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Amy Maxmen

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Public Health Editor and Correspondent at Kaiser Family Foundation

Award-winning public health reporter @KFFHealthNews. Bylines @NYTimes @Nature & more. Views are my own. RT is not an endorsement. She/her.

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  • 1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Amy Maxmen

    Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. — and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic. But public health specialists say they’re struggling to reach farmworkers because many are terrified to talk with strangers or to leave home.

  • 1 week ago | californiahealthline.org | Amy Maxmen

    Las agresivas tácticas de deportación han aterrorizado a los trabajadores agrícolas, que son el centro de la estrategia nacional contra la gripe aviar, según afirman trabajadores de salud pública. Los trabajadores de las industrias láctea y avícola han representado la mayoría de los casos de gripe aviar en el país, y prevenir y detectar los casos entre ellos es clave para evitar una pandemia.

  • 1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Amy Maxmen

    By Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation's bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. - and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic. But public health specialists say they're struggling to reach farmworkers because many are terrified to talk with strangers or to leave home.

  • 1 week ago | charlotteobserver.com | Amy Maxmen

    Egg supplies have plummeted this year as farmers have culled flocks infected in the ongoing bird flu outbreak in the U.S. (Lydia Zuraw/KFF Health News/TNS) TNS Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation's bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. - and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic.

  • 1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Amy Maxmen

    Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. — and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic. But public health specialists say they’re struggling to reach farmworkers because many are terrified to talk with strangers or to leave home. kAm“!6@A=6 2C6 G6CJ D42C65 E@ 8@ @FE[ 6G6?

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Amy Maxmen, PhD
Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen
31 Mar 25

RT @BiPiSci: Doctors across the country rely on CDC databases to inform how they care for their patients, says reporter @amymaxmen. What ha…

Amy Maxmen, PhD
Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen
31 Mar 25

RT @BDHEA_: A new study reveals a troubling trend: The life expectancy gap between racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. is widening. @amym…

Amy Maxmen, PhD
Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen
21 Feb 25

🚨Texas measles outbreak nears 100 cases, w/16 hospitalizations. Officials suspect it's spilled just across the border to New Mexico. Low vax rates+undetected infections mean it will grow. My latest https://t.co/YfLp8fYSbg