Dr. Richard Pan
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Doctor, Health Advocate, Former State Senator, Candidate for Congress in CA-06.
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I took on RFK Jr. and the anti-vaccine movement, and we won. Now extremists in Washington are attacking science and shutting down the government again. I’ve fought this battle before. I’ll fight it again for truth, science, and families. Donate ⬇️
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ProPublica
about 7 hours ago
We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-maternal-mortality-analysis-methodology?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1779504720&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Forbes
about 13 hours ago
Americans will celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with significantly higher gas prices than a year ago.
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Gas Prices Are Up 42% Since Last Memorial Day—And Unlikely To Drop Soon
Americans will celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with significantly higher gas prices than a year ago.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2026/05/22/gas-prices-up-memorial-day-weekend/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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“Kennedy has for years engaged and profited from litigation and anti-vaccine rhetoric. He has supported the careers of prominent anti-vaccine attorneys who have earned substantial fees while casting doubt on vaccines.”
#DrainTheSwamp
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about 17 hours ago
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Wonderful evening at
@placerdems.org
Roosevelt-Kennedy Dinner and candidate meet and greet, followed by
@seiu2015.bsky.social
Exec Board reception in North Sac. Grateful for conversations with voters, workers, and community leaders across CA-06.
#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
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CIDRAP
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A retrospective cohort study suggests that myocarditis rates surged during COVID and stayed high. Rates rose roughly 80% above baseline during the pandemic and disproportionately affected Black patients. Read more:
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A review of 274 studies confirms HPV vaccine is safe and effective. 🔹 66% lower cervical cancer risk (80% if vaccinated ≤16 yrs) 🔹 90% reduction in persistent HPV16/18 infection at 12 months 🔹 No link to serious adverse events Study is here:
vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/sites/defaul...
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Dorit Reiss
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"Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dismissed the two chairs of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force whose recommendations determine what insurance covers with no additional charge for millions of Americans."
www.notus.org/healthcare/r...
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RFK Jr. Dismisses Two Leaders of a Key Preventive Health Service Panel
The health secretary has been seeking to overhaul the task force that recommends what insurers must cover without additional charge.
https://www.notus.org/healthcare/rfk-jr-dismisses-two-leaders-preventive-health-service-task-force
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A corrupt President endorses a corrupt Senate candidate expecting that he will turn a blind eye to corruption in his Administration.
#DrainTheSwamp
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3 days ago
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Republicans didn’t want to give families credits on taxes they paid so they could afford
#ACA
health coverage, but they don’t object to Trump’s $1.776B slush fund paid for by our taxes.
#DrainTheSwamp
#Affordability
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3 days ago
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Great meet and greet in Heritage Park speaking with community members about what’s at stake in this election. Two weeks until Election Day, and we’re working hard to reach every voter.
#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
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4 days ago
Just smashed that donate button. Dr. Pan is an awesome guy!
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📽️ "Trump and RFK Jr. are attacking science and our children's health. I'm running for Congress to stop them." Dr. Richard Pan knows what it takes to keep children and Californians healthy and has the record to prove it.
@drpanmd.bsky.social
is the fighter
#CA06
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ProPublica
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NEW: Tiny footprints. A blue blanket. The autopsy reports of babies who died after not receiving a vitamin K shot at birth included heartbreaking details about how small the babies were — and what items they had with them when they died.
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-baby-autopsy-reports?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Great afternoon at the May Day 4 Block Party with neighbors and families in Del Paso Heights!
#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
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Great morning knocking doors with
@sacramentolabor.bsky.social
, and all of our amazing volunteers. Thank you to everyone helping us reach voters. 17 days left to vote!
#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
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Honored to receive the endorsement of the California Conference of Machinists.
 I’m grateful to have machinists with us in the fight for good union jobs, fair wages, and working families across CA-06.
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#CA06
7 days ago
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Waste, fraud, abuse.
#Corruption
#DrainTheSwamp
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8 days ago
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“Public opinion data are consistent with a 2nd mechanism: declining trust in medical professionals among right-leaning individuals,… growing ideological divides in health behaviours are leaving conservative Americans increasingly vulnerable to preventable health risks.”
@nature.com
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8 days ago
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HHS is not well under RFK Jr’s care. Neither are Americans.
#MAHA
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9 days ago
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Trump’s tariffs, Iran war, and mass deportations are driving up inflation while Republicans cut food, health care, and disaster relief for Americans.
#DrPanForCongress
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Inflation is now rising faster than your salary. Here’s how long that could last.
The price squeeze that Americans are feeling has reached a level last seen three years ago.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/inflation-is-now-rising-faster-than-your-salary-heres-how-long-that-could-last-5842a94d
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Dorit Reiss
10 days ago
Anti-Vaccine Influencers Extreme Tactics Exposed: from comparisons to rape to calling for no children to get any vaccines or see a pediatrician.
vaxopedia.org/2026/04/15/a...
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@aboutpediatrics.bsky.social
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Anti-Vaccine Influencers Extreme Tactics Exposed
Explore the alarming tactics of extreme anti-vaccine influencers in their comparisons and rhetoric about vaccines.
https://vaxopedia.org/2026/04/15/anti-vaccine-influencers-extreme-tactics-exposed/
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Honored to receive the 2026
@momsdemandaction.org
Gun Sense Candidate distinction. As a pediatrician, I’ve seen firsthand the toll gun violence takes on kids and families. In Congress, I’ll fight to keep our communities safe.
#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
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NBC News
12 days ago
Under President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.
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The families going hungry because of Trump’s food stamp cuts
Under President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a wa...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-food-stamp-cuts-children-arizona-hungry-big-beautiful-bill-rcna343922
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NEW AD ALERT: I took on RFK Jr., and won. After the deadly measles outbreak at Disneyland, I passed laws to protect children at school from measles. Now Trump and RFK Jr. are attacking science again. I’m running to stop them.
#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
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Trump, RFK Jr & Makary want more children hooked on nicotine.
#MAHA
#FDA
#BigTobacco
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12 days ago
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In less than a decade, the Social Security trust fund will run out. The later Congress comes up with a solution for Social Security funding, the more expensive it will become to solve.
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13 days ago
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One Autistic Senior Citizen🇨🇦
14 days ago
Dr Pan has been a great advocate for people thru out his career.Thank you Dr Pan. A Canadian follower. 🇨🇦🙏
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Prof Gavin Yamey
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Let’s go 💪💪💪💪💪 (And join me in donating to Dr Pan’s campaign; we need more pediatricians in Congress, to help undo the damage wrought by RFK Jr and usher in policies that promote health, wellbeing, and flourishing!)
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Honored to earn the endorsement of
@nuhw.org

 Health care workers are on the front lines for patients every day. As a pediatrician, I’m proud to stand with them in the fight for safe staffing, strong unions, and quality, affordable care for every family.
#CA06
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15 days ago
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Great to join
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members in Rocklin as they celebrate their new Placer In-Home Supportive Services contract. IHSS workers help seniors and people with disabilities live with dignity and independence. I’ll stand with care workers.
#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
15 days ago
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Honored to earn Congressman
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’s endorsement. In Congress, I’ll fight to lower costs, stand with workers, and make our economy work for families, not just those at the top.
#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
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AFSCME
17 days ago
This National Nurses Week, we honor the AFSCME nurses who keep our health care system going. We are thankful for the compassion, skill and strength you bring to your work every day.
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RFK Jr. is pro-cancer. He wants American to have more skin, liver, cervical, and throat cancer.
#MAHA
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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Honored to earn
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#DrPanforCongress
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#ICYMI
“All of the full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program are now off the job,… The epidemiologist tasked with leading the agency's outbreak response on cruise ships was included in the layoffs”
#CDC
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Why are life-saving Vit K injections for newborns being rejected? Because anti-vaccine supplement salesperson Mercola saw a sales opportunity in calling the Vit K shot a vaccine, and he sold oral Vit K.
#pedsky
#medsky
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17 days ago
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RFK Jr. doesn’t want Americans to know the truth, so he censors scientists in his agency. I will fight to ensure federal science is available to the public.
#DrPanForCongress
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17 days ago
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Relentless assault on science "The withdrawal of the studies is the latest step by the administration to try to limit access to vaccines"
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-studies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.ely7.VHPIKmR9yCUD&smid=url-share
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Great talking with voters about the issues that matter most to families, from lowering costs to protecting health care. Thanks to everyone who stopped by.
#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
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I’m honored to have
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#DrPanforCongress
#CA06
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NBC News
18 days ago
⛽ Average U.S. gas prices per gallon on May 5, per AAA: • Regular: $4.48 (⬆️ $1.50 since war in Iran began on Feb. 28) • Premium: $5.34 (⬆️ $1.91 since war began) • Diesel: $5.66 (⬆️ $1.80 since war began)
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Thank you to everyone who came out last night. It was great connecting with voters, catching up with friends, and hearing directly from Californians about the issues that matter most.
#CA06
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19 days ago
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#ICYMI
Republicans demonized payment for counseling families about end-of-life issues in the
#ACA
with disinformation. Americans are paying the cost of those lies. Journalists must avoid false equivalence and report on the truth before the politics.
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Trump & MAGA don’t think rural patients need doctors. Trump cut a trillion from Medicaid and is preventing doctors from practicing in underserved communities after completing their training here.
www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
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20 days ago
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When ideology is allowed to override
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#DrPanForCongress
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20 days ago
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This fight has never been easy — but it’s always been worth it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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#CA06
21 days ago
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Dorit Reiss
22 days ago
RFK Jr. has met his match in this California congressional hopeful: Dr. Richard Pan has stood up to anti-vaccine haters before. Now he's running for Congress.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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@jollyette.bsky.social
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RFK Jr. has met his match in this California congressional hopeful
Pediatrician and former state Sen. Richard Pan is on a mission to make vaccines great again.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/richard-pan-california-congress-campaign-candidate-vaccines-skepticism-robert-kennedy-rfk-jr/
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NBC News
22 days ago
⛽ Average U.S. gas prices per gallon on May 1, per AAA ⛽ • Regular: $4.39 (⬆️ $0.09 from yesterday, ⬆️ $1.41 since war in Iran began on Feb. 28) • Premium: $5.24 (⬆️ $1.38 since war began) • Diesel: $5.57 (⬆️ $1.81 since war began)
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May Day is about standing with working people and the dignity of a fair day’s work. Proud to stand with workers and labor leaders. Working families deserve leaders who show up and deliver.
#CA06
#DrPanforCongress
#UnionStrong
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