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Dan Blumenthal retweeted
I'm pretty excited about the fact that we will have a lot of excellent physicians and public health experts in our government
Here is a comprehensive list of scientists and medical doctors confirmed so far to have been elected or reelected last night, across both parties and at the federal and state levels:
U.S. SENATE
Dr. Annie Andrews | South Carolina
@AnnieAndrewsMD | Pediatrician
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed | Michigan
@AbdulElSayed | Physician and epidemiologist
GOVERNORS
Dr. Amy Acton | Ohio
@AmyActonOH | Physician and former state health director
Dr. Josh Green | Hawaii
@GovJoshGreenMD | Physician
U.S. HOUSE: MEDICAL DOCTORS
Dr. Ami Bera | California
@RepBera
Dr. Richard Pan | California
@DrPanMD
Dr. Raul Ruiz | California
@RepRaulRuizMD
Dr. John Cowan | Georgia
@DrJohnCowan
Dr. Rich McCormick | Georgia
@RepMcCormick
Dr. Kelly Morrison | Minnesota
@kellymorrisonmn
Dr. Bob Onder | Missouri
@BobOnderMO
Dr. Herb Conaway | New Jersey
@RepHerbConaway
Dr. Adam Hamawy | New Jersey
@HamawyForNJ
Dr. Maxine Dexter | Oregon
@RepDexterOR
Dr. John Joyce | Pennsylvania
@RepJohnJoyce
U.S. HOUSE: SCIENTISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS
Dr. Jasmine Clark | Georgia
@jasmineforga | Microbiologist
Daniel Biss | Illinois
@DanielBiss | Mathematician
Sean Casten | Illinois
@RepCasten | Biochemical engineer and scientist
Dr. Bill Foster | Illinois
@RepBillFoster | Physicist
STATE LEGISLATURES
Dr. Jarod Fox | Florida House
Infectious disease physician
Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger | Minnesota Senate
@Amanda_MNHouse | Former forensic scientist
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Excited for the launch of the Smith Institute for Evidence, Innovation, and Policy—tackling health care’s biggest questions and turning evidence into better care and healthier lives
Honored to serve as Director of the Institute & lead this next chapter with @rwyeh @BIDMChealth
Read more: bidmc.org/news-stories/all-n…
After a decade of growth, we’re now the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Institute for Evidence, Innovation, and Policy.
The Institute's centers will bring together bold ideas, rigorous science, and clinical expertise to improve people’s health and lives.
bidmc.org/news-stories/all-n…
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Five cases that Anthropic caught is great.
We won't get five more warnings before something bad happens
Here's the link to the original report:
anthropic.com/threat-intelli…
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
We are sleepwalking into a potentially huge disaster
And it amazes me how little attention it is getting.
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
We have our parents to thank for miracles like this -- funding science in a bipartisan manner across many years
Our kids will never forgive us for the ways we are breaking that scientific enterprise now for short term political gain
FDA Approves Drug for Pancreatic Cancer in Incredible Moment for Deadly Disease wsj.com/health/pharma/fda-ap…
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Actually no, the Roman Empire was undone by two types of malaria, vivax and falciparum that made the Romans chronically ill and growth stunted, followed by a third hit from the Antonine plague (most likely smallpox) 166-180 CE introduced by returning Roman armies from Seleucia (Mesopotamia). Two additional plagues didn’t help. Bottom line it was failure to control pandemic threats, which undid the Roman Empire, and now we’re making the identical mistake.
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Data for vaccine benefit in children
"Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year."
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
The most striking benefit was for vaccination vs measles (Figure)
The childhood vaccine distortions today by executive order will further add to the marked increase in US measles cases, currently the highest in 35 years.
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes.
Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause autism.
Breaking up vaccines will mean children have to get more shots to get the same protection, not fewer shots. It will increase hesitancy and make children less safe.
Parents should listen to their child’s pediatrician about vaccines rather than listening to an inaccurate executive order. This is so wrong.
nitter.gq/axios/status/208688294…
Trump executive order would split up MMR vaccine axios.com/2026/08/10/trump-o…
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
The public is smart.
They know that getting health information from politicians is a bad idea
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
On @CNNSOTU with @DanaBashCNN this morning. I said three things:
1. Political leaders are accountable for public health decisions, not the scientists who advise them
2. The vaccine-autism question has been studied for 25 years. The answer hasn't changed: there is no link
3. Right now too many kids are getting measles that vaccinations prevent, too many people are getting cyclospora that better tracking prevents, and ranchers are losing cattle to a pest we eliminated from this country in 1966.
Three outbreaks at levels we haven't seen in years. None of them are coincidence.
Stick around for the end — my view on COVID origins.
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
KENNEDY: Can you show me one study that shows that children were protected by the COVID vaccine?
CDC:
“During December 19, 2021–October 29, 2023, receipt of ≥2 doses of an original monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was 52% effective against pediatric COVID-19 hospitalization and 57% effective against critical illness related to COVID-19, when the last dose was received within the 4 months preceding hospitalization, but protection decreased over time.”
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/m…
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
RFK, Jr pretends to be a scientist and a physician. Did he spend a single day in a hospital during the pandemic? He’s critical of mitigation efforts but does he know what it was like for healthcare workers who put their own lives in harm’s way every single day for almost a whole year until a vaccine was available.? Has he thanked them for their sacrifice?
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Happy 250, America
The greatest country in the world. The nation of possibilities
For a poor kid from Bihar, India — no money, no connections, just a shot
Medical school. Public health. White House
Only in America
That's still the promise
Happy July 4, everybody
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
And life expectancy was 32.
Personally I'm a fan of a world where kids survive childhood because of vaccines
Where people don't die of infections that you can't treat
And cool new mRNA based vaccines treat cancer so people can live long healthy lives
But that's me
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Dan Blumenthal retweeted
The only way proven way to suppress and eradicate NWS is through SIT. The current USDA plan is necessary but not fast enough for the unfolding crisis. Additional sterilized flies are needed now. There are modular options that were scientifically validated in the 1950s that have potential to scale within months to provide an initial operational capability to start closing the sterilized fly gap long before the planned fixed facilities may come on line at the end of 2027, at the earliest. The fly is not waiting to spread, why should we wait to accelerate new options?
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Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Sending Americans who are exposed to or infected with Ebola to Kenya (instead of bringing them home) is an extraordinarily bad idea and it will backfire
On the surface -- it seems smart. Why not send people elsewhere instead of bringing them home
For three reasons actually
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Trump administration plan to quarantine Americans suspected of having high-risk exposures to #Ebola in Kenya meets on-the-ground opposition. The plan to quarantine people exposed & treat cases abroad relies on good will the US may not have right now. washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Ebola in DRC's Ituri Province. 246 suspected cases, 65 deaths.
If confirmed, already one of the 10 biggest Ebola outbreaks in history
We're just hearing about this now? That makes no sense. Those numbers take weeks to accumulate
Suspected cases in Bunia, the provincial capital — a city with airports. That matters enormously for spread
CDC and global partners need to surge resources in. Ituri is where the 2018 outbreak ignited.
A slow response creates unnecessary risks to people everywhere
Ebola Virus Disease outbreak confirmed in Ituri Province, DRC
Africa CDC is closely monitoring the situation and convening an urgent high-level coordination meeting today with the DRC, Uganda, South Sudan and global partners to reinforce cross-border surveillance, preparedness and outbreak response efforts.
Following consultations with DRC’s Ministry of Health and National Public Health Institute, preliminary laboratory results from L’Institut National de Recherche Biomédical - INRB Kinshasa detected Ebola virus in 13 of 20 samples tested.
About 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have been reported, mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones. Four deaths have been reported among laboratory-confirmed cases. Suspected cases have also been reported in Bunia, pending confirmation.
🔗 Read full statement: ow.ly/g2Z450Z02vj
#EbolaOutbreak #HealthSecurity #DRC
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Literally no one who did more to advance our understanding of -- and treatments for -- heart disease than Gene Braunwald. Ever.
One of the greatest physicians of the last 50 years has passed away at the age of 96
Know someone who survived a heart attack? You can thank EB
The American Heart Association mourns the passing of the legendary cardiologist Eugene Braunwald, M.D., widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in the history of cardiovascular medicine. Over seven decades, his work reshaped the understanding and treatment of heart disease, leading many to call him the father of modern cardiology.
Braunwald was a lifelong contributor to the American Heart Association, helping advance its research and scientific mission, and was honored with some of the Association’s highest honors for his lasting influence on cardiovascular care and research. His influence extended well beyond his own discoveries, as generations of Association‑supported investigators, clinicians and academic leaders were trained by Braunwald or guided by the clinical trial standards and mentorship models he helped establish.
newsroom.heart.org/news/amer…
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Gene Braunwald died at 96.
In a normal world, this would be front page of the NYT and WSJ.
The father of modern cardiology.
Fled the Holocaust as a boy
Went on to save millions of lives
The most important clinician-scholar of the last 50 years. We should all know his name
The American Heart Association mourns the passing of the legendary cardiologist Eugene Braunwald, M.D., widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in the history of cardiovascular medicine. Over seven decades, his work reshaped the understanding and treatment of heart disease, leading many to call him the father of modern cardiology.
Braunwald was a lifelong contributor to the American Heart Association, helping advance its research and scientific mission, and was honored with some of the Association’s highest honors for his lasting influence on cardiovascular care and research. His influence extended well beyond his own discoveries, as generations of Association‑supported investigators, clinicians and academic leaders were trained by Braunwald or guided by the clinical trial standards and mentorship models he helped establish.
newsroom.heart.org/news/amer…
Dan Blumenthal retweeted
Millions of Americans skip medications because they can't afford them. Did the Inflation Reduction Act help?
In @JAMAInternalMed, we find the IRA's 2024 drug provisions ⬇️⬇️cost-related medication nonadherence—especially in those w/ multiple conditions
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
