Dr. Tracy Catalde
@tcatalde.bsky.social
Coordinator of School-Based Behavioral Health. Contextual Behavioral Science, ACT, RFT, and ProSocial. Following and/or liking is not an endorsement.
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New data show Uber knowingly approves drivers with violent convictions including child/elder abuse and gun/weapons charges. Data suggest ~11% of their drivers would be banned if they used stricter criteria, but they have opted not to.
As is, they receive sexual misconduct reports ~every 8 mins.
As is, they receive sexual misconduct reports ~every 8 mins.
December 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
New data show Uber knowingly approves drivers with violent convictions including child/elder abuse and gun/weapons charges. Data suggest ~11% of their drivers would be banned if they used stricter criteria, but they have opted not to.
As is, they receive sexual misconduct reports ~every 8 mins.
As is, they receive sexual misconduct reports ~every 8 mins.
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The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake the childhood vaccine schedule. I wrote this for CIDRAP News as an explainer for the general public and public health folks, who may not be familiar with the legal issues involved.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake vaccine schedule
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake the childhood vaccine schedule. I wrote this for CIDRAP News as an explainer for the general public and public health folks, who may not be familiar with the legal issues involved.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
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Ranking Member Robert Garcia Demands Answers from RFK Jr. After CDC Committee Undermines Hep B Vaccine; American Children to Face Devastating Health Consequences
Ranking Member Robert Garcia Demands Answers from RFK Jr. After CDC Committee Undermines Hep B Vaccine; American Children to Face Devastating Health Consequences
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December 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Ranking Member Robert Garcia Demands Answers from RFK Jr. After CDC Committee Undermines Hep B Vaccine; American Children to Face Devastating Health Consequences
Ranking Member Robert Garcia Demands Answers from RFK Jr. After CDC Committee Undermines Hep B Vaccine; American Children to Face Devastating Health Consequences
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Weiss: “we should explain this, with a voice arguing that Trump is exceeding his authority under the relevant statute, and another arguing that he's operating within the bounds of his authority.
There's a genuine debate here.”
To the extent this is debatable, it’s already been settled by SCOTUS.
There's a genuine debate here.”
To the extent this is debatable, it’s already been settled by SCOTUS.
December 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Weiss: “we should explain this, with a voice arguing that Trump is exceeding his authority under the relevant statute, and another arguing that he's operating within the bounds of his authority.
There's a genuine debate here.”
To the extent this is debatable, it’s already been settled by SCOTUS.
There's a genuine debate here.”
To the extent this is debatable, it’s already been settled by SCOTUS.
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Without a fix from Congress, costs for many people who buy health care on the Affordable Care Act marketplace have gone up. Here's what's to know about cheaper choices — and pitfalls to be aware of.
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Shopping for pricy ACA health plans? Some cheaper options come with trade-offs
Without a fix from Congress, costs for many people who buy health care on the Affordable Care Act marketplace have gone up. Here's what's to know about cheaper choices — and pitfalls to be aware of.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Without a fix from Congress, costs for many people who buy health care on the Affordable Care Act marketplace have gone up. Here's what's to know about cheaper choices — and pitfalls to be aware of.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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“The ride-hailing giant received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average from 2017 to 2024, according to internal data revealed in litigation, far more than what the company has publicly disclosed.”
Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“The ride-hailing giant received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average from 2017 to 2024, according to internal data revealed in litigation, far more than what the company has publicly disclosed.”
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Doctors urge pregnant women to get flu and COVID #vaccines as the respiratory illness season approaches www.kkco11news.com/2025/12/17/d...
Doctors urge pregnant women to get flu and COVID vaccines as the respiratory illness season approaches
Health experts say that vaccines are the most effective prevention against serious complications from respiratory illnesses.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Doctors urge pregnant women to get flu and COVID #vaccines as the respiratory illness season approaches www.kkco11news.com/2025/12/17/d...
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Imagine a radiologist is using a cutting-edge AI tool to analyze your brain scan. The scan flags a problem in your "basilar ganglia." The problem is, there's no such thing.
Read more from @haydenfield.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/71804...
Read more from @haydenfield.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/71804...
December 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine a radiologist is using a cutting-edge AI tool to analyze your brain scan. The scan flags a problem in your "basilar ganglia." The problem is, there's no such thing.
Read more from @haydenfield.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/71804...
Read more from @haydenfield.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/71804...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg entered Harvard Law as one of only 9 women. She told she was stealing a man's seat.
She juggled motherhood, cared for her husband who had cancer & graduated at the top of her class.
Yet law firms refused to hire her b/c she was a woman.
She paved the way for others.
#Pinks
She juggled motherhood, cared for her husband who had cancer & graduated at the top of her class.
Yet law firms refused to hire her b/c she was a woman.
She paved the way for others.
#Pinks
December 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ruth Bader Ginsburg entered Harvard Law as one of only 9 women. She told she was stealing a man's seat.
She juggled motherhood, cared for her husband who had cancer & graduated at the top of her class.
Yet law firms refused to hire her b/c she was a woman.
She paved the way for others.
#Pinks
She juggled motherhood, cared for her husband who had cancer & graduated at the top of her class.
Yet law firms refused to hire her b/c she was a woman.
She paved the way for others.
#Pinks
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I am deeply distressed by our government (and our taxpayer money) funding the exploitation of newborns in Guinea-Bissau to serve RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine agenda. You should be too.
December 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I am deeply distressed by our government (and our taxpayer money) funding the exploitation of newborns in Guinea-Bissau to serve RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine agenda. You should be too.
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An 🧪 #NIH peer review scientist was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2009. Stalling of clinical trials slows down the development of new drugs. New patients won't be enrolled. Patients already undergoing treatment are put on hold. The cuts affect future patients.
via @savehealthresearch on IG
via @savehealthresearch on IG
December 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
An 🧪 #NIH peer review scientist was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2009. Stalling of clinical trials slows down the development of new drugs. New patients won't be enrolled. Patients already undergoing treatment are put on hold. The cuts affect future patients.
via @savehealthresearch on IG
via @savehealthresearch on IG
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With Congress set to leave for winter recess this week without a legislative solution to fix America’s health care crisis due to Republican obstruction, four Republicans joined House Democrats and signed onto Minority Leader Jeffries’ discharge petition to...
December 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
With Congress set to leave for winter recess this week without a legislative solution to fix America’s health care crisis due to Republican obstruction, four Republicans joined House Democrats and signed onto Minority Leader Jeffries’ discharge petition to...
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Vaccines erased deadly diseases, but the Trump administration, by appointing anti-vaccine Kennedy, is helping to bring them back again www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... via @sfchronicle.com
Vaccines erased deadly diseases, but the Trump administration is helping to bring them back again
OPINION: Moves by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threaten to further undermine trust in vaccines.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Vaccines erased deadly diseases, but the Trump administration, by appointing anti-vaccine Kennedy, is helping to bring them back again www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... via @sfchronicle.com
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McDonald’s USA
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
McDonald’s USA
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.79
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.49
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
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Are Newsmax viewers buying this?
ACA subsidies are about to expire, leaving Americans with rises in premiums.
My mom got emergency surgery on her knee in September. Are we supposed to think about consumerism while we discovered that her patella was broken in two places?
#Pinks
ACA subsidies are about to expire, leaving Americans with rises in premiums.
My mom got emergency surgery on her knee in September. Are we supposed to think about consumerism while we discovered that her patella was broken in two places?
#Pinks
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Are Newsmax viewers buying this?
ACA subsidies are about to expire, leaving Americans with rises in premiums.
My mom got emergency surgery on her knee in September. Are we supposed to think about consumerism while we discovered that her patella was broken in two places?
#Pinks
ACA subsidies are about to expire, leaving Americans with rises in premiums.
My mom got emergency surgery on her knee in September. Are we supposed to think about consumerism while we discovered that her patella was broken in two places?
#Pinks
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What if there were a simple, safe tool to prevent deadly brain bleeds in newborn babies? There is. It’s vitamin K!
Babies are born low in it, and a single shot at birth nearly eliminated related deadly bleeding.
A new JAMA study shows this protection is slipping 🩺👶
What if there were a simple, safe tool to prevent deadly brain bleeds in newborn babies? There is. It’s vitamin K!
Babies are born low in it, and a single shot at birth nearly eliminated related deadly bleeding.
A new JAMA study shows this protection is slipping 🩺👶
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
1/7
What if there were a simple, safe tool to prevent deadly brain bleeds in newborn babies? There is. It’s vitamin K!
Babies are born low in it, and a single shot at birth nearly eliminated related deadly bleeding.
A new JAMA study shows this protection is slipping 🩺👶
What if there were a simple, safe tool to prevent deadly brain bleeds in newborn babies? There is. It’s vitamin K!
Babies are born low in it, and a single shot at birth nearly eliminated related deadly bleeding.
A new JAMA study shows this protection is slipping 🩺👶
Reposted by Dr. Tracy Catalde
Reposted by Dr. Tracy Catalde
An unapologetic ally through and through. Thank you, Rob Reiner. May you and Michele rest in power.
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
An unapologetic ally through and through. Thank you, Rob Reiner. May you and Michele rest in power.
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The FDA under MAHA control: Weakening the quack Miranda warning on supplements (and a double standard: impossible testing standard for vaccines, none for supplements) sciencebasedmedicine.org/fda-under-ma... via @sciencebasedmedicine.org @gorskon.bsky.social
The FDA under MAHA control: Weakening the quack Miranda warning on supplements
The FDA sent a letter to the supplement industry assuring that it would make it easier for them to hide disclaimers (which we like to call "quack Miranda warnings") about unproven health claims for su
sciencebasedmedicine.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The FDA under MAHA control: Weakening the quack Miranda warning on supplements (and a double standard: impossible testing standard for vaccines, none for supplements) sciencebasedmedicine.org/fda-under-ma... via @sciencebasedmedicine.org @gorskon.bsky.social
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Reposted by Dr. Tracy Catalde
At meeting on Florida's plan to end school vaccine mandates, skeptics and doctors stand off www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com @ariabendix.bsky.social
At meeting on Florida's plan to end school vaccine mandates, skeptics and doctors stand off
The Florida Department of Health plans to repeal rules requiring schoolchildren to be vaccinated for hepatitis B, chickenpox and two other viruses.
www.nbcnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
At meeting on Florida's plan to end school vaccine mandates, skeptics and doctors stand off www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com @ariabendix.bsky.social
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.