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🧪 This is what whooping cough looks & sounds like.
A baby tragically died of whooping cough today.
Dr. Ralph Abraham is the CDC’s new deputy director.
He:
1. Halted Louisiana's mass vaccination campaign
2. Promoted ivermectin
3. Delayed public warnings about a deadly whooping cough outbreak
A baby tragically died of whooping cough today.
Dr. Ralph Abraham is the CDC’s new deputy director.
He:
1. Halted Louisiana's mass vaccination campaign
2. Promoted ivermectin
3. Delayed public warnings about a deadly whooping cough outbreak
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
🧪 This is what whooping cough looks & sounds like.
A baby tragically died of whooping cough today.
Dr. Ralph Abraham is the CDC’s new deputy director.
He:
1. Halted Louisiana's mass vaccination campaign
2. Promoted ivermectin
3. Delayed public warnings about a deadly whooping cough outbreak
A baby tragically died of whooping cough today.
Dr. Ralph Abraham is the CDC’s new deputy director.
He:
1. Halted Louisiana's mass vaccination campaign
2. Promoted ivermectin
3. Delayed public warnings about a deadly whooping cough outbreak
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We’d like to end today with a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt:
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We’d like to end today with a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt:
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
America. So much healthier now.
Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
America. So much healthier now.
" Public health and conventional medicine, on the other hand, are only losing people who we might otherwise help. We cannot affirm untrue beliefs, but perhaps we should start listening for new ways to meet people in their moments of need."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
" Public health and conventional medicine, on the other hand, are only losing people who we might otherwise help. We cannot affirm untrue beliefs, but perhaps we should start listening for new ways to meet people in their moments of need."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
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🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
I alternate between anger and embarrassment on a daily basis with this administration.
This is just amateurish buffoonery that confirms this Administration’s foreign policy is alternatively Russian-directed and totally directionless. Such an embarrassment. Our enemies delight.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I alternate between anger and embarrassment on a daily basis with this administration.
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We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
"America is aging. Fast. We need leaders who understand the scope of the challenge and take it seriously. Despite his campaign happy talk about valuing family caregivers, Mr. Trump clearly does not."
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Opinion | The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart
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November 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
"America is aging. Fast. We need leaders who understand the scope of the challenge and take it seriously. Despite his campaign happy talk about valuing family caregivers, Mr. Trump clearly does not."
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Today I wrote a reference for a former assistant from our office for a nursing scholarship because I believe #nursesareprofessionals
And we can't practice medicine without #professionals on our team.
#medsky
And we can't practice medicine without #professionals on our team.
#medsky
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Today I wrote a reference for a former assistant from our office for a nursing scholarship because I believe #nursesareprofessionals
And we can't practice medicine without #professionals on our team.
#medsky
And we can't practice medicine without #professionals on our team.
#medsky
What?
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
What?
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Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
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🧪This is a must watch. Please watch tonight's episode @60minutes.bsky.social.
Joan Brugge is an eminent scientist that was one of the first pioneers of 3D culture in breast cancer. She had two of her grants canceled last spring.
We used her protocols to develop our own for our research.
Joan Brugge is an eminent scientist that was one of the first pioneers of 3D culture in breast cancer. She had two of her grants canceled last spring.
We used her protocols to develop our own for our research.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🧪This is a must watch. Please watch tonight's episode @60minutes.bsky.social.
Joan Brugge is an eminent scientist that was one of the first pioneers of 3D culture in breast cancer. She had two of her grants canceled last spring.
We used her protocols to develop our own for our research.
Joan Brugge is an eminent scientist that was one of the first pioneers of 3D culture in breast cancer. She had two of her grants canceled last spring.
We used her protocols to develop our own for our research.
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Harborview Medical Center in Seattle has had 6 patients since June with a rare fungal infection.
Mucormycosis has a fatality rate of about 50% and strikes the immunocompromised.
Unrelated: Harborview rang a bell and sure enough one of the first U.S. patients died of COVID19 there.
Mucormycosis has a fatality rate of about 50% and strikes the immunocompromised.
Unrelated: Harborview rang a bell and sure enough one of the first U.S. patients died of COVID19 there.
Harborview patients test positive for mucormycosis - UW Medicine | Newsroom
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November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Harborview Medical Center in Seattle has had 6 patients since June with a rare fungal infection.
Mucormycosis has a fatality rate of about 50% and strikes the immunocompromised.
Unrelated: Harborview rang a bell and sure enough one of the first U.S. patients died of COVID19 there.
Mucormycosis has a fatality rate of about 50% and strikes the immunocompromised.
Unrelated: Harborview rang a bell and sure enough one of the first U.S. patients died of COVID19 there.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Okay #medsky who believes that nurses, PTs, PAs and audiologists are all professionals that we need on our healthcare teams?
I do!
I support #nurses
I do!
I support #nurses
The Repayment Assistance Plan removed many professions from the designation of professional when reviewing lending caps.
Nursing, PA, PT, & audiology are excluded from the updated list. Others not considered professional include architecture, accounting, & mental health.
Still included? Theology.
Nursing, PA, PT, & audiology are excluded from the updated list. Others not considered professional include architecture, accounting, & mental health.
Still included? Theology.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Anti-vaccine sentiment is now a load-bearing plank in the Republican platform.
Democrats haven’t budged on the need for school vaccine requirements since 2019. Republicans have consumed so much disinformation that their support has declined by 27% since then.
Democrats haven’t budged on the need for school vaccine requirements since 2019. Republicans have consumed so much disinformation that their support has declined by 27% since then.
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Anti-vaccine sentiment is now a load-bearing plank in the Republican platform.
Democrats haven’t budged on the need for school vaccine requirements since 2019. Republicans have consumed so much disinformation that their support has declined by 27% since then.
Democrats haven’t budged on the need for school vaccine requirements since 2019. Republicans have consumed so much disinformation that their support has declined by 27% since then.
Excellent heartbreaking piece that highlights the love and care of healthcare providers in the US fighting against a broken system made worse by #MAHA#RFKJR
#medsky
A Battle with My Blood | The New Yorker share.google/wxMskcnOuXp7...
#medsky
A Battle with My Blood | The New Yorker share.google/wxMskcnOuXp7...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Excellent heartbreaking piece that highlights the love and care of healthcare providers in the US fighting against a broken system made worse by #MAHA#RFKJR
#medsky
A Battle with My Blood | The New Yorker share.google/wxMskcnOuXp7...
#medsky
A Battle with My Blood | The New Yorker share.google/wxMskcnOuXp7...
The same administration who takes food stamps away from poor children wants us to get dressed up at the airport.
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The same administration who takes food stamps away from poor children wants us to get dressed up at the airport.
Remember when the #GOP shamed people for not mourning #CharlieKirk and scolded Dems as proponents of #politicalviolence?
Where is all the outrage now?
Trump says Democratic veterans committed sedition, suggests death penalty share.google/QAjd7LMn3lPk...
Where is all the outrage now?
Trump says Democratic veterans committed sedition, suggests death penalty share.google/QAjd7LMn3lPk...
Trump rages at Democratic vets urging troops to defy unlawful orders
His post suggested the Democrats' actions were treasonous and punishable by death.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Remember when the #GOP shamed people for not mourning #CharlieKirk and scolded Dems as proponents of #politicalviolence?
Where is all the outrage now?
Trump says Democratic veterans committed sedition, suggests death penalty share.google/QAjd7LMn3lPk...
Where is all the outrage now?
Trump says Democratic veterans committed sedition, suggests death penalty share.google/QAjd7LMn3lPk...
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The administration that uncancelled swastikas yesterday wants us to believe that it is blackmailing universities because it is so sincerely against antisemitism?
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The administration that uncancelled swastikas yesterday wants us to believe that it is blackmailing universities because it is so sincerely against antisemitism?
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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The President said that what certain sitting Members of Congress did—telling service members to refuse illegal orders—should be punishable by death
This is a direct incitement to political violence
It cannot go unanswered 👇
This is a direct incitement to political violence
It cannot go unanswered 👇
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The President said that what certain sitting Members of Congress did—telling service members to refuse illegal orders—should be punishable by death
This is a direct incitement to political violence
It cannot go unanswered 👇
This is a direct incitement to political violence
It cannot go unanswered 👇
Another intriguing read on Platner. I am still undecided on what I will do but I am not excited about a soon to be octogenarian candidate nor a man with revealed (and possibly yet to be revealed) baggage.
#MEpolitics
www.editorialboard.com/why-graham-p...
#MEpolitics
www.editorialboard.com/why-graham-p...
Why Graham Platner is a working-class impersonator
And why the online left can’t see it.
www.editorialboard.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Another intriguing read on Platner. I am still undecided on what I will do but I am not excited about a soon to be octogenarian candidate nor a man with revealed (and possibly yet to be revealed) baggage.
#MEpolitics
www.editorialboard.com/why-graham-p...
#MEpolitics
www.editorialboard.com/why-graham-p...
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm