Physician, feminist, North Carolinian. Global Health consultant working on HIV and health systems. Mostly lurking/reposting for now… #ImpeachRFK
Miriam Rabkin
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He rarely comes to the DC office. When he does, he works from 10-4, arrives late to meetings, and often spends meetings scrolling on his phone.
This puts all federal grants and contracts under the thumb of a commissar. It is profoundly anti-democratic and destructive. Political control will be instituted over science and every cent the USG disburses. Speak up now. This is really bad. It cannot stand. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
A year after global #HIV funding was upended, CHAI finds:
⬇️ 42% fewer people started oral HIV prevention in 10 countries
⬇️ 5.8M fewer HIV tests run in 8 countries
⬇️ 39K fewer adults started on treatment in 8 countries
⬇️ 26K fewer children on treatment in 9 countries
Details here: ow.ly/J2ig50Z8Rzt
Gosh, I wonder what motivates the leader of the anti-vaxx MAHA movement?
“The reasons behind Kennedy’s continued attacks on vaccines & science are more apparent when one considers his financial disclosures & publications”
His financial conflicts of interest are WILD💰👇
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
The latest flu shot is ready for review—but nearly a dozen experts, including former ACIP members and former HHS officials told @katherinejwu.com they have never encountered such uncertainty about the basic government process of recommending the vaccines.
“If the C.E.O. lacked deep expertise in the company’s business and the leaders of its most important divisions were missing, investors would revolt,” Dr. Osterholm said. “Here, the stakes are much higher. The mission is protecting the health and safety of the American people”
This was so clearly what was always going to happen, because he’s an anti-vaccine activist, and the members of Congress who voted to confirm him just absolutely did not care www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/u...
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Three scientific papers that raised questions about vaccine safety and were used by the Trump administration to justify controversial changes to US vaccine policies have over the last two months been removed, retracted or placed under investigation by the journals that published them.
#RFKJr's drive to Make #Measles Great Again is succeeding. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-measles-cases-top-2000-just-5-months
#ImpeachRFKJr
Wondering about the state of #HHS, which is missing layers of leadership in multiple agencies?This story is a must read. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/u...
To the leadership of the American Diabetes Association:
Dear Mr. Henderson and Dr. Kalyani,
By now, you have probably received plenty of missives about the police action against scientists and clinicians with your own organization at your national meeting. 1/
