Jamie Minchin

Meta-analysis of #COVID, #RSV, #flu #vaccines for fall provides 'sea of data' showing efficacy, safety

The large-scale project was conducted by CIDRAP's Vaccine Integrity Project.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

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I shouldn't be shocked at this point but this shocked me - socked me right in the gut

*screams into pillow*

U.S. funding cuts could result in nearly 9 million child tuberculosis cases, 1.5 million child deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health A new Harvard Chan School and BUSPH study projects that U.S. funding cuts to global health aid will have a catastrophic effect on pediatric TB.

Withdrawal of services currently supported by US bilateral health aid is projected to result in an additional 2.5 million pediatric tuberculosis cases and 340,000 tuberculosis deaths over the next decade.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/u-s-fun...

Moderna scraps congenital virus program after vaccine shows little protective effect in phase 3 Moderna is halting development of an mRNA vaccine for congenital cytomegalovirus after its candidate failed to protect women from the virus in a large phase 3 trial, the biotech announced in a post | ...

Bummed to see this - congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) transmitted to infants is a leading cause of deafness in children - a maternal vaccine for this virus that is almost universally asymptomatic would be a gamechanger! www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/mode...

10/10 quote sending it to my research lab

States with Medicaid expansion SAVE MONEY on their Medicaid program compared to nonexpanded states, in most cases and in most years since ACA ! Easier to ignore than defend their critiques. They also ignore how life-changing the provision to allow kids to stay on their parents' insurance until 26 is

North Avenue in Baltimore, MD with a line of runners, a church spire, and prominent billboard reading ABOLISH ICE

I love Baltimore so much. The converged #BaltimoreRunningFestival and #NoKings vibes ✨️ #CharmCity #AbolishICE

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

So angry and heartbroken I cannot see straight. Grateful for the journalists covering this. Only comforted that #Rubio #Marocco #Musk #Trump will all be burning in hell (or whatever happens to you without a Christian god). apnews.com/article/myan...

Listen. I don't know if this is what's intended but with the constant smearing of government workers by the Administration I do not begrudge this person for signaling to fellow Americans they just want what’s right for the American people.

RSV vaccines offer vital protection for the most vulnerable, study confirms A review of 14 clinical trials involving more than 100,000 participants supports widespread RSV vaccination to reduce severe illness and hospitalisations.

A new Cochrane review pooled >100,000 participants across 14 trials of RSV vaccines:
- In older adults,RSV vaccines ⬇️ RSV-related lower resp illness by ~70%.
- In pregnant people, vaccination halved the risk of infants needing medical care for RSV & ⬇️severe dz by ~74%.
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

Just binged your audio book reading of this - it has completely blown my mind. Thank you for writing it!

Moldova was able to break from Putin's economic control due in part to USAID projects over a decade ago helping them come into compliance with EU wine regulations and opening up markets so they weren't at the whim of Russia. Imagine the good that might have been done had Musk not gone all chainsaw.

This is so frustrating. When polled Americans WANT abortion access! State level measures to limit abortions in red states have failed!!

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...

Struck by the determination that according to the Genocide Convention there are "imposed measures to prevent births within a population." We cannot defend our reproductive rights in the US on one hand and deny the same of those in Gaza on the other. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Bulape, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus disease has begun in Bulape health zone in the Democratic Republic of ...

Good news! Ring vaccinations against #Ebola have begun in DRC, according to @who.int:
“An initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine—from the country’s stockpile of 2000 doses prepositioned in the capital Kinshasa—have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak.”

Oh. He knows he is on the ropes.

Map of COVID vaccine availability by state

🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US.

Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.

Lately I've been thinking how much basic health ed k-12 should include this. Could replace all the abstinence modules. It's such a disservice!

COVID Vaccines Are Still Saving Lives—But They Will Be Harder to Get This Year Many questions still surround COVID vaccine access this fall, but here’s what we know so far

We have to continue to advocate for ACIP and HHS to go back to sane and lifesaving recommendations. We need RFK Jr. out immediately. But for now share good information - do what you can to access vaccines and help others - www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-...

Woman with curly brown hair and nose ring, showing upper arm with red bandaid with Walgreen's logo

Was so relieved and lucky to get my updated covid and flu shot in the great state of #Maryland at Walgreen's for $0 today. So happy that I bought my pharmacists thank you treats. This is NOT THE CASE for so many Americans that deserve the freedom to not get debilitatingly sick, or infect loved ones.

🚨 The evidence is clear that vaccines save lives, school vaccine mandates increase coverage, and protect kids and communities 🚨

As we see ANOTHER huge drop in the cost of curing tuberculosis, I am reminded that 1. drugs are not expensive because they're made of platinum or something, and 2. the fruits of activism are often harvested over many years. Thanks to all the folks who made this happen. www.stoptb.org/news/breakin...

OH MY GOD.

I would argue women are regularly gaslit into thinking uncomfortable/painful procedures are a "them" problem - inclusive of mammograms, IUD insertions, etc. Just because they're necessary doesn't mean we shouldn't advocate for our comfort or at least knowing what we're getting into with procedures!

This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.

COVID vaccine update: Pharmacies in these states won't give you a shot unless you have a prescription.

CVS: CO, FL, GA, KY, LA , ME, NY, NC, PA, UT, VA, WV, DC

Walgreens: AZ, CO, GA, IN, LA, MO, MT, NM, NY, OR, SC, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI

CVS is not yet offering COVID shots at all in MA, NV, and MN.

COVID Vaccines Are Still Saving Lives—But They Will Be Harder to Get This Year Many questions still surround COVID vaccine access this fall, but here’s what we know so far

It is so important that we do not GIVE UP on helping our communities access vaccines. Are the policies terrible? Yes. Will people fall through the cracks? Yes. Are we angry? Hell yeah. But keep sharing information on COVID vaccine access - www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-...

Neither snow, nor rain, nor resignations, nor clap outs stays #MMWR… Despite the chaos of the last 24 hours, today we get 3️⃣ (‼) articles for today's #AltComms
💊 Drug overdose deaths involving stimulants
💉 Annual flu vaccine recs
👶 Protecting young babies from RSV