Cremevax
@cremevax.bsky.social
Big nerd energy, dog and cat enthusiast. 🏳️🌈, she/her. Also: sailor, all-around science appreciator, astrophotography newbie. I tend to be more chatty on mastodon: @[email protected]
PSA: I heart vaccines but my handle has to do with the DEC kind.
PSA: I heart vaccines but my handle has to do with the DEC kind.
The CDC updated their clade II mpox case trends page:
www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/da...
www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/da...
U.S. Case Data: Monkeypox
Case trends for clade I and clade II monkeypox in the United States
www.cdc.gov
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The CDC updated their clade II mpox case trends page:
www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/da...
www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/da...
Also: the CDC added a link the December update for the 2025-2026 respiratory disease outlook on their outbreak forecast page -- but the link 404s out if you try to load it.
Forecast page: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
Broken link, will presumably go live at some point: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
Forecast page: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
Broken link, will presumably go live at some point: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
Qualitative Assessments
CFA uses qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods to support public health response.
www.cdc.gov
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Also: the CDC added a link the December update for the 2025-2026 respiratory disease outlook on their outbreak forecast page -- but the link 404s out if you try to load it.
Forecast page: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
Broken link, will presumably go live at some point: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
Forecast page: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
Broken link, will presumably go live at some point: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
The CDC made a lot of changes to their outbreak forecasting pages, especially with respect to risk assessments. TBH, I can't tell if these are substantive changes or not.
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
Qualitative Assessments
CFA uses qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods to support public health response.
www.cdc.gov
December 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The CDC made a lot of changes to their outbreak forecasting pages, especially with respect to risk assessments. TBH, I can't tell if these are substantive changes or not.
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
The FDA removed TICE BCG, used in treatment of bladder cancer, from its list of licensed vaccines:
www.fda.gov/vaccines-blo...
www.fda.gov/vaccines-blo...
Vaccines Licensed for Use in the US
The product name and trade name of vaccines licensed for use in the United States.
www.fda.gov
December 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The FDA removed TICE BCG, used in treatment of bladder cancer, from its list of licensed vaccines:
www.fda.gov/vaccines-blo...
www.fda.gov/vaccines-blo...
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
The CDC updated the yellow book entry for Brazil, removing a health alert for meningococcal disease.
www.cdc.gov/yellow-book/...
www.cdc.gov/yellow-book/...
Brazil
Learn how to prepare travelers visiting Brazil.
www.cdc.gov
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The CDC updated the yellow book entry for Brazil, removing a health alert for meningococcal disease.
www.cdc.gov/yellow-book/...
www.cdc.gov/yellow-book/...
The CDC updated their covid-19 hospital admisssions forecast page last Friday as well:
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Forecast
Review weekly reports and forecasts of COVID-19 hospital admissions at the national and state level.
www.cdc.gov
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The CDC updated their covid-19 hospital admisssions forecast page last Friday as well:
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
The CDC's modeling and forecasting group updated their current epidemic trends for respiratory diseases page on Friday.
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
Current Epidemic Trends (Based on Rt) for States
CFA’s Rt page estimates COVID-19, influenza, and RSV epidemic trends for U.S. states.
www.cdc.gov
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The CDC's modeling and forecasting group updated their current epidemic trends for respiratory diseases page on Friday.
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
The CDC's mpox situation summary was updated: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/si...
Monkeypox in the United States and Around the World: Current Situation
Learn about the current monkeypox situation around the world
www.cdc.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The CDC's mpox situation summary was updated: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/si...
The CDC updated its clinical overview of clade I and II mpox: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/hc...
Clinical Overview of Clade I and Clade II Monkeypox
How to manage patients with monkeypox
www.cdc.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The CDC updated its clinical overview of clade I and II mpox: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/hc...
The CDC presented a webinar for clinicians about seasonal influenza prevention and control today, and posted the slides from it: www.cdc.gov/coca/hcp/tra...
2025 – 2026 Clinical Recommendations for Seasonal Influenza Prevention and Control
COCA presenters will provide an overview of the flu burden and recommendations for the 25-26 season
www.cdc.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The CDC presented a webinar for clinicians about seasonal influenza prevention and control today, and posted the slides from it: www.cdc.gov/coca/hcp/tra...
The CDC has updated its flu vax dashboard: www.cdc.gov/fluvaxview/d...
Weekly Flu Vaccination Dashboard
Get weekly flu vaccination data for local areas, states, HHS regions, and the nation.
www.cdc.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The CDC has updated its flu vax dashboard: www.cdc.gov/fluvaxview/d...
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
The CDC says it will have an upcoming release of its CDC Open-Source Visualization Editor (COVE) in late January. www.cdc.gov/cove/about/w...
What's New
What's New - Release Notes
www.cdc.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The CDC says it will have an upcoming release of its CDC Open-Source Visualization Editor (COVE) in late January. www.cdc.gov/cove/about/w...
The CDC updated their weekly forecast for covid hospital admissions: www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Forecast
Review weekly reports and forecasts of COVID-19 hospital admissions at the national and state level.
www.cdc.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The CDC updated their weekly forecast for covid hospital admissions: www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
The CDC has updated its state-level Rt estimates for covid, influenza and RSV. It also said it wasn't doing an estimate for influenza overall, because they weren't sure about changes in emergency department use.
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
Current Epidemic Trends (Based on Rt) for States
CFA’s Rt page estimates COVID-19, influenza, and RSV epidemic trends for U.S. states.
www.cdc.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The CDC has updated its state-level Rt estimates for covid, influenza and RSV. It also said it wasn't doing an estimate for influenza overall, because they weren't sure about changes in emergency department use.
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
The CDC updated its risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, now that end of the outbreak has been declared.
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
Risk to the United States from the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025)
Assessing the risk posed by the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the DRC to the US
www.cdc.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The CDC updated its risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, now that end of the outbreak has been declared.
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
After removing many of the vaccine equity partner pages yesterday, the CDC has replaced them with this:
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
which appears to be from January 2025.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
which appears to be from January 2025.
P4VE Funded Partners
Read about CDC partners that help promote equity with vaccine confidence and uptkae in communities.
www.cdc.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After removing many of the vaccine equity partner pages yesterday, the CDC has replaced them with this:
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
which appears to be from January 2025.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
which appears to be from January 2025.
You have no doubt heard about the CDC's ACIP votes today. For the sake of completeness, here is the final vote language:
www.cdc.gov/acip/meeting...
www.cdc.gov/acip/meeting...
Next ACIP Meeting: Anticipated Votes
Read draft vote language to be considered during the next ACIP meeting.
www.cdc.gov
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
You have no doubt heard about the CDC's ACIP votes today. For the sake of completeness, here is the final vote language:
www.cdc.gov/acip/meeting...
www.cdc.gov/acip/meeting...
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The country's biggest anti-vaccine lawyer, the guy behind weakened school mandates in Mississippi and West Virginia, who pulls in millions a year harassing the CDC on behalf of Del Bigtree's anti-vaxx org is ... presenting at ACIP. This panel is anti-vaccine theater. It's a cruel joke.
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The country's biggest anti-vaccine lawyer, the guy behind weakened school mandates in Mississippi and West Virginia, who pulls in millions a year harassing the CDC on behalf of Del Bigtree's anti-vaxx org is ... presenting at ACIP. This panel is anti-vaccine theater. It's a cruel joke.
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Look I get the urge to ignore science, I find it hard to accept that cheese is bad for you/jogging has a point/bourbon isn't a vegetable. It's normal, you get over it, whatever.
What I don't get is ignoring science in the service of killing as many of your own voters as possible, for no reason
What I don't get is ignoring science in the service of killing as many of your own voters as possible, for no reason
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Look I get the urge to ignore science, I find it hard to accept that cheese is bad for you/jogging has a point/bourbon isn't a vegetable. It's normal, you get over it, whatever.
What I don't get is ignoring science in the service of killing as many of your own voters as possible, for no reason
What I don't get is ignoring science in the service of killing as many of your own voters as possible, for no reason
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"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist."
- Hannah Arendt
- Hannah Arendt
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist."
- Hannah Arendt
- Hannah Arendt
On the CDC's mpox public health strategy page at www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/ph..., they deleted this "promote vaccination" box in the vaccination strategies section.
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
On the CDC's mpox public health strategy page at www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/ph..., they deleted this "promote vaccination" box in the vaccination strategies section.
The CDC updated their case trends for clade II mpox page: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/da...
U.S. Case Trends: Clade II Monkeypox
Case trends for clade II monkeypox in the United States
www.cdc.gov
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The CDC updated their case trends for clade II mpox page: www.cdc.gov/monkeypox/da...
The CDC archived their pages from the Partnering for Vaccine Equity (P4VE) program.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
+ many others
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
+ many others
www.cdc.gov
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The CDC archived their pages from the Partnering for Vaccine Equity (P4VE) program.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
+ many others
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-equi...
+ many others