"Public health is my jam"
If you're "all in on the MAHA agenda”, I'm not convinced you're the right person to lead America's preeminent public health agency. When you're asked about measles and a major foodborne outbreak and can't clearly explain what's happening at the CDC, that's a problem. Not thrilled about this. 🫤
With Tim Kaine’s support, CDC nominee’s path to confirmation clearsThe Virginia Democrat said he hopes Erica Schwartz will get a handle on ongoing outbreaks of measles and cyclosporiasis.www.politico.com
Six candidates in Georgia's 13th Congressional District will compete in a special election on Tuesday to replace the late Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, who died in April. https://to.pbs.org/4yP0a22
Live Results: Georgia's 13th Congressional District special electionThe winner will serve out the remaining few months of the late Democratic Rep. David Scott’s current term.www.pbs.org
Most Americans are unsure which vaccines the CDC recommends during pregnancy: we need to improve knowledge. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07... via @medicalxpress.com.web.brid.gy
Most Americans are unsure which vaccines the CDC recommends during pregnancyMost Americans are unaware or unsure of which vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends during pregnancy, according to a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults ...medicalxpress.com
Next Wednesday is Fauci’s show trial. Ask if your tax dollars should go towards prosecuting lifelong public servants for imaginary crimes. Thank you @zeteo.com and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social for the opportunity to put this on everyone’s already full radar
Zeteo“The regime is already using invented pseudoscientific justifications to grossly violate civil liberties...” @angierasmussen.bsky.social explains the Trump administration’s attempt to imprison Anthony Fauci & the dangerous precedent it’s setting for the American people. 🔗 zeteo.com/p/tulsi-trum...
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Expert warns measles may be first of many illnesses to surge | CNNAs measles cases rise, Dr. Peter Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine explains what’s driving the numbers, the risks that come with that rise, and why other childhood diseases could be next.www.cnn.com
Private schools in Arkansas operate with little transparency. They don’t have to turn over incident reports or video to the public. After a parent reported abuse at one such school to the police, our reporter @jsmithrichards.bsky.social started to piece together what happened.
How Videos Helped Me Uncover Abuse at an Arkansas Private SchoolMary “Tracy” Morrison ordered students to scrub floors and urged them to attack a classmate. Few records exist of incidents at The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain, a private school with littl...www.propublica.org
Several state officials said the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which supports state and local election offices to bolster security against hackers, has stopped providing regular intelligence briefings.
States Are Struggling to Replace the Election Cybersecurity Infrastructure Trump DismantledElection officials from across the country say the administration has pared back support.www.notus.org
The last person Jeffrey Epstein called before his death in 2019 was Karyna Shuliak. The 37-year-old dentist, who had a years-long relationship with Epstein, has been trying to blend into obscurity since then. She could inherit millions from his estate, records show.
Meet Jeffrey Epstein’s Girlfriend, Who Stands to Inherit Much of His EstateKaryna Shuliak, 37, is a complicated and unusual figure in the disgraced financier’s world who has been trying to blend into obscurity since his death.trib.al
Tim Bakken, West Point's longest-serving law professor, says officials never tried to silence him — until Trump’s second presidency, when the military academy revised its faculty speech rules. In September, he sued West Point in federal court.
After Trump’s order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no.Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.www.washingtonpost.com