Rob Camp
@robcamp.bsky.social
patient advocacy, patient engagement, patient education, collaboration
Federal Health? I wouldn't bet on it. #resist
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
projects.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Federal Health? I wouldn't bet on it. #resist
We've all seen versions of this story all year. It's only gotten worse since original publication #resist
Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world's most malnourished
Infant twins suffered from malnutrition in Nigeria. One died shortly after the Trump administration sharply cut funding for the United States Agency for International Development.
apnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM
We've all seen versions of this story all year. It's only gotten worse since original publication #resist
I may have linked to this previously, but here it is again! #resist The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism
Data can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:32 PM
I may have linked to this previously, but here it is again! #resist The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Rob Camp
Reposted by Rob Camp
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City.
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City.
I'm having a colonoscopy later in January. Good news! The evidence is clear: A liquid-only diet before a colonoscopy is unnecessary www.statnews.com/2024/03/19/c... via @statnews.com
The evidence is clear: A liquid-only diet before a colonoscopy is unnecessary
The pre-colonoscopy liquid diet is unnecessary and harder on the patient.
www.statnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I'm having a colonoscopy later in January. Good news! The evidence is clear: A liquid-only diet before a colonoscopy is unnecessary www.statnews.com/2024/03/19/c... via @statnews.com
Informed consent - let's not underestimate the importance of, but also let's make it more comprehensible!
Informed Consent in Medical Care Requires Consideration of Alternatives - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law
I recently had a surprising discussion with a well-informed colleague on the fact that doctors must provide alternatives to patients, not just a single
publichealthpolicyjournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Informed consent - let's not underestimate the importance of, but also let's make it more comprehensible!
What is choice, and who and how do we best understand and use it? #resist
The political selectivity of medical freedom: a double standard
The political selectivity of medical freedom creates a dangerous double standard. Explore how "choice" is protected for some but criminalized for others.
kevinmd.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What is choice, and who and how do we best understand and use it? #resist
Ensayos clínicos, ¿para ti? youtu.be/9Gdt3HWLYWQ?...
Campaña RECLUT@, saliendo a la calle
YouTube video by EUPATI España
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ensayos clínicos, ¿para ti? youtu.be/9Gdt3HWLYWQ?...
"Vaccine researcher" in quotes!
The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity
While NIH director Jay Bhattacharya focuses on podcasting, his second in command is dramatically remaking the agency.
www.theatlantic.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Vaccine researcher" in quotes!
"The CDC is over." My Loooong Chat With Queer Public Health Leather Daddy Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Transitioning from the CDC Back to NYC.
open.substack.com/pub/thecafta...
open.substack.com/pub/thecafta...
"The CDC is over." My Loooong Chat With Queer Public Health Leather Daddy Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Transitioning from the CDC Back to NYC.
The LGBTQ health expert, he of the shirtless selfies, was among a cadre of top CDC officials to walk out in protest of the madness under RFK Jr. Soon he'll be back in NYC—as top doc at Callen-Lorde.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"The CDC is over." My Loooong Chat With Queer Public Health Leather Daddy Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Transitioning from the CDC Back to NYC.
open.substack.com/pub/thecafta...
open.substack.com/pub/thecafta...
Let's test it in Africa, but not make it available there! #resist
Do All Countries Benefit From Clinical Trials?
Five years after testing, only 24% of medicines had received market authorization in the countries where trials were conducted.
www.poz.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Let's test it in Africa, but not make it available there! #resist
Shilling for companies? #resist
Can Solidarity Keep the HIV/AIDS Community Independent From Drug Companies?
Longtime activist Suzy Subways asks us to keep our criticism of Big Pharma strong—even when that’s where we get our funding.
www.thebody.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Shilling for companies? #resist
Reposted by Rob Camp
Why do Republicans keep trying to mess with health insurance? Democrats are "winning" on this issue of decency, productivity, family finances, and hospital survival. But real people are losing in all too real ways, unless they're rich. My latest @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/three-dumb...
The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care
How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Why do Republicans keep trying to mess with health insurance? Democrats are "winning" on this issue of decency, productivity, family finances, and hospital survival. But real people are losing in all too real ways, unless they're rich. My latest @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/three-dumb...
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
www.nejm.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
CDC’s "new" vaccine advisory panel faces a crisis of its own making #resist www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/a... via @statnews.com
CDC’s vaccine advisory panel faces a crisis of its own making
“ACIP has drifted toward inflating speculative risks while downplaying well-established vaccine benefits,” write former CDC officials Demetre Daskalakis, Daniel Jernigan, and Debra Houry.
www.statnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
CDC’s "new" vaccine advisory panel faces a crisis of its own making #resist www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/a... via @statnews.com
Agree wholeheartedly #resist I have long Covid. Don’t call my chronic disease a ‘journey’ www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/c... via @statnews.com
I have long Covid. Don’t call my chronic disease a ‘journey’
A “journey” is something you choose. No one chooses chronic illness.
www.statnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Agree wholeheartedly #resist I have long Covid. Don’t call my chronic disease a ‘journey’ www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/c... via @statnews.com
No surprise for me! #resist
Foreign interference or opportunistic grifting: why are so many pro-Trump X accounts based in Asia?
A new feature on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter allows users to see the location of other accounts. It has resulted in a firestorm of recriminations
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
No surprise for me! #resist
Fits with everything else they're doing. #resist
US will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, reports say. 🧪
“An awareness day is not a strategy.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“An awareness day is not a strategy.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, reports say
State department has told employees and grant recipients to not publicly promote or make event on 1 December
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Fits with everything else they're doing. #resist
Happy Thxgiving! #resist
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants
www.scientificamerican.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Happy Thxgiving! #resist
New drugs? Not on Bobby's watch! #resist Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research | Science | AAAS
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
New drugs? Not on Bobby's watch! #resist Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research | Science | AAAS
A 30-month waiting list! The government of Catalunya should be ashamed! #resist www.aidsmap.com/news/nov-202...
How Europe's busiest PrEP clinics are simplifying care and reaching new populations
Leading community-led PrEP services are rethinking how they deliver services while reaching beyond their traditional user base. Facing waiting lists of thousands, the clinics are streamlining care and...
www.aidsmap.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A 30-month waiting list! The government of Catalunya should be ashamed! #resist www.aidsmap.com/news/nov-202...
What if we #resist? What if RFK Jr. reacted to his cousin’s terminal cancer as JFK reacted to his baby’s death? www.statnews.com/2025/11/26/t... via @statnews.com
What if RFK Jr. reacted to his cousin’s terminal cancer as JFK reacted to his baby’s death?
When President Kennedy’s newborn son died in 1963, it galvanized research. A new Kennedy family tragedy should spur RFK Jr. to support cancer research, not cut it.
www.statnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What if we #resist? What if RFK Jr. reacted to his cousin’s terminal cancer as JFK reacted to his baby’s death? www.statnews.com/2025/11/26/t... via @statnews.com
I had no idea. #resist jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
Inhaler Price Caps
This Viewpoint describes the public health implications of high inhaler costs for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I had no idea. #resist jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
Probably (hopefully) BS, but FYI.
How dangerous is Trump’s drug pricing policy for European patients? | Euractiv
‘Only the companies truly know, and they exploit this to pit countries against each other’, French MP Hendrik Davi writes
www.euractiv.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Probably (hopefully) BS, but FYI.