US Army 2nd Lt. Ernest Childers was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics #OTD near Oliveto, Italy. Lt. Childers was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and was a member of the Muscogee Nation. #WeRememberThem. www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...

"unbiased, depoliticized, gold standard" If this was a drinking game, I'd be dead.

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women. The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers. This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny. www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

As @maddow.msnbc.com tells it, "Grandparents worried about their grandchildren's health are "doing something about it - something simple and direct and therefore also kind of radical." TY 💙 @theprogressivemag.bsky.social Sign up to join @donnagaffney.bsky.social and me at grandparentsforvaccines.com

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.

Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct. It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.

This large Swedish study found no association between acetaminophen & autism using matched sibling controls. Also no dose-response effect. Ppl who use acetaminophen while pregnant differ in many ways from those who do not, & using sibling controls was a great way to reduce unmeasured confounding

My wrap-up story on Friday's chaotic ACIP meeting for @medscape.com #Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #infectiousdisease #vaccines #COVID #MMR #MMRV #hepatitisB #geriatrics #obgyn

The New York Times piece today about US science is terrible and wrong—in many ways. I could write a whole article about this, but as one example: “To close observers, the original crisis began well before any of this…” No. I’m a close observer of science, and this is incorrect.

Dr. Egon Spengler: Not necessarily. There's definitely a VERY SLIM chance we'll survive. Dr. Peter Venkman : I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it! LET'S DO IT! Happy 75th birthday to Bill Murray - #MovieSky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=slFs...

Clesrovimab is a long-acting monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein. In the CLEVER phase 3 trial involving 3614 healthy infants, clesrovimab reduced RSV disease and associated hospitalization. Full trial results: nej.md/48jpBO4 #MedSky #IDSky #PedSky

Neil Young brought it at Farm Aid. One of the greatest rock n rollers of all time.

"Inevitably our government will target the next vaccine for the next disease in the next demographic. Zooming out over the last months, the assaults upon vaccination have been sequential and relentless." Thanks davidnhackney.bsky.social - #MedSky. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

ACIP has become a carnival of clowns - a very unfunny one. ACIP Day 2: When I Became All Seven Dwarfs open.substack.com/pub/theunbia...

I don't see the Hepatitis B Foundation on @bsky.app yet, hopefully they will get here soon #MedSky + #IDSky.

Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible” In Q&A, Drew Weissman says vast literature shows Covid shots are safe, refutes claims from Retsef Levi www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

"In two days, this committee further undermined Americans’ confidence in life-saving vaccines and did so absent any new research or information necessitating their reexamination." PIDS has released the linked statement regarding the September ACIP meeting. pids.org/2025/09/19/p...

I had $ 5 in my piggy bank. I bet the entire amount on Billie Jean King with my dad. He told my mother it would "teach me a lesson" about gambling. Dad would not pay up after the match. Instead he brought me a malt at an ice cream store. I still remember the price - 79 cents. Via @amightygirl.com

"Ault also pointed out that the committee skipped the usual Evidence to Recommendations Framework that typically accompany ACIP recommendations and include input from CDC staff, medical organizations like the AAP" Via @healioid.bsky.social www.healio.com/news/pediatr...

“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them." Franklin D. Roosevelt to Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress, who was born on this day in 1861

Props to the CDC staff who presented the science at yesterday’s #ACIP meeting. Key points relating to #CovidVaccination in #pregnancy… 1. No increased risk of any problems in pregnancy, at birth, or for infants 1/ www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...

Here in Wisconsin, we will continue to follow the science to ensure Wisconsinites have access to the healthcare they need when and where they need it. That includes safe, effective vaccines. www.wpr.org/news/tony-ev...

Released #OTD in 1980 "Ordinary People" - the directorial debut of Robert Redford. He won the Oscar for best director. It also won for "Best Picture" and Timothy Hutton won for supporting actor. Love to see this one in a Redford tribute #TCMParty + #MovieSky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZS7...

Sadly, the CDC social media accounts are posting misinformation - #ObGyn + #MedSky + #IDSky. I will try and make this brief - we have five years worth data but I think I can summarize in a few posts.

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

AMA and NFID liaison reps to ACIP are now pointing out what the data has shown: that babies too young to be vaccinated are at highest risk for hospitalization and death from COVID. Maternal vaccination is the best way to protect them, they said. #Medsky #IDsky #vaccines #pediatrics #obgyn

Here’s a link to all the studies I know of, that report on outcomes of COVID vaccination during pregnancy. No increased risk of any problems in pregnancy, at birth or for babies followed up to the age of 18 months. bsky.app/profile/viki...

Vaccines don't cause birth defects and that includes COVID vaccines. And thanks to Carol Hayes of American College of Nurse Midwives for speaking up at the ACIP meeting vikilovesfacs.bsky.social feel free to add more - #IDSky + #MedSky. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/no-...

Story for @medscape.com from yesterday's ACIP meeting. #Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines #measles #MMRV #hepatitis #publichealth

CDC ACIP meeting presenters are suggesting Covid vax can trigger cancer just based on case reports that don't prove association. Meanwhile, research does seem to suggest that Covid can trigger dormant cancer cells. news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-cente...

"Dr. Jason Goldman, president of the American College of Physicians and a non-voting ACIP liaison member," voiced his concerns, "the second vote “actually revealed the truth that you do not have the data or evidence to challenge the current standing and that there is...no associated harm.”

Today, #ACIP will be voting on #CovidVaccination. I will be examining a PhD viva at the time and won't be able to follow live. So, to anticipate some of the claims that may be made on COVID vaccination in #pregnancy... 🧵 www.cidrap.umn.edu/sites/defaul...

The M.M.R.V. discussion on Thursday did not include the usual detailed presentations on the feasibility and acceptability of the decision, the cost-benefit ratio or equity concerns, said Dr. Amy Middleman. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...

As of 8am CDC's ACIP website does not have the proposed vote language for today's COVID vaccine recommendation posted. How is the public able to engage and provide informed comments? I testified before Senator Cassidy and @sanders.senate.gov on Wednesday- this is not radical transparency.

My brain is goo.

Kicking myself for not planning ahead and getting a group together to Mystery Science Theater 3000 this meeting. #ACIP

CDC staff says the decline in hepatitis B cases in young adults is because of the birth cohort effects. Babies have been vaccinated at birth since 1991. So some of those babies are in their 30s. #ACIP

The Hepatitis B vaccine, given at birth, is done so for a very clear medical reason: to protect babies from exposure to a virus that can cause devastating chronic liver disease. Screening first was tried years ago and didn’t work - it’s why we vaccinate, so we don’t miss anyone.

I think it is likely that Dr. Kuperwasser and Dr. El-Deiry will present misinformation about the SV40 promoter-enhancer in COVID19 vaccines tomorrow at ACIP. I strongly recommend that you read @gorskon.bsky.social’s excellent work on the topic before the fearmongering begins.

Important reminder: it is currently the recommendation to give the MMR and Varicella vaccines separately at the 12-15 month visit. The combo can be given if parents prefer, after a discussion about risks/benefits, but this whole discussion is performative. #ACIP

in case you are listening to ACIP today and missed this in August.

Former CDC official says RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine advisory committee will vote to delay vaccine for hepatitis B, one of two vaccines that prevent cancer. Read my story about how babies could be harmed if they don’t get this shot on time. www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

"Disorder in the house It's a fate worse than fame Even the Lhasa Apso seems to be ashamed" You can always count on Warren Zevon for proper perspective.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXA...

Dr. Williams was born #OTD in 1883. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1906 and did further medical training in Europe. He was the chief of pediatrics at Passaic General Hospital, NJ.

Breaking: Ousted CDC director says Kennedy plans to change pediatric vaccine schedule www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/c...

Yesterday was the 100th birthday of BB King. It was my privilege to see him live a few times. Once I saw him in a smaller club and he stuck around after the show, spoke with his fans and gave out autographs. He was wonderfully kind and personable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFi3...

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

The latimes.com said this scene in "The Natural" is a part of Redford's legacy in ten of his notable films. I agree #MovieSky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i94l...

#OTD in 1974, Bob Dylan recorded "Shelter from the Storm." It was released on the "Blood on the Tracks" album in 1975 - #MusicSky + #DylanSky. Probably my favorite Dylan album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gsD...

While new ACIP is set to make its recommendations later this week, AHIP says “Health plans will continue to cover all ACIP-recommended immunizations that were recommended as of September 1, 2025, including updated formulations of the COVID-19... with no cost-sharing... through the end of 2026."