Karen Davis
@kedavis24.bsky.social
Public health and health policy, cats, gymnastics.
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Karen Davis
@kedavis24.bsky.social
· Feb 27
It’s a wild time to be a health policy nerd who also has a master’s in international security policy.
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For older adults with metastatic cancer, each day spent on health care can take away from days that are often devastatingly limited. Our latest study led by Arjun Gupta and Shelley Jazowski with @dusetzinas.bsky.social and Avi Gupta is out now in @jamanetworkopen.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Health Care Contact Days in Older Adults With Metastatic Cancer
This cohort study examines patterns and changes in health care contact days over time among traditional Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with metastatic breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers.
jamanetwork.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
For older adults with metastatic cancer, each day spent on health care can take away from days that are often devastatingly limited. Our latest study led by Arjun Gupta and Shelley Jazowski with @dusetzinas.bsky.social and Avi Gupta is out now in @jamanetworkopen.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Watching Peacock’s Reality Hot Seat coverage of SNF and it’s kind of a fever dream? But for a game I don’t really care about, it’s kind of fun? And I know enough about housewives that it’s amusing watching Boston Rob learning about HW lore in real time.
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Watching Peacock’s Reality Hot Seat coverage of SNF and it’s kind of a fever dream? But for a game I don’t really care about, it’s kind of fun? And I know enough about housewives that it’s amusing watching Boston Rob learning about HW lore in real time.
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NEW: In a five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social pursues the question:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: In a five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social pursues the question:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
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They're either losing out or winning the super bowl
It’s never been more over. I like my Eagles folks and take no pleasure in reporting this.
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
They're either losing out or winning the super bowl
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They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
They should do MyChart Wrapped
I feel seen.
Sitting next to my Eagles obsessed mother in law and she’s doing and saying stuff that makes this look like child’s play. Like I’m afraid to even post it for fear of someone alerting the authorities.
I love Philadelphia
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I feel seen.
Surely the Eagles organization has to do *something* in the next week to course correct. Right…?
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Surely the Eagles organization has to do *something* in the next week to course correct. Right…?
Have we tried firing the OC/DC then and plugging back in the team?
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Have we tried firing the OC/DC then and plugging back in the team?
How do cats always know the worst times to get sick, and then get sick at those exact moments?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
How do cats always know the worst times to get sick, and then get sick at those exact moments?
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"You go through the gate. If the gate's closed, you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we'll pole vault in. If that doesn't work, we'll parachute in. But we're going to get health care reform passed for the American people."
-Nancy Pelosi, the 🐐
-Nancy Pelosi, the 🐐
So much I could say, but I’ll just say she convinced her caucus to vote for something they hated and knew they’d lose their jobs over, on the promise that it’d be amended in some unknown way later through reconciliation. Nearly 40 million people have health insurance because of her. 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"You go through the gate. If the gate's closed, you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we'll pole vault in. If that doesn't work, we'll parachute in. But we're going to get health care reform passed for the American people."
-Nancy Pelosi, the 🐐
-Nancy Pelosi, the 🐐
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this is the piece I have wanted to read for ages about the 'inflammation' boogeyman www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
The Inflammation Gap
Popular ideas about inflammation have lost touch with medical reality.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
this is the piece I have wanted to read for ages about the 'inflammation' boogeyman www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
One of the things I enjoy the most about working in rural health is the wide range of attire worn by rural health conference attendees. It’s hard to go too formal or too casual.
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
One of the things I enjoy the most about working in rural health is the wide range of attire worn by rural health conference attendees. It’s hard to go too formal or too casual.
Adult female friendships >>>>>>
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Adult female friendships >>>>>>
NBC and the SEC Network can learn something from the NFL by changing the camera angle when there’s an injury during gymnastics meets!
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NBC and the SEC Network can learn something from the NFL by changing the camera angle when there’s an injury during gymnastics meets!
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[me at the vet] here’s all my money, i don’t care, whatever it takes, do u need more
[me at my dr] a $20 copay, that’s outrageous
[me at my dr] a $20 copay, that’s outrageous
October 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
[me at the vet] here’s all my money, i don’t care, whatever it takes, do u need more
[me at my dr] a $20 copay, that’s outrageous
[me at my dr] a $20 copay, that’s outrageous
Happy I actually get to watch my birds today. Though, with how the season has gone, I’m not sure this is actually a good thing.
October 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Happy I actually get to watch my birds today. Though, with how the season has gone, I’m not sure this is actually a good thing.
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A fed program is promising $50B to reshape rural health care, sparking fierce state competition. Will rural hospitals or new tech companies get the money? #DigitalDivide #Rural @sjtribble-reports.bsky.social https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rural-health-fund-medicaid-cuts-hospitals-cms-maha/
States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble - KFF Health News
States are battling for their piece of $50 billion in federal rural health funding, but it’s not just hospitals vying for the money. Tech startups and policy demands are raising the stakes as Medicaid...
kffhealthnews.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A fed program is promising $50B to reshape rural health care, sparking fierce state competition. Will rural hospitals or new tech companies get the money? #DigitalDivide #Rural @sjtribble-reports.bsky.social https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rural-health-fund-medicaid-cuts-hospitals-cms-maha/
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Polycystic ovary syndrome affects about 1 out of every 10 women of reproductive age worldwide.
Yet it is often underfunded and under the radar, making it common for women to suffer major discomfort before learning they have the condition.
Yet it is often underfunded and under the radar, making it common for women to suffer major discomfort before learning they have the condition.
This hormone condition affects millions of women but is often misdiagnosed
Polycystic ovary syndrome affects millions of women worldwide, causing reproductive and metabolic issues, but often goes misdiagnosed due to lack of awareness and funding.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Polycystic ovary syndrome affects about 1 out of every 10 women of reproductive age worldwide.
Yet it is often underfunded and under the radar, making it common for women to suffer major discomfort before learning they have the condition.
Yet it is often underfunded and under the radar, making it common for women to suffer major discomfort before learning they have the condition.
Holiday season flights are so freaking expensive 😭
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Holiday season flights are so freaking expensive 😭
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A lack of child care is the single biggest economic factor holding back rural Minnesota, according to reports from the Center for Rural Policy and Development. Greater Minnesota has half the child care capacity it had in 2000, a 2022 report from the center shows.
This Minnesota county is on the verge of losing its only child care center
Officials in the town of Slayton worry about a lack of day care affecting the local workforce and economy. It’s a stark example of a crisis playing out across rural Minnesota.
bit.ly
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A lack of child care is the single biggest economic factor holding back rural Minnesota, according to reports from the Center for Rural Policy and Development. Greater Minnesota has half the child care capacity it had in 2000, a 2022 report from the center shows.
I need a positive distraction and…I don’t think this game will be it.
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I need a positive distraction and…I don’t think this game will be it.
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ICYMI: You're not alone if you're having trouble finding a Covid shot for your child.
A lot of factors are at play. Access through the Vaccines for Children program should open up now that the acting CDC director finally approved the CDC vaccine panel's recommendations, but other barriers remain.
A lot of factors are at play. Access through the Vaccines for Children program should open up now that the acting CDC director finally approved the CDC vaccine panel's recommendations, but other barriers remain.
Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
ICYMI: You're not alone if you're having trouble finding a Covid shot for your child.
A lot of factors are at play. Access through the Vaccines for Children program should open up now that the acting CDC director finally approved the CDC vaccine panel's recommendations, but other barriers remain.
A lot of factors are at play. Access through the Vaccines for Children program should open up now that the acting CDC director finally approved the CDC vaccine panel's recommendations, but other barriers remain.
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In cool autoimmune disorder news www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.
www.nature.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
In cool autoimmune disorder news www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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yes i post about politics and taylor swift and sports and muppets. get you a girl who’s a human junk drawer.
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
yes i post about politics and taylor swift and sports and muppets. get you a girl who’s a human junk drawer.