In healthcare, it’s considered a violation to touch or treat someone without first introducing ourselves. We can’t even enter the hospital without proper ID. So why is it acceptable for ICE to arrest, detain, or remove people without proper identification?

Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50...

Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.

Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

US flu season may have reached its peak, CDC says | CNN The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At least 37M flu illnesses, 480,000 hospitalizations, & 21,000 deaths this season—yet only 45% of adults and kids got a flu shot. Declining vaccination rates are straining our EDs and ICUs. Protect yourself and your community. Get vaccinated. #FluShotSavesLives www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/h...

Measles Cases and Outbreaks Find the latest numbers of confirmed U.S. measles cases. CDC updates this page weekly

Measles was nearly eradicated in the U.S., but declining vaccination rates are bringing it back. Vaccines save lives—protect yourself and your community. Parents, do it for your children. #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

First day in Bluesky! @aoc.bsky.social AOC brought me here!