Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Interesting backstory… 14017
Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/06/2025Amazing to watch the United States of America turn it back on vaccines. 2638484
Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDHelen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...statnews.comRFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American“Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 718269
Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDMedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 21/05/2025In a new #OpEd, Daniel Pham, MD, discusses the debate surrounding Casey Means’ nomination for U.S. Surgeon General, weighing concerns about her medical background against the broader responsibilities of the role in public health leadership. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...medpagetoday.comOpinion | Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?Their leadership must be grounded in sound public health priorities 012
Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDNPR @npr.org · 21/05/2025Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.npr.orgDiseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months agoSome of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent. 923183088455
Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard. 503317926403
Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/04/2025Seth Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science” while presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony — sometimes called the “Oscars of Science” — where Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance. Rogen's comments were cut from the broadcast.nytimes.comSeth Rogen’s Trump Jokes Are Edited Out of Awards BroadcastWhile presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony this month, Mr. Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science.” 1632593770
Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDJoe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · 12/03/2025In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...news.harvard.eduNIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard GazetteReport finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development. 8440881489
Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDMedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 26/02/2025AP: #Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on #fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn't allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral. #medsky www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...medpagetoday.comUtah Close to Becoming First State to Fully Ban Fluoride in WaterMeasure would strip cities' ability to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral 032
Reposted by Steffanie Strathdee, PhDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025New article up in The Scientist the-scientist.com/federal-empl...the-scientist.comFederal Employee Firings Threaten the Future of American Research, Scientists FearAfter widespread government layoffs, scientists worry about the uncertain future of research and advocate action to rise above the situation. 311453
Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025The #NIH funding fiasco, cont'd @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...nytimes.comPresident Trump’s Cuts to Medical ResearchHow government cuts are slowing research. 010
Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025#Scientists need to speak up to save the institutions that fund #scientific #research like #NIH, the largest public funding agency supporting #science in the world. That's why I spoke to @medpagetoday.bsky.social. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...medpagetoday.comFederal Register Blackout Blocks NIH FundingNew strategy is like pouring 'cement in the pipes of the federal funding infrastructure' 054
Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · 17/08/2023This is my first post here. I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist who studies #HIV prevention & #harmreduction. I also co-direct IPATH, a nonprofit that is advancing #phagetherapy to combat #AMR. Give me a follow! 2240
Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · 17/08/2023I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist w/ >24,000 followers on #Twitter hoping to find y'all & more like-minded folx here! 190