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Jorge Ganem, MD FAAP
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Pediatric Hospitalist #MedSky #HMSky #PedSky
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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
your moment of calm: a golden-crowned sparrow contemplating the world...
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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pematchop.bsky.social
🚨New study alert!

Co-authored by Dr. Ellison, this multicenter PECARN cross-sectional study asked: Does timely opioid administration in the ED reduce hospitalizations for #sicklecell disease pain?
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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kevinault.bsky.social
Pictures of David Kirby appeared in "Life" magazine this month in 1990. Kirby was dying of complications of AIDS. The photographs were taken at Pater Noster House, a hospice in Columbus, Ohio.

#MedSky + #IDSky + #HistorySky.

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World AIDS Day: The Photo That Changed the Face of HIV/AIDS
LIFE.com shares the story behind one of the most harrowing and controversial photographs to emerge from the global pandemic.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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mollyknight.bsky.social
That depends. Are AI companies going to keep stealing my published work without permission or compensation to train their models?

Should I be allowed to go into your house and steal what’s most valuable to you in order to enrich myself then throw a fit when you don’t welcome me with open arms?
mitsuhiko.at Armin Ronacher @mitsuhiko.at · 2d
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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diane.dianeduane.com
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.

I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."

HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
jessdkant.bsky.social Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 21h
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:

“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”

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Kentucky Public Health KENTUCKY HEALTH ALERT Increase in Pertussis in Kentucky Recommendations for Identification and Prevention November 21, 2025 Kentucky health officials are alerting providers that cases of pertussis ("whooping cough") have increased steadily across the Commonwealth in recent weeks. To date, 566 cases of pertussis have been reported in Kentucky in 2025, the highest number of cases in the Commonwealth since 2012. This follows a trend that was first announced in July 2024 when pertussis cases began increasing in Kentucky to levels not seen in over a decade. Health officials anticipate that pertussis will continue to increase during the winter months based on historic trends. Many U.S. states and other countries are also experiencing elevated levels of pertussis. Many of the recent cases have occurred in young infants, and health officials also recently confirmed the third pertussis-related death in a Kentucky infant within the last year. This follows two other infant deaths that were announced in June. These are Kentucky's first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy. Health officials urge all Kentuckians to remain up to date on recommended pertussis immunizations and emphasize the importance of maternal immunization during pregnancy, and for all infants beginning promptly at two months of age. Health officials also encourage providers to consider pertussis as a diagnosis in addition to circulating seasonal respiratory viruses such as influenza, RSV and COVID-19. A significant number of cases have also occurred in school-aged children, many of whom were up to date on pertussis vaccination. Immunity from vaccination or natural infection wanes over time so infections can occur in people who are fully vaccinated. However, the vaccine is known to reduce disease severity, and hospitalization among vaccinated individuals is rare. The Kentucky Dep… Kentucky Public Health regularly in Kentucky, however an increase beyond the expected background rate has been reported in recent weeks. Though pertussis vaccination (DTaP or Tdap) is available and widely implemented, B. pertussis continues to spread in the U.S. due to lack of vaccination or timely boosters, the lack of lifelong immunity from vaccination or natural infection and the long duration of infectiousness in untreated cases. Symptoms of pertussis usually begin with a runny or congested nose, a low-grade fever, and mild coughing; apnea/stopping breathing can also occur in infants. After one to two weeks, the cough can progress to rapid, violent (paroxysmal) coughing fits that can cause the "whooping" sound, vomiting or labored breathing. Young children are the most severely affected; most teens and adults will have mild symptoms. People with preexisting health conditions that may be worsened by whooping cough are at high risk for developing a severe infection. Testing for Pertussis: The preferred methods for pertussis testing include nasal pharyngeal (NP) swab or nasal wash via PCR testing or culture. PCR has optimal sensitivity during the first three weeks of cough, is widely available at commercial laboratories and has a fast turnaround time. Culture is considered the gold standard due to excellent specificity but may take longer to complete. Serology for antibodies to B. pertussis is available at many commercial laboratories, however, serologic assays are not generally recommended for primary diagnosis of pertussis due to variability and unknown clinical accuracy. The most promising serologic assays are those that measure IgG antibodies against pertussis toxin only and are collected two to eight weeks following cough onset. Prevention of Pertussis: Prevention of pertussis is primarily achieved through routine vaccination with DTaP (ages two months to six years) and Tdap (ages seven years and older), followed by appropriate booster doses. Vaccination of pr… Bordetella parapertussis B. parapertussis is a bacterium that is similar to B. pertussis and can cause pertussis-like illness but does not produce pertussis toxin. Symptoms of parapertussis are typically milder and infection may be asymptomatic. There is no vaccine for B. parapertussis and post-exposure prophylaxis is not recommended, however treatment recommendations for symptomatic patients are the same as those for B. pertussis. B. parapertussis is not reportable in Kentucky. Thank you for your attention to this alert and guidance. The KDPH pertussis website includes supplemental resources, including a pertussis quicksheet with additional information that providers may find useful. If you have questions regarding reporting, testing, or prevention of pertussis or other infectious diseases, please contact the Kentucky Immunization Branch at (502) 564-4478 or after hours by calling the KDPH Epidemiology on-call line at 888-9-REPORT (888-973-7678). Our Mission: To improve the health and safety of people in Kentucky through Prevention, Promotion, and Protection
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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pccmdoc.bsky.social
Whooping cough sucks, even mild cases. The kids who die from it have a combination of the worst respiratory distress, and cardiac effects that are a struggle to support even with ECMO. The decrease in cases after the rec for pregnant moms to get boosted was wonderful.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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laurenunderwood.bsky.social
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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stephen-murray.com
My first byline in @latimes.com op-ed!

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November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
jfganem.medsky.social
This is a travesty
boghuma.bsky.social BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 23h
"The US government will not be commemorating World AIDS day this year".
Silence = Death
There are 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States, 40 million globally
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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"The US government will not be commemorating World AIDS day this year".
Silence = Death
There are 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States, 40 million globally
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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nilikm.bsky.social
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
Positive Covid-19 result for a patient this morning - reasons abound to mask in health care
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."

We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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urbanedoc4kids.bsky.social
Did he go into how Nazis got of their tactics from the organization he voluntarily has all over his cooler?

I ask because… Rick Wilson has the confederate flag all over some merchandise he paid for.
And people on the left can’t wait to pal around with him and have chit-chats.
Picture of Rick Wilson’s cooler with the starts and bars on the side and “the south will rise again” written on top. The shtty placement of the letters says that that part was custom. He *really* wanted those words on his cooler.
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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The Jazz Messengers At The Café Bohemia was recorded 70 years ago today on November 23, 1955 featuring the original line-up of the band with Art Blakey on drums, Horace Silver on piano, Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Kenny Dorham on trumpet & Doug Watkins on bass: bluenote.lnk.to/Blakey-CafeB...
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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"Delila has not seen her father since his Oct. 21 arrest while working on a home improvement project in the West Ridge neighborhood. The 45-year-old remains in custody at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility more than 1,500 miles away in El Paso, Texas."
Her dad was taken by immigration agents. Now a 12-year-old girl fears she’s lost her only living parent.
The separation illustrates a tragic consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown: children left behind after a parent is detained or deported.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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In the biggest games, the biggest players come alive to deliver big moments. There is none bigger than Rose Lavelle 🌹
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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This heartbreaking essay: Early death as a new parent. A family (and the mom Caroline) who has had more early loss than most people (father, brother, daughter).The power of science, the tenacity and compassion of RNs and MDs and the awfulness of her cousin RFK Jr. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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This is truly beautiful and courageous writing from Tatiana Schlossberg. This part hit me hard. Keeping her and her family in my thoughts.

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My parents and my brother and sister, too, have been raising my children and sitting in my various hospital rooms almost every day for the last year and a half. They have held my hand unflinchingly while I have suffered, trying not to show their pain and sadness in order to protect me from it. This has been a great gift, even though I feel their pain every day. For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry. Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

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As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the world's largest sponsor of medical research; and threatened to oust the panel of medical experts charged with recommending preventive cancer screenings. Hundreds of N.I.H. grants and clinical trials were cancelled, affecting thousands of patients. I worried about funding for leukemia and bone-marrow research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. I worried about the trials that were my only shot at remission. Early in my illness, when I
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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#HCWvsHunger

Just got my hoodie, made a donation to support World Central Kitchen, and getting ready to participate in #HCWvsHunger
Let’s go #medsky #pedsky

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HCWvsHunger 2.0 | Bonfire
Buy HCWvsHunger 2.0 merchandise that supports World Central Kitchen Incorporated. Featuring Navy Zip Up Hoodies, professionally printed in the USA.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Feeling like you want to sprinkle some goodness into the world?✨🌎
Also feeling busy/overwhelmed ? 😰🥱
Do I have the option for you!!!!
Just ordered my #HCWvsHunger sweatshirt AND made a donation- all in one fell swoop!
Check out the links below and get in on one of the best times of the year! 🔗 💜
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
I just remembered that Rep MTG led the subcommittee that grilled the presidents of NPR and PBS in the spring, calling them "Un-American."

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PBS and NPR leaders testify at House DOGE subcommittee hearing | full vidoe
YouTube video by CBS News
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November 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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👋 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗺-𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀 Day 3 is here and we aren't ready for it to be over. Don't miss our last presentations and subscribe to our newsletter to stay in touch until next time. Safe travels home, everyone! cvp.ucdavis.edu #2025FirearmResearchConf
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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40% of immigrant adults — and 77% of likely undocumented immigrants — say immigration-related worries have led to negative health impacts since January, including stress, sleep problems, or worsening chronic conditions. https://on.kff.org/47OUlWR
Chart showing the percentage of immigrants who have experienced negative impacts due to immigration-related worries since January 2025, broken down by status: total immigrants, naturalized citizens, lawfully present immigrants, and likely undocumented immigrants. Categories include increased stress, anxiety or sadness, problems sleeping, worsening health conditions, and at least one of these impacts. Source: KFF/New York Times Survey of Immigrants.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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darthdrpete.bsky.social
Pediatrician Here 👋🏻

Vaccines Still don’t cause autism.
Victims Still deserve Justice.
Threats are threats.
Name-calling = cognitive Decline
Hate speech and symbols are Wrong.
Human trafficking is Wrong.
Universal healthcare Now.
Free college/university.
Professionals are professionals.
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM