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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 3d

"Taken together, these findings suggest that Georgia's work requirements have so far undermined well established coverage gains that typically occur with Medicaid expansion without producing increases in employment..."
#MedSky
#healthpolicy
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 15d

"New" global health strategy launched after cutting billions.

The plan? Direct disbursement to governments (not NGOs), to reduce a "culture of dependency" while simultaneously promoting American prosperity through US commercial partnerships. 🤔
#GlobalHealth #ForeignAid
www.npr.org/sections/goa...

What's in -- and what's missing -- in the new U.S. strategy for global health

After months of aid cuts, the State Department has released a 35-page document detailing how it plans to roll out global health assistance. Here's what it says — and what the reaction is.

www.npr.org

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 18h

This.

Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 18h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · Sep 6

"Single-use plastic was never inevitable. It was a business decision. And we can choose differently if we confront how we’ve essentially been manipulated into arriving here, and muster the willpower to push for something better."
#GreenSky #EnviroSky

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...

Opinion | Throwaway Plastic Has Corrupted Us

www.nytimes.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14d

Curse of private equity.

After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.

PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.

People killed for profit.

Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.

Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds

The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Alana Kinrich @alanakinrich.medsky.social · 16d

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.

Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 16d

You have no idea how much I despite these anti-science dipshits for making pregnant women terrified of taking (safe, mild, proven) pain relief.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

The Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants Americans to “move on” from needing healthcare

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Dr Oz: "The folks that we're trying to help both in Medicaid and in the exchanges are people who with a little bit of help they hope they can get healthy and be able to take care of their families and move on."

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 2d

“The whole point of EMTALA is that when you get a person at the door, you stabilize them before you ask them any effing questions.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/government...

Congress ultimately addressed both needs, by putting EMTALA and the Emergency Medicaid initiative into 1986 budget legislation.4 And although Vance, in a Fox interview last week, described Emergency Medicaid as a “Biden-era” program, it was signed into law by the Republican who was in the White House at the time: conservative patron saint Ronald Reagan.

Leavitt herself seemed to acknowledge that on Friday, when another reporter asked her a question similar to the one she got from NBC News: “Is it the administration’s position that hospitals should not have to treat people who come to ERs who are not here legally?”

“No,” she said, “that’s not our position.” Just like that, she conceded the rationale for EMTALA and Emergency Medicaid—and acknowledged that the Trump administration actually supports taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants. Maybe someone should tell JD Vance.

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 7d

Via @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social If algorithms can diagnose patients as well as doctors, what's left of the physician's role?

My answer: The human connection, navigating complex health system constraints, & trust... if AI's hallucinate 1 out of 100 times, they are not ready to scale. 🏥🤖
#MedSky

Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · 15d

How good is A.I. at making medical diagnoses? Good enough to help—and to hurt.

For @newyorker.com, I spent months talking to patients, doctors, and researchers about how we can make the most of a powerful new technology and how we can minimize the side effects.

If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For?

Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology comes with side effects.

www.newyorker.com

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting read... recently saw the film "The Materialists" which had this topic as a strange sub-plot.

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

For those hoping to make themselves taller, the procedure is far from simple. Bones, muscles, nerves and joints all pay a heavy price – and the risks often outweigh the rewards.
www.sciencealert.com/the-alarming...

The Alarming Boom in Height Surgery, And Why It's So Risky

Would you willingly have your legs broken, the bones stretched apart millimetre by millimetre and then spend months in recovery – all to be a few centimetres taller? This is the promise of limb-length...

www.sciencealert.com

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 3d

"Taken together, these findings suggest that Georgia's work requirements have so far undermined well established coverage gains that typically occur with Medicaid expansion without producing increases in employment..."
#MedSky
#healthpolicy
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 3d

Agree with your point 100%.

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 3d

Devastating and sad outcome to this article... the consequences of EHR alert fatigue, ER overcrowding, and a "...rare patient with an outlier diagnosis."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...
#emergencymedicine #medsky

It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.

www.nytimes.com

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 25d

Interesting article on health taxes by Mary-Ann Etiebet of @vitalstrategies.org. Think #alcohol, #tobacco, & sugary beverages. These taxes are a "triple win": saving lives, lowering health system costs, and boosting revenue.

#GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/usin...

Using Health Taxes to Promote Public Good | Think Global Health

To accelerate progress on health taxes, governments should address three challenges that have stalled the reform

www.thinkglobalhealth.org

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 3d

Since this question came up in class last week on flu vaccination and Guillain-Barre syndrome, I think I’ll mention this tomorrow: “most research indicates that active influenza infection poses a higher risk for GBS, and vaccination may provide protection against it” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Investigating Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Vaccines: Is There a Link?

Research exploring the link between vaccines and Guillain-Barre syndrome suggests there is a minimal overall risk for GBS associated with vaccination.

www.neurologyadvisor.com

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · Sep 3

Clean water, clean food, extraordinary levels of hygiene kept farming families healthy... yes, including BOILING MILK!
#MedSky #GreenSky

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · Sep 3

When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"

That's... usually not the case!

In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.

We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?

youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk

"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · Sep 8

Plus 10m more uninsured over the coming decade = foregone care, increased costs, worsened health outcomes
www.kff.org/uninsured/ho...

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 4d

Tracing the history of quarantines from 14th century Dubrovnik to modern QR codes, @craigspencer.bsky.social notes that mobility restrictions have endured more for their political symbolism than proven effectiveness.
#PublicHealth

craigaspencer.substack.com/p/from-quara...

From Quarantine Islands to QR Codes: How Public Health Has Managed Mobility in Outbreaks

The politics of borders, bodies, and the enduring illusion of control

craigaspencer.substack.com

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · Aug 29

Via @thinkglobalhealth.org: Urban light pollution harms both human and planetary health... let's turn out (or at least 'down') the lights! 💡🌘

www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/ligh...

And noise pollution, you ask? Also bad.

Light Pollution Reshapes Growing Seasons | Think Global Health

A study finds artificial light at night can extend plant growing seasons, possibly altering ecosystems and public health

www.thinkglobalhealth.org

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · Sep 5

Via Emily Breza & @deankarlan.bsky.social: While microcredit supported a subset of high potential entrepreneurs, it "...did not lead to transformative impacts on income or consumption for the average borrower across many contexts."
www.povertyactionlab.org/policy-insig...

Microcredit: Impacts and promising innovations

Findings on the impacts of microcredit continue to evolve. Early evidence from randomized evaluations in low- and middle-income countries showed that the classic microcredit model did not lead to tran...

www.povertyactionlab.org

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 5d

You might also be interested in this one, a joint initiative of USAID & @techchange.bsky.social called "Architects of Digital Health." I use it as a capstone experience for my graduate level public health course at Georgetown!
architectsofdh.community.tc

Catalog

architectsofdh.community.tc

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · Sep 8

Great connection between Dr. Murray's post on food safety & this NYT article on environmental toxins:

"Unfortunately, the United States government — more so than other governments — is more inclined to keep chemical companies safe than to protect our families."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 26d

Despite a promise to Make America Healthy Again, these policies do the opposite:
❌ Vaccine access, research, and Medicaid → measles outbreaks, future cancer cures delayed, 10M lose health insurance
❌ Climate policy → air & water pollution

We deserve better.
#PublicHealth #MedSky #HealthPolicy

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 26d

“Before vaccines, illnesses like smallpox, measles and polio left people scarred, paralyzed, blind or dead. Many of the victims were children. The Trump administration is condemning more people to suffer and die from diseases that we know how to prevent.” The first step to fixing this: RFKJ must go.

Opinion | Trump’s Policies Are Endangering Your Health

www.nytimes.com

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 6d

AT&T CEO (whose annual salary is $25m+) saying the quiet part out loud: Employer loyalty is dead! 💀

Consequences for AT&T: ⬆️ employee turnover, ⬇️ institutional knowledge, ⬆️ quiet quitting... expect employees to leave as fast as the next offer arrives.

news.outsourceaccelerator.com/att-ceo-end-...

AT&T CEO declares end of workplace loyalty, mandates office return - Outsource Accelerator

Some experts warn that this shift makes corporate workplaces less motivating and risks damaging engagement and creativity when companies need them most.

news.outsourceaccelerator.com