Michael Cappello
@cappmic.bsky.social
Infectious disease clinician, epidemiologist and researcher (New Haven, CT)
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Breaking: Judge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocs www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/c...
Judge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocs
A federal judge halted a Trump administration plan to place a four-year cap on the kinds of visas used by graduate students and postdocs
www.statnews.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Breaking: Judge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocs www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/c...
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I updated this list of over 110 inspiring films in global health!
communities.springernature.com/posts/inspir...
communities.springernature.com/posts/inspir...
Inspiring Global Health Films
This is a crowd-sourced list of over 110 inspiring, must-watch movies focused on global health topics
communities.springernature.com
September 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I updated this list of over 110 inspiring films in global health!
communities.springernature.com/posts/inspir...
communities.springernature.com/posts/inspir...
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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is a critical collaboration that helps protect us all from infectious disease.
They are also the body that in November will declare that the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status.
Trump has now decided it’s “corrupt” and he wants to defund it.
They are also the body that in November will declare that the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status.
Trump has now decided it’s “corrupt” and he wants to defund it.
US Proposal To Eliminate PAHO Funding Raises Alarm Over Health Security In Americas - Health Policy Watch
The oldest multilateral health organization in the world, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), is fighting many of the same health threats it did at
healthpolicy-watch.news
September 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is a critical collaboration that helps protect us all from infectious disease.
They are also the body that in November will declare that the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status.
Trump has now decided it’s “corrupt” and he wants to defund it.
They are also the body that in November will declare that the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status.
Trump has now decided it’s “corrupt” and he wants to defund it.
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2,753 empty chairs filling the lawn of Bryant Park today - one for each person killed at the World Trade on 9/11
September 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
2,753 empty chairs filling the lawn of Bryant Park today - one for each person killed at the World Trade on 9/11
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Damn. The Florida mosquito-borne disease tracker update is out for the week ending September 5th, and Hillsborough County now has 95 diagnosed dengue cases, with a total of 111 cases statewide. That's unprecedented in the US in the modern mosquito control era.
www.floridahealth.gov/wp-content/u...
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September 11, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Damn. The Florida mosquito-borne disease tracker update is out for the week ending September 5th, and Hillsborough County now has 95 diagnosed dengue cases, with a total of 111 cases statewide. That's unprecedented in the US in the modern mosquito control era.
www.floridahealth.gov/wp-content/u...
www.floridahealth.gov/wp-content/u...
"The Democrat said the agreement would pull from the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), its leading institute for infectious-disease research."
Pentagon sought to divert NIH funds for defense use, top House Appropriations Democrat says
The Pentagon is attempting to divert billions of dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bolster the agency’s budget, according to the top Democrat on the House Appropria…
thehill.com
September 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
"The Democrat said the agreement would pull from the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), its leading institute for infectious-disease research."
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A comms person at my university came by to have me record some "from an expert" comments on how to avoid measles ...
Me: Get vaccinated
Them: What about hand washing, and ...
Me: Let me stop you right there. Clean hands are great, but that's like trying to stop a train with a handkerchief
Me: Get vaccinated
Them: What about hand washing, and ...
Me: Let me stop you right there. Clean hands are great, but that's like trying to stop a train with a handkerchief
August 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
A comms person at my university came by to have me record some "from an expert" comments on how to avoid measles ...
Me: Get vaccinated
Them: What about hand washing, and ...
Me: Let me stop you right there. Clean hands are great, but that's like trying to stop a train with a handkerchief
Me: Get vaccinated
Them: What about hand washing, and ...
Me: Let me stop you right there. Clean hands are great, but that's like trying to stop a train with a handkerchief
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We've got 40+ alums coming to campus for the teach-in on democratizing Yale on Tuesday 1 September at 1:30PM. If you get there early enough, you'll get a zine by Greg Pak (Class of 1990) and a t-shirt, though we're really saving them for the students. 1/
September 1, 2026 at 1:17 PM
We've got 40+ alums coming to campus for the teach-in on democratizing Yale on Tuesday 1 September at 1:30PM. If you get there early enough, you'll get a zine by Greg Pak (Class of 1990) and a t-shirt, though we're really saving them for the students. 1/
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"Professor Frazer, who is now retired from UQ....said ridding Australia of cervical cancer was a result he’d only dreamed of when he started looking into HPV in the 1980s."
#MedSky + #OncoSky
news.uq.edu.au/2026-08-20-y...
#MedSky + #OncoSky
news.uq.edu.au/2026-08-20-y...
20 years. Millions of lives saved. One revolutionary vaccine
Gardasil 20-year anniversary story.
news.uq.edu.au
August 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"Professor Frazer, who is now retired from UQ....said ridding Australia of cervical cancer was a result he’d only dreamed of when he started looking into HPV in the 1980s."
#MedSky + #OncoSky
news.uq.edu.au/2026-08-20-y...
#MedSky + #OncoSky
news.uq.edu.au/2026-08-20-y...
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Which is to say:
Pick up that pen and WRITE.
Open that sketch book and DRAW.
Buy that book and READ.
Sit down at a table with new people and TALK.
Hang that painting by a local artist in your HOME.
Paint that room whatever fucking color you WANT (screw resale value).
Be HUMAN to the fullest.
Pick up that pen and WRITE.
Open that sketch book and DRAW.
Buy that book and READ.
Sit down at a table with new people and TALK.
Hang that painting by a local artist in your HOME.
Paint that room whatever fucking color you WANT (screw resale value).
Be HUMAN to the fullest.
August 29, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Which is to say:
Pick up that pen and WRITE.
Open that sketch book and DRAW.
Buy that book and READ.
Sit down at a table with new people and TALK.
Hang that painting by a local artist in your HOME.
Paint that room whatever fucking color you WANT (screw resale value).
Be HUMAN to the fullest.
Pick up that pen and WRITE.
Open that sketch book and DRAW.
Buy that book and READ.
Sit down at a table with new people and TALK.
Hang that painting by a local artist in your HOME.
Paint that room whatever fucking color you WANT (screw resale value).
Be HUMAN to the fullest.
Sorry, but it’s true.
The lab is a mysterious place--where some people have "magic hands," and some experiments just won't work. Here's my story about the unspoken knowledge of science, and the struggle to share it. Gift link: nyti.ms/3UccF7Z
August 28, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Sorry, but it’s true.
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We all have a role to play in protecting science & democracy. Join us for our next Science Rising National Call, where we're celebrating the stories of what pushing back against anti-science & authoritarian actions can look like!
Register here: https://act.ucs.org/4zuh3zl
Register here: https://act.ucs.org/4zuh3zl
August 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
We all have a role to play in protecting science & democracy. Join us for our next Science Rising National Call, where we're celebrating the stories of what pushing back against anti-science & authoritarian actions can look like!
Register here: https://act.ucs.org/4zuh3zl
Register here: https://act.ucs.org/4zuh3zl
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Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
August 25, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Dr. Raj Panjabi founded Last Mile Health to bring healthcare to people living in remote areas. The group is the 2026 recipient of the Conrad H. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. n.pr/4i59mJr
His wedding guests gave $6k to fund a health startup. Now it's won a $3 million prize
Dr. Raj Panjabi founded Last Mile Health to bring healthcare to people living in remote areas. The group is the 2026 recipient of the Conrad H. Hilton Humanitarian Prize.
n.pr
August 12, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Dr. Raj Panjabi founded Last Mile Health to bring healthcare to people living in remote areas. The group is the 2026 recipient of the Conrad H. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. n.pr/4i59mJr
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“Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years… For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average, translating to 10.2 billion years of full health gained.” [thelancet.com]
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50 years. In the context of strengthening primary health care, our results show that equitable univers
www.thelancet.com
August 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
“Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years… For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average, translating to 10.2 billion years of full health gained.” [thelancet.com]
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I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481
Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481
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reason 47 why government funding for fundamental research is the only stable route to scientific progress
Google can’t see what commercial return they are getting on AlphaFold
August 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
reason 47 why government funding for fundamental research is the only stable route to scientific progress
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There is a strong argument that no single person is more responsible for the decline shown on the graph below than Jimmy Carter. He was a true hero of global health.
August 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
There is a strong argument that no single person is more responsible for the decline shown on the graph below than Jimmy Carter. He was a true hero of global health.
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“When corruption is the very foundation of a regime, those who battle it are extremists.”
- Navalny
- Navalny
August 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“When corruption is the very foundation of a regime, those who battle it are extremists.”
- Navalny
- Navalny
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California counties monitoring for measles in farm workers from Arizona
California counties monitoring for measles in farm workers from Arizona
The California Department of Public Health has identified agricultural workers in the state who were exposed to measles during an outbreak in Arizona.
www.latimes.com
August 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
California counties monitoring for measles in farm workers from Arizona
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Willa Cather figuring out how to completely savage me from 100 years in the past😭
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."
-Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)
-Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)
August 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Willa Cather figuring out how to completely savage me from 100 years in the past😭
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Chickenpox sweeps Gaza camps as thousands of cases emerge in two weeks
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/lirO
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July 26, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Chickenpox sweeps Gaza camps as thousands of cases emerge in two weeks
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/lirO
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/lirO
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Dr. Edward Bouchet (born in New Haven, CT in 1852) was among the first Americans in U.S. history to earn a Ph.D. in physics. The son of a formerly enslaved father, Dr. Bouchet earned his doctorate from Yale in 1876.
July 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Dr. Edward Bouchet (born in New Haven, CT in 1852) was among the first Americans in U.S. history to earn a Ph.D. in physics. The son of a formerly enslaved father, Dr. Bouchet earned his doctorate from Yale in 1876.
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In the absence of robust and accurate federal public health and food safety programs, states need to consider establishing their own and then aggregating and sharing their data and analysis publicly through consortia.
July 10, 2026 at 3:10 PM
In the absence of robust and accurate federal public health and food safety programs, states need to consider establishing their own and then aggregating and sharing their data and analysis publicly through consortia.