Emily Cleveland
@eclevelandmd.bsky.social
Emergency med faculty at BU, Director for Social Justice Education at the AMA, trying to do my part to advance health equity & racial justice. Views my own.
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The American Medical Association President Dr. Bobby Mukkamala. @ama-assn.org
💥Medicaid patients will lose access to care if the OBBBA is adopted.💥
💥Medicaid patients will lose access to care if the OBBBA is adopted.💥
July 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The American Medical Association President Dr. Bobby Mukkamala. @ama-assn.org
💥Medicaid patients will lose access to care if the OBBBA is adopted.💥
💥Medicaid patients will lose access to care if the OBBBA is adopted.💥
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Reposted by Emily Cleveland
Physicians and patients have been waiting years for the FDA to ask manufacturers to make pulse oximeters work on all skin tones. Just as they were making headway it looks like progress may now be stalled by anti-DEI initiatives. Great story by Erika Edwards.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Trump's anti-DEI initiatives could hamper pulse oximeter research, doctors worry
The future of funding to study racial disparities is unknown, as the federal government appears to oppose diversity, equity and inclusion programs .
www.nbcnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Physicians and patients have been waiting years for the FDA to ask manufacturers to make pulse oximeters work on all skin tones. Just as they were making headway it looks like progress may now be stalled by anti-DEI initiatives. Great story by Erika Edwards.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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A second death from the still-evolving #measles outbreak in Texas - this one, in an adult.
1) the measles vaccine is safe and marvelously effective
2) you can receive the vaccine up to 72hrs after exposure
3) vitamin A helps malnourished kids but doesn't cure
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
1) the measles vaccine is safe and marvelously effective
2) you can receive the vaccine up to 72hrs after exposure
3) vitamin A helps malnourished kids but doesn't cure
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Second death reported in growing measles outbreak
The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A second death from the still-evolving #measles outbreak in Texas - this one, in an adult.
1) the measles vaccine is safe and marvelously effective
2) you can receive the vaccine up to 72hrs after exposure
3) vitamin A helps malnourished kids but doesn't cure
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
1) the measles vaccine is safe and marvelously effective
2) you can receive the vaccine up to 72hrs after exposure
3) vitamin A helps malnourished kids but doesn't cure
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...