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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS

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PhD/MHS Epidemiology: Infectious Diseases, Digital Health, Substance Use, Science Communication|Thoughts are my own| #Episky #IDsky www.bethlinas.com

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 23d

My most recent op Ed! When thinking about #COVID vaccines we MUST discuss long COVID and until now this conversation has been lacking!

Without Vaccines, Long COVID Will Be Our Next Public Health Crisis | Defend Public Health

Defend Public Health member Dr. Beth Linas shares an often overlooked aspect of reducing access to COVID19 vaccines: the specter of more and more cases of Long COVID.

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 8h

“Kennedy says he wants to follow the science; you can't follow the science if you're not funding the science” www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

HHS Spiked Vax Safety Study; Aaron Siri and RFK Jr.; Pivoting NIH Off Animal Models

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 17h

It’s Wednesday so it’s time for the Whooper of the week!

RFK Jr. is Dead Wrong Babies Won't Get Hepatitis B

Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. is Dead Wrong Babies Won't Get Hepatitis B | Defend Public Health

RFK Jr does not want the CDC to recommend newborns be vaccinated against the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV infection early in life, especially as a baby, puts a person at a high risk of developing a ch...

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 1d

Science and expertise have taken a back seat to ideology and misinformation,” the former surgeons general warned

Former Surgeons General Say It's Their Duty to Warn of 'Profound' Threat RFK Jr. Poses to Americans | Common Dreams

Former US surgeons general warn that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses a threat to public health with anti-vaccine views and misinformation.

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 2d

Part of me feels now is the time
To get the govt out of science but we can’t “This administration has abruptly frozen billions in research grants to universities it accuses of antisemitism or bias unrelated to the research. Some research is being terminated midstream & further funding cuts loom”

Trump slashed funding for universities that helped create these vital drugs

Medications that prevent HIV, shrink tumors and treat seizures were invented with government funding. At research universities, that money is now canceled or in jeopardy.

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 3d

When in doubt post a pic of your dog 🐾 (this is how she sleeps)

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CNN @cnn.com · 3d

Solely focusing on your physical health isn’t enough to achieve longevity, a new study has found.

Emotional well-being can be just as important as physical health for longevity, study suggests | CNN

Older adults can increase their longevity through a holistic health approach that focuses on physical lifestyle changes and emotional well-being, a new study finds.

cnn.it

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Doctor Waffles @doctorwaffles.bsky.social · 4d

anywhooo I like you 🤎🐾

If people don’t like you that’s okay
You only need to be concerned if dogs don’t like you.
Then it’s time for some self-reflection

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 4d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 3d

Facts

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 4d

News today that ICE shot a woman is chilling. The videos online show that there are some abusive, masked thugs masquerading as law enforcement.

Nobody deserves this. The courts need to step in.

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 3d

I have Jury Duty for a DC district court this week. I’m to report regardless of the shutdown bc this is a local court. HOWEVER jurors won’t receive pay because of the shutdown. Make it make sense!🤬

Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 4d

This is a call for science communication to be tailored very specifically. “… I’ve been unsettled by what appears to be a growing skepticism of science among some of my Generation Z students, shaped in part by the different online cultures these young people have grown up in”

Opinion | Why Young Men Are Losing Faith in Science

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 5d

What’s that about waste,fraud, and abuse? THIS IS ABUSE

CDC Inaction Stalls COVID Shots for Low-Income Kids

Meanwhile, vaccines for insured kids are already available

www.medpagetoday.com

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 6d

Farewell, @cbsnews.com.

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Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 6d

I’m so sorry this will
Impact that

Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 6d

You don’t think Antisemitism is a big deal? Well, there was an attack on Jews in Manchester on the holiest day of the Jewish Calendar, Yom Kippur- so what’s that? Jew hate runs deep across the world, making it scary to be a Jew.

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Noah Emery, PhD @noahemery.bsky.social · 7d

Really excited to share the results from our recent Randomized Clinical Trail of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for those in early SUD recovery just published in JAMA Psychiatry led by the intrepid David Eddie.

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Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Substance Use Disorder

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the effects of second-generation heart rate variability biofeedback on negative affect, positive affect, craving, and alcohol and other drug use in adults with...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 7d

RFK Jr. still hasn’t signed off on the ACIP recommendations for COVID19 vaccines. It’s been almost 2 weeks.

The impact of his continued maliciousness is that these shots still aren’t available to families for their kids through the Vaccines for Children program, which about half of US kids use.

Low-income children lack access to Covid vaccines because of approval delay

Two weeks after vaccine advisers approved new Covid recs, Kennedy still hasn’t given his approval, leaving states unable to order updated shots for low-income kids.

www.statnews.com

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 6d

Retaliation is the MO of this administration. The NIH lost another great leader. 🤬

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, former Director of NIAID, is Fired by Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy in Retaliation for Filing Whistleblower Complaint with the Office of Special Counsel - Katz Banks...

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) learned today that Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. termina...

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 7d

“It’s got bipartisan support—and millions of Americans need it. But Congress keeps failing to lock in telehealth funding.”

Another shutdown casualty: Medicare telehealth coverage

It's got bipartisan support—and millions of Americans need it. But Congress keeps failing to lock in telehealth funding.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 7d

On Wednesdays @defendpublichealth.bsky.social does a whopper of the week!

This time we focus on the false claim that Tylenol causes autism spectrum disorder.

Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Blames Tylenol Taken in Pregnancy for Autism | Defend Public Health

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 7d

Are you a healthcare worker or scientist (or know someone who is)? #RFKJr is bragging that he has your support. Time to let Congress know HCWs and scientists do NOT support this man. Take a few minutes to send in a postcard. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...

Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health

When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...

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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 8d

You all know that one person who just has to talk on every call and comment after every statement? Man, do they trigger me! READ THE ROOM

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