“It is unclear how many people end up forgoing their medicine altogether.”

The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics seeks nominees to join its Board. Deadline is March 7, 2025. Home to the Health Law Professors conference & 2 peer-reviewed journals, we’re interested in law, ethics & policy issues across the health and healthcare spectrum. aslme.org/nominate-som...

The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics seeks nominees to join its Board. Deadline is March 7, 2025. Home to the Health Law Professors conference & 2 peer-reviewed journals, we’re interested in law, ethics & policy issues across the health and healthcare spectrum. aslme.org/nominate-som...

An important message from the ABA: "We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

The real emerald city.

Geau berds. 🦅

Saquan with Ronaldo’s calma celebration is the icing on that cake. #GoBirds

If you’ve been affected by this pause — either as a government worker or as a health care professional — I’d love to hear from you. Feel free to reply to this post or drop me an email — [email protected].

Never in doubt. 😅 #GoBirds 🦅

Super Saquan

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of influencers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

At halftime I’m watching the second Rocky-Clubber Lang fight to settle down.

This game is being directed by John Woo.

The beer they’re serving here is terrible. Swill issue.

This game is bonkers.

In @jama.com: Skrmetti is about whether SCOTUS will allow politicians to attack minority groups & ban disfavored health care/treatments for political reasons. Using fraudulent “experts” & studies after the fact means the implications are broad & put all care at risk jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This op-ed in @nytimes.com by @pauloffit.bsky.social is an absolute must-read. In it, Dr. Offit writes, "I’m an actual vaccine skeptic. In fact, everyone who serves with me on the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee is a vaccine skeptic." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

And speaking of being proud of the work - I am delighted to see this proposed rule get out and grateful to the expert team at FDA who worked hard to make this happen. It's great news for public health! bsky.app/profile/sbag...

Agreed, and it’s a well written article. In addition to access issues (an increasing concern), it seems undeniable that: shots have become a marker of parent identity/community affiliation; trust in science & professional guidance has dropped; & more people are pursuing use of broader exemptions.

Way to go Packers

Go Birds 🦅

Trust in public health agencies has fallen and not recovered. I asked Biden’s top health official what he thinks went wrong. “I can’t go toe to toe with social media,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.

Social Impact Database tracks how cultural sector engages #Philly - Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s database shows “over 100 social and educational programs focused on mental health, education, justice reform, environmental protection and more.” #HealthHumanities 🛟 whyy.org/articles/gre...

“While the study doesn't identify a lower bound, it does show that by the time misinformation accounts for 0.001 percent of the training data, the resulting LLM is compromised.”

Had a musical trip down memory lane today. The drummer in my high school jazz rock band, who in the late 80s I jammed with on Rush tunes, posted his Primus audition video, which included clips from his incredible Rush cover band. Here’s La Villa Strangiato. IYKYK #prog youtube.com/shorts/b6vR-...

“This new provider license is breaking down one of the largest barriers to treatment, closing the health equity gap that currently exists, and strengthening supports for some of our most vulnerable Pennsylvanians.” -DDAP Secretary Dr. Latika Davis-Jones penncapital-star.com/briefs/new-p...

Mark your calendars and save the date: The Workshop Formally titled Legal Scholars in Health Sciences . . . better known as WEIRDOS. Happening again June 3rd in Boston. Get ready. More details coming soon.

This is an incredible testament to the loss of local news coverage. A congresswoman disappeared for six months and no one noticed.

New Orleans steps up. We need to support them.

🚨 First post here is an investigation that took weeks. In quietly held meetings in the Louisiana Department of Health, staff were told of a dramatic shift in policy: the department had banned the promotion of COVID, flu and mpox vaccines. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

This is outrageous: “Staffers were also told that it applies to every aspect of the health department's work: Employees could not send out press releases, give interviews, hold vaccine events, give presentations or create social media posts encouraging the public to get the vaccines.”

When I lived in Illinois, the state legislature chose to spend most of its $350m tobacco settlement money to give property owners a tax rebate. 🤔 No guarantee reporting will mean better use of the opioid settlement but this database will shed light and allow comparisons 🛟 whyy.org/articles/opi...

"Many current front-line countermeasures for respiratory virus pandemics are medieval in origin, from quarantining travellers to shutting people in their homes..." My new piece in @plosbiology.org:

GO BIRDS

I saw a drone drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic’s.

This reminds me of a story a small town doc once told me about when they came to town to take over the practice of the area’s beloved retiring physician. Every family seemed to have a story about how the old physician had miraculously saved a loved one from the brink…

Buon giorno from #Philly’s Island Market #morningcoffee

🚨We’re hiring 3 Tenure Track faculty who conduct research in urban health issues at Temple College of Public Health. Join us in our new home at the heart of campus. See this and other faculty openings here, and share them with colleagues who might be interested! cph.temple.edu/about/work-cph

Libraries & Well-Being: A Case Study from The New York Public Library 📚 www.nypl.org/spotlight/li...

Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut. Hello, I'm Ssör, a $19 foam roller.

Great thread on representation on scientific editorial boards, harsher review experiences by scientists of color, and the structural problems with the most commonly discussed solutions

To the public health workforce on Public Health Thank You Day. 💌

Fluoridated water 1)Reduces tooth decay by ~25% in kids and adults. 2) For every $1 spent, communities save up to $38 in dental costs. 3) Benefits everyone, regardless of income or access to dental care. 4) Over 75 years of research shows it’s effective and harmless. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Kendrick knows something about destroying opponents. #COYS #Tottenham

4-0 #COYS