Anne McDermott
@amcdermottcnm.bsky.social
Midwife midwifing the midwives, political activist, artist, nature lover and live music enthusiast
Celebrating the end of Black History Month by honoring these great people who changed the way we deal with health emergencies so profoundly that most of us cannot remember a time without ambulance services!
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In 1967, Pittsburgh's inner city produced America’s first EMT service. Comprised solely of Black men and women recruited from the city’s Hill District neighborhood, the paramedics of Freedom House Ambulance became trailblazers in providing pre-hospital and CPR care.
February 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Celebrating the end of Black History Month by honoring these great people who changed the way we deal with health emergencies so profoundly that most of us cannot remember a time without ambulance services!
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
The truth matters. If you act and react based on lies and manipulation, you’re vulnerable. Read Heather Cox Roach. Remember that history will be watching.
January 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The truth matters. If you act and react based on lies and manipulation, you’re vulnerable. Read Heather Cox Roach. Remember that history will be watching.
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January 29, 2025
January 29, 2025
In a conversation with Greg Sargent of the New Republic published today, writer Amanda Marcotte called out an important moment in White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s first press conference ...
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January 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
January 29, 2025
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January 25, 2025
January 25, 2025
We have all earned a break for this week, but as some of you have heard me say, I write these letters with an eye to what a graduate student will need to know in 150 years.
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January 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
January 25, 2025
I’m tired of reading articles about the resistance against the current regime disappearing compared to 2016. It’s not gone, it’s changed because it needs to. And every day it gets bigger.
January 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’m tired of reading articles about the resistance against the current regime disappearing compared to 2016. It’s not gone, it’s changed because it needs to. And every day it gets bigger.
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Missing GJWW vibes!
January 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Missing GJWW vibes!