Deb Houry

We Do Care | NEJM Physicians throughout Minnesota bear witness to the devastation that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wreaking. They implore physicians everywhere to raise their voices.

Powerful piece in @nejm.org from physicians in Minnesota "When our patients go without medical care, the harm is not theoretical. It is measurable. Fear doesn’t just keep people away from clinics and EDs, it pushes patients into crisis." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Countering Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, California is the first American state to join the @who.int’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network.

With GOARN, we’ll keep working to help protect Californians from public health threats.

University Announces Next Columbia Mailman School Dean Columbia University announced the next dean of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Congrats to Dr. Mermin and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Great to see former CDC leaders continue their dedication to public health.

Phenomenal timeline viz from our dear friends at @firedbutfighting.bsky.social 💚💚

Highlights the chaos we've endured at CDC over the past year.

www.cdcdataproject.org/chaos-at-cdc

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We are thrilled to share that Dr. Deb Houry MD, MPH, a nationally recognized physician and public health leader, has joined the Yale School of Public Health as a lecturer and senior fellow in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology.

Read more: m.yale.edu/dd7p

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20 out of 25 CIO director positions at CDC are vacant and filled by actings (or eliminated), just in the past year via CDC Data Project www.cdcdataproject.org/leadership-c...

CDC staff ‘blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled The Trump administration took unprecedented steps to recommend fewer vaccines for children without extensive consultations with career scientists.

SCOOP: CDC vaccine experts were blindsided by RFKJr top deputy’s decision to unilaterally overhaul child schedule. Also, previously undisclosed CDC presentation refutes Trump admin narrative that US is outlier on vaccine policy. My story @Washingtonpost.com
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Opinion | The U.S. vaccine schedule is a jet engine. Denmark’s is a toy plane. Replacing the U.S. vaccine schedule with one like Denmark’s would be negligence.

Replacing the US child vaccine schedule with Denmark’s schedule is negligence, writes @drdemetre.bsky.social

“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”

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Boy, 11, Dies After Severe Case of the Flu: ‘Jace Never Even Got to Open His Christmas Gifts’ Jace Watkins, 11, of Alabama died on Dec. 27 after being hospitalized due to complications from the flu.

The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too.
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This story is disturbing on so many levels- instead of using opportunities for intervention and getting him help, the Bot encourages self harm

Flu activity is very high and rising in many parts of the country, with levels similar to last year's big season. Be careful out there. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/widespread...

Former CDC Chief Medical Officer criticizes Health Department’s handling of rising flu cases | CNN Former CDC Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director, Dr. Debra Houry, talks to CNN about rising flu cases across the country, and the criticizes the lack of promotion for Americans to get their flu v...

Appreciate UTD info re vaccines, treatment, and influenza data by CDC, but as I told @cnn.com today what is different from prior years- no Health Advisory Notice re a new subclade, HHS/CDC political leaders not leading by example getting flu vaccines publicly, no flu campaign like Wild to Mild.

Heartbreaking to see the continued dismantling of CDC and the impact this has on the staff still there

4 questions to understand the costs of ‘medical freedom’ The choice that one person makes not to vaccinate has real costs — financial and otherwise — for their neighbors.

Medical freedom isn’t free. How should policy makers evaluate vaccine policy proposals. My piece for stat.

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4 questions to understand the costs of ‘medical freedom’ The choice that one person makes not to vaccinate has real costs — financial and otherwise — for their neighbors.

4 questions to consider for vaccine policy and medical freedom in @statnews.com including what will be the impact on individuals and communities

MAHA Wins

Thank you Dr. Marrazzo for standing up for science #hero

STAT: Former NIH leader Jeanne Marrazzo sues administration over termination 🔥

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YouTube video by MS NOW Maddow: Trump loses on public health leadership as states leave his 'flock of quacks' behind

Trump loses on public health leadership as states leave his 'flock of quacks' behind

States are employing experts with public health experience as Trump fills the leadership roles of the U.S. public health system. Dr. Debra Houry discusses with @maddow.bsky.social.

YouTube video by MS NOW Maddow: Trump loses on public health leadership as states leave his 'flock of quacks' behind

Spoke last night with @maddow.bsky.social about @capublichealth.bsky.social new initiatives in state and regional networks for innovative public health programs given the lack of federal scientific leadership

First We Grieve Then we must act.

After tragedies like those this weekend, particularly when the horror of gun violence hits so close to home:

First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜

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Current feds- OPM cancelled the 2025 FEVS so Partnership for Public Service created Public Service Viewpoint Survey to fill this critical gap and provide career federal employees with an opportunity to share their perspectives on workplace
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What Parents Can Do When Their Child Is in an Active-Shooter Lockdown This moment will come for too many of us.

My daughter spent hours in a bathroom this weekend as we waiting for the lockdown to be over.

A few lessons I learned along the way.
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I'm so sorry you all went through this, but thank you so much for sharing this heartfelt and helpful information

Thank you @governor.ca.gov for the opportunity to elevate the important work of public health in California, across the region, and globally

Dr. Houry, a physician, public health exec, & former CDC Chief Medical Officer under the Trump admin, will serve as a Senior Advisor for PHNIX. Dr. Houry will engage existing public health alliances & organizations to develop a sustainable public health network across the local to global spectrum

CDPH will work alongside Governor Gavin Newsom and nationally recognized leaders including former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry, and epidemiologist Dr.Katelyn Jetelina. [2/4]

Learn more at the Governor’s livestreamed announcement today at 1:30 pm PT on the @CAgovernor X page [4/4]

California announced the launch of the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX), a state-led initiative designed to modernize public health infrastructure and strengthen trust in science-based decision-making.

Read the news release: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/15/g... [1/4]