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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 1d

And it's not just for teens/tweens! I got mine the week after my 12 year old. It's available into your mid 40s

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 2d

HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people www.livescience.com/health/cance...

HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people

Researchers have found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are highly effective at reducing cervical cancer-causing infections and can offer herd immunity, reinforcing previous research and highl...

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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 7d

A key finding: texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50 percent, according to a nationally representative CR survey of 2,158 U.S. adults conducted in April 2025. Here’s how to protect yourself:

Texting and Messaging Scam Attempts Have Increased by 50 Percent, a Consumer Reports Survey Finds - Consumer Reports

Texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50 percent, according to Consumer Reports' 2025 Cyber Readiness Report

www.consumerreports.org

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 7d

Study in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants and 3,000 in pregnant women from January 2024 to May 2025.
#Medsky
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COVID vaccines may have averted thousands of hospital stays in infants, pregnant women over 18 months

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CNN @cnn.com · 8d

A record number of Americans are living on the streets, roughly a quarter with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or other severe mental illness. The overwhelming majority pose no public danger, and research links only 3% to 5% of violent acts to those with serious mental illness.

Trump wants to force mentally ill homeless people into hospitals and treatment. He’s cutting the programs that fund them | CNN Business

Trump’s cuts to Medicaid, housing assistance and mental health programs will undermine his goal of increasing involuntary commitment.

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JAMA @jama.com · 8d

A study published in JAMA found acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.

JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF

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Kenny Lin, MD, MPH @kennylinafp.bsky.social · 8d

Just a reminder that it's the last day of September and the US Preventive Services Task Force hasn't met since March. (Their July meeting was cancelled by RFK Jr. and there are no future meetings scheduled.) Understandably we have been focused on preserving vaccine access, but screenings matter too.

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Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH @mtosterholm.bsky.social · 8d

The latest "Viewpoint" from the Vaccine Integrity Project

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 8d

Viewpoint: What we don’t see about #vaccines COULD hurt us

The Vaccine Integrity Project staff and advisors note the conspicuous absence of US health agency vaccine campaigns and annual vaccination reminders ahead of respiratory virus season.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 8d

Human skin cells are turned into eggs in fertility breakthrough | Science | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Human skin cells are turned into eggs in fertility breakthrough

Scientists say their early-stage work could help older women or same-sex male couples have children

www.theguardian.com

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 8d

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Opinion | RFK Jr. is trying to run the same playbook on abortion pills that he just ran on Tylenol

This administration has already shown that it will ignore scientific evidence to advance its own narratives.

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 11d

Nearly 7 in 10 #COVID survivors tested didn't know they had a dulled sense of smell

Changes in, or loss of, sense of smell can have a profound impact on a person's well-being, the authors say.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 11d

Sinclair will resume airing ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on its ABC affiliates, ending blackout in dozens of cities

Sinclair will resume airing ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on its ABC affiliates

Sinclair Broadcast Group is bringing Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show back to its ABC affiliate stations on Friday night, ending a dayslong TV blackout.

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Rita Rubin @ritarubin.bsky.social · 11d

My latest for @jama.com:

JAMA @jama.com · 12d

#Alzheimer disease is more common in women than men.

Often attributed to the fact that women tend to live longer, research shows the sex gap likely stems from a complex mix of biological and sociocultural factors.

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Why Is Alzheimer Disease More Common in Women?

This Medical News article discusses the biological and sociocultural factors that may contribute to sex-based differences in Alzheimer disease prevalence and progression.

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Alistair Thorpe @athorpe8.bsky.social · 13d

I couldn’t be prouder to have worked on this JAMA Insights article with @angiefagerlin.bsky.social and @bzikmund.bsky.social—five key strategies for communicating medical numbers clearly and meaningfully, so patients can make informed decisions!

JAMA @jama.com · 14d

Clinicians can enhance patient understanding by using numerical data instead of verbal probabilities, consistent denominators, absolute risk comparisons, and clear context for unfamiliar data types.

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JAMA Insights: How to Communicate Medical Numbers. It outlines recommendations for conveying risk, adjusting numerators, communicating probability changes, using visualizations, and providing context, with examples of problematic and preferred communication styles.

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 15d

Two new studies predict results of declining #MMR uptake, restricting non-medical vaccine exemptions

A 5% drop in coverage could substantially increase outbreak magnitudes in Texas, while restricting non–medical exemptions could increase US uptake.

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 15d

New ‘Capital Gazette Five’ highway markers remind: ‘It’s still dangerous to tell the truth.’

New ‘Capital Gazette Five’ highway markers remind of the potential cost of the truth

New highway markers along Rowe Boulevard pay homage to the five Capital Gazette employees killed during a 2018 mass shooting in the Annapolis newsroom. Some said there’s a deeper meaning to the signage.

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CNN @cnn.com · 16d

The Trump administration is terminating the federal government’s annual report on food insecurity in America, saying it had become “redundant, costly and politicized” and noting that “extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger.”

Trump administration cancels annual hunger report after enacting historic cuts to nation’s safety net | CNN

The Trump administration is terminating the federal government’s annual report on food insecurity in America, saying it had become “redundant, costly and politicized” and noting that “extraneous studi...

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JAMA @jama.com · 18d

The Morris Fishbein Fellowship in Medical Editing is a unique one-year fellowship offered by JAMA to introduce physicians to all facets of editing and publishing a major medical journal at our headquarters in Chicago.

📅 Apply by Jan. 5, 2026. ja.ma/4naYkCm

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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social · 25d

A US senate subcommittee was told this unpublished vaccine study was 'the most important ever.' Henry Ford Health now confirms why it was never published: it failed scientific standards.

Here's what's actually wrong with the study:
jakescottmd.substack.com/p/why-the-senates-most-important-vaccine

Why the Senate's 'Most Important Vaccine Study Ever' Was Never Published

The fatal flaws that made this study unpublishable

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 26d

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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 26d

If you don't know, this is a secondhand account of what measles subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is like.

www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...

What Measles Did to My Family

My mom always told me that measles was what made my sister sick. I was 8 when she finally explained the whole thing.

www.voicesforvaccines.org

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 26d

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Another US doctors' group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID-19 vaccines for all adults

The American Academy of Family Physicians said on Monday that it recommends all adults over the age of 18, children and pregnant women to receive COVID-19 vaccines, a contrast to the U.S. government's narrowed approvals for the shots.

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 26d

100% preventable because #vaccineswork

Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 26d

Death from sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in a child in Los Angeles
SSPE is a rare sequel of #measles infection that appears years after the initial infection, and is uniformly fatal. So sorry for this family. As things are going on the US, we'll be seeing more of these cases.

Child dies from rare measles-related complication, LA County health officials say

Health officials reported the death of a Los Angeles County child from a complication of measles infection acquired during infancy.

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 27d

Senate committee to probe CDC shake-up; New Jersey eases COVID vaccine access

In other developments, the Kennedy-led MAHA commission launched a children’s health strategy, which partly focuses on vaccine issues, prompting concerns from health groups.

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Rita Rubin @ritarubin.bsky.social · 27d

My latest for @jama.com:

JAMA @jama.com · 28d

Top medical groups warn that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr poses a risk to US public health amid vaccine policy turmoil. Here’s the latest on the mounting pressure to remove him from the HHS. ja.ma/4n5gPb9

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · Sep 7

Vinay Prasad, who is making it harder to get the Covid vax, barely comes into the office: there's nothing wrong with working at home, but it's ironic - and he's getting special treatment while other workers cannot . www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @motherjones.com @juliametraux.bsky.social

Vinay Prasad, who is making it harder to get the Covid vax, barely comes into the office.

The FDA Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research has also criticized work-from-home policies.

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Rita Rubin @ritarubin.bsky.social · Sep 7

For people in the DC area, I’m happy to say that my husband, who had made an appointment but did not have a prescription, got his shot yesterday at the CVS in the Wildwood Shopping Center in Bethesda. He said it was packed with vaccine-seekers but well-organized. He was in and out quickly.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Sep 7

Kennedy has insisted covid shots are still easy to obtain, claiming that @hassan.senate.gov was “making things up to scare people.”

But The Post talked to people who are struggling to get the vaccine. Elaine Cox, a 68-year-old with lung disease, said she wept after being denied a prescription.

In a combative appearance before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, Kennedy bristled when Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) accused the Trump administration of taking steps that deny people vaccines.
"Everybody can get the vaccine. You're just making things up," Kennedy said. "You're making things up to scare people, and it's a lie."
In Virginia, Elaine Cox said she and her husband asked their doctor for a prescription before leaving Saturday for a vacation in Italy. The office declined because it hadn't received CDC guidance. Cox, 68, suffers from chronic lung disease, and her nephew died of the viral infection in 2022.
"I was crying this afternoon about this," she said on Thursday. "My family takes [covid] very seriously."

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