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Melody Schreiber
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Health contributor/reporter at Guardian US, contributing editor at the New Republic, freelance elsewhere. Arctic obsessive and book enthusiast.

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If the FDA has proof that vaccines killed children, it needs to release that evidence immediately.
joho.bsky.social Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 8h
So, let's play make-believe and pretend that Prasad has rock solid proof the vaccine killed 10 kids.

He is now sitting on it, refusing to give doctors on the ground the information they need to inform their patients.

The opposite of radical transparency.

endpoints.news/fda-says-it-...
FDA says it won't release details of claimed Covid vaccine deaths in 'near term'
Details from an investigation by CBER Director Vinay Prasad into 10 alleged child deaths related to Covid-19 vaccines won't be coming soon, an FDA spokesperson told Endpoints News on Wednesday.
endpoints.news
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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matttomic.bsky.social
Man, the Bluesky Wrapped 2025 is pretty brutal
Two screenshots designed in the style of Spotify Wrapped but they're presented as being a (nonexistent) Bluesky Wrapped Screenshot 1: You spent 738 posts on the following topics: 1. Dunking on the New York Times op-ed section 2. Talking about drama at New York Magazine 3. Weighing in on the New York City mayoral election Screenshot 2: Based on this, your most likely place to be located would be: New York, NY Instead, swipe to see where, based on geotagging, you actually live
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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ohheyjenna.bsky.social
🚨LA-based journalists/journos willing to relocate to the west coast:

We're looking for a senior news editor to help run our news operation in downtown LA!

If you're well-versed in breaking news and want to work with really wonderful humans, APPLY!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Senior News Editor, West Coast
The Guardian is a global news organization that delivers fearless, independent journalism. From breaking news and award-winning investigations, to in-depth coverage of technology, sports, film, cultur...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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The top drug regulator at FDA is already moving to retire, weeks after accepting the job. It adds to an already tumultuous year at the agency. My latest: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
FDA drug chief signals possible exit as agency turmoil deepens
Richard Pazdur’s potential retirement weeks into the role adds to upheaval at the FDA amid political pressure
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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My brother would've turned 29 today. Hold your loved ones close.
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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It's giving: Tuesday
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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lydiakiesling.bsky.social
A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
Donate to Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention, organized by CLEAR Clinic
Our client Lorena (pseudonym) is a single-parent asylum-seeker w… CLEAR Clinic needs your support for Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention
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December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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msainato.bsky.social
I am looking to speak with individuals about their affordability concerns/issues they're experiencing this holiday season and the impact on their families

Please reach out to me at [email protected]

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
‘I can’t get a single present’: millions in US barely scraping by amid holidays
As of November, 15.6 million workers in the US are still affected by the pandemic’s economic downturn
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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snowden.st
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
chart of child mortality in history, roughly 48% for all societies across the globe…until the 20th century, where it plummets to 4%
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Cloud seeding???
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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prum.bsky.social
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Absolutely this. The idea that 20% of a student body couldn't be disabled is an expression of ableism (not understanding disability) but also an implicitly normative statement -- that 20% of students shouldn't be disabled.
disabilitystor1.bsky.social Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Richard Pazdur is retiring from the top drug regulatory position at the FDA after only weeks on the job. He reportedly declined the promotion at first, after his predecessor left under... unusual circumstances.
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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This post by @enirenberg.bsky.social is absolutely worth your time. It's not just scicomm, it's poetry. deplatformdisease.substack.com/p/the-cdc-a-...
The concept of death feels simple, but declaring something dead is far more complicated. Cells die in dozens of ways. Organs fail at different rates. Even the heartbeat—our most intuitive marker—can be replaced by machines. Brain death generates its own quandaries. Parts of the body can die while the rest continue on, as in necrosis. And when tissue does die, it doesn’t go quietly: it releases toxins that threaten the whole organism. I am not in a position to be able to declare the CDC dead. Many dedicated career scientists and public health professionals are still working tirelessly for the American people within the organization. If anything is the agency’s heart, it is them. And that heart still beats. But something vital has died.
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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New Lizza just dropped, so it's time for me to tap the sign
melodyschreiber.com Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 8d
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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skirchy.bsky.social
This move was widely celebrated but nevertheless demands scrutiny. Important reporting here by @melodyschreiber.com. Is this the way the FDA will make decisions going forward? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’
Physicians say FDA panel conflated two issues and made baseless claims about unproven health benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social
The only thing you need to know about Nuzzi is that she used her position of power, as a journalist, to advise & elevate the world’s most prominent anti-vaccine activist... The latest bombshell revelations ... risk obscuring the important part of the story: The beliefs RFK Jr. espouses kill people.
melodyschreiber.com Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 8d
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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notdred.bsky.social
A cardiac MRI?? Ok well that’s weird.
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d
WHITE HOUSE ON MRI: CARDIAC IMAGING WAS NORMAL
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Good news! The Ebola outbreak in DRC has been contained
World Health Organization Monday, 1 December 2025 DISEASE OUTBREAK NEWS Ebola virus disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON589 Situation at a glance On 1 December 2025, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared the end of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak which had been declared on 4 September 2025. The end was declared after two consecutive incubation periods (a total of 42 days) since the last person confirmed with EVD tested negative for the virus and was discharged on 19 October 2025. A total of 64 cases (53 confirmed, 11 probable), including 45 deaths
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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"For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the nation's immune system... During 2025 that immune system has been compromised." Op-ed in the Lancet by @drdebhoury.bsky.social, Dan Jernigan, and @drdemetre.bsky.social:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses, and safeguarding population hea...
www.thelancet.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Martin Kulldorff, the chair of ACIP, was just appointed chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).

Kirk Milhoan is the new chair of ACIP.
Renowned Epidemiologist and Biostatistician Martin Kulldorff Appointed to Senior HHS Role WASHINGTON—DECEMBER 1, 2025—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the appointment of Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D., as chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). Kulldorff recently chaired the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and previously taught at Harvard Medical School. He is a biostatistician and epidemiologist with more than 200 peer-reviewed publications. ASPE serves as HHS’ in-house think tank, providing policy advice to the Secretary. It also leads special initiatives, coordinates departmentwide research and evaluation activities, manages major planning processes, and produces analyses and cost estimates for policy options across public health, health care, and human services. “Martin Kulldorff transformed ACIP from a rubber stamp into a committee that delivers gold-standard science for the American people,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said. “I’m glad to welcome him to my team to help develop bold, evidence-based policies to Make America Healthy Again.” Before his leadership on ACIP, Kulldorff helped build the CDC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine and drug safety surveillance systems by developing new statistical and epidemiological methods for the Vaccine Safety Datalink and Sentinel systems. He served on the FDA Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and on the ACIP COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical Work Group. Kirk Milhoan, M.D., Ph.D., a pediatric cardiologist and former U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, now chairs ACIP. Robert Malone, M.D., serves as vice chair.
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Pictures of David Kirby appeared in "Life" magazine this month in 1990. Kirby was dying of complications of AIDS. The photographs were taken at Pater Noster House, a hospice in Columbus, Ohio.

#MedSky + #IDSky + #HistorySky.

www.life.com/history/behi...
World AIDS Day: The Photo That Changed the Face of HIV/AIDS
LIFE.com shares the story behind one of the most harrowing and controversial photographs to emerge from the global pandemic.
www.life.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
melodyschreiber.com
The FDA bypassed its typical process and overstated the science behind menopause hormone therapy, experts told me – with troubling implications for future drug decisions
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’
Physicians say FDA panel conflated two issues and made baseless claims about unproven health benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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asia-ilse.bsky.social
I think apart from undermining the fight against HIV, trump also knows on World AIDS Day he can't hide from the violence he has committed by slashing treatment, prevention and research in the U.S. and around the world.

His White House is full of cowards, *hiding* from World AIDS Day.
altcdc.altgov.info Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 8d
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
Photograph of a printed guidance memo stating that the U.S. Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year. Key points include: USG funds should not be used for related events, personnel should refrain from public promotion via social media or other channels, and CDC and other USG staff may attend local events but cannot speak or promote attendance. The memo notes this guidance supersedes previous blanket approval and may require adjustments to planned activities.
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM