Please consider donating to this organization. www.youthfocus.org/future-of-ms...

"Experts have called the possibility of losing elimination status for measles 'deeply embarrassing' for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...

✍️Voter PSA! ✍️ On Nov 4th, across the country, there are 1000s of local elections. Early voting starts today in some places. From school board to mayor every one of these elections matters. This is how we take our country back Got to your state "my voter" page (or equivalent) to find your elections

We're collecting resources for furloughed CDC workers (and other feds!) on our new Shutdown Survival Guide page. Check it out (and let us know if we've missed something!) www.cdcresourceportal.org/resources/sh...

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✨ EVERYONE age 6 months & up should get their flu shot ✨ Yes, even our healthy kids. Recent MMWR: more kids died last year from flu than in any other non-pandemic season since 2004 (when first reportable) Kids should NOT die from flu #FightFlu #VaccinesWorks 🔗 #Altcomms bsky.app/profile/altc...

Flu shot: not perfect but a hell of a lot better than the ICU. 💉 Vax efficacy depends on flu strain circulating. ’24-25 flu season - especially severe. Luckily 💉was 56% effective against getting flu. 🚨 W/ the vax, even when flu hits, it hits softer🚨 (i.e. less likely to be hospitalized/in ICU/die)

It’s flu season! Get your shot today 💉 🔗 getmyflushot.org 💉💚💉 (Remember when “get your flu shot” came with great PSAs instead of conspiracy threads?)

Great article by a polio survivor. Salk declined to patent the polio vaccine, saying “it belongs to the people.”

Today is the 97th anniversary of penicillin's discovery! Many know the story of Fleming's serendipitous find. But fewer know that the antibiotic-producing mold drifted in from a nearby lab where it was being studied during an unusually cool period that allowed it to grow. apnews.com/today-in-his...

Fevers pose proven risks to a fetus are linked to cleft lip/palate, spina bifida, congenital heart defects.Conditions people use it to treat during pregnancy are more dangerous than any theoretical risks &can create severe morbidity & mortality for the mom/fetus. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gift article on risks of fevers during pregnancy. I question if denying pain relief is part of the goal to inflict suffering during pregnancy, which is difficult and dangerous enough already. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

We are going to see a lot of this. Today's medical system is propped up on the idea of earning the most money possible, and the end result is coming - either hospitals go broke on catastrophic care that can't be repaid or people die. And if people die there is no one to pay any of the bills anyway.

This is exhausting. Gift article on food born illness monitoring. I already stopped buying lunch meat. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...

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WATCH: “Americans, you’re getting shafted.” @drmichaelsays.bsky.social on the obscene medication costs in 🇺🇸 vs. the rest of the world. Our system is broken. #MedicareForAll

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I don't agree with everything from AAP (specifically on circumcision, which I think is wrong and they frame as a personal choice), but vaccines save lives. What's happening in Florida should scare everyone. Diseases don't respect our borders.

Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

The sources of the NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak turn out to be two city-run facilities: Harlem Hospital and a construction site for a public health laboratory. gothamist.com/news/2-city-...

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🚩What they are doing is RUINING our medical institutions by withholding appropriated funds & awarded grants. This funding is ESSENTIAL for the people's well-being! 🚩UAB lost $24.5 million in approved grant funding @nonathreetimes.bsky.social @al.com 💠 www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Gift article. Moderna laid off 10% of its workforce, approx 80% R&D. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

“Individual scientists must stand up. . . It sends an important message that we as a community will not take these attacks lying down.”

“We cannot treat this assault on science as someone else’s problem.”

Incidence of mental illness was lower in vaccinated group VS naturally infected group. We dont know if people w symptoms in vaccinated group would have had more severe symptoms had they not been vaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“CDC employees praised the sacrifice of Officer Rose, called on Kennedy to resign, and also blasted Russell Vought.” Friends and colleagues, we hear you and stand with you.

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I could not have attended graduate school without NIH funding. I did not stay in research, but research labs are where most scientists are trained. If you want reliable diagnostics and treatments, you want NIH funding for training, research, and development. www.al.com/news/birming...

RFK Jr has been a liar for as long as I can remember.

This article was written by generative AI, ironically. I don't see why it can't be both AI and this self-inflicted unstable economy. fortune.com/2025/08/02/d...

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we are in a lot of trouble

I currently get information from substack. Losing these institutions is self-inflicted, and Americans do not benefit from the loss. NYT Gift article: What happens when doctors can't trust the government? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...

I question if this was already happening.

Cobra only lasts 18 months, and my business is small, so I wasn't allowed to offer it the last time an employee left and had a probation period at the next job. I wanted her to have the insurance and the insurance company said no. We need 50 or more employees to get affordable insurance.

Menopause research really only ramped up about 30 years ago. And although there’s a long way to go, our understanding of the biological process itself, as well as treatments and the range of people’s experiences, has come a long way.

One explanation for the rise in obesity in industrialized countries is that people burn fewer calories than people in countries where obesity is rare. A major study finds that's not the case.

The new proposed regulation "would lower pay by 6 percent for infectious disease specialists." Compensation for ID specialists already lags behind nearly all specialties in medicine, which has led to a nationwide shortage. Why make this worse? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...