Excited to share that our book “Quality Measurement in Healthcare” will be released next month! Thank you to my co-editors Jesse Pines and JaneThorpe at GW Public Health and to friends and colleagues who contributed chapters 📚 To pre-order: a.co/d/hq8JbzF

My amazing husband is doing his 15th PMC this weekend in honor of my father, Frank Burstin. With draconian cuts in fed research, your support is more important than ever #PMC2025

EXCLUSIVE: According to a MedPage Today analysis, the CDC's MMWR published fewer articles in the past 3 months than it did during the same time period for several years prior. @srasmussen7690.bsky.social @kristinafiore.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would end out-of-pocket costs for prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care—meaning no copays, deductibles, or cost barriers to essential maternal care. Families shouldn’t have to suffer financially to grow. Ask Congress to support families: bit.ly/4nQOzcW

Reminder to all medical orgs on #Medsky, you have the ability to apply to become a “trusted verifier” which means you can verify accounts that are affiliated with your org. Are you affiliated with a medical society? Ask them to become a trusted verifier and they can then verify your account.

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health. We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW

So thankful for @melindagates.bsky.social and others who are stepping up where our country is failing.

Very proud of our specialty societies for suing RFK Jr. over changes to COVID vaccine policy. Go AAP, ACP, IDSA, and SMFM! And thanks again to Dr. Georges Benjamin @apha.org who is always on the right side of justice! #MedSky

Dark times for healthcare. Our patients deserve better TY @sanders.senate.gov for posting

Proud to have @cmssmed.bsky.social specialty societies jointly advocate with the National Health Council’s patient organizations in support of FY26 funding for medical research to support care that is science-based, patient-centered, and accessible to all #StrongerTogether

I'm a primary care doctor and a mom. I can think of few things that are as important to our lives as our health. Call Congress and tell them: Their budget bill is bad for our health. Call them every day that health matters. #MedSky #MOMSky

This week’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, was politicized, chaotic and not transparent. Our statement: bit.ly/3ZPB0jO

"False comments about vaccine safety made by current committee members with no clinical experience will further sow seeds of fear, doubt, and distrust in medicine among patients and contribute to the spread of medical mis- and disinformation. "

Thank you to our specialty societies for speaking up about the current non-evidence-based state of the ACIP #MedSky www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/american-college-of-physicians-alarmed-by-acip-committee-meeting-a-dangerous-path

“The pursuit of health equity is a long game, as we all know, with many twists and turns, like the ones that we’re experiencing right now,” said Cooper. “But the longer we play, the bigger the reward will be.” From @STATnews.com on our new health equity awards Thank you @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social

Good news....for a nice change of pace. #MedSky

Ruiz: Why did the report include citations that don’t exist? RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate Ruiz: How can they be accurate if they did not exist?

@newyorker.com #MedSky

An inspiring Encoding Health Equity Summit today. With DDF support, we awarded $1M in grants to 8 specialty societies: encodingequity.org/event/specia... Special thanks to keynote Dr. Lisa Cooper and our advisory committee co-chair Dr. Joseph Wright AAP for their vision and guidance.

Dr @helenburstinmd.medsky.social has always been an incredible mentor & sponsor🙏🏾I'm always grateful for my time as a @nam.edu #DxEx scholar! Great to return & learn alongside wonderful colleagues like Drs @snigdhajain.bsky.social @gezzerortegamdmph.bsky.social Emily Abdoler Lauren Shapiro & more!

Wrapping up 2 amazing days at the National Academy of Medicine #DiagnosticExcellence Energized to learn from so many brilliant people working to improve diagnosis! @helenburstinmd.medsky.social @lekshmimd.bsky.social @mgraber1.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @yalepccsm.bsky.social

A bit of good news amidst all the bad. Love to see @ash.hematology.org contributing real resources and action to support research in hematology

Secretary Kennedy’s allegations about the integrity of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are completely unfounded and will have a significant negative impact on Americans of all ages. Our statement: bit.ly/3SGaDcb

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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.

ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO

Secretary Kennedy's announcement that COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women could reduce vaccine access for millions of Americans. IDSA urges insurers to maintain coverage for COVID-19 vaccines: bit.ly/4jjmwPV

The effects of Covid in pregnancy are devastating and preventable by vaccination; now we have strong data from Penn Medicine that vaccines protect children and adolescents from long Covid

The great @suzannevega.bsky.social releases “Luka” as a single this weekend in 1987. Upon hearing it, Prince (whom she never met) sent a letter. “‘Luka’ is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard in a long time,” he wrote. “There are no words 2 tell you all the things I feel when I hear it.”

Announcing the 5th cohort of @nam.edu Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence in partnership with @cmssmed.bsky.social. Another remarkable group of scholars builds our network of >50 leaders transforming health care through improvements in diagnostic excellence! nam.edu/news-and-ins... #MedSky

The two pictures are 11 years apart. On 10 May 1933 the Nazi party staged ideological spectacle of burning of 'un-German’ books. 2nd image: Auschwitz II-Birkenau, burning pits outside gas chamber V, 1944. #Auschwitz warns us of where ideologies of hatred can lead to.

"Dismantling this system without ensuring that its functions are safeguarded will cost lives." This Viewpoint discusses the potential risks of the proposed overhaul of the US Department of Health and Human Services. #MedSky ja.ma/44bTBto

Earlier today, AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh testified as a bipartisan witness before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, warning that without immediate action, the U.S. runs the risk of losing its position as a global leader in biomedical research and innovation.

Thrilled to see @nytimes.com focus on high quality info health sources including two of our @cmssmed.bsky.social members @acog.org and @aap.org (healthy children.org)!

Dog timeline cleanse Luna coaxing her favorite raspberry bush to bloom 🐶

“Our job is to evaluate science and evaluate it in an unbiased fashion,” Dr. Rubin said. “That’s what we do and I think we do it well. The questions seem to suggest that there’s some bias in what we do — that’s where the vaguely threatening part comes in.” @nejm.org

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“We support the editorial independence of medical journals and their First Amendment rights to free expression. The Journal actively fosters scholarly scientific dialogue and remains steadfast in its commitment to supporting authors, readers, and patients” @nejm.org quoted by @aniloza.bsky.social

Most school shooters don’t get guns from strangers. They get them from home. We can change that—by locking up firearms and demanding safe storage. Because one locked gun could save a life. #ProtectOurChildren Do you own a gun? ✅ Lock It Up. ✅ Store Ammo Separately.

Translation for the general public - A large hole was just punched through that NIH/AHRQ "Swiss Cheese" slice to dismantle science that protects our health and healthcare

Massive, unarchivable datasets of cancer, covid, and Alzheimer's research could be lost forever 🔗 www.404media.co/nih-archives...

Lots of talk online about how measles is harmless. More than 'just a rash', measles in kids can cause pneumonia, brain swelling, and even death. Cases are rising, and it's preventable: 2 doses of MMR vaccine provide 97% protection. #Measles #VaccinesSaveLives #Vaccines

As former center director at AHRQ, it is devastating to watch it be dismantled. With amazing staff, AHRQ catalyzed improvement in safety, quality, equity, etc. The US Preventive Services Task Force must be preserved. Thanks to @kffhealthnews.org for this excellent write-up. #StandwithAHRQ

Sad day for science. Proud to be a signatory on the letter from members of the National Academies of Medicine, Science, and Engineering. Gift link below. wapo.st/43AJwWK

VA Research Under Threat (no paywall) #openaccess #medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...