Associate Prof @PSUNursing. ID Epidemiologist. HIV,STIs,SGM health. Alum @etsu @EmoryRollins @OSUPublicHealth.She/her.Views are my own. #epitwitter
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28 May 2024
Important thread about DV. "Why doesn't she leave?" is NOT the question we should be asking. If we want to help women, we have to ask the right questions. "Why isn't he arrested?" And my own addition to this thread: "Why does the law protect his rights more than hers?"
28 May 2024
I came across something I wrote some years back, and I think it is relevant to the "Man or Bear?" conversation. So, a thread, but first some observations:
When a woman is in an abusive relationship, what's the first thing people say?
"Why doesn't she just leave?"
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Cara Exten (Rice) retweeted
25 Sep 2025
We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven. The degree to which those comments can undermine public health, do harm to women who are pregnant, create anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic – is violence against the truth.
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8 Sep 2025
Exemptions increased in 36 states and DC, with 17 states reporting exemptions exceeding 5%.
[that means risk for outbreaks like measles because community immunity is below 95%]
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3 Sep 2025
Judges' robes are starting to look an awful lot like superhero capes. The judicial branch may save us yet.
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Cara Exten (Rice) retweeted
13 Feb 2025
It’s called judicial review, and it’s been around since the Supreme Court decided Marbury v. Madison in 1803.
If one didn’t mind when justices (who are themselves judges) on the “Supreme Court struck down Biden’s vaccination decree,” then they have no room to argue against the courts striking down Trump’s executive actions.
Archive: archive.ph/Typdz
If ANY judge ANYWHERE can stop EVERY Presidential action EVERYWHERE, we do NOT live in a democracy.
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Cara Exten (Rice) retweeted
31 Jan 2025
The CDC's page for HIV data has vanished.
Who benefits from this? In what universe does this help the country?
cdc.gov/hiv-data/index.html
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31 Oct 2024
Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!!
Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.
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30 Sep 2024
Broken ❤️ to see the destruction of my favorite places on Earth.The mtns of E. TN and W. NC are where I spent my late teens and early 20s.These communities provided this Army brat with a place to call home and fostered my love of the outdoors.I can’t describe my grief and concern
29 Sep 2024
Went to help in the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area today, and it’s hard to describe - never seen anything like this. Post apocalyptic. It’s so overwhelming you don’t even know how to fathom what recovery looks like, let alone where to start. Going to be a long path to recovery that all levels of stakeholders are going to be needed.
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18 Sep 2024
Loved being a part of this fantastic panel on health of trans and gender diverse communities. Grateful for a room packed with people passionate about health equity and research that informs meaningful change.
18 Sep 2024
An excellent panel on trans and gender diverse individuals at @CDCSTD prevention conference. Thanks to all the presenters ✨️Shaina Swain, Tula Abularrage, @ExtenCara, Winston Abara, John Chang Lang✨️ and my amazing co-moderator Leandro Mena🎉
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5 Jul 2024
For anyone tracking my luck. This was almost 2 years ago exactly. Today I’m in Jamaica - got here 2 days before a record setting category 4 hurricane struck. Officially accepting offers to plan my next vacation.
That said - Jamaica is paradise. But - next time-no hurricane pls.
9 Jul 2022
When your dream vacation gets derailed by evacuation orders. Grateful for first responders. We will be back someday, @YosemiteNPS! #WashburnFire
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15 Apr 2024
✨Happy STI Awareness Week! This week is important as congenital syphilis rates soar across the country & how DoxyPEP can curb STIs among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and trans women. Join @HIVpxresearch and @InfoASHA for our syphilis & DoxyPEP webinars
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7 Apr 2024
Places on Earth that don't look real - thread 🧵
1. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean
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24 Mar 2024
How do you spell hope?
24 Mar 2024
University of Chicago: “A new type of vaccine developed by researchers at the Univ. of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) has shown it can completely reverse autoimmune diseases—all without shutting down the rest of the immune system’
mag.uchicago.edu/science-med…
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18 Mar 2024
Great to see rural health getting attention! Disparities affecting these communities are staggering - the problem is complex and the solutions will be also. (Side note - as an ETSU alum, love to see this work happening there.)
The Rural Health Conundrum: Former Senator Bill Frist examines the issues that must be addressed to improve the health of over 60 million Americans living in rural areas. Read the article ow.ly/ObBg50QW2pM #RuralHealth
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14 Mar 2024
SBM Friends-I was so excited to finally be back at SBM, but was unexpectedly unable to make it. My AWESOME PhD student is there and has a poster tonight. Please stop by and give him some love. Timothy Adekeye is amazing (and on the post-doc/faculty job market!). #SBM2024
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25 Feb 2023
This is the most powerful and helpful thread I’ve read in a long time. For anyone whose life is headed in an unexpected direction.
24 Feb 2023
After I was convicted of murder and sentenced to 26 years in prison, when the earth dropped out from beneath me, and global shame rained down on top of me, I had my first ever epiphany.
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1 Mar 2024
@amandaknox I can’t tell you how often I’ve come back to this. Your own epiphany sparked one for me. These words were transformative for me during some very dark days. Thank you.
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Cara Exten (Rice) retweeted
7 Feb 2024
This is unbelievable: "In some cases, child care is now costing more than a college degree."
Parents are spending tens of thousands on child care, with MA costs at the top of the list. Check out the reality in @CareDotCom's new report in @USATODAY: usatoday.com/story/money/202…
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