John Ross
@johnrossmd.bsky.social
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Ken Paxton is launching a nuisance investigation of Texas pediatricians for the supposed filthy lucre they get from vaccinations. Some of this may be driven by resentment against pediatric practices that are refusing to see unvaxxed kids, who may infect immunocompromised kids in the waiting room.
Texas attorney general takes aim at pediatricians who vaccinate, claiming they are part of illegal scheme
Without citing evidence, Ken Paxton said he is targeting a purported system that illegally incentivizes providers to recommend vaccines that are "not proven to be safe or necessary."
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Ken Paxton is launching a nuisance investigation of Texas pediatricians for the supposed filthy lucre they get from vaccinations. Some of this may be driven by resentment against pediatric practices that are refusing to see unvaxxed kids, who may infect immunocompromised kids in the waiting room.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
Rep. Chris Smith: "The abortion pill -- mifepristone -- is baby poison ... we now know that the abortion bill -- we've long expected this -- is extremely dangerous to women" (this is a lie)
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
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You know what’s actually dangerous in America?
Giving birth (especially while being Black).
Giving birth (especially while being Black).
Rep. Chris Smith: "The abortion pill -- mifepristone -- is baby poison ... we now know that the abortion bill -- we've long expected this -- is extremely dangerous to women" (this is a lie)
January 23, 2026 at 11:40 PM
You know what’s actually dangerous in America?
Giving birth (especially while being Black).
Giving birth (especially while being Black).
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U.S. health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was cancelled. A hotly debated study on hepatitis B in Guinea-Bissau is indeed halted, as I reported last week. Here's my latest:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended
Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concerns
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM
U.S. health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was cancelled. A hotly debated study on hepatitis B in Guinea-Bissau is indeed halted, as I reported last week. Here's my latest:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
U.S. makes exit from the WHO complete
The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO became official Thursday, formalizing a fissure between the Trump administration and the Geneva-based global health agency.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
"it's really important to find out if measles deaths, which fell in an era of mass vaccination and rising standards of living, go up in an era of anti-vaxxing and declining standards of living"
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"it's really important to find out if measles deaths, which fell in an era of mass vaccination and rising standards of living, go up in an era of anti-vaxxing and declining standards of living"
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I remember a little while back when one of right wing Penske Media’s outlets dragged me for a zoom meeting about laying the ground work for a General Strike.
With no functioning opposition party it was always going to come down to this. We’re going to need to support each other like never before.
With no functioning opposition party it was always going to come down to this. We’re going to need to support each other like never before.
The “General strike” isn’t a fantasy anymore. From coordinated walkouts to recent mass strikes, the groundwork is already here—and even Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is talking about it.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now
At first glance it sounds impossible — but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think.
inthesetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I remember a little while back when one of right wing Penske Media’s outlets dragged me for a zoom meeting about laying the ground work for a General Strike.
With no functioning opposition party it was always going to come down to this. We’re going to need to support each other like never before.
With no functioning opposition party it was always going to come down to this. We’re going to need to support each other like never before.
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National Single Payer Wed., Jan 28, 2026, 8 pm ET, 5:00 PM PT "Stop Tinkering Around The Edges” Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) will be our keynote speaker, "Let's finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits."
Register for this webinar:
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Register for this webinar:
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January 22, 2026 at 6:42 PM
National Single Payer Wed., Jan 28, 2026, 8 pm ET, 5:00 PM PT "Stop Tinkering Around The Edges” Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) will be our keynote speaker, "Let's finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits."
Register for this webinar:
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Register for this webinar:
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Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Doctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown
abcnews.go.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
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'Chimpanzees, New Caledonian crows – and now cows. The list of animals that use tools grew a little longer this week, with a paper in Current Biology reporting that an Austrian cow called Veronika uses a broom to scratch herself.'
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...
Liam Shaw | Scratch that
Chimpanzees, New Caledonian crows – and now cows. The list of animals that use tools grew a little longer this week,...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 2:31 PM
'Chimpanzees, New Caledonian crows – and now cows. The list of animals that use tools grew a little longer this week, with a paper in Current Biology reporting that an Austrian cow called Veronika uses a broom to scratch herself.'
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...
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"The oligarchs aligned behind Trump are likely the softest and ripest target for an EU self-defense effort." prospect.org/2026/01/21/t...
How the Free World Can Fight Mad King Trump - The American Prospect
The worst president in American history wants to conquer Greenland.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
"The oligarchs aligned behind Trump are likely the softest and ripest target for an EU self-defense effort." prospect.org/2026/01/21/t...
This is pretty cool: Italian archeologists have discovered the remains of a basilica designed by Vitruvius, the father of architecture, and the "Vitruvian man" guy
Monumental Roman Basilica Identified as Long-Lost Work by Vitruvius
A 2,000-year-old basilica has found in the center of Fano in Italy has been linked one of ancient Rome’s master builders, Vitruvius.
news.artnet.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This is pretty cool: Italian archeologists have discovered the remains of a basilica designed by Vitruvius, the father of architecture, and the "Vitruvian man" guy
64% national uptake for measles, mumps, and rubella is dire. The authors tried to include kids that are usually not counted (homeschooled, uninsured, foreign-born). This is likely to get worse before it gets better.
🧪 Digital surveillance reveals hidden MMR gaps in US children under 5. This new study estimates national uptake at only 64.0%, identifying critical hotspots in Texas and New Mexico missed by traditional data.
#MedSky 🛟
#MedSky 🛟
Assessing MMR vaccination coverage gaps in US children with digital participatory surveillance - Nature Health
Digital surveillance at the national scale, coupled with a spatial model that extends the data to a more granular scale, reveals gaps in MMR vaccination coverage that align with recent measles…
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
64% national uptake for measles, mumps, and rubella is dire. The authors tried to include kids that are usually not counted (homeschooled, uninsured, foreign-born). This is likely to get worse before it gets better.
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If nothing else, pretty amazing Canadian PM Carney said the quiet part out loud today: international law has never been real and the ‘rules’ of the international order have never applied to the US and its allies.
This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
If nothing else, pretty amazing Canadian PM Carney said the quiet part out loud today: international law has never been real and the ‘rules’ of the international order have never applied to the US and its allies.
This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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Whenever the issue of doctors working for insurance companies comes up, never forget "backwards hip guy".
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Whenever the issue of doctors working for insurance companies comes up, never forget "backwards hip guy".
Larry Bird in 1984, on not going to the Reagan White House after the Celtics won the championship: "If the President wants to see me, he knows where to find me"
the Florida Panthers are at the White House and ... are they trying to dress like Trump too?
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Larry Bird in 1984, on not going to the Reagan White House after the Celtics won the championship: "If the President wants to see me, he knows where to find me"
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I think people get addicted to the chance their post might get 200k likes, and that's why so many people stay on the non-consensual porn site. It's like a slot machine. Eventually it pays out SOMETHING to keep you interested.
January 19, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I think people get addicted to the chance their post might get 200k likes, and that's why so many people stay on the non-consensual porn site. It's like a slot machine. Eventually it pays out SOMETHING to keep you interested.
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
Thousands to lose access to HIV drugs with new cuts
An estimated 10,000 people are about to lose access to their HIV medication as the Florida Department of Health makes cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
www.fox13news.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
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I'm a mom with a PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, with a dissertation about coronaviruses. Now I write about science to help other mothers understand what RFK Jr doesn't.
How many good mothers on Bluesky ARE the expert??
I’ll start: I have a PhD in ecology. I’m a science communicator: an award-winning creator, strategist, and impact producer. I make stuff for the internet that brings people together 🧪
Your turn! GO OFF, GOOD MOMS OF BLUESKY
I’ll start: I have a PhD in ecology. I’m a science communicator: an award-winning creator, strategist, and impact producer. I make stuff for the internet that brings people together 🧪
Your turn! GO OFF, GOOD MOMS OF BLUESKY
HHS Secretary RFK Jr: "This idea that you should trust the experts, a good mother doesn't do that"
January 18, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I'm a mom with a PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, with a dissertation about coronaviruses. Now I write about science to help other mothers understand what RFK Jr doesn't.
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X’s terms of service are extremely restrictive and allow them to sue users for practically any reason
And they mandate that any case go through the East Texas court which Musk essentially owns
It’s now LEGALLY RISKY to be posting on X because they can sue you and have an almost guaranteed win
And they mandate that any case go through the East Texas court which Musk essentially owns
It’s now LEGALLY RISKY to be posting on X because they can sue you and have an almost guaranteed win
January 17, 2026 at 2:26 PM
X’s terms of service are extremely restrictive and allow them to sue users for practically any reason
And they mandate that any case go through the East Texas court which Musk essentially owns
It’s now LEGALLY RISKY to be posting on X because they can sue you and have an almost guaranteed win
And they mandate that any case go through the East Texas court which Musk essentially owns
It’s now LEGALLY RISKY to be posting on X because they can sue you and have an almost guaranteed win
I’m sure this is gonna be super popular with the 12% of Americans taking GLP-1 agonists
Donald Trump threatens to increase Ozempic costs for Americans by 35%
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I’m sure this is gonna be super popular with the 12% of Americans taking GLP-1 agonists