Miriam Rabkin

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Allies Call to Eliminate All Childhood Vaccine Recommendations Inside the MAHA movement’s Washington meetup.

“The childhood vaccination schedule needs to be eliminated," MAHA Institute's president said at a meeting Monday, @notus.com reports www.notus.org/health-scien...

Many academic institutions failed to protect their institutional integrity, while state boards failed to protect the public's safety. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Over five million people protested against the regime in June.

More than seven million people took to the streets in October.

March 28 will be even bigger, with nearly 3,000 events already on the No Kings Day map. Be part of the largest protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Can primary care programs be support people living with #HIV? ICAP's Wafaa El-Sadr & Joey Platt examine "The Promise of Integration of HIV Into Primary Care: Challenges and Opportunities" in the Journal of the International AIDS Society. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.70093

The Durham Resistance Singers at the Chapel Hill Stand up for Science rally

A speaker at the Chapel Hill Stand Up for Science rally, with people sitting and standing listening

A woman showing two signs for the Stand Up for Science rally in Chapel Hill. One reads: “Got Measles? Me neither. Thanks science” and the other reads: “Trump’s America, where we have to spend time arguing that Nazis are bad and science is good”

Some alternate views 🙂

Speakers at Standup for Science in Chapel Hill

#standupforscience Chapel Hill, NC

The surgeon general nominee can’t get people to stop asking her about vaccines Casey Means alarmed immunization advocates at her confirmation hearing, but some opponents don’t trust her either.

🚨 Let's be super clear: Means = science-free wellness grifter.

Surgeon general nominee can’t get people to stop asking her about vaccines www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

@angierasmussen.bsky.social: "Means’ responses on vaccines as an attempt to obscure her previous anti-vaccine positions."

1. A #measles & #flu update.
We're only 9 weeks into the year & the total confirmed measles cases so far puts makes 2026 the second worst year for measles in the past 34 years.
The worst year was last year. But in merely 9 weeks, 2026 has recorded 56% of the entire 2025 total.
Gonna be a bad year.

Exclusive | FDA’s Controversial Vaccines Chief Will Leave the Agency Dr. Vinay Prasad will depart in April, after a year leading the division that approves vaccines and biotech drugs.

Vinay Prasad is out (again) at FDA www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The State of US Vaccine Policy — Mar 5, 2026

Here's a good, thorough update on the state of U.S. #vaccine policy and the ongoing #RFKJr destruction of #PublicHealth https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/state-us-vaccine-policy-mar-5-2026

#ImpeachRFKJr

Casey Means still doesn’t have the votes. Keep the letters coming.

Measles is back in California. Health departments are fighting it with less. California is battling measles outbreaks across seven counties as federal funding cuts gut local health departments and vaccine skepticism fuels spread among unvaccinated children.

California is battling measles outbreaks across seven counties as federal funding cuts gut local health departments and vaccine skepticism fuels spread among unvaccinated children.

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

“An economic disaster, a public health disaster, a moral disaster”

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs and several others weigh such changes.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

As measles spreads in South Carolina, RFK Jr’s allies work to gut vaccine laws Activists who dispute safety of vaccines are pushing to limit immunization requirements in schools

As measles spreads in South Carolina, RFK's allies work to gut vaccine laws www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, Orbital by Samantha Harvey, Babel by RF Kuang, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, No One is Talking about This by Patricia Lockwood....

Former surgeon general: The Senate must not approve someone who can't practice medicine as the nation’s top doctor “The surgeon general is not a wellness influencer,” writes former Surgeon General Jerome Adams of Casey Means.

Please click here to send a letter to your Senator to oppose this nomination.
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www.statnews.com/2026/02/27/c... via @statnews.com

‘Viruses don’t know borders’: US anti-vaccine rhetoric could impact global measles crisis Experts say global measles vaccination rates are falling as Trump officials signal a deprioritization of the virus

The Trump administration’s global havoc is unending.

My latest story is about how the Trump admin is amplifying anti vaxx conspiracies just as measles outbreaks are spreading across the globe; many countries have just lost elimination status, and others are on the brink.

'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."

In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair." n.pr/3N9Foa8

13 Measles Cases Reported at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas The infections at the center in El Paso come amid growing worries by some lawmakers about the conditions at immigration detention centers across the country.

Thirteen measles cases have been reported at an immigration detention center in El Paso according to state and federal officials.

Dr. Catharine Young: We are now at 1136 new measles cases - in just the first 8 weeks of this year alone. A preventable disease resurging. This is an abject policy failure.

Recent studies challenge Kennedy's claims about vaccines, Tylenol and antidepressants The Trump administration has pledged to conduct its own studies, but research continues to contradict its claims.

New research keeps contradicting #RFKJr's continuing torrent of bullshit. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/recent-studies-challenge-kennedys-claims-vaccines-tylenol-antidepressa-rcna259464

# vaccines #antidepressants #Tylenol

The image shows a New York Times article titled "E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show," with a background photo of a coal plant with smokestacks emitting smoke. At the bottom, the word "Indivisible" is displayed.

News headline image from The Guardian featuring an article about an order by the President to protect weedkiller manufacturers from lawsuits. The image shows various weedkiller containers, including Roundup, on a shelf.

Image of a webpage from Food Dive with a headline stating "Trump admin to revoke dozens of food product standards." The page includes logos of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA.

Like everything else with Trump, “Make America Healthy Again” was a lie.

And the Lancet's editorial that goes with it
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

This week's cover @thelancet.com

As Measles Spreads in N.C. Hospital, Doctors Confront a Challenge: It’s Hard To Spot As the Carolinas near 1,000 cases, health care workers who’ve never seen the vaccine-preventable disease can get caught by surprise.

NC state epidemiologist Zack Moore: “We are preparing for a future in which we follow a trajectory like SC, where we see sort of a gradual accumulation of cases" then "a more explosive growth in the outbreak and spread across the state.” www.theassemblync.com/news/health/...

Just what we don't need
www.wsj.com/opinion/case...

Jerome Adams & @JeromeAdamsMD X.com As a former U.S. Surgeon General who held an active medical license and practiced medicine while in the role (at Walter Reed and aboard the USS Comfort) it is incomprehensible that the Senate is even considering a nominee for this role who lacks any active license and has never practiced unsupervised. 7:49 PM • 2/25/26 • 369 Views

Trump’s first-term Surgeon General speaks out against Trump’s current nominee for the job, Casey Means

Oppose Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General The Senate HELP Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Casey Means to serve as U.S. Surgeon General on Wednesday, February 25th. While we were hoping this nomination was dead, i...

Help push us over 2500 letters! Still time to write to your Senators (and get your friends to do so too). Casey Means is a charlatan with dangerous views on contraception, raw milk, vaccines and has a whole lot of conflict of interest-she's making money off it all.
actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

RFK Jr. downplays vaccine agenda as Republicans warn of midterm risks Health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on tour to tout his MAHA food initiatives and drug pricing over vaccines, an issue GOP pollsters see as a liability.

RFK Jr. misleads:
Downplays vaccine agenda as Republicans warn of midterm risks
Health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on tour to tout his MAHA food initiatives and drug pricing over vaccines, an issue GOP pollsters see as a liability
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...