starr88

starr88

@starr88.bsky.social

Emerging infectious diseases, health, health equity, education, service, baseball, music and arts.

582 followers2.5K following259 posts

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I'm interested in finding and potentially supporting people who are interested in doing long-form writing on the big efforts in global health: Gavi, Global Fund, PEPFAR, etc. If this is you or someone you know, please make yourself known!

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🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 4 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/aMM32

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We need YOU to take action by leaving a public comment, calling your members of Congress, and telling everyone you know about this OMB Rule. SUFS Action Center here: fight2win.standupforscience.net

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social

Imagine that the only labs that remain open and receive (ample) funding are those: - With only American citizens in their labs; - With no international collaborators; - Who have never participated in a protest or donated to a Democratic campaign; - Whose research aligns with Trump’s priorities.

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THIS WEDNESDAY: join @dairinstitute.bsky.social as we launch the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a resource for workers fighting AI at work. We provide strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of this tech through case studies, primers, and a resource library. www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-...

eventbrite.comLaunching the Luddite Lab Resource HubJoin DAIR and workers on the front line of resisting AI as we release the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a new resource for fighting AI at work.

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The White House is intent on keeping Ebola out, at all costs. The U.S. is planning to send Americans exposed to or infected with Ebola to Kenya, instead of bringing them home for care. Please read and share—this is unbelievable and infuriating. craigaspencer.substack.com/p/keeping-eb...

craigaspencer.substack.comKeeping Ebola Out of America, Whatever the Cost to AmericansThe White House is abdicating its responsibility to our own by sending Americans exposed to or infected with Ebola to Kenya rather than bringing them home

Putting the Avignon Papacy forward in communications with current Pope-anyone else getting Crusade vibes with this positioning?

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Getting you to the game 🚊 The MBTA announced today that special event train service will transport passengers from South Station to Gillette Stadium for our Day One match on March 14. Special event train tickets will be $20 and will go on sale on March 9 at 11 AM on the mTicket app.

🚨Our MN colleagues declared their hospitals are under siege! 📣 Sign the national healthcare worker letter to stop funding ICE violence & defend healthcare tinyurl.com/HCWStopICEVi... 🖤Jan 26-30 Wear BLACK to mourn, honor and stand up for those killed by immigration enforcement

tinyurl.comHealthcare Workers Demand End to ICE ViolenceJoin healthcare workers across the country to call for our elected officials to use their authority to stop ICE violence while they still can, and our institutions to defend the sanctity of healthcare...

In the event this information is needed, sharing it with you.

AG Andrea Joy Campbell@massago.bsky.social

No one's life should be at risk for simply existing in their communities or exercising their rights. Learn these. Remember them. Share them with your neighbors. I will continue to use every tool my office has to protect our immigrant community and ensure our residents know their rights.

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Parent and pediatrician here. All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info. Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.

Dear people, Vaccinate your children. The vaccines are safe and effective. They save lives and prevent harm. By all means, consult with your medical providers with your concerns and questions regarding vaccines and vaccination schedule. Love, A fellow citizen PS: USA is not Denmark.

Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social

The takedown of the US system of childhood vaccines which worked exceedingly well for decades for preventing diseases and major adverse outcomes

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Today December 1st is #WorldAIDSDay. I remember the millions who have died. I celebrate the transformative progress that has been made. I resolve as an HIV researcher and advocate to keep up the fight to end the HIV epidemic. Do you know you status? Get tested. Get treated. Get on PrEP.

Where are all the girls dads regarding Epstein trafficking machine? OK with their girls being approached at 13, 14, 15, 16? Prefer to think not. But maybe they are? #Epstein #sextrafficking #girldads

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NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.

washingtonpost.comThis lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...

For Mass folks-pass this along. Keep a $1 on SNAP card to access HIP benefits. Share widely.

Shakira Kurosawa@jamtoday.bsky.social

Massachusetts SNAP recipients, keep $1 -- one dollar! -- on your card into November (Saturday) and your HIP benefits will be applied which can be used at farmers markets, farm stands, and mobile markets:

Adding lack of SNAP funding reverberates into multiple supply chains. It is a world of hurt for many more than the recipients of these benefits.

Brian Cardone@cardonebrian.bsky.social

Food bank director, Jill Dixon explains that for every meal a food bank provides the SNAP program provides nine. If Republicans don’t negotiate with Democrats to keep SNAP benefits going after the Nov 1 deadline, Americans are going to starve. This is just cruel and vile ‼️

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NEW YORK AND BOSTON we are so up WE ARE SO UP

The Athletic@theathletic.com

Women’s pro baseball is becoming reality ⚾ ️ New York, Los Angeles, Boston and San Francisco will host the first four teams in the Women’s Pro Baseball League, debuting next spring. Former Little League World Series star Mo’ne Davis was among the hundreds who tried out this summer.

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GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.

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Lots of people asking why isn't my state issuing COVID vaccine executive orders? In most states you can already get vaccines without prescriptions, including: AL, AK, AR, CA, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, ND, NH, NJ, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WY

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We are Through the Looking Glass now. Ladapo is barking mad, and I mean actually deranged. And please stop calling him a skeptic. He’s a full out anti-vaxxer and denialist. This only ends badly not just for Florida, but for the entire country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.comFlorida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed

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I have been saying for months that it is critical to monitor your state’s vaccine requirements for school entry. They are the only things standing between us and massive infectious disease outbreaks. With Florida ending these requirements, other states are sure to follow.

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In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.