Clinpathman
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Clinpathman
@clinpathman.bsky.social
Clinical Pathologist with a special interest in clinical chemistry, immunology, and infectious diseases. Creator of Clinlabnavigator.com, a repository of clinical laboratory tests. Author of Unmasking the Pandemic: A COVID-19 Timeline. #medsky #pathology
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🩸 Plasmapheresis shows no benefit in hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis(HIP)

🔸No improvement in mortality, organ failure or severity
🔸Moderate TG reduction without clinical benefit
🔸Longer hospital stay & more ICU use

Read more in UEG Journal: https://bit.ly/48aD7TX
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A new direct-to-consumer test for urinary tract infections

medcitynews.com/2025/12/evvy...
Evvy Introduces At-Home UTI Test to Expedite Care - MedCity News
Evvy has launched an at-home UTI test that delivers results within one business day along with guidance from an Evvy clinician.
medcitynews.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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OH MY GOD!!! 😱😱😱
A friend told me about this but HOLY SHIT!!!!

The VPAERS naming by @angierasmussen.bsky.social is genius.

Going though my folders and memes of Prasad have been lightweights.
Not anymore.😄
November 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Ukraine has not surrendered but the US in the form of Witkoff and Trump has.
Five-byline alert: 🚨

“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Flavored e-cigarettes, marketed to teens with candy-like names, pose serious hidden dangers. A new case of a U.S. teenager developing bronchiolitis obliterans (“popcorn lung”) after three years of secret vaping highlights the risk.) This
#BlueSky #MedSky #SciSky #NurseSky #PedsSky #EMSky #ToxSky
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Three at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections have been approved by FDA.

www.clinlabnavigator.com/blog/sexuall...
clinlab navigator - Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing At Home
Clinlab Navigator describes 3 at home tests for sexually transmitted infections that have been approved by FDA
www.clinlabnavigator.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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🧪 #resist #resistrfk #defendresearch #standupforscience

RFK Jr. Breaks His Promises About the CDC on Vaccines and Autism

reason.com/2025/11/22/r...
RFK Jr. breaks his promises about the CDC on vaccines and autism
The secretary of Health and Human Services has gone back on promises given to Sen. Bill Cassidy.
reason.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Grants for at least 383 clinical trials have been terminated by the National Institutes of Health since February, affecting 1 in 30 of all clinical trials and some 74,000 patients.​ 118 on cancer Rx, 97 on ID, 48 on reproductive health , & 47 on mental health.
Vishal Patel, JAMA IM, Nov 17, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Clinical trials are so vital!!!

cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants!!
A new study found the Trump administration’s cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants.

The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities.
Federal cuts upended clinical trials. A new study reveals the toll.
Grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Priorities.
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Since 1999, the average US family health insurance premium has skyrocketed 365%, moving from $6k to $27k). That's an increase of 6.1% per year, more than double the overall inflation rate during that time (2.6%/year).
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Last week:

-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"

We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency
During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or tw
popular.info
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Davids: I’ve heard some of my Republican colleagues encourage Donald Trump to be transparent about this idea of importing beef from Argentina. I’ll just say this — we don’t need transparency to know this policy is garbage. We need to be supporting American ranchers, farmers, and this ain’t it.
October 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Very encouraging to see CIDRAP's central role in this. They have been active in contradicting the anti-PPE and other COVID-related misinformation that has sometimes emanated from "establishment" public health sources, which provides a level of confidence that medical power games will be kept out.
As trust in the federal government's stewardship of US public health infrastructure plummets, NEJM and CIDRAP are launching a rival publication to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Story by @aniloza.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
www.statnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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PMI faculty Drs. Paul Duprex and @vscooper.micropopbio.org spoke at a ceremony honoring the University of Pittsburgh’s legacy in the development of the polio vaccine.
For #WorldPolioDay, @asm.org named the University of Pittsburgh a Milestones in Microbiology site to honor Dr. Jonas Salk for developing the world’s first polio vaccine. After use in the early 1950s, it reduced paralytic polio in the U.S. by 96% in only a few years.
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Factcheck: True.
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
More than 350 anti-science bills attacking public health have been introduced to statehouses.

www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
www.pbs.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM