Physicians for a Healthy Democracy
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Formerly Physicians for Biden and then Physicians for Harris. We are now united to preserve and promote a healthy US democracy. #MedSky
Breaking: The dumbing down of America's scientific infrastructure continues. Dr. Quay, a conspiracist w/ zero training in infectious disease is in "final vetting" to lead NIAID, Tony Fauci's former institute. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job
Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
politico.com
"If you are experiencing symptoms, especially diarrhea that lasts more than a week or two, health care experts encourage you to seek medical care. A stool test is necessary to determine whether you have cyclosporiasis." thehill.com/policy/healt...
Why cyclospora can be deadly for some people
Michigan health officials reported what appear to be the first deaths in connection with the ongoing cyclospora outbreak on Monday.
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Millions of people in the U.S. are also living with long Covid, a chronic condition with wide-ranging symptoms – including fatigue, difficulty breathing, neurological and digestive issues – that can persist months or years after a Covid-19 infection. www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/h...
What we’ve learned about Covid-19 since the pandemic | CNN
Here’s what we’ve learned – and how our understanding has evolved – since the earliest cases of the novel coronavirus were first reported.
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Close the Camps. These immigrant detention centers are inhumane concentration camps. #CloseTheCamps #ICEOut #DefundICE #AbolishICE @indivisible.org #MedSky
The #ClimateChange crisis is also a #PublicHealth crisis. Warming temperatures affect health on a global scale. #MedSky
There are 15 COVlD hot spots across the US, according to our county-level map of CDC wastewater data. See Alt text for details. PMC Weekly COVlD Report: pmc19.com New Interactive Map: pmc19.com/interactive.php
Kennedy eventually said the measles vaccine is safe, and parents who have not, should vaccinate their children against measles. thehill.com/policy/healt...
RFK Jr. says parents should vaccinate children against measles
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday endorsed the measles vaccine while also pushing a string of false and debunked assertions about other vaccines, RSV and the ongoi…
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Three people were confirmed to have come down with tularemia, also known as rabbit fever. The disease can cause high fevers and extreme fatigue. Symptoms can be more severe than those of more common tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
What is rabbit fever? Cases of rare tick-borne illness reported in NYC
Three people in Suffolk County, the eastern part of Long Island, were confirmed to have come down with tularemia, also known as rabbit fever.
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On the surface of an herb, vegetable or berry, Cyclospora parasites lie dormant in pods — called oocysts — that are virtually invisible to the human eye. "It would take about a hundred of them, linked end to end, to fit across the head of a pin." www.npr.org/2026/08/02/n...
What Cyclospora does inside the gut and how it gets there
Cyclospora, the parasite that has sickened thousands this summer in the U.S., requires time in the human digestive tract to reproduce.
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A dangerous social media trend that started in 2020 has persisted into 2026, with heartbreaking consequences. The “Benadryl Challenge" may have been responsible for as many 131 deaths in the U.S. between 2020 and 2024. theconversation.com/the-benadryl...
The Benadryl Challenge isn’t going away – here’s how public health officials are trying to stop this deadly viral trend
This is just one example of an online trend with real-world health consequences.
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Our nation's #PublicHealth is worse since Trump took office last year. Americans are paying in more ways than one for this administration's incompetence. #MedSky
As we recall the trauma caused by COVID in 2020, we should not forget COVID continues to harm. Many still suffer from Long COVID, people who mask are often harassed, and we haven’t scaled clean air infrastructure. If we truly acknowledge past harms, we should be working to create a better future.
As long as there have been vaccines, there have been people who doubted their science and safety. Back in 19th-century England, people rioted against a mandatory smallpox vaccine, claiming it violated civil rights and was an affront to human bodily integrity. theconversation.com/how-vaccine-...
How vaccine skeptics use storytelling effectively to create powerful but medically inaccurate messaging
Recognizing the stories behind people’s concerns with vaccines can help public health advocates build a more inclusive approach to healthcare.
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Barry Blitt illustration in The New Yorker
