Ashleigh Gallagher, DrPH, MA
@drashgallagher.bsky.social
Daily public health news 🩺
Johns Hopkins Doctor of Public Health
Columbia Master’s in Clinical Psychology
Follow my 200K IG @healthylivingwithash
Johns Hopkins Doctor of Public Health
Columbia Master’s in Clinical Psychology
Follow my 200K IG @healthylivingwithash
PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE — DECEMBER 25, 2025
• Flu, RSV, and COVID rising
• Pediatric flu hospitalizations are increasing
• Measles cases continue in under-vaccinated communities
• Winter air quality can worsen respiratory risk
• It is still not too late to get vaccinated
Follow @healthylivingwithash
• Flu, RSV, and COVID rising
• Pediatric flu hospitalizations are increasing
• Measles cases continue in under-vaccinated communities
• Winter air quality can worsen respiratory risk
• It is still not too late to get vaccinated
Follow @healthylivingwithash
December 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE — DECEMBER 25, 2025
• Flu, RSV, and COVID rising
• Pediatric flu hospitalizations are increasing
• Measles cases continue in under-vaccinated communities
• Winter air quality can worsen respiratory risk
• It is still not too late to get vaccinated
Follow @healthylivingwithash
• Flu, RSV, and COVID rising
• Pediatric flu hospitalizations are increasing
• Measles cases continue in under-vaccinated communities
• Winter air quality can worsen respiratory risk
• It is still not too late to get vaccinated
Follow @healthylivingwithash
Honor of a lifetime to be invited to @gloriasteinem gorgeous apartment by my personal icon @haleylickstein 💕 So nice to converse with other creators in this space and I look forward to collaborating and supporting everyone in the future 👯
December 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Honor of a lifetime to be invited to @gloriasteinem gorgeous apartment by my personal icon @haleylickstein 💕 So nice to converse with other creators in this space and I look forward to collaborating and supporting everyone in the future 👯
Some good news!
Source: NYT
“Food allergies in children dropped sharply in the years after new guidelines encouraged parents to introduce infants to peanuts, a study has found. For decades, as food allergy rates climbed, experts recommended that parents avoid exposing their infants to allergens..”
Source: NYT
“Food allergies in children dropped sharply in the years after new guidelines encouraged parents to introduce infants to peanuts, a study has found. For decades, as food allergy rates climbed, experts recommended that parents avoid exposing their infants to allergens..”
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Some good news!
Source: NYT
“Food allergies in children dropped sharply in the years after new guidelines encouraged parents to introduce infants to peanuts, a study has found. For decades, as food allergy rates climbed, experts recommended that parents avoid exposing their infants to allergens..”
Source: NYT
“Food allergies in children dropped sharply in the years after new guidelines encouraged parents to introduce infants to peanuts, a study has found. For decades, as food allergy rates climbed, experts recommended that parents avoid exposing their infants to allergens..”
Source: @apnews - “Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday, building on the effort by DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
September 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Source: @apnews - “Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday, building on the effort by DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
From @march_fourth_ - This morning, a catholic school in MN became a war zone.
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1. Follow March Fourth—we’ll guide you on contacting Congress.
2. Contact Congress today through link in our bio.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
From @march_fourth_ - This morning, a catholic school in MN became a war zone.
1. Follow March Fourth—we’ll guide you on contacting Congress.
2. Contact Congress today through link in our bio.
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1. Follow March Fourth—we’ll guide you on contacting Congress.
2. Contact Congress today through link in our bio.
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Source: @postpolitics - “The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s request to cut $9 billion in foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting early Thursday, handing the administration a victory in its ongoing power struggle with Congress over federal…(contd)” @npr @pbs
July 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Source: @postpolitics - “The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s request to cut $9 billion in foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting early Thursday, handing the administration a victory in its ongoing power struggle with Congress over federal…(contd)” @npr @pbs
Source: @jhu_cgvs 🧡 “Educating and advocating for safe firearm storage practices saves lives.
Whether you own a gun or not, everyone should know: Gun safety starts with practicing secure storage.”
Whether you own a gun or not, everyone should know: Gun safety starts with practicing secure storage.”
June 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Source: @jhu_cgvs 🧡 “Educating and advocating for safe firearm storage practices saves lives.
Whether you own a gun or not, everyone should know: Gun safety starts with practicing secure storage.”
Whether you own a gun or not, everyone should know: Gun safety starts with practicing secure storage.”
Source: @nytimes - “The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years. The funding decreases touch virtually every area of science — extending far beyond…” (contd)
May 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Source: @nytimes - “The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years. The funding decreases touch virtually every area of science — extending far beyond…” (contd)
Source: @apnews - “U.S. health regulators announced plans Tuesday to phase out fluoride-containing supplements sometimes used to strengthen children’s teeth or reduce cavities, opening a new front in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort against a mainstay of dental care.”
May 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Source: @apnews - “U.S. health regulators announced plans Tuesday to phase out fluoride-containing supplements sometimes used to strengthen children’s teeth or reduce cavities, opening a new front in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort against a mainstay of dental care.”
Source: @nytwell - “A national organization that sets practice standards for physicians has for the first time outlined how doctors can give patients pain-relief options during the insertion of intrauterine devices and other common gynecological procedures.”
May 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Source: @nytwell - “A national organization that sets practice standards for physicians has for the first time outlined how doctors can give patients pain-relief options during the insertion of intrauterine devices and other common gynecological procedures.”
Source: @drjessicaknurick - “If you’re following someone who says they want to “make America healthy” but they’ve been silent about cuts to SNAP and Medicaid, as well as environmental rollbacks, weakened food safety oversight, and the censorship of research on health equity…” (contd)
May 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Source: @drjessicaknurick - “If you’re following someone who says they want to “make America healthy” but they’ve been silent about cuts to SNAP and Medicaid, as well as environmental rollbacks, weakened food safety oversight, and the censorship of research on health equity…” (contd)
Source: @groundnews - “The CDC has reported 216 pediatric flu deaths so far this season, the most since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. “This number that we have now is almost certainly an undercount,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary of the American Academy of Pediatrics…(contd)”
May 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Source: @groundnews - “The CDC has reported 216 pediatric flu deaths so far this season, the most since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. “This number that we have now is almost certainly an undercount,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary of the American Academy of Pediatrics…(contd)”
Source: @theatlantic - The safety of America’s food supply is getting murkier—and if there’s one thing you can do to protect yourself, it’s swearing off bagged, prechopped lettuce, Nicholas Florko writes. Romaine lettuce has a particularly bad reputation for food poisoning:
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May 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Source: @theatlantic - The safety of America’s food supply is getting murkier—and if there’s one thing you can do to protect yourself, it’s swearing off bagged, prechopped lettuce, Nicholas Florko writes. Romaine lettuce has a particularly bad reputation for food poisoning:
… (contd)
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Source: @washingtonpost - “Under President Donald Trump, the Education Department has begun cutting about $1 billion in mental-health-related grants created in response to mass school shootings. School psychology professionals across the country are scrambling to figure out how to move forward…”
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Source: @washingtonpost - “Under President Donald Trump, the Education Department has begun cutting about $1 billion in mental-health-related grants created in response to mass school shootings. School psychology professionals across the country are scrambling to figure out how to move forward…”
Source: @washingtonpost - “Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move that the agency said will increase transparency but that medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines and undermine the public’s trust in immunization…”
May 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Source: @washingtonpost - “Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move that the agency said will increase transparency but that medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines and undermine the public’s trust in immunization…”
Source: @johnshopkinssph - “Questions about vaccines and autism have been around for a while despite multiple scientific studies that do not show a connection.
Swipe through to learn where the concerns started, the science behind why experts have concluded there is no link, and…(contd)”
Swipe through to learn where the concerns started, the science behind why experts have concluded there is no link, and…(contd)”
May 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Source: @johnshopkinssph - “Questions about vaccines and autism have been around for a while despite multiple scientific studies that do not show a connection.
Swipe through to learn where the concerns started, the science behind why experts have concluded there is no link, and…(contd)”
Swipe through to learn where the concerns started, the science behind why experts have concluded there is no link, and…(contd)”