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Formerly Physicians for Biden and then Physicians for Harris. We are now united to preserve and promote a healthy US democracy. #MedSky

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Jul 15

RFK Jr. must be removed
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RFK Jr. Must Be Removed—Before More Damage is Done, Before More Lives are Lost

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 42m

@jonathanstea.bsky.social

Cartoon-Autusm right now: 3 Spider Men pointing fingers, labeled circumcision, Tylenol, vaccines

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 53m

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 8h

Rectal bleeding may be one of the strongest warning signs of colon cancer in younger adults. Researchers are urging people in their 30s and 40s to take the often overlooked symptom more seriously.
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Rectal Bleeding Strongest Predictor of Colon Cancer Under 50

Rectal bleeding may be one of the strongest warning signs of colon cancer in younger adults.Researchers are urging people in their 30s and 40s to take the often

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1h

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This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 10h

@alastairmca30.bsky.social

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RFK jr doesn’t understand correlation vs causation, doesn’t understand science, and says the dumbest things all the time. America deserves better than this clown.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 10h

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RFK, Jr., Cites ‘Truly Appalling’ Studies to Tie Autism to Circumcision and Tylenol

Studies suggesting circumcision rates are linked with autism are “riddled with flaws”

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 12h

The malicious prosecution of Attorney General Tish James is baseless.

And the indictment is not worth the paper it is written on.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 12h

Don’t take medical advice from RFK Jr.

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Health Secretary Kennedy, Trump link circumcision to autism through Tylenol

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. noted boys who are circumcised have higher rates of autism, which he said could be a result of Tylenol.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 15h

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 20h

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

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USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 18h

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Supreme Court ruling could let GOP add 19 House seats and “clear the path for a one-party system” - NewsBreak

As the Supreme Court prepares to rehear Louisiana v. Callais on October 15, Democratic voting rights groups are sounding the alarm: in a new report reviewe

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 19h

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Penn researchers find children, adolescents who contract COVID twice at higher risk of long Covid.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 19h

On this say in 2009, President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 19h

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Emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants accounts for less than 1% of state spending: Study

Emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants made up only 0.4% of total Medicaid spending in 2022, a new study published Thursday finds.

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 23h

Around 14 million Americans are set to lose their insurance over the next 10 years. And out of the 10 hardest-hit states, 7 voted for Trump.

My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

Please sign and share! Signatures will be presented to Congress with 4 other petitions on 11/5.

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Sign the Petition

RFK Jr. Must Be Removed—Before More Damage is Done, Before More Lives are Lost

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

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Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

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59% of Americans disapprove of RFK Jr.'s moves as health secretary, a new poll says

A new poll shows trust in federal health policies is plummeting, and what -- or who -- people believe increasingly depends on their politics.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

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Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

@drneilstone.bsky.social

This is an iron lung for polio victims. Remember these? Me neither, it’s now in a museum where it should stay. Why? Because vaccines work.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

@drericding.bsky.social

ICE stormtroopers shot an unarmed priest, wearing clergy cloth, in the head with pellet ammo in Chicago. Someday there will be a reckoning for this.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

At a time when we should be guaranteeing health care to all Americans as a human right, President Trump and his Republican colleagues are threatening to make our broken system even worse by doubling premiums for more than 20 million Americans.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

Protest now while it’s still legal. No Kings 10.18

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