John Ross
@johnrossmd.bsky.social
Canadian in Boston. Hospitalist. FIDSA. The Longevity Bible (free for download on Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/longevity-bible-ebook
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interesting posts 🥴 from a WSJ reporter who also wrote this piece www.wsj.com/health/healt... about the FDA refusal or Moderna flu vaccine under Vinay Prasad
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
interesting posts 🥴 from a WSJ reporter who also wrote this piece www.wsj.com/health/healt... about the FDA refusal or Moderna flu vaccine under Vinay Prasad
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Step 1: Insert bacteria ("Wolbachia") into mosquitoes.
Step 2: Release mosquitoes.
Step 3: Watch Dengue rates plummet.
Phenomenal results from Singapore.
Link: tinyurl.com/59c9t67u, by Lim et al.
Step 2: Release mosquitoes.
Step 3: Watch Dengue rates plummet.
Phenomenal results from Singapore.
Link: tinyurl.com/59c9t67u, by Lim et al.
February 11, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Step 1: Insert bacteria ("Wolbachia") into mosquitoes.
Step 2: Release mosquitoes.
Step 3: Watch Dengue rates plummet.
Phenomenal results from Singapore.
Link: tinyurl.com/59c9t67u, by Lim et al.
Step 2: Release mosquitoes.
Step 3: Watch Dengue rates plummet.
Phenomenal results from Singapore.
Link: tinyurl.com/59c9t67u, by Lim et al.
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drowning is impossible. your body is 2/3 water
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
drowning is impossible. your body is 2/3 water
I was today years old when I learned that countries may compete in the Eurovision Song Contest if they are partly in the European Broadcasting Area of the International Telecommunication Union, which includes chunks of Asia and Africa
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I was today years old when I learned that countries may compete in the Eurovision Song Contest if they are partly in the European Broadcasting Area of the International Telecommunication Union, which includes chunks of Asia and Africa
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Absolute hell: Irishman with valid US work permit held by ICE since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for five months despite having no criminal record
Originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, wife Tiffany Smyth is a US citizen
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for five months despite having no criminal record
Originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, wife Tiffany Smyth is a US citizen
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Absolute hell: Irishman with valid US work permit held by ICE since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for five months despite having no criminal record
Originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, wife Tiffany Smyth is a US citizen
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for five months despite having no criminal record
Originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, wife Tiffany Smyth is a US citizen
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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Hepatitis B vaccination at birth is safe, effective & protects individuals & public health. No evidence supports watering down the recommendation, a study found. RFK's CDC vax panel changed the recommendation. The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy says the old guidance makes sense👇
Evidence Review on Hep B Shot at Odds With Controversial CDC Decision
Universal dose at birth is safe, effective, and protective for public health, researchers say
www.medpagetoday.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Hepatitis B vaccination at birth is safe, effective & protects individuals & public health. No evidence supports watering down the recommendation, a study found. RFK's CDC vax panel changed the recommendation. The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy says the old guidance makes sense👇
Good read: Empire of Madness, by my colleague @globalhealing.bsky.social, about how much of psychiatry today consists in putting bandaids on people broken by the structural violence of racism and late capitalism
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Good read: Empire of Madness, by my colleague @globalhealing.bsky.social, about how much of psychiatry today consists in putting bandaids on people broken by the structural violence of racism and late capitalism
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#IDSky I always email residents rotating with me survival tips for their time of the ID consult service. I like to keep this short and high yield but I am constantly editing and improving the tip sheet. What would you add or remove. It cannot be longer that one page 😊.
February 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
#IDSky I always email residents rotating with me survival tips for their time of the ID consult service. I like to keep this short and high yield but I am constantly editing and improving the tip sheet. What would you add or remove. It cannot be longer that one page 😊.
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Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility.
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility.
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has voiced his support for raw milk consumption in the past. We reached out to HHS to ask if Kennedy still supports raw milk but did not receive a response.
#IDSky #PedsSky
www.healio.com/news/pediatr...
#IDSky #PedsSky
www.healio.com/news/pediatr...
Infant dies from Listeria believed to be from raw milk
An infant in New Mexico died from Listeria that health officials believe was contracted through raw milk.Investigators could not pinpoint the exact source of the infant’s infection but believe i...
www.healio.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has voiced his support for raw milk consumption in the past. We reached out to HHS to ask if Kennedy still supports raw milk but did not receive a response.
#IDSky #PedsSky
www.healio.com/news/pediatr...
#IDSky #PedsSky
www.healio.com/news/pediatr...
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New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced
Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced Thursday.
bloom.bg
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced
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Canada scores FIVE in the first end of the mixed doubles curling match against Italy
February 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Canada scores FIVE in the first end of the mixed doubles curling match against Italy
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Shirley Povich writing in 1962, with the most immaculate burn conceivable of the Redskins awful, vile owner George Preston Marshall, the last NFL owner to insist on an all white roster: "Jim Brown, born ineligible to play for the Redskins, integrated their end zone three times yesterday." RIP WaPo.
February 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Shirley Povich writing in 1962, with the most immaculate burn conceivable of the Redskins awful, vile owner George Preston Marshall, the last NFL owner to insist on an all white roster: "Jim Brown, born ineligible to play for the Redskins, integrated their end zone three times yesterday." RIP WaPo.
If you're looking for a book on longevity that is A) cheap, B) not full of crap, and C) not written by a guy in the Epstein Files, I wrote one
The Longevity Bible: An Evidence-Based, No-Bullshit Guide to Living as Long as Possible
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February 4, 2026 at 10:53 PM
If you're looking for a book on longevity that is A) cheap, B) not full of crap, and C) not written by a guy in the Epstein Files, I wrote one
Daily reminder that the most robust predictor of longevity is net worth
Here is Peter Attia MD emailing Epstein’s assistant claiming he goes into “JE withdrawal” when he doesn’t see him.
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Daily reminder that the most robust predictor of longevity is net worth
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And here is Peter Attia MD arranging to stay at Epstein’s apartment in New York. You know, like most doctors typically do.
January 31, 2026 at 7:01 AM
And here is Peter Attia MD arranging to stay at Epstein’s apartment in New York. You know, like most doctors typically do.
One of my favorite Catherine O'Hara SCTV bits is her channeling Liv Ullmann in Persona (starts at 1:25). RIP 👑
SCTV spoof of Ingmar Bergman's Persona
YouTube video by Josquin
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January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
One of my favorite Catherine O'Hara SCTV bits is her channeling Liv Ullmann in Persona (starts at 1:25). RIP 👑
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"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H. L. Mencken, who died on this day in 1956
H. L. Mencken, who died on this day in 1956
January 29, 2026 at 12:29 PM
"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H. L. Mencken, who died on this day in 1956
H. L. Mencken, who died on this day in 1956
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Welp, we have a new IACC (Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee), the US government’s advisory panel for autism issues. It is entirely planted with worst case pseudosciencers who will “Fight Against Autism”—and ignore autistic rights and needs. Just awful news.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
www.hhs.gov
January 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Welp, we have a new IACC (Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee), the US government’s advisory panel for autism issues. It is entirely planted with worst case pseudosciencers who will “Fight Against Autism”—and ignore autistic rights and needs. Just awful news.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
The Centers for Disease Control hasn't updated any vaccine-related databases in at least 6 months. Just willful dismantling of the national public health infrastructure. #IDSky www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The Centers for Disease Control hasn't updated any vaccine-related databases in at least 6 months. Just willful dismantling of the national public health infrastructure. #IDSky www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Our long New England nightmare is over
January 25, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Our long New England nightmare is over
The Indian Health Service is grossly underfunded, in a longstanding violation of US treaty obligations. The Trump administration is planning additional cuts
Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people ... if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 25, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The Indian Health Service is grossly underfunded, in a longstanding violation of US treaty obligations. The Trump administration is planning additional cuts
Ken Paxton is launching a nuisance investigation of Texas pediatricians for the supposed filthy lucre they get from vaccinations. Some of this may be driven by resentment against pediatric practices that are refusing to see unvaxxed kids, who may infect immunocompromised kids in the waiting room.
Texas attorney general takes aim at pediatricians who vaccinate, claiming they are part of illegal scheme
Without citing evidence, Ken Paxton said he is targeting a purported system that illegally incentivizes providers to recommend vaccines that are "not proven to be safe or necessary."
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Ken Paxton is launching a nuisance investigation of Texas pediatricians for the supposed filthy lucre they get from vaccinations. Some of this may be driven by resentment against pediatric practices that are refusing to see unvaxxed kids, who may infect immunocompromised kids in the waiting room.
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You know what’s actually dangerous in America?
Giving birth (especially while being Black).
Giving birth (especially while being Black).
Rep. Chris Smith: "The abortion pill -- mifepristone -- is baby poison ... we now know that the abortion bill -- we've long expected this -- is extremely dangerous to women" (this is a lie)
January 23, 2026 at 11:40 PM
You know what’s actually dangerous in America?
Giving birth (especially while being Black).
Giving birth (especially while being Black).