Amy Maxmen, PhD
@amymaxmen
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Award-winning public health reporter @KFFHealthNews. Bylines @NYTimes @Nature & more. She/her. More: https://t.co/NdADJbAbi4
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Joined December 2010
🐮Exclusive: Emails from FOIA show why surveillance for human bird flu cases has been marred by delays & blind spots. As a result, we can’t answer basic questions – like why cases have more than doubled within a few weeks. My latest @KFFHealthNews 🧵
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Update: This measles outbreak has grown to 14 cases & 6 probable cases pending confirmation. Some children have been hospitalized.
A measles outbreak is growing in a Texas county with dangerously low vaccination rates. Public health practitioners warn such outbreaks will become more common because of scores of laws around the U.S. that ultimately lower vaccine rates. 📝: @amymaxmen
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We spoke about my piece @KFFHealthNews about what Trump's exec orders mean for global health, as the US leaves people in poverty hanging & cedes its power to other countries.
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RT @angie_rasmussen: Out today in @ForeignPolicy: I wrote about what will happen if there is an H5N1 pandemic with Robert F Kennedy, Jr. in…
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RT @JenniferNuzzo: I am disheartened that several CDC webpages are currently down. I hope this is just a temporary pause. Infectious diseas…
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RT @Craig_A_Spencer: I joined @CNN to talk with Anderson Cooper about what we learned from RFK Jr’s confirmation hearing today. Catchy tag…
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🧪The CDCs weekly science report is indefinitely on hold, stalling important bird flu studies. This unprecedented freeze sparks concerns of political meddling in science. "If it’s not short-lived, it’s censorship.” My latest @KFFHealthNews
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RT @SaskiaPopescu: Really fantastic article from @amymaxmen 👇🏻 What a U.S. exit from the WHO means for global health - CBS News https://t…
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Some experts found a silver lining in the US withdrawing from the WHO. But not for the reasons the Trump administration cites.
Great article from @AmyMaxmen in CBS News. "Power is shifting hands," Alakija said. "Maybe that will give us a more equitable and fairer world in the long term."
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RT @maxdkozlov: "Never seen anything like this before": In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely a…
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RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: How three of Trump’s executive orders on health policy endanger lives and potentially shift geopolitical power away…
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RT @mollycastlework: I went to one of the evacuation sites near my house the day after the LA fires erupted. There were over 1,000 ppl ther…
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RT @KFFHealthNews: To make America healthy again, a new study suggests that interventions must address the conditions of life for groups wi…
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RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: New study reveals gaping disparities in the U.S.: The life expectancy among Native Americans in western states is n…
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RT @TomBollyky: US health disparities are so large it's like Americans live in different countries Asian Americans have life expectancy si…
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RT @thesicktimes: Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing. Read @amymaxmen's…
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RT @artiscuriskis: “I hear over and over from workers, ‘The cows are more valuable than us.’” An incisive look into the bird flu response
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H5N1 still be contained on dairies if the US shifts gears *rapidly*. USDA's new milk strategy is promising, albeit many months late. As impt: Many farmers now recognize how damaging H5N1 is to them & that it's not just going away. Mine @sciam /KFF
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