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North Carolina communities still struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene feel the loss of laid-off CDC survey team | CNN Hurricane Helene tore through the Swannanoa River Valley of western North Carolina almost seven months ago, but many of the scars it left are still fresh.

Yet another example of the impact of #publichealth workforce reductions on our communities

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Gave a lecture to first year med students today on how we pay for health care. A couple have asked for resources to learn more. I have a couple to recommend, buy want to ask all of you for videos/other resources to help med student learn about the health system.

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#MedEd

Third measles death This is not normal. For three reasons.

Children should not be dying from measles. Having people in charge of our public health agencies who push false narratives and misinformation are dangerous. Hard stop.

#publichealth

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Kent County records first measles case in 12 years A Kent County resident has measles, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

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#michigan
#publichealth

Even before I saw your comment I was guessing she was a PhD doctor and not medical doctor 🙄

Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.

This is why anti-vax rhetoric is so dangerous...now newborns and moms have been exposed and put in danger.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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#vaccinessavelives

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

It makes me ill that this administration is trying to erase a vulnerable community who has fought to been seen and valued for so long. #publichealth

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My med students know more about Medicaid than this after one lecture.

You know things are crazy in the world when you see headlines from The Onion that sound real.

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#publichealth
#healthpolicy

“Wrestling fans know the truth about WWE’s history. We know that Linda McMahon’s legacy is deeply tied to the company’s most shameful moments.” Read more from @electrobrogers.bsky.social https://pv4ps.org/the-toxic-wwe-leadership-of-linda-mcmahon-a-lifelong-wrestling-fans-take/

And before long they will stop reporting this data so that they can deny this is happening.

A week of chaos in public health The truth is, there’s a lot we don’t know yet.

It has been a crazy week with lots of deep breaths needed. Even the public health and medical students I met with this week are worried. Thinking of all my ##publichealth, #meded, and others feeling a bit overwhelmed after these last few days.

Not sure I will make it through these next few years without @theonion.com

She's right - they don't have any idea of what real DEI work is or who is doing it. For them, DEI us code for affirmative action and it's all been about taking away jobs.

He doesn't care. His followers don't care. And the WSJ and others who sat back and acting aghast at him doing exactly what he said he would do is nauseating.

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson is wonderful

Unfortunately, the research will be limited if done by health systems because they don't collect population level data, only patient data. So any research they do will be skewed and underserved communities will not be represented in what the research shows.

Was just sharing this resource with a couple of med students who had no idea it existed and were excited to discover it. Never thought they wouldn't be able to use it going forward.

I often joke I am from the home of high fructose corn syrup - it's what built ADM. As a public health person, I won't be sad if they make some changes to food additives, but I know it will be harmful to communities I care about since there won't be support for them with this action.

I do wonder how many vote republican know how much the cuts will affect them and/or people they care about. I really think a lot of people don't understand how much Medicaid does, particularly for older adults.

Interesting data since rhetoric from GOP leadership seems much more negative on Medicaid. Maybe they know the base might support it, but also won't fight for it?

#healthpolicy

Never thought we would have to worry about whether Brown vs. Board of Education was settled Law 🤬

Shame that the Republican Party no longer respects three equal and separate branches of government

Anything we read that was non-American was western European (primarily English literature like Pride and Prejudice, the Canterbury Tales, etc...). We read the Little Prince in my advanced French class. I didn't read anything from other parts of the world until college.

11 people being monitored after bird flu found at Oakland County public park One person has flu-like symptoms after the bird flu was detected in a flock at a park's farm.

#publichealth at work

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Better at driving in winter conditions?? 🤣🤣😆 Is that why all the major cities in the south shut down when they see a snowflake?

I just said to my husband that his name sounds made up

Perk of this platform for me...the ease of finding new publications and other resources for my professional interests.

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#healthpolicy
#publichealth
#publiceducation