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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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Decades from now, the Covid-19 pandemic will be visible in the historical data of nearly anything measurable today. Here’s an incomplete collection of charts that capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work, family life and more.
30 Charts That Show How Everything Changed in March 2020
It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Decades from now, the Covid-19 pandemic will be visible in the historical data of nearly anything measurable today. Here’s an incomplete collection of charts that capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work, family life and more.
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We are likely gonna find out a lot of surprising things about Measles exposure in generational cohorts with mixed coverage and memory and I DO NOT WANT TO LEARN ANY OF THEM.
...what this all means for severity is a bit uncertain, bc we haven't seen much measles since the vaccine rolled out!
Thus what protection the vax leaves in older adults is hard to quantify, bc the vaccine wiped out measles in less than an adult lifespan, so most aren't exposed as adults
Thus what protection the vax leaves in older adults is hard to quantify, bc the vaccine wiped out measles in less than an adult lifespan, so most aren't exposed as adults
I mean, seriously: what does measles look like in an organ transplant recipient? In a leukemia patient who got a stem cell transplant? In a patient on chemo, or even a biologic for an autoimmune condition?
Nobody knows, bc those conditions haven't coexisted at scale. Yet.
Nobody knows, bc those conditions haven't coexisted at scale. Yet.
March 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We are likely gonna find out a lot of surprising things about Measles exposure in generational cohorts with mixed coverage and memory and I DO NOT WANT TO LEARN ANY OF THEM.
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@ebi.embl.org:
Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.
Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?
@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@ebi.embl.org:
Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.
Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?
@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos
The mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages.
www.nature.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🧬🦠🧠🥼🧪📈🟦
@ebi.embl.org:
Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.
Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?
@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@ebi.embl.org:
Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.
Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?
@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.
Here's how we would've spent that $$:
Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfu0 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
Here's how we would've spent that $$:
Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfu0 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.
Here's how we would've spent that $$:
Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfu0 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
Here's how we would've spent that $$:
Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfu0 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
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I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
November 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
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During the 1989-1991 measles outbreak in the US, the fatality rate was approx 1 in 500. That's with modern medicine, not in ancient times, and even those who live can suffer long-term complications.
The vaccine is very effective. No one should die of measles in 2024.
The vaccine is very effective. No one should die of measles in 2024.
It's heartbreaking in so many ways.
"A young child has died of measles in Ontario, marking the first death in the province from the highly contagious virus in more than 10 years, a Public Health Ontario report confirms.
The child, who was under the age of 5, was not immunized against the virus"
"A young child has died of measles in Ontario, marking the first death in the province from the highly contagious virus in more than 10 years, a Public Health Ontario report confirms.
The child, who was under the age of 5, was not immunized against the virus"
Child under 5 dies of measles in Ontario: PHO
A young child has died of measles in Ontario, marking the first death in the province from the highly infectious virus in more than 10 years, a Public Health Ontario report confirms.
www.cp24.com
May 17, 2024 at 2:48 PM
During the 1989-1991 measles outbreak in the US, the fatality rate was approx 1 in 500. That's with modern medicine, not in ancient times, and even those who live can suffer long-term complications.
The vaccine is very effective. No one should die of measles in 2024.
The vaccine is very effective. No one should die of measles in 2024.
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FWIW, I’m an ID epidemiologist and so is @docbazac.bsky.social and we get vaxxed, stay up to date on boosters, keep our 3 year old up to date on her boosters, and will get our 4 month old boosted as soon as he’s eligible. We couldn’t be more supportive of them. No hesitation. Get vaxxed and boosted.
Despite what some people seem to think, the COVID vaccines and boosters are still doing an incredibly good job of reducing incidence of COVID in folks who are vaccinated and even better at reducing the risk of serious illness or death.
The problem is that not many people are getting them any more.
The problem is that not many people are getting them any more.
January 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
FWIW, I’m an ID epidemiologist and so is @docbazac.bsky.social and we get vaxxed, stay up to date on boosters, keep our 3 year old up to date on her boosters, and will get our 4 month old boosted as soon as he’s eligible. We couldn’t be more supportive of them. No hesitation. Get vaxxed and boosted.
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From Opinion
“In times of sustained anguish, empathy is a recipe for more distress, and in some cases even depression. What we need instead is compassion,” Adam Grant writes in a guest essay.
“In times of sustained anguish, empathy is a recipe for more distress, and in some cases even depression. What we need instead is compassion,” Adam Grant writes in a guest essay.
Opinion | That Numbness You’re Feeling? There’s a Word for It.
Feeling other people’s pain is not the best way to help them — or yourself.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2024 at 4:17 PM
From Opinion
“In times of sustained anguish, empathy is a recipe for more distress, and in some cases even depression. What we need instead is compassion,” Adam Grant writes in a guest essay.
“In times of sustained anguish, empathy is a recipe for more distress, and in some cases even depression. What we need instead is compassion,” Adam Grant writes in a guest essay.
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In a new study of 2million CA births, the richest Black mothers & their babies are 2x as likely to die as the richest white mothers & their babies.
Rich & poor mothers were equally likely to have high-risk pregnancies, but the poor mothers were 3x as likely to die — even w/in the same hospitals.
Rich & poor mothers were equally likely to have high-risk pregnancies, but the poor mothers were 3x as likely to die — even w/in the same hospitals.
November 15, 2023 at 5:21 PM
In a new study of 2million CA births, the richest Black mothers & their babies are 2x as likely to die as the richest white mothers & their babies.
Rich & poor mothers were equally likely to have high-risk pregnancies, but the poor mothers were 3x as likely to die — even w/in the same hospitals.
Rich & poor mothers were equally likely to have high-risk pregnancies, but the poor mothers were 3x as likely to die — even w/in the same hospitals.