Dr. Rebecca Tuetken
@beckysuetoo.bsky.social
Iowa academic rheumatologist.
#GoForSix evangelist.
Reader of history. Hamilton Musical fan girl. Rheum without a roof.
#GoForSix evangelist.
Reader of history. Hamilton Musical fan girl. Rheum without a roof.
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Vaccines didn’t just save lives—they shaped society! From ancient variolation to mRNA, discover key breakthroughs, hidden heroes, and why vaccine innovation matters more than ever. Are you ready for the next chapter?
👉 scienceagenda.net/blog/vaccine-discovery-process-history-challenges-milestones/
👉 scienceagenda.net/blog/vaccine-discovery-process-history-challenges-milestones/
The Vaccine Discovery Process: History and Milestones
Explore the vaccine discovery process from ancient practices to mRNA vaccines. Learn how scientists overcame challenges to save lives.
scienceagenda.net
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Vaccines didn’t just save lives—they shaped society! From ancient variolation to mRNA, discover key breakthroughs, hidden heroes, and why vaccine innovation matters more than ever. Are you ready for the next chapter?
👉 scienceagenda.net/blog/vaccine-discovery-process-history-challenges-milestones/
👉 scienceagenda.net/blog/vaccine-discovery-process-history-challenges-milestones/
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Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.
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A German museum has been unexpectedly overrun by Taylor Swift fans. The Hessische Landesmuseum in central Germany reports that hundreds of additional visitors came over the weekend.
Taylor Swift fans flood German museum to see painting echoing her hit video 'The Fate of Ophelia'
A German museum has been unexpectedly overrun by Taylor Swift fans. The Hessische Landesmuseum in central Germany reports that hundreds of additional visitors came over the weekend.
bit.ly
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A German museum has been unexpectedly overrun by Taylor Swift fans. The Hessische Landesmuseum in central Germany reports that hundreds of additional visitors came over the weekend.
🙄 oh FFS.
Clearly, her d*** is bigger.
Clearly, her d*** is bigger.
Compare Donald Trump with Kissinger and you’ll be lost. But Taylor Swift? That’s more like it.
Marina Hyde
14 Oct 2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Marina Hyde
14 Oct 2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Compare Donald Trump with Kissinger and you’ll be lost. But Taylor Swift? That’s more like it | Marina Hyde
As he conducts the symphony of applause for his peace deal, the key to understanding him is this: he’s not a politician, not even close – he’s a star, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
🙄 oh FFS.
Clearly, her d*** is bigger.
Clearly, her d*** is bigger.
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Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
I remember as a child watching the original National Geographic Society documentary about Jane Goodall and her study of wild chimpanzees —and just wanting to BE Jane Goodall. I think I still do. RIP dear Jane.😢
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I remember as a child watching the original National Geographic Society documentary about Jane Goodall and her study of wild chimpanzees —and just wanting to BE Jane Goodall. I think I still do. RIP dear Jane.😢
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History is made!
Iowa 47 UMass 7
Kirk Ferentz wins his 206 game as a head coach and passes Woody Hayes for the most wins in Big Ten History.
Leta drink!
Iowa 47 UMass 7
Kirk Ferentz wins his 206 game as a head coach and passes Woody Hayes for the most wins in Big Ten History.
Leta drink!
September 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
History is made!
Iowa 47 UMass 7
Kirk Ferentz wins his 206 game as a head coach and passes Woody Hayes for the most wins in Big Ten History.
Leta drink!
Iowa 47 UMass 7
Kirk Ferentz wins his 206 game as a head coach and passes Woody Hayes for the most wins in Big Ten History.
Leta drink!
September 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Is it bad that I have work to do, but I have Fever/Mystics on iPad, & #USOpen Men's final on the TV (with occasional switch to one of the football games), and I'm also doing laundry??😬
[No fav in the tennis final until I tuned in and saw the pink shirt gun show & I am now ALL team Alcaraz.]
[No fav in the tennis final until I tuned in and saw the pink shirt gun show & I am now ALL team Alcaraz.]
September 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Is it bad that I have work to do, but I have Fever/Mystics on iPad, & #USOpen Men's final on the TV (with occasional switch to one of the football games), and I'm also doing laundry??😬
[No fav in the tennis final until I tuned in and saw the pink shirt gun show & I am now ALL team Alcaraz.]
[No fav in the tennis final until I tuned in and saw the pink shirt gun show & I am now ALL team Alcaraz.]
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More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Tuetken
Monarez is playing her weak hand perfectly, and should be a model for institutional resistance for the next four years:
1. Make them fire you
2. Don’t go along to get along
3. Don’t apologize, have confidence in your own integrity and the importance of your role
4. Always escalate the conflict
1. Make them fire you
2. Don’t go along to get along
3. Don’t apologize, have confidence in your own integrity and the importance of your role
4. Always escalate the conflict
August 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Monarez is playing her weak hand perfectly, and should be a model for institutional resistance for the next four years:
1. Make them fire you
2. Don’t go along to get along
3. Don’t apologize, have confidence in your own integrity and the importance of your role
4. Always escalate the conflict
1. Make them fire you
2. Don’t go along to get along
3. Don’t apologize, have confidence in your own integrity and the importance of your role
4. Always escalate the conflict
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Between last fall and today, there have been over 3 million out-patient visits, over 300,000 hospitalizations and over 30,000 deaths from COVID. This data comes from a presentation at the the June ACIP meeting extrapolated forward. Now there will likely be more as RFK Jr. consolidates his power. 4/
August 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Between last fall and today, there have been over 3 million out-patient visits, over 300,000 hospitalizations and over 30,000 deaths from COVID. This data comes from a presentation at the the June ACIP meeting extrapolated forward. Now there will likely be more as RFK Jr. consolidates his power. 4/
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The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
August 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
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The FDA's Vinay Prasad previously demanded that the AAP must be dismantled, and that anyone who advocated for the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine is "off their rocker."
Trust science! American Academy of Pediatrics breaks with CDC advice for the first time in 30 years over Covid vaccines for children. HHS, a.k.a., RFKjr calls it "politically motivated." He really does not understand how science works.
www.denverpost.com/2025/08/19/a...
www.denverpost.com/2025/08/19/a...
US pediatricians’ new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice
The AAP is strongly recommending COVID-19 shots for children ages 6 months to 2 years.
www.denverpost.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The FDA's Vinay Prasad previously demanded that the AAP must be dismantled, and that anyone who advocated for the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine is "off their rocker."
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Angie Rasmussen takes a blowtorch to Vinay Prasad #scicomm
A Not-So-Fond Farewell to Vinay Prasad
The Steve Urkel of COVID Twitter turned out to be incompetent at both drug regulation and being an authoritarian apparatchik
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Angie Rasmussen takes a blowtorch to Vinay Prasad #scicomm
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We see you, Susie Derkins
August 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We see you, Susie Derkins
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She’s an icon, she’s a legend and she is the moment. Now come on now.
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
August 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
She’s an icon, she’s a legend and she is the moment. Now come on now.
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There are still many ways that the MAHA movement can crush the NIH, but the Senate Appropriations Committee—including most of the GOP—grew a spine & rejected one of the biggest ones yesterday: a full rebuke of proposed budget cuts & reorganization of the NIH.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Appropriations Senators Retain Vertebrate Status
Even Susan Collins voted to fully fund NIH and CDC and give no money to MAHA
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
There are still many ways that the MAHA movement can crush the NIH, but the Senate Appropriations Committee—including most of the GOP—grew a spine & rejected one of the biggest ones yesterday: a full rebuke of proposed budget cuts & reorganization of the NIH.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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You’re making some big promises, Facebook ad.
July 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
You’re making some big promises, Facebook ad.
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Love Ultrasound? We do too!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
We start teaching ultrasound early so that our fellows can get the most out of every opportunity to practice.
Our coloring books supplement weekly sessions that focus on integrating ultrasound with physical exam.
Fun times ahead!
@intmedatiowa.bsky.social
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
We start teaching ultrasound early so that our fellows can get the most out of every opportunity to practice.
Our coloring books supplement weekly sessions that focus on integrating ultrasound with physical exam.
Fun times ahead!
@intmedatiowa.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Love Ultrasound? We do too!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
We start teaching ultrasound early so that our fellows can get the most out of every opportunity to practice.
Our coloring books supplement weekly sessions that focus on integrating ultrasound with physical exam.
Fun times ahead!
@intmedatiowa.bsky.social
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
We start teaching ultrasound early so that our fellows can get the most out of every opportunity to practice.
Our coloring books supplement weekly sessions that focus on integrating ultrasound with physical exam.
Fun times ahead!
@intmedatiowa.bsky.social
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I have been looking for an app that allows me to bitch at random people over Bluetooth my entire life, thank you Jack Dorsey for making me whole
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat | TechCrunch
Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in an X post on Sunday night that he spent his weekend creating an app called Bitchat (presumably a
techcrunch.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I have been looking for an app that allows me to bitch at random people over Bluetooth my entire life, thank you Jack Dorsey for making me whole
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
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Unlike medical algorithms, insurance AI tools are largely unregulated. They don’t have to go through FDA review, and insurance companies often say their algorithms are trade secrets. There’s no outside testing to see whether they’re safe, fair or effective.
theconversation.com/how-artifici...
theconversation.com/how-artifici...
How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage
Health insurance companies use AI to decide which health care treatment to cover. State laws and federal agencies are now moving toward regulating these algorithms.
theconversation.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Unlike medical algorithms, insurance AI tools are largely unregulated. They don’t have to go through FDA review, and insurance companies often say their algorithms are trade secrets. There’s no outside testing to see whether they’re safe, fair or effective.
theconversation.com/how-artifici...
theconversation.com/how-artifici...
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Health insurance is a zero sum game. If there are huge cuts to Medicaid, hospitals will have to renegotiate private insurance rates. Everyone’s healthcare insurance rates will be increasing. #inflation
June 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Health insurance is a zero sum game. If there are huge cuts to Medicaid, hospitals will have to renegotiate private insurance rates. Everyone’s healthcare insurance rates will be increasing. #inflation
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Medical schools need to teach an ethics class called “don’t end up like these guys.”
June 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Medical schools need to teach an ethics class called “don’t end up like these guys.”