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Posts by Rekha Rapaka MD PhD

Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.

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Thousands of you shared heartbreaking and maddening stories with me about rising health care costs. But the fight is far from over.

If you're willing to record your story, we can make sure GOP lawmakers see and hear the direct impact of their policy failures: wintheera.myctbl.com/share-your-s...

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this is insane.

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Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

My heart drops reading this article.
A child dying from an easily preventable disease is a moral failure for all of us. We are all responsible to change this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...

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I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs.

We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.

What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

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I know hundreds, if not thousands, of pediatricians.  Every single one vaccinates their kids fully and on schedule.  Should tell you everything you need to know.  Vaccines work.

I know hundreds, if not thousands, of pediatricians. Every single one vaccinates their kids fully and on schedule. Should tell you everything you need to know. Vaccines work.

@alastairmca30.bsky.social

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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

A moment of silence please for #USAID, which is officially shuttered after months of dismantling.

Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency.

@altusaid.altgov.info

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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With Sadness and Resolve: Why I Resigned as Chief Medical Officer of a National Institutes of Health Institute and What Comes Next | Annals of the American Thoracic Society

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In case you were wondering…

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LATER THIS HOUR: @ezralevin.bsky.social will join @maddow.msnbc.com to talk about No Kings Day, how Saturday’s nationwide mobilizations are looking even bigger than Hands Off!, and much more. Tune into @msnbc.com.

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This is what Republicans do. It’s the difference between electing LePage vs Golden or Dunlap. #mepolitics

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Exclusive: NIH grant rejections have more than doubled amid Trump chaos At least 2,500 applications for research funding have been denied so far this year.

The not funded club has a lot more company this year

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias (Gift Article) An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/h...

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The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence | Journal of Virology On Monday, June 3, 2024, Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a dedicated public health professional for over 40 years, testified volunt...

Promoting the lab leak theory for COVID without evidence is unconscionable. The government website is propaganda that goes against the strongest scientific evidence. COVID had a natural origin, and so can the next pandemic. Viruses don’t care about politics. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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A sad week for public health in the US The latest mass firings in critical US health services are short sighted, cruel, and ignorant, writes Esther Choo This week is National Public Health Week in the United States and perhaps the saddes...

It's National Public Health Week, the saddest one in memory.
We have lost a generation of scientists and public servants, whose institutional memory and works in progress will be lost to our nation with their abrupt dismissals www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.

This is dangerous.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

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Statement on CDC Decision to Study Vaccines and Autism

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Atul Gawande- Stand up for Science- DC
“We must bear witness” #publichealth #savescience

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The Boreal owl. A lite of cuteness in this 8” bird with a wingspan that goes up to 24 inches. Still dreaming about this moment!

📸 swnaturephoto
#littleowl

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Rep. Al Green removed from House chamber during Trump's speech to Congress House Speaker Mike Johnson has instructed the House Sergeant of Arms to remove Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for disturbing Trump’s speech.

In a world of JD Vances be an Al Green:
#algreen #hero
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I had one of those internships and it changed my life- I ultimately chose research for my career. This cut is clearly not to save money but to limit education and numbers of people who use facts and science to make decisions.

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Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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CDC purges STD and vaccine recommendations after Trump gender order Health experts say the website purge could result in deaths.

Exiting the WHO, removing data and treatment guidelines from the CDC website, and nominating a health conspiracy theorist who doesn’t understand science/medical care to lead the HHS.
We must speak out and do everything we can; these changes are frankly dangerous.

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Did you know that if a child with #measles walks into a classroom, every unvaccinated child will most certainly get it? Why are measles cases increasing worldwide? And is the measles vaccine safe and effective? Dr Natasha Crowcroft explains on Science in 5. Watch full EP: bit.ly/40RQqoC

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Romanesco broccoli in sunlight showing bumps, bumps upon bumps, bumps upon bumps upon bumps

Romanesco broccoli in sunlight showing bumps, bumps upon bumps, bumps upon bumps upon bumps

Is it known what cell biology makes this amazing fractal growth pattern possible?
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