Ashleigh Gallagher, DrPH, MA

Source: NY Times - The EPA on Thursday repealed the endangerment finding, the scientific determination that gave the U.S. government the authority to combat climate change.

Source: Medscape - “Almost half of US CDC databases due to be updated at least monthly were instead paused for significant time periods during 2025, the vast majority relating to vaccination-related topics, a new study reports.”

Ashleigh Gallagher (@healthylivingwithash) Top Public Health Stories of 2025 As we close out 2025, several public health issues consistently shaped national conversations, policy priorities, and everyday health decisions for families across t...

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Ashleigh Gallagher (@healthylivingwithash) Measles outbreak update — United States (Dec 30, 2025) Measles is one of the most contagious viruses we know, and the United States is experiencing a significant resurgence. Current situation (CDC):...

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Ashleigh Gallagher (@healthylivingwithash) 🚨 Public Health Update — Dec 29, 2025 A quick, evidence-based snapshot of what matters today: • COVID-19 wastewater levels are rising in several U.S. regions. Wastewater is an early warning sign...

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Ashleigh Gallagher (@healthylivingwithash) Public Health Update — December 28, 2025 Flu activity is continuing to rise across much of the United States. Many states are reporting high or very high levels of influenza-like illness, and hospita...

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Ashleigh Gallagher (@healthylivingwithash) Public Health Update | Dec 27, 2025 Winter respiratory season is underway ❄️ and several public health issues are overlapping right now. 🦠 Flu, COVID-19, and RSV are circulating nationally. These vi...

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PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE — DECEMBER 25, 2025
• Flu, RSV, and COVID rising
• Pediatric flu hospitalizations are increasing
• Measles cases continue in under-vaccinated communities
• Winter air quality can worsen respiratory risk
• It is still not too late to get vaccinated

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Public Health Update — December 24, 2025 As we head into the holidays, several important public health developments are unfolding in the United States.

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Some good news!
Source: NYT
“Food allergies in children dropped sharply in the years after new guidelines encouraged parents to introduce infants to peanuts, a study has found. For decades, as food allergy rates climbed, experts recommended that parents avoid exposing their infants to allergens..”

Source: @apnews - “Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday, building on the effort by DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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Source: @postpolitics - “The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s request to cut $9 billion in foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting early Thursday, handing the administration a victory in its ongoing power struggle with Congress over federal…(contd)” @npr @pbs

Source: @jhu_cgvs 🧡 “Educating and advocating for safe firearm storage practices saves lives.

Whether you own a gun or not, everyone should know: Gun safety starts with practicing secure storage.”

Source: @nytimes - “The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years. The funding decreases touch virtually every area of science — extending far beyond…” (contd)

Source: @apnews - “U.S. health regulators announced plans Tuesday to phase out fluoride-containing supplements sometimes used to strengthen children’s teeth or reduce cavities, opening a new front in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort against a mainstay of dental care.”

Source: @nytwell - “A national organization that sets practice standards for physicians has for the first time outlined how doctors can give patients pain-relief options during the insertion of intrauterine devices and other common gynecological procedures.”

Source: @drjessicaknurick - “If you’re following someone who says they want to “make America healthy” but they’ve been silent about cuts to SNAP and Medicaid, as well as environmental rollbacks, weakened food safety oversight, and the censorship of research on health equity…” (contd)

Source: @groundnews - “The CDC has reported 216 pediatric flu deaths so far this season, the most since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. “This number that we have now is almost certainly an undercount,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary of the American Academy of Pediatrics…(contd)”

Source: @theatlantic - The safety of America’s food supply is getting murkier—and if there’s one thing you can do to protect yourself, it’s swearing off bagged, prechopped lettuce, Nicholas Florko writes. ⁠Romaine lettuce has a particularly bad reputation for food poisoning:
… (contd)

Source: @washingtonpost - “Under President Donald Trump, the Education Department has begun cutting about $1 billion in mental-health-related grants created in response to mass school shootings. School psychology professionals across the country are scrambling to figure out how to move forward…”

Source: @washingtonpost - “Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move that the agency said will increase transparency but that medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines and undermine the public’s trust in immunization…”

Source: @johnshopkinssph - “Questions about vaccines and autism have been around for a while despite multiple scientific studies that do not show a connection.

Swipe through to learn where the concerns started, the science behind why experts have concluded there is no link, and…(contd)”

Source: @theskimm - “Policy ideas on how to support women and moms? Put us in coach. Influenced by the growing “pronatalist” movement, the Trump administration this week seems to be exploring ways to encourage higher birth rates…” (contd)

Source: @nytopinion - “The disparities in diagnosis and care within H.I.V. are grim, writes Ruth Madievsky, a clinical pharmacist who specializes in H.I.V. care. “The incidence of H.I.V. in the United States is about 0.4 percent…”