1/12 #FedWorkerFriday: Enjoy Anita’s, PhD, MBA, CHES journey. Her commitment to public service began in 2001 as a student intern. She progressed through various roles, culminating in her CDC job in 2016. She is months from 10 yr anniversary, it underscores her dedication to CDC’s mission.
July 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Our team of CDC'ers and public health supporters, thought this moment was notable, too! We are proud to have you, @drtomfrieden.bsky.social, with us in the fight for public health and CDC. #CDCsaveslives #saveCDC
Striking.
SEN. DURBIN: Do you know the #1 cause of preventable death in America today?
SEC. KENNEDY: Number one cause…not sure what you're talking about
SEN. DURBIN: I'm talking about tobacco. You fired the head of CDC’s Office on Smoking & Health and eliminated their efforts from your budget
SEN. DURBIN: Do you know the #1 cause of preventable death in America today?
SEC. KENNEDY: Number one cause…not sure what you're talking about
SEN. DURBIN: I'm talking about tobacco. You fired the head of CDC’s Office on Smoking & Health and eliminated their efforts from your budget
May 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Our team of CDC'ers and public health supporters, thought this moment was notable, too! We are proud to have you, @drtomfrieden.bsky.social, with us in the fight for public health and CDC. #CDCsaveslives #saveCDC
September 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Good morning!
🧠🪱 will be testifying to the Senate tomorrow.
Call your senators and make sure they've read this 👇
#cdcsaveslives
#RFKJrKillsBabies
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
🧠🪱 will be testifying to the Senate tomorrow.
Call your senators and make sure they've read this 👇
#cdcsaveslives
#RFKJrKillsBabies
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
Opinion | Three questions for RFK Jr.
I resigned from the CDC last week. I’ve seen the secretary’s effect on public health policy firsthand.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Good morning!
🧠🪱 will be testifying to the Senate tomorrow.
Call your senators and make sure they've read this 👇
#cdcsaveslives
#RFKJrKillsBabies
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
🧠🪱 will be testifying to the Senate tomorrow.
Call your senators and make sure they've read this 👇
#cdcsaveslives
#RFKJrKillsBabies
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
9/9: We medical and public health professionals must all raise our voices, speak the truth, and fight back against his dangerous decisions.
#FedWorkerFriday #WeArePatriots #SaveCDC #CDCSavesLives
#FedWorkerFriday #WeArePatriots #SaveCDC #CDCSavesLives
June 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
9/9: We medical and public health professionals must all raise our voices, speak the truth, and fight back against his dangerous decisions.
#FedWorkerFriday #WeArePatriots #SaveCDC #CDCSavesLives
#FedWorkerFriday #WeArePatriots #SaveCDC #CDCSavesLives
#THISIsPublicHealthAtWork
#CDCSavesLives
Our state and local departments of health save lives too
Make America Healthy Again? We need our robust public health infrastructure to help with that.
#CDCSavesLives
Our state and local departments of health save lives too
Make America Healthy Again? We need our robust public health infrastructure to help with that.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#THISIsPublicHealthAtWork
#CDCSavesLives
Our state and local departments of health save lives too
Make America Healthy Again? We need our robust public health infrastructure to help with that.
#CDCSavesLives
Our state and local departments of health save lives too
Make America Healthy Again? We need our robust public health infrastructure to help with that.
6/8
CDC & HHS leadership *must* clearly condemn vaccine disinformation that fuels violence and erodes public trust.
Science and truth save lives. 🔬
#CDCSavesLives
#VaccinesSaveLives
CDC & HHS leadership *must* clearly condemn vaccine disinformation that fuels violence and erodes public trust.
Science and truth save lives. 🔬
#CDCSavesLives
#VaccinesSaveLives
August 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
6/8
CDC & HHS leadership *must* clearly condemn vaccine disinformation that fuels violence and erodes public trust.
Science and truth save lives. 🔬
#CDCSavesLives
#VaccinesSaveLives
CDC & HHS leadership *must* clearly condemn vaccine disinformation that fuels violence and erodes public trust.
Science and truth save lives. 🔬
#CDCSavesLives
#VaccinesSaveLives
🚨 Breaking Guidance 🚨
CDC recommends not disbanding CDC.
Target audience: humans age 0-200
Also, sleep. 💤 Seriously, good advice.
#AltCDC
#AltFam
#CDCSavesLives
Goodnight, friends.
CDC recommends not disbanding CDC.
Target audience: humans age 0-200
Also, sleep. 💤 Seriously, good advice.
#AltCDC
#AltFam
#CDCSavesLives
Goodnight, friends.
CDC Recommends Not Disbanding CDC
ATLANTA, GA - Directed towards Americans between the ages of 0-200, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - better known as the CDC - has provided new health recommendations on Friday which r...
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
🚨 Breaking Guidance 🚨
CDC recommends not disbanding CDC.
Target audience: humans age 0-200
Also, sleep. 💤 Seriously, good advice.
#AltCDC
#AltFam
#CDCSavesLives
Goodnight, friends.
CDC recommends not disbanding CDC.
Target audience: humans age 0-200
Also, sleep. 💤 Seriously, good advice.
#AltCDC
#AltFam
#CDCSavesLives
Goodnight, friends.
3/3 💚💚
This work is slow, exhausting — and still meaningful.
Some of us are still here, doing what it takes to get good science out the door.
And we haven’t forgotten the colleagues who were forced out along the way. 💚💚
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info
#CDCSavesLives
This work is slow, exhausting — and still meaningful.
Some of us are still here, doing what it takes to get good science out the door.
And we haven’t forgotten the colleagues who were forced out along the way. 💚💚
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info
#CDCSavesLives
August 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
3/3 💚💚
This work is slow, exhausting — and still meaningful.
Some of us are still here, doing what it takes to get good science out the door.
And we haven’t forgotten the colleagues who were forced out along the way. 💚💚
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info
#CDCSavesLives
This work is slow, exhausting — and still meaningful.
Some of us are still here, doing what it takes to get good science out the door.
And we haven’t forgotten the colleagues who were forced out along the way. 💚💚
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info
#CDCSavesLives
It’s Fed Worker Friday! 🤗
Opioid overdose prevention. Covid-19. Tobacco control. Public health comms.
…Yeah, apparently CDC doesn’t need any of that expertise. 🙄
We miss you, Aryn! And CDC needs you back.
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social
#CDCSavesLives
#WhoNeedsPublicHealthCommsAnyway?
Opioid overdose prevention. Covid-19. Tobacco control. Public health comms.
…Yeah, apparently CDC doesn’t need any of that expertise. 🙄
We miss you, Aryn! And CDC needs you back.
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social
#CDCSavesLives
#WhoNeedsPublicHealthCommsAnyway?
1/7: Growing up in the Atlanta area, Aryn knew many CDC employees. She thought their jobs were so cool! So, when she finished her Master of Public Health degree, she was thrilled to be offered a position at CDC.
August 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It’s Fed Worker Friday! 🤗
Opioid overdose prevention. Covid-19. Tobacco control. Public health comms.
…Yeah, apparently CDC doesn’t need any of that expertise. 🙄
We miss you, Aryn! And CDC needs you back.
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social
#CDCSavesLives
#WhoNeedsPublicHealthCommsAnyway?
Opioid overdose prevention. Covid-19. Tobacco control. Public health comms.
…Yeah, apparently CDC doesn’t need any of that expertise. 🙄
We miss you, Aryn! And CDC needs you back.
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social
#CDCSavesLives
#WhoNeedsPublicHealthCommsAnyway?
🗓️ June 5, 1981: five cases of Pneumocystis Pneumonia, one report, a global awakening.
💙 The MMWR gave voice to what became the HIV/AIDS epidemic—and countless public-health moments since.
🕯️ Honoring the science and reporting that save lives.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
#MMWR #CDCSavesLives
💙 The MMWR gave voice to what became the HIV/AIDS epidemic—and countless public-health moments since.
🕯️ Honoring the science and reporting that save lives.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
#MMWR #CDCSavesLives
October 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🗓️ June 5, 1981: five cases of Pneumocystis Pneumonia, one report, a global awakening.
💙 The MMWR gave voice to what became the HIV/AIDS epidemic—and countless public-health moments since.
🕯️ Honoring the science and reporting that save lives.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
#MMWR #CDCSavesLives
💙 The MMWR gave voice to what became the HIV/AIDS epidemic—and countless public-health moments since.
🕯️ Honoring the science and reporting that save lives.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
#MMWR #CDCSavesLives
🧵1/5
📣 This Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up the draft FY 2026 budget for Health and Human Services — which includes the CDC.
It’s a wonky but pivotal moment where senators can shape, cut, or save key public health programs. 🧬🗳️
#CDCSavesLives
📣 This Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up the draft FY 2026 budget for Health and Human Services — which includes the CDC.
It’s a wonky but pivotal moment where senators can shape, cut, or save key public health programs. 🧬🗳️
#CDCSavesLives
Full Committee Markup of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Acts | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🧵1/5
📣 This Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up the draft FY 2026 budget for Health and Human Services — which includes the CDC.
It’s a wonky but pivotal moment where senators can shape, cut, or save key public health programs. 🧬🗳️
#CDCSavesLives
📣 This Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up the draft FY 2026 budget for Health and Human Services — which includes the CDC.
It’s a wonky but pivotal moment where senators can shape, cut, or save key public health programs. 🧬🗳️
#CDCSavesLives
#CDCSavesLives - specifically, the CDC staff who work tirelessly every day. 💚💚💚
Thanks to the anon CDC-er who created this graphic. 😉
(Wording from today's NYTimes oped: "We Ran the CDC: Kennedy is Endangering every American's Health)
Thanks to the anon CDC-er who created this graphic. 😉
(Wording from today's NYTimes oped: "We Ran the CDC: Kennedy is Endangering every American's Health)
September 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#CDCSavesLives - specifically, the CDC staff who work tirelessly every day. 💚💚💚
Thanks to the anon CDC-er who created this graphic. 😉
(Wording from today's NYTimes oped: "We Ran the CDC: Kennedy is Endangering every American's Health)
Thanks to the anon CDC-er who created this graphic. 😉
(Wording from today's NYTimes oped: "We Ran the CDC: Kennedy is Endangering every American's Health)
📄📚 Got something exciting in press?
Let us know — we’re happy to hold off until the embargo lifts. We take confidentiality seriously - we kind of have to: we’re #altCDC and still work at CDC.
We’re here to make sure your science doesn’t get sidelined.
#AltComms
#CDCSavesLives
Let us know — we’re happy to hold off until the embargo lifts. We take confidentiality seriously - we kind of have to: we’re #altCDC and still work at CDC.
We’re here to make sure your science doesn’t get sidelined.
#AltComms
#CDCSavesLives
August 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📄📚 Got something exciting in press?
Let us know — we’re happy to hold off until the embargo lifts. We take confidentiality seriously - we kind of have to: we’re #altCDC and still work at CDC.
We’re here to make sure your science doesn’t get sidelined.
#AltComms
#CDCSavesLives
Let us know — we’re happy to hold off until the embargo lifts. We take confidentiality seriously - we kind of have to: we’re #altCDC and still work at CDC.
We’re here to make sure your science doesn’t get sidelined.
#AltComms
#CDCSavesLives
👀Watch Senator @ossoff.bsky.social stick it to Russell Vought, Director of OMB.
🔥Sen Ossoff does not take any of Vought's lip.💋
June 25, 2025
#CDCSavesLives #SavePublicHealth
👏 to FBF volunteers for educating Sen Ossoff & his staff on cuts to public health & CDC that Vought has orchestrated.
🔥Sen Ossoff does not take any of Vought's lip.💋
June 25, 2025
#CDCSavesLives #SavePublicHealth
👏 to FBF volunteers for educating Sen Ossoff & his staff on cuts to public health & CDC that Vought has orchestrated.
WATCH: Ossoff presses OMB’s Vought on ‘mistakes’ reducing federal workforce at CDC, other agencies
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
👀Watch Senator @ossoff.bsky.social stick it to Russell Vought, Director of OMB.
🔥Sen Ossoff does not take any of Vought's lip.💋
June 25, 2025
#CDCSavesLives #SavePublicHealth
👏 to FBF volunteers for educating Sen Ossoff & his staff on cuts to public health & CDC that Vought has orchestrated.
🔥Sen Ossoff does not take any of Vought's lip.💋
June 25, 2025
#CDCSavesLives #SavePublicHealth
👏 to FBF volunteers for educating Sen Ossoff & his staff on cuts to public health & CDC that Vought has orchestrated.
We agree @warnock.senate.gov! GA representing!
Sec HHS RFK Jr is a hazard to all Americans & needs to resign before he does anymore damage.
Call reps & demand removal of RFK Jr. The 5 calls app can help with numbers & talking points.
#USAnotRFK #publichealthsaveslives #CDCsaveslives #saveHHS
Sec HHS RFK Jr is a hazard to all Americans & needs to resign before he does anymore damage.
Call reps & demand removal of RFK Jr. The 5 calls app can help with numbers & talking points.
#USAnotRFK #publichealthsaveslives #CDCsaveslives #saveHHS
September 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We agree @warnock.senate.gov! GA representing!
Sec HHS RFK Jr is a hazard to all Americans & needs to resign before he does anymore damage.
Call reps & demand removal of RFK Jr. The 5 calls app can help with numbers & talking points.
#USAnotRFK #publichealthsaveslives #CDCsaveslives #saveHHS
Sec HHS RFK Jr is a hazard to all Americans & needs to resign before he does anymore damage.
Call reps & demand removal of RFK Jr. The 5 calls app can help with numbers & talking points.
#USAnotRFK #publichealthsaveslives #CDCsaveslives #saveHHS
CDC once published this list: Top 10 Public Health Achievements of the 20th Century.
Vaccination. Flouridation of drinking water. Healthier moms and babies.
Glad to see we’re… chipping away at it?
What’s next — bringing back smoking in the office?🚬
cdc.gov/mmwr//PDF/wk/mm4850.pdf
#CDCsaveslives
Vaccination. Flouridation of drinking water. Healthier moms and babies.
Glad to see we’re… chipping away at it?
What’s next — bringing back smoking in the office?🚬
cdc.gov/mmwr//PDF/wk/mm4850.pdf
#CDCsaveslives
June 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
CDC once published this list: Top 10 Public Health Achievements of the 20th Century.
Vaccination. Flouridation of drinking water. Healthier moms and babies.
Glad to see we’re… chipping away at it?
What’s next — bringing back smoking in the office?🚬
cdc.gov/mmwr//PDF/wk/mm4850.pdf
#CDCsaveslives
Vaccination. Flouridation of drinking water. Healthier moms and babies.
Glad to see we’re… chipping away at it?
What’s next — bringing back smoking in the office?🚬
cdc.gov/mmwr//PDF/wk/mm4850.pdf
#CDCsaveslives
October 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yes yes absolutely correct!
And this is also why we need our MMWR - not just #altCDC trying to cram everything into less than 300 characters!
#FridayNightMassacre
#CDCSavesLives
And this is also why we need our MMWR - not just #altCDC trying to cram everything into less than 300 characters!
#FridayNightMassacre
#CDCSavesLives
October 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Yes yes absolutely correct!
And this is also why we need our MMWR - not just #altCDC trying to cram everything into less than 300 characters!
#FridayNightMassacre
#CDCSavesLives
And this is also why we need our MMWR - not just #altCDC trying to cram everything into less than 300 characters!
#FridayNightMassacre
#CDCSavesLives
So it's looking like it's just part of this center.
Still awful.
bsky.app/profile/altc...
#FridayNightMassacre
#CDCSavesLives
Still awful.
bsky.app/profile/altc...
#FridayNightMassacre
#CDCSavesLives
Ok, update: Worklife Wellness Office and Occupational Health and Safety Office were RIFed.
CDC was targeted by a shooter just over a month ago. Many of us are traumatized.
So honestly… cutting the teams that help staff recover and stay safe? 🖕
CDC was targeted by a shooter just over a month ago. Many of us are traumatized.
So honestly… cutting the teams that help staff recover and stay safe? 🖕
a man with a ring on his finger is clapping
ALT: a man with a ring on his finger is clapping
media.tenor.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
So it's looking like it's just part of this center.
Still awful.
bsky.app/profile/altc...
#FridayNightMassacre
#CDCSavesLives
Still awful.
bsky.app/profile/altc...
#FridayNightMassacre
#CDCSavesLives
I cannot”hear” something that breaks my heart. I am truly sorry you and your colleagues have to endure this. Plz know, more people value #CDCsaveslives then there are MAGATs & MAHAs.
September 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I cannot”hear” something that breaks my heart. I am truly sorry you and your colleagues have to endure this. Plz know, more people value #CDCsaveslives then there are MAGATs & MAHAs.
Yep, RFKJr is going to make sure there is more of it. #SaveOurServices #CDCSavesLives
Remembering a lot of people saying stuff like “I don’t agree with RFK Jr. on everything but at least he’s going to do something about the food that’s making us sick”
USDA has eliminated two food safety advisory committees for microbiological contamination and meat inspection. Most recently, they had been reviewing regulatory approaches in response to the fatal Listeria outbreak from Boar’s Head meats and fatal Cronobacter contamination in powdered infant formula
March 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yep, RFKJr is going to make sure there is more of it. #SaveOurServices #CDCSavesLives