Nathan Lo

The California Department of Public Health is pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 4th Annual Western States Modeling Symposium, to be held virtually on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 10am PT.

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Clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of the WHO-recommended advanced HIV disease package of care The WHO-recommended AHD package of care at ART initiation would provide substantial clinical benefits and be cost-effective in Malawi. This package for AHD should be made widely available in Malawi an...

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A reminder that the mRNA vaccine technology saved millions of lives during the Covid pandemic and received the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine

Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, weeks after his ouster HFO HFO Vinay Prasad returns to a top FDA role just weeks after his abrupt dismissal.

Big news: Vinay Prasad is returning to #FDA as head of the center for biologics, @lizzylawrence.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/v...

This is what happens when public health and science is villainized. It places a target on the backs of people just trying to help.

Interesting analysis of measles epi in Italy. Introduced vaccination campaigns in children in 2017, which has helped somewhat. Quite a lot of adults born in the 80s and 90s insufficiently vaccinated though and spread between adults and from adults to children distinct patterns.

HHS slashes funding for mRNA vaccine development | CNN US Health and Human Services is “winding down” its mRNA vaccine development and will instead fund other vaccine platforms through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the agency...

“A decision based on cutting back all this funding based on false statements is just hard to watch,” Offit added.

I couldn't agree more.

It was genuinely great talking to @jechristensen23.bsky.social for this piece. She captured the stakes with clarity and care.
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this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025

Yes. And more than just "safe and effective": mRNA vaccines are a spectacular breakthrough; they are already providing cures for cancer.

As @astrokatie.com noted, mRNA vaccines won the 2023 Nobel Prize. Other nations are salivating at their chance to take over the lead in this game-changing tech.

RFK Jr.’s Plan to Eliminate Vaccines Think VICP

🚨 A must-read from vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit @pauloffit.bsky.social .

RFK Jr. isn’t just “raising questions” about vaccines — he’s using his HHS seat to break the system. Bogus aluminum studies, anti-vax appointees, and legal traps threaten vaccine supply.

#VaccinesWork #ProtectPublicHealth 🛡️

AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations.

Continued downward spiral: apnews.com/article/vacc...

Closing date tomorrow!

Vinay Prasad departs the FDA A top FDA official is out after less than 3 months on the job.

#Breaking: Vinay Prasad, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration, has suddenly departed after a series of controversial decisions about a treatment for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.

The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com.

The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.

Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?

The NIH was healthiest when pay lines were in the 20th percentile range.

We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.

In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.

This is going to destroy science.

Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards

New Science story about multi-year funding and it potential catastrophic consequences

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Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards

Researchers’ chances of winning a grant from the National Institutes of Health have dropped under a new policy. scim.ag/4f7uew2

People delaying seeking care or avoiding the hospital when sick because they fear immigration enforcement is not normal or okay. Even those following normal legal processes who have no criminal record do not feel safe. We easily forget until an interaction reminds us. 🥺

The Obvious Reason the U.S. Should Not Vaccinate Like Denmark It isn’t Denmark.

The idea that the U.S. gives “too many vaccines” is a deeply oversimplified view. @katherinejwu.com provides the kind of clear, thoughtful context that’s been missing—epidemiology, access, trust, cost, and more. Every country is different. Grateful to contribute.
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New YSPH Pilot Grants Support Innovative Interdisciplinary Research The Yale School of Public Health recently launched its inaugural Transformational Pilot Funding grants, providing internal seed money to empower faculty to

A big announcement today! A huge round of thanks to @yalesph.bsky.social for the support to launch a Global Burden of Climate Change Study. There's nowhere in the world that's better positioned to do this kind of cross-cutting work than @yaleemd.bsky.social and YCCCH.

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Woah!

Vaccination to mitigate climate-driven disruptions to malaria control in Madagascar Extreme weather is common in high malaria burden areas and is likely to increase in severity owing to climate change–related severe weather events. Yet, data on infection rates after these events and ...

Out today in Science: Our work on tropical cyclones and malaria in Madagascar. Work inspired by many and done in collaboration with many www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Children around the world face a death sentence because o... As Robert Kennedy Jr amplifies vaccination fears, beyond America millions of people will die unnecessarily from infectious disease

Yes, it’s not just American children at grave risk… children worldwide will pay the price for the anti-vaccine nonsense unleashed by the US government

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Check out a new series in Clinical Infectious Diseases: Clinical Dilemmas in Infectious Diseases📑 This section features clinical problem-solving exercises presented by a discussant unpacking treatment decisions as the case unfolds. 🧵1/2

Now out in NEJM. Kudos to @dhelekal.bsky.social and @tatumdmortimer.bsky.social : www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interest RFK Jr. has pledged radical transparency, but his vaccine advisers' financial disclosures aren't public.

HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interest www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/k... @statnews

"The new members Kennedy appointed bring their own potential conflicts of interest."

"...might retain ties — financial or otherwise — with anti-vaccine groups."

Two Pandemics, Compared: Reflections on HIV and COVID-19 “Dr. Sax, what’s it like to have lived through two pandemics as an ID doctor?” The question came from a brand-new intern during afternoon sign-out. I took a breath — because wow, were they different. ...

Another thoughtful reflection from Prof @paulsaxmd.bsky.social - check it out
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Leading medical groups sue Kennedy over changed Covid-19 vaccine recommendations Six major medical groups, and a pregnant physician, are suing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over changes he made to Covid-19 vaccine recommendations.

A number of professional organizations representing physicians are suing HHS Secretary Kennedy over his unilateral decision to exempt kids and pregnant people from those recommended to get Covid shots. @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/07/07/d...

IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.
It is telling that learned societies uniformly oppose the vaccine policies of the HHS secretary.
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