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🤧🤒 Flu activity continues to be high across the country with ~15 million illnesses, 180,000 hospitalizations, and 7,400 deaths so far this season
💉 Despite viral mutations, early estimated vax effectiveness against flu hospitalizations is in the expected range: 70-75% for kids and 30-40% for adults
💉 Despite viral mutations, early estimated vax effectiveness against flu hospitalizations is in the expected range: 70-75% for kids and 30-40% for adults
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
🤧🤒 Flu activity continues to be high across the country with ~15 million illnesses, 180,000 hospitalizations, and 7,400 deaths so far this season
💉 Despite viral mutations, early estimated vax effectiveness against flu hospitalizations is in the expected range: 70-75% for kids and 30-40% for adults
💉 Despite viral mutations, early estimated vax effectiveness against flu hospitalizations is in the expected range: 70-75% for kids and 30-40% for adults
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New federal vaccine guidance has created uncertainty for clinicians, but not new legal danger.
A JAMA Perspective explains that clinicians who continue to follow evidence-based recs from trusted medical societies remain well within the legal standard of care, even when ACIP/CDC guidance changes.
A JAMA Perspective explains that clinicians who continue to follow evidence-based recs from trusted medical societies remain well within the legal standard of care, even when ACIP/CDC guidance changes.
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
New federal vaccine guidance has created uncertainty for clinicians, but not new legal danger.
A JAMA Perspective explains that clinicians who continue to follow evidence-based recs from trusted medical societies remain well within the legal standard of care, even when ACIP/CDC guidance changes.
A JAMA Perspective explains that clinicians who continue to follow evidence-based recs from trusted medical societies remain well within the legal standard of care, even when ACIP/CDC guidance changes.
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Shoutout to WHO for confirming (again) that vaccines don’t cause autism.
Shoutout to ACIP for… whatever it is they’re doing. Performance art?
www.who.int/news/item/11...
Shoutout to ACIP for… whatever it is they’re doing. Performance art?
www.who.int/news/item/11...
WHO expert group’s new analysis reaffirms there is no link between vaccines and autism
New analysis from a WHO global expert committee on vaccine safety has found that, based on available evidence, no causal link exists between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The conclusio...
www.who.int
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Shoutout to WHO for confirming (again) that vaccines don’t cause autism.
Shoutout to ACIP for… whatever it is they’re doing. Performance art?
www.who.int/news/item/11...
Shoutout to ACIP for… whatever it is they’re doing. Performance art?
www.who.int/news/item/11...
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Before it was banned for being woke, we used to talk a lot about the social determinants of health.
@niniandthebrain.bsky.social has a phenomenal summary of how these factors influence health and why comparisons to Europe miss the point.
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@niniandthebrain.bsky.social has a phenomenal summary of how these factors influence health and why comparisons to Europe miss the point.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Before it was banned for being woke, we used to talk a lot about the social determinants of health.
@niniandthebrain.bsky.social has a phenomenal summary of how these factors influence health and why comparisons to Europe miss the point.
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@niniandthebrain.bsky.social has a phenomenal summary of how these factors influence health and why comparisons to Europe miss the point.
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Editorial: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act introduces historic Medicaid funding cuts, challenging states to safeguard children's health coverage and prompting calls for innovative, comprehensive care solutions. ja.ma/4oncMqJ
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Editorial: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act introduces historic Medicaid funding cuts, challenging states to safeguard children's health coverage and prompting calls for innovative, comprehensive care solutions. ja.ma/4oncMqJ
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Medicaid paid for 48% of pediatric hospitalizations and 51% of total hospital charges; pending funding cuts could strain health systems, especially in rural communities that rely heavily on Medicaid support. ja.ma/43Z3QAv
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Medicaid paid for 48% of pediatric hospitalizations and 51% of total hospital charges; pending funding cuts could strain health systems, especially in rural communities that rely heavily on Medicaid support. ja.ma/43Z3QAv
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“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
For real though. When I was in pediatric residency in Seattle we used to call the first warm days of summer “window season”…on account of all the trauma codes from kids falling out of windows 😬
Heat dome incoming. Important reminder to open your windows from the top.
July 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
For real though. When I was in pediatric residency in Seattle we used to call the first warm days of summer “window season”…on account of all the trauma codes from kids falling out of windows 😬
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Don't do any of this.
June 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Don't do any of this.
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Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s
June 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s
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It is illegal to impersonate a federal authority or to use federal logos.
The webpage, r e a l c d c [.] o r g is not live yet; it currently reroutes to a CHD staging site.
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March 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It is illegal to impersonate a federal authority or to use federal logos.
The webpage, r e a l c d c [.] o r g is not live yet; it currently reroutes to a CHD staging site.
You can help us report this fraud to the FTC: reportfraud.ftc.gov
The webpage, r e a l c d c [.] o r g is not live yet; it currently reroutes to a CHD staging site.
You can help us report this fraud to the FTC: reportfraud.ftc.gov
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Children's Health Defense (CHD), founded by HHS Secretary RFK Jr, has created an imposter webpage that closely mimics a CDC webpage on Autism and Vaccines. It is nefariously seeding disinformation by presenting a seemingly balanced argument on the science supporting and refuting autism and vaccines.
March 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Children's Health Defense (CHD), founded by HHS Secretary RFK Jr, has created an imposter webpage that closely mimics a CDC webpage on Autism and Vaccines. It is nefariously seeding disinformation by presenting a seemingly balanced argument on the science supporting and refuting autism and vaccines.