In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.
249 years later, we have this idiot.
"COVID vaccines tied to less hospital care, long COVID, and economic burden."
"People vaccinated against COVID in Germany in 2023 experienced reduced hospitalization rates, fewer long-COVID diagnoses, and lower all-cause mortality than those who weren't vaccinated, according to a new study"
We often get questions about what happens over time if fewer and fewer people are vaccinated.
Stanford research shows how potential childhood vaccine elimination could affect population health.
Wanna guess? It’s awful. So much avoidable death and disability.
Doesn’t have to go that way. Get 💉!
There’s no routine screening for pancreatic cancer, most cases aren’t operable, and the five year survival rate after diagnosis is around 13%. It’s a traumatic news.
But new personalized mRNA immunotherapy is showing encouraging results in Phase 1 clinical trials.
Keep funding science!
mRNA vaccines continue to show major promise.
In a small Phase 1 trial led by Dr. Balachandran, some patients with pancreatic cancer (one of the deadliest cancers) reached 6-year survival.
This is why sustained investment in science & research matters.
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I’d rather my tax money support food and healthcare not war
It's reverse Robin Hood.
Oy. Vaccines save lives. People have forgotten how bad the diseases are that they prevent.
Vaccines save lives. We have forgotten how devastating those diseases are.
Sometimes vaccine efficacy is subtle. Sometimes it isn’t. Graph showing the number of measles cases after the 1st and 2nd MMR vaccines were recommended.
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
Kim: Three weeks of the war in Iran could have funded vision, hearing, and dental coverage for every senior in America on Medicare. I mean, it just gives you a sense of the trade-off.
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
We decided to illustrate it.
“The last night I was a pediatric resident, a child came in with Hib and promptly died by the next day. I didn’t work for 50 years to have everything destroyed by one man.”
-Dr. Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt University
This is what RFK Jr. and the anti-vaxxers have wrought.
My priorities are children, food, housing, and healthcare. War is not on the list
War Clarifies Trump’s Spending Priorities: The Military, Not Child Care www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...
The incidence of cardiovascular disease in people with #LongCovid is elevated, as seen in a prospective study of >1.2 million individuals in Sweden, specifically coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, and heart failure
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Nearly 450 hospitals face high risks of closing or reducing services due to $911 billion in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program cuts over the next 10 years that are part of the Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to the watchdog group Public Citizen.
CDC has temporarily paused testing for rabies and mpox viruses citing wide spread staffing shortages due to layoffs, hiring freezes, and resignations.
New podcast dropped today!! Buck scientist Brianna Stubbs sits down with Hanadie Yousef, Co-Founder of Juvena Therapeutics, to discuss the cutting-edge of longevity science, moving beyond "snake oil" and into a future where science-based therapies help us stay younger, longer.
A graph titled “the public health success of the measles vaccine” that shows the number of measles cases in the United States plummeting after the vaccine was introduced in 1963
I showed this graph in class yesterday on how measles cases in the United States plummeted dramatically after the vaccine was licensed in 1963. It’s not subtle and I could not resist observing: “This stunning design in measles cases was not thanks to vitamin A. It was not due to beef tallow.”
The COVID pandemic ushered mRNA vaccines into the spotlight, and the technology has even greater potential. Here’s what to know about the way that they work, their safety, and more
Americans: We just want health care
Republicans: How about another Middle East war?
Too bad the CDC and our public health infrastructure has been decimated
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Congress appropriated funds to use for PEPFAR.
Yet the State Dept won't give out the 💲
🚨Without congressional action, CDC’s PEPFAR program will run out of funds by June 2026, leaving millions without life-saving HIV treatment. Outrageous and immortal.
📞 Call your congresspeople !
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Find a protest near you this saturday. #nokings #nowar #firerfkjr
Hope nobody needs an MRI
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