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Dr. Holly Singh

@drhollyhds.bsky.social

Anthropologist @USouthFlorida, @UVA Ph.D., Ed.board @SocSciMed. Reproduction & #ReproJustice, South Asia, demography, feminisms, infertility, #MedHum. My views. http://linktr.ee/drhollyhds

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 3w ago

Taylor Farms Expands Iceberg Lettuce Recall to 27 States Amid Cyclospora Outbreak www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/h...

Taylor Farms Expands Iceberg Lettuce Recall to 27 States Amid Cyclospora Outbreak

The implicated products were marketed under several brands, and had been shipped as recently as Thursday.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · last mo.

*raises hand in 'geriatric mother who will be almost 60 when her kiddo graduates HS'*

Karen Benjamin Guzzo@karenguzzo.bsky.social · last mo.

Female academics have kids later (male academics, not so much), and if they have kids earlier, they face career penalties.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you have disabled family and/or friends, might I suggest that you do not, ever, tell them that you/someone else would much rather be dead than be disabled? I’m actually not comfortable hearing that people I love feel this way; I’ve been chronically ill since 11. Just please think.

Dr. Holly Singh @drhollyhds.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Glad to be working with the USF Humanities Institute as part of a great te of faculty fellows next academic year. www.linkedin.com/posts/usf-ju...

#usfhonors | USF Judy Genshaft Honors College | 22 comments

Congratulations to Honors Professor Dr. Holly Donahue Singh and collaborators Dr. Vrinda Marwah and Dr. Ambar Basu on receiving the 2026–27 Faculty Fellowship from the University of South Florida Huma...

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Dr. Holly Singh @drhollyhds.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks to University of Michigan Institute for Social Research for sharing more about my work when I was a post-doctoral fellow there. www.linkedin.com/posts/usf-ju...

#usf #usfhonors | USF Judy Genshaft Honors College

Congratulations to Judy Genshaft Honors College Professor Holly Donahue Singh on being recognized by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) for her contributions to cultural an...

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Erica @erohealthcomms.com · 2mo ago

It’s literally a clown car and we’re the collateral damage. @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social

STAT @statnews.com · 3mo ago

Sources say USAID cuts damaged epidemic preparedness and hampered the DRC's Ebola response, a perfect storm fueling third-largest outbreak in history. www.statnews.com/2026/05/19/u...

Trump’s cuts to foreign aid are undermining the Ebola response, insiders say

Trump's cuts to foreign aid likely hampered the detection of the Ebola outbreak and the response to it.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Deadly Measles Outbreak Sickens Thousands of Children in Bangladesh. The outbreak, with more than 8,000 confirmed cases and another 60,000 suspected infections, has prompted an emergency vaccination drive. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/w... via @nytimes.com

Deadly Measles Outbreak Sickens Thousands of Children in Bangladesh

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Reveal @revealnews.org · 3mo ago

Trump destroyed USAID. Now people are dying. On this week’s “More To The Story,” @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy explain how the slashing of America’s foreign aid threatens the survival of the world’s most vulnerable populations. 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/4ugr3sO

Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As she talked about gardening the old punk noticed my attention was drifting, apologetically I explained it feels odd to think  about building a garden at a time like this, and the old punk replied  at a time like this all of us need to think about building a garden.

Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For those who have said no, what verbiage did you use and did the nurse/doctor push back?

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Have you been asked by a medical provider recently for consent to have an "AI" scribe record your visit? Us, too. And we have **thoughts** buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 4mo ago

Next week, join us for a virtual event to learn about the current challenge of public health mis- and disinformation + what researchers can do to help counter these trends. @lizhamel.bsky.social (@kff.org) & @adamberinsky.bsky.social (@mit.edu). 🔗 scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...

Event social card for "Understanding and Countering Public Health Mis/Disinformation," featuring speakers Adam Berinsky and Liz Hamel, scheduled for Tuesday, April 28th, 12–1:30 PM ET.

Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW: The Trump administration aims to use the tools of counterterrorism to go after what it calls antifa and leftist groups. It lists antifa as a priority in an internal intelligence document. Some US officials worry this means more domestic surveillance. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

U.S. Pushes Allies to Chase a New Terrorism Target: The Far Left

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Find your people and build new things together

Ben Phillips@benphillips76.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I do like this line a lot. Environmentalist Bill McKibben was asked by an activist ‘What’s the best thing I can do as an individual?’ His reply: ‘Stop being an individual.’ Shared by Rebecca Solnit in this wonderful interview with Zoe Williams www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5mo ago

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues

The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...

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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH)@durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In other words, we’re know you’re tired of hearing about COVID-19. We’re tired of hearing about it too. But ignoring it does not help it to go away, so please continue to take protect your health.

We are all very tired of it (or at least I am), but pretending it’s gone is not going to help anyone stay healthy. Lots of us are tired of hearing about it (and honestly, we’re tired of talking about it), but we keep talking about it because we know how devastating it can be, we’ve met people whose lives are forever changed for the worse because of getting COVID-19, and lots of people who are now living with Long COVID say they wish they had known how bad it could be. So we’ll probably keep talking about it, because we want you to be healthy and happy, and even if you are tired of it (that’s fair),
we hope you take some steps to
protect yourself and others
so you can all live long, healthy lives.

Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH)@durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This week marked the anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve summarized our thoughts a bit below, but tl;dr: Unfortunately, COVID-19 is still with us, & although we may be tired of hearing about it, it’s extremely important to continue to take steps to protect ourselves & others.

Things we want people to know. 6 years after the start* of the COVID-19 pandemic. *The day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This was not the date of the first case.

It’s not just a cold. We wish it were just a cold. We would not keep talking about it if so. Since 2020, doctors, scientists, and millions of people who have had COVID-19 have learned that it can cause permanent damage to multiple organ systems within your body, leave you disabled and unable to do the things you love, and significantly harm your quality of life. A cold cannot disable or kill you the way COVID-19 can.

We know a lot more about prevention than we did back then. We all remember when we thought maybe we’d be ok as long as we were 6 feet away from sick people; that masks worked one way but not the other; and more. But just like with all new viruses and scientific study, we learned more as
there was more time to
study and observe, and we
now know that wearing masks
and keeping cleaner air are key to
protecting ourselves and others. Now that we know better, we can (and should) better protect ourselves and others.

We understand the frustration about vaccines, but they are still extremely important. We all remember when vaccines were first made available, and it would’ve been great if that was the end of the pandemic. It wasn’t. And a lot of people have gotten frustrated and have given up on vaccination. It’s true, the virus that causes COVID-19 changes (which is why, like the annual flu shot, we need to get updated COVID-19 vaccines each year), and the vaccines we have now will not eliminate COVID-19 on their own. But they are still very effective at preventing serious illness and death, so
even though they are not the one quick
solution to the pandemic we all wish they
were, they are still extremely important,
and we should all stay up to date.

post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5mo ago

the ideal amount I would like to think about measles is zero and I resent that I had that once and no longer do

@mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Contact your Senators and tell them to vote NO on the SAVE Act. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121. #DefendDemocracy #NoSaveAct #congresswomankatherineclark #WomenForward 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the highest compliment paid to an academic is a student finding your work helpful.

a man in a black shirt is sitting in front of a microphone with a sign that says things on it

Alt: a man in a black shirt pulls out a red paddle with a white heart on it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5mo ago

TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops. CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction. It's a tour de force: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1
More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet].

So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90
Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination).

Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law.

Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI.

Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem

has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up,
twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite
country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of
suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified
Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that
she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8
U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all.
See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here
illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section
IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she
ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id.
The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary
unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes,
the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary,
Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to
replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A.
As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS
holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot]

Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly
scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously
does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs
will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to
take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section
IV.B.2.b.
Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not
cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains
unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959
lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our
economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into
the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn
the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of
them.
For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under
5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.

Kerry Howley @kerryhowley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I wrote about Minneapolis. nymag.com/intelligence...

The People vs. ICE

Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Clergy and faith leaders are leading a large protest at the Minneapolis airport

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 7mo ago

Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”

Partners In Health Canada 🇨🇦@pihcanada.org · 7mo ago

What would you do if you had one day to design a solution to a real tuberculosis challenge? On Feb 6, students come together at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social for a global health case competition grounded in real TB challenges. 🏆 Big prizes 🎟️ Limited spots Register 👉 bit.ly/FEB06

M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 7mo ago

No one: Still no one: This guy: “You know, the Tuskegee experiment just wasn’t ambitious enough.”

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.

Screenshot from STAT article that says

"What we're going to have is a real-world experience of when unvaccinated people get measles," he said. "What is the new incidence of hospitalization? What's the incidence of death?"

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7mo ago

Dear Jon Stewart, No one randomly owes you information about their health, their loved one’s health, or, understandably, just wanting to avoid Covid, which is the only way to prevent Long Covid.

Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny

Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Yep. As we try to show in this piece, Stephen Miller's real aim is to unmake the world created by the 1965 immigration act:

Manisha Sinha@profmsinha.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Historian here people forget the immigration regime being championed by the Trump regime and its bigoted heart in Miller. Make America 1924 again.