Kathryn Bowsher
@kbowsher.bsky.social
CEO Act One Healthcare | Transformative Change Leader | Author | Speaker
Great list from Leana Wen M.D. M.Sc. on where to go for scientifically sound vaccine information now that you may not want to count on the CDC.
I'm going to check out the American Academy of Pediatrics infographics on disease risks and vaccine benefits.
wapo.st/4n1hTNG
I'm going to check out the American Academy of Pediatrics infographics on disease risks and vaccine benefits.
wapo.st/4n1hTNG
Opinion | Where to go for accurate, up-to-date vaccine information
Concerned about federal government websites? Here are some trusted alternatives.
wapo.st
June 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great list from Leana Wen M.D. M.Sc. on where to go for scientifically sound vaccine information now that you may not want to count on the CDC.
I'm going to check out the American Academy of Pediatrics infographics on disease risks and vaccine benefits.
wapo.st/4n1hTNG
I'm going to check out the American Academy of Pediatrics infographics on disease risks and vaccine benefits.
wapo.st/4n1hTNG
Slashing spending at the federal level is about who pays & how it’s labelled. Nothing in this bill is about reducing total cost or ⬆️ value from $ spent. Spending fights like this decrease trust in govt and healthcare.
GOP Senators’ Competing Demands Risk Pulling Trump Megabill Apart
Lawmakers have taken differing stances on Medicaid cuts, green tax credits and business deductions.
www.wsj.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Slashing spending at the federal level is about who pays & how it’s labelled. Nothing in this bill is about reducing total cost or ⬆️ value from $ spent. Spending fights like this decrease trust in govt and healthcare.
“We have just demonstrated that politics will overrun science in this administration. It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.
www.statnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We have just demonstrated that politics will overrun science in this administration. It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
Reposted by Kathryn Bowsher
ART OF THE FOLD........
May 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ART OF THE FOLD........
Mother’s Day is not a real holiday.
It celebrates and glorifies a norm that few live. A norm that has been weaponized against women and ignores men’s role in nurturing the next generation.
This rigid, gendered view of parenting is a disservice to society and hurtful to all who don’t conform.
It celebrates and glorifies a norm that few live. A norm that has been weaponized against women and ignores men’s role in nurturing the next generation.
This rigid, gendered view of parenting is a disservice to society and hurtful to all who don’t conform.
May 10, 2025
Those of us who are truly lucky have more than one mother.
open.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Mother’s Day is not a real holiday.
It celebrates and glorifies a norm that few live. A norm that has been weaponized against women and ignores men’s role in nurturing the next generation.
This rigid, gendered view of parenting is a disservice to society and hurtful to all who don’t conform.
It celebrates and glorifies a norm that few live. A norm that has been weaponized against women and ignores men’s role in nurturing the next generation.
This rigid, gendered view of parenting is a disservice to society and hurtful to all who don’t conform.
apnews.com/article/infa... infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots
US infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots
The nation’s infant mortality rate is falling. Some experts think one reason may be a vaccination campaign against RSV.
apnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
apnews.com/article/infa... infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots
Do Not Break Grandma
Oops, I mean don't kill Grandma ... either technologically or by starving her to death.
Automating poorly conceived programs just adds speed and scale to the negative impacts.
#change #techtransformation
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Oops, I mean don't kill Grandma ... either technologically or by starving her to death.
Automating poorly conceived programs just adds speed and scale to the negative impacts.
#change #techtransformation
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead - KFF Health News
In recent weeks, Social Security has been plagued by problems related to technology, system errors, and even the marking of living people as dead.
kffhealthnews.org
May 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Do Not Break Grandma
Oops, I mean don't kill Grandma ... either technologically or by starving her to death.
Automating poorly conceived programs just adds speed and scale to the negative impacts.
#change #techtransformation
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Oops, I mean don't kill Grandma ... either technologically or by starving her to death.
Automating poorly conceived programs just adds speed and scale to the negative impacts.
#change #techtransformation
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
I keep hearing my teanager's line "So last century!"
Why do people think going backwards is a good path forward?
#healthcare #science #future-ready
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n... via @statnews.com
Why do people think going backwards is a good path forward?
#healthcare #science #future-ready
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n... via @statnews.com
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine
$500 million NIH program to make vaccines against pathogens that can trigger pandemics uses approach pioneered in last century
www.statnews.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I keep hearing my teanager's line "So last century!"
Why do people think going backwards is a good path forward?
#healthcare #science #future-ready
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n... via @statnews.com
Why do people think going backwards is a good path forward?
#healthcare #science #future-ready
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n... via @statnews.com