Alexandra Williams, MS Biodense

Biodefense, MS - George Mason University Opinions = my own

[Alexandra Williams, MS Biodense @AlexandaMW]

It was an absolute pleasure to partner with and visit the Dominican Republic for this project

[CICTE @OEA_CICTE]

El #ProgramaCICTE de #Bioseguridad y #Biocustodia visitó, junto a personal de @START_UMD, diferentes laboratorios públicos, privados e instituciones académicas de República Dominicana para obtener información sobre los elementos de biocustodia implementados en el país 🇩🇴

[Alexandra Williams, MS Biodense @AlexandaMW]

White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to ‘at-will’ hires | Scientific American https://t.co/jn94sz0DuB

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

“Scientists shouldn’t get political.”

Except for when politics is destroying science, killing millions, and making the world a much more dangerous place for everyone.

It’s never inappropriate or unprofessional to stand up for your field, especially when that’s the right thing to do for our health, security, and freedom.

✊🏻🇺🇸🇨🇦

[STAT @statnews]

Stopping Ebola, 'an unforgiving enemy,' will require a massive, immediate, and meticulous response, writes former CDC Director Tom Frieden. https://t.co/B91TE9fImj

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

A virus carries no passport and can’t be deterred by weapons. Yet we spend trillions on arms while underfunding the health systems that protect us all.

Health security IS security.

The world needs better global leadership.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Trump, Musk and Rubio slashed aid and scoffed that it was woke nonsense. Now they're seeing that it not only saved one life every 10 seconds but also protected us from diseases like Ebola. Their actions constituted a security failure as well as a moral one.
More broadly, their fecklessness contrasts with the courage and humanity of doctors and aid workers in Congo and Uganda, lacking adequate PPE but still risking the virus to care for fellow humans.
Trump, Musk and Rubio might learn something from them. https://t.co/kPKj7fqJFZ

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at USDA helps prevent threats like screwworm from ever reaching US livestock.

In 2025, it lost 1,300 employees due to cuts and firings.

That’s the thing about prevention: you don’t notice it when it works, only when it is gone.

[DrDemetre @dr_demetre]

2/5 Trained on our epidemiology and our healthcare system, our vaccine schedule should mirror the reality of our situation not be guided by the politically-motivated idea that we should give kids fewer vaccines.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

Sec Rubio finally taking the reins from RFK Jr. on vaccines distributed through GAVI. While we should have never reached this point in the first place - delayed action is better than none.

[DrDemetre @dr_demetre]

Having worked on multiple emergency responses to infectious diseases, including supporting infection control for #Ebola in NYC, the State Department leading without USAID expertise is like trying to control a fire from the mayor’s office without a fire department or fire hose.

[Alexandra Williams, MS Biodense @AlexandaMW]

This is so dangerous 💔

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

Woah. A profound shift in American science is coming.

Every federal research grant could soon require sign-off from a political appointee.

Scientific progress depends on funding decisions grounded in merit and public health need, NOT ideological approval.

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

RFK Jr lied about supporting vaccines last week, just as he lied about it many times before.

Whatever anti-vax bullshit Bobby is peddling, holding up GAVI’s budget at the demonstrable expense of thousands of kids lives’ globally is unconscionable and appalling.

[Think Global Health @ThinkGlobalHlth]

Measles and whooping cough are surging in two of Sudan's most conflict-affected regions, while measles outbreaks in the United States and Bangladesh grow.

Elsewhere, Honduras’s whooping cough outbreak has reached 112 cases and 9 deaths in 2026. https://t.co/JkMfs9xo6F

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

We need to do a bipartisan dive, if we can, into the high cost of healthcare in this country, and the growing cost of pharmaceuticals, and what Congress can do to bend that curve, @RepDianaDeGette tells the @Biodefensecomm.

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

Trump is day by day doing permanent damage to American science.

I spoke to a friend of mine working in physics.

One of the databases he uses was completely wiped clean because it also included evidence of climate change.

[Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @KrutikaKuppalli]

With the @FIFAWorldCup 2026 approaching—spanning 16 host cities, including Dallas, and >5M visitors—infectious disease risk is real.

Honored to give Grand Rounds on threats from VHFs and vector-borne diseases to respiratory pathogens and STIs—and how we can prepare now.

Identify. Isolate. Inform

[Joseph Harris @JosephHarrisBU]

Just a month left to submit your abstracts to the Social Science & Medicine Call for Abstracts for the Special Issue on Polarization and Health Policy in Global Context, edited by Nora Kenworthy & me. Abstracts due April 30. For more information visit https://t.co/VI0hMvZvnf

[Senator Andy Kim @SenatorAndyKim]

Elon Musk and billionaires get a tax cut. 7 million Americans with Alzheimer’s get further from a cure.

As a caregiver, I am sick and tired of this. We must fund medical research. Millions of American families depend on it.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

We were told NIH funding cuts were about eliminating DEI.

But the data now shows grants are down across nearly every field of medicine: cancer, diabetes, mental health, brain disorders.

With the greatest cuts hitting Alzheimer’s research, down more than 50%.

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

We are on track to have more than 5,000 measles cases this year

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

If you are curious about seeing what may be the last competent FDA advisory committee left standing in action as they contribute to determining access to flu shots next fall, join me, @jessicamalaty, & @SaveAmericaMvm at 12:30 pm ET on March 12!
https://t.co/65jCUIRn7U