I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

Here are some heroes for today: Idaho physicians fighting for women’s health in a heartbreaking practice environment (35% of the ob/gyn workforce have left since Dobbs) after realizing that there was no cavalry coming #WIMS

Oregon will allow pharmacists to administer Covid and other vaccines, starting TODAY. Whew! Thank you Gov. Kotek, West coast Gov’s, Oregon BOP. Get ‘em now, folks! www.oregon.gov/pharmacy/Doc... #covid19 #medsky #pharmsky @choo.bsky.social @jeremyfaust.bsky.social @tinakotek.bsky.social

Sickening. I’m sick of it and we all should be.

“And so my state of Oregon, along with Washington, California and Hawaii, wisely decided to step away from a dysfunctional enterprise and establish its own evidence-based health alliance.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

We are excited to launch our new talk series: Care, Outcomes, and Reform of Emergency Systems (CORE) Talks. Free Zoom seminars on policy-relevant evidence about EDs, telemedicine, and urgent care. www.coretalks.org Today at 11a EST, Dr. Jesse Pines, “How AI May Transform Emergency Care.”

From nine former CDC directors, who collectively worked at the agency for more than 100 years: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o... Read every word.

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

I’ve been an ER doc in trauma centers all my career. You get used to a lot. But never, ever, the deaths of children— especially from preventable causes.

"Here's the thing... vaccines only work if you give them." @repkimschrier.bsky.social crushes RFK Jr. What a time to have pediatricians in public office. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Py...

JUST IN: The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians and other major national public health groups just filed a lawsuit against RFK Jr. to defend science-backed vaccine policy. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for. Kudos, Sir.🌦️

As a nurse in developmental disability services I am beyond livid. Our system alone serves over 400,000 people. It’s impossible to overstate the scorched earth impact the Medicaid cuts will have. This is a fucking crime against humanity.

Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans. This is Washington at its worst. We need to ban Congressional stock trading.

“Rep. Valadao, R-Calif, led a June 24 letter from 16 Republicans vowing to oppose the Senate bill… ‘Protecting Medicaid is essential for the vulnerable constituents we were elected to represent’ The following week, all 16 of them voted for the bill anyway.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

The rage is appropriate and needed.

I have a lot of issues with people getting information solely through short-form video content (cue the Gen-Z hate), but it doesn’t seem like that trend is stopping anytime soon. I am going to try to reach people over on TikTok. Here are the first 3 minutes of one I just made. 🧪 #MedSky #BlackMedSky

"Addressing disparities entails figuring out why there’s a failure in health or health care and how to fix it." @choo.bsky.social ‬ The NIH says health disparity research is discriminatory. That's beyond ignorant. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... via @msnbc.com CC: @britshmit.bsky.social

The rushed & reckless budget bill moving through the Senate would terminate health coverage for 100,000's of Oregonians. That's why 700+ health care professionals & allies are calling on our federal and state representatives to protect Medicaid & keep Oregon covered. Join us! bit.ly/protect-ohp

OREGON HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WARN: MEDICAID CUTS WILL TERMINATE CARE, RAISE COSTS, AND SHUTTER RURAL HOSPITALS • 600+ doctors, nurses, and health workers urge Oregon lawmakers to stop GOP plan to slash health coverage and hospital funding • Follow Link to co-sign bit.ly/protect-ohp #SaveMedicaid

An "America First" Christian Nationalist preacher who believes God gave the US to white Christians & that Communism is a conspiracy funded by culturally alien Jewish/Marxist intellectuals who want to destroy traditional American society is giving a lecture on the Roman Empire. The date is May 1940.

We put together our thoughts on why abortion didn’t define the federal election as folks thought it would.

Excellent, thorough, and necessary reflections on how abortion has moved as a political issue. A must read if you care about reproductive freedom.

Some people thought the attacks on abortion access would galvanize the U.S. and help secure the last election. We reflect on that optimism in this BMJ piece: www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Tear gas can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID. The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):

Aggrieved whites pretending they only lost out because of "unfair advantages" to minorities is an old script. The Bakke ruling against racial quotas came after Allan Bakke was rejected by 12 different med schools. He sued the *one* that had a racial quota, arguing that and that alone kept him out.

One thing is for certain after this week: Local cops in sanctuary cities—Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York—are working in lock step with DHS and ICE.

The headlines are freaking out but *nothing* about EMTALA itself is rescinded. EMTALA enforces the most basic of emergency care tenets. We will assess and stabilize because that is what we do.

It took me a year to gather the courage to publish this. If you or anyone you know struggles in the workplace due to disabilities — like neurodivergence or mental illness — this personal essay is for you. bit.ly/fired-with-d...

Tax bill would cut availability of med school loans amid doctor shortage, www.axios.com/2025/05/21/t...

"Internal proposals to release the food remain on hold, awaiting sign-off from the Office of Foreign Assistance, now headed by 28-year-old Elon Musk appointee, Jeremy Lewin." Call your representatives.

DOGE cut off Social Security Administration spending so now workers have to use their own money to buy office supplies. Meanwhile Elon Musk makes $8 million every single day from the government.

Defend Public Health has a new campaign aimed at stopping Medicaid cuts. We have a list of Reps from key areas to contact and remind them of why Medicaid is important to their constituents. Please join us in this important effort! @defendpublichealth www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/sto...

Upheaval at FDA pushes some biotech firms to move early trials out of US. Some U.S. biotech companies are considering moving early-stage trials of new medicines outside the United States as worry grows that layoffs and policy changes under the Trump administration. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Important to hear how these preeminent public health voices point to distinct areas of concern but also overlap—from global to local attacks by our own government. Devastating, gut punching and yet, we must listen and we must act.

The vast health harms of the first 100 days: share.mindstamp.com/w/JsMhQJVYakfx - with @pauloffit.bsky.social @agawande.bsky.social @angelarasmussen.bsky.social @bhadeliamd.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social all brought together by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

I think the most useful illustration of how shallow and incurious conservative thinking is continues to be how much they all seem to love Star Wars and yet lack the media literacy or critical analysis skills to understand that they are explicitly the bad guys.

Just passing along some friendly advice on how to approach potential changes to the Australian health care system @drruthmitchell.bsky.social

The CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey has been cut. This information was essential to having a full picture of domestic and sexual violence in this country. So of course Trump — our Abuser-in-Chief — axed it. #MomSky www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/04/n...

For every $1 the government spends on family planning, it saves $7 This is #fiscallyStupid

Top health + science experts explain some of the most disturbing actions of the federal administration's first 100 days. There are too many. Listen & learn from @choo.bsky.social @agawande.bsky.social @pauloffit.bsky.social @bhadeliamd.bsky.social, more.https://share.mindstamp.com/w/FcKTiYFNNwvK

I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.

The clinic saw 207 patients this month. 207. We haven’t seen that many since the Dobbs decision. And almost no one was able to pay or had insurance. We are in so much trouble….

“‘There are clearly going to be tariffs that impact pharmaceutical supply chains’….Generic drugs − which account for the vast majority of prescriptions filled by U.S. consumers… are more likely to feel the financial squeeze” www.usatoday.com/story/money/...