It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...
Some evenings downtown Baltimore is just impossibly beautiful and peaceful.
"Even as they debated the Obama plan’s possible burden on the power industry, in the entire chain of correspondence obtained by The Times, not a single justice … mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
Ralph Tyler was indeed a legal giant — and still had time to teach a young health commissioner about how to use the law to advance health.
I still hear his voice in my ears…and his support at my back. I will miss him very much.
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/04/16/r...
Do you sometimes wish there was a law that required health agencies to base their policies on high quality data ... with an opportunity for the public to file complaints?
It turns out ... www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Baltimore, 4/4/26
We consulted with the writers of The Pitt on this storyline. The scripts don’t always get all the insurance and health policy details right, but I can vouch for the fact that they definitely work hard to understand the nuances. It has to work as a compelling story, too.
@robinr.bsky.social
Orange graphic titled What to Know About Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Subtext reads: Research on CTE is still developing. Here’s what we know so far and what we don’t know yet.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is challenging to study; for one thing, it can only be diagnosed after death.
Jesse Mez of @bu-cte.bsky.social explains who is at risk for developing the condition and how to understand CTE as a public health issue.
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While the rest of the world is busy eliminating the horrible disease of hepatitis C, we're seeing a rise in cases and a decline in treatments. Sigh.
Time to pass the Cassidy-Van Hollen bill to establish a meaningful national hep C elimination effort.
From @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
A difficult read but also a must-read from Jeenen Interlandi.
‘A Mass Disaster Nonstop’: Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s C.D.C. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I appreciated the opportunity to sign an amicus brief in this case, focusing on the procedural lapses of the administration in its vaccine policy changes.
Breaking: In a severe blow to the Trump administration’s health agenda, a U.S. district court in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the government from implementing a series of decisions on vaccines made over the last year by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
There are four pillars of US vaccine policy … and they are under unprecedented strain.
1) schedule
2) vaccine safety oversight
3) injury compensation
4) vaccines for children
Our new piece in @jamahealthforum.com
With Sarah Despres
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Terrific reporting by Katherine J. Wu in the @theatlantic.com on the unfortunate silence about measles as it spreads in Florida. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
The 4 Pillars of Childhood Vaccine Policy—1 Year Later jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... via Sarah Despres, @drjoshs.bsky.social @jamahealthforum.com
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The latest @publichealthpod.bsky.social episode features CIDRAP's Liz Szabo on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in dentistry.
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Graph of ERPO respondents in Michigan in 2024 and 2025 from https://www.courts.michigan.gov/493ab9/siteassets/reports/erpo-2025-annual-report.pdf
New data show that Michigan's "red flag" (ERPO) law was used 514 times last year, up from its 1st year in effect in 2024.
It lets law enforcement, health professionals & family members ask a judge to order removal of firearms from someone who poses an immediate danger to themselves or others. (1/3)
ICE confirms measles outbreak in the nation's largest detention facility in Texas www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and their allies have consistently eroded confidence in the medical establishment—even as they propose to solve the widespread mistrust of public health by encouraging Americans to talk to their doctor.
My latest story
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
As promised my colleague Andy Schneider with a *must read* blog taking a deep dive into the Trump Admin's latest unprecedented effort to block federal #Medicaid funding in order to punish Minnesota. A few key takeaways to follow (1/x): ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/03/02/c...
Ash Ketchum from Pokémon throwing a pokeball. Text reads: Public Health PHokémon. Gotta catch 'em all!
As Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary, we only found it appropriate to release our special edition PHokémon cards! Can you catch 'em all?
Thanks so much to lead author Catherine Gong and my co-authors Dr. Richard Lofton, Dr. Odis Johnson, and Priyanka Fernandes.
The full paper is available online in the Journal Of School Health, a terrific journal (with the best acronym).
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Implications: Policymakers should pay attention to the major deficits in school facility conditions ... especially those in disadvantaged areas. 6/
What pathways might connect school facility conditions with educational outcomes?
1. Missed school from facility failures
2. Interference with learning environment
3. Demoralization
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A key question is whether this correlation is independent of social disadvantage (including poverty). We found that it is -- for kids in communities with high social disadvantage. 4/
... and found that in school facilities with the worst conditions, there was more absenteeism and lower test scores (MCAT for K-8, SAT, ACT).
Black and Hispanic children were more likely to attend these schools. 3/
During the pandemic, Maryland sent inspectors to all K-12 schools in the state to assess the conditions of schools, from HVAC to roofs and much more.
We took that dataset and combined with others...2/
Just published: Our research on the association of school facility conditions with absenteeism and test scores in Maryland.
We found that school infrastructure is associated with educational success, especially among the most disadvantaged.
Thread...1/
Screengrab from "Wuthering Heights." A man and woman embracing. Text reads: Why is it always: you need to go get your colonoscopy and never: “be with me always—take any form—drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!”
Screengrab from "Wuthering Heights." Woman crying with her hand on her heart. Text reads: presenting my final thesis after rehearsing it a million times
Screengrab from "Wuthering Heights." Man and woman embracing. Woman labeled as: my partner, who gets their covid and flu vaccines every year. Man labeled as: the urge to follow them like a dog to the end of the world
Screengrab from "Wuthering Heights." Man and woman embracing. Text reads: whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are on the same page of Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine
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