The Invisible Diseases Killing Americans "Surveillance is the superpower that allows public health to succeed," writes Dr. Tom Frieden in his new book.

The greatest threats to our health today aren’t the ones that make headlines. In @time.com, I write that when we see the unseen, believe progress is possible, and create solutions that work, we can save millions more lives.

Jane Goodall Dies at 91 While on Speaking Tour: She Was a 'Tireless Advocate' for Nature Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream...

We have lost a hero and role model to millions- RIP: people.com/jane-goodall...

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

More kids died from flu last season than in any non-pandemic season since monitored began 20 years ago. Almost 90% were unvaccinated. Parents: talk to your doctor about getting your kids vaccinated. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

In defense of the Hippocratic oath and our profession, I am grateful for your continued trust.

The next days/weeks/months will continue to be challenging, but I commit to working with my very talented colleagues to ensure you have the right medical information at your fingertips tips.

Heartfelt thanks and very best wishes to Melinda Wharton!

Some successes: bsky.app/profile/eliz...

The Saddest Little Dictator Trump is so weak that Xi Jinping doesn’t even feel the need to manipulate him anymore. Meanwhile the rest of the world is moving on from America too.

"Evidently China is farther along in its project than I realized, because Xi has reached the point where he no longer humors Trump. Which means that the Chinese believe America’s decline is terminal."

Almost like RFKJ has no epidemiology training 🤔oh wait...

Sooooointeresting!

NEW: Impeach Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Cabinet officials can be impeached, and I explain why House Democrats should move to do so in my OUR LAND newsletter.

link.motherjones.com/public/41447...

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What Has the Trump Administration Gotten From Law Firms and Universities? (Gift Article) A recent ruling against the Trump administration’s federal funding cuts was a temporary win for Harvard. But a dozen other institutions already struck deals with the government involving millions of d...

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Most Parents Nationally and in Florida Want Schools to Require Vaccines As Florida moves to end its mandates, early release findings from a new KFF-Washington Post survey show that parents overwhelmingly support current laws that require children to be vaccinated against ...

New polling finds an overwhelming majority (81%) of parents support mandates for vaccines against diseases like MMR and polio. That includes 82% of parents in Florida, 75% of Republicans, and 73% of MAGA Republicans. Anti-vaccine positions remain extremely unpopular.

www.kff.org/quick-take/m...

I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.

Instead of using peer-reviewed science, they deceive the public by:
1. Pretending there are no data when in reality there is a massive amount of hi-quality data (eg autism)
2. Blaming it on 'Big Pharma' when data dont fit their beliefs
3. Doing 'studies' with flawed methods & predetermined outcomes

Amen. And remember he called those that fought and died “suckers and losers”

US to cut some security funds for European countries bordering Russia Move comes as Washington pushes Nato allies to pay more towards their own defence

In another nod to Putin, Trump administration officials inform European diplomats that the US will no longer fund programs that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with Russia. www.ft.com/content/0157...

Congo Declares Ebola Virus Outbreak as 15 Deaths Reported The Democratic Republic of Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in south-central Kasai province after 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, were reported.

DR Congo has declared a new #Ebola outbreak: 28 suspected cases, 15 deaths. What’s different this time? US has pulled back from outbreak response, leaving fewer partners to help contain it. Experts warn that could cost lives. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This chapter that will possibly anger the lab leak Twitterati over on X.

- looking into the "Mojiang Miner" story pushed by DRASTIC
- the "pre-adaptation" pre-print from Alina Chan that somehow made the news but never through peer review 🤔

Will keep you posted how it goes down 😅

Opposition to RFKJr is ramping up.
Joint statement from Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and 21 other organizations 👇

Whaaat??

Can Federal Troops Be Stationed At The Polls In 2026? Today in California, in Governor Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against Donald Trump, Judge Charles Breyer ruled against the administration.

As concerns that Trump could be deploying National Guard troops as a test run for future election interference, we take a look at one law that will impact stationing federal troops at the polls themselves. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

“[RFKs] 7 month tenure at our nation’s highest public health agency has been characterized by one disaster after another…it has dangerously eroded public trust in the institutions that are so critical for the health & safety of all Americans. It is time for him to go.”
-NNU Pres Mary Turner

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

#CDC directors going back to 1977 tell the truth about #RFKJr: he is endangering the health of every American. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

So billionaires can have tax their breaks

"Do no harm": Why three CDC officials left over vaccine policy "We became aware by conversations with work groups that many of them were deciding on what recommendations would be before actually having the data. And for us, that's problematic," a departing official said.

“Jernigan…said over the last several months he was asked to review & revise long-established findings about vaccine safety data at the behest of Lyn Redwood & David Geier, anti-vaccine activists who promote a debunked link with autism.”

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

A tale of fire and ice — how CO2 shapes world history In The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything, Peter Brannen traces the importance of carbon dioxide from prehistoric swamps to the climate crisis

Peter Brannen “has a gift for translating recondite scientific facts into gorgeous psychedelic passages that verge on pure poetry. This is history on a heroic scale.”

Dan Jernigan: "we need to go back to following the science."

Remember when that wasn't a radical idea?