Posting on public health topics … some interesting photos if I manage to take them … & occasionally the Baltimore Orioles.
Joshua Sharfstein
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What would it take for the HHS both to have a strong and ambitious leader *and* to operate effectively?
My thoughts in @jamahealthforum.com --
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"This is the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the front line is completely overwhelmed."
A devastating portrait -- and urgent call for help -- from @declanwalsh.bsky.social and Arlette Bashizi www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...
NIH has allocated just 33% of its normal budget this year, putting critical medical breakthroughs at risk. Johns Hopkins President Ron Daniels and University of Kansas Chancellor Dr. Douglas Girod are calling on the government to release it before the damage becomes permanent. https://bit.ly/4f3GuzR
A new home for the @cspinet.org database of vaccine-related actions in the Trump Administration...
thestraightshotdatabase.org
Search by agency, type of action, and headline.
An annual report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition assesses attacks on healthcare facilities and workers.
As drone warfare surges and state forces increasingly perpetrate attacks, what are the implications for humanitarian law?
🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/violence-aga...
"Essential reading for anyone committed to healing in the digital age"
Thanks to Dr. Dava Wilson for her review of our book Information Sick!
Read the review: www.socialworker.com/feature-arti...
Get the book: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Five Baltimore City Health Commissioners walk into an auditorium to swap stories about the past and present of advancing health in Charm City ... and beyond.
From @publichealthpod.bsky.social
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One factor in the recent homicide decline was the Biden admin's clampdown on gun trafficking. Now, the Trump admin is pulling back on several fronts, raising odds that the flow of illegal guns will rise, with ill effects down the line.
My latest @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/how-...
The @nejm.org comes out swinging against OMB's new proposed rule putting all federal grant making including science under political control.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
This JAMA Forum discusses spending, recent cuts to funding and programs, and sweeping goals of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the subagencies it oversees.
If Michael Cannon and Liz Fowler agree on something in health policy … it’s worth a listen.
Check out their conversation on the @publichealthpod.bsky.social
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/an-unlikely-...
JHU president, University of Kansas chancellor urge federal agencies to release congressionally appropriated funds to fuel America's research engine
About this episode: In the city of Baltimore, the health department works to prevent overdose, reduce violence, provide vaccinations, inspect restaurants, and so much more. In this episode: ...
After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigr...
The Editors highlight three aspects of OMB’s recently proposed rule changes as particularly
striking: that decisions on research funding would be made by political appointees,
that funding could be...
Health policy experts @mfcannon.bsky.social and Elizabeth Fowler could not disagree more about the Affordable Care Act.
Yet they're working together to tackle what they see as a root cause of unaffordability.
🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/an-unlikely-...
