Caleb LoSchiavo, MPH
@calebloschiavo.bsky.social
navigating chronic illness while finishing my PhD in public health | lover of d&d, seltzer, homosexuality, harm reduction | 🍉 | he/him
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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...
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"For people with heart disease, the flu vaccine should be presented not merely as protection against a respiratory illness, but as a proven cardiovascular intervention to reduce heart attacks and strokes."
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential
Influenza isn’t just a respiratory disease. Measures to stop its transmission, such as vaccination, could prevent thousands of heart-attack deaths.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"For people with heart disease, the flu vaccine should be presented not merely as protection against a respiratory illness, but as a proven cardiovascular intervention to reduce heart attacks and strokes."
Today is the start of early voting! It’s an absolutely gorgeous fall morning. I voted for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and got TWO stickers. Best possible way to start my day.
October 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today is the start of early voting! It’s an absolutely gorgeous fall morning. I voted for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and got TWO stickers. Best possible way to start my day.
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🎶Turn the AI off TURN THE AI OFF🎶
How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🎶Turn the AI off TURN THE AI OFF🎶
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Even though it's crisis #192308 in our current time, I don't think it's sufficiently sunk in with ppl in the academic community that getting federal funding for your research will primarily depend on whether Trump political appointees find you and your work useful
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News
The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...
kffhealthnews.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Even though it's crisis #192308 in our current time, I don't think it's sufficiently sunk in with ppl in the academic community that getting federal funding for your research will primarily depend on whether Trump political appointees find you and your work useful
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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*takes massive bong rip*
October 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
*takes massive bong rip*
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It's the scientific community's duty to fight misinformation, bioessentialism, and eugenics
That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people
Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org
That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people
Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's the scientific community's duty to fight misinformation, bioessentialism, and eugenics
That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people
Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org
That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people
Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org
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CDC does good work including MMWR
Emergency Department Survey of Vaccination Knowledge...
This report describes an emergency department (ED) survey of vaccine knowledge, self-reported vaccination status, and willingness to receive vaccines if offered in an ED.
www.cdc.gov
August 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
CDC does good work including MMWR
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"Heat is the number one weather-related cause of death of Americans, according to the EPA and the National Weather Service.
Exposure to extreme heat over time can increase health risks and is associated with a disproportionate increased risk of cognitive decline among Black and low-income people."
Exposure to extreme heat over time can increase health risks and is associated with a disproportionate increased risk of cognitive decline among Black and low-income people."
Extreme heat puts Philadelphia’s aging population at risk
An extreme June heat wave that prompted a heat health emergency declaration killed five people in the city and had been made four times more likely by climate change, according to Climate Central.
whyy.org
August 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Heat is the number one weather-related cause of death of Americans, according to the EPA and the National Weather Service.
Exposure to extreme heat over time can increase health risks and is associated with a disproportionate increased risk of cognitive decline among Black and low-income people."
Exposure to extreme heat over time can increase health risks and is associated with a disproportionate increased risk of cognitive decline among Black and low-income people."
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Gotta love it when an agency head says, "that's just not happening", and entire agency staff says, "uhhh... wtf dude?"
🧪 NIH PIs: here's a call to action from a Bethesda Declaration signer of how you can help!
🧪 NIH PIs: here's a call to action from a Bethesda Declaration signer of how you can help!
#NIH PIs, start emailing Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya and tell them what you are experiencing. CC Dr. Jon Lorsch and your ICO Director of Extramural Activities. Get them to talk with each other. #defendresearch
NIH director Bhattacharya denies banned word list in meeting with staffers
Bethesda Declaration signers insist that a list exists and further criticize new policies
cen.acs.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Gotta love it when an agency head says, "that's just not happening", and entire agency staff says, "uhhh... wtf dude?"
🧪 NIH PIs: here's a call to action from a Bethesda Declaration signer of how you can help!
🧪 NIH PIs: here's a call to action from a Bethesda Declaration signer of how you can help!
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every dumpling in its soul is antifascist
August 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
every dumpling in its soul is antifascist
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Everyone should know what an overdose looks like. Feel free to share:
July 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Everyone should know what an overdose looks like. Feel free to share:
I’ve been having REALLY vivid dreams on my latest insomnia medication.
Last night I dreamt that I won a scavenger hunt and the prizes were all crayon boxes so I chose a Barbie-branded box that had a built-in stapler(????) in addition to the crayon sharpener.
Sleeping but at what cost!!
Last night I dreamt that I won a scavenger hunt and the prizes were all crayon boxes so I chose a Barbie-branded box that had a built-in stapler(????) in addition to the crayon sharpener.
Sleeping but at what cost!!
July 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I’ve been having REALLY vivid dreams on my latest insomnia medication.
Last night I dreamt that I won a scavenger hunt and the prizes were all crayon boxes so I chose a Barbie-branded box that had a built-in stapler(????) in addition to the crayon sharpener.
Sleeping but at what cost!!
Last night I dreamt that I won a scavenger hunt and the prizes were all crayon boxes so I chose a Barbie-branded box that had a built-in stapler(????) in addition to the crayon sharpener.
Sleeping but at what cost!!
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“No-Cuomo voters made up 70% of fully completed ballots.” ✊✊✊ gothamist.com/news/how-did...
How did New Yorkers rank their mayoral candidates? The data is in.
Gothamist analyzes New York City Board of Elections data on how voters ranked candidates on their ballots last month.
gothamist.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“No-Cuomo voters made up 70% of fully completed ballots.” ✊✊✊ gothamist.com/news/how-did...
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NEW: About three-quarters of the public view insurers’ delays and denials of health care as a “major problem,” including similar shares across types of insurers.
Our poll examines the public’s views and experiences with prior authorization requirements: on.kff.org/3GT9dZA
Our poll examines the public’s views and experiences with prior authorization requirements: on.kff.org/3GT9dZA
July 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
NEW: About three-quarters of the public view insurers’ delays and denials of health care as a “major problem,” including similar shares across types of insurers.
Our poll examines the public’s views and experiences with prior authorization requirements: on.kff.org/3GT9dZA
Our poll examines the public’s views and experiences with prior authorization requirements: on.kff.org/3GT9dZA
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New workshop paper out today with 60 of our closest friends, providing guidance on how to design a study attributing health impacts to climate change. Hopefully this helps expand the field and start closing the representation gaps we discuss in our forthcoming work link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The attribution of human health outcomes to climate change: transdisciplinary practical guidance - Climatic Change
For over 30 years, detection and attribution (D&A) studies have informed key conclusions in international and national assessments of climate science, providing compelling evidence for the reality and...
link.springer.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New workshop paper out today with 60 of our closest friends, providing guidance on how to design a study attributing health impacts to climate change. Hopefully this helps expand the field and start closing the representation gaps we discuss in our forthcoming work link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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If you have been affected by the removal of federal public health data, @academyhealth.bsky.social wants to hear from you! They are suing to restore access to these data and need concrete examples for their case.
Link to submit is at the bottom of this post:
academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...
Link to submit is at the bottom of this post:
academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...
AcademyHealth Joins Lawsuit to Restore Public Health Data Removed from Federal Websites | AcademyHealth
academyhealth.org
July 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If you have been affected by the removal of federal public health data, @academyhealth.bsky.social wants to hear from you! They are suing to restore access to these data and need concrete examples for their case.
Link to submit is at the bottom of this post:
academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...
Link to submit is at the bottom of this post:
academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...
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The only thing to understand about the pronoun thing is that just because something is outside of your lived experience doesn’t mean it’s not real or the person telling you is mistaken or you are being inconvenienced
im always taken aback by just how much cis people will humiliate themselves to be dicks to trans people. like sorry, youre confused about pronouns? how did you make it thru 6th grade english you slimy dipshit? why are you going on podcasts to advertise youre too stupid to understand simple concepts?
July 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The only thing to understand about the pronoun thing is that just because something is outside of your lived experience doesn’t mean it’s not real or the person telling you is mistaken or you are being inconvenienced
[redacted] going home on love island is the win I needed today
June 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
[redacted] going home on love island is the win I needed today
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Yes, this is bad for porn.
But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such:
This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or
But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such:
This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or
BREAKING: SCOTUS upholds Texas' age verification law that requires ID to access adult websites
June 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yes, this is bad for porn.
But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such:
This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or
But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such:
This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or
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NIH & FDA's Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, & Vinay Prasad have all denied Long COVID, said those suffering are "lying fake disease grifters," & that LC researchers are scamming frauds. Now, Americans disabled by their favorite virus are being abandoned en masse. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
Funding cuts force one of North Carolina’s only Long COVID clinics to shut its doors
The COVID Recovery Clinic, created in 2021, coordinated treatment efforts for patients whose COVID-19 symptoms persisted long after a diagnosis.
www.newsobserver.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
NIH & FDA's Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, & Vinay Prasad have all denied Long COVID, said those suffering are "lying fake disease grifters," & that LC researchers are scamming frauds. Now, Americans disabled by their favorite virus are being abandoned en masse. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.
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One of my favorite "social science reframes something you thought you knew (from other social science)" articles:
Do you think rural areas are in population decline? WELL IT TURNS OUT that there are 2 types of rural areas, shrinking ones & growing ones, but we start calling the growing ones "urban"
Do you think rural areas are in population decline? WELL IT TURNS OUT that there are 2 types of rural areas, shrinking ones & growing ones, but we start calling the growing ones "urban"
Urbanization and the Paradox of Rural Population Decline: Racial and Regional Variation - Daniel T. Lichter, Kenneth M. Johnson, 2023
The authors redress the commonplace narrative of rural decline. Data from the decennial censuses since 1980 reveal that rural growth is often counted as metro g...
journals.sagepub.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
One of my favorite "social science reframes something you thought you knew (from other social science)" articles:
Do you think rural areas are in population decline? WELL IT TURNS OUT that there are 2 types of rural areas, shrinking ones & growing ones, but we start calling the growing ones "urban"
Do you think rural areas are in population decline? WELL IT TURNS OUT that there are 2 types of rural areas, shrinking ones & growing ones, but we start calling the growing ones "urban"
literature reviewing is fun because you end up reading papers more closely than probably anyone has, so you find cute little discrepancies like this
June 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
literature reviewing is fun because you end up reading papers more closely than probably anyone has, so you find cute little discrepancies like this
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Tons of data shows that even if you experience no symptoms whatsoever, just being exposed to heat for prolonged periods - like job shifts - leads to things like kidney disease, heart disease, permanent disabilities, and early death. Temperatures are up & so are heat injuries, & NIOSH has been gutted
Workplace safety should NEVER be optional. As Summer quickly approaches, instances of workplace heat illness will only increase, and we need a fully staffed NIOSH to make sure workers can stay safe on the job.
Reinstate all NIOSH workers now!
Reinstate all NIOSH workers now!
Trump fired the heat experts. Now he might kill their heat rule.
Government layoffs threaten to make it easier for the Trump administration to ditch draft regulations for heat safety.
www.eenews.net
June 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tons of data shows that even if you experience no symptoms whatsoever, just being exposed to heat for prolonged periods - like job shifts - leads to things like kidney disease, heart disease, permanent disabilities, and early death. Temperatures are up & so are heat injuries, & NIOSH has been gutted