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Kim Novak - The Reading Rx
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CF Clinical Pharmacist & PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy RPD 🦋
Voracious reader 💙📚
Posts on books, lungs, bugs, drugs, & health policy
WVU alum
Just trying to be a good human
Columbus, OH
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Is This A Cry For Help? By Emily Austin tackles heavy topics with humor and heart. Read it and thank a librarian. #LiteraryFiction #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚
@emilyraustin.bsky.social
@atriabooks.bsky.social

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Book cover of Is This A Cry For Help? By Emily Austin. A woman with her head lying on a table behind a stack of books while a cat perched on a second stack of books peering down at her.
January 19, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone brings the #RomCom spice they are known for. #Audiobook #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone. Drawing of a woman’s thighs wearing a short red pleated skirt with a good girl tattoo on one leg.
January 18, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Dandelion is Dead by Rosie Storey is full of heartbreak, grief, and bad behavior. It’s messy and beautiful. #Fiction #NetGalley
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Book cover of Dandelion is Dead by Rosie Storey. Painting of a sad woman with wavy red hair and a yellow flower behind her ear
January 18, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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Correct.

As a physician, I went to the White House web site to check it out.

It’s a bulleted wish list.

It’s 2 pages long—with the first page just being a title page.

It’s not even a concept of a plan.

It’s an insult to the American people—and MAGA will, yet again, fall for his lies.
urocklive1.bsky.social Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5d
To characterize the document the White House produced as a health care “plan” is overly generous. The entirety of the proposal — literally, from start to finish — is 386 words.

There is no bill. The plan, for all intents and purposes, does not exist.

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Why Trump’s pitiful new health care ‘plan’ is even worse than it appears
The White House’s health care gambit isn’t just a sham, it also diverts the process from an actually helpful solution.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Preventing more diseases is a success, not a failure.
This shouldn’t be controversial.

open.substack.com/pub/communit...

#Vaccines ##PreventDisease
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis - The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

NO link between autism spectrum disorder and prenatal exposure to acetaminophen (Tylenol) was found in this review
Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Current evidence does not indicate a clinically important increase in the likelihood of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant individuals who use paracetam...
www.thelancet.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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#booksky #writingsky
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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P is for Pterodactyl*

*The Worst Alphabet Book Ever

Sometimes you just need a laugh, and Raj Haldar, Chris Carpenter, and Maria Tina Beddia delivered. #KidLit #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of P is for Pterodactyl* *The Worst Alphabet Book Ever By Raj Haldar, Chris Carpenter, and Maria Tina Beddia. Cartoon of a purple pterodactyl wearing a turban and flying in the sky.
January 15, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Shin’ichirō Nakamura, Takehiko Fukunaga, and Yoshie Hotta with new translation and commentary by Jeffrey Angles is both Japanese kaiju #Fantasy and #NonFiction. #BooksInTranslation #NetGalley
#BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Shin’ichirō Nakamura, Takehiko Fukunaga, and Yoshie Hotta with new translation and commentary by Jeffrey Angles. Colorful drawing of a large moth in front of a snowy mountain and sun.
January 14, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones is a haunting coming of age tale of grief and #horror. Recently re-released, I thought this really shined on #audiobook.

#BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones. Dripping picture of a mobile home with a light on behind the front door with an imprint of a feather.
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Revelator by Daryl Gregory is #SouthernGothic #Horror at its finest. The historical time period made the isolation of Appalachia real. Weird and unsettling in all the best ways. #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Revelator by Daryl Gregory. Black and white drawing of a creepy girl standing in the snow. Her face is cut off by a tree line. A mass of birds flocks above as a single bird sits on the ground next to her.
January 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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Evil Under the Sun is a classic #mystery by Agatha Christie with several Easter eggs hidden throughout. #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie. Painting of two blue striped chairs on a beach overlooking a cove with a sailboat.
January 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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The Stolen Life of Collette Marceau by Kristin Harmel delivers an emotional dual timeline WWII tale of resistance and family. #HistoricalFiction #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of The Stolen Life of Collette Marceau by Kristin Harmel. Pink background with a hazy view of the Eiffel Tower from a bridge. Gold leafed border.
January 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Reshaping this because everyone should read The Truth About Immigration by @profzeke.bsky.social

Essential reading these days.

#BookSky 💙📚
cfpharmd.bsky.social Kim Novak - The Reading Rx @cfpharmd.bsky.social · Sep 27
The Truth About Immigration by Zeke Hernandez is essential reading for understanding the economics of immigration and the statistical truth. #Politics #Economics #NonFiction #Audiobooks #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚
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Book cover of The Truth About Immigration by Zeke Hernandez. The top of a chain linked fence breaking off into birds against a blue sky.
January 10, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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"Numerous studies show that immigration is not linked to higher levels of crime, but rather the opposite."

Source: Research articles cited in article at Brennan Center
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’
Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.
www.brennancenter.org
January 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman is a haunting and heartbreaking #dystopian tale of women’s relationships. #LiteraryFiction #BooksInTranslation #Audiobook #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman. A woman in shadow from behind a moon.
January 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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The Crash by Freida McFadden is a fast-paced winter #thriller full of the expected morally-gray twists and turns of this author. #Audiobook #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of The Crash by Freida McFadden. Headlights coming at you on a rural snowy road in the forest with a red sky.
January 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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The brutal truth. The things I commonly saw early in my career have been minimized by effective vaccines. Why is this administration intent on making kids suffer?
shematologist.medsky.social Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 16d
This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule)

Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.

Those who survive often lose limbs.
Necrosis of extremities. Necrosis of extremities.
January 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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No health without peace

First @thelancet.com editorial of 2026 is on the spot

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No health without peace
What will be the most pressing health challenge of 2026? Climate change? Artificial intelligence? Pandemics? Non-communicable diseases? These issues will continue to shape health and medicine. Yet acr...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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My interview with Texas Public Radio

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Texas expert says changes to childhood vaccine schedule are a grave mistake
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital Dr. Peter Hotez shares his thoughts on changes to the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule. He also offers advice on where parents can go for credib...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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The Latest Kate with advice for #AGoodPlace
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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The Storm by Rachel Hawkins is a fast-paced domestic #thriller set amidst a series of coastal hurricanes. Secrets and lies abound. #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚
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Book cover of The Storm by Rachel Hawkins. Watercolor of beachfront homes, palm trees, and beach/ocean views.
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick is a historical mystery full of twists and turns and political intrigue with a side of snarky humor. #Mystery #CrimeThriller #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick. Stylized title with a sprig of holly, a perfume bottle, a gas lamp, a lit match, and a magnifying glass.
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Fiction is my escape and my self care. I flew away to many places this past year right from the comfort of my leopard print recliner. Here are my top 10% from #2025. So many more fabulous reads didn’t make the pictograph.
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#Fiction
Pictorial of my top 24 fiction reads of 2025, in no particular order: Heartwood by Amity Gaige Buckeye by Patrick Ryan Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Names by Florence Knapp The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild Benothinged by Alvar Theo Tilt by Emma Pattee Let Then Stare by Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reed James by Percival Everett Yellowface by R F Kuang The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica What Hunger by Catherine Dang The Wedding People by Alison Espach Recitatif by Toni Morrison
January 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM