Kristen Sager Cincotta
@kscincotta.bsky.social
👩🏻🔬Science nerd in public health (American Cancer Society now, ICF and CDC previously)
🔬 Research advocate
📷 Loves photography, #Yankees, coffee, hiking
👨👩👦 #KidMom
Opinions my own, not my employer.
🔬 Research advocate
📷 Loves photography, #Yankees, coffee, hiking
👨👩👦 #KidMom
Opinions my own, not my employer.
This school board race has been super interesting, pitting an experienced teacher/school admin with a doctorate in education against a really strong (and frankly, intriguing) former APS student just out of college against a longtime APS parent (she finished third in Nov so not in this runoff).
a 14-year old went viral a decade ago in Atlanta for reciting a poem titled "White Boy Privilege”.
on Tuesday, he's running for a seat on the Atlanta school board, with support from the WFP and DSA.
one of my 25 elections to watch in December: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
on Tuesday, he's running for a seat on the Atlanta school board, with support from the WFP and DSA.
one of my 25 elections to watch in December: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This school board race has been super interesting, pitting an experienced teacher/school admin with a doctorate in education against a really strong (and frankly, intriguing) former APS student just out of college against a longtime APS parent (she finished third in Nov so not in this runoff).
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Turns out they/them pronouns are useful when you want to distance yourself from responsibility for the war crimes.
Hegseth: "As President Trump always has our back, we always have the back of our commanders who are making decisions in difficult situations. All these strikes, they're making judgement calls ensuring they defend the American people. They've done the right things. We'll keep doing that."
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Turns out they/them pronouns are useful when you want to distance yourself from responsibility for the war crimes.
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As chair of ACIP, Kulldorff was the tiebreaker vote on a proposal that would have required prescriptions for Covid-19 vaccines. Coincidence? apnews.com/article/cdc-...
Chairman of vaccine committee leaves for new HHS job
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has replaced the head of his controversial vaccine advisory committee.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As chair of ACIP, Kulldorff was the tiebreaker vote on a proposal that would have required prescriptions for Covid-19 vaccines. Coincidence? apnews.com/article/cdc-...
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Since 1991, the American Cancer Society has funded more than $3.6 billion in cancer research, including over $523 million in grants currently in progress.
This Giving Tuesday, we are grateful for your support of this critically important work.
Donate today: donate.cancer.org?campaign=eoy...
This Giving Tuesday, we are grateful for your support of this critically important work.
Donate today: donate.cancer.org?campaign=eoy...
I just helped save a life
You can save one, too. Donate now.
donate.cancer.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Since 1991, the American Cancer Society has funded more than $3.6 billion in cancer research, including over $523 million in grants currently in progress.
This Giving Tuesday, we are grateful for your support of this critically important work.
Donate today: donate.cancer.org?campaign=eoy...
This Giving Tuesday, we are grateful for your support of this critically important work.
Donate today: donate.cancer.org?campaign=eoy...
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Your gift to ACS CAN this #GivingTuesday isn’t just a donation—it’s a spark that fuels change in the fight against cancer.
Today, every dollar you donate will be matched up to $30,000, doubling your impact when it matters most.
Together, we can turn the tide and help save lives from cancer.
Today, every dollar you donate will be matched up to $30,000, doubling your impact when it matters most.
Together, we can turn the tide and help save lives from cancer.
Double your impact this Giving Tuesday: Help save lives from cancer
ACS CAN is the leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority.
act.fightcancer.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Your gift to ACS CAN this #GivingTuesday isn’t just a donation—it’s a spark that fuels change in the fight against cancer.
Today, every dollar you donate will be matched up to $30,000, doubling your impact when it matters most.
Together, we can turn the tide and help save lives from cancer.
Today, every dollar you donate will be matched up to $30,000, doubling your impact when it matters most.
Together, we can turn the tide and help save lives from cancer.
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On this World AIDS Day, we leave you all with a message from @drdemetre.bsky.social former Director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
#WorldAIDSDay #2025 #AIDS #HIV #PublicHealth #Prevention #Treatment #Remember
#WorldAIDSDay #2025 #AIDS #HIV #PublicHealth #Prevention #Treatment #Remember
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
On this World AIDS Day, we leave you all with a message from @drdemetre.bsky.social former Director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
#WorldAIDSDay #2025 #AIDS #HIV #PublicHealth #Prevention #Treatment #Remember
#WorldAIDSDay #2025 #AIDS #HIV #PublicHealth #Prevention #Treatment #Remember
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The US may not be recognizing #WorldAIDSDay but individually we can & should. Remember the millions who have died. Celebrate the transformative science that has stopped the death sentence that HIV once was. And keep up the fight to end the HIV epidemic.
Get tested. Get treated. Get on PrEP.
Get tested. Get treated. Get on PrEP.
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The US may not be recognizing #WorldAIDSDay but individually we can & should. Remember the millions who have died. Celebrate the transformative science that has stopped the death sentence that HIV once was. And keep up the fight to end the HIV epidemic.
Get tested. Get treated. Get on PrEP.
Get tested. Get treated. Get on PrEP.
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For the first time since 1993, the Trump admin has issued instructions *not* to commemorate World AIDS Day.
Erasing our history won’t erase the epidemic. Silence = Death.
Today, however, Lambda Legal honors the ongoing fight for the rights and dignity of people living with HIV. ❤️
Erasing our history won’t erase the epidemic. Silence = Death.
Today, however, Lambda Legal honors the ongoing fight for the rights and dignity of people living with HIV. ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For the first time since 1993, the Trump admin has issued instructions *not* to commemorate World AIDS Day.
Erasing our history won’t erase the epidemic. Silence = Death.
Today, however, Lambda Legal honors the ongoing fight for the rights and dignity of people living with HIV. ❤️
Erasing our history won’t erase the epidemic. Silence = Death.
Today, however, Lambda Legal honors the ongoing fight for the rights and dignity of people living with HIV. ❤️
Good thread.
HHS appointed Dr. Martin Kulldorff as chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) aspe.hhs.gov.
A few thoughts: 1/n
A few thoughts: 1/n
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Good thread.
The thing with being literally the wealthiest person to ever exist is that you can give away your money “inefficiently” and still do an insane amount of good.
It’s in fact extremely easy to give away money in a way that helps people.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The thing with being literally the wealthiest person to ever exist is that you can give away your money “inefficiently” and still do an insane amount of good.
SPOT. ON.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
SPOT. ON.
As I sit in the SYR airport after boarding then de-planing our flight home, CAN CONFIRM.
Travelers face challenging weather for the rest of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Winter storm warnings have been issued across the northern United States, with snow expected from Montana to New York.
Winter storm warnings stretch across the northern US, bringing snow, cold and risky conditions
Travelers face challenging weather for the rest of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Winter storm warnings have been issued across the northern United States, with snow expected from Montana to New York.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
As I sit in the SYR airport after boarding then de-planing our flight home, CAN CONFIRM.
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I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
AAP: ‘Stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims’ about vaccines, autism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website to include false claims linking vaccines and autism, prompting a swift rebuke from the AAP and other medical experts.
publications.aap.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Appointing someone from Louisiana feels like another direct slap in the face to Cassidy.
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a vaccine skeptic, tapped for No. 2 post at CDC, reports the @lailluminator.com
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a vaccine skeptic, tapped for No. 2 post at CDC • Georgia Recorder
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, who rolled back government vaccine distribution as the state’s top public health official, has been appointed to the second highest position at the U.S. Center...
georgiarecorder.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Appointing someone from Louisiana feels like another direct slap in the face to Cassidy.
No one should ever have to “earn” access to good healthcare.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
No one should ever have to “earn” access to good healthcare.
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Kennedy's eugenics influence.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Kennedy's eugenics influence.
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𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿!
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For questions, please contact [email protected].
#CanSky #OncSky 🧪
Applications for the winter cycle for the majority of our current funding opportunities are due on December 1, 2025 - just one week away!
For questions, please contact [email protected].
#CanSky #OncSky 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿!
Applications for the winter cycle for the majority of our current funding opportunities are due on December 1, 2025 - just one week away!
For questions, please contact [email protected].
#CanSky #OncSky 🧪
Applications for the winter cycle for the majority of our current funding opportunities are due on December 1, 2025 - just one week away!
For questions, please contact [email protected].
#CanSky #OncSky 🧪
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I don’t think there’s any moving forward for the United States without addressing the Musk problem.
badfaithtimes.com/holding-elon...
badfaithtimes.com/holding-elon...
Holding Elon Musk Accountable Is A Matter Of National Survival
Elected Democrats can't move on this time.
badfaithtimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I don’t think there’s any moving forward for the United States without addressing the Musk problem.
badfaithtimes.com/holding-elon...
badfaithtimes.com/holding-elon...
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I feel for the hardworking public health professionals of the CDC
Betrayed by leadership.
Shot at by right-wing terrorist.
Targeted by DOGE.
Watching their career’s work be destroyed.
Those that stay in the hope of rebuilding have my respect. Those that can’t stay like this have my understanding 😢
Betrayed by leadership.
Shot at by right-wing terrorist.
Targeted by DOGE.
Watching their career’s work be destroyed.
Those that stay in the hope of rebuilding have my respect. Those that can’t stay like this have my understanding 😢
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I feel for the hardworking public health professionals of the CDC
Betrayed by leadership.
Shot at by right-wing terrorist.
Targeted by DOGE.
Watching their career’s work be destroyed.
Those that stay in the hope of rebuilding have my respect. Those that can’t stay like this have my understanding 😢
Betrayed by leadership.
Shot at by right-wing terrorist.
Targeted by DOGE.
Watching their career’s work be destroyed.
Those that stay in the hope of rebuilding have my respect. Those that can’t stay like this have my understanding 😢
I strongly suspect that Cassidy’s mediocre white man over-inflated ego has him believing that people actually listen to him more than RFK Jr.
Cassidy can tattoo these words on his literal face and it won’t matter one bit compared to a Kennedy with a govt platform & Trump’s support.
Cassidy can tattoo these words on his literal face and it won’t matter one bit compared to a Kennedy with a govt platform & Trump’s support.
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I strongly suspect that Cassidy’s mediocre white man over-inflated ego has him believing that people actually listen to him more than RFK Jr.
Cassidy can tattoo these words on his literal face and it won’t matter one bit compared to a Kennedy with a govt platform & Trump’s support.
Cassidy can tattoo these words on his literal face and it won’t matter one bit compared to a Kennedy with a govt platform & Trump’s support.
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🧪 More than 74,000 people were affected by the cancellation of 383 clinical trials funded by the #NIH.
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
🧪 More than 74,000 people were affected by the cancellation of 383 clinical trials funded by the #NIH.
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
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This is achingly beautiful and almost too painful to read in places (but you still should). The cruelty of cancer, the longing to be with your children — and the twist of fate, being RFK Jr’s cousin as he unwinds U.S. health research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is achingly beautiful and almost too painful to read in places (but you still should). The cruelty of cancer, the longing to be with your children — and the twist of fate, being RFK Jr’s cousin as he unwinds U.S. health research.
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She also talks about how her odious cousin RFK Jr. cutting cancer research and clinical trials has impacted her personally.
Caroline Kennedy’s daughter Tatiana Schlossberg announces she has terminal cancer with a year to live in an essay in the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
She also talks about how her odious cousin RFK Jr. cutting cancer research and clinical trials has impacted her personally.
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This week the Trump CDC attacked science — and our health, and our kids’ health — by twisting the truth on the CDC website.
There’s things to say about the playbook they used, and that’s helped by a little explanation about scientific truth in practice.
New vid explainer from me:
🧪 part 1/
There’s things to say about the playbook they used, and that’s helped by a little explanation about scientific truth in practice.
New vid explainer from me:
🧪 part 1/
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This week the Trump CDC attacked science — and our health, and our kids’ health — by twisting the truth on the CDC website.
There’s things to say about the playbook they used, and that’s helped by a little explanation about scientific truth in practice.
New vid explainer from me:
🧪 part 1/
There’s things to say about the playbook they used, and that’s helped by a little explanation about scientific truth in practice.
New vid explainer from me:
🧪 part 1/