Anything we can do together is a great day and having @murray.senate.gov makes it even better - we are still left with a shutdown and a worse outlook for potentially millions who need health care that is dignified - Americans deserve that much

Dr. Vin Gupta@vinguptamd.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Big thank you to the great @murray.senate.gov for joining Meidas Health today with my great friend and physician leader @drkavitapatel.bsky.social to break down the terrible impacts of rhe government shutdown on our nations health.

Former President Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer on Friday. The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to the former president's personal office. @drkavitapatel.bsky.social joins @anacabrera.bsky.social to explain more. www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...

Doctor explains more on Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis

Former President Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer on Friday. The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to the former president's personal office. Former White Ho...

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A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas

It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade. If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.

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This post is dedicated to all the frontline workers before, during and whatever now is called in the pandemic: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | America is still grappling with uncomfortable pandemic truths

The Covid-19 pandemic reveals itself not as a singular event but as a multifaceted crisis that exposed deep-seated fault lines in American society.

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this is just awful

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first measles patient - unvaccinated child - dies - sadly won’t be the last in this recent outbreak- expect cases to increase to the mid to high 100s if not higher depending on when we hit a community wall of immunity (generally when we have 95% vax rate in an area) it’s never to late to vaccinate

Many have written about the House Bill that just passed, but so many outside the beltway are not aware 🧵 What’s "Budget Reconciliation"? It’s Congress’s turbo button for passing $$$ bills with just 51 Senate votes (no 60 needed!) Used for tax cuts, healthcare, climate ⚡ #BudgetReconciliation

House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

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Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

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“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating. Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

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Know Your Rights - iAmerica

Know your rights with iAmerica. Access essential information on your legal rights as an immigrant, including workplace protections, legal support, and how to handle encounters with law enforcement.

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In case you wondered what depths our democracy has sunk to

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Dr. Maya@drdrmaya.bsky.social · 2y ago

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇 web.archive.org/web/20250131...

So in looking back for a quote from the Kennedy hearing today, I just realized I missed the part where Sen. Tuberville appears to endorse "butt whipping" via belt over medication for ADHD in children.

'Confused medicare and medicaid' @drkavitapatel.bsky.social joins Andrea Mitchell to share concerns on RFK Jr. www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitch...

‘Confused medicare and medicaid’: Doctor shares concerns on RFK Jr.

Today is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s confirmation hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard reports and Andrea Mitchell speaks with Dr. Kavita Patel about her concerns ...

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#rfkhearing strong work to sen young (r-indiana) for talking and advocating for long covid devastating to millions with little to no research and utter desperation

#rfkhearing ok my bad i said there were only 2 docs in the senate - Marshall (r-ks) is no 3 and also home to the largest tb outbreak which interestingly he is NOT talking about

#rfkhearing Lujan (D-NM) finally getting to equity and inclusion (only took about 2.5 and 21 senators)- he is asking about how rfk will improve diversity in clinical trials and inclusion of staff who were fired for roles around diversity

#rfkhearing Blackburn (R-TN) asks a series of detailed questions that again reveal lack of knowledge around relevant programs: 1. area wage index- accounts for differences in payment based on geography www.cms.gov/medicare/pay...

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EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.

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#rfkhearing repeat themes of rfk following the science but zero follow up on how scientists can conduct work when grants and funding are under threat / the word equity is scrubbed and federal workforce are being essentially forced out

#rfkhearing mic drop award goes to Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) “kids might die but Robert Kennedy can keep cashing in”

#rfkhearing now is the time when the committee probably should take a break because it’s all just blending together … but we do have johnson (R) ranting quite a bit about thousands of pages of response from faucis email and lack of response from biden re myocarditis and the covid vaccine

#rfkhearing Cortez-Masto asking about EMTALA and ability to enforce emtala in cases of medical emergencies - supreme court weighed in on this and punted to states - so states like texas for example can enforce a ban even in emergency situations

#rfkhearing Hassan (D-NH) strong work with the large posters (a technique used in the senate to make a point) enshrining his own words onto a poster board on an easel rfk repeating the trump quote “every abortion is a tragedy” - hassan illustrating that rfk will simply do what trump says

#rfkhearing issues that still deserve more attention (we are only about 1/3 thru) 1. equity (or the elimination of it in current trump actions) 2. patient safety 3. nih research 4. workforce 5. 340b 6. electronic health records 7. indian health service 8. tobacco

#rfkhearing Whitehouse (D-RI) is also a policy wonk- starts with asking for more definitive statements around vaccines as well as talking about the perverse aspects of cms reimbursement based on geography

#rfkhearing Lankford (R-OK)-directly getting to abortion and title x (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK215...)

Title X Goals, Priorities, and Accomplishments

The mission of the Title X program as stated in statute (see Appendix B) is to provide grants to public or nonprofit private entities “to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family ...

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#rfkhearing Warner (D-Va) asking questions germaine to the massive federal workforce in his home state- federal employee buyout/grant freeze/communication freeze- rfk jr unable to commit around anything but “not firing anyone who is doing their job” based on his opinion