Ruth Ann Crystal
@drruth.bsky.social
Also known as @CatchTheBaby on Twitter
OBGYN physician, innovator, baker
Weekly newsletter at https://drruth.substack.com/
#Medsky #LongCOVID
OBGYN physician, innovator, baker
Weekly newsletter at https://drruth.substack.com/
#Medsky #LongCOVID
Pinned
Ruth Ann Crystal
@drruth.bsky.social
· Nov 21
✨UPDATED✨
New to Bluesky? HELPFUL LINKS:
Welcome Post, explains many things:
buff.ly/3CAeIKe
Medsky starter packs:
buff.ly/3ZgguJ3
🧵of some Medsky specialties buff.ly/4ghdhir
Directory of Starter Packs by keyword to find people to follow: buff.ly/3AAmJxW
To Bookmark a skeet, reply with 📌.
New to Bluesky? HELPFUL LINKS:
Welcome Post, explains many things:
buff.ly/3CAeIKe
Medsky starter packs:
buff.ly/3ZgguJ3
🧵of some Medsky specialties buff.ly/4ghdhir
Directory of Starter Packs by keyword to find people to follow: buff.ly/3AAmJxW
To Bookmark a skeet, reply with 📌.
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
If you told me back in medical school that someday I would be running for the Senate and my campaign slogan would be “It’s me or the measles” I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE BELIEVED YOU.
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
If you told me back in medical school that someday I would be running for the Senate and my campaign slogan would be “It’s me or the measles” I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE BELIEVED YOU.
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
🚨Measles Case in Contra Costa County🚨
A person contagious with Measles may have exposed people at shopping centers and health clinics in Walnut Creek & Lafayette, CA from Dec 17- 24. buff.ly/hWlXg63
Incubation is 7 to 21 days after exposure and starts w/cold symptoms.
#medsky 🛟
A person contagious with Measles may have exposed people at shopping centers and health clinics in Walnut Creek & Lafayette, CA from Dec 17- 24. buff.ly/hWlXg63
Incubation is 7 to 21 days after exposure and starts w/cold symptoms.
#medsky 🛟
December 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🚨Measles Case in Contra Costa County🚨
A person contagious with Measles may have exposed people at shopping centers and health clinics in Walnut Creek & Lafayette, CA from Dec 17- 24. buff.ly/hWlXg63
Incubation is 7 to 21 days after exposure and starts w/cold symptoms.
#medsky 🛟
A person contagious with Measles may have exposed people at shopping centers and health clinics in Walnut Creek & Lafayette, CA from Dec 17- 24. buff.ly/hWlXg63
Incubation is 7 to 21 days after exposure and starts w/cold symptoms.
#medsky 🛟
Blood Test Identifies Colon Cancer in Adults Ages 20-35 With 98.5% Accuracy
Study: An Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy for the Detection of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: The ENCODER Multicenter Study buff.ly/xi4fYNY
#medsky #GIsky 🛟🧪
Study: An Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy for the Detection of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: The ENCODER Multicenter Study buff.ly/xi4fYNY
#medsky #GIsky 🛟🧪
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Blood Test Identifies Colon Cancer in Adults Ages 20-35 With 98.5% Accuracy
Study: An Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy for the Detection of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: The ENCODER Multicenter Study buff.ly/xi4fYNY
#medsky #GIsky 🛟🧪
Study: An Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy for the Detection of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: The ENCODER Multicenter Study buff.ly/xi4fYNY
#medsky #GIsky 🛟🧪
Why is it hopping like that 😭
December 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Why is it hopping like that 😭
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
This Christmas, remember the true meaning of family, love, and compassion. No one should face detention or deportation during the holidays. We all deserve safety, dignity, and the right to be with those we love. Let’s make this holiday season one of hope, justice, and humanity for all.
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This Christmas, remember the true meaning of family, love, and compassion. No one should face detention or deportation during the holidays. We all deserve safety, dignity, and the right to be with those we love. Let’s make this holiday season one of hope, justice, and humanity for all.
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
A very merry Christmas and happy holidays from our surgeons on call this season to you and your families! ❄️🎄🧣🛷
December 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A very merry Christmas and happy holidays from our surgeons on call this season to you and your families! ❄️🎄🧣🛷
Spirited Christmas crew🎄
December 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Spirited Christmas crew🎄
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
✅ 2025: Victories for disease control! The world scored major victories for disease control and elimination.
🥳 Maldives became the first country to achieve “triple elimination” of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.
🥳 Burundi, Egypt and Fiji eliminated trachoma.
🥳 Maldives became the first country to achieve “triple elimination” of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.
🥳 Burundi, Egypt and Fiji eliminated trachoma.
December 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
✅ 2025: Victories for disease control! The world scored major victories for disease control and elimination.
🥳 Maldives became the first country to achieve “triple elimination” of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.
🥳 Burundi, Egypt and Fiji eliminated trachoma.
🥳 Maldives became the first country to achieve “triple elimination” of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.
🥳 Burundi, Egypt and Fiji eliminated trachoma.
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Raw oysters linked to ongoing salmonella outbreak which have already infected 64 people across 22 states. At least 20 people have been hospitalized.
abcnews.go.com/Health/raw-o...
abcnews.go.com/Health/raw-o...
Raw oysters linked to ongoing salmonella outbreak infecting 64 people across 22 states: CDC
Raw oysters have been linked to an ongoing Salmonella outbreak, the CDC said on Tuesday, infecting 64 people across 22 states.
abcnews.go.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Raw oysters linked to ongoing salmonella outbreak which have already infected 64 people across 22 states. At least 20 people have been hospitalized.
abcnews.go.com/Health/raw-o...
abcnews.go.com/Health/raw-o...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led a path of gutting and destruction of public, global health, and medical research resources, among others.
How much did it save in federal spending?
Nothing...it led to an increase
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How much did it save in federal spending?
Nothing...it led to an increase
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led a path of gutting and destruction of public, global health, and medical research resources, among others.
How much did it save in federal spending?
Nothing...it led to an increase
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How much did it save in federal spending?
Nothing...it led to an increase
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Five real global health wins in 2025
1.HPV vaccination scaled faster than expected;
2. measles/rubella eliminated in several countries;
3. long-acting HIV PrEP (lenacapavir) approved;
4. progress on TB vaccines/diagnostics;
5. A promising new antimalarial.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
1.HPV vaccination scaled faster than expected;
2. measles/rubella eliminated in several countries;
3. long-acting HIV PrEP (lenacapavir) approved;
4. progress on TB vaccines/diagnostics;
5. A promising new antimalarial.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Five big global health wins in 2025 that will save millions of lives
From HIV to TB, scientists and doctors made breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of some of the world’s deadliest diseases
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Five real global health wins in 2025
1.HPV vaccination scaled faster than expected;
2. measles/rubella eliminated in several countries;
3. long-acting HIV PrEP (lenacapavir) approved;
4. progress on TB vaccines/diagnostics;
5. A promising new antimalarial.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
1.HPV vaccination scaled faster than expected;
2. measles/rubella eliminated in several countries;
3. long-acting HIV PrEP (lenacapavir) approved;
4. progress on TB vaccines/diagnostics;
5. A promising new antimalarial.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Cheddar cheese products branded as Charlevoix Cheese Company Farm have been recalled due to potential Listeria contamination. That recall coincides w/ a separate one involving rice & peas w/ an undeclared allergen wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/2025...
FDA Issues Urgent Recall Of Cheeses And Vegetables | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
The FDA has issued two recalls due to potential bacterial contamination and undeclared allergens.
wbznewsradio.iheart.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Cheddar cheese products branded as Charlevoix Cheese Company Farm have been recalled due to potential Listeria contamination. That recall coincides w/ a separate one involving rice & peas w/ an undeclared allergen wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/2025...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Congress has left for the year without reaching a health care deal, leaving ACA subsidies that have helped lower insurance prices for roughly 22 million Americans to expire on Dec. 31 without taking action to address the surge in costs that is expected to follow.
time.com/7342062/heal...
time.com/7342062/heal...
Congress Left Without a Health Care Deal. What Comes Next?
Congress is ending 2025 without addressing the coming expiration of ACA subsidies or the price surge expected to follow.
time.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Congress has left for the year without reaching a health care deal, leaving ACA subsidies that have helped lower insurance prices for roughly 22 million Americans to expire on Dec. 31 without taking action to address the surge in costs that is expected to follow.
time.com/7342062/heal...
time.com/7342062/heal...
Be careful when using ChatGPT and AI! Several of the bones are completely labeled wrong.
Always double check answers from AI.
Always double check answers from AI.
Given all the recent buzz about how great ChatGPT has gotten, including its prowess with images, I figured I'd check in on its anatomical skills. Nope.
December 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Be careful when using ChatGPT and AI! Several of the bones are completely labeled wrong.
Always double check answers from AI.
Always double check answers from AI.
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
December 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Not only is his lab silent, but he's aware that without public funding, he'll have to turn to commercial sources.
Instead of creating a public good, he'll have to create private ones.
Tragic.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
Instead of creating a public good, he'll have to create private ones.
Tragic.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.
www.statnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Not only is his lab silent, but he's aware that without public funding, he'll have to turn to commercial sources.
Instead of creating a public good, he'll have to create private ones.
Tragic.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
Instead of creating a public good, he'll have to create private ones.
Tragic.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
This is a reminder of how much it matters that pediatricians, public health specialists, scientists and members of the public who care about vaccines and science based recommendations continue to speak up. Many voices break through.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
RFK Jr. wanted to endorse the Danish vaccine schedule. He was forced to pull back.
Legal and political concerns prompted the health department to cancel a planned announcement on Friday, officials said.
www.politico.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is a reminder of how much it matters that pediatricians, public health specialists, scientists and members of the public who care about vaccines and science based recommendations continue to speak up. Many voices break through.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
An aerospace engineer became the first wheelchair user to reach space. Her breakthrough flight demonstrates that accessibility improvements in spacecraft can open space travel to people with disabilities, challenging long-held assumptions about spaceflight eligibility
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space
A paraplegic engineer has become the first wheelchair user in space, blasting off with Blue Origin from Texas.
www.latimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
An aerospace engineer became the first wheelchair user to reach space. Her breakthrough flight demonstrates that accessibility improvements in spacecraft can open space travel to people with disabilities, challenging long-held assumptions about spaceflight eligibility
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
December 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
The current circulating strain(s) of influenza are causing severe morbidity & deaths in pregnant people and young children.
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The current circulating strain(s) of influenza are causing severe morbidity & deaths in pregnant people and young children.
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
There have been at least 4.6 million illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations, and 1,900 deaths from flu this season so far.
There is a lot of flu out there.
Getting the flu shot prevents hospitalisations and death!
Please get your flu shot it id not too late.
There is a lot of flu out there.
Getting the flu shot prevents hospitalisations and death!
Please get your flu shot it id not too late.
December 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
There have been at least 4.6 million illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations, and 1,900 deaths from flu this season so far.
There is a lot of flu out there.
Getting the flu shot prevents hospitalisations and death!
Please get your flu shot it id not too late.
There is a lot of flu out there.
Getting the flu shot prevents hospitalisations and death!
Please get your flu shot it id not too late.
December 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
Not recommending vaccines on a national level will harm children.
Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children.
This is a deadly policy change.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children.
This is a deadly policy change.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Not recommending vaccines on a national level will harm children.
Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children.
This is a deadly policy change.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children.
This is a deadly policy change.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Reposted by Ruth Ann Crystal
As a doctor I recommend the AAP childhood vaccine schedule. 😎
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
As a doctor I recommend the AAP childhood vaccine schedule. 😎