Carrie Belin
Carrie Belin
@carriebelin.bsky.social
DNP, MPH, MBA, MS, PHN, FNP-C, AAHIVS #Allergy #Immunology #PublicHealth #GOTV
HIV seropositivity and viral non-suppression in transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people in primary care receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy in the USA between 2013 and 2019 (LEGACY): an observational, longitudinal, cohort study - The Lancet HIV www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
HIV seropositivity and viral non-suppression in transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people in primary care receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy in the USA between 2013 and 2019 (LEGACY):...
Gender-affirming care is important for optimising HIV outcomes among trans people. Our results underscore the vital role of gender-affirming models of care and access to gender-affirming hormone thera...
www.thelancet.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Incarcerated Firefighters Do Risky, Low-Pay Work. Many Say It’s The Best Job Behind Bars. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/l...
The Dangerous Yet Desirable Work of Being an Incarcerated Firefighter in California
More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal Executions www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...
Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal Executions (Gift Article)
Those affected by the president’s action on Monday are still subject to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Three men will remain on federal death row.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
www.npr.org
December 20, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Giant Companies Took Secret Payments to Allow Free Flow of Opioids www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/b...
Drugmakers Paid PBMs Not to Restrict Opioid Prescriptions (Gift Article)
Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation found.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...
Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No.
Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Opioids Ravaged a Kentucky Town. Then Rehab Became Its Business. In Louisa, an unbearable social crisis has become the main source of economic opportunity. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/m...
Opioids Ravaged a Kentucky Town. Then Rehab Became Its Business. (Gift Article)
In Louisa, an unbearable social crisis has become the main source of economic opportunity.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:38 PM
DNA confirms new 'large predator' living in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. Not a frog 🐸. www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...
A new large predator (Amphipoda, Eusiridae) hidden at hadal depths of the Atacama Trench
The deep ocean is a vast reservoir of new species to science, and each discovery improves our ecological understanding of these remote ecosystems. One island-like ecosystem is the Atacama Trench (S...
www.tandfonline.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US population over the past 75 years acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background More than half of the current US population was exposed to adverse lead levels in childhood as a result of lead's past use in gasoline. The total contribution of childhood lead exposures ...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Read the Letter From Nobel Laureates Urging That Mr. Kennedy Not be Confirmed www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Letter From Nobel Laureates Urging That Mr. Kennedy Not be Confirmed
More than 75 laureates have written an open letter describing Mr. Kennedy’s selection for H.H.S. secretary as detrimental to public health.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Oh NVIDIA, updating drivers and asking me which one is preferred-gamers or creators? I just want to get through a zoom without the computer sounding as if it’s going to take flight.
December 9, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Fraud and Fakery at the Country’s Largest Chain of Methadone Clinics www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/h...
Acadia Healthcare’s Methadone Clinics Face Fraud Complaints
Acadia Healthcare falsifies records at its methadone clinics and enrolls patients who aren’t addicted to opioids, a Times investigation found.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:54 PM
LA County Library’s Naloxone Clinics Now Offering Free Fentanyl Test Strips to Combat Opioid Overdoses lacountylibrary.org/naloxone-cli...
LA County Library
LA County Library announces that Library Naloxone Clinics are now offering free fentanyl test strips.
lacountylibrary.org
December 3, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Insurers Collected Billions From Medicare for Veterans Who Cost Them Almost Nothing www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Insurers Collected Billions From Medicare for Veterans Who Cost Them Almost Nothing
Taxpayers paid for their care at the VA—and for Medicare Advantage coverage that many didn’t use. ‘I don’t think I’ve used my Medicare in years,’ said one Air Force veteran.
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Treating eosinophilic exacerbations of asthma and COPD with benralizumab (ABRA): a double-blind, double-dummy, active placebo-controlled randomised trial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Treating eosinophilic exacerbations of asthma and COPD with benralizumab (ABRA): a double-blind, double-dummy, active placebo-controlled randomised trial
Benralizumab can be used as a treatment of acute eosinophilic exacerbations and achieves better outcomes than the current standard of care with prednisolone alone. These results offer a new way of tre...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:01 PM
So Many Days Lost at the Doctor’s Office www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/h...
So Many Days Lost at the Doctor’s Office
Medical care can be wearying and time-consuming, especially for seniors. Researchers are beginning to quantify the burdens.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Bird flu virus detected in California raw milk www.latimes.com/environment/...
Bird flu virus detected in California raw milk
An independent Stanford research detected bird flu virus in a retail sample of Fresno-based Raw Farm milk.
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:02 PM
It’s a big transition time at Simon’s Rock. I'm so grateful to have found a place to belong and learn during a time of personal growth as a younger scholar! I learned how to think and foster what has become a lifetime of learning.
November 20, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Bard Academy and Bard College at Simon’s Rock Announce Relocation to Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley www.bard.edu/news/bard-ac...
Bard Academy and Bard College at Simon’s Rock Announce Relocation to Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley
The Bard College Board of Trustees and the Bard College at Simon’s Rock Board of Overseers today jointly announced that Simon’s Rock will be relocating from its Great Barrington, MA, campus to a new c...
www.bard.edu
November 19, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Scientists transform blood into regenerative materials, paving the way for personalized, 3D-printed implants
November 19, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Setting my intentions for the coming days/weeks/months/years and going to buy Betty White stamps.
November 15, 2024 at 11:26 PM
November 15, 2024 at 7:54 AM