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Mashup Score: 5Public Health Says: Stop the RFK Jr. Nomination - 6 month(s) ago
Please use this form to send a letter to your Senators opposing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Once you fill our your information, there will be a draft letter describing the reasons we – as public health professionals – are opposing the nomination.We are trying to get this out ASAP so time is of the essence and we are hoping you can send a letter before the end of the day Wednesday, December 18th. This letter has been put together by a new coalition of over 1350 public health experts and scientists, community leaders and activists called (provisionally) “Defending Public Health.” Thanks to Public Health Awakened for the use of the platform to send letters.
Source: actionnetwork.orgCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet
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Mashup Score: 2
A public health expert says Florida’s guidance advising residents to not get vaccinated against COVID-19 is misleading and puts lives at risk.
Source: www.forbes.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
"...it is more important than ever that health guidance is clear, consistent and scientifically sound. Instead of protecting health, Dr. Ladapo and the agency he leads are putting lives at risk." --@BrianCCastrucci https://t.co/lmF3ZIuQmC
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Mashup Score: 5Mpox Is Infecting Children in DRC – and Spreading to Uganda and Beyond - 10 month(s) ago
Health officials in Uganda told Global Press Journal to ignore information provided by health workers at the border.
Source: globalpressjournal.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
Spoke to @bennett_hanson at @GlobalPress about the ongoing #Mpox outbreaks. Mpox Is Infecting Children in DRC – and Spreading to Uganda and Beyond https://t.co/PhGhHOJq2h
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Mashup Score: 2
At the Public Health Communications Collaborative, we firmly believe that simple, clear, and accurate messages can save lives. Each fall and winter season, public health professionals support communities in making informed decisions about vaccines through compelling and timely messages. This webinar will introduce newly tested messages to encourage routine and recommended vaccinations for children and adults. Attendees will access new messaging approaches that can inspire openness and curiosity about vaccines and learn the latest guidance for annual vaccines. Topics will include: 1. Messages that build trust in vaccines among vaccine-hesitant people. 2. Updated 2024 guidance for annual vaccines, including the flu and COVID-19. 3. Tools and tips for building trust with communities through innovative and accessible vaccine content. New Approaches to Vaccine Communications is an intermediate webinar. Public Health Communications Collaborative develops webinar content for public health pro
Source: us06web.zoom.usCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
Happening TODAY! Our @PH_Comms webinar, "New Approaches to Vaccine Communications," will be starting at 11:30am PT/2:30pm ET. Register here: https://t.co/kJKhoX9ssw https://t.co/meuageEKn3
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Mashup Score: 12
The arrival of updated Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for the KP.2 variant comes well into a summer wave when Americans have struggled to find an existing shot.
Source: www.washingtonpost.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
Updated COVID vaccines for summer variants slated for approval late next week! Given the scale of the summer surge, many folks will likely have to wait a few weeks (~90 days post infection) before getting their next dose. https://t.co/4yX6uCr5KG
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The Stanford Internet Observatory provided real-time analysis on viral election falsehoods but has struggled amid attacks from conservatives.
Source: www.washingtonpost.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
This is so distressing. It's hard to not see it as foreshadowing of an even scarier and more hostile digital information landscape. Stanford’s top disinformation research group collapses under pressure https://t.co/777rzJ6n0l
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Mashup Score: 225
It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time. Dr.
Source: apnews.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
RT @AP: This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows https://t.co/MnIURwsS7H
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Mashup Score: 7Why Are We Still Flu-ifying COVID? - 1 year(s) ago
The diseases are nowhere near the same.
Source: www.theatlantic.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
From vaccine recommendations to isolation guidance, American leaders seem bent on aligning COVID policies to those for flu. The diseases are nowhere near the same. EXCELLENT article by @KatherineJWu. https://t.co/xwqv9xZUV6
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The CDC has expanded its voluntary testing for respiratory viruses at airports
Source: www.aarp.orgCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
When I came back from CDMX in October, I participated in this program at SFO. Pretty cool that the journalist reached out to ask my thoughts without knowing I had just done it! Traveling Overseas This Winter? Consider Testing for Public Health Monitoring https://t.co/86tVW0PUd7
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Mashup Score: 0Why the world should celebrate Smallpox Eradication Day - 2 year(s) ago
Forty-three years ago this week, the world was officially declared free of smallpox — but that should only be the beginning.
Source: VoxCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Why the world should celebrate Smallpox Eradication Day https://t.co/5mo9XHAoTq via @voxdotcom
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I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Public Health Says: Stop the RFK Jr. Nomination. Write one here: https://t.co/QAvfVWIThj