Deirdre O’Reilly
@drdeird.bsky.social
Neonatologist at the University of Vermont. Interested in MedEd, health equity, leadership, and coaching. ❤️ vaccines and truth.
The funniest thing about Hegseth’s maniacal misguided focus on military fitness is how every time he works out with the troops, it demonstrates he’s actually bad at it.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3h agoPete Hegseth trails behind the crowd while running with troops in San Diego
Oh, spare me the bullshit redemption tour. Everyone knew what this was going to be. “Thom Tillis calls his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth his “biggest regret” and says Hegseth should resign.” apnews.com/article/thom...
Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”
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Just so angry that part of my work right now is planning for what we do when we have more than one neonate exposed to measles. Counting the days until we kick the MAHA and MAGA proponents out of positions of power…😡
We need to take our country back from the fascists and make it a civilized place to live.
Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social · 6d agoThe Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
I want new investment and good-paying jobs right here in South Carolina — but not at your expense. Darline Graham says data centers are a must. I say South Carolinians should come first. That’s why I launched DataCenterDarline.com today. See for yourself and follow the money.
Gift link. Read and then @standupforscience.net www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
nytimes.com
Giving an external committee power to veto research funding because it doesn’t align to a political agenda will not only harm science, it is a threat to democracy.
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
nytimes.com
I am not a military expert but it seems like it would be smarter not to tell everyone where all your weapons are stored 🤔
Nick Kodama 🌳👻@nickkodama.bsky.social · 2w agolol what
‘It’s a huge concern’: Families of kids with complex medical needs worry about frequent measles outbreaks For children w/ complex medical conditions, infection w/ the highly contagious virus could lead to a hospital stay https://bit.ly/4hymjL4 📷: Courtesy of Courtney Schadtle
Thanks to @joanalker1.bsky.social & @edwincpark.bsky.social for rebutting the editorial. A conservative think tank said lots of people on Medicaid are not working. The Post just went with that without sourcing the claim or methods or noting it contradicts multiple credible nonpartisan studies. Awful
I 💚 Ireland! #MoreOfThisPlease
Explicit Trump greeting placed on Air Force One flight path to Irish airport
A family in Co Clare have painted a giant 'F*** Trump' slogan in the field behind their house, positioned directly under the flight path for Air Force One at Shannon Airport as Donald Trump jets into ...
dailystar.co.uk
New on our blog: @edwincpark.bsky.social and I explain why a recent WaPo editorial in favor of stronger Medicaid work reporting requirements was unfortunately based on "data" that is fatally flawed. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/09/09/r...
Right Wing “Data” Arguing for Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements is Fatally Flawed
We don’t usually write a blog like this that dissects the flawed methodology of the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) – a right-wing group that is well known for promoting work reporting ...
ccf.georgetown.edu
In a sane country, it would be a huge embarrassment for the draft-dodger president to admit that he looked into giving himself the Medal of Honor and was disappointed to learn he couldn't.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoTrump pays tribute to Medal of Honor recipients: "The thing I really want is I want is, myself, a congressional Medal of Honor. And I've studied it. I'd give it to myself, I'd have no problem, but I'm not allowed to."
Routine reminder that Bhattacharya is an economics researcher who has never practiced medicine and whose best known publication is overtly fraudulent. He has never done infectious disease research and has never treated a single virus or infection in his entire career. He’s likely never seen measles.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya defends measles on Fox News and condemns Gov. Shapiro for "playing this out over the airwaves for political purposes, just like what happened during covid. And this is why there's such deep distrust in public health."
Rural hospitals closing or shutting down key departments like obstetrics will be one of the biggest stories of 2027. Democrats need to make it one of the biggest stories of the next two months.
Republicans Built a Medicaid Time Bomb. It Goes Off After the Election.
It's Democrats' job to explain what's coming and who must be blamed by November.
thefarce.org
Michigan Advance@michiganadvance.com · last mo.More rural hospital closures would mean long drives for pregnant women seeking obstetric care michiganadvance.com/2026/08/28/r...
Hundreds of rural hospitals closed their obstetric units in recent years, raising concerns about maternity care access. Over 1 in 3 hospitals providing inpatient maternity care to Medicaid patients (39%) are located in rural areas in 2023. More in our new brief: https://on.kff.org/4gvka0Z
I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com
Reminder: watch what they do, not what they say
Dolly Parton funded COVID vaccine research, pediatric cancer research, promoted COVID vaccination, and has a children’s hospital named after her. www.beckershospitalreview.com/digital-mark...
7 ways Dolly Parton left her mark on healthcare
Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25 at 80, leaves a healthcare legacy — from a children's hospital renaming to funding COVID-19 vaccine and cancer research.
beckershospitalreview.com
Studies RFK Jr canceled: -Training rural healthcare workers to better respond to maternal medical emergencies -Improving healthcare delivery systems for patients to access home dialysis -Improving autism screening, diagnosis, & services among Black children www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
Senators Blast RFK Jr. Over AHRQ Grant Cancellations
'We demand that you immediately rescind these cancellations,' says group of Democrats
medpagetoday.com
Just appalled by the assumption that this is an acceptable way to cover a woman candidate. and who the hell needs to hear from David Axelrod on this or anything? WTF is wrong with the leacy media? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...
With Big Choices Ahead, Ocasio-Cortez Navigates New Territory
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to share her decision to freeze her eggs, the news that her longtime relationship had ended and talk of a presidential run have only intensified the ...
nytimes.com
Get your vaccine advice from trained healthcare professionals not from politicians. Expertise still matters.
A year ago, RFK Jr & Jay Bhattacharya killed federal funding for mRNA vaccine R&D (& each wrote pathetic OpEds celebrating their actions) @jmcoller.bsky.social lays out how wrong they were—see data on the new mRNA flu vaccine, 5-yr data on melanoma vaxx, & more www.statnews.com/2026/08/06/m...
The measure of a society is how it invests in its children. For decades, I have advocated for Head Start because every child deserves a strong start in life. Today, I stand with the more than 100 civil rights and child advocacy organizations opposing efforts to dismantle the program from within.
President Trump disagrees as he pardoned convicted criminals cheating taxpayers of billions of dollars. #DrainTheSwamp www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
Trump’s pardons included health care execs behind massive frauds
The list of some 200 Trump pardons or commutations, most issued as he vacated the White House this week, included at least seven doctors or health care entrepreneurs who ran discredited health care en...
pbs.org
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoDr Oz: "When you steal money from the federal government, you ought to go jail and go to jail for a long time"
During a contentious interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several claims about COVID-19, vaccines and measles. Here are some of the statements that were factually inaccurate.
A Doctor Fact-Checks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CNN Interview
A public health expert fact checks RFK Jr.'s recent contentious interview on CNN with facts on vaccines, COVID-19 and measles.
forbes.com
