Scott Krugman
@drscottk.medsky.social
Pediatrician, educator, administrator, dad and brewer. Speaking up for children who have no voice. Skeets are my own and not advice. #vaccineswork #safesleep #OreoMedSky #PedSky
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Check out the upcoming 3 episodes of Ten Kids 2 Docs podcast on #vaccines - first one sets the stage then I talk about all of the vaccine preventable illnesses.
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Ten Kids Two Docs Season One - Parenting Insights from Pediatrician Moms - YouTube
Seasoned pediatricians and long-time friends Sylvia Bank, MD and Vivian Carlin, MD met 25 years ago while in residency at Johns Hopkins. Since then, they’ve ...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Check out the upcoming 3 episodes of Ten Kids 2 Docs podcast on #vaccines - first one sets the stage then I talk about all of the vaccine preventable illnesses.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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An announcement from Noah Wyle and the CDC:
January 14, 2026 at 7:49 PM
An announcement from Noah Wyle and the CDC:
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Witnessing or experiencing violence in childhood can harm physical and mental health, and persist into adulthood.
ACEs also decrease life expectancy by *20 years* compared to those without childhood trauma.
It is our moral imperative to protect children - and their families - from this violence. 💔
ACEs also decrease life expectancy by *20 years* compared to those without childhood trauma.
It is our moral imperative to protect children - and their families - from this violence. 💔
January 14, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Witnessing or experiencing violence in childhood can harm physical and mental health, and persist into adulthood.
ACEs also decrease life expectancy by *20 years* compared to those without childhood trauma.
It is our moral imperative to protect children - and their families - from this violence. 💔
ACEs also decrease life expectancy by *20 years* compared to those without childhood trauma.
It is our moral imperative to protect children - and their families - from this violence. 💔
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Pay the moms what they're owed
She said it's not discounted but it seems like a bargain for the product & services.
She said it's not discounted but it seems like a bargain for the product & services.
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Pay the moms what they're owed
She said it's not discounted but it seems like a bargain for the product & services.
She said it's not discounted but it seems like a bargain for the product & services.
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"The RSV vaccine given during late pregnancy did not increase the risk of preterm birth or other evaluated pregnancy complications"
More good news about the safety of maternal immunization.
via medpagetoday.com #MedSky + #ObGynSky.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
More good news about the safety of maternal immunization.
via medpagetoday.com #MedSky + #ObGynSky.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Interim Safety Data Reassure on RSV Vaccine in Pregnant Women
No statistically significant differences in preterm birth, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
www.medpagetoday.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
"The RSV vaccine given during late pregnancy did not increase the risk of preterm birth or other evaluated pregnancy complications"
More good news about the safety of maternal immunization.
via medpagetoday.com #MedSky + #ObGynSky.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
More good news about the safety of maternal immunization.
via medpagetoday.com #MedSky + #ObGynSky.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule)
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule)
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
Why do we want to fill hospitals up with children with bronchiolitis and diarrhea again? I thought we wanted them to be healthy again….
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Why do we want to fill hospitals up with children with bronchiolitis and diarrhea again? I thought we wanted them to be healthy again….
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Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on today’s HHS announcement about the childhood immunization schedule: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
January 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on today’s HHS announcement about the childhood immunization schedule: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Just hanging around in Costa Rica. #manuelantonio
January 2, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Just hanging around in Costa Rica. #manuelantonio
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If you told me back in medical school that someday I would be running for the Senate and my campaign slogan would be “It’s me or the measles” I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE BELIEVED YOU.
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
If you told me back in medical school that someday I would be running for the Senate and my campaign slogan would be “It’s me or the measles” I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE BELIEVED YOU.
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
Epic work @joho.bsky.social !
Love it. A must-read from @joho.bsky.social, reminding Prasad, Bhattacharya, Makary et al., reminding us that the U.S. is facing several disease outbreaks, so they have a great opportunity to show the rest of us how their way is “better”.
We’re waiting…
We’re waiting…
The Murray Hill Declaration
It's the responsibility of our medical establishment to protect the vulnerable and keep schools open.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Epic work @joho.bsky.social !
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
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This OpEd, by the inspirational @drdemetre.bsky.social in today’s @washingtonpost.com, is one of the best pieces of science writing of 2025
I’ll be assigning it to my students next semester in my class on ‘policy writing—turning evidence into public health action’
Thx Ed, for the free access link👇
I’ll be assigning it to my students next semester in my class on ‘policy writing—turning evidence into public health action’
Thx Ed, for the free access link👇
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This OpEd, by the inspirational @drdemetre.bsky.social in today’s @washingtonpost.com, is one of the best pieces of science writing of 2025
I’ll be assigning it to my students next semester in my class on ‘policy writing—turning evidence into public health action’
Thx Ed, for the free access link👇
I’ll be assigning it to my students next semester in my class on ‘policy writing—turning evidence into public health action’
Thx Ed, for the free access link👇
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December 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Replacing the US child vaccine schedule with Denmark’s schedule is negligence, writes @drdemetre.bsky.social
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The U.S. vaccine schedule is a jet engine. Denmark’s is a toy plane.
Replacing the U.S. vaccine schedule with one like Denmark’s would be negligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Replacing the US child vaccine schedule with Denmark’s schedule is negligence, writes @drdemetre.bsky.social
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Traveled all night to get here. Worth it. #puravida #CostaRica
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Traveled all night to get here. Worth it. #puravida #CostaRica
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It’s not just pediatricians who are dealing with this. I wrote about my experience when it comes to trying to get patients vaccines
It’s not only difficult but it is causing a rift in the patient-doctor relationship
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
It’s not only difficult but it is causing a rift in the patient-doctor relationship
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients
“The rise of anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between clinicians and patients.”
www.statnews.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s not just pediatricians who are dealing with this. I wrote about my experience when it comes to trying to get patients vaccines
It’s not only difficult but it is causing a rift in the patient-doctor relationship
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
It’s not only difficult but it is causing a rift in the patient-doctor relationship
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
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The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake the childhood vaccine schedule. I wrote this for CIDRAP News as an explainer for the general public and public health folks, who may not be familiar with the legal issues involved.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake vaccine schedule
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake the childhood vaccine schedule. I wrote this for CIDRAP News as an explainer for the general public and public health folks, who may not be familiar with the legal issues involved.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
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We dodged a vaccine disaster (for now): HHS gave up limiting vaccine access for U.S. citizens - for now. And a quick virus weather report before the break., by @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
We dodged a vaccine disaster (for now). And a quick virus weather report before the break.
The Dose (December 22)
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We dodged a vaccine disaster (for now): HHS gave up limiting vaccine access for U.S. citizens - for now. And a quick virus weather report before the break., by @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
Check out Ryan’s latest article in the @bostonglobe.com - if you can’t access it I’ll post it when it comes out on @insideclimatenews.org
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/21/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/21/s...
Folk songs about climate change? Yup, people in Maine are listening. - The Boston Globe
Singing about climate change can be a tough sell. But it seems to be working with the group GoldenOak gaining a following.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Check out Ryan’s latest article in the @bostonglobe.com - if you can’t access it I’ll post it when it comes out on @insideclimatenews.org
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/21/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/21/s...
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Another excellent article fr @melodyschreiber.com on the glaringly unethical trial RFK Jr is funding of #Hepatitis B vaccine in babies in Guinea-Bissau. This cld make #Tuskegee pale in comparison. Grt comments @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social, @gavinyamey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Another excellent article fr @melodyschreiber.com on the glaringly unethical trial RFK Jr is funding of #Hepatitis B vaccine in babies in Guinea-Bissau. This cld make #Tuskegee pale in comparison. Grt comments @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social, @gavinyamey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How many parents can afford to miss 10 days of work while their child has chickenpox? Do we really want hospitals full of infants with rotavirus diarrhea again? Is this really making America healthy again? I think not.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
Switching to the Danish vaccine schedule in 🇺🇸 would be insanity. (1) The US, unlike Denmark, does not have universal healthcare, and (2) the Danish vaccine schedule is very poor (e.g., no chickenpox & rota vax. I vividly remember having those as a kid in 🇩🇰. Just 👎).
Switching to the Danish vaccine schedule in 🇺🇸 would be insanity. (1) The US, unlike Denmark, does not have universal healthcare, and (2) the Danish vaccine schedule is very poor (e.g., no chickenpox & rota vax. I vividly remember having those as a kid in 🇩🇰. Just 👎).
December 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
How many parents can afford to miss 10 days of work while their child has chickenpox? Do we really want hospitals full of infants with rotavirus diarrhea again? Is this really making America healthy again? I think not.