Good morning.
Let’s fix this headline...
Grifter scientist who spent years undermining mainstream COVID policy now discovers MMR is 97% effective, urges public to do what CDC has recommended since 1971.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/h...
Many of our NIH colleagues have signed a letter refusing to let HHS/NIH funding be used as a pawn to continue funding of ICE terrorism. These are people whose paychecks and lives are on the line. Where do you stand? 🧪
www.savehhs.org/letter-we-wi...
Now for the rest of the babies they’ve shoved into that detention center.
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
A flyer offering in-home veterinary services for those unable to leave their home due to ICE
Please share widely
World mourns death of public health icon William Foege
Foege led the global effort to eradicate smallpox, widely viewed as one of the greatest public health achievements in history, and later ran the CDC.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Photo: Dean Hesse / Task Force for Global Health
Last week we lost a public health legend: William Foege, former CDC director and leader in smallpox eradication.
In a 2009 speech to CDC staff he said "the bottom line is not fame or even science, or brilliance, or money, or publications, but how we treat other people.”
apnews.com/article/will...
Keith Porter Jr
Geraldo Lunas Campos
Renee Good
Alex Pretti
All killed by ICE/CBP. 32 others died in ICE custody in 2025 alone. That we know of. Meanwhile ICE has stopped paying for most detainee healthcare.
This is a public health emergency. Public health and medical workers. We must speak out.
Wow! Thanks to everyone who pitched in Alex Pretti’s GoFundMe it has surpassed $1.3 million. Huge thanks to Keith Edwards for organizing.
It can get lower!
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an ICU nurse. 😢💔🙏 He spent his life helping people, and now our government is peddling lies in an attempt to make you believe them.
USAID was killed with an ink pen.
ICE can be too.
Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA.
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
A photo of a vigil at MLK Park in Minneapolis after the murder of Alex Pretti.
Tonight, my Minneapolis neighborhood gathered on street corners and in our local park to mourn Alex Pretti.
This is our FOURTH vigil in eight months. No community should have to go through what we're going through.
so I went to r/climbing to check the reaction to Honnold free soloing Taipei 101 and the top post on the subreddit is a picture of Alex Pretti outdoors next to a rock face with the title “ICU nurse Alex Pretti, killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis today”
it has 56000 upvotes
sorry, it's a not very good canvas rush job because my brain is fried, but i tried to include some federal blue in honor of his service to our nation. i'm going to work on a better one tomorrow before the printers open in the afternoon
The government wants us scared, silent, and willing to fall in line. When we don’t, they show us exactly how far they’re willing to go. This is not what America was ever supposed to be. We will fight for our country and for each other.
HCR is crying today for Alex. 💔 People ask how the resistance moves so fast and is so organized. It’s because the resistance isn’t a slogan it’s people. Neighbors, friends, and loved ones looking out for each other, stepping in when harm shows up, and refusing to let anyone stand alone.
Analysis suggests nirsevimab cuts infant RSV hospitalizations 83%
Total RSV cases in children 12 months or younger were significantly lower in states with population-wide nirsevimab strategies.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
Attorney Siri likes to believe that because he says it, it is true. For example, simply saying a study is underpowered is not enough; SHOW us why it's underpowered or what the sample size should be. Again, you likely can't do this calculation because you aren't a scientist.
The Claim: An American cardiologist has taken to Twitter to claim that Hepatitis vaccines are not necessary or safe for newborns, pointing to a claim that Hep B vaccines have only 5 days of safety monitoring. The Facts: This claim relies on package insert data, as opposed to actual clinical trial information. Vaccine inserts are legal documents and not medical or research documents. Looking at the actual clinical trial information for the Hep B vaccine shows that the “five days” were specifically for injection site non-serious adverse events (NSAEs). Researchers watched for serious events for the length of the study (5 months for that particular study), 14 days for systemic NSAEs (i.e., fevers), and five only days for the injection site NSAEs. Hep B infection can lead to chronic Hep B. Chronic Hep B can last a lifetime and lead to serious illnesses such as cirrhosis and liver cancer. The younger you are when you get hepatitis B, the more likely it will become chronic. There is no cure for hepatitis B, but vaccines can prevent it. The widespread implementation of Hep B vaccination programs, including the birth dose, has led to significant reductions in Hep B worldwide. By immunizing newborns, the goal is to achieve a high vaccination coverage rate and create a population with decreased Hep B transmission, ultimately reducing the burden of related diseases.
The claim that Hep B vaccines only have 5 days of safety testing is false: www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/w...
“We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.” – Dr. Jane Goodall 🌍💚
May her legacy of caring, science, hope, and action guide us forward.
RIP Dr. Goodall 💕
📽️ youtu.be/HdYfhPPBt0E
🔗 janegoodall.org
Good night friends 💚💙💜
Say NO to Trump’s loyalty oaths and extortion of our universities!
We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.
Retsef Levi has just claimed that the CDC is not adequately assessing “outcomes and prognosis of myocarditis and other cardiovascular adverse events”.
This is a BLATANT lie. Every single vaccine safety surveillance system detected and reported myocarditis in some subgroups after vaccination.
Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’ Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3TvNVDT
The struggle is real!! I've been doing really bad a actually posting here but what if we all made this very commented on and very important 🔥
The title says it all. The truth is devastating.
“If it isn’t stopped, and some of this isn’t reversed...immediately, a lot of Americans are going to die as a result of vaccine-preventable diseases” - Dr. Fiona Havers
Call your legislatures, especially Republicans.
#FireRFKJr - he has to go NOW.
