Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
@jescerdena.bsky.social
Medical anthropologist+family physician fighting for migrant health justice & race-conscious medicine. Author of Pressing Onward. Italian-Chilean. #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine +collective liberation. Fueled by coffee, righteous anger, & perpetual hope.
This paper is excellent and gives insight into how so much race-based medicine came to be. Race is a factor included in these models found to be associated with health outcomes when the unmeasured confounded is racism. Look forward to teaching from this!
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This paper is excellent and gives insight into how so much race-based medicine came to be. Race is a factor included in these models found to be associated with health outcomes when the unmeasured confounded is racism. Look forward to teaching from this!
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"Not only were Black people disproportionately likely to experience traffic stops and arrests, but they were also more likely to experience enforcement actions from police during street [and traffic] stops ... Four percent of Black people experienced misconduct in their most recent police contact."
October 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Not only were Black people disproportionately likely to experience traffic stops and arrests, but they were also more likely to experience enforcement actions from police during street [and traffic] stops ... Four percent of Black people experienced misconduct in their most recent police contact."
Reposted by Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
REMINDER: If Republicans refuse to extend ACA tax credits, premiums will increase by more than 100% for many of the 24 million Americans who buy their own coverage.
Your health care is on the line.
Your health care is on the line.
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
REMINDER: If Republicans refuse to extend ACA tax credits, premiums will increase by more than 100% for many of the 24 million Americans who buy their own coverage.
Your health care is on the line.
Your health care is on the line.
Reposted by Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Reposted by Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
🚨There is a hidden issue in US immigration detention: the treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women. 🚨
Despite ICE's own policies against detaining these individuals, reports of medical neglect, miscarriages, and nutritional deprivation have been documented.
Despite ICE's own policies against detaining these individuals, reports of medical neglect, miscarriages, and nutritional deprivation have been documented.
September 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🚨There is a hidden issue in US immigration detention: the treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women. 🚨
Despite ICE's own policies against detaining these individuals, reports of medical neglect, miscarriages, and nutritional deprivation have been documented.
Despite ICE's own policies against detaining these individuals, reports of medical neglect, miscarriages, and nutritional deprivation have been documented.
Reposted by Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor
September 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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Acetaminophen remains a safe pain relief option during pregnancy. Despite recent unfounded claims, there’s no clear evidence linking prudent use to fetal development issues. ACOG's guidance remains. When needed in pregnancy, acetaminophen should be used in moderation, after consulting a doctor.
September 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Acetaminophen remains a safe pain relief option during pregnancy. Despite recent unfounded claims, there’s no clear evidence linking prudent use to fetal development issues. ACOG's guidance remains. When needed in pregnancy, acetaminophen should be used in moderation, after consulting a doctor.
Reposted by Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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This is an outrage on every level, but to equate vaccine mandates to slavery is straight disinformation. Enslavers kept their enslaved people vulnerable to disease, refusing to inoculate or vaccinate them which led to catastrophic numbers of deaths in both the American Revolution and the Civil War.
Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’
Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is an outrage on every level, but to equate vaccine mandates to slavery is straight disinformation. Enslavers kept their enslaved people vulnerable to disease, refusing to inoculate or vaccinate them which led to catastrophic numbers of deaths in both the American Revolution and the Civil War.
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This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.
Poverty alone is a health risk factor. Policies like universal basic income and these kids of cash transfers promote public health.
To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.
Researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babies' lives. And it's not medical
To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.
n.pr
August 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Poverty alone is a health risk factor. Policies like universal basic income and these kids of cash transfers promote public health.
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True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
August 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
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Eleven years ago, Michael Brown’s life was stolen. He should still be here today.
The time to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is now. We cannot move forward with systemic failures that continue to take Black lives.
The time to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is now. We cannot move forward with systemic failures that continue to take Black lives.
August 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Eleven years ago, Michael Brown’s life was stolen. He should still be here today.
The time to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is now. We cannot move forward with systemic failures that continue to take Black lives.
The time to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is now. We cannot move forward with systemic failures that continue to take Black lives.
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I knew it was gonna be a trip, but it's been a trip.
August 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I knew it was gonna be a trip, but it's been a trip.
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Reposted by Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
Reposted by Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
A real quote. Good god.
“While it’s really slow & frustrating, one of the benefits of [the ICJ’s glacial pace] is that when the court, almost inevitably I think at this point, finds that Israel has been committing genocide, we will be able to say that there is no doubting this conclusion.”
“While it’s really slow & frustrating, one of the benefits of [the ICJ’s glacial pace] is that when the court, almost inevitably I think at this point, finds that Israel has been committing genocide, we will be able to say that there is no doubting this conclusion.”
‘Really cautious’: why the ICJ is delaying a Gaza genocide verdict
While civilians starve and global opinion hardens, judgment from international court may not come until 2027 – or later
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A real quote. Good god.
“While it’s really slow & frustrating, one of the benefits of [the ICJ’s glacial pace] is that when the court, almost inevitably I think at this point, finds that Israel has been committing genocide, we will be able to say that there is no doubting this conclusion.”
“While it’s really slow & frustrating, one of the benefits of [the ICJ’s glacial pace] is that when the court, almost inevitably I think at this point, finds that Israel has been committing genocide, we will be able to say that there is no doubting this conclusion.”
In other words, the state of Israel *lied* to justify its practices of starving the Palestinian people. #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine
Breaking News: Israeli military officials say they have no proof Hamas routinely steals UN aid, undercutting a claim Israel has used to limit food for Gaza.
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population.
nyti.ms
July 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In other words, the state of Israel *lied* to justify its practices of starving the Palestinian people. #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine
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The United States summed up in two headlines.
July 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The United States summed up in two headlines.
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Do THIS kind of reporting on everything:
Descendants of slaveholders in Congress have $3.9 million higher net worth on average.
Descendants of slaveholders in Congress have $3.9 million higher net worth on average
A study found U.S. Congress members with slaveholder ancestors have an average net worth $3.9 million higher than their peers, even after accounting for factors like age, race, and education, highligh...
www.psypost.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Do THIS kind of reporting on everything:
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Further context: If you’ve never dealt with FEMA after a disaster I can tell you they answer within 30 seconds. No hold times. Real live wonderful people who help while you cry and can’t even figure out what questions to ask. They walk you through it all. Every call.
NOEM
STOLE THAT $
FOR ICE
NOEM
STOLE THAT $
FOR ICE
July 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Further context: If you’ve never dealt with FEMA after a disaster I can tell you they answer within 30 seconds. No hold times. Real live wonderful people who help while you cry and can’t even figure out what questions to ask. They walk you through it all. Every call.
NOEM
STOLE THAT $
FOR ICE
NOEM
STOLE THAT $
FOR ICE
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Miss Rachel continues to have more of a moral backbone than 99% of public figures
July 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Miss Rachel continues to have more of a moral backbone than 99% of public figures