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"Open minds, combined with expert input, are crucial for developing effective and beneficial policies. Please stop the war on expertise and give briefings a chance, Secretary Kennedy. And please listen." -- Steven Grossman, JD www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.com

RFK Jr. Has Declared Full-Blown War on CDC — The agency needs to be strengthened, not torn down @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/the-...

"We dropped to the ground and scrambled to the opposite side of the building. Then we heard noises in the stairwell. We told everyone: 'Get into offices. Lock the doors.'" A CDC employee shared what it was like inside CDC during the shooting: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.com

"Based on data and past experience, we can expect the labeling changes to have little to no effect on meaningfully reducing overdose rates. The administration would be wise to concentrate its efforts elsewhere." -- @ryanmarino.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/toxi... @medpagetoday.com

Editorial on the FDA panel’s misleading claims on SSRIs and congenital anomalies. @medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social @acog.org #MedSky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Sometimes, there is a difference between what is legal & what is right. Do we want a world where doctors can refuse to care for a patient purely based on the patient’s marital status? #medsky #obsky #oped www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

A Tennessee physician allegedly denied a pregnant woman prenatal care because she’s unmarried. The doctor claimed it conflicted with her Christian beliefs. Is this who we want to be as a field? #medsky #obsky My #oped for @medpagetoday.bsky.social on the case: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

"Understanding what went well and what didn't can lead to lives saved the next time. Because if there's one thing that we're learning, it's that there will be a next time." -- Mary Meyer, MD, MPH www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/cala... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #texasflood #disastermedicine

My latest for @medpagetoday.bsky.social Hard topic that needs nuanced discussion: how patients’ choices may sabotage their care. Something very important to me in this climate of misinformation & undermining doctors We can’t fix everyone #medsky #mentalhealth www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Thirty percent of U.S. adults would not or might not test for suspected COVID-19, according to a cross-sectional online national survey. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

In an #OpEd, @ameshaa.bsky.social argues that #ACIP has abandoned scientific integrity by voting to recommend only thimerosal-free flu vaccines -- despite no evidence of harm -- signaling a troubling shift toward anti-vaccine influence under RFK Jr. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Here's my longer take on the FDA Commissioner's National Priority Voucher program. The key question is this: how fast is too fast for reasonable FDA drug review? www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social (Thanks for reaching out, @gfriedman.bsky.social!)

In @medpagetoday.bsky.social yesterday, I wrote about the hypocrisy embedded in the budget bill taking aim at Medicaid. The party that ostensibly wants to leave policies to the states wants to penalize states for being more generous with their own state funds. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

"In an administration that maintains that government should be run like a business, it is odd that someone who misrepresented his intentions as blatantly as Kennedy did is still in his position." -- Robert Schooley, MD, in @medpagetoday.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #medsky

BREAKING: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he's disbanding the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in order to "restore trust" in U.S. vaccine science. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Former President Biden's cancer diagnosis comes at a troubling moment for research funding. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #oncology #medsky

Like many, I can’t stay silent when we are living through unprecedented attacks on science and health. My #oped is now live on #medpagetoday in collaboration with Natoshia Cunningham and in support of many colleagues and friends. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

What do you think: Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine? @danielpham.bsky.social shared his thoughts with @medpagetoday.bsky.social. Let us know what you think by commenting below. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #medsky #surgeongeneral #caseymeans

Out today - my argument for engaging with the AMA rather than withdrawing from it in response to its stunning silence in the face of egregious governmental attacks on medical science and ethics.🧵 Thanks to @medpagetoday.bsky.social and @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

I have been frustrated by the narrative around #burnout in medicine, so I wrote about what I believe makes a better, more comprehensive framework of systems-based trauma. Put simply, health professionals are traumatized by the system, and are leaving in droves. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Following a brush with the Hong Kong healthcare system, I teamed up with ED doctor Adam Brown to compare U.S. healthcare to that in other developed nations. If you could pick, where would you go for care? Comment below! www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky

"This cautionary tale tells us much about how political interference and battles over ideology can stifle scientific advances, which are essential to improve the care of our patients." -- Don Ingber, MD, PhD www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social @wyssinstitute.bsky.social

Our latest oped - What hospitals and health centers can do to keep healthcare accessible and safe for immigrant patients h/t @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

As a child and adolescent psychiatrist with over 11 years of training and practice, here’s how we assess the need for - and prescribe - psychiatric medications. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... So many thanks to @medpagetoday.bsky.social and @gfriedman.bsky.social 💖 I love you all 🌙🐦‍🔥💖🦄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔥✊🏽🦸🏽‍♂️

"The clinical trial that saved my life wouldn't have existed without robust investment in biomedical research." -- @rdilley.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky #harvard

"'The Pitt' has the potential to reshape the portrayals of mental health care...Yet, access issues can't improve if on-screen narratives reinforce fear over understanding." -- Kayla Simms, MD www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky #thepitt @hbomax.bsky.social

How accurate was the depiction of the pong-pong tree in The White Lotus? Medical toxicologist @jtrebach.bsky.social offers a post-mortem of the hit TV show's finale. www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #thewhitelotus #medsky

"The mission of the healing professions and healthcare institutions is the health of patients and their communities. It is not to police them. But politics sometimes creates conditions that jeopardize this mission." #bioethics #immigration @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social

Excited to share this opinion piece on what patients with low back pain need from their dictors. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco.... @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social

My most recent OpEd about Gene Hackman’s death investigation. Via @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/work...

"It's these circumstantial bits of information from the scene that are often the most helpful clues in narrowing down the time of death in the early phases of a death investigation." @drjudymelinek.bsky.social Read more: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/work... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky

"One day the U.S. may ask itself if the withdrawal of support was worth it: what is the cost of being a beloved world leader? For me, it was the cost of a hot cup of milk when I was 8 years old." -- Eleftherios P. Diamandis, MD, PhD www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social

"The Trump administration has signaled its hostility to the NIH and research in general, so we should expect that PubMed may be in trouble." -- @drkatiesuleta.bsky.social Read more: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky #pubmed

"With [Trump's] plans to impose 25% tariffs on pharmaceuticals, it reignites a critical discussion about how medical supply chains should be organized and what is most beneficial to patients." -- @prof-yadav.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky

"Sen. Bill Cassidy set the stage for his physician colleagues to follow suit [in voting to confirm RFK Jr. to lead HHS]. They have all betrayed their oath as doctors." Read more from @josephsakran.bsky.social and Samuel Okum: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #medsky @medpagetoday.bsky.social

"The Pitt" from HBO gets it right on the issue of emergency department boarding. Read more from Alexis Cordone, MD: medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social #medsky

"With looming threats to mifepristone (Mifeprex) dispensing, it's more crucial than ever that we examine how emergency departments (EDs) can play a key role in ensuring safe, timely access to care." @darakass.com www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky

"Rather than as a point of pride, young doctors view the word 'calling' as a code-word for 'being taken advantage of.'" -- Joel Katz, MD www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social @danafarber.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social #medsky

RFK Jr. cleared the first vote to becoming HHS secretary. Next, his confirmation will advance to a floor vote. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky #RFKjr #HHS

BREAKING: Key Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, announced this morning on X that he intends to advance RFK Jr.'s confirmation for HHS secretary. Stay informed—follow us for updates. #medsky

I spoke with physician Beth Rivin about a Washington state initiative to increase access to abortion by training pharmacists to prescribe abortion pills. Will other states follow suit? Read more here: www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky #mifepristone

New @medpagetoday.bsky.social piece out today with Sara Gormin, Ken Rabin, & Scott Ratzan--and excellent editorial work by Genevieve (Jenny) Friedman. We call for those who communicate about vaccines to try framing them as 🌟 "worth it" 🌟 rather than repeating "safe and effective" like a mantra.

"Although his views on vaccines and public health are indefensible, Kennedy is right on two things: the need for drug pricing reform and his embrace of lifestyle medicine." -- N. Adam Brown www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky

Thanks @medpagetoday.bsky.social and @docsforclimate.bsky.social! #ClimateCheckup

For #LosAngeles hospitals on the frontlines of the #LAFires, here are insights from a former disaster response director on what health facilities can expect during the first 96 hours of wildfires and how to adapt. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/cala... @medpagetoday.bsky.social

Health misinformation had a key role in the election outcome. Pseudoscientific anti-vaxxers (including some doctors) are ascending to gov positions. I discuss how we counter that. @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social

"I am torn. I have the devil in one ear, telling me to join the masses hailing the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson...And I have the angel in my other ear, reminding me that physicians must rise above violence and hate." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky

"As always, the dose makes the poison, and the benefits of adding the small, recommended amount of fluoride to public water supplies have been shown to far outweigh any risks..." @epidemiologistkat.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.bsky.social #medsky