NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

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For 73 years, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report was the heartbeat of public health.

Now, @nejm.org and @cidrap.bsky.social are launching “Public Health Alerts” -- a rapid alternative born from the same need: timely, trustworthy data when it matters most.

For AFGE union folks.

#holdtheline

Don’t forget to attend your local #NoKings protest, treat it like you would a hike, come prepared and plan ahead. Wear comfortable shoes because you’ll be walking or standing for long periods. Check the weather before you go and dress accordingly, bringing layers, rain gear, or sunscreen as needed.

Demonstrators Across the Country Set to Rally Against Trump

Demonstrators Across the Country Set to Rally Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Billionaires are always inserting themselves into situations when it is unneeded or unwanted but when their influence could be useful, they aren’t around. Anyway. Mark Cuban is an IU alum. He could fund that student newspaper in perpetuity with pocket change. Or withhold institutional donations.

Whether it’s in Chicago, where restaurant and hotel owners have declined to let ICE agents use their facilities; showing up at protests (wink wink, don’t forget about No Kings on Sat); calling your representatives; or stepping in to help a neighbor targeted by the Trump admin, every act matters.

@onthemedia.bsky.social is a terrific US media news podcast. It's not hysterical, it's grounded, it's focused. And THIS EPISODE makes all subscribers feel that they have done the virtuous thing to support the voice of truth and sanity. It's superb. Do subscribe. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Rep Mark Alford trying to use Vets as a pawn, which is so typical of the regime. He says in this video Vets aren’t getting mental health care because of the government shut down. Sir, the VA is fucking open. The barriers to Veteran mental health care is NOT the shutdown. 👀

Speak Truth......

MAJOR new restrictions on federal government use of riot control weapons -- and even requiring them to display identification in many circumstances. I expect a very rapid appeal and request for a stay from the 7th Circuit.

BREAKING: Burger King workers are on strike in Oakland due to pregnancy discrimination.

The store cut our coworker’s hours because she is pregnant and asked for accommodations to ensure a safe pregnancy. 🧵

#UnionsForAll

Judge blocks Trump from deploying California National Guard — or any Guard troops — in Oregon A federal judge barred Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Oregon after the California Guard was sent to the state Sunday.

This is great news for Oregon, and for the rule of law.

Now let's do it everywhere.

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

This Georgetown resident is full of D.C. pride.

The HUD website… 😔 yes, it’s a violation of the law.

“You kill people and break things for a living” is one of the most insane sentences I’ve ever heard

🚨Fed PSA🚨

Print off employee docs before the shut down.

CDC’s union (AFGE2883) has put together a RIF guide detailing what docs may be needed if firings occur: www.afge2883ga.org/_files/ugd/9...

More info on joining AFGE👉https://afge2883ga.org

Check furlough status👉 wcps.cdc.gov (intranet only)

Vaccines Haven’t Been Tested? Let’s Clear That Up. | Defend Public Health In a partnership with the Coalition for Health Resilience, Defend Public Health shares the facts about how vaccines are tested.

In a partnership with the Coalition for Health Resilience, Defend Public Health has a new blog post up about how vaccines are tested.

DC Community Lobby Day — Free DC DC needs the Senate to end the occupation, block the 13+ bills attacking DC, and reject the 20+ budget riders that would freeze our funds. Community members are invited to join us on September 29 for ...

I am supporting @freedcproject.bsky.social's Senate Lobby Day next MONDAY. RSVP at the link below to join us in meeting with Senate offices and asking them to vote NO on the bills advancing the DC Trump takeover freedcproject.org/event-list/d...

You can join the union regardless of your bargaining unit (BU) code. You can be in the union but not in a BU and vice versa.

The union does not need HHS’ “recognition” to keep functioning and defending employees. It just needs us.

More info here: www.afge2883ga.org

There are 340 MILLION OF US.

Don’t you dare get despondent.

STAND UP.

And go GET YOUR COUNTRY BACK.

Please.

Let us not cower. This is all absolutely ridiculous.

Come on now.

Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.

At one point Vicky Pebsworth asked what ramifications their votes had because she did not know what ACIP actually does.

Analyzing USAID Program Disruptions: Implications for PEPFAR Programming and Beneficiaries PEPFAR is still emerging from aid cuts, with major implications for lifesaving HIV services. About 65 percent of USAID’s PEPFAR awards have been reported terminated, accounting for 24 percent of plann...

What’s the human cost of destroying USAID?

🚫 2.3 million people will lose access to life-saving HIV treatment through PEPFAR

🚫 1.5 million orphans & vulnerable children will lose support services

🚫 ~390K people wont have access to PrEP

Despicable

NEWS: The D.C. Council just passed an emergency bill allowing anyone to get a COVID-19 vaccine without a doctor's prescription, which have been requested recently due to changes in federal vaccine recommendations. (And some D.C. residents have had to go to Maryland or Virginia.)

Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company Has Been ‘Silenced’

Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company Has Been ‘Silenced’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

⚠️ NOBODY at CDC FORCES ANYONE to take ANYTHING ⚠️

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

“Use this list of senators and call immediately. Every call counts!”