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This Won't Hurt A Bit! Medical talk show on KYRS FM. Medical Lake/Spokane 88.1/92.3 FM.
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Walker Bragman
about 3 hours ago
NEW: The chair of the President’s Cancer Panel, Dr. Harvey Risch, is a co-author on a study touting ivermectin for cancer. The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated.
www.importantcontext.news/p/chair-of-p...
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Chair of President’s Cancer Panel Co-Authors Ivermectin Cancer Study Backed By Supplements Company
“It’s marketing disguised as science.”
https://www.importantcontext.news/p/chair-of-presidents-cancer-panel
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Chise
about 5 hours ago
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.
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A personalized vaccine for melanoma cut the risk of cancer returning after five years
If the vaccine is effective in a late-stage trial, it would be “paradigm-shifting,” one expert said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/personalized-vaccine-melanoma-cut-risk-cancer-returning-five-years-rcna347424
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Michael Hobbes
about 9 hours ago
"We want the government to crack down on this thing that no one can define" is a recipe for a right-wing power grab and a raft of moral-panic legislation.
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Sarah Kendzior
about 8 hours ago
It’s the third of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day. Of course I’m republishing my Bobbie Gentry article!
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/searching-...
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Searching for Bobbie Gentry
America’s culture of cruelty and those who dare to notice.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/searching-for-bobbie-gentry-d40
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Jonathan Howard
1 day ago
" Almost everything about the vaccine schedule report from Tracy Beth Høeg, a sports medicine doctor, is pure propaganda. It should be retracted and should not be used to guide Donald Trump’s immunization policy for our kids!"
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Creating Misinformation About Total Childhood Vaccine Doses
Almost everything about the vaccine schedule report from Tracy Beth Høeg, a sports medicine doctor, is pure propaganda, including artificially low vaccine dose counts for Denmark and other countries.
https://www.stopantivaxpropaganda.org/p/creating-misinformation-about-total
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Join us live at 10:00 a.m. for This Won't Hurt A Bit! A medical talk show produced locally here in the inland Northwest and broadcast from the central library in downtown Spokane, Washington. 88.1 or 92.3 FM or streaming worldwide at
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KYRS | Thin Air Community Radio
https://kyrs.org
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Trish Greenhalgh
11 days ago
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html
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Charles Gaba ✡️
5 days ago
🚨 WASHINGTON STATE: Preliminary 2028 *gross*
#ACA
rate filings have been published...and it ain't pretty:
acasignups.net/rate_changes...
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Washington State: Preliminary 2027 unsubsidized ACA rate filings: up 22.4% (yikes)
Hoo boy. the Washington Insurance Dept isn't burying the lede here: Thirteen health insurers request average 22.4% rate increase for 2027 individual market OLYMPIA, Wash. — Thirteen health insurance c...
https://acasignups.net/rate_changes/2027/wa
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Jess Calarco
5 days ago
This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵
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Jacquelyn Gill
5 days ago
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
11 days ago
In normal times, the fact that government officials at HHS blatantly lied to the public and got caught would be a scandal of unusual size. Everyone involved in this disinformation scheme against the people of the United States should be held accountable.
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No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says
The agency’s analysis contradicts claims made by former vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/no-child-deaths-definitively-linked-covid-shots-fda-says-rcna346514?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=6a110a2da88c290001712dd3&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium
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Chise
14 days ago
Vaccines save lives. That’s it. That’s the post.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
15 days ago
Jay Bhattacharya spent 6 years insulting and belittling public health experts who were using evidence-based strategies in trying to save lives during a global pandemic. Well, guess what? One of the people who was exposed to hantavirus wants to leave quarantine and Jay had change his tune.
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Breaking News: MV Hondius passenger at National Quarantine Unit intends to challenge a quarantine order she received on Monday.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya signed the order, requiring her to stay put, after she and others on board were exposed to Andes hantavirus.
https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-news-mv-hondius-passenger?r=5p3cr&utm_medium=ios&media_id=3900761904935484421_63096312897&media_author_id=63096312897&source_quote_media_id=3900764612895580269&ranking_info_token=GCA3ZjU2NDYxYjdiZDI0MDQ1YWE0ZWI4Y2EyZWFiZTQzZCWq39cDJqr95qANGBMzOTAwNzYxOTA0OTM1NDg0NDIxKANwcm4A&utm_source=ig_text_post_permalink&utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv4&triedRedirect=true
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FactPost
15 days ago
The Trump administration has ousted 80% of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' top officials. This comes as Ebola and hantavirus spread internationally.
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Chise
18 days ago
Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.
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At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people
Drug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer protection to vulnerable populations.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01546-0
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Walker Bragman
19 days ago
Høeg officially out at FDA!
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Scientific American
23 days ago
In an open letter, thousands of researchers criticized the White House’s firing of the research agency’s board as ‘an alarming attack’ on U.S. science
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National Academy of Sciences experts denounce Trump’s NSF board purge
In an open letter, thousands of researchers criticized the White House’s firing of the research agency’s board as ‘an alarming attack’ on U.S. science
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/national-academy-of-sciences-experts-denounce-trumps-nsf-board-purge/
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Nick Brown
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Kevin M. Kruse
24 days ago
You can't mock these dipshits more than they mock themselves
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Kristian G. Andersen
27 days ago
Hantavirus on a cruise ship was a test - an easy one - and we already failed. Much worse is coming.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/h...
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Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/health/hantavirus-americans-cdc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.glA.hp0C.mc8ettmeVkYT&smid=url-share
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Here come the ivermectin grifters again!
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Chise
28 days ago
Guys. Heads up. Let’s talk about Hantavirus. There have been SEVERAL bad takes and BLATANT misinformation circulating regarding this outbreak so I figured it was a good idea to make a thread about it. Stay calm. Stay vigilant. Know your facts. Here’s ALL you need to know. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Josh Kovensky
28 days ago
RFK Jr clears path for minors to use tanning beds
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
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RFK Jr. clears path for minors' use of tanning beds, much to the dismay of dermatologists
Indoor tanning is associated with a 75% increase in melanoma risk. A proposed FDA rule intended to protect children is now gone.
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-05-06/rfk-hands-major-win-to-indoor-tanning-industry-to-dermatologists-dismay
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Audrey Dutton
28 days ago
Folks in Idaho health care and public health, please share Duaa's story with as many people as you can.
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Follow Range. Support local media!
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Gregg Gonsalves
29 days ago
Great reporting by
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Chise
about 1 month ago
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a bioengineered chewing gum that dramatically reduces cancer-linked microbes in the mouth, including human papilloma virus (HPV) and harmful bacteria tied to head and neck cancers offering a promising new approach for cancer prevention and treatment.
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Young Kwak
about 1 month ago
Once again I’m photographing Bloomsday 🙂. I’ll be on TJ Meenach, Doomsday Hill, through Lindeke and Broadway, as usual. So if you see me on the course say hi, wave or gesture. This is a photo from last year. Spokane, WA
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Rep. Mike Levin
about 1 month ago
Not enough people are talking about this. The Trump Administration is moving to cut benefits for up to 400,000 disabled Americans — people with Down syndrome, severe autism, dementia — for no other reason than that they live at home with their families instead of in an institution.
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Michael Hiltzik
about 1 month ago
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Commentary: Resurrecting a discredited theory on COVID's origin, DOJ indicts an ex-Fauci aide over old emails
David Morens tried to keep a scientific discussion under wraps. Trump's latest anti-science attack explains why
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-04-30/in-effort-to-revive-a-discredited-theory-on-covid-origins-doj-indicts-ex-fauci-aide-over-old-emails
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Eric Topol
about 1 month ago
How eating gets your immune system fortified: revving up T cell metabolism and function, the adage to "feed a cold" has a basis!
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Don Moynihan
about 1 month ago
I know we get inured to stuff, but it is hard to fathom the cruelty here. At a time of tax cuts for the most powerful, they are trying to remove basic supports for the most vulnerable. The Trump administration's war on people with disabilities continues.
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Carl T. Bergstrom
about 1 month ago
Good god. Trump fired the entire National Science Board without explanation on Friday afternoon.
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Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01361-7
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Jeremy Berg
about 1 month ago
New member appointed to an NIH Advisory Council (story from STAT). Acting AG Todd Blache's wife Kristine, an MD?/PhD (from the University of Science, Art, and Technology, located in the Caribbean)
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Doctor, wife of acting U.S. attorney general, appointed to NIH advisory council
An integrative medicine doctor who is the wife of the acting U.S. attorney general has been named as a member to one of the advisory councils that provides critical funding recommendations to the NIH.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/26/kristine-blanche-appointed-nih-advisory-council/
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Science-Based Medicine
about 1 month ago
A new article claiming that placebos can work as well as “real medicine” is making the rounds on social media parroting several old myths to make this argument, which makes now a good time to address common myths about placebos long beloved by quacks.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-myth-of-...
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The myth of the magically powerful placebo returns
It's been a long time since I've written about the deceptive narratives around placebos promoted by supporters of alternative medicine. Unfortunately, a new article claiming placebos can work as well
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-myth-of-the-magically-powerful-placebo-returns/
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Ryan Marino, MD
about 1 month ago
The fact that the US Secretary of Health denies that pathogens cause disease should always be a much bigger story
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Idaho Capital Sun
about 1 month ago
Department officials said the money will go toward constructing a carbon dioxide system at the city’s water treatment plant and decommissioning a well to address PFOS and PFOA emerging contaminants.
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Idaho awards $1.8 million to city of Lewiston for drinking water project • Idaho Capital Sun
The funding allows the city of Lewiston to address "forever chemicals" by constructing a carbon dioxide system at the water treatment plant.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/idaho-awards-1-8-million-to-city-of-lewiston-for-drinking-water-project/
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Patrick De Klotz
about 1 month ago
Join the MAHA Movement, and you too can become this sterling picture of health.
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Bruce Bartlett
about 1 month ago
Orwell's 1984 is being used as a guidebook.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...
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C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/us/politics/cdc-covid-vaccine-study.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c1A.1Zcu.sorDjOaMgiVc&smid=url-share
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Colette Delawalla, PhD
about 1 month ago
Fuck it...let's live skeet the Senate Labor sub committee hearing of RFK Jr. I'm in a MOOD.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5yu...
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LIVE: RFK Jr. testifies before Senate committee on the 2027 HHS budget
YouTube video by Associated Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5yuJ5Q-lNk
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Carl T. Bergstrom
about 1 month ago
“The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force”
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Flu vaccine requirement discarded ‘effective immediately,’ Hegseth says
The flu vaccine has been required annually for U.S. military personnel since the 1950s .
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/21/flu-vaccine-requirement-discarded-effective-immediately-hegseth-says/
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Gregg Gonsalves
about 1 month ago
The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification
The damage he and his cronies have wrought could take decades to repair, particularly when it comes to science and public health.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/detrumpification-public-health/
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Amy Westervelt
about 2 months ago
The US government paid $1 billion to kill a wind farm just because. Just absolute idiocy in every direction
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New Documents Undermine Trump Administration’s Claims About Offshore Wind Deal
There was no new investment required from TotalEnergies, according to newly disclosed terms.
https://heatmap.news/energy/totalenergies-offshore-wind-trump-deal-terms?utm_campaign=42504806-Real-time%20articles&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZrvMfAdy7sx4djvPSYlsjx-20XLHEV0iiOA5CuNuh3HkiJdvidIirC-GhKtreNKfYAVgBHH8_BLDBFhEDttbQwTI_ow&_hsmi=414556533&utm_content=414556533&utm_source=hs_email
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Costa Samaras
about 1 month ago
All federal wind power R&D at the Department of Energy is $0.137 billion. So the government is paying 7x the amount it spends on all wind power R&D just for a fee to kill one wind project. Seems bad.
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Tara C. Smith
about 2 months ago
Kennedy's career pre-antivax advocacy was as an environmental attorney, focusing on mercury (his gateway to vaccines). Now he's abandoned that, allowing *actually harmful* mercury to pollute low- income areas, & using fake mercury fears to deny vaccines globally. Full 🧵👇
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Chise
about 2 months ago
“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.” This is why we should fund science. 🧪
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/pancreatic-cancer-mrna-vaccine-shows-lasting-results-early-trial-rcna331969
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