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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 4d

Measles is back

Whooping cough is back

Now, diphtheria is staging a return with large outbreaks now in Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Chad — countries with civil wars or large populations of refugees where vaccination coverage is low...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h... @stephanienolen.bsky.social

Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

www.nytimes.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

For those asking how to support, here’s how: www.greenbootsgardens.com/get-involved

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow

'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void

The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat.

www.whatimreading.net

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · 11d

It’s not giving up it’s more that people outside of black people need more time to wake up.

And while they are taking the time we will be at home.

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · 11d

Black people still stay home.

They still aren’t mad enough.

They still don’t get it.

It hasn’t moved them yet.

They need more time.

They excited about numbers

Not the message.

Stay home.

#nokings #protest #blacksky

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Scott H Pasichow MD MPH @spmd16.bsky.social · 12d

@sspadafore.bsky.social @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social be bold with your beliefs. Taking a stand on policy can close some doors, but those are likely doors you don’t want to walk through anyway.

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Scott H Pasichow MD MPH @spmd16.bsky.social · 12d

@sspadafore.bsky.social @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social @rutgershealth.org @eagletonpoll.bsky.social OpEd workshop at RutgersNJMS.

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Sep 20

People really gonna feel the impact of this in healthcare next year!

Keep playing with the system.

I’m telling you it’s not built the way you think it is.

The medical workforce will be impacted #medsky

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Sep 20

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Sep 20

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Sep 7

Though I am not a bioethicist, I often ask if medicine, public health and wellness know how to heal themselves once the arbiters of dis and misinformation are destroyed, or will the deeper ethical wound remain despite destruction? #publichealth #medsky #healthpolicy

Early Sun morning thoughts.

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Sep 7

Seeing wellness, public health and medicine as separate but equal rather than holistic is why patients feel disconnected from care and why physicians feel like armless soldiers in the fight against misinformation.
#publichealth #medsky

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Sep 7

We need to address the root of healthcare’s problems by repairing the divide between wellness, public health and medicine. Ignoring their overlap wins battles but loses the larger fight for America’s health.

#publichealth #medsky

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Sep 7

Even if RFK steps down, the deeper issue in public health, medicine, and wellness remains. The mentality fueling this problem is broader and more dangerous than one man, and dismantling it will take far more than his resignation.
#publichealthsky #medsky #pedsky

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Sep 5

We did our jobs too well.

To the point even people in medicine think pediatrics doesn’t have challenging pathophysiology.

We prevented disease too well.

That’s our problem

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 4

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Aug 29

What’s happening at the CDC is very sad to watch. I know the everyday people in the organization are just so disappointed in their leadership right now.

But this won’t and will not last forever.

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Aug 27

In his defense not that I care about either of these individuals like seriously could not care … he did win several super bowls. Which is equivalent to winning like a grammy in the sport arena

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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · Aug 27

@ameracadpeds.bsky.social President Susan J. Kressly, MD, called the new proposal to limit the availability of COVID vaccines in children and young adults "deeply troubling."

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Odd Thomas [redacted] DO 🪓 @tom.medsky.social · Aug 26

Being a a US based pediatrician is like alternating days between groin kicks and throat punches.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 26

Trump on autism: "I think we maybe know the reason, and I look forward to that press conference."

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Aug 26

Do pediatricians even wear wedding rings ? heard that’s a 1/3 of their Medicaid dependent salaries that was cut with the BB bill

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · Aug 20

US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children…
www.reuters.com/business/hea...

US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children

The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children.

www.reuters.com

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Aug 20

One, thing I always love about Adam Sandler movies is that it’s so New England coded.

And it’s awesome.

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Aug 19

People don’t understand how hard it is to be a pediatrician these days but so glad AAP took a stand!

🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · Aug 19

The American Academy of Pediatrics released its updated recommendations for vaccines on Tuesday, including Covid-19 shots for infants and young children – a break from the current US for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.

In break with current CDC recommendations, leading pediatrics group recommends Covid-19 shots for young children | CNN

The American Academy of Pediatrics released its updated recommendations for vaccines on Tuesday, including Covid-19 shots for infants and young children – a break from the current US for Centers for D...

www.cnn.com

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Odd Thomas [redacted] DO 🪓 @tom.medsky.social · Aug 19

The reason why this matters:

We need the support of our professional orgs if we are going to be making recommendations beyond the FDA and CDC. There is always a risk of side effects so having institutional backing is appreciated.

🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · Aug 19

The American Academy of Pediatrics released its updated recommendations for vaccines on Tuesday, including Covid-19 shots for infants and young children – a break from the current US for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.

In break with current CDC recommendations, leading pediatrics group recommends Covid-19 shots for young children | CNN

The American Academy of Pediatrics released its updated recommendations for vaccines on Tuesday, including Covid-19 shots for infants and young children – a break from the current US for Centers for D...

www.cnn.com

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Aug 15

What bothers me most is how quiet the science and health community is about what’s happening in DC.

I get it we’re busy, in our own bubble.

But if you only focus on yourself, by the time you notice DC, it’ll be at your front door.

Time to wake up.

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Aug 15

It might be science and healthcare’s gun violence moment but not a Jan 6th moment.

Jan 6th stopped the news; everyone knew.

Race and class was central to that story.

Which is not mention in the op-ed

But a lot of people don’t even know this happened last week.

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Aug 15

NEW 🚨 The violence is the point. Elected Dems must call for widespread resignations (RFK, Bhattacharya, Prasad) in response to the CDC shooting. Public health must demand this of them, and the public must demand that of us. With @publichealthguy1.bsky.social in STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...

The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6

“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.

www.statnews.com

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Faith Crittenden MD MPH @faithdaniellemd.medsky.social · Aug 15

Bruh i just can’t 😭😭😭😭 was he trying to speak english

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