Virginia Kivlighan

Any pseudoprogression, re: immunotherapy, experts suggestions?

Plus - ongoing infection post biopsy then post radiation + open wound.

What is infection or maybe pseudoprogression - or real progression…?

Who are the people who would be interested in this puzzle?
#cSCC

Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You. The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...

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Study on Medicaid Work Requirements Finds No Gains in Insurance, Employment State-level findings from Georgia may predict nationwide rollout

“Study on Medicaid Work Requirements Finds No Gains in Insurance, Employment” www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89

“Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

CDC's No-Bid Contract on Vaccine-Autism Study Raises Alarm Award to Rensselaer to investigate link is 'unprecedented,' says expert

“CDC's No-Bid Contract on Vaccine-Autism Study Raises Alarm” www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...

Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump

“Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...

Kennedy, Rejecting Data, Fuels Distrust of His Own Agencies

“Kennedy, Rejecting Data, Fuels Distrust of His Own Agencies” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

Opinion | Do I Have to Go Abroad for a COVID Booster? As a healthy, young physician, the updated shot isn't approved for me

“Do I Have to Go Abroad for a COVID Booster?”
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...

‘Something Is Wrong With My Brain’: A Police Officer’s Descent

‘Something Is Wrong With My Brain’: A Police Officer’s Descent www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Breaking News: At least three people are dead, including a gunman, and more than a dozen others were injured in a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, officials said. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4fSUN8I

DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says

DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

Pulling the Plug on mRNA Vaccine Development Is 'Reckless,' Experts Say Puts U.S. at a disadvantage as H5N1 pandemic threat looms

“Pulling the Plug on mRNA Vaccine Development Is 'Reckless,' Experts Say.” www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

apnews.com/article/kenn... Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development

Chronically Ill? In Kennedy's View, It Might Be a Patient's Own Fault These attitudes are shaping policies that affect millions of people

“Chronically Ill? In Kennedy's View, It Might Be a Patient's Own Fault” www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

“Mayo Clinic treats first person in the US with a novel radiopharmaceutical therapy for breast cancer.”

newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/m...

The wife of Rep. Mike Kelly (R., Pa.) bought 5,000 shares of Cleveland-Cliffs a day after a key tariff decision, fueling concerns from House Ethics Committee investigators.

POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.

Need expedited 2nd op for cutaneous squamous cell in lymph.
Healthy elderly patient.
Complicated by infection, apparently from biopsy - immediate history full functionality.
Series of med missteps.
Looking for cohesive, smart, and dignified care plan - know out there.
#cancer

How Trump’s pick for surgeon general uses her big online following to make money President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. surgeon general has said the nation’s medical and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ ...

apnews.com/article/surg... Trump’s pick for surgeon general uses her big online following to make money

Looking for the latest info about mets squamous cell skin cancer.

Who is doing the most innovative protocols with the least amount of side effects - specially around shrinking a tumor ahead of surgery + immunotherapy?
#squamous #cancer

Mary Kennedy's body dug up, moved away from family plot

RFK’s first wife, re: body moved.

www.nbcnews.com/news/world/m...

He means the ones supporting this admin and his cousin as they destroy the healthcare system and shift it to monetize narratives that profit them?

NOAA is scrambling to fill forecasting jobs after cuts to the National Weather Service About 40% of the nation’s weather forecast offices have significant staffing vacancies. Critics say the shortfalls could affect key public safety services.

As some forecast offices halt overnight staffing, the National Weather Service is scrambling to reassign staffers internally and fill more than 150 positions to cover critical employment holes.

Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.

Dr. Francis Collins with @60minutes.bsky.social

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The Trump Administration’s War on Children The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

www.propublica.org/article/how-...

Lobbying for next pope heats up with outcome less predictable than ever Francis sought to lower age profile and broaden spread of college of cardinals and for most it is their first conclave Conservative and progressives will intensify efforts to shape the future of the Roman Catholic church in the coming days as 135 cardinals prepare to be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel in order to choose a successor to Pope Francis. The group of cardinals who will vote for the next leader of about 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide are less predictable than ever before, with the vast majority having no experience of a papal conclave. A much wider geographic spread of cardinals adds to the uncertainty. Continue reading...

Lobbying for next pope heats up with outcome less predictable than ever

Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer The move was intended to circumvent a lack of cellphone service in much of the Pentagon and enable easier communication between Hegseth and other Trump officials, said people familiar with the matter.

Breaking news: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had Signal chat app installed on a computer in his Pentagon office, said three people familiar with the matter.

Don’t let this story slip by.

RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.

The National Institutes of Health is amassing private medical records from a number of federal and commercial databases to give to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new effort to study autism, the NIH's top official said Monday. cbsn.ws/42EFdHL