Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
@alyssaburgart.com
😷Stanford Bioethics, Peds Anesthesiology, Feminist Gender & Sexuality 🧭Writes about bioethics @ PoppiesAndPropofol.com ❤️🩹 Founder, The Moral Injury Clinic (She/her/they/them)
So the Trump administration is not only going after Chinese scientists, they are now going after Americans who defend them. Who would have thought?
Science Magazine@science.org · 3mo agoBreaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
What the fuck. This child should never have been separated from his parents. Down with ICE. Close EVERY detention center.
CNN@cnn.com · 3mo agoThe parents of an 18-year-old US citizen who has terminal colon cancer have been reunited with their son a day after they were released from a Department of Homeland Security detention facility in Arizona: https://cnn.it/3QZ0Gcc
Such a privilege to get to hear from the incredible LeVar Burton tonight with @alyssaburgart.com! My favorite line was when he said that his mom was such a proponent of reading that in his house you either read a book or got hit by one 🤣
#NIH grant terminations disproportionately affected women & minorities. A significant proportion of LGBTQ researchers was affected by the grant terminations. 60% identified as LQBTQ+ It is important to mention that a single grant supports an entire village of people. 🧪 bit.ly/4ndiTPj #Pinks
NIH grant cuts disproportionately hit minority and female scientists
A survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year’s spree of grant cancellations by the Trump administration.
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It will never not be weird when a social media company reminds me that it's my dead friend's birthday. Or would have been. I feel it in my gut when I see how many of their "friends" have no idea this person died almost 10 years ago.
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The Trump administration aims to withhold gender-affirming care for incarcerated transgender people. A rumor circulated that it was “medical experimentation,” but the government has no research question. @raesdeng.bsky.social @snopes.com
Episode 29 is live! @alyssaburgart.com spoke with special guest Dr. Lara Jones about what’s happening in ICE detention centers and her work to free the children detained there. Even if you think you know what’s happening, I’d recommend listening to learn from Dr. Jones’s insights.
Shut Down Dilley Detention Center with Dr. Lara Jones
Podcast Episode · The Present Illness · April 17 · 57m
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 4mo agoEpisode 28 is live! I could not narrow in on a single focus for this week because I am truly overwhelmed. So we talked about some of the things making me (and you?) feel that way, including Tr*mp’s escalating violence against Iran, deaths in ICE detention, and Kanye West. What a time to be alive.
“A child who isn't eating and who has a fever needs to go see a doctor. Why isn't he being brought to a doctor?” From The Present Illness podcast: Shut Down Dilley Detention Center with Dr. Lara Jones, Apr 17, 2026 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Shut Down Dilley Detention Center with Dr. Lara Jones
Podcast Episode · The Present Illness · April 17 · 57m
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The latest episode of Philosophy Tube is about conversion therapy, why it’s still legal in the UK, and the ways the British government is implicated in it making it NHS policy. Proud to expose this stuff ✊ youtu.be/_S5w18sjYLk?...
How To Ban Conversion Therapy
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@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social YOU! We have to TALK! About SPACE BABIES! Have you seen… The Expanse?!?
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⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats. We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
February 13th is the new deadline for the DHS funding bill. 🚨🚨🚨 New script at 5calls.org #Pinks #ProudBlue
5 Calls@5calls.org · 7mo agoHeads up, team! New DHS funding bill deadline just dropped... Friday, February 13th Get calling. 🔥📞🔥 Updated script @ 5calls.org abcnews.go.com/Politics/hou...
Now being targeted by Libs of TT. I will always put the dignity of our patients first. I will not stop speaking out for the nuanced, personalized clinical care our patients deserve.
Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)@alyssaburgart.com · 7mo ago“Our expert ethical analysis does not support withholding gender-affirming care from minors.” As pediatric bioethicists, we wrote this analysis of the ethical shortcomings and flawed conclusions driving the two proposed bans on gender-affirming care. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g...
Please make public comments opposing these bans. Trans and non-binary kids need access to expert care, not hatred from the government ⬇️
Context matters… Dr Oz is using his position with the US gov to target the Armenian community in LA. He’s of Turkish descent and has publicly engaged w/Turkey and Erdoğan. Armenians are victims of genocide at the hands of Turkey. A historical fact they deny. Oz doesn’t acknowledge the genocide.
The Eugenicists-In-Chief are trying to ban gender-affirming care by restricting Medicaid funding to hospitals providing it. Kids will die. Please take 5 minutes to share your thoughts about the proposed ban.
Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)@alyssaburgart.com · 7mo agoDeadline: February 17, 2026, 5:00 PM ET Submit to BOTH dockets: 🥊 Hospital Ban (CMS-3481-P) File code: CMS-3481-P Submit at: www.regulations.gov/commenton/CM... 🥊 Medicaid/CHIP Funding Ban (CMS-2451-P) File code: CMS-2451-P Submit at: www.regulations.gov/commenton/CM...
“Our expert ethical analysis does not support withholding gender-affirming care from minors.” As pediatric bioethicists, we wrote this analysis of the ethical shortcomings and flawed conclusions driving the two proposed bans on gender-affirming care. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g...
This drops tomorrow. Disability justice advocate @vilissathompson.bsky.social joins B*tch, Listen, hosted by @angryblacklady.blacksky.app, to lay out how true crime reframes violence against disabled people as “mercy”—and what gets erased in the process. 🎧 New episode • Jan. 29, 2026
We must prosecute Bovino and all the other government appointees promoting tyranny.
Nick Miroff@nickmiroff.bsky.social · 7mo agoBREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
My personal project has come together at the perfect time. Set to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, but I rewrote it to connect to present-day American. Share it with fellow activists across the platforms. #Pinks #BlueCrew #50501Movement #Indivisible #Americans #NewBattleHymn #EndICE🧊🔥 #GrowWithMe
The attack on Venezuela is a disaster for so many reasons. As an anesthesiologist, it further complicates screening children for a devastating mitochondrial disorder. Recent reports indicate at least 25 children and young adults of Venezuelan maternal ancestry have suffered
I don't want to participate in a transmission chain that brings the virus to them. I also just don't want the disruption that even a mild case of flu (or whatever respiratory pathogen) would introduce into my life. Taking reasonable, evidence-based precautions for yourself has no bearing on others.
“All your mom wants right now is five minutes to herself.” - overheard in a bookstore as a dad gently explained to his small son that mom is currently off limits.
Episode 7 is live! This week we discuss the Epstein emails, Larry Summers, etc and how that relates to women ruining the workplace. @alyssaburgart.com ruined the workplace a few times in just the last week, even!
The Epstein of It All
Podcast Episode · The Present Illness · 11/15/2025 · 1h 1m
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 10mo agoEpisode 6 is live! We discuss what happened with the elections this week and the fall-out among Republicans who renewed calls to repeal the 19th amendment. Can’t let those darn women ruin the workplace AND politics! The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
A little snippet from this week’s episode of The Present Illness, where @alyssaburgart.com and I discuss current events with rationality, facts, and a dash of humor. Available wherever you get your podcasts!
What I thought would solve moral injury: -Working harder -Caring less -Quitting my job What actually leads to healing: -Connecting with others who share my values -Making tiny choices that align with who I am -Seeking moments of ethical clarity amid the chaos We can't fix broken systems alone.
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done! COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions. Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine. How did that happen?🧵 sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!
The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?
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