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West Texas measles outbreak latest count: 159 Looks to be slowing down. CDC sent out a response team this week. Boots on ground will hopefully help even more. And, no, Vitamin A shipments will not.

I volunteer myself as tribute to go on Joe Rogan and explain to him how many of his recent guests are just feeding him absolute bullshit. Thank you for your support

As we say in epidemiology, bugs have ears.

Catch JVL live with Katelyn Jetelina, discussing the measles outbreak and the public health outlook, right now: substack.com/@jvlast

Thanks to Katelyn Jetelina for joining our Commissioner’s Grand Rounds! We had an insightful conversation about how we can combat mis/dis-information in public health by building trust, simplifying complex health information, and making public health work more visible.

It was deadly scandals involving things like 'swill milk', patent medicines including actual snake oil, and tainted food that led to the creation of today's FDA. With less oversight of the things we eat and drink, it is only a matter of time before we deeply regret these cuts.

Great piece from Katelyn Jetelina and the importance of listening to the other side at this difficult moment in public health. Went in with a plan to have her listen to talk ratio at 3:1. This is how to improve health with information. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/a-meeting-wi…

Wellness influencers and some functional medicine practitioners love to talk about getting to the “root cause” of disease. But here’s the irony: they often ignore the most fundamental root causes, the social and structural ones. They’ll talk endlessly about leaky gut, toxin

Absolutely brilliant explainer from Katelyn Jetelina and Aaron Kesselheim on drug prices—why do they cost so much in the U.S., what can we do about it, are PBMS the problem, what about prior authorization, and why is it all so damn confusing?! yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/your-top-10-…

As violent tornadoes tear across eastern Kentucky tonight, remember that because of DOGE initiated budget cuts, the Jackson, KY NWS office is forced to close at times (in quieter weather). That this is even something they need to worry about is an *utter disgrace.*

Today RFK Jr took the single biggest step towards destroying childhood vaccines When The New York Times asked me in December whether RFK could kill the vaccine program - I said he’d have to remove CDCs ACIP Welp… that’s exactly what he just did today Not good medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…

My response to Secretary Kennedy's statements about me on Fox News today. It's time to set the record straight.

You stayed classy, San Diego. Thank you to the thousands who demonstrated peacefully today. No arrests, and no incidents. #SanDiegoStrong #OneTeamOneMission