Rachael Michele
@rachaelmichele.bsky.social
WHNP || Reproductive Health ❤️🔥 Provider/Patient 🫂 Plutonic Matters ⚡️
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🚌 Two recent studies state that Long COVID is an occupational disease
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
![Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on people with Long COVID and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). In the cross-sectional study, researchers are comparing three inflammatory markers in 150 people with POTS, Long COVID, and those with a history of SARS-C0V-2 infections who did not develop long-term symptoms. The researchers are evaluating a hypothesis that “post-COVID-19 POTS is caused by reduced [parasympathetic] activity, which in turn, contributes to persistent inflammation [and] orthostatic intolerance.” Contact: Marwa Mohamed, marwa.mohamed@vumc.org.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:age5xvis2s2vy5qiz2tjxoc6/bafkreigcdjuadbbervdk6vz2ig7a7mwwvy47piyzxu7xjqtop767fsubnq@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🚌 Two recent studies state that Long COVID is an occupational disease
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
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A city overwhelmed by Dunkin' Donuts
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Neighbors complain of overwhelming "donut smell" coming from Dunkin' supplier in Massachusetts
The overpowering scent of Dunkin' donuts in the air has some Haverhill residents complaining.
www.cbsnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A city overwhelmed by Dunkin' Donuts
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
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“It comes down to the fact that the FDA is not doing its job,” a retired cardiologist said.
“Everything you are swallowing should be tested — there should be no question about it. You don’t want a bad batch coming to the drugstore.”
“Everything you are swallowing should be tested — there should be no question about it. You don’t want a bad batch coming to the drugstore.”
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contam...
www.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“It comes down to the fact that the FDA is not doing its job,” a retired cardiologist said.
“Everything you are swallowing should be tested — there should be no question about it. You don’t want a bad batch coming to the drugstore.”
“Everything you are swallowing should be tested — there should be no question about it. You don’t want a bad batch coming to the drugstore.”
Reposted by Rachael Michele
The MSPCA has seen a nearly 50% increase in animals being surrendered to their shelters for housing-related concerns over the last three years. The organization is now offering new resources for families and advocating for legislation to make housing more pet inclusive.
MSPCA sees surge in pet surrenders as owners struggle to find animal-inclusive housing
The MSPCA has seen a nearly 50% increase in animals being surrendered to their shelters for housing-related concerns over the last three years. The organization is now offering new resources for famil...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The MSPCA has seen a nearly 50% increase in animals being surrendered to their shelters for housing-related concerns over the last three years. The organization is now offering new resources for families and advocating for legislation to make housing more pet inclusive.
Reposted by Rachael Michele
This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
There are some 2,500 of these centers across the United States. Many are located within a mile of an abortion provider.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
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Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.
Brown University has over 1,200 surveillance cameras. Why that wasn’t enough to capture video of the shooting suspect | CNN
CNN spoke to several security experts to better understand the growth of Brown’s surveillance system, why its cameras failed to capture the attack or suspect, and the concerns about privacy and academ...
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.
He shipped bodies/parts to his home in NH and then brokered them to someone in PA who RESOLD them to macabre oddities collector losers.
Judge sentences Harvard Medical School morgue manager for stealing organs and various body parts for sale to others.
Ex-Harvard morgue manager who stole body parts gets 8 years in prison
Judge sentences Harvard Medical School morgue manager for stealing organs and various body parts for sale to others.
www.aljazeera.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
He shipped bodies/parts to his home in NH and then brokered them to someone in PA who RESOLD them to macabre oddities collector losers.
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"COVID alters brain structure long after infection, new Qld study finds"
"Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms."
Source: archive.md/JURHA
"Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms."
Source: archive.md/JURHA
December 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"COVID alters brain structure long after infection, new Qld study finds"
"Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms."
Source: archive.md/JURHA
"Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms."
Source: archive.md/JURHA
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Researchers, clinicians, and patient representatives met last week in Boston for the third #LongCOVID International Conference. Here are some of @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social and @mileswgriffis.bsky.social's key takeaways: bit.ly/44xTFTo
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Researchers, clinicians, and patient representatives met last week in Boston for the third #LongCOVID International Conference. Here are some of @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social and @mileswgriffis.bsky.social's key takeaways: bit.ly/44xTFTo
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In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
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This is really a startling example of how treating women like shit publicly teaches the men around her to behave so they don’t catch a smack too. Literally domestic violence frame but the workplace
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is really a startling example of how treating women like shit publicly teaches the men around her to behave so they don’t catch a smack too. Literally domestic violence frame but the workplace
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Check out my latest Teen Vogue column on mask bans and how they are the new ugly laws
www.teenvogue.com/story/mask-b...
www.teenvogue.com/story/mask-b...
July 25, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Check out my latest Teen Vogue column on mask bans and how they are the new ugly laws
www.teenvogue.com/story/mask-b...
www.teenvogue.com/story/mask-b...
Alice, you were incredible.
alice wong's last post before dying:
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Alice, you were incredible.
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
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This is completely unacceptable. After holding SNAP benefits hostage, the Trump administration is trying to make it even harder for people to receive the support they need to feed their families. This is wrong.
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is completely unacceptable. After holding SNAP benefits hostage, the Trump administration is trying to make it even harder for people to receive the support they need to feed their families. This is wrong.
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NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
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Meet the Krause corpuscle, the neuron responsible for sensing vibrations of sexual touch. It is most sensitive to frequencies around 40 to 80 hertz, which is precisely the range of vibrating sex toys.
www.quantamagazine.org/touch-our-mo...
www.quantamagazine.org/touch-our-mo...
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Meet the Krause corpuscle, the neuron responsible for sensing vibrations of sexual touch. It is most sensitive to frequencies around 40 to 80 hertz, which is precisely the range of vibrating sex toys.
www.quantamagazine.org/touch-our-mo...
www.quantamagazine.org/touch-our-mo...
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George Tidmarsh, the Food and Drug Administration’s top regulator of drugs, has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of using his regulatory authority to inflict financial harm on a former business associate, STAT has learned.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...
FDA’s top drug regulator placed on leave amid investigation
George Tidmarsh, the FDA's top drug regulator, has been placed on leave after being accused of abusing his regulatory authority, STAT has learned.
www.statnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
George Tidmarsh, the Food and Drug Administration’s top regulator of drugs, has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of using his regulatory authority to inflict financial harm on a former business associate, STAT has learned.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...
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🆕 Peripartum cardiomyopathy is now the leading cause of maternal death in many parts of the world.
A Seminar summarises current knowledge of peripartum cardiomyopathy genetics, pathophysiology, diagnostic approaches, medical management, and outcome: tinyurl.com/4pf365hh
A Seminar summarises current knowledge of peripartum cardiomyopathy genetics, pathophysiology, diagnostic approaches, medical management, and outcome: tinyurl.com/4pf365hh
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 Peripartum cardiomyopathy is now the leading cause of maternal death in many parts of the world.
A Seminar summarises current knowledge of peripartum cardiomyopathy genetics, pathophysiology, diagnostic approaches, medical management, and outcome: tinyurl.com/4pf365hh
A Seminar summarises current knowledge of peripartum cardiomyopathy genetics, pathophysiology, diagnostic approaches, medical management, and outcome: tinyurl.com/4pf365hh
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NYT story on the “intentionally set” explosion in the neurobiology building at Harvard Med School campus
Gift:
Explosion at Harvard Building Affected Small Section of Hallway, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...
Gift:
Explosion at Harvard Building Affected Small Section of Hallway, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...
Explosion at Harvard Building Affected Small Section of Hallway, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
NYT story on the “intentionally set” explosion in the neurobiology building at Harvard Med School campus
Gift:
Explosion at Harvard Building Affected Small Section of Hallway, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...
Gift:
Explosion at Harvard Building Affected Small Section of Hallway, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...
Everyone at IRB. No more IRB.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Everyone at IRB. No more IRB.
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Congrats #Maldives 🇲🇻 for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hep B!
The country is also maintaining
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission HIV
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission syphilis
This makes Maldives the first country in the world to achieve 'triple elimination'
The country is also maintaining
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission HIV
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission syphilis
This makes Maldives the first country in the world to achieve 'triple elimination'
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Congrats #Maldives 🇲🇻 for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hep B!
The country is also maintaining
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission HIV
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission syphilis
This makes Maldives the first country in the world to achieve 'triple elimination'
The country is also maintaining
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission HIV
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission syphilis
This makes Maldives the first country in the world to achieve 'triple elimination'
Reposted by Rachael Michele
We need to make the Hippocratic underground a robust reality—and we need to do so immediately. People are suffering and dying because of state-imposed obstacles to essential care.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again
When the government obstructs care, caregivers must go underground.
www.thenation.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
We need to make the Hippocratic underground a robust reality—and we need to do so immediately. People are suffering and dying because of state-imposed obstacles to essential care.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.