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Maggie Bale
@drmaggiemd.bsky.social
General pediatrician with a love of public health. Preschooler mom. Dabbles in sports, books, outdoors. RPCV Botswana 2012-2014. She/her
Really fantastic information being shared by @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social Today's post is an important read: yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/ebola-the-...
Ebola: The disease of compassion, and the price of when “we” became “me”
The outbreak in Central Africa continues to spread.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
Really proud to be a part of this amazing organization! www.ksl.com/article/5148...
Urban Indian Center officials, backers unveil expanded health care offerings at Murray clinic
Urban Indian Center officials and the organization's backers gathered Thursday for a ceremony to unveil the expanded health care offerings at its Murray clinic.
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Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other safe and routine care for babies.
It's not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns
Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other safe and routine care for babies.
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33% hospitalization rate for measles in Utah. 😳 It's a burden on families and our health care system and it's totally preventable. www.ksl.com/article/5145...
Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say
Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.
ksl.com
Proud of my colleagues for fighting the cruel HB88. utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/02/18/u...
Pediatricians say bill denying resources to immigrants without papers would harm their patients • Utah News Dispatch
A Utah lawmaker wants unauthorized immigrants to leave the state. Pediatricians say his bill could harm children, families and public health.
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Across Utah, protesters left schools, stood on curbs holding signs, and marched as they chanted to demand reforms to federal immigration enforcement after high-profile raids and shootings have spurred responses across the United States.
In photos: Thousands of Utahns protest ICE
Photographs from anti-ICE protests across Utah on Friday.
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Did not pass out of committee! Hopefully that's the end for anti-vax bills this session...
Maggie Bale@drmaggiemd.bsky.social · 6mo agoNewest version keeps the vaccine mandate, but makes getting an exemption MUCH easier with increased burden on the health department. Grateful for advocacy to make this bill less bad, but it's still bad!
Newest version keeps the vaccine mandate, but makes getting an exemption MUCH easier with increased burden on the health department. Grateful for advocacy to make this bill less bad, but it's still bad!
Maggie Bale@drmaggiemd.bsky.social · 6mo agoAmidst the ongoing measles outbreak, the Utah House Health and Human Services Committee will vote on a bill to eliminate the public school vaccine mandate. Let's hope they make the only logical choice and oppose HB152.
Amidst the ongoing measles outbreak, the Utah House Health and Human Services Committee will vote on a bill to eliminate the public school vaccine mandate. Let's hope they make the only logical choice and oppose HB152.
APHA has grave concerns about the new childhood vaccine schedule announced by Trump administration officials. The dramatic decrease in recommended vaccines coupled with fewer boosters leaves the American public, especially kids, more vulnerable to preventable illness & death: bit.ly/4qwAJwU
Really hard to be a general pediatrician these days. So much worry for our nation's children.
NPR@npr.org · 7mo agoThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children. The action follows a presidential memorandum ordering a review of the U.S. schedule. n.pr/4pq823V
“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Questions about vaccines and autism have been around for a while, despite multiple scientific studies that do not show a connection. Read how a retracted study from the 1990s undermined trust in vaccines and why vaccines don't cause autism.
Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
How a retracted study from the 1990s led to a persistent myth about vaccines.
publichealth.jhu.edu
A new poll by the Washington Post and KFF reveals that most parents trust their pediatrician when it comes to information about vaccines. Read Dr. Nola Ernest's experiences in the Washington Post's latest piece: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Vaccine poll asks parents what they think about RFK Jr. and their pediatricians
A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.
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ACIP now discussing Hep B infant vaccination 💉👶 — but I’m puzzled 🤔. This is one of the US’s biggest public health wins 🎉: rates fell from ~10/100,000 in 1980 📉 to just 0.7 in 2023. Infant vaccination works 💪. #PedsIDsky #Rxsky
RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.
Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children
RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.
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ACIP meeting this week which is likely to undermine vaccines even more. Here's some tips to keep in mind: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Viewpoint: Four tips for understanding this week’s ACIP meeting
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Botswana has essentially eliminated mother to child transmission of HIV thanks to strong political and social commitment. I hope the changing landscape around foreign aid won't impact this too much. www.nature.com/articles/d44...
How Botswana eliminated paediatric HIV
Political will, free maternity care and digital health tools helped Botswana achieve high standards for ending mother-to-child transmission.
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Parents deserve information they can trust. The AAP has published the childhood immunization schedule for decades that has been grounded in science and relied upon by pediatricians and families alike. If you have questions, your pediatrician is your best source for answers and guidance.
Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US. Our national @JAMAPediatrics study is live. Findings (2011-2023): •7,400 more deaths in most permissive and permissive firearm law states. •No increase in the stricter law states. •Decreases in 4 strict law states. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US
This study attempts to measure excess mortality due to firearms among US children aged 0 to 17 years after the McDonald v Chicago US Supreme Court decision (2010).
jamanetwork.com
Some good info here around fluoride and dental health! ilikemyteeth.org
I Like My Teeth
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The effects of Covid in pregnancy are devastating and preventable by vaccination; now we have strong data from Penn Medicine that vaccines protect children and adolescents from long Covid
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last yr.Breaking news: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ending his agency's recommendation that healthy pregnant women and healthy children receive the coronavirus vaccine.
The MAHA Report on the Growth of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule is pure anti-vaccine propaganda. stopantivaxpropaganda.substack.com/p/maha-propa... #StopAntiVaccinePropaganda
MAHA Propaganda on the Growth of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule
Did you notice how the new MAHA report talked about the Growth of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule?
stopantivaxpropaganda.substack.com
This! The administration that says pollution is leading to chronic conditions in kids is the same administration that is pulling back environmental regulations to allow more pollution.
Moms Clean Air Force@momscleanairforce.org · last yr.Mom's Clean Air Force joins in following the truth wherever it leads to make Americas children healthier. Cutting protections from pollution does not help children's developing lungs and brains and hearts and hormone systems. And that is the truth. join us in fighting to keep cleaning up our air.
