Kate
@katetsi17.bsky.social
PhD student in health policy & bioethics.
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Kate
@katetsi17.bsky.social
· Jun 24
The Surgeon General is the founder of a direct to consumer wearable continuous glucose monitor company, marketed towards people without diabetes. This is a conflict of interest.
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“Covid vaccines administered last fall sharply decreased the risk of emergency department and urgent care visits in children… [cutting] the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76 percent in children under 4, and 56 percent in children 5 to 17.”
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Covid vaccines administered last fall sharply decreased the risk of emergency department and urgent care visits in children… [cutting] the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76 percent in children under 4, and 56 percent in children 5 to 17.”
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News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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New study finds that a one-week social media detox led to meaningful mental-health improvements, reducing anxiety by 16.1%, depression by 24.8%, and insomnia by 14.5%.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Social Media Detox and Youth Mental Health
This cohort study evaluates the outcomes of a 1-week social media detox intervention on behavior and mental health symptoms.
jamanetwork.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
New study finds that a one-week social media detox led to meaningful mental-health improvements, reducing anxiety by 16.1%, depression by 24.8%, and insomnia by 14.5%.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Between February and August 2025, 1 in 30 NIH-funded clinical trials lost grant funding, affecting over 74,000 participants, with disproportionate impact on prevention, infectious disease, and behavioral trials. ja.ma/4i4tSYx
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Between February and August 2025, 1 in 30 NIH-funded clinical trials lost grant funding, affecting over 74,000 participants, with disproportionate impact on prevention, infectious disease, and behavioral trials. ja.ma/4i4tSYx
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Misinformation is harmless, they say, it's just a different POV they say ... "Canada has lost its measles elimination status, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since the fall of 2024, Canada has recorded more than 5k measles cases in 9 provinces and one territory." www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada loses its measles elimination status — as it happened | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Misinformation is harmless, they say, it's just a different POV they say ... "Canada has lost its measles elimination status, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since the fall of 2024, Canada has recorded more than 5k measles cases in 9 provinces and one territory." www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Ah yes the first lesson in epidemiology, "do the studies to make the proof"
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ah yes the first lesson in epidemiology, "do the studies to make the proof"
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If she has a baby in her placenta, she has bigger problems.
RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."
October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If she has a baby in her placenta, she has bigger problems.
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Babies and young children are now paying the price for creeping anti-vaccine rhetoric that began long before they were born.
These childhood diseases are preventable and, until recently, had been heavily suppressed, if not virtually eradicated, by widespread vaccination.
These childhood diseases are preventable and, until recently, had been heavily suppressed, if not virtually eradicated, by widespread vaccination.
October 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Babies and young children are now paying the price for creeping anti-vaccine rhetoric that began long before they were born.
These childhood diseases are preventable and, until recently, had been heavily suppressed, if not virtually eradicated, by widespread vaccination.
These childhood diseases are preventable and, until recently, had been heavily suppressed, if not virtually eradicated, by widespread vaccination.
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Jane Goodall understood better than most the impact humans have had on the planet. Having witnessed so much environmental deterioration during her lifetime, she was as much an activist as a scientist.
Read our piece from 2024 on the legendary primatologist. 💚
Read our piece from 2024 on the legendary primatologist. 💚
Jane Goodall Thinks It’s Not Too Late to Save the World
The world, the famed primatologist says, isn’t what it used to be—but there’s still time to save it, if we treat crises like climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty as one.
www.wired.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Jane Goodall understood better than most the impact humans have had on the planet. Having witnessed so much environmental deterioration during her lifetime, she was as much an activist as a scientist.
Read our piece from 2024 on the legendary primatologist. 💚
Read our piece from 2024 on the legendary primatologist. 💚
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These attacks on vaccines, tylenol, fluoridation of water, masks, etc is to keep everyone so distracted that nobody has the energy to ask
- why are so many lacking access to medical care?
- why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids?
- why is life expectancy falling?
- why are meds unaffordable?
- why are so many lacking access to medical care?
- why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids?
- why is life expectancy falling?
- why are meds unaffordable?
September 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
These attacks on vaccines, tylenol, fluoridation of water, masks, etc is to keep everyone so distracted that nobody has the energy to ask
- why are so many lacking access to medical care?
- why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids?
- why is life expectancy falling?
- why are meds unaffordable?
- why are so many lacking access to medical care?
- why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids?
- why is life expectancy falling?
- why are meds unaffordable?
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Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
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Birth control access for over 800,000 Americans is in jeopardy due to Trump illegally withholding Title X funding.
15 public health organizations are suing the Trump administration to ensure low-income families get the care they need.
15 public health organizations are suing the Trump administration to ensure low-income families get the care they need.
August 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Birth control access for over 800,000 Americans is in jeopardy due to Trump illegally withholding Title X funding.
15 public health organizations are suing the Trump administration to ensure low-income families get the care they need.
15 public health organizations are suing the Trump administration to ensure low-income families get the care they need.
The next frontier for reproductive autonomy, very early stages but looks promising! 0 side effects reported among study participants is especially exciting, given the range of side effects women can experience on hormonal birth control.
www.pharmacy.umn.edu/news/male-bi...
www.pharmacy.umn.edu/news/male-bi...
Male birth control pill shows promise in clinical trials
Results from the first in-human clinical trial of YCT-529, a hormone-free birth control pill for men developed by Dr. Gunda Georg and her team at the College of Pharmacy and YourChoice Therapeutics, s...
www.pharmacy.umn.edu
August 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The next frontier for reproductive autonomy, very early stages but looks promising! 0 side effects reported among study participants is especially exciting, given the range of side effects women can experience on hormonal birth control.
www.pharmacy.umn.edu/news/male-bi...
www.pharmacy.umn.edu/news/male-bi...
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Sum: NO, despite RFK Jr BS, raw milk NOT good idea.
Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 people sickened www.cbsnews.com/news/florida...
"...raw milk can carry life-threatening bacteria, such as E. coli, campylobacter, listeria or salmonella."
Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 people sickened www.cbsnews.com/news/florida...
"...raw milk can carry life-threatening bacteria, such as E. coli, campylobacter, listeria or salmonella."
Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 people sickened
Florida health officials say 21 people, including six children, were sickened by E. coli and campylobacter bacteria linked to raw milk, and seven were hospitalized.
www.cbsnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sum: NO, despite RFK Jr BS, raw milk NOT good idea.
Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 people sickened www.cbsnews.com/news/florida...
"...raw milk can carry life-threatening bacteria, such as E. coli, campylobacter, listeria or salmonella."
Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 people sickened www.cbsnews.com/news/florida...
"...raw milk can carry life-threatening bacteria, such as E. coli, campylobacter, listeria or salmonella."
When I started my education in public health (2018) we discussed the elimination of measles as a major public health win, and here we are now...
#CDC reports the confirmed #measles count in the country so far this year has hit 1,288, the highest single year total since 1992 — and the highest since measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/m...
U.S. sees most single-year measles cases since it declared disease eliminated
The U.S. has now recorded more confirmed measles cases this year than in any year in well over a quarter-century.
www.statnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When I started my education in public health (2018) we discussed the elimination of measles as a major public health win, and here we are now...
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It's shameful that we are so behind with endometriosis, but a landmark $50 million donation offers new hope. vajenda.substack.com/p/decades-be...
Decades Behind: The Shameful Neglect of Endometriosis Research
A Landmark $50 Million Donation Offers New Hope for One of Medicine's Most Overlooked Conditions
vajenda.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It's shameful that we are so behind with endometriosis, but a landmark $50 million donation offers new hope. vajenda.substack.com/p/decades-be...
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RFK Jr’s HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk.
HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.
www.cbsnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
RFK Jr’s HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk.
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
"pro vaccine groups" you mean... the overwhelming majority of scientists and doctors??
"pro-vaccine groups"
NYT editors are the fucking enemy
NYT editors are the fucking enemy
June 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"pro vaccine groups" you mean... the overwhelming majority of scientists and doctors??
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But, but, but, the Founding Fathers wanted everyone to have an assault weapon… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Gun Deaths of Children Rose in States That Loosened Gun Laws, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
But, but, but, the Founding Fathers wanted everyone to have an assault weapon… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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You cannot blame "formatting" for completely fabricated sources. What a joke.
Q: A NOTUS investigation found the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear to not exist. Does the WH have confidence in the info coming from HHS?
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance
Q: Did they use AI?
L: I can't speak to that
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance
Q: Did they use AI?
L: I can't speak to that
May 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You cannot blame "formatting" for completely fabricated sources. What a joke.