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ASPS Members Demand Answers After Org Released Anti-Trans Statement From Behind Closed Doors The statement is a blunt tool that the Trump regime can use to strip trans youth of life-saving care.

A recent statement from the American Society for Plastic Surgeons advised against surgery, HRT, blockers for trans youth.

Now members and experts that were sidelined at the org are demanding answers after evidence shows it may have been politically influenced by the Trump admin.

Read our latest.

Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill: What to Know Dr. Anne-Marie Amies Oelschlager answers common questions about Opill, the first over-the-counter (OTC) daily birth control pill in the history of the United States.

Did you know there is an over the counter birth control pill (Opill) you can get without a prescription?

✔️Prevents pregnancy
🚫Not for emergency contraception
☎️Talk to your provider first if you are on other medications or have health conditions

Learn more here: www.acog.org/womens-healt...

Screenshot of a "Consolidated RiskFootprint™ Environmental Risk Assessments" table. The table compares 9 risk categories—including Aggregate Score, FEMA NRI Rating, Tornado, Wind, and 2050 Climate Outlook—across several U.S. cities. Data for Hagerstown (MD), Chester (NY), Tremont (PA), and San Antonio (TX) shows mostly "Low" current aggregate risks, but high "2050 Climate Risk Outlooks" for the latter three. Rows for Socorro (TX), Merrillville (IN), Orlando (FL), and others are currently blank.

A new data point is coming to the Project Salt Box warehouse tracker — the wonderful team at RiskFootprint are providing us with site-specific climate risk assessments to help inform data-driven resistance.

www.tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...

Casey Means is dangerous & unqualified for Surgeon General.

Check out what fmr SG, Jerome Adams had to say:

“You wouldn’t promote someone to general without them meeting basic military standards…why should you lower the bar for public health?”

Agree? Call your senators & let them know.

Thank you so much for posting! :)

The People's Morbidity and Mortality Report (PMMR) - February 3, 2026/No. 2 - Bird flu: pathogen overview and current situation A comprehensive pathogen history, situation report, and risk assessment for Bird flu — Global, with a focus on the US, 2026 (your one-stop-shop for Bird flu information)

A comprehensive pathogen history, situation report, and risk assessment for Bird flu — Global, with a focus on the US, 2026 (your one-stop-shop for Bird flu information)
www.roomcguire.health/p/the-people... by @roomcguire.bsky.social

Historical and projected combined ICE and CBP money. Tons of additional money from BBB.

Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.

Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.

A photo of Alex Pretti with the text: He was one of us

A photo of Alex Pretti with the text: Honor the memory of Alex Pretty by wearing black this week (ribbons, tape on ID badge, or clothes)

Join us in honoring Alex’s memory this week by wearing black.

A lot of my friends still in the federal government at other agencies, many well-funded agencies, are equally okay with enduring no funding for concrete action that could stop the death in our city streets.

The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:

“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer

What's with the whole milk stuff? Many netizens are trying to understand a new, weird health campaign. Let's discuss white supremacist dog whistles, MAHA's culture war, Big Dairy, the Epstein Files, and the midterms.

Let’s talk white supremacist dog whistles, health, Big Dairy, the Epstein files, and the midterms. Why is MAHA talking about whole milk? www.roomcguire.health/p/whats-with...

Preparing for, Protecting Against, and Treating Tear Gas and Other Chemical Irritant Exposure: A Protestor’s Guide - PHR Deceptively known as “less-lethal,” these weapons can in fact cause severe injuries and even death when used with excessive force. Physicians for Human Rights has worked extensively on the health impa...

Protect yourself from tear gas: N95s aren’t enough. Use half- or full‑face respirators with P100+OV filters, eye protection, no contacts.

Safety tips: phr.org/our-work/res...

Respirators: www.crisisreadymedia.org/masks

Stay safe, be brave, fight for what’s right ✊💚.

🚨CDC STAFF PSA🚨

Yesterday during an active shooter scare, our alert system failed. Again. Delayed or non-existent texts/emails, no alarm or intercom in labs.

⚠️Despite CDC warning Emory, Emory alerts went out before CDC.

📲Download the Emory Safe app to get Emory alerts. No Emory account required.

Potential Implications of the New Medicaid Data Sharing Agreement Between CMS and ICE   | KFF This issue brief provides an overview of a new data sharing agreement for CMS to share Medicaid data with ICE and its potential implications for health care access and data privacy.

The Trump Admin’s decision to share Medicaid enrollee data with ICE for immigration enforcement purposes raises key issues, including questions about data privacy, impacts on immigrant families, and the ability of CMS to comply with a related court order. https://on.kff.org/4sZBIYO

RFK Jr has unveiled the True American Diet 🇺🇸
Red meat 🥩, butter 🧈, full-fat dairy 🧀, beef tallow 🐄
No limits on alcohol 🍺🍷
Industry stakeholders are thrilled 💼✨

cdn.realfood.gov/DGA.pdf

Friday: Donald Trump pledges to defend any protesters in Iran killed by the regime
Wednesday: Donald Trump defends ICE killing a protester in America

Eat real food-RFK Jr. Cool. Most Americans already don’t meet basic dietary guidelines. New guidelines don’t fix poverty, food prices, time scarcity, mental load, or invisible labor. More guidelines won’t fix jack squat. Same shit. Different day. No results.

@drplantel.bsky.social

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.

As some of the scientists still at CDC fighting the good fight with all we have left, we appreciate when journalists use precise language in their headlines. It matters.💚

Career scientists weren't involved in this sham, & would not propose change based upon political ideology & vibes

G'night all 😴

this situation is just not tenable

Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.

🧵 Dear CDC political appointees, Jim O'Neil, Ralph Abraham, Stuart Burns, Lynda Chapman, Nina Witkofsky, and Matt Buzzelli.

It's a bad flu season.

But remember how you kneecapped vaccine promotion campaigns and 🪱🧠 removed flu from the childhood vaccine schedule?

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Palestinian children like Traji's daughter Aya are being starved to death with their families in Israel's genocide. Bluesky moderation couldn't care less, & deletes them every day. Please help by sharing & donating if you can:

omg Eddington is The Movie

US Health Department cancels millions of dollars in grants to American Academy of Pediatrics The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has canceled millions of dollars in grants awarded to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it said on Wednesday, including ones the group said were aime...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been an outspoken critic of RFKJ's vaccine disinformation and non evidence-based vaccine recommendations.

Now they are losing millions in federal funding for mental health services, rural healthcare access, and more.

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Thank you so much for highlighting us @nikkigwrites.bsky.social

Maybe of interest www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Do you hate the new Vaccines and Autism webpage revisions as much as we do? Yes? Great. Some action items:

1. Submit your concerns through CDC INFO: www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/for...
2. (if not a fed employee) Consider adding "vaccines do NOT cause autism" to your signature line 😈

Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.

“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”

Maine sought federal help amid its largest HIV outbreak in state history. It’s still waiting After initially approving Penobscot County's request for CDC aid, the agency put it on hold. Meanwhile, the virus spreads.

When the current administration cuts the budget to CDC’s HIV prevention unit, freezes deployment of outbreak response experts, & slashes harm-reduction programs; they are not abstractly “reducing cost”.

They are letting diseases spread.

Maine is giving us a wake-up call. Who is going to listen?

We ended that fraud!!!!! lollll

He voted no but as party leader he let this happennnnn

Bc he be caving 😐