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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 3d

78% of Americans support keeping health care tax breaks in place – including 57% of Trump supporters.

Why? Because this isn’t a partisan issue for working families.

Millions of Americans – no matter their party affiliation – don’t want their health care costs to skyrocket.

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 4d

NEW Research: Non-invasive high frequency oscillatory ventilation for primary respiratory support in extremely preterm infants: multicentre randomised controlled trial

Read here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 10d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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ambaln.bsky.social @ambaln.bsky.social · 10d

Our BiB trial manuscript now published in JAMA...Early Intratracheal Budesonide for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Early Intratracheal Budesonide for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

This randomized clinical trial conducted at centers of the United States Neonatal Research Network assesses whether early intratracheal administration of a combination of budesonide mixed with surfact...

jamanetwork.com

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · 21d

Did we all take organic chemistry & the MCAT & miss the social part of our early 20’s and work 80 hours a week for 3+ years for the brain worm guy who doesn’t know what a p-value is to destroy our nation’s public health system? No.

Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.

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😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 22d

CDC to recommend looking only one way before crossing street

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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 21d

As of 8am CDC's ACIP website does not have the proposed vote language for today's COVID vaccine recommendation posted. How is the public able to engage and provide informed comments? I testified before Senator Cassidy and @sanders.senate.gov on Wednesday- this is not radical transparency.

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

ACIP develops recommendations on how to use vaccines to control disease in the United States.

www.cdc.gov

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 25d

MESSAGE FOR YOUNG WHITE MEN: You are being used.

Your enemy isn't across. Your enemy is UP.

They're tearing this country apart for THEIR profit. They profit when they shoot you & they profit at the hospital when they stich you up. Black Rock will make trillions off of the collapse of our nation.

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The Incubator Podcast @nicupodcast.bsky.social · Sep 4

👶 NICU care doesn’t end at discharge!

Dr. Kimmy Vuong elaborated on consensus recommendations for outpatient kidney health in this in this nephrology year in review: www.the-incubator.org/post/344-neo...

Proudly sponsored by Zorro_Flow: zorro-flow.com

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Sep 4

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.

In 1965:

-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.

-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.

-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yes, and mRNA vaccines are also now on the brink of curing horrible deadly cancers. They are truly game-changing.

To sacrifice them on a political altar of COVID contrarianism is simply folly.

Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Sep 3

Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.

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Matthew Harer @triplebadger10.bsky.social · Aug 11

Got it. That is a problem and we do not make money off of it!

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Matthew Harer @triplebadger10.bsky.social · Aug 10

Is this supposed to be funny?

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Aug 8

This Executive Order is a gross overreach of Presidential power and undermines democracy. It steals from taxpayers, will destroy science and the economy, and ultimately, America.

Congress must act now.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

Federal Grantmaking Gets a Christofascist Glow-Up

Read my zero star review of the new Executive Order

open.substack.com

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Matthew Harer @triplebadger10.bsky.social · Jul 17

At our level 3, we don’t have any surgeries but have the busiest DR in the state. Here we have close to 40 typical census, and 2 Neos/teams during day and one at night.

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Matthew Harer @triplebadger10.bsky.social · Jul 17

We have a level 4 unit that sounds similar - but not the same. We don’t have DR coverage because of a free standing children’s hospital. We handle transport and consult calls from the region including telehealth. Our typical census is close to 20, and we have two Neos/teams during day, one at night.

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Matthew Harer @triplebadger10.bsky.social · Jul 1

I LOVE cookie dough. I may do the same.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Jun 20

I wish people would stop describing things that are indisputably provable as a matter of fact as "controversial." People not liking a fact doesn't mean the fact is controversial. Reality is not malleable around our beliefs and it shouldn't be. We need to stop acting like it is.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · May 27

The biggest endorsement I can make for Bluesky is that replacing Twitter with this app on my phone probably improved my general mood when I’m on my phone by 20-25%. I know there are better reasons but it is what it is!

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IPNA Pediatric Nephrology @ped-neph.bsky.social · May 21

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a relatively recent technology, first applied in clinical contexts in the early 1970s. Read this Educational Review of the use of NIRS to measure kidney oxygenation in the neonatal intensive care unit.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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The Incubator Podcast @nicupodcast.bsky.social · May 21

Prematurity leaves a lasting mark — including on kidney health.

Discover how early life events shape long-term outcomes and why early interventions matter.

🚀 Don't miss the next Delphi experience! Register now for Delphi 2026 at www.delphiconference.org!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · May 21

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Matthew Harer @triplebadger10.bsky.social · May 20

“UN Chief Fletcher also said 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours if more aid doesn't reach them.” This is a tragedy, pure and simple. Babies don’t deserve to die. www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...

UN says Israel to allow 100 aid trucks into Gaza as humanitarian chief warns of baby deaths

Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells Parliament he is

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Emily Miller MD MS FAAP @emilymillermd.bsky.social · May 15

📣Publication alert📣

Highly anticipated "Consensus Recommendations to Improve Neonatology Staffing" are out now!

These recommendations prioritize patient safety & physician well-being & will greatly benefit our patients & workforce.

Please read and share widely!

doi.org/10.1542/peds...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · May 14

The most important statement from today’s hearings.

A photo of RFK Jr with a quote from him, “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.” We couldn’t agree more. Resign.

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