Calling patients who were discharged from the ICU while i was the attending. Always nice to hear about their improvements from them and family 😊 Reaffirms the work we do at their worse allows them to recover and strive again for their best. Invest in people.

#Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published February)

Democratic erosion but for public health. They are slowly grinding the infrastructure into bits. So dangerous. Children will literally die.

Patients sometimes find themselves scrambling for affordable care when their insurer and hospital get into a contract dispute. Here are six things to know if that happens to you.

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When I was a kid my family gave money to the local food bank, but once a week they would also take me to the store to choose items I would WANT to eat They explained to me that the kids using the food bank don’t often get treats. They don’t get any choice It was a lesson that really stuck with me

Health insurance costs jumped for workers & employers in 2025. This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies. Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024. Still not sure we need Medicare for All?

Bird flu is back, big time Remember, back in March, 2025, RFK Jr unveiled his "unorthodox idea for tackling the bird flu bedeviling U.S. poultry farms. Let the virus rip." (www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...)

NEW: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just got an email telling furloughed workers to return to work Monday. They will be paid starting Monday, but won’t get backpay for precious furlough days until the shutdown ends.

RFK Jr, arguably one of the most dangerous & extreme conspiracy theorists on the planet, has dedicated much of his life to damaging public health globally Gift link from NYT: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/w...

This is a succinct description of what is happening not only in Washington, but the United States as a whole. Definitely worth a read.

Happy Caturday. This is Chris. He adopted us last we after appearing starved and shivering in our backyard yard. The vet said "No chip" & now we're all his 😻 #caturday

This is bad. When the Vought/Trump people start making NIH institute directors political it is a VERY BAD SIGN for all of US science, which stands on NIH/public funds. Institute directors have always been serious scientists selected by other scientists— not political appointees.

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Hospitals like SUNY Downstate depend on Medicaid funding to keep their communities healthy. Trump’s deep cuts to healthcare and failure to renew Affordable Care Act tax credits could leave families with no access to the care they need. app.publicnewsservice.org/story/nys-nu...

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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With the Trump Administration firing so many senior disease detectives, dismantling public health, ending federal funding for mRNA vaccine R&D, & retreating from multilateralism by withdrawing from the WHO & ending its funding of Gavi, the US is HIGHLY vulnerable to another devastating pandemic

Parents will ask "is something going around?" and we would, based on media reports, anecdotal data, and experience would answer "oh yeah, probably something viral". The CDC produces the NREVSS dashboard which tells us exactly what diseases are "going around". Is has not been updated for 3 weeks.

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

Case in point: staff of Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, #CDC's critical information tool. Most MMWR staff were informed Friday they'd been RIF'd, leaving it unclear what the future of the publication would be. It appears these firings have been rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Urban Institute predicts that 267,000 fellow veterans will lose health coverage if the ACA healthcare tax credits expire. Those are the stakes in this fight.

“The administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didn’t like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them”. The damage to the CDC is “beyond repair”.

We got adopted by a stray kitten this week ... #caturday

Tens of millions of people have died from Covid. Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure. Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.

I am honestly unsure at this point if the government will ever open back up in its previous form. The RIFs coupled with what will likely be massive nationwide protests on the 18th is, I think, going to push Miller and co. into trying to create an alternate structure to consolidate more power.

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today. The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly. We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

Yes, we argue vociferously, backed by empirical research, that patients’ wellbeing and health outcomes will suffer from the Trump administration’s push to end DEI policies at US medical schools

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%” Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Very much captures the approach of RFK Jr, Trump, and the MDs and PhDs who they hired to lead the US health agencies 😔

@catgyoung.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

🚨6 surgeon generals, who worked for Democratic & Republican administrations, say: "the profound, immediate & unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies & positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored....Science & expertise have taken a back seat to ideology & misinformation" I agree

“Kennedy is very effective at using obviously untrue, pseudoscientific garbage to justify wildly irresponsible and dangerous health policies. Lying about monovalent MMR will be one more feather in his cap, with the next generation of Americans paying the price.”

The acting CDC director has finally signed off on the vaccine advisory panel's recommendations for the COVID vaccines. While the CDC is trying to sell this as a win for antivaxxers, in reality this means that COVID vaccines will be more accessible than they have been in recent weeks.

Get ready... www.news5cleveland.com/news/state/a...

When I was a kid, bedtime was 9 pm. I couldn't wait to be a grownup so I could go to bed anytime I wanted. Turns out that is 9 pm.

I just got a call from my rheumatologist. Because of the changes to Medicaid, which no longer reimburses telemedicine appointments, I can either pay out of pocket or drive two hours away every three months, which is not possible for me most of the year due to my work schedule.

End of week status: survived, thrived, and overshared my caseload with my pets (HIPAA doesn’t apply to them🐾). If you’re reading this, you made it too! Cheers to resting like it’s your full-time job this weekend. 🍷 #SocialWorkLife #CollectiveCare

I know there’s a lot going on right now but if you know someone who has a baby or young child, please make sure everyone around them is vaccinated. No one wants this outcome 😞

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Shutdown fight—to save the average American family $13k in Obamacare health insurance subsidies. GOP want to dissolve this and then allow rates to rise to any amount.

That video that RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, & Marty Makary made & released on X advising pregnant people not to get vaccinated against Covid was one of the most irresponsible, anti-science, anti-public health videos I’ve ever seen Those 3 MAGA/MAHA dudes should be ashamed of themselves 2/2

Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection, stillbirth, preterm birth (including a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks), neonatal intensive care admission, & congenital anomalies 1/2