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Alicia Ely Yamin

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Human rights lawyer, global health. Social/reproductive justice. Justicia social/reproductiva. πŸ’š Harvard Law/ SPH and Partners In Health.

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Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr’s Bogus Attacks on Mifepristone Threaten Abortion Access | Defend Public Health Secretary Kennedy has repeatedly challenged the safety of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in most abortions. Hundreds of studies using decades of data have conclusively shown that mifepristone is ...

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Need another reason to vaccinate against measles? The virus can cause immune amnesia. β€’ NC Newsline A study by Harvard Medical School researchers found that measles can erase from 11% to 73% of the different antibodies that previously made an individual immune to other illnesses.

Measles is a very serious and unpredictable infectious disease; spreads in lightening speed to the unvaccinated that includes infants (too young to be vaccinated) and immunocompromised.
Getting vaccinated=CARING about each other β€οΈπŸ’™
@gparents4vaccines.bsky.social

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Measles outbreak at Texas immigration detention facility confirmed by DHS officials SAN ANTONIO - Federal officials have confirmed a Measles Outbreak at an Texas immigration detention facility.On Sunday, officials with the Department of Homelan

Detentions of adults/children in what has been reported as inhumane conditions with insufficient medical care amidst a national measles outbreak will worsen ongoing catastrophe.

Intervention needed.

Dilley Center, San Antonio, Texas.

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02.02.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Through expanded β€˜global gag rule,’ Trump administration exports anti-abortion, anti-trans policies The new global gag rule bars organizations receiving U.S. foreign aid from providing or even discussing abortions, gender identity, or DEI

It is our duty not to become numb or indifferent to the suffering this administration is causing, here and abroad: prismreports.org/2026/01/29/g...

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EscribΓ­ esta columna antes de que lo ejecutaran a Alex Pretti:

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Alicia Ely Yamin (@aliciay.bsky.social) Human rights lawyer, global health. Social/reproductive justice. Justicia social/reproductiva. πŸ’š Harvard Law/ SPH and Partners In Health.

EscribΓ­ esta columna antes del asesinato de Alex Pretti: Desde Minneapolis a Boston: Reflexiones sobre el aΓ±o en que el paΓ­s se desmoronΓ³
por Alicia Ely Yamin (aliciay.bsky.social)

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January 24, 2026
Emergency protest after ICE murdered a 2nd person in Minneapolis today. Thousands rally at Union Square, NYC.

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New CDC Vaccine Chair Prioritizes Personal Choice Dr. Kirk Milhoan emphasizes personal choice over public health in guiding vaccine policy. How will that affect decisions for school and healthcare?

Incredible πŸ˜–!! www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...

24.01.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Senate Hearing on Medication Abortion Ignores Decades of Evidence & Safe Use | Defend Public Health Starting with its original framing, today’s hearing on medication abortion, ignored decades of rigorous research on the safety and effectiveness of mifepristone and misoprostol, the drugs commonly use...

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Yes, unscrupulous insurance companies are a driver of health inequity

New book by @mirandayaver.bsky.social

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La derrota del derecho internacional en Venezuela | La CrΓ­tica

La derrota del derecho internacional en Venezuela
por Nahuel Maisley

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El rΓ©gimen de Maduro, el derecho internacional y la intervenciΓ³n de Trump "Si maΓ±ana a Trump no le gustan los resultados electorales en Colombia o en PerΓΊ ΒΏpuede entonces imponernos su visiΓ³n a la fuerza?", advierte Rodrigo Uprimny.

Excelente anΓ‘lisis de la intervenciΓ³n de EEUU en Venezuela://www.lasillavacia.com/opinion/el-regimen-de-maduro-el-derecho-internacional-y-la-intervencion-de-trump/

05.01.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Whopper of the Week: RFK Spreads Disinformation Again about Vaccines and Food Allergies | Defend Public Health In 2024, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) concluded that over 70% of peanut allergies could be prevented through early consumption of peanut allergens by infants and c...

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Sec. Kennedy must appear before the HELP Committee to explain why his vaccine advisory committee, in strong disagreement with the medical & scientific community, voted to end a decades-long recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.

This vaccine saves lives.

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Vaccine Panel Attacks Children’s Health | Defend Public Health Today’s decision by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to end the recommendation for a universal birth dose of Hepatitis B vaccine and its attempts to cast doubt on the whole child...

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05.12.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's weird to me how much HHS is rearranging the deck chairs, with no explanation. Usually reforms are presaged.

Options:
1) RFK is tightening control over his fiefdom
2) RFK and lackeys are shit bosses and nobody wants to work with them
3) RFK about to do something very bad and ppl jumping ship

04.12.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Whopper of the Week: RFK Wants You to Fortify Your Immune System So He Can Deprive You of Modern Medicine | Defend Public Health RFK Jr. believes that with a healthy diet, exercise, and the avoidance of environmental toxins and stresses alone, an individual can prevent disease. While these are good health practices, they are no...

www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop... @defendpublichealth.bsky.social

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What Is A β€œProfessional Degree” And Why Does It Matter? Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more

Not sure who came up with this "not so brilliant", pretty much awful idea. Nurses are already leaving in the nursing profession in droves. Guaranteed this will make it much worse.

Thx @drjudystone.bsky.social who highlights why DOE is making a huge mistake.

@defendpublichealth.bsky.social

29.11.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
NYT headline saying "F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines:
The agency’s top vaccine regulator said that a review had found that the children were likely to have died β€œbecause of” the shots. But public health experts want to examine the data."

With a photo of a light-skinned baby receiving a shot from a healthcare provider with darker skin.

NYT headline saying "F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines: The agency’s top vaccine regulator said that a review had found that the children were likely to have died β€œbecause of” the shots. But public health experts want to examine the data." With a photo of a light-skinned baby receiving a shot from a healthcare provider with darker skin.

Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.

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This made up data needs to be public and discussed by experts. It likely nonsense and was released days before ACIP meets to justify whatever RFK has decided new vaccine policy will be. Prob denying COVID vax to kids entirely. ACIP meets on DEC 2-3.

29.11.2025 05:52 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Has Plainly Stated His Belief in the Falsehoods of AIDS Denialism | Defend Public Health In June 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told New York Magazine, "There are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS." This is blatantly false, contradicted by mountains of data and real-world ...

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Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. says he gets fan mail from scientists and doctors, the letters sent to Congress actually ask for his resignation | Defend Public Health Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...

Whopper: RFK Jr. says he’s supported by doctors & scientists.

Reality: Thousands of physicians, dozens of institutions, & multiple medical societies oppose his leadership and call for his resignation.

#PublicHealth #ScienceFirst #Accountability

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12.11.2025 22:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. says he gets fan mail from scientists and doctors, the letters sent to Congress actually ask for his resignation | Defend Public Health Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...

RFK’s claim that he has the support of reputable scientists would be funny if so much weren’t at stake: www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...

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Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants to Remove Aluminum from Vaccines and Endanger Americans' Health | Defend Public Health Aluminum, found naturally in many foods, is sometimes added as a salt in tiny quantities to vaccines as an immune booster. For years, Robert F. Kennedy has said that aluminum-containing vaccines cause...

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05.11.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.N. Human Rights Chief Says U.S. Attacks on Accused Drug Smugglers Are Illegal

The Hague.
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Permanently close the Irwin County Detention Center! More than 40 women testified in 2021 to medical misconduct at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC), and an investigation by the Senate found alarming reports of mistreatment by Dr. Mahendra Aminβ€”w...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/pe...

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