Michael Goldstein
@goldsteinm52.medsky.social
physician, educator, mentor, empathy advocate, grandpasoarous. MINTie. Former President, Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM). Fellow: SBM; Academy of Communication in Healthcare. Adjunct Professor, Alpert Medical School, Brown U. Views are my own.
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Finally, we MUST support each other and the many thousands of scientists, public health experts and the many others who contribute to health care. Stay strong my friends- let’s continue to do our best for all of our patients in the face of this tsunami… It WILL pass, and that cannot come too soon!
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Finally, we MUST support each other and the many thousands of scientists, public health experts and the many others who contribute to health care. Stay strong my friends- let’s continue to do our best for all of our patients in the face of this tsunami… It WILL pass, and that cannot come too soon!
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Rare to see a bioethicist calling it as it is. Grateful for courageous voices like @artcap.bsky.social
(I'd add that the minimization of pregnant people's experiences when Trump tells them they must 'suck it up' is another low)
(I'd add that the minimization of pregnant people's experiences when Trump tells them they must 'suck it up' is another low)
The clarity of @artcaplan.bsky.social is always welcome. Always.
September 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Rare to see a bioethicist calling it as it is. Grateful for courageous voices like @artcap.bsky.social
(I'd add that the minimization of pregnant people's experiences when Trump tells them they must 'suck it up' is another low)
(I'd add that the minimization of pregnant people's experiences when Trump tells them they must 'suck it up' is another low)
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Recently, the CDC reported…41% of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among vaccine-eligible children and adolescents occurred in the 6–23 months age group.”
So it makes perfect sense that they stop letting children get the COVID vaccine!
So it makes perfect sense that they stop letting children get the COVID vaccine!
September 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Recently, the CDC reported…41% of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among vaccine-eligible children and adolescents occurred in the 6–23 months age group.”
So it makes perfect sense that they stop letting children get the COVID vaccine!
So it makes perfect sense that they stop letting children get the COVID vaccine!
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🧪 A Nature Medicine systematic review of 95 studies confirms the arts support noncommunicable diseases prevention.
Key mechanisms include enhancing cultural relevance, promoting physical activity, and, crucially, addressing systemic social drivers of health inequity. #MedSky 🛟
Key mechanisms include enhancing cultural relevance, promoting physical activity, and, crucially, addressing systemic social drivers of health inequity. #MedSky 🛟
The arts for disease prevention and health promotion: a systematic review - Nature Medicine
The arts, according to a systematic synthesis of data from 95 studies (across 26 countries), may support non-communicable disease prevention by providing opportunities for increased physical…
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🧪 A Nature Medicine systematic review of 95 studies confirms the arts support noncommunicable diseases prevention.
Key mechanisms include enhancing cultural relevance, promoting physical activity, and, crucially, addressing systemic social drivers of health inequity. #MedSky 🛟
Key mechanisms include enhancing cultural relevance, promoting physical activity, and, crucially, addressing systemic social drivers of health inequity. #MedSky 🛟
Thank you Dr. Hotez for sharing the article and writing your book with Dr. Mann. Please read Hiltzikm’s LA Times article. We must continue to stand for science and work to restore the public’s trust in science. Thank you Drs. Hotez & Mann for your advocacy and for showing us how to raise our voices
Many thanks @hiltzikm.bsky.social for the thoughtful review of our new book #scienceundersiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social
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Commentary: Scientists strive to be apolitical, but they can't keep politics out of their labs
Since Galileo's time, politicians and ideologues have always tried to interfere with science. It's worse than ever today.
www.latimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Thank you Dr. Hotez for sharing the article and writing your book with Dr. Mann. Please read Hiltzikm’s LA Times article. We must continue to stand for science and work to restore the public’s trust in science. Thank you Drs. Hotez & Mann for your advocacy and for showing us how to raise our voices
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The CDC has been decapitated. In my latest newsletter, I wrote about how most of the agency's division directors are gone.
RFK's stated priorities for the CDC directly contradict his actions.
Newsletter @kffhealthnews.org @healthbeat.org healthbeat.beehiiv.com/p/the-cdc-as...
RFK's stated priorities for the CDC directly contradict his actions.
Newsletter @kffhealthnews.org @healthbeat.org healthbeat.beehiiv.com/p/the-cdc-as...
September 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The CDC has been decapitated. In my latest newsletter, I wrote about how most of the agency's division directors are gone.
RFK's stated priorities for the CDC directly contradict his actions.
Newsletter @kffhealthnews.org @healthbeat.org healthbeat.beehiiv.com/p/the-cdc-as...
RFK's stated priorities for the CDC directly contradict his actions.
Newsletter @kffhealthnews.org @healthbeat.org healthbeat.beehiiv.com/p/the-cdc-as...
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Demanding more data that already exists “is not a genuine search for truth. It is a calculated strategy to erode public confidence in the very institutions responsible for safeguarding health. It represents a form of gaslighting that undermines public trust & overrules sound scientific practice”
The Trump administration’s endless quest for vaccine data is public-health gaslighting
RFK Jr. and the rest of the Trump administration are using seven different kinds of rhetorical sleight-of-hand around vaccines and transparency.
www.statnews.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Demanding more data that already exists “is not a genuine search for truth. It is a calculated strategy to erode public confidence in the very institutions responsible for safeguarding health. It represents a form of gaslighting that undermines public trust & overrules sound scientific practice”
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Health misinformation and disinformation are the biggest and most under prioritized threats to public health in the 21st century. They are eroding decades of progress in the control and spread of diseases in real time. If we do not address this like the existential threat it is, we risk everything!
August 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Health misinformation and disinformation are the biggest and most under prioritized threats to public health in the 21st century. They are eroding decades of progress in the control and spread of diseases in real time. If we do not address this like the existential threat it is, we risk everything!
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I’m grateful for the cardiologists, pediatricians, OB/GYNs, and all other medical and public health professionals who are issuing sound guidance on life saving vaccines. These are people with highly advanced training in health and medicine. Their priority is the health and well-being of the public.
The American College of Cardiology issued new guidance Tuesday that recommends adults with heart disease get vaccinated against respiratory illnesses, including RSV, COVID-19, pneumococcal infection, shingles and influenza. https://to.pbs.org/4fV4L9H
Heart disease patients should get vaccinated against respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, cardiology experts say
This season’s emerging set of guidelines stand out because they urge the need for vaccine-based protection against respiratory illnesses, including COVID, contradicting statements from Health Secretar...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’m grateful for the cardiologists, pediatricians, OB/GYNs, and all other medical and public health professionals who are issuing sound guidance on life saving vaccines. These are people with highly advanced training in health and medicine. Their priority is the health and well-being of the public.
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This really is an exceptionally great piece about how public health should tackle the current moment of existential crisis.
Read it, and be hopeful. Then act.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Read it, and be hopeful. Then act.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
www.statnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This really is an exceptionally great piece about how public health should tackle the current moment of existential crisis.
Read it, and be hopeful. Then act.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Read it, and be hopeful. Then act.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
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AAP's immunization schedule is a science-based resource public health workers can rely on. And in today's political climate, it's more important than ever. Our interview with AAP's Molly O'Shea shares more: rss.com/podcasts/pub...
American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy.
Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
August 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
AAP's immunization schedule is a science-based resource public health workers can rely on. And in today's political climate, it's more important than ever. Our interview with AAP's Molly O'Shea shares more: rss.com/podcasts/pub...
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🔥 CDC staff have something to say:
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health."
From an anonymous letter posted by current & former staffers
www.savehhs.org/read-the-let...
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health."
From an anonymous letter posted by current & former staffers
www.savehhs.org/read-the-let...
Read the Letter — Save HHS
Public servants and allies are standing together to demand work environments free from violence, accountability for leaders and policymakers who put everyday Americans in danger, and public health lea...
www.savehhs.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🔥 CDC staff have something to say:
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health."
From an anonymous letter posted by current & former staffers
www.savehhs.org/read-the-let...
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health."
From an anonymous letter posted by current & former staffers
www.savehhs.org/read-the-let...
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My PhD framework is now LIVE!
We co-designed 5 recommendations for improving social media health communication to young people, with young people and health orgs📱
🔗: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media-comms-for-young-people-framework
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓
We co-designed 5 recommendations for improving social media health communication to young people, with young people and health orgs📱
🔗: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media-comms-for-young-people-framework
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
My PhD framework is now LIVE!
We co-designed 5 recommendations for improving social media health communication to young people, with young people and health orgs📱
🔗: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media-comms-for-young-people-framework
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓
We co-designed 5 recommendations for improving social media health communication to young people, with young people and health orgs📱
🔗: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media-comms-for-young-people-framework
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓
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My comments with @reportergoodman.bsky.social @cnn.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My comments with @reportergoodman.bsky.social @cnn.com
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💉🛟🩺🧪
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
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RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
💉🛟🩺🧪
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A small bit of light? A hint of a GOP backbone?🤞
Cassidy calls to delay meeting of CDC’s vaccine panel in challenge to RFK Jr. statnews.com/2025/06/23/b... by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social via @statnews.com
"...citing their lack of experience and potential bias against some vaccines."
Cassidy calls to delay meeting of CDC’s vaccine panel in challenge to RFK Jr. statnews.com/2025/06/23/b... by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social via @statnews.com
"...citing their lack of experience and potential bias against some vaccines."
Cassidy calls to delay meeting of CDC's vaccine panel in challenge to RFK Jr.
A key GOP senator is calling for the CDC's vaccine meeting to be postponed after RFK Jr. shook up the panel.
statnews.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A small bit of light? A hint of a GOP backbone?🤞
Cassidy calls to delay meeting of CDC’s vaccine panel in challenge to RFK Jr. statnews.com/2025/06/23/b... by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social via @statnews.com
"...citing their lack of experience and potential bias against some vaccines."
Cassidy calls to delay meeting of CDC’s vaccine panel in challenge to RFK Jr. statnews.com/2025/06/23/b... by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social via @statnews.com
"...citing their lack of experience and potential bias against some vaccines."
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Lyn Redwood's history is as an anti-vaccine activist. She has no scientific or public health expertise. Using her to present before ACIP means Mr. Kennedy is no longer pretending that he is not anti-vaccine, or to care about science.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Lyn Redwood's history is as an anti-vaccine activist. She has no scientific or public health expertise. Using her to present before ACIP means Mr. Kennedy is no longer pretending that he is not anti-vaccine, or to care about science.
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Excellent new article by @erictopol.bsky.social on the Gut-Brain axis!
✅Neural paths via Vagus Nerve and ANS
✅Hormones like GLP-1, GIP, Gherlin and others
✅Microbiome neurotransmitters, SFCAs
✅Immune system: inflamed T cells in Gut➡️ Brain inflammation
#medsky #GIsky #Neurosky #Alzheimers 🛟🧪
✅Neural paths via Vagus Nerve and ANS
✅Hormones like GLP-1, GIP, Gherlin and others
✅Microbiome neurotransmitters, SFCAs
✅Immune system: inflamed T cells in Gut➡️ Brain inflammation
#medsky #GIsky #Neurosky #Alzheimers 🛟🧪
Spotlight on the gut-brain axis
A rapid expansion of new discoveries and knowledge lays the foundation for a new era in medicine
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-gut-br...
A rapid expansion of new discoveries and knowledge lays the foundation for a new era in medicine
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-gut-br...
The Gut-Brain Axis Takes Center Stage
A rapid expansion of new discoveries and knowledge lays the foundation for a new era in medicine
erictopol.substack.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Excellent new article by @erictopol.bsky.social on the Gut-Brain axis!
✅Neural paths via Vagus Nerve and ANS
✅Hormones like GLP-1, GIP, Gherlin and others
✅Microbiome neurotransmitters, SFCAs
✅Immune system: inflamed T cells in Gut➡️ Brain inflammation
#medsky #GIsky #Neurosky #Alzheimers 🛟🧪
✅Neural paths via Vagus Nerve and ANS
✅Hormones like GLP-1, GIP, Gherlin and others
✅Microbiome neurotransmitters, SFCAs
✅Immune system: inflamed T cells in Gut➡️ Brain inflammation
#medsky #GIsky #Neurosky #Alzheimers 🛟🧪
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The #ACIP has long been made up of independent experts—leaders in medicine, public health, and immunology—chosen for their knowledge, not politics.
Firing them all and bypassing this process to push an agenda doesn’t build #vaccine confidence. It undermines it and is dangerous. #VaccinesWork
Firing them all and bypassing this process to push an agenda doesn’t build #vaccine confidence. It undermines it and is dangerous. #VaccinesWork
June 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The #ACIP has long been made up of independent experts—leaders in medicine, public health, and immunology—chosen for their knowledge, not politics.
Firing them all and bypassing this process to push an agenda doesn’t build #vaccine confidence. It undermines it and is dangerous. #VaccinesWork
Firing them all and bypassing this process to push an agenda doesn’t build #vaccine confidence. It undermines it and is dangerous. #VaccinesWork
@boghuma.bsky.social I encourage all those who come across BK’s post to read it and, follow BK’s great advice for encouraging patients to accept vaccines, while also speaking to community groups and colleagues to build on trust formed though the strong caring relationships. Relationships matter!
The firing of the entire U.S. vaccine advisory committee is just the latest in a string of dangerous, anti-science decisions. But I’m not backing down. I’m doubling down.
Here’s how I’m continuing to show up for my patients and why we all must.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/when-the-s...
Here’s how I’m continuing to show up for my patients and why we all must.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/when-the-s...
When the System Won’t Show Up for Public Health, We Must
Standing between our patients and a system unraveling in real time
bktitanji.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
@boghuma.bsky.social I encourage all those who come across BK’s post to read it and, follow BK’s great advice for encouraging patients to accept vaccines, while also speaking to community groups and colleagues to build on trust formed though the strong caring relationships. Relationships matter!
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The firing of the entire U.S. vaccine advisory committee is just the latest in a string of dangerous, anti-science decisions. But I’m not backing down. I’m doubling down.
Here’s how I’m continuing to show up for my patients and why we all must.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/when-the-s...
Here’s how I’m continuing to show up for my patients and why we all must.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/when-the-s...
When the System Won’t Show Up for Public Health, We Must
Standing between our patients and a system unraveling in real time
bktitanji.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The firing of the entire U.S. vaccine advisory committee is just the latest in a string of dangerous, anti-science decisions. But I’m not backing down. I’m doubling down.
Here’s how I’m continuing to show up for my patients and why we all must.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/when-the-s...
Here’s how I’m continuing to show up for my patients and why we all must.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/when-the-s...
@smcgrath.phd Thanks! This easily digestible read focuses on evidence-based strategies for enhancing uptake of vaccines, especially among those who are hesitant or unsure. My big concern is that misinformation is on the rise, and RFK’s actions are undermining trust in gov. and gov. recommendations.
How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: Research on vaccine hesitancy reveals effective communication strategies. Listening to concerns without judgment is crucial. Sharing personal vaccination experiences and transparently discussing the scientific consensus can help build trust and address doubts. 🛟
How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: research reveals what works
Hesitancy about vaccinations is on the rise, but studies show there are specific ways to overcome people’s doubts.
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@smcgrath.phd Thanks! This easily digestible read focuses on evidence-based strategies for enhancing uptake of vaccines, especially among those who are hesitant or unsure. My big concern is that misinformation is on the rise, and RFK’s actions are undermining trust in gov. and gov. recommendations.
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How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: Research on vaccine hesitancy reveals effective communication strategies. Listening to concerns without judgment is crucial. Sharing personal vaccination experiences and transparently discussing the scientific consensus can help build trust and address doubts. 🛟
How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: research reveals what works
Hesitancy about vaccinations is on the rise, but studies show there are specific ways to overcome people’s doubts.
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: Research on vaccine hesitancy reveals effective communication strategies. Listening to concerns without judgment is crucial. Sharing personal vaccination experiences and transparently discussing the scientific consensus can help build trust and address doubts. 🛟
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"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...
RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American
“Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
www.statnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...
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RFK Jr fired the entire vaccine advisory committee. Their job is to ensure vaccine recommendations follow the best available science.
He also says the June meeting will happen. So, don't be surprised when his next step is to appoint unqualified grifters.
RFK Jr is anti-vax and anti-public health.
He also says the June meeting will happen. So, don't be surprised when his next step is to appoint unqualified grifters.
RFK Jr is anti-vax and anti-public health.
June 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
RFK Jr fired the entire vaccine advisory committee. Their job is to ensure vaccine recommendations follow the best available science.
He also says the June meeting will happen. So, don't be surprised when his next step is to appoint unqualified grifters.
RFK Jr is anti-vax and anti-public health.
He also says the June meeting will happen. So, don't be surprised when his next step is to appoint unqualified grifters.
RFK Jr is anti-vax and anti-public health.