Gabrielle Lapping-Carr
@glappingcarr.bsky.social
Interested in early identification of #acutechestsyndrome in #sicklecelldisease
We are all talking about this right? www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Over 700,000 acres of land burnt as Nebraska battles largest fires in state history
Hundreds of thousands of acres of land in central and western Nebraska are burning as the state fights to control the largest fires in its history.
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Remarkable moment yesterday, where @sanders.senate.gov grilled the current NIG Director on the continued nonsense linking vaccines to autism He either forgot his talking points or couldn’t live with the moral injury any longer because he said the truth: there isn’t a link.
Derrick Rose has had one helluva retirement rollout in Chicago this week. He gave out flowers to thousands of fans at Rose’s Flower Shop, launched a new garden pollination initiative in his native Englewood and played his last basketball game with his son at Simeon. thetriibe.com/2025/01/whil...
While being celebrated, Derrick Rose gave back to the city that raised him • The TRiiBE
After a week of giving back to the fans and youth, Derrick Rose will be honored by the Chicago Bulls, who plan to retire his jersey next season.
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Labor of love here, with so much with to do, but very glad to have it out in the world to discuss!
Blood Journals Portfolio@bloodjournals.hematology.org · last yr.The SaO2/FiO2 ratio is a useful measure for ACS. buff.ly/jrH29qE #hemesky
Today is #WorldSickleCellDiseaseDay. Sickle cell disease affects millions, but too many still face delayed diagnosis and limited access to care. Today, ASH raises awareness and invites you to be part of the progress. 🧵👇
Today is World Sickle Cell Day, www.sicklecelldisease.org/get-involved...
World Sickle Cell Day - Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc.
June 19 is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. The international awareness day is observed annually with the goal to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease, and the challen...
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Took a leap of faith and planted the native wisteria frutescens in my tiny little semi shaded garden in Chicago. So far it seems happy! And the huge purple flowers make me happy.
What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. It affects us all. The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) has released their Summary Arctic Climate Change Update. Read it: www.amap.no/documents/do... Nobody can later say they weren't warned, again and again.
Shocking: Yet another headline about violins on the CTA. It's time for the transit agency to bring back train conductors! 🚃 🎻 🎼 chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/0... @chicagocta.bsky.social
Violin worth $10,000 stolen on CTA train in the Loop
Authorities say a man stole a custom-made violin about 9 p.m. Friday night on a Blue Line train near 117 W. Lake St. No one is in custody.
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Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
MAHA is a fraud. Lead is a neurotoxin and they are abandoning children being poisoned
Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2y ago3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency. Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
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@caseybmulligan.bsky.social how is the economy today? Is your work paying off?
I did 30 hour shifts as a physician. I wouldn’t do it again at this age. Cory Booker is next level.
The CDC Buried a #Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations. The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under Secretary Kennedy a longtime critic of vaccines. www.propublica.org/article/meas...
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
propublica.org
‘We’re not going anywhere’: Chicago rally draws thousands to defend trans rights Thousands of transgender people and their allies took to the streets of Chicago on March 30 in a powerful celebration of the trans community and call to action amid growing attacks on its rights. The Rally for Trans…
‘We’re not going anywhere’: Chicago rally draws thousands to defend trans rights
Thousands of transgender people and their allies took to the streets of Chicago on March 30 in a powerful celebration of the trans community and call to action amid growing attacks on its rights. The Rally for Trans Visibility was organized by Trans Up Front Illinois, a new group that formed earlier this year to protest pauses on gender-affirming care for youth…
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Today I got to spend a few minutes in the garden with my boys showing them the new growth coming up and that felt really good.
NOW: motion hearing underway in Judge Boasberg's court on whether to vacate his TRO barring the Trump admin from deporting people under the Alien Enemies Act. JUDGE: "Did you not understand my statements in that hearing? Did you tell DHS it was an order from me to turn the planes around?"
So an interesting thing happened in 2023 that I missed until just now: when we look at vaccine safety, we examine the rates of adverse events and we typically use case definitions made by the Brighton collaboration, which give diagnostic criteria and rank the level of certainty (level 1 is...
Brandon Johnson is doing some great work and the head of NAAPR argues more people need to be developing unity with current civil rights movement. thetriibe.com/2025/03/an-o...
An open letter to the Movement on the need for unity • The TRiiBE
We are not trying to set the stage for Paul Vallas, or the return of Rahm Emanuel, in Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson needs us.
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Historian here: “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
