Katelyn Jetelina

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

School shootings, brace for vaccine headlines this week, Covid-19 vaccine access, another measles death, and more. The Dose (September 15)

School shootings, brace for vaccine headlines this week, Covid-19 vaccine access, another measles death, and more.
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Physicians need to have a plan if they aren’t going to be offering vaccines to their patients.

We need a public health expert in the United States Senate to hold RFK Jr. accountable.

From the IAmA community on Reddit: I am an epidemiologist and former Senior Advisor to three CDC Directors. Ask me anything. Explore this post and more from the IAmA community

LIVE NOW: Join "Your Local Epidemiologist" author @kkjetelina.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA. www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

The CDC is falling deeper into crisis. What it means for the nation’s health. Months of upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have undercut the agency’s work, employees said, and put the future of vaccines into doubt.

NEW: The CDC has been in crisis for months. After the firing of its director, resignations of senior leaders, staff + experts are bracing for what could be death knell for public health credibility. Me + @laurenweberhp.bsky.social + @davidovalle.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The amazing Dr. Deb Houry— former and recently pushed out Deputy and Chief Medical Officer of CDC— is ready to join the public conversation.

Follow her at @drdebhoury.bsky.social !!

This is an extremely widespread view in public health. Daskalakis is one of the most respected health officials we have.

only so many words you can put in a headline but the whole response is loud and proud support for the trans community and worth reading

CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else.

#USAnotRFK

Lets gooooo

Covid-19 vaccine license change: 12 key questions answered And an important note about the ousted CDC leaders

The most helpful info I've found on the Covid-19 vaccine at this point, from @kkjetelina.bsky.social, particularly point 12, "What should I do right now?" I'm interested to see what our pediatrician, who is extremely pro-vaccine, has to say about this...

RFK Jr faces calls to quit as CDC chief fired and senior staff resign: ‘an embarrassment’ Susan Monarez’s ousting and four top resignations follow vaccine confusion, leaving US health agencies in turmoil

"CDC basically imploded yesterday and now it’s truly in shambles,” said @kkjetelina.bsky.social. Also: vaccines? My latest:
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Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense “Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.

“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
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933 - Fall Vaccine Confusion with Your Local Epidemiologist Public Health On Call · Episode

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Where "omg this is such a mess" meets "let's just press record and talk this out."

tl;dr: Fall vaccines are anything but business as usual this year and all eyes will be on independent orgs and health insurance companies.

Let's listen.

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Public health in the face of trauma and violence And what you can do.

"We are drowning in the abnormal, yet forced to carry on our 'normal' lives, living in a constant state of cognitive dissonance." @kkjetelina.bsky.social

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Bullets in the windows Until now, it was only a metaphor.

“Those bullet holes are a haunting, terrible metaphor for what public health has endured over the past six months—and the past six years.” @kkjetelina.bsky.social

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Four CDC buildings shot up. Employees under lockdown and in fear for hours. Public health is physically under attack, and the silence from the administration is deafening.

Training Health Communicators — The Need for a New Approach | NEJM To prevent the spread of inaccurate information, academic and health care institutions will need to equip scientists and clinicians to engage effectively on nontraditional media platforms.

Public health has a communication problem, and we need to fix it.

Excited to share our new piece in @nejm.org explaining the need to train more health communicators, with coauthors @meganranney.bsky.social, @kkjetelina.bsky.social, and @tedmelnick.bsky.social:

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Your Local Epidemiologist in California | Substack Translating the ever-changing science of public health for Californians so you can take action for your community’s health. Click to read Your Local Epidemiologist in California, a Substack publicatio...

@kkjetelina.bsky.social has been my "go-to" epidemiologist for. some time now. CA peeps....she's starting a CA sub stack! You can sign up for a free weekly update here.

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Q&A: Nutrition expert discusses pioneering program terminated by USDA Here’s a Q&A with a nutrition expert who created an after-school program for NYC middle-schoolers who take on adult responsibilities, like meal preparation. This spring, the USDA terminated it.

It's exceedingly hard to argue that the administration & MAHA are committed to improving nutrition when they're simultaneously cutting everything from SNAP-Ed to innovative community nutrition work - cements the perception that food dyes are public health theatre.
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thanks for the request! i’ll send this to my team!

Katelyn Jetelina: A Visit from Your Local Epidemiologist Howie and Harlan are joined by public health communicator Katelyn Jetelina for updates on COVID-19 and other issues, and to discuss how her emails to students and colleagues in the early days of the p...

“...my biggest goal is to not turn people off that are curious… that means leading with a lot of empathy.” —
@kkjetelina.bsky.social

A powerful conversation on science, trust, and public health on Health & Veritas

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#PublicHealth #ScienceCommunication

New Health & Veritas drops tomorrow!
We’re joined by the incredible @kkjetelina.bsky.social — epidemiologist, communicator, & author of Your Local Epidemiologist. We talk public health, trust, & translating science for millions.
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NIH: The quiet engine of science is being dismantled And what you can do

So…what’s the latest in health research in the US?

Excellent overview from @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social

Watching this play out, I’ve been too sad to write much myself. I’m grateful to them for continuing to tell what’s happening

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“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.” The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.

This week, @texasmonthly.bsky.social’s reporting on the floods in Kerr County has been so purposeful and so deeply empathetic. It was personal. This first person account is so, so horrific and so beautifully written.

You’ll cry very hard.
(CW: Child death.)

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Medicaid cuts: The how and why Plain language translation of what the heck happened and where this will go

"Instead of moving towards a health system that lifts people up—towards more prevention and better access to services, free from debt—we are moving towards one that increases bills, debt, and makes people sicker."

by @kkjetelina.bsky.social
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Annnnddddd

❌Thousands of Louisianans will lose healthcare.
❌33 LA hospitals are at risk of closing
❌Thousands of children won’t get food

Seems like a real winner.

Medicaid cuts: The how and why Plain language translation of what the heck happened and where this will go

Sadly, I agree with most of this and it is nicely described and illustrated. Its clever to position the "hits" after the mid-term elections. This causes a challenge of how to describe the issue when its not being felt yet.

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I tried to include good news in there too!!