Measles cases are on the rise in several parts of the country. If you have a young child who is not yet fully immunized, know who else will be visiting and ask about vax status. Unfortunately, measles can stay viable in the air for 2 hours after an infected person has been there!
Over 450 cases of pertussis in Arkansas this year. If you have never heard the whoop of whooping cough, beware, it is anxiety provoking just to listen: youtu.be/DB70izafC1Y
National Academies building in Washington. Gives me hope that we will return one day to a nation of virtue.
Pull up a seat America 🔆☕
In the US, RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalizations so as we head into respiratory viral season, please wash your hands, cover your cough, wear a mask (even if you think “it’s allergies”), and get vaccinated.
National surveillance is currently unavailable. Thanks, Trump.
THIS.
That a US president would willfully withhold SNAP funding while building the world tackiest ballroom is America’s “let them eat cake“ moment
Probably not necessary to say this on this particular forum but: The Democrats are NOT “holding out for healthcare for illegal immigrants” but some other people may be playing chicken in a sad game of the Epstein Files v Hungry Children.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
We could do so much needed good with a renewal of something like the Civilian Conservation Corps - young people learning skills from cooking and teaching to stone masonry and carpentry. Our country could have a better park service, physical infrastructure, & a skilled, fed, educated workforce!
I do not understand local governments giving tax breaks to businesses that then pay their employees so little they qualify for public assistance. Who thinks the “let’s take in less money so we have to give out more money” model is smart business??
youtu.be/UgvE_gPi7Kc
Georgians have a chance to take back their utilities
@hankgreen.bsky.social
@atlairport.bsky.social
Come on, ATL! Do the right thing!
I'm thrilled to be leading, along with AJ Prussin II, an ARPA-H BREATHE team that will integrate new biosensors, risk assessment software, and engineering controls to bring clean and healthy indoor air to more buildings.
arpah.gov/news-and-eve...
If you are looking to stoke the lawlessness and violence that comes from desperation, 4 million more people unhoused, added to those losing SNAP, and being priced out of ACA sounds like a solid plan.
It will help justify their take over of cities and people in (for-profit) prisons can’t vote.
I am sure “fecal filtrate” and “donor stool” are ideas that immediately induce an ICK response but dying of a diarrheal illness like c. diff is awful and FMT works!
As long as there are workers and people willing to reproduce and make more workers, the length and quality of our lives no longer matter.
Wealthy people will get the concierge medicine they buy, the rest of us can die.
Graphic with headline text: ‘Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo.’ At the bottom, a red banner reads: ‘WHO launches US$ 21M appeal to halt the outbreak.’
🚨 Following the #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC, WHO is launching a US$ 21 million appeal to help the country:
- Scale up operations
- Interrupt transmission chains
- Prevent further spread
- Mitigate the impact on human health
Full donor support is critical to halt the outbreak 👉 bit.ly/3KtjsVG
Does promoting this story increase or decrease the likelihood people will register and vote?
I get it that we can’t fret or protest 24/7 but there is SO MUCH a news outlet should be covering that pink wine just seems especially frivolous.
“How low can you go?” is a very dangerous suggestion for this administration
We are very primitive creatures. Your body doesn’t know you’re running for ‘fun’!
I have to believe that the physiological stress and stress hormones are off the charts in these runners.
If you read 1 thing today, please make it this: my so-talented colleague @ericboodman.bsky.social explains why babies in the US are vaccinated at birth against hep B — and what the human costs of changing that policy would be. www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/n...
September is National Suicide Prevention Month & this week is dedicated to Construction Suicide Prevention.
Lots of people suffer, there aren’t enough mental health resources available, tough economic times make it worse.
Reach out, check in, get help.
call #988 or text HOME OR HOLA to 741741
A remote area of the DRC has been hit with another outbreak of Ebola. Unfortunately, most viral hemorrhagic fevers start with very common symptoms of fever, body aches, nausea. That puts healthcare workers and others at risk.
ALL patients with fever are potentially contagious; act accordingly.
How do we enshrine these important initiatives to make them resistant to these efforts in the future? I believed we were on a path, bending that arc toward justice, before being taken back to the Bad Old Days of cronyism, grift, graft, & racism.
The second Dark Ages may be on its way to America.
We should be protective of what we take in, in every way. What we inhale, eat, drink, and consume from every source. Aerosol scientists - like the brilliant Linsey Marr - are helping us all understand the particles, pollution, and pathogens we encounter in the air.
🚨 Ready to take your facility’s HCID preparedness to the next level?
NETEC’s new NSPS Level 2 Resource Guide offers step-by-step tools, checklists, and resources to strengthen readiness.
🔗 Blog: netec.org/2025/09/02/r...
#NSPS #HCIDPreparedness #NSPSLevel2ResourceGuide
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
I believe many of us are looking for some kind of leader,some unifying campaign, some solid actionable direction. we go and protest, we write our representatives, but mostly we worry and fret, and feel powerless, which I guess is exactly where they want us.
I am lost.
This is what integrity looks like.
