Scott Becker

Department Reaffirms Longstanding Practices

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If you are used to attending or watching ACIP metings, it is difficult to describe just how disturbing this one has been. People talking over one another, confusion, outright ignorance. Compare this to the very orderly, sedate, consideration of facts of previous meetings for years and years.

In 2020, Honduras had no sequencing capacity. Now, with APHL’s support, its national lab is training others across the region in viral and bacterial sequencing—building expertise and strengthening health systems. Read more: buff.ly/sOPFeDN #publichealth #globalhealth #genomicsurveillance

Another way public health labs keep you safer—the cannabis edition.

APHL joins all Americans in a day of mourning for President Jimmy Carter as a former president, and we also mourn the loss of President Carter as a public health leader. His legacy will live on in every person whose life was saved or protected thanks to his work. (Photo Credit: The Carter Center)

I’m so glad that @aphl.org is on Bluesky! Follow us please!

Thank you!

Congrats, important piece!

Minus 20!

I know some 20 freezers you might borrow

And we appreciate our academic public health colleagues!

Giving Thanks for Public Health - APHL Blog By Donna Campisano, specialist, Communications, APHL With Thanksgiving approaching, it seems appropriate that we pause to give thanks for the people who help ensure a healthy life is possible for all—...

“I am most thankful for the dedication and perseverance of public health workers across our country. They work tirelessly on behalf of ALL Americans and deserve to be celebrated! You are all my heroes.” -Scott J. Becker, CEO

#PHTYD

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About the detection of bird flu virus in raw milk in CA:
CDC, others warn against drinking raw milk.
CDFA routinely tests raw milk in bulk tanks.
This batch discovered because Santa Clara County health staff buy and test raw milk from retail stores for another line of defense.
Public health, y’all.

It’s a good thing that Santa Clara County & their #publichealth #laboratory routinely samples and tests retail raw milk as a consumer safety service. And that CDPH acted so quickly with the below warning.

Tomorrow is #PublicHealthThankYou day— We thank them for this service.

Bird flu found in sample of California raw milk: Officials The California Department of Public Health warned consumers on Sunday to avoid consuming any from the same lot of raw milk.

‘The FDA has previously warned of the possible dangers of drinking raw milk. In a statement from May 2024, it warned, "Raw milk can carry dangerous germs such as Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, Campylobacter, and others that cause foodborne illness, often called 'food poisoning.'"’

Just in Time for the Holidays: 10 Food Safety Myths—Busted - APHL Blog By Donna Campisano, specialist, Communications, APHL Should you wash that turkey before you roast it? Put the pumpkin pie on the counter until dessert time? Let the kids lick the cookie batter spoon? ...

Just in time for #Thanksgiving— Food Safety Myth Busting!

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The future of public health is clearly in uncharted waters. But never forget, public health is bigger than any one person. It's about communities coming together and advocating for evidenced-based decision-making and policies that protect everyone.

I thought it might be worthwhile to do a quick primer on CDC.gov datasets and public data resources.

1. DATA.CDC.GOV (data.cdc.gov/browse)
Datasets from across the agency, in browsable, machine readable format (Socrata system). Other/older collections are on:

2. WONDER.CDC.GOV (wonder.cdc.gov)

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Excellent work by the CDPH Public Health Laboratory. Glad the patient is recovering.

@drm.bsky.social So we’re back here I see!

Here’s How CDC Can Put the ‘Public’ Back in Public Health The new leader of the CDC should prioritize the people it serves, people in the agency itself and people who exert power over public health

Excellent piece by Dr. Choski and good solid advice. Plus, this is my first Bluesky post :)