Janet Krommes MD

DFA Opposes Repeal of 2009 Endangerment Finding DFA opposes the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which established that greenhouse gas emissions generated through human activities harm human health.

DFA opposes the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which established that greenhouse gas emissions generated through human activities harm human health.

Proud to be a Jersey Girl!

I will defend your right to record ICE interactions in NJ and across the country.

I worked at WHO: the USA leaving will not make America healthier On Jan 30, 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the highest alarm it can sound, which is used for moments when the world must act together or risk ca...

Dr. @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social: I worked at WHO: the USA leaving will not make America healthier - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

How RFK Jr.’s “MAHA” Quackery Is Making Flu Season Worse Across the country, the staggering costs of vaccine denialism are piling up, to deadly effect.

“Last month, cases of flu reached their highest levels in the United States in 25 years.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/205954/kennedy-maha-anti-vaccine-flu

For example

youtu.be/CgIFRiYAdGA

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion. @bbkogan.bsky.social joins @jaredb-econ.bsky.social on @contrariannews.org to talk about why this matters: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/lets-do-lunch-ce4

"I never want to see a child run away from our own government ever again"

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

I will never forget what it was like working as an ICU physician during the pandemic. There were many days that I went back to my hotel crying because of the patients we lost.

I hate this so much.

From #NanaDoc To Secretary Kennedy & Director Prasad
#medsky
@gparents4vaccines.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@familiesforvaccines.org
@drsforamerica.bsky.social

Trump Team’s Planned ACA Rule Offers Its Answer to Rising Premium Costs: Catastrophic Coverage - KFF Health News Sweeping changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year have been proposed by the Trump administration that focus on making more insurance plans available with higher annual out-of-pocket co...

The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping set of regulatory proposals this week that would substantially change health plan offerings on the ACA marketplace next year.

One change would sharply raise annual out-of-pocket costs — to more than $27K for certain plans — while lowering premiums.

How pediatricians found themselves at war with RFK Jr. The AAP has become a leading opponent of MAHA and RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda.

American doctors are ignoring vaccine guidance from the U.S. government and making the AAP the most visible opposition to the MAHA vaccine agenda. www.statnews.com/2026/02/13/a...

Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren

Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren. Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...

1 year of RFK Jr. Let's grade his results.

❌ 15 million people losing healthcare
❌ Over $1 trillion cut from Medicaid & the ACA
❌ Premiums x3 for 20 million+ Americans
❌ The largest measles outbreak in decades

RFK Jr. and Trump are making us sicker and less safe.

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Reproductive care can feel complex and deeply personal. Join us for a supportive 2-hour training where you’ll learn how to approach these conversations with openness and empathy—building skills to listen, understand, and engage with care.

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Fabulous leaders and a timely topic!
Free and open to all!

Our upcoming Advocacy Grand Rounds on Feb 27, 2025, will focus on advocate resiliency and addressing moral injury in an increasingly challenging health policy landscape

Register here:
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One - there is a need for non-egg-based options. Two -because production time is shorter, strains can be chosen when risk strains are clearer= fewer deaths in approaching flu seasons
And lack of regulatory certainty and unpredictable decisions suppresses innovation = more flu deaths over time.

Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.

@lizzylawrence.bsky.social reporting in @statnews.com a critical piece of this story: Director Prasad overruling career staff to not even allow Moderna to apply for review of their mRNA-based influenza vaccine.
This is harmful for multiple reasons...
@drsforamerica.bsky.social

Obamacare Sign-Ups Drop, but the Extent Won’t Be Clear for Months - KFF Health News Experts say Affordable Care Act sign-up data won’t be clear until people who were enrolled have paid — or haven't paid — their new, often much higher, premiums.

“We have drastically higher rates of people dropping their coverage,” a state Affordable Care Act marketplace director tells KFF Health News.

Public Comment Power Hour - Doctors for America Join the Sexual and Gender Health Subcommittee for a Public Comment Power Hour focused on defending access to evidence-based gender-affirming care.

CMS is proposing limits on Medicare & Medicaid coverage for evidence-based gender-affirming care for patients under 18 and we need clinicians to speak up.

Join our Public Comment Power Hour on February 9th at 8pm ET.

It's freezing cold and you've lost power. Here's what emergency doctors want you to do Power outages and prolonged exposure to frigid temperatures carry a risk of hypothermia that cannot be ignored.

It’s freezing cold and you’ve lost power. Here’s what emergency doctors want you to do
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Making the Great American Recovery Initiative Work DFA supports the Trump administration’s launch of the Great American Recovery Initiative and their commitment to helping end addiction.

ICYMI: Making the Great American Recovery Initiative Work Through Evidence-Based Practices

DFA supports the Trump administration’s launch of the Great American Recovery Initiative and their commitment to helping end addiction.

doctorsforamerica.org/sr-great-ame...

Trump’s petty and pathetic decision to illegally withhold funding for Gateway is undermining union jobs, the American economy, and the safety and economic wellbeing of the hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans that rely on this critical infrastructure every day.

KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Trust in the CDC and Views of Federal Childhood Vaccine Schedule Changes | KFF Weeks after the Trump administration reduced the number of childhood vaccine recommended for routine use, public trust in the CDC is at its lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic, and less than half are c...

Lots of talk from MAHA folks in the administration about restoring public trust in health. Yet, they have consistently shown that the problem is their confusing and unpredictable leadership.

Want to restore trust? #ImpeachRFKJr
standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr