#MMWR
Vought was high on my list. bsky.app/profile/mmwr...
My combined Impeach/Prosecute Top 20 List (in order)

Hegseth
Kushner
Clarence Thomas
Trump
Musk
Vought
Miller
Bovie
Lutnick
Blanche
Patel
Cannon
Noem
Eric
Don Jr
Melania
Witkoff
Bannon
Homan
Bovino
November 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Body Mass Index and Risk for COVID-19–Related ...
This report describes the association between body mass ...
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November 6, 2026 at 7:52 AM
In the 4 years before RFK Jr was secretary of health there were about 300 measles cases and no deaths. In the 2 years he has been secretary of state there have been >5000 measles cases and 8 dead kids this year up from 3 in 2025.

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November 7, 2026 at 10:32 AM
A bit OT but can one still trust MMWR?
November 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Access historically not much better for those with private health insurance in U.S. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Vital Signs: Hepatitis C Treatment Among Insured Adults — United State
This report describes hepatitis C treatment among insured adults in the United States.
www.cdc.gov
November 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
New from the CDC/health officials on the hantavirus outbreak: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship Caused by Andes Virus
This report describes cases of hantavirus among people on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
www.cdc.gov
November 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Unable to send info out that way, scientists turned to readying a report for the CDC’s flagship weekly scientific report, the MMWR. Those reports require extensive internal review. 3/5
October 30, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Can Federal research money FINALLY be used to study cannabis? www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Cannabis Detection Among Overdose Deaths
This report describes cannabis detection in drug overdose deaths during 2021–2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
CDC reviewed 20 autopsy-confirmed cosmetic-surgery deaths among U.S. citizens in the Dominican Republic (2019–20): 11 fat embolism, 7 pulmonary clots, 1 sepsis, 1 hemorrhagic shock. Not a worldwide ranking.

Report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7303a3.htm
#LayssaFoundation
November 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
24/55 In the past month, 25.3% of trans students had missed school because they felt unsafe, against 14.9% of cisgender girls. Both comparisons are the survey's adjusted estimates.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Disparities in School Connectedness, Unstable ...
This report describes experiences of violence, poor mental health, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, school connectedness, and unstable housing among high school students who identify as transgender.
www.cdc.gov
November 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
23/55 National data show who is unsafe at school. In the CDC's 2023 high school survey, 40.1% of trans students had been bullied at school in the past year, against 20.3% of cisgender girls.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Disparities in School Connectedness, Unstable ...
This report describes experiences of violence, poor mental health, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, school connectedness, and unstable housing among high school students who identify as transgender.
www.cdc.gov
November 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
which necessarily takes longer.

- But "in recent weeks, other vaccine-related reports that already had cleared the MMWR process have been delayed," including two on pertussis just this week. (Those found that most babies who died were born to moms not vaxxed during pregnancy & almost half of all...
October 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
clincians on this "rising threat" & to provide guidance a month ago.

- But their alert, "which usually requires sign-off from the CDC directors office, was not approved." (Did anyone think Erica Schwartz was going to do her job?)

- So now scientists are trying to get the info out via the MMWR,...
October 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
there and in the agency’s weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) that they are now considering publishing in an outside scientific journal. Publishing outside the agency wd make clearance less onerous and reduce the potential for political interference or further delays, they said. 2/2
October 30, 2026 at 11:17 PM
“Unable to send the alert out through that rapid distribution network, scientists then turned to preparing this information for a report in the MMWR, where reports go through an extensive internal review and take longer to publish.”
CDC scientists sought urgent alert on measles in pregnancy. It wasn’t approved.
The report could fill major gaps about a condition doctors have rarely seen for decades.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
CDC scientists sought urgent alert on #measles in #pregnancy. IT WASN’T APPROVED.

The report could fill major gaps about a condition doctors have rarely seen for decades.

other reports that already had cleared the MMWR process have been delayed . . . discussions have turned to publishing the […]
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October 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Evidently the unprecedented success achieved against influenza & other respiratory infections in 2020-2021 with non-pharmaceutical interventions is not given attention in this op-ed. It's curious.

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Changes in Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus ...
This report describes the circulation of influenza and other ...
www.cdc.gov
October 28, 2026 at 9:18 PM
In a recent study, 73% of sudden unexplained infant deaths, including SIDS, were found to involve unsafe sleep factors. This SIDS Awareness Month, learn more about safe sleep to protect your baby: safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov/reduce-risk/...

Read the study: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
October 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Angie, did you see that Sen. Boozman and House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson are behind wanting subsidies for #mink farmers, rather than culling them and banning mink farming like Europe is doing? www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/bird...

Also the MMWR about lack of preparedness in ERs?
Bird Flu on Utah Mink Farm Raises Biosecurity Questions | Think Global Health
An outbreak of H5N1 on a Utah mink farm puts the public at risk, and a bill in Congress could expand fur farming
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
October 27, 2026 at 1:55 AM
A brain-eating mould, Cladophialophora bantiana, is turning up four times as often in US lab tests as it was two years ago.

Source: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov
October 27, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Another thing that pisses me the fuck off is that, once vaccines came out and they knew that 99% of the world was never going to pay attention to anything about Covid ever again, they lowkey 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 lying?? I assume for legal reasons? Like, this has been up on the CDC's website since May of 2022??
October 26, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Subsequent MMWR; 109 cases of ANE, 55% previously healthy, 41% died, only 16% vaccinated. VACCINATE YOHR KIDS!!
October 23, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Postscript, this link appears to be broken, here is a corrected one: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Effectiveness of 2-Dose Vaccination with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
This report describes mRNA COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness between ...
www.cdc.gov
October 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Postscript, this link appears to be broken, here is a corrected link: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Interim Estimates of 2024–2025 COVID-19 ...
This report describes 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19-associated emergency department or urgent care encounters.
www.cdc.gov
October 25, 2026 at 8:41 PM