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NBC News: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

Reuters: US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts April 17, 2025

These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.

This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

38 of the 43.

"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.

"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

The numbers Dan has in this trial are impressive

What do we need in #orthopaedics if we want to repair degenerative tendons?

My recent blog post 👇

www.reito.fi/critical_ort...

For those who missed it

MRCP is a 🇬🇧 exam for physicians

They *just* discovered that in 2023, >200 people passed who should have failed & > 60 who failed should have passed

They expect people to resit

The harm is huge

Single episode high stakes exams are not fit for purpose

#MedSky #MedEd

Events and activities at royal college of surgeons of England, including work on sexual misconduct

It’s been quite a busy year!

So proud to be part of the seismic shift updating the old fashioned surgical world into an open, diverse and SAFE culture @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social aren’t afraid to get criticism and make changes. There have been so many improvements already, with more to come 💪🏽

Why are people so angry with insurance companies?

This hip replacement was denied by UHC as a “pre-existing condition.”

He was never seen for his hip prior to me, so they just lied, also the ACA banned pre-existing condition denials.

Appeal filed and also denied.

Countless stories like this.

YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken No More General Anesthesia

One thing I didn’t expect in the wake of the CEO shooting is the sudden attention on health insurance policy. I have seen this video and the BCBS policy itself go viral on almost every platform. People are waking up. Real lasting change in healthcare is coming. youtube.com/shorts/vWA2a...

The Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump Why Kash Patel is exactly the kind of person who would serve in a second Trump administration

Kash Patel’s lawyer says he never placed Navy Seals at risk, but Pentagon officials said otherwise per this disturbing Patel profile by @epcalabro.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com

This picture captures my practice

Ah - we can do better: We divided the department into knee and non-knee related problems😉

Pretty standard in our neck of the woods. For some reason called Bittmann stitch here though I have never been able to trace down the origin for the naming. Easy and quick.

Great! Very much hoping this will be what draw me to Twitter before darkness crept in!