Emily Evans

Infectious Diseases Fellow at Emory ID | via @PittGIM and @EmoryMed | HIV advocacy | art | she/her/hers | 🌈 |

[HIV Medicine Association @HIVMA]

Thank you, Senator @ossoff, for taking the time to hear from our immediate past chair @colleenfkelley about the importance of fully funding federal HIV programs to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.

We appreciate your thoughtful response and commitment to this work.

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

As a former U.S. Surgeon General who held an active medical license and practiced medicine while in the role (at Walter Reed and aboard the USS Comfort) it is incomprehensible that the Senate is even considering a nominee for this role who lacks any active license and has never practiced unsupervised. 🤯

[IDSA @IDSAInfo]

The administration’s “anti-vaccine stance has interrupted the reliable flow of the data we need to keep Americans safe from preventable infections,” writes IDSA CEO Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, in a new @AnnalsofIM editorial. https://t.co/VrmVTKPNA1

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

By withdrawing from @who and its global efforts to combat polio, ebola and cervical cancer, the US is effectively siding with viruses and bacteria against modern medicine.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Bill Foege, rest in peace. He was a hero of public health, key to the eradication of smallpox (which killed more than half a billion people), a former head of CDC, and unfailingly wise, kind, and persistent.

@celinegounder recalls his life beautifully: https://t.co/8YvcqGOxkd

[Carlos del Rio @CarlosdelRio7]

William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89 https://t.co/gPbSxw8OHg via @NYTimes The world has lost a true giant of public health. I was privileged to know him and to call him my friend and mentor over the last 30 years. Rest in peace Bill!

[HIV Medicine Association @HIVMA]

Powerful voices came together at IDWeek 2025 #CutsKill Quilt Rally to call for the protection of HIV funding! Thanks to the #SaveHIVFunding campaign & manager Maxx Boykin, and speakers HIVMA Chair Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH, FIDSA, actor and advocate Javier Muñoz and former CDC executive Dr Demetre Daskalakis.

[American Academy of Pediatrics @AmerAcadPeds]

Today’s ACIP meeting promoted false claims and misguided information about vaccines. AAP will continue stepping up and working with our local, state and federal partners to make sure every child in every community continues to have access to immunizations.
https://t.co/iL3kubqbv2

[U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy]

Louisiana is in its worst whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 35 years. 368 cases this year, including two infants who have died. Since last fall, 63 have been hospitalized, 65% infants. Most hospitalized were not up-to-date on vaccines. 

The DTaP/Tdap vaccines protect against whooping cough, as well as tetanus and diphtheria, which also remain dangerous threats to children. These vaccines are safe, effective, and life-saving. Talk to your doctor about any questions you may have.

[Mark J. Mulligan, MD, FIDSA @mjmull]

#2 Dear FL, Without vaccine mandates, your vaccination rates will fall below the herd immunity thresholds for diseases. For example, measles is so highly contagious that 95% of people must be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. FL vacations will become dangerous for us. Love, GA

[DrDemetre @dr_demetre]

To be clear none of the people @SecKennedy mentioned work in the National Center for Immunizaton and Respiratory Diseases at CDC. He has not been briefed by experts. Where is he getting his information on your health? Thanks @SenatorLujan for that important question. #publichealth

[Emily Evans @EmilyEvs]

@dr_demetre @jonlovett @PodSaveAmerica

[Emily Evans @EmilyEvs]

@dr_demetre @jonlovett 👀 just sitting here waiting for what would be the most epic collab/podcast episode!

[DrDemetre @dr_demetre]

Listen to the ⁦@MeidasTouch⁩ Meidas Health Podcast. #publichealth https://t.co/DR69mdp2wF

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Florida will repeat what happened in West Texas (where immunization rates are low): 100 measles hospitalizations + 2 needless childhood deaths among the unvaccinated, pertussis will follow after that. All for health freedom propaganda, and lousy Fox News sound bites

[Emily Evans @EmilyEvs]

RIP Disney World, hello Whooping Cough World

https://t.co/ZQWlZvz9Os

[Jake Scott, MD @jakescottMD]

Nine former CDC directors published a powerful op-ed about RFK Jr.‘s assault on America’s public health system. These are extraordinary public servants who made major sacrifices to protect Americans. I have tremendous respect for their courage.
https://t.co/FoKw9JOigJ

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." https://t.co/hYWnhYjCDY

[Emily Evans @EmilyEvs]

Labor Day shout out to the brilliant hardworking scientists at CDC, NIH and FDA who are being put through the wringer for trying to keep America healthy

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

90% of flu deaths in kids were unvaccinated… 😞