BREAKING: Palestinian activist and Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi walks out of ICE detention after a Vermont judge ordered his release.
"I am saying it clear and loud to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," he said.
this is the face of a man who is about to end the bird flu epidemic by eating every infected bird
“Right now, because of climate change and because of what farmers are facing in terms of extreme weather events, we need every piece of available information we can get,” he said. “We don’t have access to that, we’re not going to make it.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...
Young people are fed up with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk: "It makes me sick to think of [Musk] profiting from such vile hate.”
Read more here ⤵️
>90% of unvaccinated individuals who come into contact with a measles-infected person will contract measles.
The recommended 2-dose MMR vaccine is 99% effective in preventing measles infection.
There's been lots of stories about H5N1, but I've yet to see a deep dive into where it came from—which is also the story of how industrial poultry production methods are responsible for turning harmless influenzas into monsters.
My latest, for @nautil.us: nautil.us/the-unnatura...
The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases since a count released earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday.
The acting head of the National Achives is stepping down, a week after his boss was fired, as Trump takes full control of US records. What could go wrong? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
In case you're unaware the American medical association has a YouTube page; they are doing daily hosts on bird flu and other outbreaks since the CDC can't.
CDC and NIH communication may be suppressed under the Trump admin. But the AMA is posting regular updates.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruBX...
#birdflu #H5N1 #influenza #publichealth #pandemic #cdc #nih #censorship #science #freespeech
I don't want to witness the downfall of an empire I want to make art and enjoy little treats
“I’m trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into the seat of criminal activity in this country,” Jackson said.
Community health centers are now starting to shut down across the country because of Trump’s executive orders.
These centers serve 1-in-5 rural patients in America.
Genotype D1.1 of H5N1 confirmed in Nevada cattle, which is the one circulating in birds and not B3.13, causing the wider cattle epizootic in the U.S.
In other words, this is a second observed jump from birds into cows.
Keep rolling the dice, shall we?
www.feedstuffs.com/agribusiness...
Looks like it’s on the rise in NC as well per WRAL
PHU 2/5/25: H5N9 detected in birds in CA. TB found in high school in OH, appears to be on the rise in NC. 🧵 (5/5)
PHU 2/5/25: Information on health risks associated with tobacco use appear to be scrubbed from CDC website. Elon Musk’s DOGE now has access to NIH databases that track/administer all NIH grants. 🧵 (4/5)
PHU 2/5/25: Hospitals across the nation send out varied guidance regarding ICE raids, most stating that it is a HIPAA violation however NYU Langone advises staff to comply with ICE, implicating every single patient facing employee to commit crimes against their patients. 🧵 (3/5)
14 state AGs clap back on ban on gender affirming care for people under 19 advising that it is unlawful. 🧵 (2/5)
PHU 2/5/25: NY state makes move to require further subtyping of positive influenza-a swabs for H5N1, wastewater shows no major gains in H5N1 where available & 2500 random samples from across the nation subtyped with 0 positive H5N1 results. 🧵 (1/5)
If you work in healthcare and get an email like this:
-Report immediately to HIPAA
-Find a medical attorney in your state
-Make sure you have separate malpractice insurance through a provider that isn’t your employer (always a good idea)
JUST IN: New York health officials are instructing hospitals to subtype all influenza A-positive samples from hospitalized patients within 24 hours in order to detect any potential human cases of H5N1 bird flu.
PHU 2/1/25: H5N1 found to replicate in mammary glands causing concern about transmission via breastfeeding, NY confirms human infection of H5N1 following culling of chicken farm in Hudson Valley 🧵 (3/3)
PHU 2/1/25: 4 confirmed cases of measles in past 2 weeks in TX, WHO ramps up vaccine access in Uganda as response to SVD (Ebola family), Treasurer Secretary Bessent gives Elon Musk/DOGE full access to info held by Medicare/Social Security 🧵 (2/3)
PHU 2/1/25: cdc website scrubbed of vaccine data sheets, nutrition information for pregnant women, HIV prevention and LGBTQ health disparities. MA reports H5N1 “widespread” among bird populations, 67 reported cases of TB in Kansas (no reported increase) 🧵 (1/3)
Addendum 1/31/25: one lot of Alvogen fentanyl patches is being recalled due to possibility that they are “double stacked”, causing concern for potential accidental overdose. Pts instructed to remove patch immediately and contact prescriber. 🧵
Public Health Update 1/31/25: school systems push back on Trump’s EO ordering them to discriminate against trans youth, no noted increase in subtyping influenza-a cases for H5N1 (tag me if ya see it!), expecting updated flu surveillance report from CDC tomorrow 🧵 (2/2)
Public Health Update 1/31/25: cuts to Medicaid home health could land millions of people currently receiving care at home back in hospitals & nursing homes, uptick in hospitals going on diversion (not accepting ambulances due to overload) 🧵(1/2)
