Ruth Ann Crystal
@drruth.bsky.social
Also known as @CatchTheBaby on Twitter
OBGYN physician, innovator, baker
Weekly newsletter at https://drruth.substack.com/
#Medsky #LongCOVID
OBGYN physician, innovator, baker
Weekly newsletter at https://drruth.substack.com/
#Medsky #LongCOVID
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Ruth Ann Crystal
@drruth.bsky.social
· Nov 21
✨UPDATED✨
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New to Bluesky? HELPFUL LINKS:
Welcome Post, explains many things:
buff.ly/3CAeIKe
Medsky starter packs:
buff.ly/3ZgguJ3
🧵of some Medsky specialties buff.ly/4ghdhir
Directory of Starter Packs by keyword to find people to follow: buff.ly/3AAmJxW
To Bookmark a skeet, reply with 📌.
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
This week marks a year since 10% of the CDC work force was fired. We are more vulnerable to the next pandemic,outbreak monitoring is crumbling, measles is basically endemic again,vaccine guidelines are now RFK Jr fan fiction.
All it took was one year.
All it took was one year.
February 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This week marks a year since 10% of the CDC work force was fired. We are more vulnerable to the next pandemic,outbreak monitoring is crumbling, measles is basically endemic again,vaccine guidelines are now RFK Jr fan fiction.
All it took was one year.
All it took was one year.
I’ve cared for young women dying of cervical cancer. It’s devastating and largely preventable now with the HPV vaccine.
When a vaccine prevents cancer, the question isn’t whether to re-examine it, it’s why would we hesitate?
#medsky #oncsky #obgynsky
When a vaccine prevents cancer, the question isn’t whether to re-examine it, it’s why would we hesitate?
#medsky #oncsky #obgynsky
CIDRAP Op-Ed: The HPV vaccine prevents cancer. The new ACIP wants to re-examine that.
@jakescottMD
The vaccine has reduced cervical cancer by nearly 90% in women vaccinated as teens and has been studied in >70 randomized controlled trials
www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...
Photo: PAHO
@jakescottMD
The vaccine has reduced cervical cancer by nearly 90% in women vaccinated as teens and has been studied in >70 randomized controlled trials
www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...
Photo: PAHO
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
✓ More accurate cancer detection
✓ Prevent cancer
✓ No increase in false positives
✓ Reduced workload
✓ Identify high-risk for heart disease
Proof from the largest randomized trial of medical AI + related studies. But will the practice of medicine change?
erictopol.substack.com/p/why-all-ma...
✓ Prevent cancer
✓ No increase in false positives
✓ Reduced workload
✓ Identify high-risk for heart disease
Proof from the largest randomized trial of medical AI + related studies. But will the practice of medicine change?
erictopol.substack.com/p/why-all-ma...
Why All Mammograms Should Incorporate A.I.
A very impressive body of evidence has accumulated
erictopol.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
✓ More accurate cancer detection
✓ Prevent cancer
✓ No increase in false positives
✓ Reduced workload
✓ Identify high-risk for heart disease
Proof from the largest randomized trial of medical AI + related studies. But will the practice of medicine change?
erictopol.substack.com/p/why-all-ma...
✓ Prevent cancer
✓ No increase in false positives
✓ Reduced workload
✓ Identify high-risk for heart disease
Proof from the largest randomized trial of medical AI + related studies. But will the practice of medicine change?
erictopol.substack.com/p/why-all-ma...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
✨Please share! My newsletter buff.ly/j2wr36F
🤒Flu very high in OR, WA, KY
📈COVID very high Midwest, high NE
🤰COVID in pregnancy increases autism 44% in girls
😴Leaky gut barrier correlates w/Long COVID fatigue
🩸Stem cell treatment for LC fatigue
& much more buff.ly/j2wr36F
#medsky #covidconcious
🤒Flu very high in OR, WA, KY
📈COVID very high Midwest, high NE
🤰COVID in pregnancy increases autism 44% in girls
😴Leaky gut barrier correlates w/Long COVID fatigue
🩸Stem cell treatment for LC fatigue
& much more buff.ly/j2wr36F
#medsky #covidconcious
February 9, 2026 at 6:51 AM
✨Please share! My newsletter buff.ly/j2wr36F
🤒Flu very high in OR, WA, KY
📈COVID very high Midwest, high NE
🤰COVID in pregnancy increases autism 44% in girls
😴Leaky gut barrier correlates w/Long COVID fatigue
🩸Stem cell treatment for LC fatigue
& much more buff.ly/j2wr36F
#medsky #covidconcious
🤒Flu very high in OR, WA, KY
📈COVID very high Midwest, high NE
🤰COVID in pregnancy increases autism 44% in girls
😴Leaky gut barrier correlates w/Long COVID fatigue
🩸Stem cell treatment for LC fatigue
& much more buff.ly/j2wr36F
#medsky #covidconcious
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
👇
COVID infection increases clotting risk.
New study: Blood from unvaccinated people after recent COVID was more hypercoagulable, and their plasma corrected low clotting (INR) in recipients.
This pro-clotting state can persist for ≥6 months after infection.
buff.ly/28jDmMu
#medsky #hemesky
New study: Blood from unvaccinated people after recent COVID was more hypercoagulable, and their plasma corrected low clotting (INR) in recipients.
This pro-clotting state can persist for ≥6 months after infection.
buff.ly/28jDmMu
#medsky #hemesky
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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✨Please share! My newsletter buff.ly/j2wr36F
🤒Flu very high in OR, WA, KY
📈COVID very high Midwest, high NE
🤰COVID in pregnancy increases autism 44% in girls
😴Leaky gut barrier correlates w/Long COVID fatigue
🩸Stem cell treatment for LC fatigue
& much more buff.ly/j2wr36F
#medsky #covidconcious
🤒Flu very high in OR, WA, KY
📈COVID very high Midwest, high NE
🤰COVID in pregnancy increases autism 44% in girls
😴Leaky gut barrier correlates w/Long COVID fatigue
🩸Stem cell treatment for LC fatigue
& much more buff.ly/j2wr36F
#medsky #covidconcious
February 9, 2026 at 6:51 AM
✨Please share! My newsletter buff.ly/j2wr36F
🤒Flu very high in OR, WA, KY
📈COVID very high Midwest, high NE
🤰COVID in pregnancy increases autism 44% in girls
😴Leaky gut barrier correlates w/Long COVID fatigue
🩸Stem cell treatment for LC fatigue
& much more buff.ly/j2wr36F
#medsky #covidconcious
🤒Flu very high in OR, WA, KY
📈COVID very high Midwest, high NE
🤰COVID in pregnancy increases autism 44% in girls
😴Leaky gut barrier correlates w/Long COVID fatigue
🩸Stem cell treatment for LC fatigue
& much more buff.ly/j2wr36F
#medsky #covidconcious
This is maddening.
I'm glad that California, Illinois and NYC have joined the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) though. buff.ly/NbMdvEp
GOARN gives global early-warning alerts on outbreaks, and collaboration and support during major public health emergencies.
#medsky
I'm glad that California, Illinois and NYC have joined the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) though. buff.ly/NbMdvEp
GOARN gives global early-warning alerts on outbreaks, and collaboration and support during major public health emergencies.
#medsky
February 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
This is maddening.
I'm glad that California, Illinois and NYC have joined the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) though. buff.ly/NbMdvEp
GOARN gives global early-warning alerts on outbreaks, and collaboration and support during major public health emergencies.
#medsky
I'm glad that California, Illinois and NYC have joined the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) though. buff.ly/NbMdvEp
GOARN gives global early-warning alerts on outbreaks, and collaboration and support during major public health emergencies.
#medsky
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Funded PhD at University of Warwick HetSys CDT exploring protein folding using simulations and mass spectrometry, helping understand mechanisms behind Alzheimer’s and misfolding diseases.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-bott...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-bott...
PhD: Bottom-up Decoding of Protein Conformational Landscapes
University of Warwick HetSys CDT offers a funded PhD on protein folding simulations and mass spectrometry to study misfolding diseases including Alzheimer’s.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
February 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Funded PhD at University of Warwick HetSys CDT exploring protein folding using simulations and mass spectrometry, helping understand mechanisms behind Alzheimer’s and misfolding diseases.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-bott...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-bott...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Postdoctoral Researcher role at University of Luxembourg LCSB using iPSC derived midbrain organoids and multi omics to investigate Parkinson’s disease biology and treatments.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...
Postdoc: Neurodegeneration & Patient Specific iPSC Organoids
University of Luxembourg LCSB seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher using iPSC midbrain organoids and multi omics to study Parkinson’s disease mechanisms & therapies
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
February 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Postdoctoral Researcher role at University of Luxembourg LCSB using iPSC derived midbrain organoids and multi omics to investigate Parkinson’s disease biology and treatments.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
February 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
COVID infection increases clotting risk.
New study: Blood from unvaccinated people after recent COVID was more hypercoagulable, and their plasma corrected low clotting (INR) in recipients.
This pro-clotting state can persist for ≥6 months after infection.
buff.ly/28jDmMu
#medsky #hemesky
New study: Blood from unvaccinated people after recent COVID was more hypercoagulable, and their plasma corrected low clotting (INR) in recipients.
This pro-clotting state can persist for ≥6 months after infection.
buff.ly/28jDmMu
#medsky #hemesky
February 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
COVID infection increases clotting risk.
New study: Blood from unvaccinated people after recent COVID was more hypercoagulable, and their plasma corrected low clotting (INR) in recipients.
This pro-clotting state can persist for ≥6 months after infection.
buff.ly/28jDmMu
#medsky #hemesky
New study: Blood from unvaccinated people after recent COVID was more hypercoagulable, and their plasma corrected low clotting (INR) in recipients.
This pro-clotting state can persist for ≥6 months after infection.
buff.ly/28jDmMu
#medsky #hemesky
A huge study from Kaiser Permanente Nor Cal of 69,987 children shows that maternal COVID infection increased the risk of autism by 44% for girls, but not for boys, especially if the infection was in the 1st or 2nd trimester. buff.ly/4tj7zSp
#medsky #pedsky #obgynsky
#medsky #pedsky #obgynsky
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A huge study from Kaiser Permanente Nor Cal of 69,987 children shows that maternal COVID infection increased the risk of autism by 44% for girls, but not for boys, especially if the infection was in the 1st or 2nd trimester. buff.ly/4tj7zSp
#medsky #pedsky #obgynsky
#medsky #pedsky #obgynsky
Why are certain immune cells affected in COVID and Long COVID?
Viral fragments of SARS-CoV-2 called xenoAMPs target specific immune cells based on the cell’s geometry. buff.ly/iWpGOPB
✴️Spiky dendritic cells and T cells are destroyed.
🟠Round monocytes and neutrophils are not.
Viral fragments of SARS-CoV-2 called xenoAMPs target specific immune cells based on the cell’s geometry. buff.ly/iWpGOPB
✴️Spiky dendritic cells and T cells are destroyed.
🟠Round monocytes and neutrophils are not.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Why are certain immune cells affected in COVID and Long COVID?
Viral fragments of SARS-CoV-2 called xenoAMPs target specific immune cells based on the cell’s geometry. buff.ly/iWpGOPB
✴️Spiky dendritic cells and T cells are destroyed.
🟠Round monocytes and neutrophils are not.
Viral fragments of SARS-CoV-2 called xenoAMPs target specific immune cells based on the cell’s geometry. buff.ly/iWpGOPB
✴️Spiky dendritic cells and T cells are destroyed.
🟠Round monocytes and neutrophils are not.
California, Illinois and NYC have joined the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) after the US federal govt pulled out of the WHO. buff.ly/NbMdvEp
GOARN gives global early-warning alerts on outbreaks, collaboration and support during major #publichealth emergencies.
#medsky 😷
GOARN gives global early-warning alerts on outbreaks, collaboration and support during major #publichealth emergencies.
#medsky 😷
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
California, Illinois and NYC have joined the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) after the US federal govt pulled out of the WHO. buff.ly/NbMdvEp
GOARN gives global early-warning alerts on outbreaks, collaboration and support during major #publichealth emergencies.
#medsky 😷
GOARN gives global early-warning alerts on outbreaks, collaboration and support during major #publichealth emergencies.
#medsky 😷
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
"Ethical research requires that participant safety remains central, not subordinate to hypothesis testing....Vulnerability should never be seen as an opportunity to advance research at the expense of those it claims to serve." @natureportfolio.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Whose ethics govern global health research?
Ethical research must not exploit scarcity as an experimental variable.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
"Ethical research requires that participant safety remains central, not subordinate to hypothesis testing....Vulnerability should never be seen as an opportunity to advance research at the expense of those it claims to serve." @natureportfolio.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
It's really appalling that in the midst of a preventable surge of measles sweeping across several US states, leading national health authorities are not loudly and publicly recommending vaccination.
How many more children need to die for this madness to stop?
How many more children need to die for this madness to stop?
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
It's really appalling that in the midst of a preventable surge of measles sweeping across several US states, leading national health authorities are not loudly and publicly recommending vaccination.
How many more children need to die for this madness to stop?
How many more children need to die for this madness to stop?
Thank you President Jimmy Carter for supporting the eradication of this disease. Amazing!
Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year.
It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.
It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Thank you President Jimmy Carter for supporting the eradication of this disease. Amazing!
Monoclonal Antibody (mAbs) study buff.ly/UyotGQZ
😀mAb decreased need for oxygen in high-risk patients
😀mAb not later linked to Long COVID, CV disease, or cognitive decline
☹️mAbs use for acute COVID led to >2x risk of new autoimmune dz like Lupus & Rheumatoid Arthritis
#medsky #covidconscious
😀mAb decreased need for oxygen in high-risk patients
😀mAb not later linked to Long COVID, CV disease, or cognitive decline
☹️mAbs use for acute COVID led to >2x risk of new autoimmune dz like Lupus & Rheumatoid Arthritis
#medsky #covidconscious
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Monoclonal Antibody (mAbs) study buff.ly/UyotGQZ
😀mAb decreased need for oxygen in high-risk patients
😀mAb not later linked to Long COVID, CV disease, or cognitive decline
☹️mAbs use for acute COVID led to >2x risk of new autoimmune dz like Lupus & Rheumatoid Arthritis
#medsky #covidconscious
😀mAb decreased need for oxygen in high-risk patients
😀mAb not later linked to Long COVID, CV disease, or cognitive decline
☹️mAbs use for acute COVID led to >2x risk of new autoimmune dz like Lupus & Rheumatoid Arthritis
#medsky #covidconscious
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Ruth Ann again.
This too is something we look for in every one of our pts presenting with ME/CFS and/or Long Covid.
SIBO>Leaky Gut>Immune Activation>Leaky Blood Brain Barrier>Increased mast cell activation.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
This too is something we look for in every one of our pts presenting with ME/CFS and/or Long Covid.
SIBO>Leaky Gut>Immune Activation>Leaky Blood Brain Barrier>Increased mast cell activation.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
Frontiers | Intestinal barrier compromise, viral persistence, and immune dysregulation converge on neurological sequelae in Long COVID
Long COVID (LC) is a multisystem, post-infectious conditions diagnosed ≥3 months after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and marked by relapsing, persistent, or pro...
www.frontiersin.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Ruth Ann again.
This too is something we look for in every one of our pts presenting with ME/CFS and/or Long Covid.
SIBO>Leaky Gut>Immune Activation>Leaky Blood Brain Barrier>Increased mast cell activation.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
This too is something we look for in every one of our pts presenting with ME/CFS and/or Long Covid.
SIBO>Leaky Gut>Immune Activation>Leaky Blood Brain Barrier>Increased mast cell activation.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Unraveled: Understanding Complex Illness.
Another episode posted today. I hope you find it useful and informative. Please share and subscribe.
youtu.be/aZ4lUVyB-k8
Another episode posted today. I hope you find it useful and informative. Please share and subscribe.
youtu.be/aZ4lUVyB-k8
Nausea--A Common and Disabling Symptom in People with Complex Illness
YouTube video by Unraveled: Understanding Complex Illness
youtu.be
February 3, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Unraveled: Understanding Complex Illness.
Another episode posted today. I hope you find it useful and informative. Please share and subscribe.
youtu.be/aZ4lUVyB-k8
Another episode posted today. I hope you find it useful and informative. Please share and subscribe.
youtu.be/aZ4lUVyB-k8
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
✨Please share!✨ My newsletter is out with lots of info on Flu, COVID, Measles & much more buff.ly/7C0fxzk
💥SC measles cases > TX outbreak
🧠8 articles on Long COVID brain effects
🔎WHO myth busters
🧠How immune cells in Gut lead to Parkinson's disease
💩FMT helps cancer immunotx
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
💥SC measles cases > TX outbreak
🧠8 articles on Long COVID brain effects
🔎WHO myth busters
🧠How immune cells in Gut lead to Parkinson's disease
💩FMT helps cancer immunotx
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
February 2, 2026 at 6:34 AM
✨Please share!✨ My newsletter is out with lots of info on Flu, COVID, Measles & much more buff.ly/7C0fxzk
💥SC measles cases > TX outbreak
🧠8 articles on Long COVID brain effects
🔎WHO myth busters
🧠How immune cells in Gut lead to Parkinson's disease
💩FMT helps cancer immunotx
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
💥SC measles cases > TX outbreak
🧠8 articles on Long COVID brain effects
🔎WHO myth busters
🧠How immune cells in Gut lead to Parkinson's disease
💩FMT helps cancer immunotx
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
For all the pediatricians and anyone wanting to keep up with children’s health, like and pin the Pediatrics 🦄 Medsky feed!
If you love Band-Aids with dinosaurs on them, you'll love #Pedsky.
Hit the "Like" and "Pin" buttons and join the conversation!
Hit the "Like" and "Pin" buttons and join the conversation!
February 2, 2026 at 3:54 AM
For all the pediatricians and anyone wanting to keep up with children’s health, like and pin the Pediatrics 🦄 Medsky feed!