Sheila Razdan, MD, MPH (she/her)
@sheilarazdan.bsky.social
Neonatologist passionate about achieving #healthequity in the #neosky, #pedsky, & #medsky; current Californian but always a proud Baltimorean; opinions my own
American Academy of Pediatrics Recommended Child & Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2026 ⤵️ These are the exact vaccines your child should receive, unless *their personal clinician* tells you otherwise 👩🏼⚕️👨🏽⚕️🧑🏿⚕️💕 #PedSky #MedSky #VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump: "Very importantly, vaccinations for hepatitis B, covid-19, and influenza, among others, are no longer recommended for all children"
Fortunately I’ve heard from folks that Fatima has been released, though she has a long legal road ahead. The folks I met at JHSPH are some of the warmest, brightest people I know. I’m so impressed by the JHSPH alumni response and so disgusted that it is necessary.
Emily Green@chanceofrain.bsky.social · last mo.JHU's Fatima Ameaka was arrested Fri @ BWI. The Cameroon native had Temporary Protected Status & was awaiting a postponed hearing. Since the arrest, her case will now go Trump's kangaroo court immigration judges. Since Fri, ICE has shuttled her from VA to LA to TX www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.
Glued to my couch and hoping Serena pulls this off - Maya Joint playing way better than I expected based off what the commentators were saying about her beforehand! #wimbledon
Celebrating the fact that I will never step inside a Prometrics center again!!! #boardcertified #boardcertifiedneonatologist 😅😅
"These conditions are not just uncomfortable — they are dangerous" In a recent opinion piece for @sltrib.com pediatricians describe how fear-based immigration policies are harming children. Expanded immigration actions limit children and families’ access to vital preventive care and services.
Voices: Fear-based immigration policy harms children. As pediatricians, we see it every day.
“Detention settings are, by their nature, high-risk environments for health,” write four Utah pediatricians in an op-ed.
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Trump’s frenzied bloodlust must be stopped. Contact your elected officials and demand that they use every tool available to Congress to end the regime’s illegal war with Iran: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Happy belated #NoKings protest day! Here are some favorite photos from our neighborhood protest - even Uncle Sam showed up!
Happy National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. Grateful for those healthcare workers who provide essential care despite the stigma and constant attacks.
ACLU@aclu.org · 6mo agoOn this National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, we share our deep gratitude with health care professionals working everyday to give people care, no matter the obstacles. We continue striving for a nation where the decisions for our bodies and futures are made with our doctors, not politicians.
Writing postcards with @fieldteam6.org #voterizer to encourage #voterregistration before the 2026 elections. If the last few days have taught us anything - who we elect matters. A LOT. Please #gotv!
Baby gets measles at 7 months of age. Survives but measles isn't done with him. When he is 7 years old, he gets Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, which is fatal Stage I – Behavioral/cognitive change Stage II – Motor dysfunction Stage III – Severe deterioration Stage IV – Vegetative state ➡️ death
NEJM.org@nejm.org · 6mo agoA 7-year-old boy was brought to a hospital with a 3-month history of cognitive deterioration and seizures. He had contracted measles at 7 months of age while living in an area where the infection is endemic. Read the full case details: nej.md/4qY4Ihk #MedSky #NeuroSky #IDSky
BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.
#BlackHistoryMonth fact of the day Anarcha, Lucy & Betsey were enslaved women in Alabama that Dr. J Marion Sims experimented without consent or anesthesia. Anarcha was experimented on the most, >30 times. They are known as the "Mothers of Gynecology" for what they endured. tinyurl.com/yfmd3vtw
Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya@lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 6mo ago#BlackHistoryMonth fact of the day Mabel Keaton Staupers was a nurse activist who helped establish the Booker T. Washington Sanitarium, the 1st hospital in Harlem to treat Black Americans w/TB. Her advocacy led to the desegregation of the US Army Nurse Corps in 1948. tinyurl.com/bdhyeu2j
Today’s the day: sending this stack of @postcards2win.bsky.social to combat health misinformation! #medsky
Immigrants have paid more in taxes than they have received in benefits every single year for the past 30 years, according to new analysis from Cato. Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
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In Carmel for #WSPR and missing #neotwitter (but not enough to get back on Twitter). Here’s to hoping #neosky posts about it here!
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
David Malakoff@davidmalakoff.bsky.social · last yr.Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...
We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated. The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Today is World Prematurity Day - a reminder of the challenges facing newborns & families. The U.S. has one of the highest preterm birth rates among developed nations & ranks poorly in maternal & infant health outcomes. It's time to address systemic inequities & improve care for every mom & baby.
Recently, parents declined the Hep B vaccine for their premature baby bc they “see all the fighting about vaccines.” This dangerous rhetoric has a very real impact. Science is real, vaccines work, & opinions are not the same as decades of research. #VaccinesSaveLives www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Election Day is almost here - you can drop off your ballot or vote in person! #gotv #vote #yesonprop50
The Dodgers would be nothing and nobody without immigrants. They won this game - and this entire series - because of immigrants. In that sense, they represent the absolute best that this country has to offer. I hope they remember all this when the White House invitation arrives.
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10mo agoLos Angeles suffered tremendously because of the wildfires. The president of the United States has wanted to make the immigrants who make the city suffer and declared war on the city. But all throughout it, L.A. makes it work daily. It’s a place where people go to make it. LA deserves this.
Great talks by my @keck.usc.edu colleagues at CHLA Best Starts to Life today! Such important work, from biomarkers to NIRS data to feeding devices, all to improve baby outcomes! #neosky
