BREAKING—Reports coming in about potentially *2 measles deaths* in Texas, not just one, according to an HHS briefing to the White House today.

FDA vaccine meeting cancelled, raising concerns about whether flu vaccine will be ready on time for next year. w/ Sheryl Gay Stolberg The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season. nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/…

not a clear link to cases in west texas but also little known about this case

An unvaccinated infant with measles has exposed hundreds across King County, including Seattle Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, Allegro Pediatrics in Bothell, and the Apple Store at Bellevue Square.

Measles is forming clusters in places that haven’t seen outbreaks in decades. This isn’t how eradicated diseases behave. Something is deeply wrong.

just don’t….

BREAKING—Trump HHS has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues. The discontinued grants include about $11.4 billion from

GOAT 🐐🐐🐐 Cory Booker breaks modern record for longest speech from Senate floor washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

as cdc resources are eroded look for more headlines like this

This is a Emergency Message for Florida State University Tallahassee Campus. Continue to shelter in place. Police have responded to an active shooter call at the Student Union. Stay alert for more information. Persons in need of immediate emergency ass manager.everbridge.net/pub/1986922201…

Implementing an EMR high blood pressure advisory combined with team training was followed by improved hypertension control and diagnosis in primary care settings in this quality improvement study. ja.ma/3YIlHZw

THE COPA IS OURS! 🏆

Wow

My op-ed on the large shift of drug discovery moving to China and policy steps the U.S. can take to keep the innovation economy in America. "Five years ago, U.S. drug makers didn’t license any new drugs from China. By 2024, 1/3 came from Chinese biotech" statnews.com/2025/05/06/how…

My @STATNEWS Op Ed: President Trump often touted that his first administration approved more generic drugs than any in history. He had good reason to highlight the success. Recently, however, the FDA team enabling these approvals was disbanded. It may undo that historic progress

DYK: In 1986 kids received 10 shots protecting against 7 diseases. Those vaccines exposed them to < 3,000 antigens - the parts of viruses or bacteria that teach our immune system to recognize /respond to infections. Today's schedule has more injections - 50 by age 18 - but total

This is a BIG deal! In past, health plans used ACIP recommendations to determine insurance coverage for vaccines. This news 1) Is good for patients 2) Shows new ACIP has already lost trust/ influence. Health Plans' Continued Commitment to Vaccine Access ahip.org/news/articles/…

Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s.

This is a ⁦The Washington Post⁩ editorial I have carried with me for over 24 years. It’s sad to think that even tho the science is even stronger now proving the value of vaccines, the risk of this dangerous rhetoric has only grown.

Do fluoride supplements harm children? FDA panel discussion turns into heated debate nbcnews.com/health/health-…