Shematologist, MD
@shematologist.medsky.social
Peds hematologist oncologist, mother, dreamer, pacifist, justice seeker. Retweeted by Wonder Woman #HemeSky #MedSky #CakeForBreakfast #IronMatters http://www.HCWvsHunger.org
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I was actually just thinking of you! I recently learned that EpiPens are OTC in most of Canada. If you know anyone who’s struggling to afford an EpiPen, they cost less than $100 USD, here.
At my local pharmacy, it was $129.99 CAD, which works out to ~$95 USD.
At my local pharmacy, it was $129.99 CAD, which works out to ~$95 USD.
December 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I was actually just thinking of you! I recently learned that EpiPens are OTC in most of Canada. If you know anyone who’s struggling to afford an EpiPen, they cost less than $100 USD, here.
At my local pharmacy, it was $129.99 CAD, which works out to ~$95 USD.
At my local pharmacy, it was $129.99 CAD, which works out to ~$95 USD.
Your email will not find me because I am hiding.
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Your email will not find me because I am hiding.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
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I’ve spent the past two days as pediatric ward attending and frankly we need both more and even better vaccines not fewer
December 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’ve spent the past two days as pediatric ward attending and frankly we need both more and even better vaccines not fewer
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TAPPER: “This is one of the documents Trump’s DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. ALL BLACK. That’s the ‘transparency’ we’re getting.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
TAPPER: “This is one of the documents Trump’s DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. ALL BLACK. That’s the ‘transparency’ we’re getting.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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DoJ will NOT release all the Epstein files today. So predictable. They say they’ll release some today, and more later on a “rolling basis.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Justice department will release ‘several hundred thousand’ Epstein files today, says deputy attorney general – live
Todd Blanche suggests some documents may be held back temporarily, citing need to protect victims
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
DoJ will NOT release all the Epstein files today. So predictable. They say they’ll release some today, and more later on a “rolling basis.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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One thing re: bans on gender-affirming care is that for all the hand-wringing about procedural expense, capacity, and physical safety, these bans explicitly allow and encourage similar procedures to be used without consent on intersex kids. We wrote about this:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
US Laws Restricting Medical Care for Transgender Minors
This Special Communication analyzes US legislation seeking to prohibit gender-affirming medical care for transgender and gender-diverse minors to determine the extent to which such legislation contain...
jamanetwork.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
One thing re: bans on gender-affirming care is that for all the hand-wringing about procedural expense, capacity, and physical safety, these bans explicitly allow and encourage similar procedures to be used without consent on intersex kids. We wrote about this:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
And for those who need to learn hematopathology
You’ve heard of elf on the shelf but what about
You’ve heard of elf on the shelf but what about
December 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
And for those who need to learn hematopathology
You’ve heard of elf on the shelf but what about
You’ve heard of elf on the shelf but what about
You’ve heard of elf on the shelf but what about
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
You’ve heard of elf on the shelf but what about
The @vanityfair.com photographer is #goals
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The @vanityfair.com photographer is #goals
Further evidence that this administration hates children of other countries as well.
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Further evidence that this administration hates children of other countries as well.
This administration truly hates children.
I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
December 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This administration truly hates children.
I was already a HUGE fan of @hcrichardson.bsky.social but the fact that Nate Silver isn’t, absolutely makes me love her even more.
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I was already a HUGE fan of @hcrichardson.bsky.social but the fact that Nate Silver isn’t, absolutely makes me love her even more.
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
Y’all. 9 made these frozen grapes that taste like lemon sour patch kids and I’m OBSESSED. 10/10.
Clearly healthy. Highly recommend.
Clearly healthy. Highly recommend.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Y’all. 9 made these frozen grapes that taste like lemon sour patch kids and I’m OBSESSED. 10/10.
Clearly healthy. Highly recommend.
Clearly healthy. Highly recommend.
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Recently, I've been asked whether every baby actually needs HBV vaccination, largely with the implication that doing this is "one size fits all," and that's not a good approach.
Implicit in this assumption is the idea that every individual's physiology is so unique that it demands unique care.
Implicit in this assumption is the idea that every individual's physiology is so unique that it demands unique care.
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Recently, I've been asked whether every baby actually needs HBV vaccination, largely with the implication that doing this is "one size fits all," and that's not a good approach.
Implicit in this assumption is the idea that every individual's physiology is so unique that it demands unique care.
Implicit in this assumption is the idea that every individual's physiology is so unique that it demands unique care.
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Good news, and totally in keeping with Ironman in CHF and Pivotal in patients on dialysis, which were randomized.
Practice changing plenary #ASH25‼️
Iron is hypothesized to feed infxn & IV iron often avoided in that setting.
>85k people hospitalized w/5 most common bacterial infxns, compared those who recvd IV iron to those who did not.
🩸greater hemoglobin increase
🩸lower mortality at 14 & 90 days
Iron is hypothesized to feed infxn & IV iron often avoided in that setting.
>85k people hospitalized w/5 most common bacterial infxns, compared those who recvd IV iron to those who did not.
🩸greater hemoglobin increase
🩸lower mortality at 14 & 90 days
December 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Good news, and totally in keeping with Ironman in CHF and Pivotal in patients on dialysis, which were randomized.
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For you @shematologist.medsky.social in giant print!
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For you @shematologist.medsky.social in giant print!
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Heartbroken for the families who will be losing children to vaccine-preventable diseases in the years ahead.
There aren’t many things worse one can imagine than the loss of a child.
But the loss of a child to a vaccine preventable disease is a pain no parent or family should ever have to bear.
Sowing distrust about vaccines, arguably the greatest public health success of all time, is pure evil.
But the loss of a child to a vaccine preventable disease is a pain no parent or family should ever have to bear.
Sowing distrust about vaccines, arguably the greatest public health success of all time, is pure evil.
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Heartbroken for the families who will be losing children to vaccine-preventable diseases in the years ahead.
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The President promised prices would go back down. In a healthy economy, they almost never do. The normal pattern is: prices jump, then over time your paycheck catches up. The pain comes when wages don't follow—then it's not “inflation” so much as an affordability crisis.
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The President promised prices would go back down. In a healthy economy, they almost never do. The normal pattern is: prices jump, then over time your paycheck catches up. The pain comes when wages don't follow—then it's not “inflation” so much as an affordability crisis.
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So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
I think the *speed* at which RFK Jr and his Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx/Brownstone wrecking crew have been dismantling the US public health system has been really astonishing
Well, Senators Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis, you wanted RFK Jr. to “go wild” at HHS.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
December 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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This is close to 100% preventable.
Of babies infected w/Hepatitis B, 90% develop chronic infection.
Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
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Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is close to 100% preventable.