerable Americans” the Trump Administration will rip away Medicaid coverage from babies and toddlers👀 CMS announces Medicaid demos that 8 states are implementing to cover babies and young children continuously w/o gaps due to red tape will no longer be allowed.

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

One issue that I haven't heard as much attention paid to as it deserves regarding the Big Beautiful Bill is the effect on states - especially poor red Medicaid expansion states. Changes to Medicaid and SNAP in the bill push a lot onto states. They make states far more responsible for costs.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A sobering story about the price of vaccines in the current US health system for those who are under-insured. And a cautionary tale for the future, should the government & insurers stop covering this essential part of preventive care. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

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A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.

Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

“Still, repealing the clean energy tax credits would threaten billions of dollars’ worth of economic investment. In Georgia alone, there have been more than $23.9 billion in new clean energy investments and more than 32,000 new jobs created since the law took effect” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/c...

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In Georgia, Republicans Vote to Kill Green Jobs but Face Little Fallout

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

My mom, diagnosed with cancer at 88, wouldn't have gotten five more years of life without cancer research done at the National Institutes of Health. I'd love to hear how NIH and other federal science agencies have benefitted you or your family. #ThanksNIH

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

The NOTUS reporters said they spent five days (!) going through the 522 citations in the report.

How did you get the idea to look through citations in the first place?
Margaret Manto: I got a tip over the weekend that there was some fishy stuff in the MAHA report citations. I started checking that they were real but figured out pretty quickly that I'd have to look at all 522 citations to know for sure.
522 citations! How long did it take, and what did you find?
Margaret: Emily and I took about five days to go through all of the citations.
Emily Kennard: We didn't have full access to every article, so we were mostly confirming that the bibliographic information was correct. But we pretty quickly found a handful of articles that we couldn't find anywhere through search engines or in the listed journals, so we decided to go through and check each one. It took a few full workdays to pore over a spreadsheet and to reach out to cited researchers.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

“What is clear is that pregnant women, infants and young children are at higher risk of hospitalization from COVID, and the safety of the COVID vaccine has been widely demonstrated.” publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

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AAP: Removal of COVID vaccines from immunization schedules for healthy children, pregnant people disregards process, increases risk

AAP experts say the move may leave families without the ability to decide whether to get a vaccine for their children. It is unclear how the change will impact insurance coverage.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Reminded of a story that @hannahnatanson.bsky.social + I did in early April about how DOGE’s cuts were inevitably creating new risks for Americans — including risks related to severe weather

Many said that the moves reflect a shifting of risk from the federal government to states and cities that have more limited resources to prepare for natural disasters, public health crises and other threats. They also predicted the cuts would place new burdens on average Americans, who might be faced with more uncertainty in their food supply - or less warning of a tornado or hurricane bearing down on them.
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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in March outside NOAA's headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, to protest
DOGE cuts. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"Lives are at risk," said Mary Glackin, who spent 35 years at NOAA, including serving as the agency's top career official under the George W. Bush and Obama administrations. She pointed to delays on NOAA contracts to maintain radar systems, reductions in the launches of weather balloons and other pressures on her former agency as staffing shrinks. "It's a mess ... if this continues, people will die from this, I'm sorry to say," Glackin said.

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JAMA @jama.com · 16/05/2025

The White House's 2026 budget proposal recommends eliminating the Health Resources and Services Administration and cutting rural health funding by 25%, posing a threat to health care access and services in rural areas. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Federal Funds for Rural Health Care May Be Cut

This Medical News article discusses the impact that proposed federal funding cuts for rural health care programs would have on individuals and their communities.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

All NIH and NSF grants for my entire team--and for all of Harvard, I guess?--have been terminated. As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷‍♂️ On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!

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Alexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A new CDC study estimates hundreds of drowning deaths could be prevented by more pool fences & life jackets while boating It was one of last authored by agency's injury prevention researchers, before Secy Kennedy's layoffs largely eliminated them www.cbsnews.com/news/pool-fe...

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Pool fences and life jackets could save hundreds of lives, CDC estimates

The study was one of the CDC's last before its injury prevention teams were laid off.

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Cavities are common for kids. This is not a move supported by data.

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JAMA @jama.com · 12/05/2025

After the end of emergency allotments, there were increases in food insecurity and poor physical health days among SNAP participants. ja.ma/43dp8ZN @rkwadhera.bsky.social

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 09/05/2025

Children pay the highest price in war and violence. #ForEveryChild, peace and protection.

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Thoughtful insights from HPM's Ilana Graetz on the impact of recent cuts to HHS. “These delays affect not only research institutions and investigators but also critical training programs for the next generation of public health and medical leaders.” www.healthline.com/health-news/...

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19 States, D.C. Sue Trump Administration Over HHS Layoffs

Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's plans to significantly reduce staffing at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🚨 New Report Out This Week We just released The State of Child Health and Well-being in Georgia 2025 — the first statewide snapshot of what families are facing, based on nearly 1,000 parent voices. 📄 [Insert link] #GeorgiaKids #PublicHealth #ChildHealth sph.emory.edu/news/news-re...

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New Survey Reveals Top Health Concerns Among Georgia Parents | Rollins School of Public Health | Emory University | Atlanta GA

Georgia parents ranked education and school quality as their most urgent concern. Social media and bullying closely followed.

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NPR @npr.org · 06/05/2025

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

🚨 New report drops Tuesday: The State of Child Health and Well-being in Georgia 2025. From mental health to economic hardship, the data show where Georgia kids are struggling—and where there’s hope. Let’s make Georgia the best place to be a kid. #ChildHealth #GeorgiaKids #DataToAction

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

New KFF Tracking Poll looks at opinion on cuts to federal health agencies & programs. Partisans mostly disagree, of course, but majorities of both Ds and Rs oppose major cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, mental health, and infectious disease funding, and VA staff cuts www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...

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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This is untrue. Some vaccines use cell lines from two elective pregnancy terminations in the 1960s to grow viruses (these cell lines are immortal). The cells derived from them are REMOVED during vaccine production.

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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

NEW: A viewer on RFK Jr.'s 100-day interview with Dr. Phil asked how he'd advise new parents on vaccines. Kennedy urged them to "do your own research." GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...

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Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines (Gift Article)

In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Wonderful talk today by @wrightcensored.bsky.social at HPM @emoryrollins.bsky.social seminar on discrete choice experiments. Great talks and discussion!

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Rollins School of Public Health @emoryrollins.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

“There is a surprising lack of data comparing buprenorphine—the most common treatment for opioid use disorder—with no treatment. We found that the benefits of treatment were profound, substantially reducing risk of preterm birth and severe maternal morbidity.” - @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social

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Study: Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy with Buprenorphine Improves Maternal, Infant Health | Rollins School of Public Health | Emory University | Atlanta GA

A new study found that pregnant women with opioid use disorder who received buprenorphine treatment had lower rates of adverse outcomes compared to those who did not receive treatment.

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The last three months have been extraordinary. Grants have been canceled, friends who are some of the most committed public servants I know have been fired, entire groups of scientists now gone, data systems shuttered ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...

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RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Sunaya Krishnapura, MD @sunayak.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

At least 50% of pregnant women with opioid use disorder nationwide do not receive treatment Our study in JAMA Health Forum found that buprenorphine treatment was associated with significant improvements in outcomes for mothers and infants Full paper: ja.ma/3EyF00J www.healio.com/news/pediatr...

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Buprenorphine during pregnancy improves outcomes for mothers, babies

HONOLULU — Buprenorphine treatment during pregnancy improved perinatal outcomes for women with opioid use disorder and their babies, compared with no treatment, according to a new study.The numb...

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

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JAMA @jama.com · 27/04/2025

From JAMA Health Forum: Buprenorphine treatment during pregnancy for opioid use disorder was associated with significantly improved maternal and infant outcomes compared to no treatment. #PAS2025 ja.ma/3EyF00J

Figure. Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Among Pregnant People With Opioid Use Disorder in Tennessee, 2010-2021

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JAMA @jama.com · 24/04/2025

The percentage of publicly insured children receiving any mental health or neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis increased between 2010 and 2019. ja.ma/4lHUgca #PAS2025 #MedSky

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Lisa Simpson MB BCh @drsimpsonhsr.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

"Experiments are screeching to a halt, data is vanishing, careers are ending, opportunities are contracting, trust is breaking, and the historical benefits of a vibrant scientific community in the U.S. are starting to evaporate." tinyurl.com/yj3pwptv @academyhealth.bsky.social @aaas.org

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NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles

The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis shows.

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Want to know a bit about @emoryrollins.bsky.social? Check out this infographic. - #2 School of Public Health in the US - #5 in NIH funding - Students from 43 states and 30 countries Beyond the numbers ... Rollins is a WONDERFUL place.

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

🧠 Our research team found that how we talk about adolescent medical consent shapes support. Only 22.9% of parents backed the “Mature Minor Doctrine,” but with specific examples, support jumped to 43.2%. 📰 Press release: sph.emory.edu/news/news-re... #HealthPolicy #AdolescentHealth

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Parental Perceptions of Tennessee’s Mature Minor Doctrine

This survey study evaluates whether the wording of questions regarding mature minor doctrines is associated with parental opinions about adolescent consent for medical services overall and for specifi...

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NPR @npr.org · 21/04/2025

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

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With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

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Alexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The CDC has scrapped a plan to offer schools in Texas help with curbing measles, we're told NIOSH's experts had been in the state, wrapping up work helping fix errors in ventilation/filtration at hospitals treating measles, when they got layoff notices www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-scr...

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CDC scraps plan to help Texas schools curb measles over layoffs, employee says

Some employees working on the CDC's measles response were warned they could face layoffs.

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Joshua Salomon @jsalomon.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

On Monday the Supreme Court hears a case that could strike down the ACA mandate that insurers cover preventive services at no cost to patients. We found that ~40 million people with private insurance use these free services, including half of enrolled women. JAMA Health Forum: ja.ma/3GcUZC6 🩺📊

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Use of No-Cost Preventive Services Jeopardized by Kennedy v Braidwood

This cross-sectional study analyzes the use of 10 no-cost preventive services by individuals with employer-sponsored health insurance, which may be threatened by the upcoming Kennedy v Braidwood Supre...

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Rollins School of Public Health @emoryrollins.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

“What we’ve seen has not been a change in access over the last few years, to my knowledge, but what we have seen is a change in attitude,” said @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social. “The measles vaccine is the best way to to prevent measles transmission — period."

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Georgia contained a measles outbreak. But low vaccination rates keep the state vulnerable.

Georgia successfully contained a measles outbreak with an “all hands on deck” response. But the state's vaccination rates have been on the decline for years, with overall measles protection below the ...

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Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

NIH funding and correcting its trajectory so that it could keep up with inflation after some years when it did not has largely been a bipartisan priority the entire time I’ve covered health policy.

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

2 Louisiana infants die of pertussis as infections rise; pediatric flu deaths reach 168 publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

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2 Louisiana infants die of pertussis as infections rise; pediatric flu deaths reach 168

Cases of pertussis increased from 7,063 in 2023 to 35,435 in 2024.

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 14/04/2025

Pertussis cases are up 1500% since 2021 due to declining vaccinations & there were at least a dozen deaths in the US last year. Over 700 cases & multiple measles deaths already this year. These are preventable diseases that no one should get let alone die from.

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