Hospitals around the U.S. are filling up with children who are especially hard hit this #influenza season. Oddly, it's only those who didn't get the #flu vaccine.
does anyone have experience with taking #flumist as an adult? i took it a couple of days ago and am having side effects, to the extent where i'm thinking i shouldn't be around elderly people on the chance that i could shed virus their way....
not how i was hoping to kick off winter break/holidays 😿
am kind of wondering how "normal" this is. very much like being ill, sneezing and head cold symptoms, some aches, maybe light fever, two full days
“'It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies,' Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health at Duke University, wrote on BlueSky.
Hepatitis B, which can cause liver failure, is a significant health issue in Guinea-Bissau..."
https://undark.org/2025/12/23/cdc-hepatitis-vaccine-study/
#PublicHealth #HepatitisB #HepB #vaccines #immunizations #ChildrensHealth #research #grants #funding #bioethics #CDC #HHS #ACIP #GuineaBissau #GlobalHealth
“'It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies,' Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health at Duke University, wrote on BlueSky.
Hepatitis B, which can cause liver failure, is a significant health issue in Guinea-Bissau..."
https://undark.org/2025/12/23/cdc-hepatitis-vaccine-study/
#PublicHealth #HepatitisB #HepB #vaccines #immunizations #ChildrensHealth #research #grants #funding #bioethics #CDC #HHS #ACIP #GuineaBissau #GlobalHealth
Hospitals around the U.S. are filling up with children who are especially hard hit this #influenza season. Oddly, it's only those who didn't get the #flu vaccine.
Trump & RFK are bringing back the worst of U.S. criminal racist medical abuses of the past, like the Tuskegee experiment that killed over 100 African American men the South.
This time, in the name of proving that vaccines are unnecessary, or dangerous, they've awarded a $1.6 million grant to a group of controversial Danish researchers (The Bandim group) to delay the hepatitis B vaccine to children in Guinea-Bissau, despite the fact that it has already been proven safe and effective, particularly when given to newborns. This is in a region with high endemic hepatitis B prevalence (up to 20% of the population is infected). And it is particularly unethical and cruel, when any delay in vaccination increases the risk of lifelong, irreversible hepatitis infection and premature death.
Past studies by the Bandim researchers have been challenged by mainstream scientists, but championed by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. The grant smacks of corruption and cronyism, as it was awarded to the Danish team without any competition from any other scientists. A review published in Vaccine last month found that the Bandim researchers “have systematically over-interpreted the findings from their randomized trials” for 25 years.
#publichealth #hepatitis #vaccines #antivax #rfkjr #trump #cdc #africa #racism #children #ethics
Some further thoughts about the reappearance of chronological ordering of posts in #twitter / #X
First an observation: I am seeing that people in the sciences use X for tweetorials/threads and mostly limit interactions outside their field (except when something really far out originates within our admin). The trolls will ofc resurface when one posts something popular that the PTB dislike (whether it is #ai , #covid , #climatechange, #vaccines). Nevertheless, since engagement is down ....
“'We estimate that over a seven-year follow-up period, the shingles vaccine averts one in five new dementia diagnoses,' says Dr. Pascal Geldsetzer, an assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University and senior author of the study.
The findings were replicated in a similar study in JAMA this year, looking at seniors in Australia when the government rolled out a similar shingles-vaccine program."
#research #science #vaccines #immunizations #dementia #cancer
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
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A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #COVID #Vaccines #Fraud #Law #Health #PublicHealth #Utah #PamBondi
Read this. #RFKJr is in the process of killing children. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/cidrap-op-ed-heres-what-removal-hepatitis-b-birth-dose-will-look
Read this. #RFKJr is in the process of killing children. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/cidrap-op-ed-heres-what-removal-hepatitis-b-birth-dose-will-look
“'We estimate that over a seven-year follow-up period, the shingles vaccine averts one in five new dementia diagnoses,' says Dr. Pascal Geldsetzer, an assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University and senior author of the study.
The findings were replicated in a similar study in JAMA this year, looking at seniors in Australia when the government rolled out a similar shingles-vaccine program."
#research #science #vaccines #immunizations #dementia #cancer
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages.
When the CDC’s panel relies on vaccine deniers over experts and applies an impossibly high standard to evaluate vaccines, it isn’t empowering parents to make better decisions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/11/world/hepatitis-b-vaccine-vote-reverses-progress/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #vaccines #medicine #cdc #donaldtrump #robertfkennedyjr #health #hepatitisb #covid19
