Carrie Byington, MD, FAAP, FIDSA (@carrie_byington) 's Twitter Profile
Carrie Byington, MD, FAAP, FIDSA

@carrie_byington

@UofCAHealth and pediatric ID @UCSF and @UCSDHealth, translational scientist, systems thinker--Latina working to ⬆️health security @UofCalifornia and beyond.

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calendar_today03-06-2011 20:47:09

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American Academy of Pediatrics (@ameracadpeds) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This week's ACIP meeting was full of the same intentionally misleading fearmongering that causes vaccine hesitancy. Children and families deserve better — public health information grounded in science.

This week's ACIP meeting was full of the same intentionally misleading fearmongering that causes vaccine hesitancy. Children and families deserve better — public health information grounded in science.
Carrie Byington, MD, FAAP, FIDSA (@carrie_byington) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CDC advisory panel recommends thimerosal be dropped from flu vaccines "That lack of expertise was on display in the new committee’s two-day meeting, which concluded Thursday."⚠️ Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 always summarizes the key points perfectly. statnews.com/2025/06/26/rfk… via STAT

IDSA (@idsainfo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"We will not stay silent." IDSA President Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP, joins AAP, ACP, ACOG, and @AAFP in urging evidence-based vaccine recommendations. bit.ly/443ptQw

IDSA (@idsainfo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This week’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, was politicized, chaotic and not transparent. Our statement: bit.ly/3ZPB0jO

This week’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, was politicized, chaotic and not transparent.

Our statement: bit.ly/3ZPB0jO
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 (@helenbranswell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wow! The pediatric death toll for the 2024-25 flu season keeps climbing. #CDC was informed of +3 deaths last week; they occurred between early Feb & mid April. The total is now 253 pediatric deaths (& more reports could still come). 90% of these kids weren't vaxed.

Wow! The pediatric death toll for the 2024-25 flu season keeps climbing. #CDC was informed of +3 deaths last week; they occurred between early Feb & mid April. 
The total is now 253 pediatric deaths (& more reports could still come). 90% of these kids weren't vaxed.
Carrie Byington, MD, FAAP, FIDSA (@carrie_byington) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home You have been lied to sir. At age 40, Mr. Timmons likely only received 1 measles vaccine. He could have received a 2nd shot. Measles can be life threatening and supplements are no cure. nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/…

Carrie Byington, MD, FAAP, FIDSA (@carrie_byington) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“The purpose of ACIP is to follow evidence-based medicine,” Kuldorff said. But the committee was erratic; it cast doubt on CDC analyses and substituted lay advice and intuition for ACIP’s normal methods." AI hallucinations are not evidence-OVER⚠️ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

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Swept up in the mass purge of grants to Harvard include dentists serving poor in rural NH, scientists in MI studying newborns w/ heart defects, and community clinics in MA using digital tools to improve cancer screenings. statnews.com/2025/06/30/har… STAT

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 (@helenbranswell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Though the West Texas #measles outbreak has slowed down, the nationwide number of confirmed cases this year is still climbing. The number of recorded cases in the first 6 months of 2025 is close — 8 shy — to surpassing the 2019 total to become the highest yearly tally since

Though the West Texas #measles outbreak has slowed down, the nationwide number of confirmed cases this year is still climbing. The number of recorded cases in the first 6 months of 2025 is close — 8 shy — to surpassing the 2019 total to become the highest yearly tally since
Carrie Byington, MD, FAAP, FIDSA (@carrie_byington) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Want more children? Make it free to give birth. "Now is the time for us to invest in healthy mothers and a thriving next generation. Now is the time to make birth free." thehill.com/opinion/health…

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Leading medical groups sue RFKJr over Covid-19 vaccine recommendations "led by American Academy of Pediatrics, other plaintiffs are ACP, APHA, IDSA, Massachusetts Public Health Alliance, SMFM, and a pregnant physician." statnews.com/2025/07/07/doc… via STAT

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 (@helenbranswell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#CDC reports the confirmed #measles count in the country so far this year has hit 1,288, the highest single year total since 1992 — and the highest since measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. statnews.com/2025/07/09/mea…

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U.S. sees most single-year measles cases since it declared disease eliminated "Three people — two children and an adult — have died from measles in the U.S. this year"--the most measles deaths in a single year this century. statnews.com/2025/07/09/mea… via STAT

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HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interest "Officials said they would release ethics forms for seven new members of the ACIP before the group’s first meeting in late June. That deadline came and went." statnews.com/2025/07/09/ken… via STAT

Carrie Byington, MD, FAAP, FIDSA (@carrie_byington) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all of his mentees. I was fortunate to be one of those mentored by George and I will always be grateful.💐