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Mike Aziz MD MPH
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Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician, Scientist, Husband, Father. (Opinions are my own)
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The best way to demonstrate a measure of real independence from the Democratic Party is to tell the truth about what really ails it. https://trib.al/ZnEcqGm
The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden
Party elites are considerably more responsible for their woeful state of affairs than the former president.
trib.al
May 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today would have been Rachel Corrie’s 46th birthday.

rachelcorriefoundation.org/rachel
Rachel Corrie | The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
rachelcorriefoundation.org
April 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Peak resident sock game
April 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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As children continue to die of measles, it's worth reading this righteous takedown of the loathsome senator and literal doctor who gave us RFK Jr. By @radleybalko.bsky.social
Profiles in poltroonery: Senator Bill Cassidy
The Louisiana senator and physician could have stopped the world's worst antivaxer from taking over the regulation of vaccines. He didn't. And now we're paying for it.
radleybalko.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My brother in law died from SIDS and my son had severe apnea and was on a monitor... This is very short sighted at best
April 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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This cure for sickle cell anemia was made possible by NIH-funded research to turn the gene for fetal hemoglobin back on. It was done predominantly by NIH researchers, including intramural researchers on the NIH campus.

irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...
March 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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A man infected with measles has just died in New Mexico- he was unvaccinated. In the US, ~ last year 40% of people with measles were so sick they needed to hospitalized. Vaccines can prevent this.
Adult infected with measles dies in New Mexico, health officials say
Person from Lea county had been unvaccinated and did not seek care but virus not yet confirmed as cause of death
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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They’re called conflicts of interest one day, but corruption the next
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Feb 25
The FAA has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the IT networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA. cnn.it/436qirE
February 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Goodbye Johns Hopkins hello Missoula Montana
February 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Im listening to a talk re preventing the next pandemic. I'm having trouble paying attention bc all of our major institutional mechanisms have been frozen, silenced or defunded #smfm25
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Top USAID career staff placed on immediate leave
“This is like taking out all the generals,” said a former Trump administration official informed of the decision.
www.politico.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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"No one should be fooled here... Kids might die, but Robert Kennedy [Jr.] can keep cashing in."

Senator Warren during the RFK Jr. hearing. #NotoRFK #BlockRFKJR #PatientsOverPolitics
January 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Prophylactic admission for low risk patients with vasa previa is like saying the life jacket in the airplane will help you if it crashes. -Paraphrasing the incomparable Yinka Oyelese MD at #smfm25
January 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
One of my kindest coworkers was murdered along with her two young children 😭 Please forgive me if I don't seem like myself.

Domestic violence and guns don't mix. Red flag laws NOW. #guncontrol #medsky

triblive.com/local/westmo...
January 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Prophetic..... Some of us are not surprised.

There was an opportunity, but the Dems went with donor class instead of working class. Twice.

youtu.be/SHG0ezLiVGc?...
Election Night - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Excited to Announce!

I’m honored to be speaking at the course, “Controversies in Maternal-Fetal Medicine,” at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, on January 27, 2025.

#medsky #obsky #smfm25
January 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
From Dr. Han #medsky
MFM fellow at UCLA has lost their home in the Pacific Palisades fire and needs support to rebuild. Every donation makes a real difference, so if you can, please consider clicking the link below to contribute or share it with others. Thank you!
gofund.me/b94687dc
Donate to Assist a UCLA MFM Fellow in Rebuilding, organized by Christina Han
One of our MFM fellows at UCLA has tragically lost their home and all their belon… Christina Han needs your support for Assist a UCLA MFM Fellow in Rebuilding
gofund.me
January 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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"'The NIH has always been headed by a physician scientist, but Jay has, critically, never completed residency training, so he never really did the dedicated clinical aspect of physician training,' Sanchez said. 'He is trained as an economist and not as a basic scientist.'"
January 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What a hero. A true role model who demonstrated that masculinity and strength can come from integrity, persistence, and fortitude instead of domination, aggression, and violence.
December 30, 2024 at 8:03 PM
A true hero and role model. Don't forget won the nobel peace prize ✌🏽🕊️
Jimmy Carter was literally lowered into a nuclear reactor to help avert an atomic meltdown & yet was depicted as a weakling by a Hollywood actor who did a monkey movie called Bedtime for Bonzo. American politics is bizarre.
How a future U.S. president helped avert nuclear disaster near Canada's capital | CBC News
In 1952, an experimental nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., about 180 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, partially melted down, becoming the world's first nuclear reactor incident. Disaster was…
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December 29, 2024 at 9:59 PM
You know you really needed the cerclage if you go from asymptomatic to delivered within an hour of removal 🐣 #medsky
December 29, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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Will Marty Makary stand up if his future boss demands he revoke authorization for vaccines?

Or will he go down in history as the anti-Jonas Salk.

His track record doesn’t inspire any confidence

My latest for SBM.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/whattodo/
Dr. Marty Makary, What Are You Going To Do If RFK Jr. Demands That You Revoke Approval For Vaccines? | Science-Based Medicine
The time to start speaking out to defend vaccines from RFK Jr. is now.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
December 27, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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Dr. Marcela Azevedo- “One of the greatest challenges we face is communicating the full scope of the dangers Trump poses to abortion rights.” #ReproSky #MedSky #PedsSky #OBGynsky #OBSky #StopProject2025 #StopP25
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2024...
Brace for the impact of Trump 2.0 on reproductive health rights: Marcela Azevedo
We cannot afford to underestimate the threat. Donald Trump’s second presidency won’t just replay the horrors of his first — it will amplify them, leveraging every tool at his disposal to advance an an...
www.cleveland.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:04 PM