Luke R. Alsbrooks, BSCLS, MLS (ASCP)CM

Little lab helpers! 🧤🔬

#PublicHealth #MedSky #Science
#Healthcare #MeldicalLab

Percent of Outpatient Visits for Respiratory Illness by Age Group Reported by the U.S. Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) Weekly National Summary, 2025-26 Influenza Season through the Week Ending December 27, 2025 Source: https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/surveillance/2025-week-52.html

Changes to the CDC’s recommended childhood vaccinations include Rotavirus, Hepatitis A and B, RSV, and yes… even Flu being removed from that list. This comes when the overwhelming majority of outpatient visits regarding Flu-like illness are children ages 0-4 y/o. It makes no sense. #vaccines

Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”

Science doesn’t lean left or right. It leans on data, research, peer review, and continued research. When we reduce science and medicine to politics, everyone loses.

#Science #Medicine #PublicHealth

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

This nationwide cohort study conducted in Sweden used sibling control analysis and sampled over 2 million children. It concluded that Tylenol (acetaminophen) is not correlated with risk of autism, ADHD, or other intellectual disabilities #Tylenol #Autism #PublicHealth
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This is a sham fabricated by charlatans, and it’s going to endanger pregnant people, developing fetuses, and children.

#Autism #Vaccines #Acetaminophen #Tylenol

Firing RFK Jr would unburden a lot of overworked mitochondria in this country

“Clinical Recommendation for the Use of Injectable Lenacapavir as
HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis — United States, 2025” published today in the MMWR.

Looks like Lenacapavir is going to be a game-changer regarding PrEP for HIV!

#HIV #PrEP #PublicHealth #HIVPrevention

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The EPA has postponed enforcing limits on methane emissions linked to oil and gas operations while it weighs the possibility of scrapping the rules altogether.

Some infectious diseases, like Measles, can cause chronic illnesses/conditions after the infection is cleared.

If we really want to eliminate chronic illness in this country, it starts with VACCINATION.

#VaccinesSaveLives #TrustScience #StopTheSpread

HHS has ordered CDC to stop its influenza vaccine “Wild to Mild” media campaign. This is an award-winning campaign that effectively explains how influenza vaccine may not prevent infection but does decrease illness severity. We are currently having one of the worst influenza seasons in 15 years.

It’s been four years since Winter Storm Uri. Four years since Greg Abbott left millions of Texans in the dark.

No family should ever again be stranded because of cold weather or extreme heat.

We can prevent blackouts, fight the climate crisis, & save lives. Congress just needs to #ConnectTheGrid.

RFK Jr. being confirmed as Secretary of HHS is a catastrophe for science and public health. Today is a dark day for the U.S., the rest of the world, and our planet.

So fascinated by the human impulse to be like 'wow, this food sanitation practice really improved the quality and safety of food, what an amazing development, we should definitely stop doing it.'

🚨These are the childhood, adolescent and adult vaccine recommendations from CDC. Creating this post for you to bookmark just in case this information gets removed from their website #ᴠᴀᴄᴄɪɴᴇssᴀᴠᴇʟɪᴠᴇs

It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from data.cdc.gov

Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors.

"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Such a brilliant idea! 🫡

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

Surround yourself with the kind of people who read banned books.

Flu activity map from the CDC as of December 28th, 2024 shows high levels of flu activity across the nation. Be sure to practice good hand hygiene, and wear a mask if you have to go into public while sick. 🤒😷 #flu #publichealth

I understand her now more than ever. #climatechange