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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 5d

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5d

A pregnant woman in Alberta, Canada contracted measles.

This led to her baby being born prematurely.

The baby died.

Another preventable tragedy.

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death | CBC News

Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...

www.cbc.ca

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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 5d

Currently, millions of children are unable to access COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, a program that provides free vaccines to families that are unable to afford them. Read the full story in AAP News. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Pediatricians express frustrations over delay in COVID vaccines for children in federal program

Millions of children are unable to access COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program because federal health officials have not finalized recommendations on who should get vaccinated.

publications.aap.org

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 6d

We knew this, but it’s important to study and document on a mass scale.

Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 7d

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy conferred benefits for mother and baby without increased risk, according to an umbrella review of meta-analyses comprising more than 1.2 million women.
www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

Mom's COVID Shot Aided Baby, Too, Large Review Confirmed

Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby

www.medpagetoday.com

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 7d

Hatch Act exists so neither political party can do this.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 7d

BREAKING: Federal agencies are blaming Democrats and leftists/liberals in Congress for the looming shutdown. That appears to violate the Hatch Act -- my latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Federal agencies blame Democrats for looming shutdown in apparent Hatch Act violation

Housing and VA departments attack ‘radical left’ despite law limiting political activities of government employees

www.theguardian.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 18d

I think these new “recommendations”/non recommendations open up some fascinating questions about individual choice. Does this mean patients can get vaccinated once a month? Once a week? If it’s just individual choice, can they get two? Are there limits to this choice?

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18d

Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient."

No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18d

I have reached out to CVS, Walgreens and Walmart to ask how they will apply these recommendations to people seeking vaccines at their pharmacies. I cannot provide any info on how this will affect your ability to get a vaccine right now, because I don't know yet.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 18d

That is really all I can say about this week.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 18d

For new ACIP members who appear to not understand what their job is, I offer you the video we made in 2022: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWf4...

Understanding the ACIP and How Vaccine Recommendations are Made in the US

YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

www.youtube.com

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 19d

In case you’re wondering, it’s barely fall & our children’s hospital is already almost always full with kids boarding in the ER.

And the pediatric workforce is stretched thin.

Our system does not have the capacity to care for the influx of vaccine preventable diseases that is coming.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 19d

We appreciate you all, but our state government teams had to sit through ACIP, get no credit or bio line, and have to handle the fallout.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 21d

Unclear why anyone would want to be responsible for a policy change that leads to dead babies.

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 21d

There’s a rumor that Kennedy’s revised, biased ACIP will move hepatitisB age up to 4, creating real access issues to parents that want to to protect babies and setting babies up for lifelong harm.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children

RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.

www.npr.org

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