I, and all the family doctors I know, have relied on the USPSTF preventative services evidence-based recommendations since 1984 when the committee started. An independent, scientific committee with no conflicts of interest is essential for this work.
Kathryn Bourgoin, MD

Before the vaccine, there were an estimated 200,000 cases annually among children and up to 9,000 children died annually, according to the CDC. I treated a baby coughing with whooping cough for 36 hours during my training, it sounds like this:

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Going from eliminating measles 25 years ago to 2240 cases in 2025 is a national disgrace. Measles is the most contagious preventable disease. I had measles at age 7 before the vaccine. I was sick for 10 days lying in a dark room, with a fever of 105 and hallucinations. I could have died.

Hepatitis B vaccine should be routine for all children, not just high-risk children. I cared for a beautiful young girl who was hospitalized for hepatitis and died of liver failure on Christmas Day, before the vaccination was available. Kathryn Bourgoin, MD

The flu shot this year is 40% protective against hospitalization, which is its purpose. Everyone over 6 months old should get a flu shot every season. Kathryn Bourgoin, MD

I stopped Facebook last year and am only on BlueSky now. Stop enriching Mark Zuckerberg, who gave $1 million to Trump's Inauguration Fund. Facebook stopped fact-checking. We all need accurate information, now more than ever
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Perhaps we should just say "great to see you!" no matter our age.

A physics textbook problem from the 1800's is the origin on the phrase- it is an impossible task to pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
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Long-term care should be part of universal health insurance or a separate system, as it is in many countries.
In the U.S. only 3.3 % of patients have long-term care insurance, yet 70% will need it. The U.S. is number 16 in spending on this.
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It is time to call your Senators. Patients cannot afford this!
Kathryn Bourgoin, MD

With a delay in Hepatitis B shots to 2 months of age instead of at birth, there could be 1,400 preventable hepatitis B infections among children each year, and 480 preventable deaths each year. This would be tragic. Kathryn Bourgoin, MD

Unless you are Native American, in the United States you are an immigrant.

Donating to Aftyn Behl's special election campaign to the House of Representatives in Tennessee on December 2nd is even more important now. Trump is trying to remove Republican names from the discharge petition to release the Epstein files. www.aftynforcongress.com