John Weinstein, PhD, MS
@jrweinst.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University and Director of Research for the Physician Assistant Program. Working to solve problems of health equity here and abroad. All views are my own.
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Reposted by John Weinstein, PhD, MS
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Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
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The website now says, “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
RFK Jr. Told CDC To Change Language About Vaccines And Autism On CDC Site
The website now says, “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The website now says, “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
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Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the State Dept that will impact how the agency conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the State Dept that will impact how the agency conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
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As we and others have repeatedly reported, credible researchers have said there is no link between vaccines and autism.
CDC plans study on vaccines and autism despite research showing no link
President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have repeatedly raised the idea that autism could be linked to vaccines.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As we and others have repeatedly reported, credible researchers have said there is no link between vaccines and autism.
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NEW STUDY: More than 14% of people in the contiguous United States reside within a mile of at least one piece of #FossilFuel infrastructure. Authors: @jjbuonocore.bsky.social & @marydwillis.bsky.social. @bostonu.bsky.social
Story: www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/...
Story: www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW STUDY: More than 14% of people in the contiguous United States reside within a mile of at least one piece of #FossilFuel infrastructure. Authors: @jjbuonocore.bsky.social & @marydwillis.bsky.social. @bostonu.bsky.social
Story: www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/...
Story: www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/...
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‘Better and cheaper’: the case for prostate cancer screening among black men
‘Better and cheaper’: the case for prostate cancer screening among black men
Decision over routine PSA testing is due at end of this month, though some feel the supporting data is unclear
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
‘Better and cheaper’: the case for prostate cancer screening among black men
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Abroad coalition of medical and health organizations that released a new report last week titled “Fueling Sickness: The Hidden Health Costs of Fossil Fuel Pollution.”
Fossil fuels are poisoning Black America
A new report warns fossil fuel pollution harms public health especially in Black & Brown communities. Cleaner energy is a priority
amsterdamnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Abroad coalition of medical and health organizations that released a new report last week titled “Fueling Sickness: The Hidden Health Costs of Fossil Fuel Pollution.”
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White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
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“As dozens of frog species have declined across Central America, scientists have witnessed a remarkable chain of events: With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria in the region have climbed, resulting in a fivefold increase in cases.”
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“As dozens of frog species have declined across Central America, scientists have witnessed a remarkable chain of events: With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria in the region have climbed, resulting in a fivefold increase in cases.”
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"that it is far cheaper for Australia, and the world, to make a well-coordinated effort to reach net zero by 2050'
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The climate crisis is expensive: net zero is cheaper for Australia than not doing more
The Coalition claims net zero by 2050 will cost too much – but unchecked warming or even a delayed transition would be worse for the economy
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"that it is far cheaper for Australia, and the world, to make a well-coordinated effort to reach net zero by 2050'
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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“What was needed, Dr. Camp realized, was a simple pharmaceutical product… Companies feared liability and boycotts… Dr. Camp felt that the pharmaceutical industry, as she put it, “demonstrated the political instincts of celery.”
“Damn it,” she said, “if they won’t do it, we’ll do it ourselves.”
“Damn it,” she said, “if they won’t do it, we’ll do it ourselves.”
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“What was needed, Dr. Camp realized, was a simple pharmaceutical product… Companies feared liability and boycotts… Dr. Camp felt that the pharmaceutical industry, as she put it, “demonstrated the political instincts of celery.”
“Damn it,” she said, “if they won’t do it, we’ll do it ourselves.”
“Damn it,” she said, “if they won’t do it, we’ll do it ourselves.”
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As the ~discourse~ seems to bend interminably towards Republicans trying to figure out how they can (further) HDHP-ify ACA coverage, it's worth revisiting what is probably our best (most rigorous) study on the effect of deductibles in health insurance.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
As the ~discourse~ seems to bend interminably towards Republicans trying to figure out how they can (further) HDHP-ify ACA coverage, it's worth revisiting what is probably our best (most rigorous) study on the effect of deductibles in health insurance.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
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PSC experts @pamherd.bsky.social and Luke Shaefer @umfordschool.bsky.social help us understand the consequences of blocking SNAP benefits, which mostly go to children or disabled elderly adults.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ef...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ef...
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
PSC experts @pamherd.bsky.social and Luke Shaefer @umfordschool.bsky.social help us understand the consequences of blocking SNAP benefits, which mostly go to children or disabled elderly adults.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ef...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ef...
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How attacking healthcare has become a strategy of war
“I have not seen anything like the almost daily attacks on hospitals, the relentlessness of the repeated attacks, the indifference to the consequences of the attacks for patients and staff” - Len Rubenstein
www.bmj.com/content/391/... @bmj.com
“I have not seen anything like the almost daily attacks on hospitals, the relentlessness of the repeated attacks, the indifference to the consequences of the attacks for patients and staff” - Len Rubenstein
www.bmj.com/content/391/... @bmj.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
How attacking healthcare has become a strategy of war
“I have not seen anything like the almost daily attacks on hospitals, the relentlessness of the repeated attacks, the indifference to the consequences of the attacks for patients and staff” - Len Rubenstein
www.bmj.com/content/391/... @bmj.com
“I have not seen anything like the almost daily attacks on hospitals, the relentlessness of the repeated attacks, the indifference to the consequences of the attacks for patients and staff” - Len Rubenstein
www.bmj.com/content/391/... @bmj.com
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“In recent years, states have increasingly turned to private vendors to craft algorithms to determine eligibility for these services. Some researchers worry that too many of these decisions are being made without public input… & that these determinations are based less on health & more on economics”
Algorithms used to determine Medicaid eligibility for home care vary widely among states
Researchers worry that Medicaid home care eligibility decisions are often made without public scrutiny and based less on health than on cost.
www.statnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“In recent years, states have increasingly turned to private vendors to craft algorithms to determine eligibility for these services. Some researchers worry that too many of these decisions are being made without public input… & that these determinations are based less on health & more on economics”
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Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge and trigger a new outbreak years later. How do they survive? And how can they be kayoed? n.pr/4hB9gXN
Some viruses can play a deadly game of hide and seek inside the human body
Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge and trigger a new outbreak years later. How do they survive? And how can they be kayoed?
n.pr
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge and trigger a new outbreak years later. How do they survive? And how can they be kayoed? n.pr/4hB9gXN
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The economic effects of international students go far beyond their tuition dollars.
Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.
My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.
Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.
My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The economic effects of international students go far beyond their tuition dollars.
Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.
My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.
Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.
My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.
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“Patrek Chase, kidney transplant program director at Parkland Health in Dallas, claimed that patients at his hospital – which generally serves a poorer population – were passed over for a healthy organ in favor of patients at UT Southwestern Medical Center, which generally helps the affluent.”
Whistleblower claims Dallas hospitals kept kidneys from poorer patients
Kidneys that were deemed unsuitable for patients at Parkland hospital were allegedly given to others at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
www.keranews.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“Patrek Chase, kidney transplant program director at Parkland Health in Dallas, claimed that patients at his hospital – which generally serves a poorer population – were passed over for a healthy organ in favor of patients at UT Southwestern Medical Center, which generally helps the affluent.”
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How attacking healthcare has become a strategy of war www.bmj.com/content/391/...
How attacking healthcare has become a strategy of war
www.bmj.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
How attacking healthcare has become a strategy of war www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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