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My first retail job! And that year we played the same Christmas CD from October-February because corporate forgot to send us a new one. Thought I’d lose my mind!

We did add a very small amount of chicken broth to one of our senior dog’s water. Like just enough that the smell got his attention. He drank a lot more that way. Hope he’s feeling better soon!

New party leadership NOW!

One of my favorite enduring regionalisms.

About this Florida vaccine story:

When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.

We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.

“Oh, they’d have died.”

Today, Governor DeSantis shared his plans to end vaccine requirements in the state of Florida. We are concerned that today's announcement will put children in Florida public schools at higher risk for getting sick and have ripple effects across their community.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Seconding Nightswimming!

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.

Such a good song! Amy and Emily have been on the right side of history for a long time.

American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy.
Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Needed this today. You might, too.

Thank you!

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AAP has been leading voice on childhood vaccine recommendations since 1930s The AAP has been at the forefront of providing evidence-based immunization guidance to help pediatricians protect children from vaccine-preventable illnesses for nearly a century.

The AAP has always been a leading voice in vaccine recommendations. We will continue to publish our own immunization schedule and make science-backed recommendations that pediatricians and families have trusted for decades.
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Same! Burned the roof of my mouth with these in college SO many times!

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia.

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia.

I would for sure read “How to Adopt and Maintain New Habits Even With ADHD!”

Major medical groups file lawsuit to stop RFK Jr. from making changes to vaccines The American Academy of Pediatrics is suing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his changes to vaccines. Dr. Susan Kressley, the group's president, joins Katy Tur to share m...

Vaccines "are one of the best tools we have to protect children's health," says AAP President Susan Kressly. Watch the full conversation to hear why progress in vaccine policy is at risk and how the AAP is taking action.
www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

Libro is such a fantastic alternative to Amazon-owned Audible. Get your audiobooks from them AND you can also select your favorite indie to receive a cut of the sale!

I wish I could say I didn’t know who he was, but alas, I have a 10 year-old.

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

We asked Trump’s former prisons chief how $45 billion will reshape immigrant detention We also asked an ACLU attorney, a private prisons expert, and the ex-commissioner of New York City's jails.

ICE is soon to become the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in US history, with more money than the federal prison system, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration combined.

Here's what that will logistically look like.

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin

“I represent 67,000 pediatricians, and let me be clear: this bill will devastate children’s health,” said Dr. Susan Kressly, President of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social “Kids are 22% of our population—but 100% of our future. We cannot afford to fail them.”
Call your senators and demand a NO vote.

Justice Jackson in dissent: "The Court's decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law."

Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s

"i asked chatgpt" yeah well i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains, i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less I seek my source for some definitive closer I am to fine