Salmonella Outbreak: 64 people sick in 22 states with 20 hospitalizations, including Virginia. CDC and FDA are working to determine if a common source of oysters can be identified. See the notice for full details: ow.ly/n4UC50XO5rb #Recall #HealthAlert #Salmonella

It was reprehensible when people mocked condoms at the height of the AIDS pandemic. It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the airborne virus spread today. Whenever someone takes any step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.

Today’s announcement that HHS is altering the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule without a transparent process or clear scientific justification represents the latest reckless step in Secretary Kennedy’s assault on national vaccine infrastructure. Our statement: idsociety.org/news--publicat…

Talking openly about taking territory by force shouldn’t be normalized. When U.S. officials are asked how that would differ from Russia’s actions in Crimea, the answer matters. Saying “it’s best for everyone” doesn’t replace international law, consent, or self-determination.

Babies are being born with syphilis in 2026. It’s curable. It’s preventable. And it’s a public health failure. 🎙️ New episode: “The Syphilis Surge: Echoes of Betrayal in a Broken Health System” Listen here → infectiousdose.com/post/syphilis-… #InfectiousDose #STIs #Tuskegee

The Virginia Dept. of Health is reporting a confirmed case of measles in a resident of Northern Virginia. Check here for the dates, times, and locations of the potential exposure sites in Northern Virginia: ow.ly/3tqu50YgNXh

Investments in CEPI help make the world safer from infectious threats. @Gavi is proud to partner with CEPI to ensure the world is better prepared for future pandemics and we support CEPI’s vision to shift the world from reactive crisis response to proactive pandemic

The President will misrepresent the truth tonight, especially on healthcare. Sure, there’s been *talk* on ultraprocessed foods and some progress on digital health tech. The rest? A catastrophic failure, and by far the worst healthcare record in memory. We are far worse off.

It’s alarming that CDC hasn’t issued a #HAN alert on the #measles outbreak in South Carolina. In normal times, this absolutely would have triggered an advisory to clinicians nationwide. Measles is one of the most contagious diseases we know. Another example of public

This is why Denmark doesn’t need the universal birth dose of the hep B vaccine. Their national health system & data is so comprehensive that their policies have eliminated diseases like HIV & syphilis. In Denmark, everyone’s risk can be accurately quantified. Not so in the US.

Feels like this was preventable….. New measles surge revives doubts over fed response axios.com/2026/03/04/mea…

If you are curious about seeing what may be the last competent FDA advisory committee left standing in action as they contribute to determining access to flu shots next fall, join me, Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS, & Save America Movement at 12:30 pm ET on March 12! rasmussenretorts.substack.com

We are on track to have more than 5,000 measles cases this year

We were told NIH funding cuts were about eliminating DEI. But the data now shows grants are down across nearly every field of medicine: cancer, diabetes, mental health, brain disorders. With the greatest cuts hitting Alzheimer’s research, down more than 50%.

Elon Musk and billionaires get a tax cut. 7 million Americans with Alzheimer’s get further from a cure. As a caregiver, I am sick and tired of this. We must fund medical research. Millions of American families depend on it.

Just a month left to submit your abstracts to the Social Science & Medicine Call for Abstracts for the Special Issue on Polarization and Health Policy in Global Context, edited by Nora Kenworthy & me. Abstracts due April 30. For more information visit sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

With the FIFA World Cup 2026 approaching—spanning 16 host cities, including Dallas, and >5M visitors—infectious disease risk is real. Honored to give Grand Rounds on threats from VHFs and vector-borne diseases to respiratory pathogens and STIs—and how we can prepare now.

Trump is day by day doing permanent damage to American science. I spoke to a friend of mine working in physics. One of the databases he uses was completely wiped clean because it also included evidence of climate change.

We need to do a bipartisan dive, if we can, into the high cost of healthcare in this country, and the growing cost of pharmaceuticals, and what Congress can do to bend that curve, Rep. Diana DeGette tells the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense.

Measles and whooping cough are surging in two of Sudan's most conflict-affected regions, while measles outbreaks in the United States and Bangladesh grow. Elsewhere, Honduras’s whooping cough outbreak has reached 112 cases and 9 deaths in 2026. thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vaccin…