Dr. Jetelina on measles, ticks and allergies—and the continued gutting of public health

Public health is moving fast—and the ripple effects on our health and communities are real. Keeping up can feel like drinking from a firehose; Dr. Jetelina helps.

Katelyn Jetelina is a public health enthusiast with a passion for making science accessible—readable and easy to put into action. She has a master’s degree in public health and a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and serves as a scientific consultant to organizations like the CDC. By day she’s an epidemiologist, data scientist, consultant, and wife, and mom to two adventurous little girls. By night (and occasionally nap time), she is the founder and writer of Your Local Epidemiologist, a Substack with readers in all 50 states and 126 countries.

Click right on through for Dr. Jetelina’s April 21 update: “Goodbye, respiratory season. Hello, ticks, allergies, and spring cleaning. Meanwhile, public health gutting continues: the administration’s top nutrition scientist resigned due to concerns over censorship, the Covid.gov website underwent a dramatic shift in direction, and a huge $40 billion cut proposal for Health and Human Services.”