Ruby Fruit Birth 🍊
@rubyfruitbirth.bsky.social
Full spectrum doula and lactation counselor in Chicago
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Why is the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine so important? Because it gives your baby protection when they need it most.
Let’s talk about it – and why delaying the vaccine could result in serious risks.👇🧵
Let’s talk about it – and why delaying the vaccine could result in serious risks.👇🧵
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Why is the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine so important? Because it gives your baby protection when they need it most.
Let’s talk about it – and why delaying the vaccine could result in serious risks.👇🧵
Let’s talk about it – and why delaying the vaccine could result in serious risks.👇🧵
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FDA delays left recalled ByHeart baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert tells Healthbeat. Nearly a week was lost clearing bureaucratic hurdles before all state and local food safety officials were told where formula was being sold. www.healthbeat.org/2025/11/22/b... #IDsky #Medsky
FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of ...
www.healthbeat.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
FDA delays left recalled ByHeart baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert tells Healthbeat. Nearly a week was lost clearing bureaucratic hurdles before all state and local food safety officials were told where formula was being sold. www.healthbeat.org/2025/11/22/b... #IDsky #Medsky
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✨ New look, same great resource ✨
Our World Abortion Laws map is the definitive record of the legal status of abortion in countries and territories across the globe, updated in real time. Check it out in English or Spanish here: https://bit.ly/47X2s26
Our World Abortion Laws map is the definitive record of the legal status of abortion in countries and territories across the globe, updated in real time. Check it out in English or Spanish here: https://bit.ly/47X2s26
World's Abortion Laws - Center for Reproductive Rights
Over the past 30 years, more than 60 countries and territories have liberalized their abortion laws.From Ireland to Nepal, abortion rights are becoming recognized as fundamental human rights for milli...
reproductiverights.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
✨ New look, same great resource ✨
Our World Abortion Laws map is the definitive record of the legal status of abortion in countries and territories across the globe, updated in real time. Check it out in English or Spanish here: https://bit.ly/47X2s26
Our World Abortion Laws map is the definitive record of the legal status of abortion in countries and territories across the globe, updated in real time. Check it out in English or Spanish here: https://bit.ly/47X2s26
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Scarleteen began when young people started writing to Heather asking for advice with sex and relationships, and that one-on-one, personally tailored advice is still at the core of what we do. Advice columns are some of our most popular content.
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Scarleteen began when young people started writing to Heather asking for advice with sex and relationships, and that one-on-one, personally tailored advice is still at the core of what we do. Advice columns are some of our most popular content.
Get vaccinated! Protect each other 🫂
September 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Get vaccinated! Protect each other 🫂
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Dismantling childhood vaccination programs is medical malpractice
Just stating the obvious
Just stating the obvious
September 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dismantling childhood vaccination programs is medical malpractice
Just stating the obvious
Just stating the obvious
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I talked to Sanctuary for Family's Reproductive Abuse Initiative about how the changing abortion rights landscape impacts their clients & the anti-abortion movmt's latest campaign to justify abortion bans by sweepingly/baselessly framing abortion as "coercive":
Abortion Bans are Another Weapon for Abusers
Anti-choice laws are endangering victims and empowering abusers
open.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I talked to Sanctuary for Family's Reproductive Abuse Initiative about how the changing abortion rights landscape impacts their clients & the anti-abortion movmt's latest campaign to justify abortion bans by sweepingly/baselessly framing abortion as "coercive":
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Health care workers can REFUSE to participate in harm and the criminalization of care.
If you're a health care worker or provider who is committed to your oath to do no harm, and you want to connect with others for strategy and support, check out our Beyond Do No Harm network: bit.ly/BDNHLaunch
If you're a health care worker or provider who is committed to your oath to do no harm, and you want to connect with others for strategy and support, check out our Beyond Do No Harm network: bit.ly/BDNHLaunch
Beyond Do No Harm — Interrupting Criminalization | Research In Action
bit.ly
January 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Health care workers can REFUSE to participate in harm and the criminalization of care.
If you're a health care worker or provider who is committed to your oath to do no harm, and you want to connect with others for strategy and support, check out our Beyond Do No Harm network: bit.ly/BDNHLaunch
If you're a health care worker or provider who is committed to your oath to do no harm, and you want to connect with others for strategy and support, check out our Beyond Do No Harm network: bit.ly/BDNHLaunch
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🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has just ruled against patients’ rights, completely disregarding what every person wants: the ability to choose their own trusted health care provider.
June 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has just ruled against patients’ rights, completely disregarding what every person wants: the ability to choose their own trusted health care provider.
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It's been 3 years since the Dobbs Supreme Court decision, which overturned the right to abortion in the United States.
Here's a thread of online ways to promote abortion access in the US (even just on Bluesky)! 🧵
Here's a thread of online ways to promote abortion access in the US (even just on Bluesky)! 🧵
June 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's been 3 years since the Dobbs Supreme Court decision, which overturned the right to abortion in the United States.
Here's a thread of online ways to promote abortion access in the US (even just on Bluesky)! 🧵
Here's a thread of online ways to promote abortion access in the US (even just on Bluesky)! 🧵
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Lead pipes are STILL a systemic problem in the United States.
Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.
The city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.
grist.org
June 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Lead pipes are STILL a systemic problem in the United States.
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Adriana Smith did not give birth to a baby.
She was used as an incubator, cut open, and a baby was taken out of her lifeless body.
A Black woman was used as a science experiment.
She was used as an incubator, cut open, and a baby was taken out of her lifeless body.
A Black woman was used as a science experiment.
June 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Adriana Smith did not give birth to a baby.
She was used as an incubator, cut open, and a baby was taken out of her lifeless body.
A Black woman was used as a science experiment.
She was used as an incubator, cut open, and a baby was taken out of her lifeless body.
A Black woman was used as a science experiment.
The city of Chicago will have zero operational freestanding birth centers by the end of the month 😓😓😓😓😓 #birthjustice #autonomy
June 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The city of Chicago will have zero operational freestanding birth centers by the end of the month 😓😓😓😓😓 #birthjustice #autonomy
Happy pride fam 🤰🫄 👩❤️👩 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
June 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Happy pride fam 🤰🫄 👩❤️👩 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Care work is activism if you’re doing it right ❤️
April 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Care work is activism if you’re doing it right ❤️
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Hospitals in Gaza are struggling to respond to the surge of injured patients pouring in one day after Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas. Dr. Razan al-Nahhas describes the scene as 'pure chaos.'
(via @wbur.org)
(via @wbur.org)
'Nowhere is safe': Doctor in Gaza describes scenes of 'nonstop' injuries after Israel ends ceasefire
Israel is continuing to bombard Gaza, one day after declaring the ceasefire with Hamas over and launching a series of surprise airstrikes.
www.wbur.org
March 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Hospitals in Gaza are struggling to respond to the surge of injured patients pouring in one day after Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas. Dr. Razan al-Nahhas describes the scene as 'pure chaos.'
(via @wbur.org)
(via @wbur.org)
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I’d really like to say I had more faith in most folks ability to take communicable disease seriously for a prolonged length of time, but I don’t.
I remember when we used to close off a room for an hour after a COVID patient, and now they’re lining the halls and they and the staff won’t even mask.
I remember when we used to close off a room for an hour after a COVID patient, and now they’re lining the halls and they and the staff won’t even mask.
March 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I’d really like to say I had more faith in most folks ability to take communicable disease seriously for a prolonged length of time, but I don’t.
I remember when we used to close off a room for an hour after a COVID patient, and now they’re lining the halls and they and the staff won’t even mask.
I remember when we used to close off a room for an hour after a COVID patient, and now they’re lining the halls and they and the staff won’t even mask.
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Set yourself up for success in pregnancy. From booking your first appointment to prenatal vitamins and parental leave, these eight steps shared by an ob-gyn can help you navigate your journey through pregnancy: bit.ly/3Q3DqGi
February 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Set yourself up for success in pregnancy. From booking your first appointment to prenatal vitamins and parental leave, these eight steps shared by an ob-gyn can help you navigate your journey through pregnancy: bit.ly/3Q3DqGi
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How to save a life? Narcan!
Narcan® is available throughout Chicago in wall-mounted Harm Reduction boxes and can be located by visiting bit.ly/FindNarcan
Narcan® is available throughout Chicago in wall-mounted Harm Reduction boxes and can be located by visiting bit.ly/FindNarcan
Find Nearby
bit.ly
February 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How to save a life? Narcan!
Narcan® is available throughout Chicago in wall-mounted Harm Reduction boxes and can be located by visiting bit.ly/FindNarcan
Narcan® is available throughout Chicago in wall-mounted Harm Reduction boxes and can be located by visiting bit.ly/FindNarcan
Wear a mask to protect yourself 😷 wear a mask to protect your community 😷 it matters that we care for one another ❤️
February 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wear a mask to protect yourself 😷 wear a mask to protect your community 😷 it matters that we care for one another ❤️
Transnational feminism forever ♾️ we are all in this together
February 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Transnational feminism forever ♾️ we are all in this together
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New Research: Microplastics linked to premature births!
Researchers recently presented their study, which found that tiny plastic pollution was more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in full-term births.
Read more via @theguardian.com
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Researchers recently presented their study, which found that tiny plastic pollution was more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in full-term births.
Read more via @theguardian.com
🔗 loom.ly/5SMpowU
Microplastics in placentas linked to premature births, study suggests
Tiny plastic pollution more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in those from full-term births
loom.ly
February 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New Research: Microplastics linked to premature births!
Researchers recently presented their study, which found that tiny plastic pollution was more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in full-term births.
Read more via @theguardian.com
🔗 loom.ly/5SMpowU
Researchers recently presented their study, which found that tiny plastic pollution was more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in full-term births.
Read more via @theguardian.com
🔗 loom.ly/5SMpowU