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Rita Rubin @ritarubin.bsky.social · 18h

My latest for @jama.com:

JAMA @jama.com · 18h

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or #MASLD, is the common “noncommunicable disease you’ve probably never heard of.”

Read on to learn more about the push for greater awareness.

“How Many of You Have Heard of MASLD?”

This Medical News article discusses the relatively unknown condition called metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, which is thought to affect approximately a third of adul...

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JAMA @jama.com · 18h

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or #MASLD, is the common “noncommunicable disease you’ve probably never heard of.”

Read on to learn more about the push for greater awareness.

“How Many of You Have Heard of MASLD?”

This Medical News article discusses the relatively unknown condition called metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, which is thought to affect approximately a third of adul...

jamanetwork.com

Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 20h

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Supreme Court denies review of Kim Davis’ petition that sought to overturn Obergefell

The county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples had filed a long-shot petition to the justices.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 3d

Despite concerns about attempted historical erasure at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park due to new Trump administration policies being unfounded, some historians worry other attempts across the country may have a detrimental impact on historical preservation, reports Rebecca Hempleman.

Concerns raised about Trump executive order after misreports of sign removal at Harpers Ferry • West Virginia Watch

Concerns about attempted historical erasure at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park due to new Trump administration policies were unfounded.

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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 3d

Hundreds of public health workers and their allies marched from the National Mall toward HHS headquarters to demand HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s resignation following a rally organized by @apha.org.

Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/apha/118360?trw=no

Public Health Workers March to HHS, Demand RFK Jr.'s Removal

American Public Health Association closes its annual meeting with organized protest

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 4d

Next up for Vaccine Integrity Project: reviewing data on birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine

The review will look at decades of data on the safety, efficacy, and public health impact of administering the hepatitis B shot at birth.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...

Karen, unfortunately @idrawpicsallday.bsky.social · 5d

I witnessed an ICE abduction 2 days ago. They kidnapped a worker mowing a neighbor's lawn. It was terrible and I'm still messed up.

With that said, I took Migra Watch training and it was SO helpful in the moment. Highly recommend you sign up. There's a training today!

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 5d

CDC tracking paused amid shutdown, pharmacies fill data gaps
www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/cdc...

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 7d

Florida’s vaccine mandate rollback stirs fear for immunocompromised thehill.com/homenews/sta...

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 7d

Fired CDC Advisors Give New ACIP a Failing Grade www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Fired CDC Advisors Give New ACIP a Failing Grade

New group rated poorly on measures of policy-making maturity

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 7d

These Chicago restaurants are offering free or discounted meals during SNAP pause: blockclubchi.co/47DM5Ys

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 7d

"...only minor differences between individuals who believe in misinformation & those who endorse conspiracy theories.

Both belief types are fueled by a general conspiracy mentality, the view that truth is political, & alternative media use."

misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/not-...

Not so different after all? Antecedents of believing in misinformation and conspiracy theories on COVID-19 | HKS Misinformation Review

Misinformation and conspiracy theories are often grouped together, but do people believe in them for the same reasons? This study examines how these conceptually distinct forms of deceptive content ar...

misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu

Those Nerdy Girls @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social · 7d

3/ The public does not need to worry about imprinting, because we have good evidence that annual vaccines are effective.
Read the full post from Elisabeth Marnik, PhD @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social here: thosenerdygirls.org/immune-impri...

Q: What is immune imprinting, and should the public be worried about it?

A: Don't let statements about imprinting stop you from getting your annual vaccines for COVID and flu. Immune imprinting refers to the fact that our

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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 10d

On halloween there’s nothing spookier than a future without CDC

Rita Rubin @ritarubin.bsky.social · 10d

My latest for @jama.com on a subject I expect will touch many people:

JAMA @jama.com · 10d

#Dementia affects more than 7 million people in the US.

Clinicians could help improve their quality of life by recognizing that they still have their own stories to tell, Nancy Berlinger of the @hastingscenter.bsky.social says in this new interview.

Living With Dementia Report Explores Effects of Cultural Narratives

This Medical News article discusses a new Hastings Center for Bioethics report about cultural narratives of dementia and how they can affect the quality of life and the care of patients with the condi...

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JAMA @jama.com · 10d

Nancy Berlinger, PhD, a senior research scholar at hastingscenter, discusses a new report about the cultural narratives of #dementia and how they can affect the quality of life and the care of patients.

🎧 Listen now: ja.ma/3LDILF2

Artwork promoting "Dementia's Cultural Narratives" by JAMA Medical News. An illustration of a head filled with medical symbols like stethoscopes, pills, a syringe, and a caduceus is at the top. A purple play button is at the bottom.

JAMA @jama.com · 10d

In this podcast episode, listen to a roundup of the latest Medical News published in JAMA:

➡️ State Laws Aim to Bring Internationally Trained Physicians to Underserved Areas
➡️ Oral Microbiome Composition Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk, and more.

ja.ma/4oGqCos

Cover art for "October 2025 Medical News Summary, JAMA Medical News" shows medical icons (ambulance, pills, heart) floating from a gray head with one eye and gears in the background.

JAMA @jama.com · 10d

#Dementia affects more than 7 million people in the US.

Clinicians could help improve their quality of life by recognizing that they still have their own stories to tell, Nancy Berlinger of the @hastingscenter.bsky.social says in this new interview.

Living With Dementia Report Explores Effects of Cultural Narratives

This Medical News article discusses a new Hastings Center for Bioethics report about cultural narratives of dementia and how they can affect the quality of life and the care of patients with the condi...

jamanetwork.com

Simon Spichak @spichaksimon.bsky.social · 12d

Alzheimer's research funding is back. But far fewer projects are getting funding.

Thanks @jeremymberg.bsky.social for the insights.

beingpatient.com/alzheimers-r...

NIH Alzheimer’s Research Funding Is Back — for 49% Fewer Projects

Though the NIH director is calling for $187 million more in funding for Alzheimer’s, the NIH is funding fewer new projects.

beingpatient.com

CNN @cnn.com · 12d

"Well, it turns out most Americans see plenty to dislike about Trump’s handling of the East Wing and the ballroom. In fact, it appears to be one of the more unpopular things he’s done in this second term. And it’s not just those who dislike Trump that are objecting," writes Aaron Blake. | Analysis

Why the White House ballroom saga could be a problem for Trump | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom saga last week followed a familiar Trump-era arc: A bunch of Trump critics sounded the alarm about his latest provocation – in this case, the sudden and s...

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 14d

Measles outbreak in South Carolina grows; Canada’s elimination status threatened

About 90% of the cases reported in Canada in the last year have been in unvaccinated residents.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 14d

Food banks brace for 42 million without SNAP www.axios.com/2025/10/27/g...

Food banks brace for 42 million without SNAP

The gap will be impossible to fill, those working to feed the nation's neediest said.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18d

An interesting tidbit about the new director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) I stumbled across.

Kyle Walsh apparently consults (or has consulted) for BP America.

1/2

The title page from a paper entitled "Counting what counts: Registry completeness and the epidemiology of nonmalignant meningioma" by Kyle M. Walsh noting a conflict of interest with BP America.

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 18d

Tylenol maker urges FDA to reject request for an autism warning www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews

"A citizen petition filed last month requested changes to the labeling of the drug for use during pregnancy..."

Reality: concern not supported by available evidence.

Tylenol maker urges FDA to reject request for an autism warning

Last month, Trump warned of a link between autism and acetaminophen use in pregnancy, going against advice from medical societies and data from numerous studies.

www.nbcnews.com

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 18d

Texas Doctor Vows Court Battle After Ivermectin Sanction: Texas board reprimanded Dr. Mary Talley Bowden for prescribing ivermectin to a patient she has not examined, without privileges to do so, without permission from treating doctors. www.law360.com/healthcare-authority/articles/2401663

Texas Doctor Vows Court Battle After Ivermectin Sanction - Law360 Healthcare Authority

Four years after a confrontation outside a Fort Worth hospital, the Texas Medical Board reprimanded a doctor who arranged to have ivermectin delivered to a COVID-19 patient. Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, a ...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 18d

🗓️ June 5, 1981: five cases of Pneumocystis Pneumonia, one report, a global awakening.

💙 The MMWR gave voice to what became the HIV/AIDS epidemic—and countless public-health moments since.

🕯️ Honoring the science and reporting that save lives.

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
#MMWR #CDCSavesLives

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 19d

Snapshots from the East Wing, now demolished by POTUS

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 19d

SNAP Benefits At Risk Due To Government Shutdown, Fueling Public Health Concerns www.forbes.com/sites/omeraw...

SNAP Benefits At Risk Due To Government Shutdown, Fueling Public Health Concerns

SNAP benefits could expire on November 1st for many states throughout the United States. A doctor explains how this could impact public health.

www.forbes.com

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 19d

A recent HHS video is filled with selective data and misleading claims about vaccines.

Dr. Michael Osterholm of @CIDRAP breaks down how – and why - it misleads.

🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/Lh5hP6zcVrs

Vaccine Integrity Project - Response to HHS claims about vaccines (Oct 2025)

YouTube video by CIDRAP

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