Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides

Some beautiful butterfly news 🦋 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Thinking of #RosalynnCarter and her pioneering work on a butterfly trail throughout the US

This is the kind of monarch I can support, just in time for #nokings 👑

Some brands are really leading the way in empathy, recognizing that certain holidays may be triggering/painful/sad/all of the above for individuals. So far, Kendra Scott is the first I've seen to send an email asking if you want to pause #MothersDay or #FathersDay ads. Feels over profits

Graphic saying "MMWR March Madness!!!". Two quarerfinal winners have been crowned: dehydrated placenta and bat salad. Our newest contenders are THC accident and cannibal sandwich.

Round 3 of #MMWRMarchMadness: Weird shit you can (but shouldn't) eat. FIGHT!

🅰️ Accidental THC from restaurant dough: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

🅱️ E. coli from meat market "cannibal sandwiches": pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Vote below ⬇️

Winner announced tomorrow!

Has to be cannibal sandwiches, can't make this stuff up!

Definitely bat in salad - it also sounds like an excuse from a person who refuses to eat leafy greens ("No salad for me, it's too risky after that bat...)

My kind of #marchmadness

B, especially in today's "wellness" culture

Q: What does an #epidemiologist do for fun?
A: ⬇️

Followed by lots of infectious fun and contagious laughter

TLDR: Research on aging, Alzheimer's disease, mental health research was nearly cut in half

and 2. "Flexibility is the superpower of philanthropy. Philanthropists can co-design new funding mechanisms with scientists and innovators so that we have the right mechanism for the right class of problems."

#publichealth could really benefit from thoughtfully-developed moonshots right now

Philanthropic Moonshots and How to Launch Them Unlocking the superpowers of philanthropy is not only possible, it’s imperative. Here's where to start.

Reading Tom Kalil's post for @renphil21.bsky.social & 2 ideas stick out: 1. "philanthropists can play a key role in increasing the ambition of scientists and innovators, who can in turn increase the ambition of philanthropists" (1/2)

renaissancephilanthropy.substack.com/p/why-sci-ph...

Public health is a wild field to be in because when things go right, people assume we're not doing anything useful, and when things go wrong, people assume it's our fault.

This pattern dates back to the beginning of public health.

Unfortunately, the words #caregiver and #caregiving didn't make it into either #SOTU or the response....maybe next year

Helpful way to think about #measles from @ericchowmd.bsky.social's team at Seattle-King County: cdn.kingcounty.gov/-/media/king...

It's National Caregiver's Day Here's how to grow your understanding as a non-caregiver

Here's my resources for non-caregivers to build empathy on #NationalCaregiversDay open.substack.com/pub/caradigm...

Frontiers | Editorial: Exploring bereavement and public health: the role of family and friend caregivers in community well-being [Please update social media impact numbers before final publication].The circle of bereavement after the deaths of family and friends broadly influences soci...

How many times during your #publichealth course work did you learn health impacts of #bereavement? For me, that number was 0. Working w #caregivers & formers, I missed understanding that went beyond #grief. Check out special topic of @frontiersmedia.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

a drawing of the olympic rings with a red circle in the center ALT: a drawing of the olympic rings with a red circle in the center

Thoughtful and rare #olympic ice skating performance by Olga Mikutina of Austria that tells the story of growing old gracefully. Rare to see an athlete honor and embrace #aging.

Deadline for Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is one month away 3/16. This fellowship can be transformative for anyone, esp those in #publichealth who want to understand & ultimately transform policies that will shape #aging #fellowship
www.healthandagingpolicy.org/fellowship-a...

The Caregiver Artificial Intelligence Prize Challenge | ACL Administration for Community Living

Time to start looking at the odds for #SOTU. What are the chances that #caregiver or #caregiving get a mention?

Maybe tied to the new #AI challenge: acl.gov/caregiver-ai...

A dose of disenchantment from a scientist who forever changed our understanding of evolutionary biology:

The line after what's quoted below is "One lives only to make blunders."

A reminder that your blunder might be the 🌎next wonder...

#science #darwinday

Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration - Roosevelt Institute In a new analysis, Hannah Garden-Monheit and Tresa Joseph draw on interviews with more than 45 senior Biden-Harris appointees to offer a bold road map for rebuilding federal government capacity and re...

I think it requires some homework and reflecting on the @rooseveltinstitute.org report by Garden-Monheit and Joseph on Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

The Countdown Is On....Will the Caradigm Shift? The time to provide a robust roadmap to center caregiver health is now

Today marks 86,400,000 seconds - or 1,000 days - until the #2028election. As @petebuttigieg.bsky.social said "The future will belong to those who can think clearly about what happens next.”
caradigmshift.substack.com/p/the-countd...

In case #prescription pricing wasn't confusing enough, this table shows variable pricing at launch-time for TrumpRx

Wealth in context 🤯

This @statnews.com piece by @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social is a thoughtful, thorough assessment - I only take issue with the title. Author describes how this is not a failure of public health science, knowledge, or standard practice - it's a #policyfailure due to choices made by individuals anti-PH

Great quote from Dr. Moore: "Aging is a good thing.
Getting older makes you wiser, more resilient, more accepting and happier. There will be changes and challenges. Focus on what you can do — not what you can’t." #healthyaging

We’re heading back to 1990 levels (27,000 cases). If we keep it up we’ll get to pre-vaccination numbers (500,000 cases annually)

This is a self-made public health disaster 🤦🏻‍♂️

Stunning image, stunning reality

USA aka the country of health dine and dash

a man stands at a podium with the words and if it disagrees with experiment ALT: a man stands at a podium with the words and if it disagrees with experiment

Only agreement is accepted in these types of "experiments"