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Public Health On Call Podcast @publichealthpod.bsky.social · 2d

The expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies is setting higher premiums and pushing coverage out of reach.

Gerard Anderson discusses the political battle behind rising insurance costs and ripple effects across the health care system.

podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/972-inside-r...

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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · 27d

Excited for Grand Rounds @johnshopkinsehe.bsky.social on the human exposome with Dr Robert Wright

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · Oct 7

West Nile death reported in California

The death, in a county where high numbers of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes and dead birds have been found, is the fifth West Nile-related death in the state this year.

West Nile death reported in California

It's the fifth West Nile virus-related death in the state this year.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Sep 30

Join us for day 2 @health.nationalacademies.org virtual workshop, September 29-30, addressing personal protective equipment (#PPE) for workers in high-risk U.S. farm settings & practices to prevent Influenza A (H5N1) transmission between livestock & humans. Register:
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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Sep 29

“NIOSH is instrumental to US national security.” Shawn Gibbs kicks off the two day virtual workshop from NASEM Health and Medicine Division addressing personal protective equipment (PPE) to safeguard workers in high-risk U.S. farm settings against Influenza A (H5N1). Register:
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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Sep 29

Starting today!

Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Sep 24

Join @health.nationalacademies.org for a two-day virtual workshop, September 29-30, on personal protective equipment (PPE) to safeguard workers in high-risk U.S. farm settings against Influenza A (H5N1) and practices to prevent transmission between livestock and humans. Register:
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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Sep 24

Join @health.nationalacademies.org for a two-day virtual workshop, September 29-30, on personal protective equipment (PPE) to safeguard workers in high-risk U.S. farm settings against Influenza A (H5N1) and practices to prevent transmission between livestock and humans. Register:
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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Sep 23

Join us next week to discuss PPE use for farm workers to protect them (and the animals) from bird flu! #TotalWorkerHealth

NASEM Health and Medicine @health.nationalacademies.org · Sep 18

Join our virtual workshop, September 29-30, on personal protective equipment (#PPE) use to safeguard high-risk farm workers against Influenza A (H5N1) & practices to prevent transmission between livestock & humans. Register:https://buff.ly/pIEqHbE
#WorkerSafety #RuralHealth

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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Sep 20

Happy Caturday (napping is serious work)

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North America One Health University Network @naohun.bsky.social · Aug 28

The National Academy of Medicine’s virtual roundtable will share background information and initial components of the Building Trust in Health Science Collaborative, presenting its foundational goals and strategic framework. #OneHealth @onehealthapha.bsky.social nam.edu/event/buildi...

Building Trust in Health Science Roundtable: Learning & Leading—Together - NAM

The National Academy of Medicine’s Building Trust in Health Science Collaborative, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, brings together community

nam.edu

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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Sep 3

Signal boost: recall of raw pet food for bird flu

www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

FDA Notice: H5N1 in Certain Lots of RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats

FDA is notifying pet owners about test results that show H5N1 (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus) in samples from certain lots of RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats. Testing suggests a link between ...

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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy Caturday from the … bathroom? Really, girls?

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Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · Aug 28

The HHS and administration are destroying the public health system. Since CDC is not allowed to produce and follow the science, we are all in trouble. www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science...

Health leaders, medical groups: CDC leader exodus puts nation's health at risk

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Aug 28

The plot thickens — New C.D.C. Director Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

New C.D.C. Director Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign

www.nytimes.com

Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Jul 27

Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Jul 26

Happy Caturday — can’t tell if she’s awake or asleep but the pose is epic

Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Jul 17

Unsurprising but concerning that H5N1 has had a major economic impact on the dairy industry - www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Avian flu exacts heavy financial toll on dairy industry, report says

www.cidrap.umn.edu

Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Jul 3

The consequences of letting avian influenza run rampant in US poultry | Science—Cliff notes version: don’t let it run rampant, shout out to the whole team @ggronvall.bsky.social @andrewpekosz.bsky.social Erin Sorrell and Michell Kromm www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The consequences of letting avian influenza run rampant in US poultry

The approach proposed by a high-ranking US government official would be dangerous and unethical

www.science.org

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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Jun 23

May I please have an “OOOFFF” button or at least an eye roll emoji?

Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy Caturday

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · Jun 2

We've actively canceled many programs that help to protect us from a pandemic. We're not just forgetting, we're actively helping to make it happen.

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · Jun 2

I know we all like to forget COVID, but imo it’s bonkers that politicians talk so much about increasing defence spending, yet we’ve apparently forgotten to spend any time or money guarding against a future pandemic

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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · Jun 3

H5N1 bird flu outbreak shuts down a large egg farm in Arizona.

The owner of Hickman's Family Farms says ~6 million chickens will be culled (USDA reports 5.2 million). They say it will take two years to rebuild the flock and hundreds of workers will be laid off.

✍️: Corina Vanek / Arizona Republic

Massive bird flu outbreak hits Hickman's in Arizona: What's next for the egg supplier

Will the deaths of chickens to avian flu affect the availability of eggs and raise prices? Glenn Hickman said he doesn't expect a significant impact.

www.azcentral.com

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · Jun 1

The US is cutting science-- risking health, national security, and economic growth-- because of conspiracists.

Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · May 29

Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science

@ggronvall.bsky.social explains how in recent weeks, the Trump administration—including NIH Director Bhattacharya—has rationalized the defunding of scientific research by citing COVID-19's lab leak theory.

Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science | Think Global Health

Defunding scientific research in the United States has halted disease cure studies amid multiple infectious crises

www.thinkglobalhealth.org

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · May 27

There were almost no foreign students in the 2020-21 school year because international travel had been chilled by Covid. University budgets *crashed*, because foreign students are lucrative.

This is like that but... forever?

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · May 27

The US Administration has indefinitely blocked *all* student visa applicants from getting a visa interview.

Worldwide, unconditional, no end date. All.

International students are crucial to the US university system, American innovation, and future US prosperity.

Rubio Reportedly Pauses New International Student Visa Interviews

More than 1.1 million international students were enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities in the 2023-2024 school year.

www.forbes.com

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Meghan F Davis @meghandavisdvm.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you!!!

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