Dr. MikeMD
@pediatricpulse.bsky.social
Pediatric ICU doc. Associate professor of pediatrics. Quality improvement and patient safety officer. ECMO-ologist. Warrior against health misinformation.
1/ when families run low on money, they often try to make their baby formula last longer by diluting it with water. This practice can seriously and permanently harm infants. Formula is precisely made in terms of calories and electrolytes, and it’s essential to mix it properly.
This was always the plan. Grift after grift and they profit from the misinformation. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Texas AG Paxton files Tylenol lawsuit, taking cues from Trump, Kennedy
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican seeking election to the U.S. Senate, filed suit against Tylenol’s maker and its former parent company barely a month after President Donald Trump warned...
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
Every patient who dies from sepsis is on antibiotics. Therefore we should stop using antibiotics in sepsis. /s
Somehow one of the most jarring and upsetting things happening around me is other medical professionals insisting that what's happening isn't so bad, nothing unusual, nothing other administrations haven't done. It's all fine and I'm overreacting.
Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”
Everything you wanted to know about vaccine technology, testing, advancement and limitations. From @those nerdygirls.bsky.socia. open.substack.com/pub/theunbia... l
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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the incredible impact scientific study and funding has had on us. The decisions being made right now wil reverberate for decades and our children will be worse off for it. youtu.be/7GsfckziNCU?...
“Science in Health, Wealth, & War” A Social Media Op-Ed by Neil deGrasse Tyson
YouTube video by StarTalk Plus
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This little guy hitched a ride with one of our trauma patients. We took him outside into the grass so he could escape (the grasshopper). Everyone is expected to survive.
RFK Jr cut half a billion dollars in research funding for mRNA vaccines. He & Marty Makary claim mRNA vaccines are “risky” so they’ll shift to “traditional, older” vaccine tech that’s “safer.” Guess what? We used to immunize people by blowing powdered smallpox scabs up their noses. 1/
1/ The FDA just changed the Covid vaccine access to 65+ and immunocompromised. I'm getting a lot of questions, so I’m going to do my best to answer them with the information that is currently available. Here are a few of your top questions answered 👇
Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.
A nation's memory is not a political weapon... beautiful, stirring piece open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
A nation's memory is not a political weapon
It’s the complex, unvarnished story of where we’ve been and a guide for where we must go. And now, it is under attack.
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1/ Quick update on #fallvaccines: Flu and RSV vaccines remain business as usual this fall: if you’re eligible, you should be able to get them without issue. Vaccinations should start in September. Covid-19 vaccines are another story. There will be three key developments this week 👇
Yeah. Healthcare providers keep polemics. You should definitely buy those unregulated supplements from people on social media. youtube.com/shorts/DaDRi...
Doctors Aren't The Problem
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
The media has predicted the breaking of MAGA for years and has as much credibility as end of the world predictions by evangelicals. It won’t change votes. It was never about protecting children, saving babies nor was it ever about all lives. It’s about cruelty to and power over others.
Whelp. I called my residency program because I needed some info for ongoing credentialing. The coordinator is still there and still wonderful, but told me I had been gone so long my file was 'in storage.' So. Old.
Republicans paint a picture of an able-bodied nonworking Medicaid recipient as someone who chooses not to work in favor of leisure time. But few recipients in research studies cite a lack of desire to work.
What data says about able-bodied Medicaid recipients
Republicans paint a picture of an able-bodied nonworking Medicaid recipient as someone who chooses not to work in favor of leisure time. But few recipients in research studies cite a lack of desire…
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If you don’t follow those nerdy girls, @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social you should. And if you’re confused about Covid vaccine recommendations you’re not alone. This post is wonderfully helpful. open.substack.com/pub/thosener...
COVID vaccine recommendations for fall 2025
With a new COVID variant spreading and changing vaccine recommendations, many people want to know if they can, or should, get a COVID booster.
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1/ Today's bill passing marks the biggest health care cuts in U.S. history—nearly $1 trillion slashed over the next 10 years. Instead of moving toward a healthier, more prosperous future—where we prevent disease, expand care, feed children, & increase life expectancy—America chose the opposite.
And re-upping this 👇🧪⚒️ Republican assault on science is an act of grievous self-harm 💸 www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
MAGA’s assault on science is an act of grievous self-harm
America will pay the price most of all
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La communauté LGBTQIA+ hongroise et de toute l'Europe vient d'infliger une humiliation historique à l'homophobe Viktor Orbán. Quelle immense fierté de voir notre mouvement représenté à Budapest par nos élues @melanievogel.bsky.social et @melissacamara.bsky.social 💚 🏳️🌈 YOU CAN'T SILENCE A RAINBOW 🏳️⚧️
Agence France-Presse@afp.com · last yr.🇭🇺 Près de 200.000 personnes ont défilé à Budapest, selon les organisateurs, une affluence sans précédent pour la marche des fiertés en Hongrie, face aux mesures d'interdiction du Premier ministre nationaliste Viktor Orban.
Foreign aid is important and makes the world a better place. We should be proud of that.
Atul Gawande@agawande.bsky.social · last yr.“Foreign aid has changed nothing.” “These are not our problems.” “The system is dysfunctional.” “The countries we aid are corrupt.” “Other countries aren’t doing enough.” I have heard all these arguments too. @nickkristof.bsky.social succinctly answers. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
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This will kill children. He's doing what he did in Samoa, and it's only the start.
NPR@npr.org · last yr.The secretary of health and human services said that funding will be curtailed until Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, takes into account the science of vaccine safety in its campaigns.
Seems like no one is talking about the fact that Trump is putting our troops in harms way while allowing DOGE to slash and gut the VA. If you can’t afford to take care of soldiers you can’t afford to go to war.
