Erlene K. Seymour, MD
@erleneks.bsky.social
CLL & Lymphoma doc. Former UMich/WSUSOM/Karmanos/Flatiron Health. Filipina girl mom. Go Lions 🦁 and Go Blue 〽️
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Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
Folks out there need to think about KPop Demons Hunters Huntrix concert live with the original singers in the Las Vegas Sphere — and with animation on the walls and other live stunts to make it seem like you’re in the concert in the movie.
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Folks out there need to think about KPop Demons Hunters Huntrix concert live with the original singers in the Las Vegas Sphere — and with animation on the walls and other live stunts to make it seem like you’re in the concert in the movie.
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
One Pride!! 🦁
September 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
One Pride!! 🦁
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out"
"A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding."
🎁🔗
Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
"A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding."
🎁🔗
Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out"
"A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding."
🎁🔗
Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
"A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding."
🎁🔗
Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
I needed some good news today!
Detroit-Windsor area welcomes alt-rock station 89X back to airwaves after 5-year absence
Detroit-Windsor area welcomes alt-rock station 89X back to airwaves after 5-year absence
89X returned to Detroit-Windsor radio after five years, flipping back to alternative rock at 8:08 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28.
bit.ly
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I needed some good news today!
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This is what integrity and dedication to public service looks like.
CDC has now lost most of its leadership that was actually committed to the health of the American people. The CDC is nearly gone.
CDC has now lost most of its leadership that was actually committed to the health of the American people. The CDC is nearly gone.
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This is what integrity and dedication to public service looks like.
CDC has now lost most of its leadership that was actually committed to the health of the American people. The CDC is nearly gone.
CDC has now lost most of its leadership that was actually committed to the health of the American people. The CDC is nearly gone.
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Breaking: The AAP has released its own evidence-based vaccine schedule, after recent federal changes prioritized politics over evidence.
Americans have long trusted their pediatricians. We ask for your trust again on this.
Science first. Kids first.
downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
Americans have long trusted their pediatricians. We ask for your trust again on this.
Science first. Kids first.
downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
downloads.aap.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Breaking: The AAP has released its own evidence-based vaccine schedule, after recent federal changes prioritized politics over evidence.
Americans have long trusted their pediatricians. We ask for your trust again on this.
Science first. Kids first.
downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
Americans have long trusted their pediatricians. We ask for your trust again on this.
Science first. Kids first.
downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
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🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost!
Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).
"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.
ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).
"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.
ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
Full Committee Markup of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Acts | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
July 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost!
Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).
"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.
ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).
"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.
ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
Reposted by Erlene K. Seymour, MD
The American Medical Association is urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to oust members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of experts focused on primary care.
Medical groups are concerned that RFK Jr. may dismiss a panel of primary care experts
The American Medical Association is urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to oust members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of experts focused on primary care.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The American Medical Association is urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to oust members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of experts focused on primary care.
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PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
July 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
Reposted by Erlene K. Seymour, MD
Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term trib.al/go5Nkds
Several hundred NIH employees sign a letter of protest to the agency’s director
Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term
trib.al
June 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term trib.al/go5Nkds
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“Ninety-two percent of the targeted Medicaid recipients already work, are in school, have family caregiving responsibilities or have disabilities.” The proposed work requirements have nothing to do with waste, they are designed to cut enrollment through paperwork. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
Opinion | We Saw Medicaid Work Requirements Up Close. You Don’t Want This Chaos.
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“Ninety-two percent of the targeted Medicaid recipients already work, are in school, have family caregiving responsibilities or have disabilities.” The proposed work requirements have nothing to do with waste, they are designed to cut enrollment through paperwork. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
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Here’s how to find reliable information and keep safe during the summer heat and hurricane season following the unprecedented cuts at federal agencies. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Prepare for a Climate Disaster in Trump’s America
Here’s how to find reliable information and keep safe during the summer heat and hurricane season following the unprecedented cuts at federal agencies.
www.wired.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Here’s how to find reliable information and keep safe during the summer heat and hurricane season following the unprecedented cuts at federal agencies. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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I am so angry & upset about this. I worked with the ATF to create this memorial wall. Jaime, and some others from Parkland, were on this memorial wall. Where is Jaime's picture now? In the trash? If you are someone who voted for Trump, you voted for this.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
May 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I am so angry & upset about this. I worked with the ATF to create this memorial wall. Jaime, and some others from Parkland, were on this memorial wall. Where is Jaime's picture now? In the trash? If you are someone who voted for Trump, you voted for this.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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ASH has submitted testimony urging Congress to protect #NIH funding. 🛑
Cuts will mean fewer clinical trials, less discovery research, and slower progress on life-saving advances.
📢 #Fight4Hematology now: https://bit.ly/3YeapvY
Cuts will mean fewer clinical trials, less discovery research, and slower progress on life-saving advances.
📢 #Fight4Hematology now: https://bit.ly/3YeapvY
Fight4Hematology - Hematology.org
Fight4Hematology
bit.ly
April 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
ASH has submitted testimony urging Congress to protect #NIH funding. 🛑
Cuts will mean fewer clinical trials, less discovery research, and slower progress on life-saving advances.
📢 #Fight4Hematology now: https://bit.ly/3YeapvY
Cuts will mean fewer clinical trials, less discovery research, and slower progress on life-saving advances.
📢 #Fight4Hematology now: https://bit.ly/3YeapvY
Reposted by Erlene K. Seymour, MD
For herd immunity against measles, 92-95% of the population must be vaccinated.
As a live vaccine MMR can’t be given to pts who are immune suppressed (including pts receiving chemo/radiation or immunosuppression)
And it’s not effective in newborns.
So if you CAN get it, we REALLY need you to.
As a live vaccine MMR can’t be given to pts who are immune suppressed (including pts receiving chemo/radiation or immunosuppression)
And it’s not effective in newborns.
So if you CAN get it, we REALLY need you to.
April 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
For herd immunity against measles, 92-95% of the population must be vaccinated.
As a live vaccine MMR can’t be given to pts who are immune suppressed (including pts receiving chemo/radiation or immunosuppression)
And it’s not effective in newborns.
So if you CAN get it, we REALLY need you to.
As a live vaccine MMR can’t be given to pts who are immune suppressed (including pts receiving chemo/radiation or immunosuppression)
And it’s not effective in newborns.
So if you CAN get it, we REALLY need you to.
Reposted by Erlene K. Seymour, MD
Just learned that the entire division of blood disorders at the CDC was put on administrative leave or terminated effective immediately.
The people who figured out HIV was infecting people through the blood supply.
What could possibly go wrong?
The people who figured out HIV was infecting people through the blood supply.
What could possibly go wrong?
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just learned that the entire division of blood disorders at the CDC was put on administrative leave or terminated effective immediately.
The people who figured out HIV was infecting people through the blood supply.
What could possibly go wrong?
The people who figured out HIV was infecting people through the blood supply.
What could possibly go wrong?