Assistant Professor in Epidemiology @ Pitt Public Health | Outbreaks, Genomic Epidemiology, Public Health 🕵🏼‍♂️ | DrPH, CIC, FAPIC | Hubs & Dad of 2
https://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/directory/alexander-sundermann
Alex Sundermann, DrPH
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ADA censors scientists at their own conference on Friday
2 (maybe more) board members resign by Monday
It shows scientists in solidarity with each other 👏🏻
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
“[the editorial has gone] from being completely unknown to, as of last night, the 50th-most cited, most-viewed paper in the entire world among 300,000 papers published in the last month.”
True Streisand effect happening
“The woman said she regretted not getting her kids vaccinated when the outbreak started.”
These kinds of stories are helpful for the vaccine hesitant parents
The goal isn’t to convince the anti-vax, but out compete the vacuum that they have taken in public communications
A great read below ⤵️
New CDC MMWR on Ebola risk:
"To help reduce the risk for continued spread ... ongoing collaboration between CDC and international partners and coordination among U.S. government agencies are essential"
Instead 'ongoing' should be 're-established and sustained'
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Absurd in context of 1) dangers it causes to people & children, & 2) the 0 benefits raw milk
“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital ... But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer. And I’m going against the grain here. I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb”
www.propublica.org/article/mark...
New paper from Pitt colleagues: medical cannabis use & risk for infections
➡️ Limited case reports (they highlight theirs linking using WGS crypto [super interesting])
➡️ no uniform standards
➡️ need for ANY research, testing criteria, data on infection risk
#IDSky
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God forbid we give new mothers paid parental leave /s
My (amazing) county exec is proposing 18-weeks paid parental leave 👏🏻
It’s absurd there is pushback on this. We are one of the only countries that doesn’t offer paid leave
triblive.com/local/valley...
www.medpagetoday.com
Resignations included the organization's president-elect and scientific sessions chair
I wouldn't be where I am professionally w/o AHRQ, which funded my postdoc at UCLA, where I began work toward Coverage Denied. In my latest Substack, I wrote on why Republicans' effort to eliminate AHRQ is so dangerous for patients and hobbles health policy training. open.substack.com/pub/miranday...
House Appropriations released its FY27 bill, again working to eliminate Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which it calls "duplicative." My friend/colleague @sundermannaj.bsky.social & I wrote on AHRQ's necessity. thehill.com/opinion/heal...
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Alex Sundermann, DrPH
My story on America's regressive, new reality is now up @kffhealthnews.org (without a paywall) kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
This report describes the risk posed by the current Ebola outbreak to the general U.S. population.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
Abstract. Patients and clinicians broadly support medical cannabis, but acknowledge limited understanding of products, efficacy, and safety. Here, we revie
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An ambitious proposal to require 18 weeks of paid parental leave for workers in Allegheny County drew overwhelming public interest Tuesday as more than 80 people signed up to speak at a public hearing...
The House of Representatives is at it again, working to eliminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a proposed cut that is as misguided as it is dangerous.
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My story on America's regressive, new reality is now up @kffhealthnews.org (without a paywall) kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. The state’s outbreak provides a glimpse into a new era in America’s health, in which vaccine-preventabl...
Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. The state’s outbreak provides a glimpse into a new era in America’s health, in which vaccine-preventabl...
Fallout continues from the ADA's decision to forcibly expel five diabetes experts from its annual meeting in New Orleans for handing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal cuts to biomedical research. Liz Cooney has the latest:
www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/a...
The condemnations keep coming after five diabetes experts were escorted out of an ADA meeting for handing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal research cuts.
I went to Utah to see what life is like in America's new reality, where vaccine-preventable diseases are common again.
Utah's measles outbreak has lasted 10 months. Pediatricians teared up in interviews. Mothers were stressed.
🧵My latest @wired.com @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/anguis...
I went to Utah to see what life is like in America's new reality, where vaccine-preventable diseases are common again.
Utah's measles outbreak has lasted 10 months. Pediatricians teared up in interviews. Mothers were stressed.
🧵My latest @wired.com @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/anguis...
The state’s outbreak means adapting to America’s new reality, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again.
