@drsmeena.bsky.social
Doctor(MD), public health(MPH) & epidemiology(PhD). Trying to help everyone anywhere.
Trump spoke about affordability at a McDonald's summit.
This is the same administration whose head of CMS says that it's your fault if you need to pay higher premiums because you are not being healthy enough.
www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...
This is the same administration whose head of CMS says that it's your fault if you need to pay higher premiums because you are not being healthy enough.
www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...
Exclusive: Trump takes affordability pitch to McDonald's
President Trump will spotlight affordability at a McDonald's summit.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Trump spoke about affordability at a McDonald's summit.
This is the same administration whose head of CMS says that it's your fault if you need to pay higher premiums because you are not being healthy enough.
www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...
This is the same administration whose head of CMS says that it's your fault if you need to pay higher premiums because you are not being healthy enough.
www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...
#HappyThanksgiving!
We are a country of immigrants, and our diversity makes us better, from who we are to how we think; and definitely what we eat!
With much love from our household-our Thanksgiving tradition!
youtu.be/oX3BDTpROzU?...
We are a country of immigrants, and our diversity makes us better, from who we are to how we think; and definitely what we eat!
With much love from our household-our Thanksgiving tradition!
youtu.be/oX3BDTpROzU?...
Thanksgiving2024
YouTube video by Meena Bewtra
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
#HappyThanksgiving!
We are a country of immigrants, and our diversity makes us better, from who we are to how we think; and definitely what we eat!
With much love from our household-our Thanksgiving tradition!
youtu.be/oX3BDTpROzU?...
We are a country of immigrants, and our diversity makes us better, from who we are to how we think; and definitely what we eat!
With much love from our household-our Thanksgiving tradition!
youtu.be/oX3BDTpROzU?...
We came, we ran....now someone get me the supplemental O2! 😂
Happy #TurkeyTrot to all those who participate!
Happy #TurkeyTrot to all those who participate!
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We came, we ran....now someone get me the supplemental O2! 😂
Happy #TurkeyTrot to all those who participate!
Happy #TurkeyTrot to all those who participate!
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Your Thanksgiving plate doesn’t need to follow a myth—just your body.
IBD triggers are individual, and so are your traditions. 🦃
#IBD #InflammatoryBowelDisease #IBDAwareness #CoreIBD #Thanksgiving
IBD triggers are individual, and so are your traditions. 🦃
#IBD #InflammatoryBowelDisease #IBDAwareness #CoreIBD #Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Your Thanksgiving plate doesn’t need to follow a myth—just your body.
IBD triggers are individual, and so are your traditions. 🦃
#IBD #InflammatoryBowelDisease #IBDAwareness #CoreIBD #Thanksgiving
IBD triggers are individual, and so are your traditions. 🦃
#IBD #InflammatoryBowelDisease #IBDAwareness #CoreIBD #Thanksgiving
This man:
-ended hepB vaccinations - which prevent CANCER
-halted childhood vaccination campaigns
-waited 2 months to alert residents about whooping cough outbreak
-endorsed misinformation during the pandemic
-is now the second highest member of CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
-ended hepB vaccinations - which prevent CANCER
-halted childhood vaccination campaigns
-waited 2 months to alert residents about whooping cough outbreak
-endorsed misinformation during the pandemic
-is now the second highest member of CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This man:
-ended hepB vaccinations - which prevent CANCER
-halted childhood vaccination campaigns
-waited 2 months to alert residents about whooping cough outbreak
-endorsed misinformation during the pandemic
-is now the second highest member of CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
-ended hepB vaccinations - which prevent CANCER
-halted childhood vaccination campaigns
-waited 2 months to alert residents about whooping cough outbreak
-endorsed misinformation during the pandemic
-is now the second highest member of CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Facts don't give a damn if you believe. So here are the facts:
-Vaccines do not cause autism
-RFK Jr's lies about vaccines have caused children to die
-Vaccines are safe & save lives
Please see and share the video EVERYWHERE.
We ARE doctors & scientists.
youtu.be/BdirJCYYh_0?...
-Vaccines do not cause autism
-RFK Jr's lies about vaccines have caused children to die
-Vaccines are safe & save lives
Please see and share the video EVERYWHERE.
We ARE doctors & scientists.
youtu.be/BdirJCYYh_0?...
Retraction Day 2025
YouTube video by Meena Bewtra
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Facts don't give a damn if you believe. So here are the facts:
-Vaccines do not cause autism
-RFK Jr's lies about vaccines have caused children to die
-Vaccines are safe & save lives
Please see and share the video EVERYWHERE.
We ARE doctors & scientists.
youtu.be/BdirJCYYh_0?...
-Vaccines do not cause autism
-RFK Jr's lies about vaccines have caused children to die
-Vaccines are safe & save lives
Please see and share the video EVERYWHERE.
We ARE doctors & scientists.
youtu.be/BdirJCYYh_0?...
Be a part of a diverse community of people who CARE.
CORE-IBD wants to help you and your support systems; and we also want to hear from you! Gain FREE resources; and participate in research from your home!
CORE-IBD wants to help you and your support systems; and we also want to hear from you! Gain FREE resources; and participate in research from your home!
IBD doesn’t have a single cause — it’s influenced by genetics, environmental triggers, changes in the gut microbiome, and immune system dysregulation.
#COREIBD #IBD #Crohns #UlcerativeColitis #IBDAwareness
@drsmeena.bsky.social
@saia-gi.bsky.social
@connectingtocure.bsky.social
#COREIBD #IBD #Crohns #UlcerativeColitis #IBDAwareness
@drsmeena.bsky.social
@saia-gi.bsky.social
@connectingtocure.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Be a part of a diverse community of people who CARE.
CORE-IBD wants to help you and your support systems; and we also want to hear from you! Gain FREE resources; and participate in research from your home!
CORE-IBD wants to help you and your support systems; and we also want to hear from you! Gain FREE resources; and participate in research from your home!
Imagine: you go to ER & get stuck in doom loop w/insurance co, provider, facility, etc. The bill gets parked on your credit report so you can't get a loan, pass job verification, get apt, etc.
The CFPB banned this practice.
Trump is shutting down CFPB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The CFPB banned this practice.
Trump is shutting down CFPB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Imagine: you go to ER & get stuck in doom loop w/insurance co, provider, facility, etc. The bill gets parked on your credit report so you can't get a loan, pass job verification, get apt, etc.
The CFPB banned this practice.
Trump is shutting down CFPB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The CFPB banned this practice.
Trump is shutting down CFPB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Republicans would rather let children starve then lower the cost of healthcare.
Think on that for a second.
whyy.org/articles/phi...
Think on that for a second.
whyy.org/articles/phi...
West Philadelphia protest demands SNAP benefits be restored, protected
Rallygoers were concerned that despite two judges’ rulings calling for funds to be restored, SNAP benefits will still be delayed and in danger amid the government shutdown.
whyy.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Republicans would rather let children starve then lower the cost of healthcare.
Think on that for a second.
whyy.org/articles/phi...
Think on that for a second.
whyy.org/articles/phi...
This wknd we voted!
34 countries globally do mail-in or postal voting.
It is safe, it is easy; & it allows me to provide patient care on voting day in America.
There are IMPORTANT elections tomorrow; & unfortunately this Admin is trying to suppress the vote.
Tell everyone: #GOTV
34 countries globally do mail-in or postal voting.
It is safe, it is easy; & it allows me to provide patient care on voting day in America.
There are IMPORTANT elections tomorrow; & unfortunately this Admin is trying to suppress the vote.
Tell everyone: #GOTV
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This wknd we voted!
34 countries globally do mail-in or postal voting.
It is safe, it is easy; & it allows me to provide patient care on voting day in America.
There are IMPORTANT elections tomorrow; & unfortunately this Admin is trying to suppress the vote.
Tell everyone: #GOTV
34 countries globally do mail-in or postal voting.
It is safe, it is easy; & it allows me to provide patient care on voting day in America.
There are IMPORTANT elections tomorrow; & unfortunately this Admin is trying to suppress the vote.
Tell everyone: #GOTV
Reposted
Democrats are in this shutdown fight because healthcare is on the line.
Healthcare is a human right and accessing it is literally a matter of life and death.
Here's how much premiums will skyrocket in the #MA7 if Trump & Republicans get their way:
Healthcare is a human right and accessing it is literally a matter of life and death.
Here's how much premiums will skyrocket in the #MA7 if Trump & Republicans get their way:
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Democrats are in this shutdown fight because healthcare is on the line.
Healthcare is a human right and accessing it is literally a matter of life and death.
Here's how much premiums will skyrocket in the #MA7 if Trump & Republicans get their way:
Healthcare is a human right and accessing it is literally a matter of life and death.
Here's how much premiums will skyrocket in the #MA7 if Trump & Republicans get their way:
40 multicolored pipe-cleaner tarantulas (I was exhausted & forgot a picture; this was the inspiration); 60 ghost cookies; and 1 Zoey KPop Demon Hunter.
101 things that never make it to the resume, but are THE most important things in my career.
#HappyHalloween 🎃🧹👻
101 things that never make it to the resume, but are THE most important things in my career.
#HappyHalloween 🎃🧹👻
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
40 multicolored pipe-cleaner tarantulas (I was exhausted & forgot a picture; this was the inspiration); 60 ghost cookies; and 1 Zoey KPop Demon Hunter.
101 things that never make it to the resume, but are THE most important things in my career.
#HappyHalloween 🎃🧹👻
101 things that never make it to the resume, but are THE most important things in my career.
#HappyHalloween 🎃🧹👻
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Rising costs. Deportation of workers.
But also: “My major concern is the disregard for the Constitution and the law, and then also the level of cronyism. The people at the top are just grifting and taking, and then there’s the rest of us.”
apnews.com/article/hisp...
But also: “My major concern is the disregard for the Constitution and the law, and then also the level of cronyism. The people at the top are just grifting and taking, and then there’s the rest of us.”
apnews.com/article/hisp...
How Hispanics' views of Trump have changed since January, according to a new AP-NORC poll
A new poll shows President Donald Trump’s favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his victory...
apnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Rising costs. Deportation of workers.
But also: “My major concern is the disregard for the Constitution and the law, and then also the level of cronyism. The people at the top are just grifting and taking, and then there’s the rest of us.”
apnews.com/article/hisp...
But also: “My major concern is the disregard for the Constitution and the law, and then also the level of cronyism. The people at the top are just grifting and taking, and then there’s the rest of us.”
apnews.com/article/hisp...
Today kicks off the 2025 MILESTONE IBD Fellows Retreat!
This is *the* best IBD training program (I have the data to prove it!) and also an introduction into t-shirt messaging for our future IBD docs/advocates 😊
This is *the* best IBD training program (I have the data to prove it!) and also an introduction into t-shirt messaging for our future IBD docs/advocates 😊
October 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today kicks off the 2025 MILESTONE IBD Fellows Retreat!
This is *the* best IBD training program (I have the data to prove it!) and also an introduction into t-shirt messaging for our future IBD docs/advocates 😊
This is *the* best IBD training program (I have the data to prove it!) and also an introduction into t-shirt messaging for our future IBD docs/advocates 😊
PHILLY
PA @drsforamerica.bsky.social is PROUD to present the first annual Hat-Trick for Health!
Visit us Nov 1 for:
-Covid & flu vaccines
-Assistance from PA Health Access for insurance enrollment
& MUCH more👇🏼
Can't make it but WANT TO HELP? Pledge to donate blood 👇🏼& earn a hat-trick itself!
#HT4H
PA @drsforamerica.bsky.social is PROUD to present the first annual Hat-Trick for Health!
Visit us Nov 1 for:
-Covid & flu vaccines
-Assistance from PA Health Access for insurance enrollment
& MUCH more👇🏼
Can't make it but WANT TO HELP? Pledge to donate blood 👇🏼& earn a hat-trick itself!
#HT4H
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
PHILLY
PA @drsforamerica.bsky.social is PROUD to present the first annual Hat-Trick for Health!
Visit us Nov 1 for:
-Covid & flu vaccines
-Assistance from PA Health Access for insurance enrollment
& MUCH more👇🏼
Can't make it but WANT TO HELP? Pledge to donate blood 👇🏼& earn a hat-trick itself!
#HT4H
PA @drsforamerica.bsky.social is PROUD to present the first annual Hat-Trick for Health!
Visit us Nov 1 for:
-Covid & flu vaccines
-Assistance from PA Health Access for insurance enrollment
& MUCH more👇🏼
Can't make it but WANT TO HELP? Pledge to donate blood 👇🏼& earn a hat-trick itself!
#HT4H
The WH has cut special education staff & programs that provide services to over 7MIL children with disabilities, their families & their caregivers.
All the while, they're running cryptocurrency schemes & making BILLIONS.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
All the while, they're running cryptocurrency schemes & making BILLIONS.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
www.npr.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The WH has cut special education staff & programs that provide services to over 7MIL children with disabilities, their families & their caregivers.
All the while, they're running cryptocurrency schemes & making BILLIONS.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
All the while, they're running cryptocurrency schemes & making BILLIONS.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Essay: JD Vance Versus American Values
YouTube video by Pod Save America
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Patients are going to die: from lack of healthcare, vaccines, medications, public health.
We at @drsforamerica.bsky.social stand with #NoKingsDayOct18th to put #PatientsOverPolitics & #StandUpForScience
We at @drsforamerica.bsky.social stand with #NoKingsDayOct18th to put #PatientsOverPolitics & #StandUpForScience
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Patients are going to die: from lack of healthcare, vaccines, medications, public health.
We at @drsforamerica.bsky.social stand with #NoKingsDayOct18th to put #PatientsOverPolitics & #StandUpForScience
We at @drsforamerica.bsky.social stand with #NoKingsDayOct18th to put #PatientsOverPolitics & #StandUpForScience
A gentle reminder:
"Antifa" is not a group or an organization: it is a movement dedicated to anti-facism (which I thought we all were?)
And cherry-picking some violent acts and labeling them "antifa" while ignoring other violent acts is not democracy.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
"Antifa" is not a group or an organization: it is a movement dedicated to anti-facism (which I thought we all were?)
And cherry-picking some violent acts and labeling them "antifa" while ignoring other violent acts is not democracy.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition
Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.
www.brennancenter.org
October 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A gentle reminder:
"Antifa" is not a group or an organization: it is a movement dedicated to anti-facism (which I thought we all were?)
And cherry-picking some violent acts and labeling them "antifa" while ignoring other violent acts is not democracy.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
"Antifa" is not a group or an organization: it is a movement dedicated to anti-facism (which I thought we all were?)
And cherry-picking some violent acts and labeling them "antifa" while ignoring other violent acts is not democracy.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
A gentle reminder: no one here illegally can access federal funding for healthcare.
This includes Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA.
When Trump & GOP say this, it is a complete lie & frankly racist.
Democrats are fighting for affordable healthcare for YOU.
www.americanprogress.org/article/hous...
This includes Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA.
When Trump & GOP say this, it is a complete lie & frankly racist.
Democrats are fighting for affordable healthcare for YOU.
www.americanprogress.org/article/hous...
House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Would Make Health Care More Expensive for Americans With Medicare and Other Insurance
A new Center for American Progress analysis shows how House Republican health care cuts would cost many families with Medicaid, Medicare, ACA marketplace plans, and job-based coverage up to thousands ...
www.americanprogress.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A gentle reminder: no one here illegally can access federal funding for healthcare.
This includes Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA.
When Trump & GOP say this, it is a complete lie & frankly racist.
Democrats are fighting for affordable healthcare for YOU.
www.americanprogress.org/article/hous...
This includes Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA.
When Trump & GOP say this, it is a complete lie & frankly racist.
Democrats are fighting for affordable healthcare for YOU.
www.americanprogress.org/article/hous...
"Pledging support for President Trump’s political agenda" is not a democracy, it is an authoritarian state.
And it is not what Universities are: they should be places of independent thought, education, & free speech, as protected by the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
And it is not what Universities are: they should be places of independent thought, education, & free speech, as protected by the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Pledging support for President Trump’s political agenda" is not a democracy, it is an authoritarian state.
And it is not what Universities are: they should be places of independent thought, education, & free speech, as protected by the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
And it is not what Universities are: they should be places of independent thought, education, & free speech, as protected by the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
24 MIL people will see their healthcare costs ⬆️ 75%
100% of Americans will see their healthcare cost ⬆️.
This is on top of 17 MIL flat out losing healthcare, hundreds of hospitals closing, and rx costs ⬆️.
How about funding this instead of masked mobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...
100% of Americans will see their healthcare cost ⬆️.
This is on top of 17 MIL flat out losing healthcare, hundreds of hospitals closing, and rx costs ⬆️.
How about funding this instead of masked mobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...
Why Obamacare Bills May Double Next Year
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
24 MIL people will see their healthcare costs ⬆️ 75%
100% of Americans will see their healthcare cost ⬆️.
This is on top of 17 MIL flat out losing healthcare, hundreds of hospitals closing, and rx costs ⬆️.
How about funding this instead of masked mobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...
100% of Americans will see their healthcare cost ⬆️.
This is on top of 17 MIL flat out losing healthcare, hundreds of hospitals closing, and rx costs ⬆️.
How about funding this instead of masked mobs?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...
Let me be yet another doctor who says: TYLENOL DOES NOT CAUSE AUTISM. VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM.
This has been EXTENSIVELY studied.
Fevers during pregnancy can cause fatal neurological damage.
This disinformation from Trump & RFK Jr. will hurt & kill people.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
This has been EXTENSIVELY studied.
Fevers during pregnancy can cause fatal neurological damage.
This disinformation from Trump & RFK Jr. will hurt & kill people.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Ignores Science by Linking Autism to Vaccines and a Common Painkiller
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Let me be yet another doctor who says: TYLENOL DOES NOT CAUSE AUTISM. VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM.
This has been EXTENSIVELY studied.
Fevers during pregnancy can cause fatal neurological damage.
This disinformation from Trump & RFK Jr. will hurt & kill people.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
This has been EXTENSIVELY studied.
Fevers during pregnancy can cause fatal neurological damage.
This disinformation from Trump & RFK Jr. will hurt & kill people.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
We are not an autocracy. We do not have kings.
This case allows Trump to act like an autocrat or king.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
This case allows Trump to act like an autocrat or king.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We are not an autocracy. We do not have kings.
This case allows Trump to act like an autocrat or king.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
This case allows Trump to act like an autocrat or king.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...