This is also the face I make when work asks me to return to Earth.

Such an important piece from @drhigginsmd.bsky.social. I had similar conclusions when I looked at the Politico poll in question, but Dr. Higgins expressed it more eloquently than I ever could. Vaccine hesitancy is not mainstream and we should not present it as such.

This could actually be quite handy for following the massive programme at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 Instructions are a bit technical, and availability is not yet universal amongst LLMs, so this year it may not be ready for mass adoption. However this could become a v useful bit of #AI at large conferences!

The story is a bit better than the headline but it dances around the real conclusion: many of the problems Ohio State is experiencing are the direct and indirect result of the state government. Instead it tries pin the problems, unfairly, on a jock school that can’t do good.

My latest op-ed in @statnews.com is out today. I wrote it in response to the LCME removing explicit language requiring medical schools to teach about structural barriers that shape patients’ health. This isn’t ideology. It’s clinically competent care. www.statnews.com/2026/04/15/l...

Still a dark day. Not this place.

The view from the train somewhere outside #Lausanne on the way to Munich #ESCMIDGlobal2026 #ESCMIDgreentravel

Just a short U-Bahn ride from #ESCMIDglobal2026 is the Pinakothek der Moderne | Art Max Ernst’s “The Sirens Fall Asleep When Reason Awakes” is a small slice of an amazing collection #ESCMIDgreentravel

Happy 30 Years to This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About! Though I'm sure thinking about the people who can contain their road rage. A skill I only could dream of owning. Anyway what's your favorite song off our old classic?

#InvasivePneumococcalDisease rates declined after PCV7 and PCV13 introduction, but increasing nonvaccine serotype cases highlight the need for broader-spectrum #Vaccines in Canada. ja.ma/3QddVp8

U.S. infectious disease research is on the brink. Without immediate action from Congress, much of it will cease to exist within a year. For example👇 1️⃣ No collaborative RFAs posted for >1 year (normal: many / year). 2️⃣ No foreign collaborators allowed on grants. 🧪🪦 www.idsociety.org/globalassets...

At least heart disease isn’t transmissible so it only directly impacts people that chose to believe these lies and doesn’t hurt their neighbors

Boys should also get the HPV vaccine, not only to help eliminate cervical cancer through building herd immunity but also because in this latest study it cancer risk in men by about half (in 10 years of follow up; the reduction may be larger with longer follow up) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“Basic income has been shown to reduce health care costs, including an 8.5% reduction in hospitalizations. As Dr. Danielle Martin [the newly elected Liberal MP in today’s by-election] has so pointedly said, “If we discovered a drug that reduced hospitalizations by 8.5%, we’d put it in the water.”

My friend texted me this and I am LMAO.

This is a really important piece. Detroit has been coddled for decades through bipartisan protectionism. The US should let China sell affordable EVs, get them to invest by building EV manufacturing here, and let Detroit complete. And if Detroit can't complete, they don't deserve to be in business.

Pretty excited for the @wnba.com draft tonight. Lots of player movement already this week and more to come after teams complete the draft

How I dress when I work as a doctor

I will note: In my experience, it is exceedingly rare for the USCCB to put out a statement this soon after a spontaneous, unplanned thing occurs.

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RIP Asha youtu.be/RCY4IZ-abyg?...

This has caused a lot of outrage, mainly because the graphic highlights JB and Oster. I don’t believe the issue is “platforming” these 2; they both have big megaphones. My issue is insisting that a 45-minute “fireside chat” will support integrity. I prefer accountability through actions not words…

Hummingbirds looking a bit rough this year.

#ScienceUnderSiege @uiowabiology.bsky.social

Some news, as they say, very relevant for Women's History Month: I'm writing a book! It will focus on the women who developed the first effective pertussis #vaccine, Pearl Kendrick & Grace Eldering, but also examine what happened with that vaccine in the years since their death. /1

Here is a nice review paper that covers the existing literature on this topic really well www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My husband, repeatedly: “How can they do this? How can it be so precise??” SCIENCE. Publicly funded science.

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Tremendous talk on DPT vaccine(s) by Dr Tara Smith @aetiology.bsky.social to kick off Iowa City Darwin Day Friday talks. If you missed today’s talks there’s more fun tomorrow! iowacitydarwinday.org/events/

It is 1854. American right-wing nativist WASPs fearmonger about Catholics handing the nation over to the Pope. It is 1960. American right-wing nativist WASPs fearmonger about Catholics handing the nation over to the Pope. It is 2026. American right-wing nativist WASPs fearmonger about Catholics ha

The Great Depression wasn’t built in a day

What percent alcohol is this Purell 8+ years after the expiration? #idsky

Another example of the kind of work we'd see more of with universal basic income.

I have been writing about EVs at WSJ for a decade and this is the first year that so many readers are fans of them that when I asked for their tips on switching, responses *poured* in. The energy transition isn't gonna happen fast but it IS happening. 🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Those of us in public health don't just have to become better storytellers, we need go out into our communities and co-create a better future for all of us. The story of public health in the 21st century should be one embedded in communities that need us most. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Love this video from @hankgreen.bsky.social - beautiful photos made all the more beautiful when you understand what's going on youtu.be/oaXRREHVkHo?...

I will be serving as one of the panelists for this event which will include other professionals in K-12 education and public safety services. One of the advantages of letting my advocacy show in patient interactions. I was identified by a parent to take part.

"and you can see that confidence, they've started like a team in that kind of form..." *Martim Fernandes scores a 40 yard own goal* #Porto

Residents of a small Wisconsin town just passed a first-of-its-kind referendum on AI data center development. Tax incentives for future data centers will now require voter approval. Kudos to these residents for taking on Big Tech. Never doubt your power to change the system.

Never ever figure authorship out later. it's never too soon to have a shared understanding

New with @pamherd.bsky.social: While never mentioning Trump or political parties, the show’s second season offers an almost-real time commentary on how policy changes are affecting health. Lets take one particular example of Medicaid coverage loss. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

"The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half." Gift link: wapo.st/4ccudpF

Not the main point here, but I do not ever recall a federal agency making significant programmatic and personnel changes as a result of the PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL, which does not change any law or funding allocations. Congress hasn't acted yet. What are we doing here?

Why stop with military acts, Iran should just close the Strait anytime they feel pissy. Sinners doesn’t get the Oscar? Strait’s closed. Mohan gets written out of The Pitt season 3? Boom, closed

A Baltimore-based thread to explain one singular, overriding reason why American journalism is incapable of compassing and explaining the astonishing misrule and the implosion of all our governing norms. To wit: A few decades ago, as a police reporter covering the Baltimore department, a new...

I don’t play poker but is showing all your cards a good strategy?

Did not know Yaphet was up for Picard. I can only hope he went to the audition insisting he was Italian and talking with his hands. His memory is a blessing.