Rebecca Conant
@rconant.bsky.social
Professor of #Medicine at UCSF in #Geriatrics. Founder of UCSF Care at Home.
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I’m from the generation that remembers when these diseases ran rampant. Perhaps we need to be reminded with a dose of repeated history
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m from the generation that remembers when these diseases ran rampant. Perhaps we need to be reminded with a dose of repeated history
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Inflammaging—chronic, low-grade inflammation that rises with age—may be a key driver behind many chronic and acute diseases. We talk with 3 experts: Brian Andonian, Sara LaHue, & Joe Hippensteel. #medsky
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December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Inflammaging—chronic, low-grade inflammation that rises with age—may be a key driver behind many chronic and acute diseases. We talk with 3 experts: Brian Andonian, Sara LaHue, & Joe Hippensteel. #medsky
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Cassidy was the deciding confirmation vote for rfkjr. Shame on you!
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Cassidy was the deciding confirmation vote for rfkjr. Shame on you!
Vaccines save lives. We have forgotten why we made this recommendation in the first place.
RIP CDC
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
RIP CDC
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Vaccines save lives. We have forgotten why we made this recommendation in the first place.
RIP CDC
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
RIP CDC
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Vaccines save lives.
National public health “leadership” (hi RFK Jr 🙄) keeps poisoning public health with lies.
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Vaccines save lives.
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Active shooter drills don’t make our schools or children safer. Instead, they traumatize students, school staff, and parents. Our kids deserve better—they deserve solutions that prevent gun violence before it happens.
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Active shooter drills don’t make our schools or children safer. Instead, they traumatize students, school staff, and parents. Our kids deserve better—they deserve solutions that prevent gun violence before it happens.
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Last year, 320,000 Canadians filed bankruptcy due to their medical bills.
Oopsie, I meant Americans. The Canadian number is slightly lower: zero.
Oopsie, I meant Americans. The Canadian number is slightly lower: zero.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Last year, 320,000 Canadians filed bankruptcy due to their medical bills.
Oopsie, I meant Americans. The Canadian number is slightly lower: zero.
Oopsie, I meant Americans. The Canadian number is slightly lower: zero.
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To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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Drs. @ewidera.bsky.social, and Kaitlin Willham co-authored a module in the new @amergeriatrics.bsky.social Alzheimer’s curriculum, edited by Dr. Michael Harper. The curriculum covers new diagnostic tools and treatments for Alzheimer’s. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/widera-...
Widera, Willham, and Harper Help Launch New AGS Curriculum on Alzheimer’s Diagnostics and Treatments | Geriatrics
Eric Widera, MD, and Kaitlin Willham, MD, co-authored the module "Evidence Review of FDA-Approved Monoclonal Antibody Treatments," as part of the newly published AGS online curriculum, "Alzheimer's…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Drs. @ewidera.bsky.social, and Kaitlin Willham co-authored a module in the new @amergeriatrics.bsky.social Alzheimer’s curriculum, edited by Dr. Michael Harper. The curriculum covers new diagnostic tools and treatments for Alzheimer’s. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/widera-...
Sad that the integrity of the CDC website has been undermined.
In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sad that the integrity of the CDC website has been undermined.
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Good morning! We’re still not over 🧠 🪱’s latest stunt in his crusade to spread vaccine/autism disinformation. The data are clear and unequivocal, VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM and yesterday’s vile dribble of a webpage update needs to be removed 😒
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Good morning! We’re still not over 🧠 🪱’s latest stunt in his crusade to spread vaccine/autism disinformation. The data are clear and unequivocal, VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM and yesterday’s vile dribble of a webpage update needs to be removed 😒
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Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Vaccines do not cause autism. #firerfkjr
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog
RFK Jr. promised to change vaccine policy. This new website shows he has.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Vaccines do not cause autism. #firerfkjr
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A chaplain (Betty Clark) and a doctor (Jessica Zitter) reflect on their new documentary, The Chaplain and the Doctor, and the ways personal stories and biases shape our interactions in healthcare. #medsky
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November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A chaplain (Betty Clark) and a doctor (Jessica Zitter) reflect on their new documentary, The Chaplain and the Doctor, and the ways personal stories and biases shape our interactions in healthcare. #medsky
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"Traditional health insurance" pre-ACA didn't cover pre-ex, had annual/lifetime caps, didn't cover important things like having a baby, led to many declaring bankruptcy when they got sick. Even then, ~50M had no insurance at all because they still couldn't afford it. They clogged ERs to get care.
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Traditional health insurance" pre-ACA didn't cover pre-ex, had annual/lifetime caps, didn't cover important things like having a baby, led to many declaring bankruptcy when they got sick. Even then, ~50M had no insurance at all because they still couldn't afford it. They clogged ERs to get care.
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$2000 won’t buy you healthcare in the US.
$2000 won’t give you “negotiating power” with insurance companies.
A one time payment is not a healthcare plan.
It’s time for Medicare for all.
$2000 won’t give you “negotiating power” with insurance companies.
A one time payment is not a healthcare plan.
It’s time for Medicare for all.
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
$2000 won’t buy you healthcare in the US.
$2000 won’t give you “negotiating power” with insurance companies.
A one time payment is not a healthcare plan.
It’s time for Medicare for all.
$2000 won’t give you “negotiating power” with insurance companies.
A one time payment is not a healthcare plan.
It’s time for Medicare for all.
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Regardless of what’s happening on a federal level, in California, it’s still illegal for medical debt to appear on your credit report.
I urge consumers to understand their rights and to regularly check their credit reports to ensure medical debt does not make an appearance.
I urge consumers to understand their rights and to regularly check their credit reports to ensure medical debt does not make an appearance.
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Regardless of what’s happening on a federal level, in California, it’s still illegal for medical debt to appear on your credit report.
I urge consumers to understand their rights and to regularly check their credit reports to ensure medical debt does not make an appearance.
I urge consumers to understand their rights and to regularly check their credit reports to ensure medical debt does not make an appearance.
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Hospice & Palliative Care leaders reflect on the past 50 years—and the urgent need to raise standards, ensure access, & lead with love in a profit-driven system. Ira Byock, Kristi Newport, Brynn Bowman. #medsky
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November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hospice & Palliative Care leaders reflect on the past 50 years—and the urgent need to raise standards, ensure access, & lead with love in a profit-driven system. Ira Byock, Kristi Newport, Brynn Bowman. #medsky
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Encouraging people to “be entrepreneurs” and negotiate their own health insurance with a multi-billion-dollar for-profit industry is like telling someone to take their Costco membership fee and go negotiate directly with food manufacturers.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Encouraging people to “be entrepreneurs” and negotiate their own health insurance with a multi-billion-dollar for-profit industry is like telling someone to take their Costco membership fee and go negotiate directly with food manufacturers.
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Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
There is no plan. Health care desperately needs reform.
The past 24 hours really exposed the Republicans’ non-plan on health care. Since they were unable to repeal the ACA, they intend to make health insurance premiums skyrocket so people can’t afford health care, which will ultimately make emergency rooms their primary care doctors.
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
There is no plan. Health care desperately needs reform.
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You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
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Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane