Reva Katz

Enjoying the view from my AK home. Recently retired as the Epidemiologist for Municipality of Anchorage but these opinions are my own.

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

@catsfaith Get plenty of sun on your skin, especially your face, whenever you can. It's precious here and will soon be waning.

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

@CovidSolidarit1 Who says they are separate & distinct things?

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

How about instead the list of 200,000-300,000 Americans who needlessly died from Covid bc they fell victim to a disgusting antivaccine disinformation campaign and refused Covid vaccines. It was led by the Murdoch media empire, Fox News, News Corps, Rogan podcasts, the corrupt wellness influencer industry pushing ivermectin, and of course RFK Jr and his organizations. They killed Americans. All documented in two books, my 2023 book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-science @JHUPress and #ScienceUnderSiege our 2025 book with @MichaelEMann @public_affairs

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

If you need to evacuate to public shelter to escape fire, hurricane, flood, or other emergency, use care. Most may not use good handwashing, have space to isolate sick, etc., & are prime opportunities for spreading infections like COVID, flu, & Norovirus. https://t.co/lxuVge1gbV

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

Since July 1, 2025, CDC does not track Cyclospora & made reporting cases optional. Your state may not offer testing or tracking. Until we know more, take care with lettuce, herbs, green onions, raspberries, & snow peas, all associated with past outbreaks. https://t.co/zQPeKfLziy

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

@brownecfm All in combination. COVID has a strong neuro component. Add that & cognitive changes it causes to the economic & war & loss of public funding, worry over AI, education, etc. -- no one has the necessary coping abilities or skills.

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

@catsfaith Even though folks often get a simple handheld abdominal ultrasound to check the aorta, many weaknesses & aneurysms can remain hidden.

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

Normal safe food handling practices are not enough to prevent Cyclospora. It's a parasite that strongly adheres to food, so just rinsing produce isn't enough. Heat is the most effective defense; cooking foods to 158°F (70°C) or higher kills the parasite. https://t.co/WJvz0b5ozV

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

Martha Lillard died in OK last month. She was last person to still be relying on an iron lung to live. She contracted polio the year after I was born -- there was no vaccine available then.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, according to Atul Gawande, a former leading administrator at the agency. Gawande, backed by recent academic studies, believes that the death toll will likely reach seven figures. The policy is not only immeasurably cruel, he argues; it is also stupid, badly undermining what remains of American soft power and prestige. Gawande explains the human cost of DOGE’s war on U.S.A.I.D.: https://t.co/pcqDGOFqdJ

[nychealthy @nycHealthy]

Today we released a preliminary list of 31 buildings with cooling towers that tested positive for the presence of Legionella bacteria during an initial PCR screening test, as part of the ongoing investigation into an Upper East Side Legionnaires’ disease community cluster.

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

Estonia Won the War on Fentanyl. What Came Next Was Even Worse. New compounds coming faster and deadlier. “People will have to stop wanting to use. That’s the only way it ends.”
https://t.co/lJOm3cj45U via @NYTimes

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

@ibdgirl76 @PamelaSOCFEN Thank you. This is all just an invite fir every charlatan who can make promises to fragile, desperate sufferers

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

@LauraMiers Tell your Congressional Representatives & Senators to support & advance the PREDICT (The Public Health Response and Emergency Detection Through Integrated Wastewater Community Testing) Act.

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

Are you on Medicare and looking for affordable ($50 a month) way to get a GLP-1 without joining some weight loss service? This federal program begins July 1 and it is definitely worth reading about now, speaking with your doctor, then applying July 1st. https://t.co/Bt8iEh755t

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

@sarahdespres @HHSGov @US_FDA @hhs Sunscreens sold in Europe, Australia, and Asia all contain bemotrizinol. It lasts longer, doesn't irritate sensitive skin, more water resistant, and larger molecules not as readily absorbed through skin so may even be safer. Approval is great news despite RFKJr heading HHS.

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

Very good intro to Texas NWS cases (3-week-old calf in Zavala County, another calf in La Salle County, & a dog in Andrews County which had been to Mexico), how we got here, & possible implications. https://t.co/oJf5lzdYm6

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

USDA confirms New World screwworm detected in 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, near US-Mexico border. A 20-km (12.4-mile) infested zone quarantine established & millions of sterile NWS flies will be released in Texas and Mexico in coming days. https://t.co/UWxqUc8CWV

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

Now 9 cases of listeriosis linked to ongoing outbreak involving soft ricotta cheese. 8 hospitalized. one person from Maryland has died. Clover Hill Dairy recalled its soft ricotta cheese that was sold in NC, NY, VA, Maryland, NJ, and Washington, DC. https://t.co/73xj9HfNAc

[Reva Katz @Reva4542]

FDA has approved Xocova® (ensitrelvir), an oral antiviral agent that inhibits the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) of COVID‑19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years & older following contact with someone with COVID-19. https://t.co/KcZxa98aKi