16% of nursing home residents with traditional Medicare who newly entered a nursing home in 2018 "spent down" to Medicaid eligibility between 2018-2022. Likelihood of spend-down varied across demographic characteristics and length of stay. @gabyab

What a beautiful tribute - and she feels the exact same about you

While few details have been shared about Russell Vought’s latest layoffs, there is no question this is poorly timed and yet another example of this administration’s punitive actions toward the federal workforce. The termination of federal employees in a shutdown will further hurt

We should do this more often ;)

"China has no scientific edge over the United States," @ScottGottliebMD writes. "China has only a policy edge, which derives from its deliberate economic strategy."

Florida Surgeon General Dr Joseph Ladapo tells ⁦@jaketapper⁩ that the pertussis vaccine doesn’t work. That’s incorrect. The DTaP vaccine is 98% effective at preventing infection at 1 year and 71% effective at 5 years.

Still thinking about this mind-boggling exchange regarding the former CDC director today RFK JR: I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, “are you a trustworthy person?” and she said “no.” WARREN: What?

I wouldn’t normally acknowledge or amplify garbage like this… but this person was handpicked by @SecKennedy to be on the CDC ACIP- and we just had a shooting at CDC, where someone was killed. There’s no other word for this than disgusting. The question is, will RFK fire HIM?😡

Breaking: BILL CASSIDY is calling for CDC's vaccine advisers meeting to be postponed. "If the meeting proceeds, any recommendations made should be rejected as lacking legitimacy given the seriousness of the allegations and the current turmoil in CDC leadership."

Susan Monarez remains the CDC’s director this morning — on the agency’s website, at least

Senator Patty Murray calls for RFK Jr.'s firing, commends Monarez “I had serious doubts about Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad to say that I was wrong."

My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business.

Who will be on this task force? Will it do its work in public? Will it used cherry picked data or will it consider all available evidence? The public deserves transparency at a minimum.

The CDC just released the latest data on kindergarten vaccination rates, showing fewer children are immunized. Every parent, policymaker, and public health leader in the country should be coming together to increase access to vaccines. https://t.co/JjBxWdAWmr

Do fluoride supplements harm children? FDA panel discussion turns into heated debate

This is a ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ editorial I have carried with me for over 24 years. It’s sad to think that even tho the science is even stronger now proving the value of vaccines, the risk of this dangerous rhetoric has only grown.

Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s.

This is a BIG deal! In past, health plans used ACIP recommendations to determine insurance coverage for vaccines. This news 1) Is good for patients 2) Shows new ACIP has already lost trust/ influence. Health Plans' Continued Commitment to Vaccine Access

DYK: In 1986 kids received 10 shots protecting against 7 diseases. Those vaccines exposed them to < 3,000 antigens - the parts of viruses or bacteria that teach our immune system to recognize /respond to infections. Today's schedule has more injections - 50 by age 18 - but total

My @STATNEWS Op Ed: President Trump often touted that his first administration approved more generic drugs than any in history. He had good reason to highlight the success. Recently, however, the FDA team enabling these approvals was disbanded. It may undo that historic progress