Dorothy Novick MD
@dorothynovick.bsky.social
Primary care peds @ Children's Hosp of Phila. Health equity, education, violence prevention, #SafeFirearmStorage. Lover of all things nature and children. #Resist #Pedsky
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Also important this week: A trustworthy guide to childhood vaccine schedules, from actual pediatricians (many of whom saw these diseases before they could be vaccinated against).
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Ps: no, pediatricians are not pharma shills, don’t @ me
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Ps: no, pediatricians are not pharma shills, don’t @ me
www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...
All About the AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule
Here's what to know about the recommended immunization schedule for children and teens. The schedule is approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics and based on ongoing review of the most recent sc...
www.healthychildren.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“In Texas, public health officials have received orders to stop work supported by three grants that helped fund the response to the widening measles outbreak there….”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
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Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services
States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“In Texas, public health officials have received orders to stop work supported by three grants that helped fund the response to the widening measles outbreak there….”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
A month has passed since the CDC indefinitely postponed its ACIP meetings, grinding the vaccine review and approval process to a halt.
Meanwhile, in Texas … 2 dead from measles and 36 hospitalized
Meanwhile, in Texas … 2 dead from measles and 36 hospitalized
March 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A month has passed since the CDC indefinitely postponed its ACIP meetings, grinding the vaccine review and approval process to a halt.
Meanwhile, in Texas … 2 dead from measles and 36 hospitalized
Meanwhile, in Texas … 2 dead from measles and 36 hospitalized
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“People will die,” said @ckyobutungi.bsky.social, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
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nyti.ms/41yWNgN
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World (Gift Article)
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
nyti.ms
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“People will die,” said @ckyobutungi.bsky.social, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
nyti.ms/41yWNgN
nyti.ms/41yWNgN
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Web archive of Childhood and Adult vaccine recommendations from the CDC. Just in case.
web.archive.org/web/20250122...
web.archive.org/web/20250122...
Immunization Schedules
Make sure your patients stay up to date on recommended vaccines using these schedules.
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February 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Web archive of Childhood and Adult vaccine recommendations from the CDC. Just in case.
web.archive.org/web/20250122...
web.archive.org/web/20250122...
Answers to questions from friends and family:
Yes, I can find STI guidance elsewhere — but it will be static and therefore not based on latest evidence, trends, resistance patterns.
Yes, I can still give vaccines, for now — but insurance only pays for those that the CDC recommends
Yes, I can find STI guidance elsewhere — but it will be static and therefore not based on latest evidence, trends, resistance patterns.
Yes, I can still give vaccines, for now — but insurance only pays for those that the CDC recommends
February 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Answers to questions from friends and family:
Yes, I can find STI guidance elsewhere — but it will be static and therefore not based on latest evidence, trends, resistance patterns.
Yes, I can still give vaccines, for now — but insurance only pays for those that the CDC recommends
Yes, I can find STI guidance elsewhere — but it will be static and therefore not based on latest evidence, trends, resistance patterns.
Yes, I can still give vaccines, for now — but insurance only pays for those that the CDC recommends
Like the Alt National Park Service, we will need an Alt CDC. Anyone? I
January 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Like the Alt National Park Service, we will need an Alt CDC. Anyone? I
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Yea! Other great accounts to follow @meganranney.bsky.social @celinegounder.com @joanalker1.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social @drsimpsonhsr.bsky.social
Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
January 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yea! Other great accounts to follow @meganranney.bsky.social @celinegounder.com @joanalker1.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social @drsimpsonhsr.bsky.social
Oh just the entire global medical and scientific community falling to its knees
I’ve been traveling and largely off social media since last weekend.
So tell me, what’d I miss?
So tell me, what’d I miss?
a man in a purple jacket is dancing on a stage with the words so what did i miss above him
ALT: a man in a purple jacket is dancing on a stage with the words so what did i miss above him
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January 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Oh just the entire global medical and scientific community falling to its knees
A flash back to providing health care during COVID w/o reliable communications from the CDC. Except now there are none.
As health care providers, sharing information has never been more crucial. #resist
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
As health care providers, sharing information has never been more crucial. #resist
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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A flash back to providing health care during COVID w/o reliable communications from the CDC. Except now there are none.
As health care providers, sharing information has never been more crucial. #resist
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
As health care providers, sharing information has never been more crucial. #resist
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
This plays out every day in my pediatric practice. Flu vaccine now refused more often than accepted, and routine childhood vaccines following suit.
On a more positive note — these are more often hesitaters than refusers. Still open to discussion, often change their minds.
On a more positive note — these are more often hesitaters than refusers. Still open to discussion, often change their minds.
The latest from Dr. Peter Hotez in @plosglobalpublichealth.org on countering the next phase of American anti-vaccine activism. An important road map for countering what plans to be four years of an aggressive escalation of anti-vaccine rhetoric.
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
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January 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This plays out every day in my pediatric practice. Flu vaccine now refused more often than accepted, and routine childhood vaccines following suit.
On a more positive note — these are more often hesitaters than refusers. Still open to discussion, often change their minds.
On a more positive note — these are more often hesitaters than refusers. Still open to discussion, often change their minds.
Reposted by Dorothy Novick MD
Private school vouchers are a failed policy. Instead of focusing on private school vouchers, lawmakers should consider solutions that advance opportunity for 90% of students who attend public schools.
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The Dangers of Federal School Vouchers: H.R. 9462 and Its Impact on Public Education | First Focus on Children
A look at the potential consequences of H.R. 9462, the Educational Choice for Children Act of 2024, which proposes a federal school voucher program. Learn about its impact on public education funding, tax implications, and discrimination concerns.
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January 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Private school vouchers are a failed policy. Instead of focusing on private school vouchers, lawmakers should consider solutions that advance opportunity for 90% of students who attend public schools.
firstfocus.org/update/the-d...
firstfocus.org/update/the-d...
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The violence against ppl who are homeless is constant and terrifying. 36% of adults who were homeless in CA reported exp physical assault during this episode, 9.8% exp sexual assault. Our paper in JAMA IM
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December 22, 2024 at 11:59 PM
The violence against ppl who are homeless is constant and terrifying. 36% of adults who were homeless in CA reported exp physical assault during this episode, 9.8% exp sexual assault. Our paper in JAMA IM
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Whether RFK Jr prefers fresh vegetables over fast food is not relevant. It does not make him legitimate or make his plans less dangerous.
November 21, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Whether RFK Jr prefers fresh vegetables over fast food is not relevant. It does not make him legitimate or make his plans less dangerous.
PREACH
Wake up pediatricians! Good morning.
It’s time to flood the zone.
It’s time to flood the zone.
November 18, 2024 at 4:04 AM
PREACH
Powerful and devastating, from the heart of a 16yo girl …
Naomi Beinart, 16: "We girls woke up to a country that would rather elect a man found liable for sexual abuse than a woman...Where the body I haven’t fully grown into may no longer be under my control. The boys, it seemed to me, just woke up on a Wednesday."
Opinion | I’m 16. On Nov. 5 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft.
On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Powerful and devastating, from the heart of a 16yo girl …
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Please sign Committee to Protect Health Care’s letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr appointment: committeetoprotect.org/stop-rfk-jr/
Stop RFK Jr. - Committee to Protect Health Care
DOCTORS REJECT RFK JR. APPOINTMENT TO SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SIGN THE OPPOSITION LETTER Paid for by the Committee to Protect Health Care. Committeetoprotect.org.
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November 16, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Please sign Committee to Protect Health Care’s letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr appointment: committeetoprotect.org/stop-rfk-jr/
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"So most of all, I want us all to take a breath. "
It's going to be a long road. It is prudent that we do not so easily and quickly surrender our agency to the chaos and chaos-makers.
It's going to be a long road. It is prudent that we do not so easily and quickly surrender our agency to the chaos and chaos-makers.
6. Also …. many many people are committed to making sure that scientific evidence remains available and used.
So most of all, I want us all to take a breath.
We have a lot to do and a clear mind, kind heart, and strong back is essential. (Saying this to myself as much as anyone 🩺🛟😷)
So most of all, I want us all to take a breath.
We have a lot to do and a clear mind, kind heart, and strong back is essential. (Saying this to myself as much as anyone 🩺🛟😷)
November 15, 2024 at 9:58 PM
"So most of all, I want us all to take a breath. "
It's going to be a long road. It is prudent that we do not so easily and quickly surrender our agency to the chaos and chaos-makers.
It's going to be a long road. It is prudent that we do not so easily and quickly surrender our agency to the chaos and chaos-makers.
“Global measles cases surged by more than 20 percent to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the WHO and the CDC said Thursday. About 107,500 people, mostly young children, died”
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Global health experts sound alarm over RFK Jr., citing Samoa outbreak
Experts and officials said a 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa, which came after a visit by Kennedy, exemplified the dangers of his rhetoric.
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November 16, 2024 at 11:35 AM
“Global measles cases surged by more than 20 percent to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the WHO and the CDC said Thursday. About 107,500 people, mostly young children, died”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
Wow, am I glad to see you all.
Now as in Feb 2020, the determination of healthcare providers when their patients are at risk is truly inspiring. And now as in 2020, we will need each other.
(If only I could figure how to recreate connections from the other place)
Now as in Feb 2020, the determination of healthcare providers when their patients are at risk is truly inspiring. And now as in 2020, we will need each other.
(If only I could figure how to recreate connections from the other place)
November 15, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Wow, am I glad to see you all.
Now as in Feb 2020, the determination of healthcare providers when their patients are at risk is truly inspiring. And now as in 2020, we will need each other.
(If only I could figure how to recreate connections from the other place)
Now as in Feb 2020, the determination of healthcare providers when their patients are at risk is truly inspiring. And now as in 2020, we will need each other.
(If only I could figure how to recreate connections from the other place)