2 Children Are Dead and 2 Are in Critical Condition in Texas Shooting www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

We have lost a true American hero. A profile in courage. Rest in power, Joseph McNeil. Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is handing more of his office’s work to costly private lawyers www.texastribune.org/2025/07/24/k... via @texastribune.org

I am proud to be a member of the American College of Physicians “The time is always right to do what is right.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's Medicaid cuts "would be historic in their devastation." www.politico.com/live-updates...

“We will not stay silent on vaccines. We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of communities.” America’s primary care physicians & infectious disease docs speak. @https//www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/vaccine-policy-us-aafp-aap-acp-acog-idsa-presidents/?utm_source=threads

Dean ‪@meganranney.bsky.social‬ gave a keynote address at the Remembrance Conference. The event originated from a partnership between the University at Buffalo and Michigan State University, both of which experienced mass shootings near their campuses in recent years. primetimepress.com/u...

Hearkening back to when our leaders had a strong moral compass and true convictions. Well done, Bill Moyers. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b...

The report, Gun Violence in the United States 2023: Examining the Gun Suicide Epidemic, reveals: -27,300 firearm suicides -Rising gun suicide rates among Black & Hispanic youth -Firearms remain the leading cause of death overall for young people (1–17) 🔗 Report: publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...

From Temple Emanuel Dallas Senior Rabbi David Stern's Pride Shabbat sermon last Friday: "We are commanded to love the stranger, to love what even might be strange to us — not to endorse, not to understand, but simply to treat with dignity the people God puts in our path. ”

40% of homes have a firearm. Kids know where they are. Asking “are they locked up” can save lives.

Way to go, Rep. Julie Johnson! Proud you are my representative.

Hard to put outrage on a scale but this has to be near the very top. Why? Just why? Dishonoring the memories of the 48,000 Americans who did from gun violence this year and all the years before. Shameful.

Shameful. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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.

*Must read. Immunization against infectious organisms has a long tradition in America. To keep our country healthy and safe, we must honor and continue that wise tradition. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

“Folks acquire and use firearms against themselves and others, because they’re afraid and hopeless. If we can address the root cause, we can make huge progress.” @meganranney.bsky.social shares her perspective while attending #JAMASummit.

*Must read: “if we want others to defend science with us, we must stop relying on rational argument alone and instead acknowledge the human emotions and biases that shape how people view it.” www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Proud of my hometown today www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

This will have HUGE consequences for people’s health & wellbeing across the country: It hamstrings health data systems; It will cut community support for mental health, substance use, etc; It hurts our ability to monitor emerging outbreaks; & more 🛟🩺🧪

BREAKING: SCOTUS has upheld the federal rule on ghost guns in a 7–2 decision—a major win for public safety and common-sense gun laws. Ghost guns have fueled gun violence and evaded accountability for too long. Today’s decision affirms that these weapons should be regulated like any other firearm.

Much needed abd welcome great news! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Anecdotes do not evidence make. RFK Jr. Points to Two Texas Doctors Treating Kids in Measles Outbreak www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Every month, an average of 76 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner, and access to a gun makes it 5x more likely that a woman will be killed by an abusive partner. It doesn’t have to be this way: Laws that keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers save lives.

Alabama lawmakers approved a ban on dangerous conversion devices that convert semi-automatic handguns into illegal machine guns. We applaud this bipartisan action to pass commonsense gun laws and save lives 👏👏👏

Predictable and totally preventable. www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...

Board certified IM doc here. I've worked the last 17 years to improve primary care in the US. Now CMS is eliminating a number of projects including Primary Care First and Making Care Primary. The title of the fact sheet says "help Americans live healthier lives. WHAT DO YOU THINK PRIMARY CARE DOES?

Some things to keep in mind: 1. Vitamin A and cod liver oil cannot protect you from measles. However, the vaccine is 97% effective in protecting you. 2. Vaccines do not cause autism. 3. Let me repeat, vaccines do not cause autism.

A 14 year old got a weapon then shot and killed a police officer exiting his patrol car. We must address the underlying causes and find solutions to these gut-wrenching events. Not the time to lose ground on research. #FundGunViolenceResearch #ThisIsOurLane www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

2025 Gallup poll reports 9.3% of Americans identify as LGBTQ+. By my math that’s close to 30 million Americans. www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/n...

Gun owners across the country support red flag laws, which prevent gun violence before it happens. The gun lobby wants you to think this commonsense measure infringes on our rights, but it doesn’t—it saves lives.

It’s worse than we thought. The cascading effects are being felt in every aspect of scientific publishing.

So does anyone see a problem with using school vouchers to subsidize tuition at the schools that have very low vaccinatiin rates? I do www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

“A fireman need not obtain informed consent of the owner before extinguishing a house fire. Vaccination is known to extinguish the fire if contagion.” Judge Lawrence Knipel. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/28/t...

Wow. Thank you, Paul. We pediatricians salute you. #pedsky #PedsID #IDsky

Saw this Texas House of Representatives composite today and had to pause to pay my respects to the late, great, brilliant Barbara Jordan. She embodied servant leadership.

One of the innumerable reasons I love my congregation Temple Emanuel Dallas - today in conjunction w/@NCJW we celebrate Repro Shabbat! Shabbat shalom.

@annalsofim.bsky.social “Lost and Found” From On Being a Doctor #GIMsky #medsky

There are over a dozen children now hospitalized in Texas from #measles. This is a completely preventable tragedy. Our most senior health officials need to step up & endorse and encourage #vaccines. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/s...

The great American soprano Renee Fleming resigned from the kennedy Center Board last week. She is an American treasure. youtube.com/watch?v=Sf-t...

At tines it's hard to keep up with all the indignation and insults to our country that have happened in the last 30 days. But learning about this one struck me more viscerally than most. In short, my blood is boiling. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Well we likely won’t see anything like this in the near future so enjoy the memory! youtube.com/shorts/C2j8R...

With the dizzying pace of the news cycle, it’s easy to lose focus on the epidemic of firearm Injury and death in the US. Important new study from @Stanford needs your attention. Children are at ⬆️risk of being injured or kilked by a parent in their home. www.kqed.org/news/1202658...