What in the Health?!
Shelley N. Facente, PhD, MPHFearless, funny, and expertly vetted updates on what is happening to public health in the US—the good, the bad, and the (lots of) ugly—since Inauguration Day 2025.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 58 | Subscribers | Read | whatinthehealth.substack.com |
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Whiplash.
If you are anything like me, these days you wake up and think “What in the world happened while I was sleeping? Is the Strait of Hormuz open today? Or closed?” This is even more true if you live in California like I do, since the east coast...
Is the Tide Turning? We May Have a New CDC Director
Big news yesterday, as the Trump administration announced a new nomination for CDC Director, who now will have to be confirmed by the Senate. Unlike a few recent confirmation hearings (Casey Means for Surgeon General? cough cough) this is e...
Resist!
Yesterday I attended San Francisco’s version of the 3rd No Kings march since Trump took office for his second run at remaking the United States in his vision (as if we can give him credit for the vision…which I’m pretty sure we can’t). It w...
2026 has been a doozy so far!
Hi all. You may have noticed I haven’t posted much in a while.
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I have a Master of Public Health and a PhD in epidemiology from UC Berkeley, am faculty at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and have been a busy public health consultant for the last 15 years, working to improve health equity everywhere.
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