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Esther Choo

@choo.bsky.social

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Esther Choo is an emergency physician and professor at the Oregon Health & Science University. She is a popular science communicator who has used social media to talk about racism and sexism in healthcare. She was the president of the Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine and is a member of the American Association of Women Emergency Physicians. She was a co-founder and a board member of Time's Up. On February 26, 2021, Choo was named in a lawsuit against OHSU alleging that Choo failed to take action when she was made aware of an alleged sexual assault involving Dr. Jason Campbell, who became popular on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic. .. more

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · Sep 1

From nine former CDC directors, who collectively worked at the agency for more than 100 years:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Read every word.

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 4h

SO MUCH

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 12h

Merry Christmas to all and to all good luck with your Flu A symptoms

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 16h

She was supposed to be in L&D but they were critically understaffed so she was boarding in the ER back hallway.

JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 1d

At this very moment, 2025 years ago, Mary was about 4cm dilated and just about ready for her epidural.

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 1d

This study suggests a staggering lack of listening.

Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...

Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing

Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown

www.thetimes.com

Reposted by Esther K. Choo

JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 1d

At this very moment, 2025 years ago, Mary was about 4cm dilated and just about ready for her epidural.

Reposted by Nicola J. Cooper, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Esther K. Choo , and 2 more Nicola J. Cooper, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Esther K. Choo, Margot C. Finn, Karen O’Leary

Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 4d

Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing

Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown

www.thetimes.com

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 6d

Please donate, share, follow, and/or post a message of support: bsky.app/profile/amer...

The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 7d

AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated. The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t know that we can replace the dollars lost. But we can at least offset the cuts, and at the same time send a message of gratitude to the AAP for being steadfastly committed to children’s health and lives 🙏 www.aap.org/en/philanthr...

Donate to the American Academy of Pediatrics

The AAP is dedicated to improving the physical, mental, social and developmental health of children and adolescents. Every donation makes a difference for achieving optimal child health and well-being...

www.aap.org

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 6d

“The grants supported initiatives aimed at reducing sudden infant deaths, improving teen and young adult health, preventing birth defects, such as fetal alcohol syndrome, and identifying autism early”

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics

The move is an escalation in the agency’s clash with the medical group, which is suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.

www.nbcnews.com

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 6d

For the first time in my life, I donated to the American Academy of Pediatrics. They’re upholding evidence-based health standards for our kids and our communities, and they’re losing federal grants because of it.

www.aap.org/en/philanthr...

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Esther K. Choo, Smith

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 6d

This is not the first time RFK Jr or his fellow anti-vax travelers conducted a study they knew would harm or kill children in low-income countries. It is a dehumanizing, colonialist model of manufacturing evidence: sacrificing foreign kids for political pseudoscience.
www.notus.org/health-scien...

CDC to Fund Controversial Study in West Africa on Infant Hepatitis B Vaccines

The study prompted swift outcry from scientists in the U.S. who say it’s “unethical.”

www.notus.org

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Esther K. Choo, Rebecca Tushnet

Illinois Department of Human Rights @illinoisdhr.bsky.social · 6d

"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping."

Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.

Reposted by Richard E. Lenski, Mary Feeney, Esther K. Choo , and 4 more Richard E. Lenski, Mary Feeney, Esther K. Choo, Daniel W. Drezner, Robert Wolfe, Erin O’Donnell, Timothy D. McBride

Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 7d

CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers

www.cidrap.umn.edu

Reposted by Esther K. Choo

The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 7d

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 8d

With the world being what it is I need Google to tell this little turtle something more comforting

Hey little one, your mommy turtle’s job was done when she laid you and your brothers and sisters so she’s probably far away in the water and you won’t see her again. You’re meant to be on your own, to find your own food and water, but if you’re near a pond or ocean, crawl towards the waters edge and let yourself swim in!

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 8d

Exactly

Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 9d

Our children have grown up with mass shooter drills. And it’s past time for parents and guardians to learn our roles during these events, too.

Sad and necessary advice from @darakass.com contrarian.substack.com/p/what-paren...