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Running around the DMV, saving babies and trying to figure out which of the juggling balls will bounce if I drop one.

#MedSky
#NeoSky
Retsef giving a congratulatory hug to Pebsworth is so disturbing.

Effexts if this vote will be 30-40 years to have full effect when we start to see these cases in young adults coming back. I’m so sad for our patients.

#CDC
#HepB
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Adam Langer hitting it out of park on his response to Dr Høeg - or apple oranges comparison of Denmark to US vis-à-vis hepatitis b

great job!!!
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today.

Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.

But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!

He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Here's an answer from a CDC expert: "if you're looking at
recent data and saying, 'Well, there's not very much horizontal transmission' that doesn't mean that it can't happen. It means that the vaccine is preventing it"
The people asking the questions on this panel and the people who are supposed to answer seem to have zero idea of what they are talking about. It's almost impossible to follow--what is being asked, what is being answered and the legitimacy of these answers.

#ACIP #Medsky #vaccines #hepatitisB
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
HC Meissner fighting the good fight right now on Hep B vaccines in newborn at the CDC clown show.

#CDC
#HepatitisBvaccine
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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This regime has raised stupidity and meritless gloating to Olympic sport level.
"At least four of these asshats—FOUR (4)—took to Twitter to smugly announce they had been assigned the former desk of Dan Lamothe, military affairs reporter for The Washington Post, each tweeting out a pic of themselves sitting at different cubicles."

charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-many-d...
The Many Desks of Reporter Dan Lamothe
The clowns have taken over.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."

We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
www.wowktv.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I’ve decided I’m more of a Rundle D player these days.

#LL
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Man - loving the American Revolution so far… nerding out to Ken Burns docs and reading the backgrounds is how I plan on spending large parts of retirement.
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“Nico Harrison traded a generational superstar the right way” - by Ezra Klein

#Mavericks
#nico
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this."
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Incredible. If you grew up in Indiana, you know what a big deal this is.
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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If you're headed to a No Kings protest this Saturday, make sure you know your rights and others do too.

Download a Know Your Rights phone screen background, protest sign, and more.
Know Your Rights, Share Your Rights
Read the full Know Your Rights resource on protesters' rights here. If you're ready to share what you've learned, we've created graphics outlining your protest rights that you can download and share on social media.
www.aclu.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Neonatal Research Shorts : October 2025

Afifi J, et al. Atropine Versus Placebo for Neonatal Nonemergent Intubation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Pediatr. 2025;286:114719 I had thought this was a settled issue, Neil Finer showed many years ago that atropine alone decreased bradycardias during…
Neonatal Research Shorts : October 2025
Afifi J, et al. Atropine Versus Placebo for Neonatal Nonemergent Intubation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Pediatr. 2025;286:114719 I had thought this was a settled issue, Neil Finer showed many years ago that atropine alone decreased bradycardias during intubation. But as the authors of this new study point out, there is very little (or no) data about atropine as part of an intubation cocktail in the newborn. I have a bit of a beef with the introduction which suggests that the Kelly and Finer trial mentioned above was limited, as it did not "follow recommended premedication protocols".
neonatalresearch.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Important shoes/airplane question.

Am I allowed to remove shoes to put on the socks I sometime get in a care package for transatlantic flights?

Critical stuff I know with everything else that is going on.
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Amazing morning in Herculaneum. The preservation of the wooden structures is really amazing.
October 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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If I was Donald Trump I would not be drawing the public’s attention right now to my ability to release files
September 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Decades of research have proven that acetaminophen is safe for children when taken correctly and under the guidance of a child’s pediatrician. Learn more.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
September 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

So will we see a bug rise in PPHN and ECMO in 2026 and 2027 due to mothers taking NSAIDs later in pregnancy and prematurely closing their ductus?
With RFK Jr. behind him, Trump pushes unproven link between Tylenol and autism
Acetaminophen has been used for decades in Tylenol and many other over-the-counter medications as a pain and fever reliever during pregnancy.
www.nbcnews.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Just read about new H1B $$ requirements. Umm, WTH is this administration doing? Are they really trying to destroy any semblance of healthcare in this country?

#H1B
September 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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September 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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These are right-wing terror events I covered just from 2017 to 2023. It's not even close to comprehensive. The government's trying to erase this history.
September 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I heard that Noah Wyle thanked healthcare workers, but his specific quote is even better: “To anybody who's going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job. This is for you!”

And this shows just how much he gets us. I was really touched.
September 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM