Neil Osterweil
@neilosterweil.bsky.social
Medical Journalist, all-around nice guy
Happy Chanukah
December 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Happy Chanukah
Thoughts while re-watching ER: Medical researchers and clinicians have made remarkable advances since this series premiered in 1994, but the administrative burdens for medical professionals and support staff have only gotten worse.
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Thoughts on (re)watching ER 30 years on
In many ways, medicine has made breathtaking advances since this popular TV show first aired. In other ways, nothing has changed.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thoughts while re-watching ER: Medical researchers and clinicians have made remarkable advances since this series premiered in 1994, but the administrative burdens for medical professionals and support staff have only gotten worse.
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Dear #TorontoBlueJays: please crush the New York Skankees! 🇨🇦⚾!
October 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Dear #TorontoBlueJays: please crush the New York Skankees! 🇨🇦⚾!
Down and out in the emergency department open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
On July 19, 2024, I saw firsthand how a seemingly innocuous computer error wrought havoc on the US healthcare system.
On July 19, 2024, I saw firsthand how a seemingly innocuous computer error wrought havoc on the US healthcare system.
Down and out in the emergency department
A botched software update hampers hospital care across the US.
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July 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Down and out in the emergency department open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
On July 19, 2024, I saw firsthand how a seemingly innocuous computer error wrought havoc on the US healthcare system.
On July 19, 2024, I saw firsthand how a seemingly innocuous computer error wrought havoc on the US healthcare system.
On the 249th birthday of this nation, Americans of good conscience are mourning the death of decency and empathy, and wondering whether American democracy will even exist come the 250th anniversary.
Editorial: On the 4th of July, a Midsummer Nightmare open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
Editorial: On the 4th of July, a Midsummer Nightmare open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
Editorial: On the 4th of July, a Midsummer Nightmare
As the US commemorates its 249th birthday, there is little to celebrate in the wake of Trump Administration cruelty.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On the 249th birthday of this nation, Americans of good conscience are mourning the death of decency and empathy, and wondering whether American democracy will even exist come the 250th anniversary.
Editorial: On the 4th of July, a Midsummer Nightmare open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
Editorial: On the 4th of July, a Midsummer Nightmare open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
O Canada, Happy Birthday!
To all of our good friends and neighbors in the True North!
To all of our good friends and neighbors in the True North!
July 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
O Canada, Happy Birthday!
To all of our good friends and neighbors in the True North!
To all of our good friends and neighbors in the True North!
How can you tell whether a specific cancer drug offers hope for a cure, long-term remission, or better quality of life? A major cancer society can help, and my colleague Liam Davenport explains it all for you.
Hope or hype? Finding the true value of cancer drugs open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
Hope or hype? Finding the true value of cancer drugs open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
Hope or hype? Finding the true value of cancer drugs
A newly updated tool helps doctors, people with cancer and policymakers judge which cancer treatments truly offer a meaningful benefit, and which ones don’t deliver enough versus the risks.
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June 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
How can you tell whether a specific cancer drug offers hope for a cure, long-term remission, or better quality of life? A major cancer society can help, and my colleague Liam Davenport explains it all for you.
Hope or hype? Finding the true value of cancer drugs open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
Hope or hype? Finding the true value of cancer drugs open.substack.com/pub/medicaln...
In good company today, No Kings Day!
June 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In good company today, No Kings Day!
Amazing! Watching the Tony Awards, and once again, sets lighting, costumes and sound all assembled themselves without human intervention! That's the only plausible explanation why we're not seeing awards in those categories.
June 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Amazing! Watching the Tony Awards, and once again, sets lighting, costumes and sound all assembled themselves without human intervention! That's the only plausible explanation why we're not seeing awards in those categories.
People keep enthusing about Leo XIV being the "first American Pope," but that is wrong.
Francis, from Argentina, was the first American Pope.
Francis, from Argentina, was the first American Pope.
May 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
People keep enthusing about Leo XIV being the "first American Pope," but that is wrong.
Francis, from Argentina, was the first American Pope.
Francis, from Argentina, was the first American Pope.
On the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Holliston, Mass. shows the true meaning of patriotism. This is what democracy looks like!
April 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
On the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Holliston, Mass. shows the true meaning of patriotism. This is what democracy looks like!
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the spaceship Blue Origin. Its 11 minute “mission” : to go up and come back down, to boldly go where Alan Shepard and a chimpanzee went more than 6 decades ago. Heroines are people like MacKenzie Scott who use their fortunes for good on Earth.
April 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the spaceship Blue Origin. Its 11 minute “mission” : to go up and come back down, to boldly go where Alan Shepard and a chimpanzee went more than 6 decades ago. Heroines are people like MacKenzie Scott who use their fortunes for good on Earth.
HELL NO, BEZOS!
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HELL NO, BEZOS!
I'm sorry that I already canceled my Washington Post subscription, because I want to cancel it again.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
HELL NO, BEZOS!
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To all of my Canadian friends and neighbors:
I am sorry that my President is an idiot. I did not vote for him.
Je suis désolé que mon président soit un idiot. Je n'ai pas voté pour lui.
Can Massachusetts and Vermont together become the 11th province.? Please? Si vous plait? 🇨🇦
I am sorry that my President is an idiot. I did not vote for him.
Je suis désolé que mon président soit un idiot. Je n'ai pas voté pour lui.
Can Massachusetts and Vermont together become the 11th province.? Please? Si vous plait? 🇨🇦
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
To all of my Canadian friends and neighbors:
I am sorry that my President is an idiot. I did not vote for him.
Je suis désolé que mon président soit un idiot. Je n'ai pas voté pour lui.
Can Massachusetts and Vermont together become the 11th province.? Please? Si vous plait? 🇨🇦
I am sorry that my President is an idiot. I did not vote for him.
Je suis désolé que mon président soit un idiot. Je n'ai pas voté pour lui.
Can Massachusetts and Vermont together become the 11th province.? Please? Si vous plait? 🇨🇦
Commentary: How to start a pandemic, in one easy lesson
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Commentary: How to start a pandemic, in one easy lesson
Trump’s formula: Fire the experts, deny the science, and hire unqualified sycophants to oversee public health.
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February 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Commentary: How to start a pandemic, in one easy lesson
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Trump seems to admire the policies of William McKinley. Let's hope that he emulates McKinley's presidency in every respect, from start to finish.
February 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Trump seems to admire the policies of William McKinley. Let's hope that he emulates McKinley's presidency in every respect, from start to finish.