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Caitlin Rivers
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Infectious disease epidemiologist @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Associate professor. Author of CRISIS AVERTED (Viking). Outbreak newsletter at caitlinrivers.substack.com
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · Nov 13
Welp, public health is back in the spotlight. My book CRISIS AVERTED explains why public health is the real "wellness" industry + a candid look at what we get wrong. WSJ called it a "successful attempt to reset our relationship with...public health." 🧪
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Crisis Averted by Caitlin Rivers, PhD: 9780593490792 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“Readers should come away from Crisis Averted with a better comprehension of what public health does and why it is such a crucial endeavor.” —The Washington Post "A master class in how...
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 18h
I'm also very grateful to @cmyeaton.bsky.social, whose newsletter this past weekend offers an invaluable round-up of state-level infectious disease data updates: caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/cdc-data-i... (3/3)
CDC data interrupted, so we went state by state
A look at Covid-19, flu and RSV trends in each state
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 3d
The government shutdown interrupted CDC's disease updates, so Team Force of Infection spent our Saturday going to the websites of all 50 health departments to check on Covid-19, flu and RSV. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/cdc-data-i...
CDC data interrupted, so we went state by state
A look at Covid-19, flu and RSV trends in each state
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 3d
The government shutdown interrupted CDC's disease updates, so Team Force of Infection spent our Saturday going to the websites of all 50 health departments to check on Covid-19, flu and RSV. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/cdc-data-i...
CDC data interrupted, so we went state by state
A look at Covid-19, flu and RSV trends in each state
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 5d
“framing science as a debate to be won makes it easy to paint established scientists as opponents who must be overcome”

An interesting thesis and suggestion of a solution

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o... 🎁
Opinion | How the Manosphere Hijacks Young Men’s Interest in Science
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Matthew Herper @matthewherper.bsky.social · 5d
Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough, the State’s First Pertussis Death in 13 Years www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases
A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.
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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 12d
Noticing lots of cold symptoms and cases of the sniffles? 🤧 We're seeing a sharp increase in rhinovirus, which causes the common cold, as shown in our latest weekly data. This isn't unexpected for this time of year when kids go back to school and mixing increases.
Line graph showing weekly percentage of positive tests for flu, COVID-19, RSV and rhinovirus in England from October 2024 to September 2025. Rhinovirus rises sharply this September; COVID-19 and flu increase more slowly; RSV is the lowest on the chart.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 15d
The very patchy school calendars give me this feeling, too. We have something like 2 full weeks of school between now and December.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 15d
What are parents of chronically absent kids saying about the reasons? I am curious too.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 15d
I wondered about this too. I didn't find any data in a cursory search, which is surprising.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 15d
Perhaps, but they are also literally getting sick more? Skipping over an obvious driver in favor of scolding bothers me.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 15d
So much discussion around student absenteeism blames students and families for not caring enough to show up. But the actual data shows that illness is the leading cause of absenteeism. I'd be very curious to see how these numbers looked before Covid-19 was added to the virus pile.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 18d
Preview of my next newsletter: Covid-19 activity is falling and influenza is hanging out at low levels. I’m hopeful we’ll get a proper reprieve before the winter sick season!
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 18d
don't rush me
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 18d
I finally updated to Zotero 7 and it's been fine! Good UI updates, none of my extensions or plugins broke. Go ahead, fellow wait-and-see-ers.
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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 19d
what a great interview
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 19d
I spoke with @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social about respiratory disease surveillance, long covid, and how people can use disease data to make decisions thesicktimes.org/2025/09/18/e...
Epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers shares advice for interpreting COVID-19 and other infectious disease data - The Sick Times
To offer guidance on finding and interpreting infectious disease data during these confusing times, managing editor Betsy Ladyzhets talked to Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Univers...
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 19d
I spoke with @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social about respiratory disease surveillance, long covid, and how people can use disease data to make decisions thesicktimes.org/2025/09/18/e...
Epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers shares advice for interpreting COVID-19 and other infectious disease data - The Sick Times
To offer guidance on finding and interpreting infectious disease data during these confusing times, managing editor Betsy Ladyzhets talked to Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Univers...
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 19d
ICYMI: We recapped yesterday's HHS Long COVID roundtable event and related announcements. Will be adding more comments from patient advocates to the story today.
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 19d
NEW: RFK Jr.'s HHS has committed to prioritizing Long COVID, but it's unclear if the agency will dedicate new funding to research and supports.

@mileswgriffis.bsky.social and I recap what we learned at today's roundtable event for @thesicktimes.org: thesicktimes.org/2025/09/18/k...
Kennedy’s HHS commits to Long COVID, but without clear funding - The Sick Times
Following two roundtable discussions with leading researchers and government officials — but limited patient engagement — HHS announced a public awareness campaign and medical resource platform
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 19d
Yes, they found Omicron to cause less severe illness than previous variants and so decided it wasn't cost effective.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 20d
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JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination in 2025 and spring 2026
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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 20d
Here's what ACIP is planning to vote on today and tomorrow:

- No MMRV vaccine before age 4 (only MMR and V separately)

- No hepatitis B vaccine at birth unless the birthing parent is hep B+ (what about others?). After one month of age, "shared decision making" w/ doctor
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Next ACIP Meeting: Anticipated Votes
Read draft vote language to be considered during the next ACIP meeting.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · Nov 13
Welp, public health is back in the spotlight. My book CRISIS AVERTED explains why public health is the real "wellness" industry + a candid look at what we get wrong. WSJ called it a "successful attempt to reset our relationship with...public health." 🧪
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704843...
Crisis Averted by Caitlin Rivers, PhD: 9780593490792 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“Readers should come away from Crisis Averted with a better comprehension of what public health does and why it is such a crucial endeavor.” —The Washington Post "A master class in how...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 26d
Death from sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in a child in Los Angeles
SSPE is a rare sequel of #measles infection that appears years after the initial infection, and is uniformly fatal. So sorry for this family. As things are going on the US, we'll be seeing more of these cases.
Child dies from rare measles-related complication, LA County health officials say
Health officials reported the death of a Los Angeles County child from a complication of measles infection acquired during infancy.
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 29d
Good morning from Bethesda, MD! I am here for the RECOVER-TLC workshop, set to announce new Long COVID clinical trials.

@thesicktimes.org is live blogging the meeting, and I will have a news feature about the trials later today. thesicktimes.org/2025/09/09/l...
Live blog: RECOVER-TLC workshop on new Long COVID clinical trials - The Sick Times
Researchers and advocates meet near the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus this week in Bethesda, Maryland for the second RECOVER-Treating Long COVID (TLC) workshop. The two-day event will off...
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · Sep 7
Covid is peaking..but what really caught my eye is flu! It's pretty early for flu to be stirring. We'll see if it sticks around. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/weekly-hea...
Covid peaking while flu-like illness stirs
Covid activity peaks in some areas while influenza-like illness rises for fourth consecutive week
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Sep 7
“This early uptick doesn't necessarily mean we're headed straight for an early season, but it bears watching closely. As a point of comparison, the 2022-23 season followed a similar trajectory, but we did not cross the 3% threshold until late October.”
#IDsky 🧪
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · Sep 7
Covid is peaking..but what really caught my eye is flu! It's pretty early for flu to be stirring. We'll see if it sticks around. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/weekly-hea...
Covid peaking while flu-like illness stirs
Covid activity peaks in some areas while influenza-like illness rises for fourth consecutive week
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