Some beautiful keepsakes nurses made for a dying patient's family at Harbor-UCLA.

“I did not resign to make a symbolic point. I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit. I spoke up because the stakes for children, communities, and our preparedness are too high.” time.com/7338714/dr-d...

Here, here. "Congress must now also exercise its oversight responsibilities to ensure repairs to FDAs current and future capabilities, infrastructure, human resources, and reputation begin as soon as possible." Big deal coming from investors/companies. www.nopatientleftbehind.org/evidence-bas...

Excited to work with @pzettler.bsky.social and @reshmagar.bsky.social on this new project supported by @arnoldventures.bsky.social with the goal of developing a principles-based approach to rebuilding and re-envisioning FDA. moritzlaw.osu.edu/ohio-state-a...

thank you @drdebhoury.bsky.social !!

Our new kitten was discovered alone and outside by a kind soul at approximately four weeks of age (first measured weight was 395 g). She appears to be settling into the household nicely. Our labradoodle is (very gently) trying to ignore her.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Even as my own life is imperiled by the Trump administration’s actions, I understand the populist rage and institutional distrust that drive the Make America Healthy Again movement,” writes Sam Braslow, who has Stage IV melanoma.

Happy Veterans Day! This post is celebrating my mother's service as a WASP--Women Airforce Service Pilot--during WW II, flying P-52s, P-47s, etc. from the factory to bases for subsequent deployment. Flying newly built planes is risky; 38 of the 1074 women died, often due to mechanical failures.

📢 JAMA Senior Statistical Editor @rogerjlewis.bsky.social, MD, PhD, @jamaotolaryngology.com EIC Jay Piccirillo, MD, & @jamaotolaryngology.com Statistics Editor Dorina Kallogjeri, MD, MPH, will be speakers at the 2nd Annual Midwest Critical Appraisal Workshop. See flyer for more details. ⬇️

On halloween there’s nothing spookier than a future without CDC

In children 6 months after heart transplant, everolimus with low-dose tacrolimus was as effective as standard therapy in preventing major complications and showed potential benefits for kidney function and reduced CMV infection. ja.ma/4nWa63L

Calling all early career researchers! Applications are open for the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program. Individuals interested in becoming journal editors, as well as those looking to learn more about journal review processes, are invited to apply. 🔗 ja.ma/46ZoFMG

It’s a big week for artificial intelligence publications at JAMA. Editors are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the JAMA Summit on #AI and the launch of JAMA+ AI. Today, JAMA published a Special Communication from Summit attendees, a podcast, and calls for papers. 🧵

Emergency physicians will care for everyone who seeks help - day or night, regardless of insurance status, immigration status, or ability to pay. Read more via the link below 🔗 https://bit.ly/47gQwIz

“I fear for public health in our country.” Former CDC Chief Medical Officer @drdebhoury.bsky.social says that the national US public health system has been subjected to a “hostile takeover” and she’s right. We should all share her fears. Kennedy must go. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Congratulations to Noah Wyle and the cast and crew of #ThePitt for a huge night at the 2025 Emmys! 🌟 Outstanding and well deserved wins across the board. Thank you for all that you do for EM! 👏 @hbomax

Top medical groups warn that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr poses a risk to US public health amid vaccine policy turmoil. Here’s the latest on the mounting pressure to remove him from the HHS. ja.ma/4n5gPb9

Join us at #atmc25 as we explore "Better Trials Through Better Methods" Invited speakers and program details now available - more at www.atmc25.com Secure your ticket today! Early🐦 must end 26/9

It's been a month since a shooter attacked CDC's HQ. As former CDC & HHS leaders, current staff & supporters gather on the anniversary tonight, APHA's Benjamin tells workers: "You are not alone." Hear more from Benjamin on The Nation's Health Podcast, live now: bit.ly/42jIFrJ

From a time when childhood vaccines were just a figment of imagination. Row after row of baby headstones.

Breaking with the CDC, ACOG reaffirms support for #COVID19 vaccination in pregnant people. Here’s what to know. ja.ma/4mTSEMM

In this podcast episode, economist Edward Norton, PhD, of @umich.edu discusses the use of instrumental variable analysis and heterogeneous treatment effects with JAMA Statistical Editor @rogerjlewis.bsky.social, MD, PhD. ➡️ Listen now:

Still on my 25-year crusade to end all two-sided alpha testing in superiority trials. It's something simulating clinical trials brings out as just plain silly.

Moderna vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... ) 2/2

Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine. Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... ) 1/2

🎙️ In this podcast episode, listen to Jody Ciolino, PhD, of Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, discuss 📊 factorial clinical trial designs with JAMA Statistical Editor @rogerjlewis.bsky.social, MD, PhD. 🔗 Listen now: ja.ma/47o7qq7

📌 You can read all the JAMA, @jamacardiology.com, and @jamanetworkopen.com papers presented yesterday at #ESCCongress 2025. ja.ma/3HNjMxM

📌 Attend "Innovation and Integration in Cardiovascular Medicine" session at #ESCongress 2025, joint session with @jama.com and JAMA Cardiology. 🗓️ Monday, September 1 at 8:15 AM. ➡️ Zagreb - Hall 10 ✅ Featuring JAMA editors @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social and Greg Curfman.

A woman who was 20 weeks pregnant fed her toddler son raw milk. He contracted Campylobacter and then passed the infection to her; she progressed to sepsis, and had a miscarriage. She is suing the business that sells the raw milk, saying she didn’t know the risk. Don’t feed your kids raw milk.

In patients with salvageable brain tissue identified by perfusion imaging who did not initially receive thrombectomy, alteplase given 4.5 to 24 hours after acute ischemic #stroke onset may improve functional outcomes. ja.ma/45RU9oA#stroke#MedSky #NeuroSky

Nontargeted hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening was superior to targeted screening for identifying #HCV infection in the emergency department. ja.ma/479QYtJ #MedSky

📢 Apply now for the JAMA Network Peer Review Academy Participants will spend 9 months connecting remotely with JAMA Network editors for hands-on peer review training. 📅 Apply by July 21. https://ja.ma/40z5xm9

"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. https://ja.ma/4l7oHrb

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

The shortage of infectious disease specialists, the compensation structure, and the dwindling pipeline of new ID trainees is a threat to all of us.

I am a little late on this one - but Moderna published their phase 3 trial of a combined influenza/covid mRNA vaccine in adults age 50+. Great immunogenicity. Mild, short-term side effects (muscle aches, fatigue, etc). This is good news. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Guns are the leading cause of death of kids, and a new study in JAMA Pediatrics jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... shows that state laws matter - NPR

Editor’s choice from this week's issue of #JAMA: ➡️ Varenicline for Youth Nicotine Vaping Cessation ➡️ Long-Term Spending of Accountable Care Organizations ➡️ Small Cell Lung Cancer / A Review; and more. 🌐 ja.ma/4eRp9GH

Guidance outlining key design points and specific reporting requirements was published earlier this year 7/7 www.bmj.com/content/388/...

When they are applied appropriately, however, they can be effective. Examples include the SUDDICU and the PEPTIC trials 6/7 SUDDICU: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... PEPTIC: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Experts inside and outside the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been left stunned and puzzled by the decimation of a nearly 80-year-old agency that has been a global leader in public health. Learn how decimating the CDC will cost many lives in the US and abroad. #MedSky

Pleasure to meet leaders of the Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences- Prof Jansen, EiC, Prof Njunwa, Deputy EiC, & Mr Nisingizwe, Managing Editor JAMA is proud to participate in the African Journal Partnership Program ajpp-online.org

In clinical trials it is not only potential benefits that should be measured - it is crucially important that any potential #harms are also investigated 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #118

“We are only slowly beginning to understand the impact that social media is having on violence. In the 21st century we really need to invest in this space.” @upenn.edu professor and @nam.edu member Desmond Patton shares his perspective while attending #JAMASummit.

impossible to convince someone who expects VIP treatment in the hospital that you do not want VIP treatment in the hospital

This JAMA Patient Page describes causes, risk factors, evaluation and treatment, and bystander instructions for cardiac arrest in apparently healthy young adults. #MedSky #CardioSky ja.ma/3SdKMbc

A new phase 3 trial suggests a single mRNA vaccine may protect against both COVID-19 and flu. mRNA-1083 met noninferiority criteria and showed higher immune responses than standard vaccines in adults over 50. ➡️ Watch the video and read the full JAMA study: ja.ma/3GODDMb #MedSky