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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 10h

This is so bad.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 10h

Good god and it just got so much worse w tonite’s Friday night massacre

Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 1d

read this important article from my colleague @tarahaelle.bsky.social we can't trust the CDC or NIH any longer to provide accurate information. But she shares where to find it.

Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 1d

Don't count on the #CDC for evidence-based information about #vaccines these days. But there still remain plenty of other resources for getting that information. Here's where to start.

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s what you asked for.

bsky.app/profile/iwil...

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h

Illinois State Troopers Arrest ICE protesters at Broadview Detention Center

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 1d

Don't count on the #CDC for evidence-based information about #vaccines these days. But there still remain plenty of other resources for getting that information. Here's where to start.

Where to find accurate vaccine information amidst the CDC’s ongoing collapse

With the CDC no longer a trustworthy source, use these resources to find reliable, accurate, evidence-based information about vaccines.

healthjournalism.org

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: "I agree with you about the seriousness of threats, generally, across the United States right now. I don't think there's a single public servant, really, who is not being subject to threats.

"Mine started about 10 minutes after I got this case."

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 1d

You need to scroll way up for context, but I’m 💀💀💀

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry cites the claims of "slashed tires" and "keyed cars."

"Some of this frankly sounds like a Carrie Underwood song."

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 2d

We can't rely on the CDC for evidence-based information about vaccines anymore. It's sad and frustrating, but that's where we are. So here are a ton of other resources where you can go instead. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/10...

Where to find accurate vaccine information amidst the CDC’s ongoing collapse

With the CDC no longer a trustworthy source, use these resources to find reliable, accurate, evidence-based information about vaccines.

healthjournalism.org

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 4d

An ICE agent in Portland, OR, targeted a frog-suited protester’s air intake valve with pepper spray — a tactic that medical experts say could have been life-threatening.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 8d

biting my lip to not snark "but did they control for the Benadryl" (yes this is a joke) (for the people who don't get it: the studies linking long-term Benadryl use and dementia risk didn't control for the insomnia/untreated MCAS participants were using it for)

Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 8d

Poor sleep could make the brain appear years older than it really is. Using MRI scans and machine learning, scientists found a clear link between unhealthy sleep patterns and accelerated brain aging.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Poor sleep speeds brain aging and may raise dementia risk

New research shows that poor sleep could make the brain appear years older than it really is. Using MRI scans and machine learning, scientists found a clear link between unhealthy sleep patterns and a...

www.sciencedaily.com

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Salvor Hardin @destinyguardian.blacksky.app · 7d

Credited to Rene Syler:

"Look at her face.

This is Major General Lorna M. Mahlock, USMC, the first Black woman in Marine Corps history to reach general officer rank. A trailblazer, a warrior, a woman who's earned every credential, medal, and command in her story."

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 7d

How can––and should––health workers respond when fascist ICE agents invade our hospitals and clinics? I outlined an anti-fascist approach to caregiving in this essay.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again

When the government obstructs care, caregivers must go underground.

www.thenation.com

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Slay Bones @clayjones.bsky.social · 10d

Another excellent article by Tara Haelle. I’ve spoken to her a number of times for previous articles and she is one of the best journalists out there covering pediatric medicine. This is a complex issue and she deftly handles the controversial aspects of abusive head trauma.

Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 10d

The story I'm referring to that I wrote a few months back is here. www.sciencenews.org/article/shak...

No, shaken baby syndrome has not been discredited

Defense lawyers have called shaken baby syndrome, or abusive head trauma, junk science. But doctors say shaking a baby is dangerous.

www.sciencenews.org

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 10d

The story I'm referring to that I wrote a few months back is here. www.sciencenews.org/article/shak...

No, shaken baby syndrome has not been discredited

Defense lawyers have called shaken baby syndrome, or abusive head trauma, junk science. But doctors say shaking a baby is dangerous.

www.sciencenews.org

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 10d

If you've followed anything on the #Roberson case in Texas, this is an important op ed to read from three pediatricians. I interviewed two of these pediatricians for my story on abusive head trauma.
reader.dallasnews.com/infinity/art...

Roberson’s daughter died of abusive head trauma

reader.dallasnews.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10d

More inspiring photos of Des Moines students staging a walkout to protest their superintendent's detention by ICE!

(photos by Lily Smith of the Register)

Teenagers walk out of a school and down steps while holding signs with messages like "Keep ICE out" and "Abolish ICE." One student holds a megaphone.

Teenagers stand outside and listen to someone speaking. They are holding signs with messages like "Do I look like a criminal?" and "ICE is not nice" and "Protect migrants, protect due process."

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 14d

I feel so awful for parents of newly diagnosed autistic kids right now, being drowned in such hateful nonsense. You deserve better. Your autistic kid deserves better.

My kid was diagnosed 20 yrs ago; please let me give you hopeful advice:

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/09/afte... #autism #parenting

After an Autism Diagnosis: 13 Necessary Next Steps For Parents — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

If your child has recently been given an autism diagnosis, as my son was in 2003, here's what I want you to know: Learn from me, don't be me.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Cis PeeBee🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈BLM🍉 @peebeejaybee.bsky.social · 15d

This isn't just abt Tylenol, @tarahaelle.bsky.social shows how they're approving autism meds - leucovorin - with standards of evidence below the usual threshold.

One to read & bookmark✊🏻💜

#ActuallyAutistic
#Autism
#AuDHD
#Tylenol
#Paracetamol

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 16d

“When officials in [US] agencies are so blatantly no longer relying on the actual evidence base to make policy, we have to assume that ‘data’ from them is so tainted that none of it can be fully trusted—and audiences need to know that.” @tarahaelle.bsky.social:

healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/09...

Countering false and misleading claims about Tylenol and autism from the top

Journalists must rely on evidence, medical societies and experts to counter misinformation from federal agencies about Tylenol and autism.

healthjournalism.org

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 15d

She has so much more to answer for than just Oz. Jenny McCarthy, Dr Phil…

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 15d

SCOTUS is utterly out of control. It’s remarkable that Roberts has any shred of hope left that history will not judge his legacy with disdain.

Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 15d

The shadow docket is functionally a cheat code to allow conservatives to break the law faster

by @andrewtorrez.bsky.social

www.lawandchaospod.com/p/scotus-to-...

SCOTUS To Lower Courts: Drop Dead

We are the law now.

www.lawandchaospod.com

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 16d

“When officials in [US] agencies are so blatantly no longer relying on the actual evidence base to make policy, we have to assume that ‘data’ from them is so tainted that none of it can be fully trusted—and audiences need to know that.” @tarahaelle.bsky.social:

healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/09...

Countering false and misleading claims about Tylenol and autism from the top

Journalists must rely on evidence, medical societies and experts to counter misinformation from federal agencies about Tylenol and autism.

healthjournalism.org

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 16d

But what is a particular politician actually *is* a Nazi?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Vance: "If you want stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi."

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 16d

The journey toward an #RSV #vaccine for children has been wrought with tragedy and setbacks. But six decades after scientists embarked on that path, they are nearing the finish line. I report at @sciam.bsky.social

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

What’s Next in RSV Prevention? Here’s What’s on the Horizon

The journey toward an RSV vaccine for children has been wrought with tragedy and setbacks. But six decades after scientists embarked on that path, they are nearing the finish line

www.scientificamerican.com

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 16d

A tragic #RSV #vaccine trial in the 1960s set the field back for decades. Here’s how scientists finally made breakthroughs in RSV #immunization—both vaccines and monoclonal #antibodies. I report at @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-lo...

From Tragedy to Eureka—The Long Road to RSV Drugs

A tragic RSV vaccine trial in the 1960s set the field back for decades. Here’s how scientists finally made breakthroughs in RSV immunization

www.scientificamerican.com

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 16d

Check out the incredible #RSV package from @sciam.bsky.social. Articles from me, @lizszabo.bsky.social @markkreidler.bsky.social, Suzette Brewer & editing frm @emilybazar.bsky.social. All editorially independent reporting. www.scientificamerican.com/report/innov... (we didn't know who sponsors were)

Innovations In: RSV

The prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has seen incredible advancement in the past few years. In this editorially independent package, Scientific American explores breakthroughs in immuni...

www.scientificamerican.com

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 16d

It's a brave new world reporting on health/science w so much misinfo from once-credible institutions. Journalists must keep informing audiences w accurate, evidence-based info—even when federal leaders have totally lost the plot. #tylenol #autism #vaccines healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/09...

Countering false and misleading claims about Tylenol and autism from the top

Journalists must rely on evidence, medical societies and experts to counter misinformation from federal agencies about Tylenol and autism.

healthjournalism.org

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