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This is the definition of broken: United States housing data shows home sellers now exceed buyers by over 500,000, the largest imbalance ever recorded, per Redfin. Do you realize what's happening?
Live in or plan on visiting Hapoy Valley, PA and looking for a fun wine tasting event? Come spend September with the Centre County Pearls on Sept 20th for a Fall sip and soirée. Donations are also appreciated! 🩷💚🍂🍷 zeffy.com/en-US/ticketin…
At a conference with Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health & Health Equity Solutions this morning. The purpose is to learn more from various experts in Connecticut about changes in federal law that reduce public support for food and health coverage (i.e., SNAP, Medicaid).
America decided decades ago not to eliminate poverty. It framed poverty as a Black problem, responding with inhumane policies of policing, long sentencing, non-investment in our communities, barriers to wealth building. Know this and build our own for generations as ancestors did
So all state vaccination mandates? Like measles-mumps-rubella, pertussis, diphtheria, polio, varicella, etc.? One of the most significant advancements in modern public health? Chris is asking epidemiologists how long because we know this is death by design.
So all state vaccination mandates? Like measles-mumps-rubella, pertussis, diphtheria, polio, varicella, etc.? One of the most significant advancements in modern public health? Chris is asking epidemiologists how long because we know this is death by design.
Serious question to any epidemiologist who swims in this sewer we call X- How many years will it take to see the impact of this decision?
COVID vaccine update: Pharmacies in some states won't give you a shot unless you have a prescription. CVS: CO, FL, GA, KY, LA , ME, NY, NC, PA, UT, VA, WV, DC Walgreens: AZ, CO, GA, IN, LA, MO, MT, NM, NY, OR, SC, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI CVS is not yet offering shots in MA, NV, MN
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New research indicates that #COVID19 and #flu can awaken dormant cancer cells, and there could be implications for cancer survivors. ja.ma/3UPzVWq
Just got this email. Science communication should be just as bold, but evidence-based. Vaccines save millions of lives every year. Rejecting them for profit puts communities at risk. They're offering a monthly retainer to promote. This is polished, branded, funded, & dangerous.
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group” nytimes.com/2025/08/28/wel…
What in the actual hell.
Amazing 😍 #blackballerina #blackballerinasrock #representationmatters #dance
Here is a kid that was murdered by organized white domestic terrorism which led to inaction, coverup, and decades of fighting for justice. This wasn’t that long ago. He would have been 84! Wow
Here is a kid that was murdered by organized white domestic terrorism which led to inaction, coverup, and decades of fighting for justice. This wasn’t that long ago. He would have been 84! Wow
May the 20th anniversary of #HurricaneKatrina remind us of the need to transform or discard inhumane systems and the need to transform inhumane hearts that disregard and discriminate against people. So many people should be alive. So many Black human beings were dehumanized.…
Katrina showed the world the deep seated anti-Black racism in the US. The world watched as Black people were left without food and water in that stadium, tuned back on a bridge as they were trying to get help, and left on their own to die as the 9th ward flooded
Katrina showed the world the deep seated anti-Black racism in the US. The world watched as Black people were left without food and water in that stadium, tuned back on a bridge as they were trying to get help, and left on their own to die as the 9th ward flooded

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@mboveda.bsky.social @mildredboveda
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