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DPH Coordinating Committee member Gregg Gonsalves argues that it's time for the public health field to stop retreating in the face of attacks, arguing, "Race, gender, and sexuality may be a third rail of American politics for some, but for those of us in public health and biomedicine, these issues are central to our work."

DPH Coordinating Committee members James Alwine and Elizabeth Jacobs explain how HHS Secretary Kennedy has eviscerated the CDC, from cutting vital disease tracking programs to using its website to peddle disinformation. This nationally syndicated column has appeared in newspapers nationwide, from the Fort Worth Star Telegram to the Sacramento Bee.

The Trump administration wants to rethink the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, citing Denmark as a comparison. In this Washington Post analysis, DPH member Jessica Malaty Rivera sets the record straight, explaining, “Denmark is about the size of Maryland, so what works to protect a small, very highly vaccinated population like Denmark cannot be extrapolated for a very large, heterogeneous and much more diverse population like the U.S.”

In this wrap-up of the 2nd day of the December ACIP meeting, DPH Coordinating Committee member Elizabeth Jacobs explains the value of aluminum adjuvants in vaccines, explaining: “It sort of primes your immune system to have a really great response to the vaccine. We get aluminum in our bodies all the time, from anything at all that we do.”

This preview of the December 5 session of ACIP lays out the fears of health professionals and medical researchers that the panel will sow confusion and doubt about safe, effective childhood vaccines. DPH Coordinating Committee member Elizabeth Jacobs tells the Post that allowing testimony from the likes of a lawyer who sues vaccine makers "is an egregious attack on public health."

The biggest news service in the U.S. reports on ACIP's decision to no longer recommend universal Hepatitis B vaccination for infants, noting that "a loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions of the panel" -- and including DPH Coordinating Committee member Elizabeth Jacobs' description of the meeting as "an epidemiological crime scene."

Medical writer Dr. Judy Stone chronicles the many strange and unscientific aspects of the Dec. 4 ACIP meeting, quoting a variety of experts, including DPH Coordinating Committee member Elizabeth Jacobs, who termed the meeting "an epidemiological crime scene."

As this article notes, the Dec. 4 ACIP meeting was marked by confusion about what precisely members were supposed to vote on, leading to a vote being postponed. It quotes multiple experts, including DPH Coordinating Committee member Elizabeth Jacobs who notes how hepatitis B is sometimes stigmatized, making the problem worse.

The Dec. 4 meeting of ACIP was widely viewed as an unscientific disaster. This roundup of what happened as well as appalled reactions quotes DPH Coordinating Committee member Elizabeth Jacobs at length. The article states bluntly, "No verifiable medical reason has been provided for any of RFK Jr.'s changes that are now dominating HHS and CDC practices."