Between 2023 and 2024, the number of Black medical school matriculants declined by 11.6% and Hispanic matriculants by 10.8%, while the proportion of Asian and White matriculants increased. ja.ma/4n3nou6

NHANES runs mobile clinics that travel the country measuring height, weight, & blood pressure while collecting blood and urine samples. These samples are our only national source for tracking everything from blood sugar to hormones, heavy metals, and more. The entire operation has been eliminated.

Dr. Jennifer Caputo-Seidler “began noticing many doctors asking how to treat polio. "Today, the people who are training to be pediatricians, they're not taught how to recognize a case of acute polio when it comes in… the doctors practicing today have never managed it." @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

WaPo is wrapping this all up in fancy language and downplaying how unqualified she is but she is a quack who quit her residency and has never actually practiced medicine. She isn’t just a departure from “traditional medical expertise” - she has no medical expertise whatsoever.

Older adults receiving federal housing assistance are less likely to be diagnosed with late-stage #cancers including breast, colorectal, and lung cancer, compared to individuals who received no assistance. ja.ma/3WqgpjU

And it's not just for teens/tweens! I got mine the week after my 12 year old. It's available into your mid 40s

A key finding: texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50 percent, according to a nationally representative CR survey of 2,158 U.S. adults conducted in April 2025. Here’s how to protect yourself:

Study in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants and 3,000 in pregnant women from January 2024 to May 2025.  #Medsky www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

A record number of Americans are living on the streets, roughly a quarter with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or other severe mental illness. The overwhelming majority pose no public danger, and research links only 3% to 5% of violent acts to those with serious mental illness.

A study published in JAMA found acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability. JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF

Just a reminder that it's the last day of September and the US Preventive Services Task Force hasn't met since March. (Their July meeting was cancelled by RFK Jr. and there are no future meetings scheduled.) Understandably we have been focused on preserving vaccine access, but screenings matter too.

The latest "Viewpoint" from the Vaccine Integrity Project

Human skin cells are turned into eggs in fertility breakthrough | Science | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Nearly 7 in 10 #COVID survivors tested didn't know they had a dulled sense of smell Changes in, or loss of, sense of smell can have a profound impact on a person's well-being, the authors say. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Sinclair will resume airing ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on its ABC affiliates, ending blackout in dozens of cities

My latest for @jama.com:

I couldn’t be prouder to have worked on this JAMA Insights article with @angiefagerlin.bsky.social and @bzikmund.bsky.social—five key strategies for communicating medical numbers clearly and meaningfully, so patients can make informed decisions!

Two new studies predict results of declining #MMR uptake, restricting non-medical vaccine exemptions A 5% drop in coverage could substantially increase outbreak magnitudes in Texas, while restricting non–medical exemptions could increase US uptake. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

New ‘Capital Gazette Five’ highway markers remind: ‘It’s still dangerous to tell the truth.’

The Trump administration is terminating the federal government’s annual report on food insecurity in America, saying it had become “redundant, costly and politicized” and noting that “extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger.”

The Morris Fishbein Fellowship in Medical Editing is a unique one-year fellowship offered by JAMA to introduce physicians to all facets of editing and publishing a major medical journal at our headquarters in Chicago. 📅 Apply by Jan. 5, 2026. ja.ma/4naYkCm

A US senate subcommittee was told this unpublished vaccine study was 'the most important ever.' Henry Ford Health now confirms why it was never published: it failed scientific standards. Here's what's actually wrong with the study: jakescottmd.substack.com/p/why-the-senates-most-important-vaccine

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100% preventable because #vaccineswork

Senate committee to probe CDC shake-up; New Jersey eases COVID vaccine access In other developments, the Kennedy-led MAHA commission launched a children’s health strategy, which partly focuses on vaccine issues, prompting concerns from health groups. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

My latest for @jama.com:

Vinay Prasad, who is making it harder to get the Covid vax, barely comes into the office: there's nothing wrong with working at home, but it's ironic - and he's getting special treatment while other workers cannot . www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @motherjones.com @juliametraux.bsky.social

For people in the DC area, I’m happy to say that my husband, who had made an appointment but did not have a prescription, got his shot yesterday at the CVS in the Wildwood Shopping Center in Bethesda. He said it was packed with vaccine-seekers but well-organized. He was in and out quickly.

Claiming that routine immunization requirements for school are an issue of parental rights dehumanizes children. Kids have intrinsic rights just as anyone, and parents are obligated to provide the best care possible for them. That includes providing them with indicated medical interventions.

Law enforcement officials removed a peace vigil that had stood outside the White House for more than four decades after President Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the clearing of homeless encampments in the nation’s capital: https://cnn.it/3HWaOhL

White House’s review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide

The NIH clinical center is struggling.

the sentence @owasow.bsky.social quotes from this article is an unintended allusion to this classic @xkcd.com cartoon

The phrase “medical freedom” is a lie. Freedom is being able to travel in your own country without having to worry about foodborne or airborne illnesses thriving due to governmental failings. Living in fear of what will happen to you or your children bc of government wantonness is not freedom.

A well-deserved recognition for @drdebhoury.bsky.social. Work has become much more dangerous for emergency physicians (and all of us) with the decline in vaccine uptake. For our hospitals to safe we must keep vaccine mandates in place. It’s time to #FireRFKjr #SacktheQuack

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

Great news coming out of the #bestcoast. Until we #FireRFK, it falls to the states to protect us.

“Who am I to tell you what your child should put in their body?” Dr. Ladapo said... Umm...You are the Surgeon General of Florida and protecting the health of children seems like it should be part of that job. - This is going to result in a tragic and avoidable demonstration of the value of vaccines.

US measles total climbs to 1,431 cases In other developments, the CDC rescheduled a clinician's update on measles as two states announced a few new cases. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

Pritzker says the press should be asking this question, too, and he's right.

Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find. It is unclear what data Mr. Trump was referring to. 100s of reports have tracked their efficacy since they debuted in 2021. The shots have saved millions of lives, dozens of studies have estimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/h...

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With President Trump repeatedly threatening to send the military to Baltimore, read about how daily life and acts of resistance in Washington exist side by side. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

My next generation Covid vaccine update this month includes a surprise new phase 1 trial funded by US Project NextGen, & some trial results. Plus 10 new preclinical reports, mostly for mucosal vaccines. Now out @plos.org: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/08/31/m... #Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

"The reality is that Secretary Kennedy has profited from and built a career on sowing mistrust in vaccines. Now, as head of H.H.S., he is using his authority to launch a full-blown war on science, on public health and on truth itself." Truth from @sanders.senate.gov. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...