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Seth G.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Petition</a> from <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ConsumerReports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConsumerReports</a> - Get carcinogens out of braiding hair<a href="https://action.consumerreports.org/nb-20250429-sensationnel" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://action.consumerreports.org/nb-20250429-sensationnel</a><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Activism</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ConsumerProtections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConsumerProtections</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ConsumerSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConsumerSafety</a>

Chris WomackNew Threat Model: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Covid</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/@violetblue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@violetblue</a> is out, and the summer surge is upon us, looking like '23 all over again. Mask up and share--knowledge, not Covid: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/134311547" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/134311547</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LongCovid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Measles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a>

Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:"LGBTQ+ youth no longer have a specially tailored option for help at the 988 National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.The Trump administration announced a month ago that beginning July 17, it would eliminate the 'Press 3 option' on the free, 24/7 national hotline. The specialized service had been active for about three years."<a href="https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/07/17/nc-lgbtq-organizations-adjust-after-988-hotline-option-eliminated/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/07/17/nc-lgbtq-organizations-adjust-after-988-hotline-option-eliminated/</a><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transgender</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suicide</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prevention</a>

Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:"Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people are planned Thursday at more than 1,600 locations around the country.The 'Good Trouble Lives On' national day of action honors the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis."<a href="https://apnews.com/article/good-trouble-john-lewis-where-protests-trump-9f6075dd84f5ae451736c3e66303ceef" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/good-trouble-john-lewis-where-protests-trump-9f6075dd84f5ae451736c3e66303ceef</a><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrant</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/demonstrations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demonstrations</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/GoodTrouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoodTrouble</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Loki the CatCancer death rates drop 33% since the '90s - turns out telling people to stop smoking actually works! 🚭 3M lives saved from reduced smoking alone, HPV vaccines cut cervical cancer 90%. Now if we could just keep funding the research that makes this possible... 🧬<a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/17/1455213/cancer-death-rates-fall-one-third-in-us-since-1990s-as-prevention-efforts-take-hold" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/17/1455213/cancer-death-rates-fall-one-third-in-us-since-1990s-as-prevention-efforts-take-hold</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cancer</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Prevention</a>

ProPublicaRFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization —Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.” <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vaccines</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Children</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a>

Headlines AfricaNew US law targets fentanyl-related copycat drugs driving overdose deaths <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLynmj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLynmj</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fentanyl</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/OverdoseAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OverdoseAwareness</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/DrugPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrugPolicy</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AddictionRecovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AddictionRecovery</a>

Steven HeywoodThat easier access to sick pay may lead to lower overall sickness absence because workers would be less likely to spread infectious diseases is seen as "counterintuitive,* and that the proposal is being strenuously objected to at all confirms — as if we needed yet more confirmation — that we have learned the square root of fuck all from the COVID pandemic.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SicknessBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SicknessBenefits</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/16/sick-pay-changes-could-benefit-uk-firms-2bn-tuc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/16/sick-pay-changes-could-benefit-uk-firms-2bn-tuc</a>

Everything is Public HealthNew ep! In collaboration with the wonderful Public Health is Dead podcast! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/everythingispublichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#everythingispublichealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publichealth</a><a href="https://everythingispublichealth.buzzsprout.com/1801367/episodes/17446852-public-health-media-club-evermaskers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://everythingispublichealth.buzzsprout.com/1801367/episodes/17446852-public-health-media-club-evermaskers</a>

Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:"Budget cuts by the Trump administration have left some providers scrambling to keep qualified medical interpreters. And an executive order designating English the official language of the United States has created confusion among providers about what services should be offered."<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medical-interpreter-funding-staff-cuts-patient-lives-english-language-services/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medical-interpreter-funding-staff-cuts-patient-lives-english-language-services/</a><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/LanguageAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LanguageAccess</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#audio</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radio</a>

Hobson LaneGood news in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Baltimore</a>! By investing in community driven <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> interventions, they have reduced violent <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#crime</a> by 20% or more, per year, over the past 3 years. <a href="https://popular.info/p/the-secret-to-baltimores-extraordinary" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://popular.info/p/the-secret-to-baltimores-extraordinary</a>

Pyrzout :vm:Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped? <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/can-us-measles-outbreaks-be-stopped/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/can-us-measles-outbreaks-be-stopped/</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a>/Health <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a>

WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and BusinessCan US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped? <a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/can-us-measles-outbreaks-be-stopped/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/can-us-measles-outbreaks-be-stopped/</a>

Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:"The Trump administration has delayed and may cancel roughly $140 million in grants to fund fentanyl overdose response efforts, according to four staff members with close knowledge of the process at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/16/nx-s1-5468535/fentanyl-trump-addiction-funding" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/07/16/nx-s1-5468535/fentanyl-trump-addiction-funding</a><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/opioids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opioids</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fentanyl</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#addiction</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/overdose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#overdose</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/naloxone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#naloxone</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/methadone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#methadone</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/suboxone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suboxone</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grants</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SAMHSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SAMHSA</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CDC</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMB</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>

Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:"As vaccination rates among children continue to plummet, concerns are rising over the potential for infectious diseases to spread rampantly in the coming years and decades. Research published in the medical journal JAMA suggests a continued decline could lead to millions of infections from diseases currently considered under control or eradicated."<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5400981-measles-rubella-polio-return-preventable-diseases/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5400981-measles-rubella-polio-return-preventable-diseases/</a><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immunizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immunizations</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vaccinations</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/rubella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rubella</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/polio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polio</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pregnancy</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CDC</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/06/supportive-housing-first-homelessness-opioid-use-public-health-cost" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/06/supportive-housing-first-homelessness-opioid-use-public-health-cost</a> “You also save a bunch of lives, first from having fewer people who are addicted, and then also because people who are homeless have a much higher mortality rate” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelessness</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/HousingFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HousingFirst</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/OpioidCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpioidCrisis</a>

Nonilex*<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Health</a>* Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> fired 2 of his top aides this week, shaking up his leadership team at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HHS</a> amid an aggressive effort to reshape <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> policy.The firings included Heather Flick Melanson, his chief of staff, & Hannah Anderson, his deputy chief of staff for policy, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the matter. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the personnel changes.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConsiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConsiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/rfk-fires-aides-hhs.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/rfk-fires-aides-hhs.html?smid=url-share</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: IAS Welcomes U.S. Bipartisan Move to Protect PEPFAR: [IAS] IAS - the International AIDS Society - welcomes the bipartisan move in the US Senate to protect the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from proposed USD 400 million cuts in President Trump's rescission package. However, both the Senate and House must still vote on the final rescission package, and further changes could be reintroduced… <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLxl6t" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLxl6t</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PEPFAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PEPFAR</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIDS</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Bipartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bipartisan</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/USSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USSenate</a>

Sunshine (she/her)You’re Probably Not Wearing Enough Sunscreen <a href="https://lemmy.ca/post/48071924" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lemmy.ca/post/48071924</a>

StrypeyWell, I finally got around to evaluating the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ManageMyHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ManageMyHealth</a> portal;<a href="https://managemyhealth.co.nz/about-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://managemyhealth.co.nz/about-us/</a>When my GP suggested I sign up with it, I presumed it was a public service offered by Te Whatu Ora, like My Health Record;<a href="https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/digital-health/my-health-record" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/digital-health/my-health-record</a>So what do I think of Manage My Health? Not impressed. This is a privately-owned, for-profit digital platform, that I can't be certain isn't <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataFarming</a> patients who sign up with it.(1/?)<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicService</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HealthPortals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HealthPortals</a>

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