And, as Jens Rueter points out, mRNA vaccines show promise in areas like cancer. This is another reason why scrapping work on this platform is short-sighted and leaves us less healthy than other countries.

Friday's shooting at CDC was horrifying. I've heard from numerous current and former employees; our hearts go out to the entire agency, and the family of the brave officer who lost his life. A CDC employee took this video of the shooting right outside of CDC. You can hear

Not a headline, but I think about this video often when watching political commentary: youtu.be/Pwom49awRKg?si…

Read the full piece: theonion.com/i-am-so-starvi…

Scenes from a Sunday.

This move (and the departure of other CDC senior leaders) leaves us all less safe in an era of increasing infectious disease threats. It’s another example of Sec. Kennedy’s chaotic leadership. And it will not make America healthy again.

Seven months in and no one from NCIRD has briefed HHS.gov Secretary Kennedy. On topics like avian influenza, measles, etc. So where is the information coming from?

Movin’ right along.

On this Labor Day, let’s take a moment to honor the men and women whose hands build America.

Two of my favorite people in Maine. Blake Hayes Kelly Towle Coast 93.1

1/Big news out of Colby College today: news.colby.edu/story/colby-co… Colby announced a $150M lead commitment to expand its curriculum to include more applied science and engineering--including public health. This is a major step forward for #Maine. The public health workforce

The killing of Charlie Kirk shocks the conscience. As political violence, it affects all of us and is intended to squelch debate, not promote it. As he himself once noted, when people or societies stop talking, they fall apart. Political violence has no place in

There’s a lot going on in the world right now. So here’s a pic of Fritz to hopefully brighten your day.