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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 19h

How numbers help patients more than vague terms. Lessons for physicians, patients, journalists or anyone who communicates about health care. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/how-number...

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 1d

6 former Surgeons General said, "We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Think Before You Pink time again. Not all fundraising promotions are the same - or legit. Some do more for companies & their products than for “the cause.” open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 6d

Trump called it “one of the biggest medical announcements that this office has ever made.” But experts questioned whether the moves will change the status quo much. www.statnews.com/2025/09/30/w...

Will the White House drug-pricing deal lower costs for Americans? Experts are skeptical

Will the White House drug-pricing deal lower costs for Americans? Experts are skeptical.

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 7d

Time to turn the Tylenol temperature down. Social media’s wild claims of a “liberal” pregnant woman dying of overdose, mass hospitalizations and organ failures. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/turn-the-t...

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 9d

Trump health follies: fake video on "historic new health care system," a post promoting hemp-derived CBD, his FDA banning a dye that hasn't been used for decades & FDA Commissioner double-talk on acetaminophen & autism. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 15d

Regulators in Europe have issued new statements backing the safety of Tylenol use in pregnancy, effectively repudiating claims from the Trump administration that the medicine can cause autism in children. www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t...

Countering Trump, European health officials stress that acetaminophen is safe to use during pregnancy

Regulators in Europe have issued new statements backing the safety of Tylenol use in pregnancy, effectively repudiating claims from the Trump administration.

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 15d

Collection of quotes from & about this strange event: "At times, I had to remind myself that, no, this was not a Saturday Night Live skit." garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/a-strange-...

A strange Presidential autism news conference

“the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice"

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 15d

Who writes this stuff for him? “It’s too much liquid,” Trump said of pediatric vaccines. “Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number.” Please pronounce acetaminophen again for me! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

He’s Not a Doctor. But He Did Stay at the White House Last Night.

In retrospect, maybe the era of bleach-injection speculation wasn’t so bad.

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 16d

Trump reveals lack of knowledge of what he’s talking about & his insensitivity to women who “can’t tough it out.” youtube.com/shorts/UDMHZ...

Donald Trump Tells Pregnant Women To 'Tough it Out,' Avoid Tylenol

YouTube video by Newsweek

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 16d

President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence. apnews.com/article/tyle...

Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence

President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 16d

Sign up for The Patient Revolution Town Hall on issues of trust in health care. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/sign-up-fo...

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 18d

“Members were unprepared, misunderstood or ignored key data and highlighted flawed or inconclusive research often trumpeted by vaccine critics.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Vaccine panel that limited covid shot scrutinized after chaotic meetings

Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices showed a tenuous grasp of process and cited flawed research as they revisited covid, hepatitis B and MMRV shots.

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 18d

Has the nation’s largest health care company exploited incentives in the federal insurance program for seniors? www.startribune.com/why-unitedhe...

Why UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage program is under attack

Has the nation’s largest health care company exploited incentives in the federal insurance program for seniors?

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 18d

How can anyone go to work at CDC any more? open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

BREAKING NEWS: Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down.

The Trump administration's HHS is back to its old habits of targeting public health resources deemed too woke.

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 19d

“Taking steps where it has no impact.” apnews.com/article/fda-...

FDA proposes ban on Orange B, a food dye not used for decades

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to remove the food dye Orange B from the U.S. food supply.

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 19d

Must-see TV, before it, too, is banned. youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg?...

Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 20d

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 21d

Association ≠ causation. So don’t talk about “effect” if cause-and-effect hasn’t been proven. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/you-could-...

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 22d

“Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/w...

Turning Against Vaccines, America Is a Global Outlier

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 23d

STAT News “pierced the hype” on one cancer test and on one cancer treatment. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/two-exampl...

Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 24d

A huge mistake in the making. kffhealthnews-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/kffhealt...

Under Trump, FDA Seeks To Abandon Expert Reviews of New Drugs - KFF Health News

Advisory committee meetings help FDA scientists make decisions and increase public understanding of drug regulation, and abandoning them doesn’t make sense, former officials said.

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 24d

“America’s 80-year run as the world’s leader of biomedical research — and 50-year run as the global leader of cancer research — may very well be coming to a close, and for no apparent reason.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 28d

“It looks exactly like the report from Michelle Obama's task force in 2010…What's disappointing is that things that'd make a big difference aren't here…I want to see action. What are they going to do? They haven't said.” garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/marion-nes...

Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 28d

If you didn't see Marion Nestle analyze the MAHA children's health strategy report on PBS NewsHour last night, I urge you to watch at this link: open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...

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