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Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> </p><p>'Women in England will be able to get the morning-after pill for free from pharmacies from later this year, the government has said.</p><p>Emergency contraception is already free of charge from most GPs and sexual health clinics, but ministers say getting it over the counter is more of a "postcode lottery".'</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8eprd9n5plo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c8eprd9n</span><span class="invisible">5plo</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Chewing gum, whether natural or synthetic, contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers to enhance texture and flavor retention, making it a source of microplastics, explained the pilot study, which was presented at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego. And those microplastics can be ingested through saliva—with 94% released within the first eight minutes of chewing, they found."</p><p><a href="https://fortune.com/well/2025/03/27/chewing-gum-microplastics-study/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fortune.com/well/2025/03/27/ch</span><span class="invisible">ewing-gum-microplastics-study/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/gum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gum</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plastics</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microplastics</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor<p>Well this sucks. Also, RFK can fck off. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> </p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span><br><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr/politics-v8m4p3ukz/-/a-aFnPlzyNRZqw1nbzJFSTZg%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.com/@npr/politics-v8</span><span class="invisible">m4p3ukz/-/a-aFnPlzyNRZqw1nbzJFSTZg%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0</span></a></p>
Simona Zompì<p>I understand and support Dr. Peter Marks’ decision to resign from the <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> and at the same time I’m deeply saddened as he has been supporting the advancement of novel cell and gene therapies I have been directly working on. I have been admiring his leadership, heard him speaking at many conferences and I am even more admirative now that he came forward saying that Kennedy Jr’s stance on <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> is irresponsible and a danger to <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a>. Thank you Dr. Marks</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/28/health/</span><span class="invisible">fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>. forces out Peter Marks, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>’s top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> scientist<br>
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> outbreak shows how confidence in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> is being “undermined.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/28/rfk-jr-fda-vaccine-scientist-peter-marks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/28/rfk-jr-fda-vaccine-scientist-peter-marks/</span></a></p>
Edelruth In The Wrong Timeline<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>Is he actually trying to kill everyone? </p><p>If his goal was to kill everyone, I can't see what it is that he would do differently. </p><p>Does anyone know what RFK's endgame is, or even whether it is thought he has an end game?</p><p>Shouldn't we be calling all the senators who confirmed him, and asking them what are they going to do now?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Via Dave Levitan:</p><p>Per a source with knowledge, the entire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfectiousDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDisease</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIDS</span></a> Policy, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OIDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OIDP</span></a>, was just fired.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PandemicPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PandemicPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations<br>—</p><p>The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/measles</span><span class="invisible">-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In November, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, now the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> secretary, said that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration would “advise all U.S. water systems to remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fluoride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fluoride</span></a> from public water” because of potential health risks. Anti-fluoridation bills have also been introduced in NorthDakota, Tennessee &amp; Montana.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthcareEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthcareEquity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OralHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OralHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, which was signed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Gov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpencerCox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpencerCox</span></a> on March 27 &amp; will go into effect on May 7, comes amid renewed scrutiny of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fluoride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fluoride</span></a>, a mineral that has been widely added to US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrinkingWater</span></a> since 1945 to prevent cavities. Controversy over the safety of water fluoridation has intensified in recent years, driven in part by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> &amp; by growing resistance to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> interventions since the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthcareEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthcareEquity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OralHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OralHealth</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> has become the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> state to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/outlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outlaw</span></a> the addition of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fluoride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fluoride</span></a> to public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrinkingWater</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medical</span></a> experts warn the move could have serious consequences for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OralHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OralHealth</span></a> particularly among children &amp; economically disadvantaged communities.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthcareEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthcareEquity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/well/utah-fluoride-ban.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=3AB04B09-D8D4-40D6-8817-81B6E4E5D479" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/28/well/ut</span><span class="invisible">ah-fluoride-ban.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=3AB04B09-D8D4-40D6-8817-81B6E4E5D479</span></a></p>
Bruce MacDonald<p>“You really want to know: ‘What’s in the air, what’s in the water, what’s in the ash that blew into my kitchen cabinet? Do I let my dog outside?’” she said. “All these questions were coming up and we thought, ‘We really need to serve the community.’” Indeed, while the initial findings will be focused on firefighters’ exposure, the team is also looking into residents’ exposure to heavy metals and chemicals.<br><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-27/palisades-eaton-firefighters-high-levels-of-mercury-and-lead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">025-03-27/palisades-eaton-firefighters-high-levels-of-mercury-and-lead</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxins</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LAFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAFires</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported, a troubling development that could mean the United States is closer than expected to losing its 'elimination status' for the extremely contagious disease."</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-vaccination-rates-may-lower-thought-risking-us-elimination-sta-rcna198259" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/health/health-news</span><span class="invisible">/measles-vaccination-rates-may-lower-thought-risking-us-elimination-sta-rcna198259</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immunizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunizations</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccinations</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/pediatrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pediatrics</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FamilyMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyMedicine</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreaks</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin on Thursday announced that 10,000 employees of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> would be dismissed, as part of a major reorganization designed by *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a>* Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>. The layoffs are a drastic reduction in personnel for the health dept, which now employs ~80,000 people.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/10000-federal-health-dept-workers-to-be-laid-off.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/10000-federal-health-dept-workers-to-be-laid-off.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Bruce MacDonald<p>Who knows where the time goes?</p><p>Strib: The prevalence of the virus is low statewide: 1,600 dairy farms were checked and only one tested positive. But state Agricultural Commissioner Thom Petersen said that is likely a short-term reprieve, as H5N1 bird flu could gain a foothold in the state this spring as migrating birds carry the virus north.</p><p>“We’re watching the migration very closely,” Petersen said. “I live on a river, and my anxiety level goes very high when I see the geese and the swans and everything that are returning at this time.”<br><a href="https://www.startribune.com/on-the-cusp-of-spring-migration-walz-urges-dollar4m-bird-flu-defense/601245667" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">startribune.com/on-the-cusp-of</span><span class="invisible">-spring-migration-walz-urges-dollar4m-bird-flu-defense/601245667</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
ahimsa<p>I have ME/CFS and I've experienced similar disbelief from others, including doctors, since 1990.</p><p>("but you don't *look* sick ...")</p><p>I am so sorry that Long Covid patients are going through the same thing! 😢</p><p><a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-covid-patients-pressure-illness-real.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03</span><span class="invisible">-covid-patients-pressure-illness-real.html</span></a></p><p>"People living with long COVID often feel dismissed, disbelieved, and unsupported by their health care providers, according to a new study from the University of Surrey."</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/longcovid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>longcovid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mecfs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mecfs</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEcfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEcfs</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 18 cases confirmed over the last five days, bringing the total to 327 cases, according to new data published Tuesday.</p><p>Nearly all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). At least 40 people have been hospitalized so far."</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-measles-outbreak-grows-327-cases-18-confirmed/story?id=120126483" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-me</span><span class="invisible">asles-outbreak-grows-327-cases-18-confirmed/story?id=120126483</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immunizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunizations</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a></p>
Matteo Cesari<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Plans to End Support to Global <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccine</span></a> Alliance (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GAVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAVI</span></a>)</p><p>The United States plans to stop funding the global vaccine alliance, which assists developing countries to buy vaccines to protect their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WHO</span></a></p><p><a href="https://healthpolicy-watch.news/us-plans-to-end-support-to-global-vaccine-alliance-gavi/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">healthpolicy-watch.news/us-pla</span><span class="invisible">ns-to-end-support-to-global-vaccine-alliance-gavi/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1943530/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1943530/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Report shows alarming measles resurgence in Europe and US <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Antibodies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antibodies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/deafness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deafness</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospital</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hygiene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hygiene</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ImmuneSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmuneSystem</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InfectiousDiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDiseases</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Meningitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meningitis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMR</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Mumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mumps</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pathogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathogen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pneumonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pneumonia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/polio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Respiratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Respiratory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Rubella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubella</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>/2</p><p>“HHS Director of Communications Andrew Nixon said in a statement. ‘HHS is prioritizing funding projects that will deliver on President Trump’s mandate to address our chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again.’”</p><p>(I wonder if he has heard of long COVID?)</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyTwoCents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyTwoCents</span></a></p>