Chrissie Juliano

State and local public health officials say RFK Jr.’s cuts to funding and the federal workforce are already weakening the country’s ability to respond to disease outbreaks.

We talked to @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social of @bigcitieshealth.org to find out more.

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'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS Health agency staffers describe a week of chaos and continued uncertainty about who still has a job and how the work will get done. To many it's the opposite of "government efficiency."

Not how you protect/promote the health of the public

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Inside the C.D.C., a Final ‘Love Letter’ Before Mass Layoffs (Gift Article) The agency’s injury center was among the departments that were largely gutted in Tuesday’s wave of dismissals. Read a staff member’s letter to colleagues while they awaited their fates.

This is what federal service looks (and feels) like. And the vast majority of those impacted won’t know it until it’s gone (which is pretty much now) #PublicHealth

ACTION ALERT: CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back - AIDS United CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back We have heard very unfortunate news that there is an effort un...

CDC Division of HIV Prevention is under attack! This is an assault on all progress we have made in the field of HIV Prevention. That means more HIV infections, more complications from HIV, and higher healthcare costs. We must act now! #HIVSky #IDSky #SaveHIVFunding

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By then (long before then) it won’t be the Texas outbreak anymore

Texas public health official predicts the measles outbreak could take a year to contain The director of public health for the city of Lubbock said Tuesday that uptake of the measles vaccine “has definitely been a struggle,” and that the outbreak will be "large."

The Texas-New Mexico-Oklahoma #measles outbreak could be a long one, local public health official warns. www.statnews.com/2025/03/18/m...

Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.

nightmare fuel www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Five years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Are we prepared for the next health emergency? 🧵

*in* real time

She got her dream job at CDC back. But she's already moving on An unknown number of fired CDC workers got their jobs back this week. Among them was Bri McNulty, who had shared her story with NPR.

Losing the #PublicHealth workforce is real time.
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*Great* reporting telling the story of “probationary staff” let go from the nation’s federal #PublicHealth agencies. Their work - and those of their colleagues not yet profiled - saved lives. Shout these stories from the mountaintops friends!

ICYMI: new MMWR has been published, showing that this year’s flu vaccine is decent at keeping people from needing to see the doctor… and pretty darn good at preventing kids’ (& to a lesser extent, adults’) flu hospitalization

Also: it’s safe. And it’s not too late to get it.

Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.

“Today there isn’t a single state, city or county in the United States where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.”

Not a *single* state, city, or county, people!

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A judge ruled yesterday that DOGE can access sensitive student loan borrower data at the Department of Education - placing the confidential records of millions in jeopardy.
So what’s next? @KatiePhang.bsky.social is LIVE tomorrow at 10:30 am ET on our official show FB, IG, and TikTok!

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N.H. teens to fight Trump order on trans athletes A 15-year-old soccer player and 14-year-old tennis player who are challenging New Hampshire's ban on transgender athletes on girls' sports teams will now fight President Trump's executive order "Keepi...

We’re gonna need a few more profiles in courage like these brave teens….

Color me shocked (not)

And sad for these kids (indeed)

Opinion | What’s at risk when the federal government also is The sudden stop in federal funding reminded Americans how vital the government is in people’s lives.

Great @pbump.com piece! wapo.st/4jIR5Ac

FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump The Biden administration is floating a long-awaited proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine levels.

Learn more about the game-changing shift FDA has proposed for tobacco products. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/ciga...

Quote from BCHC executive director that's reproduced in the text of the post.

"Tobacco regulation is a huge part of reaching the goals [RFK Jr. has] outlined for reducing chronic disease and a really important part of the conversation we need to have in this country." —Chrissie Juliano, BCHC executive director / @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social

Public health and primary care in 2025: ‘We are a trusted partner to you’ As health care sector readies for change in the White House, Big Cities Health Coalition outlines policy priorities for next year.

What are big city public health leaders thinking about the path ahead? So glad you asked. www.medicaleconomics.com/view/public-...

New report: Shortfall of big city health detectives poses serious threat to public health response - Big Cities Health Coalition A new report shows that big city health departments are in dire need of epidemiologists, putting the nation’s efforts to combat pandemics at risk.

It's one thing to say #PublicHealth is underfunded, and another to realize what that specifically means. Big city health depts alone are short 755 epidemiologists (aka disease detectives)—and that's before the pandemic relief funding dries up. 💡 Get the facts: www.bigcitieshealth.org/epidemiology...

From politics to public health, disinformation is deadly. It should be criminal but so long as it’s profitable (currency subjective) anything goes.