Ashish Premkumar
@hipstermfm.bsky.social
Maternal fetal medicine specialist and medical anthropologist at the University of Chicago
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Do not listen to RFK Jr. on covid vaccines for pregnant people. Listen to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which STRONGLY recommends a covid vaccine during pregnancy, for the health of the pregnant person and the fetus. 🧪 www.acog.org/covid-19/cov...
COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy: Conversation Guide for Clinicians
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that pregnant individuals be vaccinated against COVID-19.
www.acog.org
May 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Do not listen to RFK Jr. on covid vaccines for pregnant people. Listen to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which STRONGLY recommends a covid vaccine during pregnancy, for the health of the pregnant person and the fetus. 🧪 www.acog.org/covid-19/cov...
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.
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A Michigan state court struck down 3 abortion restrictions. Our experts testified against these burdensome restrictions. “Today’s ruling is a monumental win for Michigan abortion providers and their patients,” said Molly Duane of @reprorights.bsky.social. reproductiverights.org/michigan-cou...
Victory in Michigan: Court Strikes Down Abortion Restrictions as Violations of Voter-approved Amendment | Center for Reproductive Rights
Judge agrees with the Center's argument that three burdensome restrictions violate the Reproductive Freedom for All Act passed in 2022. Judge agrees with the Center's argument that three burdensome…
reproductiverights.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A Michigan state court struck down 3 abortion restrictions. Our experts testified against these burdensome restrictions. “Today’s ruling is a monumental win for Michigan abortion providers and their patients,” said Molly Duane of @reprorights.bsky.social. reproductiverights.org/michigan-cou...
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Nihilism is the great scourge of our times, and there is perhaps little as bleak as this, though also highlights the importance of all the work done by colleagues in internality and IVF.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
Suspect in Palm Springs Bombing Died in Blast, Officials Say
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May 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Nihilism is the great scourge of our times, and there is perhaps little as bleak as this, though also highlights the importance of all the work done by colleagues in internality and IVF.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
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1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
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Couldn’t disagree more.
Medicine and the real world are inextricably intertwined. To advocate for our patients is to engage beyond simple academia.
Essentially, this article argues we should remain detached in our ivory towers. THAT is what causes decreased trust.
Medicine and the real world are inextricably intertwined. To advocate for our patients is to engage beyond simple academia.
Essentially, this article argues we should remain detached in our ivory towers. THAT is what causes decreased trust.
May 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Couldn’t disagree more.
Medicine and the real world are inextricably intertwined. To advocate for our patients is to engage beyond simple academia.
Essentially, this article argues we should remain detached in our ivory towers. THAT is what causes decreased trust.
Medicine and the real world are inextricably intertwined. To advocate for our patients is to engage beyond simple academia.
Essentially, this article argues we should remain detached in our ivory towers. THAT is what causes decreased trust.
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OB-GYNs working in states with abortion bans have a tough job.
They’re asking, “How do I do the best job I can for my patients, and how do I stay out of legal trouble at the same time, and how do I reconcile those?” said ANSIRH researcher Lori Freedman.
They’re asking, “How do I do the best job I can for my patients, and how do I stay out of legal trouble at the same time, and how do I reconcile those?” said ANSIRH researcher Lori Freedman.
www.cnn.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
OB-GYNs working in states with abortion bans have a tough job.
They’re asking, “How do I do the best job I can for my patients, and how do I stay out of legal trouble at the same time, and how do I reconcile those?” said ANSIRH researcher Lori Freedman.
They’re asking, “How do I do the best job I can for my patients, and how do I stay out of legal trouble at the same time, and how do I reconcile those?” said ANSIRH researcher Lori Freedman.
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Q: Why do people need to access abortions later in pregnancy?
A: People either get new information about their pregnancy, like learning about a fetal health issue, or try to access care earlier, but are delayed by barriers beyond their control.
A: People either get new information about their pregnancy, like learning about a fetal health issue, or try to access care earlier, but are delayed by barriers beyond their control.
Everything You Need to Know About Abortion Later in Pregnancy — rePROs Fight Back
After personal experience with severe pregnancy complications and requiring a later abortion among a labyrinth of state abortion bans, Erika Christensen and Garin Marschall co-founded Patient…
www.reprosfightback.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Q: Why do people need to access abortions later in pregnancy?
A: People either get new information about their pregnancy, like learning about a fetal health issue, or try to access care earlier, but are delayed by barriers beyond their control.
A: People either get new information about their pregnancy, like learning about a fetal health issue, or try to access care earlier, but are delayed by barriers beyond their control.
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Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
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April 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.
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The dumbassery is on 10 these days. So you want to abolish the Department of Education but destroy medical training in this country, when we have a racist healthcare system whose effects I see on a daily basis? #medsky #academicsky #blacksky #blackmedsky
April 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The dumbassery is on 10 these days. So you want to abolish the Department of Education but destroy medical training in this country, when we have a racist healthcare system whose effects I see on a daily basis? #medsky #academicsky #blacksky #blackmedsky
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"Women" were on the forbidden word list. The Women's Health Initiative helped us understand Hormone Replacement Therapy. We had this study because NIH had frequently *left women out* of their studies.
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Women" were on the forbidden word list. The Women's Health Initiative helped us understand Hormone Replacement Therapy. We had this study because NIH had frequently *left women out* of their studies.
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It would be scientifically catastrophic to end this decades long study with 42k women continuing to be followed up, providing unique opportunities to learn new insights into women’s health and characterize risk of many health ailments including chronic disease
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It would be scientifically catastrophic to end this decades long study with 42k women continuing to be followed up, providing unique opportunities to learn new insights into women’s health and characterize risk of many health ailments including chronic disease
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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It’s a heist movie but just with a bunch of humanities scholars trying to get their grant money back.
April 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s a heist movie but just with a bunch of humanities scholars trying to get their grant money back.
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I am one of the FEW abortion doctors left in Texas.
I am Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology
AND Board Certified in Complex Family Planning
I am a Texas #abortion expert
Some might say, I’m THE Texas abortion expert
I oppose SB31/ HB 44
Why?
I am Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology
AND Board Certified in Complex Family Planning
I am a Texas #abortion expert
Some might say, I’m THE Texas abortion expert
I oppose SB31/ HB 44
Why?
March 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I am one of the FEW abortion doctors left in Texas.
I am Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology
AND Board Certified in Complex Family Planning
I am a Texas #abortion expert
Some might say, I’m THE Texas abortion expert
I oppose SB31/ HB 44
Why?
I am Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology
AND Board Certified in Complex Family Planning
I am a Texas #abortion expert
Some might say, I’m THE Texas abortion expert
I oppose SB31/ HB 44
Why?
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Real-world evidence for the utility of sFLT-1/PlGF test for routine clinical evaluation of hospitalized women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Real-world evidence for the utility of serum soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1/placental growth factor test for routine clinical evaluation of hospitalized women with hypertensive disorders of pregna...
An imbalance of the antiangiogenic factor, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1, and
proangiogenic factor, placental growth factor, in the circulation is a reliable predictor
for the development of pree...
www.ajog.org
March 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Real-world evidence for the utility of sFLT-1/PlGF test for routine clinical evaluation of hospitalized women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
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Strong words from my brilliant colleague @anuhazramd.bsky.social concerning the NIH HIV cuts. Read the whole article here #SaveHIVFunding #HIVSky #IDSky @hivma.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/h...
March 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Strong words from my brilliant colleague @anuhazramd.bsky.social concerning the NIH HIV cuts. Read the whole article here #SaveHIVFunding #HIVSky #IDSky @hivma.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/h...
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"They will never stop abortion."
AFTER DOBBS, out today, chronicles the extraordinary efforts to help women get healthcare post-Roe. Read this Q&A with authors @carolejoffe.bsky.social & @dsc250.bsky.social from @salonnewsroom.bsky.social. www.salon.com/2025/03/25/w...
AFTER DOBBS, out today, chronicles the extraordinary efforts to help women get healthcare post-Roe. Read this Q&A with authors @carolejoffe.bsky.social & @dsc250.bsky.social from @salonnewsroom.bsky.social. www.salon.com/2025/03/25/w...
"They will never stop abortion": Why overturning Roe only made the abortion rate rise
"After Dobbs" chronicles "the extraordinary efforts" of doctors and activists to help women get healthcare
www.salon.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"They will never stop abortion."
AFTER DOBBS, out today, chronicles the extraordinary efforts to help women get healthcare post-Roe. Read this Q&A with authors @carolejoffe.bsky.social & @dsc250.bsky.social from @salonnewsroom.bsky.social. www.salon.com/2025/03/25/w...
AFTER DOBBS, out today, chronicles the extraordinary efforts to help women get healthcare post-Roe. Read this Q&A with authors @carolejoffe.bsky.social & @dsc250.bsky.social from @salonnewsroom.bsky.social. www.salon.com/2025/03/25/w...
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every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
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this was a guy who probably didn't want any of the students on his team to take sociology or whatever
Tommy Tuberville: "I'm from the South. We have a different way of life in terms of education. We educate our kids in different curriculums. Everybody should do their own thing."
March 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
this was a guy who probably didn't want any of the students on his team to take sociology or whatever
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If you need an emergency abortion as a stabilizing treatment, EMTALA says doctors have to provide you with an emergency abortion.
Idaho’s abortion ban only allows abortions to prevent your death, but not when your health is at risk. The DOJ has now abandoned the fight to protect pregnant Idahoans.
Idaho’s abortion ban only allows abortions to prevent your death, but not when your health is at risk. The DOJ has now abandoned the fight to protect pregnant Idahoans.
🚨 BREAKING: In its first major action on abortion under President Trump, the Dept. of Justice is DISMISSING a case that sought to protect emergency abortion care in hospitals. It's clear: the Trump administration does not plan to defend pregnant people in medical emergencies.
March 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you need an emergency abortion as a stabilizing treatment, EMTALA says doctors have to provide you with an emergency abortion.
Idaho’s abortion ban only allows abortions to prevent your death, but not when your health is at risk. The DOJ has now abandoned the fight to protect pregnant Idahoans.
Idaho’s abortion ban only allows abortions to prevent your death, but not when your health is at risk. The DOJ has now abandoned the fight to protect pregnant Idahoans.
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Now available for those of us teaching and learning #anthropology and #reproduction. By @drtomori.bsky.social and me
www.routledge.com/The-Anthropo...
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Anthropology of Reproduction: The Basics
Anthropology of Reproduction: The Basics is a clear and accessible guide to topics in reproduction from the perspective of anthropology, emphasizing the central importance of reproduction in human soc...
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March 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Now available for those of us teaching and learning #anthropology and #reproduction. By @drtomori.bsky.social and me
www.routledge.com/The-Anthropo...
www.routledge.com/The-Anthropo...
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The news that the DOJ plans to drop the EMTALA case in Idaho is devastating.
Our Care Post-Roe report shows how health care providers have been unable to provide the standard of care in states with abortion bans. The health and lives of pregnant Idahoans are at risk. www.ansirh.org/research/res...
Our Care Post-Roe report shows how health care providers have been unable to provide the standard of care in states with abortion bans. The health and lives of pregnant Idahoans are at risk. www.ansirh.org/research/res...
Care Post-Roe: How post-Roe laws are obstructing clinical care
An updated report presents findings from the Care Post-Roe Study, and shows how health care providers have been unable to provide the standard of care in states with abortion bans since the Supreme Co...
www.ansirh.org
March 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The news that the DOJ plans to drop the EMTALA case in Idaho is devastating.
Our Care Post-Roe report shows how health care providers have been unable to provide the standard of care in states with abortion bans. The health and lives of pregnant Idahoans are at risk. www.ansirh.org/research/res...
Our Care Post-Roe report shows how health care providers have been unable to provide the standard of care in states with abortion bans. The health and lives of pregnant Idahoans are at risk. www.ansirh.org/research/res...
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I used to teach about this program and um
NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated.
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Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science
Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats
www.science.org
March 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I used to teach about this program and um