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Genevieve Friedman
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Perspectives Editor at MedPage Today.

Have a unique perspective to share with doctors, nurses, health admins, and other health professionals? Send it my way: [email protected]
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I've been keeping tabs on a terrible study for over a year and corresponding with the publishing journal. Getting a bad article retracted is a lot of work. Read more about my journey in @medpagetoday.com. Thanks to @gfriedman.bsky.social!

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October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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"When the call came to stop, it didn't feel like closure. It felt like losing a patient I'd spent a lifetime caring for."

A CDC doctor writes in @medpagetoday.com about what it was like to be RIF'd.

Read on: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.com @firedbutfighting.bsky.social
Opinion | Being Fired From CDC Is Like Losing a Patient
A physician's reflections on being RIF'd
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October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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"Here's what concerns me most: the absurdity of the notion that an artificially generated, non-sentient avatar could be a reasonable companion for a child. It goes against everything we know about developmental theory." -- Jon Slater, MD

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Opinion | No, That AI Chatbot Is Not Your Friend
It's time for adolescent screening and strict chatbot regulations
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October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), aka the "voice of CDC," isn't publishing during the federal government shutdown.

According to sources, this marks a departure from past shutdowns, when MMWR staff were allowed to be exempt from furloughs. ⬇️
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Genevieve Friedman
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No place is immune to extreme weather. In a new #ClimateCheckup, 2025 Climate & Health Equity Fellow Dr. Janelle White urges healthcare providers to be prepared to help their patients and communities stay safe. @medpagetoday.com
Opinion | It Can Happen Here
No one is immune to extreme weather. Physicians must be prepared.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reposted by Genevieve Friedman
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Attention, nurses!

Big news.

Introducing: ✨The Nurses' Station ✨ A brand-NEW discussion board for nurses, brought to you by MedPage Today! 🩺
September 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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"Open minds, combined with expert input, are crucial for developing effective and beneficial policies.

Please stop the war on expertise and give briefings a chance, Secretary Kennedy. And please listen." -- Steven Grossman, JD

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Opinion | Give Briefings a Chance, Secretary Kennedy
Open minds and expert input are crucial for policymaking
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September 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Reposted by Genevieve Friedman
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RFK Jr. Has Declared Full-Blown War on CDC
— The agency needs to be strengthened, not torn down

@medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social

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Opinion | RFK Jr. Has Declared Full-Blown War on CDC
The agency needs to be strengthened, not torn down
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September 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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"We dropped to the ground and scrambled to the opposite side of the building. Then we heard noises in the stairwell. We told everyone: 'Get into offices. Lock the doors.'"

A CDC employee shared what it was like inside CDC during the shooting:

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Opinion | I Was Inside CDC During the Shooting. I Can Still Hear the Bullets.
Attacks on public health will continue until federal rhetoric changes
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August 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
gfriedman.bsky.social
"Based on data and past experience, we can expect the labeling changes to have little to no effect on meaningfully reducing overdose rates. The administration would be wise to concentrate its efforts elsewhere." -- @ryanmarino.bsky.social

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Opinion | FDA's Opioid Labeling Initiative Is Smoke and Mirrors
The administration has done little to nothing to meaningfully reduce overdoses
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August 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Editorial on the FDA panel’s misleading claims on SSRIs and congenital anomalies.

@medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social @acog.org
#MedSky

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Opinion | A 'Black Box' Warning for SSRIs in Pregnancy Would Do More Harm Than Good
An FDA panel discussion failed to accurately reflect medical expertise
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August 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Reposted by Genevieve Friedman
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Sometimes, there is a difference between what is legal & what is right.

Do we want a world where doctors can refuse to care for a patient purely based on the patient’s marital status?
#medsky #obsky #oped

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Opinion | The Right to Discriminate Against a Patient
Tennessee's vague conscience protections offer an avenue for legal discrimination
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August 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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A Tennessee physician allegedly denied a pregnant woman prenatal care because she’s unmarried. The doctor claimed it conflicted with her Christian beliefs.

Is this who we want to be as a field? #medsky #obsky

My #oped for @medpagetoday.bsky.social on the case:
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Opinion | The Right to Discriminate Against a Patient
Tennessee's vague conscience protections offer an avenue for legal discrimination
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July 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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"Understanding what went well and what didn't can lead to lives saved the next time. Because if there's one thing that we're learning, it's that there will be a next time." -- Mary Meyer, MD, MPH

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Opinion | A Watershed Moment for Texas
The recent flood offers some tough lessons on disaster preparedness
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July 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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My latest for @medpagetoday.bsky.social

Hard topic that needs nuanced discussion: how patients’ choices may sabotage their care. Something very important to me in this climate of misinformation & undermining doctors

We can’t fix everyone
#medsky #mentalhealth
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Opinion | Dear Doctor: You Can't Fix Everyone
Navigating the therapeutic relationship with unlikeable patients
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June 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Thirty percent of U.S. adults would not or might not test for suspected COVID-19, according to a cross-sectional online national survey.
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Many U.S. Adults Wouldn't Test for Suspected COVID, Survey Shows
Findings reveal factors that may shape self-test decisions
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June 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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In an #OpEd, @ameshaa.bsky.social argues that #ACIP has abandoned scientific integrity by voting to recommend only thimerosal-free flu vaccines -- despite no evidence of harm -- signaling a troubling shift toward anti-vaccine influence under RFK Jr.
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Opinion | ACIP's Thimerosal Vote: The Committee Has Lost Its Value to Medicine
While the vote won't impact U.S. vaccine delivery, it has broader implications
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June 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by Genevieve Friedman
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Here's my longer take on the FDA Commissioner's National Priority Voucher program. The key question is this: how fast is too fast for reasonable FDA drug review?
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(Thanks for reaching out, @gfriedman.bsky.social!)
June 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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In @medpagetoday.bsky.social yesterday, I wrote about the hypocrisy embedded in the budget bill taking aim at Medicaid. The party that ostensibly wants to leave policies to the states wants to penalize states for being more generous with their own state funds. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Will States' Rights Go the Way of Medicaid Funding?
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' bolsters federal power
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June 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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"In an administration that maintains that government should be run like a business, it is odd that someone who misrepresented his intentions as blatantly as Kennedy did is still in his position." -- Robert Schooley, MD, in @medpagetoday.bsky.social

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Opinion | Have You No Sense of Decency, Secretary Kennedy?
Ousting all 17 ACIP members won't restore public trust
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June 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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BREAKING: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he's disbanding the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in order to "restore trust" in U.S. vaccine science.
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RFK Jr. Ousts All of CDC's Vaccine Advisors
Kennedy says the move is needed to restore trust in U.S. vaccine science
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June 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Former President Biden's cancer diagnosis comes at a troubling moment for research funding.

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Biden Has Confronted Cancer Before. Now He Faces an Uncertain Future
The former president's diagnosis comes at a troubling moment for research funding
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May 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Like many, I can’t stay silent when we are living through unprecedented attacks on science and health. My #oped is now live on #medpagetoday in collaboration with Natoshia Cunningham and in support of many colleagues and friends.

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Opinion | What's Lost if We 'Play the Game' to Get Research Funding?
Our journey to understand and treat childhood pain in a new reality
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May 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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What do you think: Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?

@danielpham.bsky.social shared his thoughts with @medpagetoday.bsky.social. Let us know what you think by commenting below.

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Opinion | Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?
Their leadership must be grounded in sound public health priorities
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May 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Reposted by Genevieve Friedman
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Out today - my argument for engaging with the AMA rather than withdrawing from it in response to its stunning silence in the face of egregious governmental attacks on medical science and ethics.🧵
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Opinion | Should 'No Margin, No Mission' Apply to the AMA?
Ahead of a June meeting, members should contact their representatives
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May 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM