April Kaur, PhD (she/they)

Submit Public Comment to the FDA on COVID Vaccine Access by May 14th at 12 pm ET. Tell the FDA VRBPAC that COVID vaccines must remain universally available, aligned with future variants, and available twice a year. Scan QR for Instructions: Submit a public comment via Federal Register at tinyurl.com/ fdavaccinemeeting People's CDC

Call to action! Tell the FDA that COVID vaccines must remain universally available, aligned with future variants, and available twice a year.
tinyurl.com/fdavaccinemeeting

I Struggled with HPV-Related Cancer. Our Kids Don’t Have To. HPV cancers don’t have to overshadow the next generation if we vaccinate our young people now.

"HPV cancers are treatable but, as my oncologist told me, they have one of the nastiest courses of treatment in the oncology field."

Prevention over treatment. www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-struggled-...

Search any medical condition, see exactly how much NIH support it has received

Our Health ROI Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.

www.ourhealthroi.com

White House replaces Covid resource page with lab leak website The move comes after the Trump administration slashed billions in Covid funding on the grounds that “the pandemic is over.”

Before Friday, Covid.gov was a tool to connect people to information about Covid vaccines, treatment, testing and long Covid. The website helped people find pharmacies and community health centers that offered Covid tests, medical visits and medications.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars? DOGE argues killing grants saves money, but a Science analysis suggests more than $1.4 billion in sunk research costs may produce few results

Yes.

Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Flyer advertising the March for Trans Youth Care taking place in Seattle March 2nd at 12pm at Ballard Locks. Link for more information: https://linktr.ee/hcw4transyouth

Seattle: March for Trans Youth Care TOMORROW March 2nd starting at Ballard Locks at 12pm

Trans rights are human rights.

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RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment in HHS decisions HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to rescind the longtime practice of giving the public a chance to comment on the health agency’s plans.

Does “radical transparency” mean not allowing open forums, discussion, modification and or dissent?

Transparency isn’t developing policies in the dark

When he actively prevents public debate, we can expect policies that will be radical and unpopular.

www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...

First measles case of 2025 in Washington state identified in a King County infant – PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER We have identified a new case of measles in an infant in King County. People who were at certain locations in King County may have been exposed. People who are vaccinated are very well protected. See ...

And now Seattle #measles

publichealthinsider.com/2025/02/27/f...

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Important discussion with our esteemed colleague Linda Gail Bekker who has dedicated her entire career to reducing harms of HIV & TB in the most vulnerable groups

Ending virology and vaccine research is far more dangerous than virology and vaccine research itself.

We can mitigate risks in the lab, but we can’t mitigate the catastrophic risk of being unprepared and defenseless against emerging viruses.

It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.

If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.

www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

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FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.

86 children and 19000 adults have died from flu this season in the U.S. and that's with a vaccine. If we have no vaccines come September these numbers will increase.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections If signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Republican-backed measure would eliminate state civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.

Fake hypotheticals about trans ppl forcing themselves into ppls bathrooms do not outweigh the VERY real discrimination against one of our most vulnerable populations, our trans community. Your issue is with men, not with trans ppl, stop punishing the wrong ppl

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

Nothing like finding out via social media that a major study you’ve been working on has been stopped…

Lay low or mobilize? HIV researchers agonize over how to respond to Trump administration’s attacks on science

“I don't think we have any choice but to speak up. Self-censorship is its own way of setting back science.” 💯

www.positivelyaware.com/articles/lay...

Largest measles outbreak in decades hits ‘under-vaccinated’ area Texas has recorded 90 cases of the disease, while Robert F Kennedy JR, a vaccine sceptic, has been confirmed as health secretary

Largest measles outbreak in decades hits ‘under-vaccinated’ area

www.thetimes.com/article/6607...

Ban X/Twitter in Canada I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Prime Minister to revoke Elon Musk's dual citizenship status, and revoke his Canadian passport effective immediately

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj

It is really short-sighted and stupid to be gutting public health and outbreak surveillance capacity right now:
- H5N1 nationwide - uncontrolled
- TB in Kansas - largest U.S outbreak
- Measles in Texas - Expanding
- Seasonal flu - Worst in 15 years
- Pertussis - outbreaks in multiple states.

U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.

The Stonewall Riots happened because trans people, particularly of color, rose up against state violence. You can’t even begin to tell the story without our trans ancestors and elders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

Dr. Janet Mitchell is an HIV Hero!
www.thebody.com/hiv/janet-mi...
I commissioned & edited this article by Tim Murphy last Aug after he wrote about ACTG 076―which Mitchell helped lead―a study showing that people w HIV could give birth to babies w/o transmitting the virus.

Happy Black History Month!

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
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5. Pneumococcal Infection
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