Kizzi Belfon, MD/MPH (she/her)

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island & New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

We became the sickest country in the world. I need to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

NINE former CDC Directors spanning every administration from Carter to Trump, have issued a rare public rebuke of RFK Jr., warning of the harm his rhetoric and attacks on public health is doing. Their message: this is a time to rally to protect the health of every American.

I had a VERY naive perception of DV until I interned at a DV shelter. Babes I’m TELLING YOU, if you think DV is a black and white situation, you don’t know shit about DV. DV lives and thrives in the gray.