SPS board must make it clear the well-resourced schools plan is done | Op-Ed A school board member writes that she is not convinced that there aren't other options to balance the Seattle district's 2025-26 budget.

Here's the editorial, I was mad and pressing enter too fast: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/sps-...

do you just subscribe to that list and it blocks?

We have nirsevimab (RSV antibody) for babies under 11 lbs expiring at the end of the month -- if you know anyone in Western Washington looking for doses, we happily immunize anyone, don't need to be our patients. Clinic is in NE Seattle.

agreed, they should all be banned. they're dangerous and impair normal development of walking.

Immunity to S pyogenes and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0 to 4 Years This cross-sectional study examines changes in immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes and other common respiratory pathogens among young children in 10 European countries after the introduction of nonphar...

this paper is wild -- did they really not control for covid *infection* at all? they're blaming increased severity of strep and RSV on *restrictions*? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

First-Trimester COVID Vaccination Not Linked to Major Birth Defects Large study reinforces recent research demonstrating mRNA vaccine safety in pregnancy

"Our study confirms the fetal safety of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, showing no increased risk of MCMs"

Another huge study shows no increased risk of major congenital malformations with COVID vaccines.

#MedSky + #ReproSky via medpagetoday.com

www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

These goons look more and more pathetic by the day. Y'all just dispatched three faux-tough-guy dudes to arrest a singing giraffe who did nothing wrong. Go home, look in the mirror, flex your muscles and feel like big boys, ya mopes.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

#MythBustingMonday
“Vaccines contain dangerous and toxic ingredients.”
This one never dies, so let’s tackle it properly. Yes, vaccines contain multiple components but context, chemistry, and dose matter. Vaccine ingredients have been studied for decades, across trials and billions of doses. A 🧵

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

when the evidence supports concern about safety, they publish it -- www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...

The adult #hepatitis B guidance published in the MMWR is one of the publications I am most proud of - because it is evidence based. The findings were discussed at ACIP meetings. Members of the public had input. CDC staff spent hundreds of hours on this - #MedSky + #IDSky.

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

this is a recipe for a four year government shutdown

you simply cannot make deals with people who are telling you up front they are going to break those deals and claw back everything you won in them

wait doesn't he say in his book that he has no autism in his practice?

Flurry of H5N1 activity noted in commercial poultry, wild birds The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has noted several new H5N1 outbreaks and detections in commercial poultry flocks, backyard flocks, and wild migrating birds.

“The uptick in H5N1 activity signals that the avian influenza season is fully under way… Over the last 30 days, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in 38 flocks, including 24 commercial flocks and 14 in backyard locations.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

if we're following a kid closely, we're going to have lots of measurements. do we use velocity over the shortest period of time available (2 months?) or divide it out into days and use those? -1 z-score from max? I'm writing an app and need details! #pedsky #ftt #falteringweight

I have so many questions about the forthcoming Faltering Weight clinical practice guideline. wfl < Z -1.65 -- what about stunting? Their wfl looks fine! Weight gain velocity < -2 z-score for age -- over what period of time? Ditto loss of -1 Z score in weight or wfl -- over what period of time?

Won't work, it's got phenol red in it, they'll think it's got dyes.

If something is licensed but discontinued do they need to go through licensure again to restart distribution?

Made. Past tense.

He is very sad about the S and won't go on. Please tell him it's not spoiled! The shirt, not the country.

My 6yo is wearing "WARREN HAS A PLAN FOR THAT" T-shirt and just asked for "more shirts about good presidents, and also, Trump is bad and he lies + he is orange."

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

reminds me to do this (i had subscribed to read one specific article)

Earthquakes shake. Kids wiggle. 🌀
We can’t stop the shaking, but we CAN teach our kids to stay safe. Drop. Cover. Hold On. ✅ @ShakeOut #Earthquake

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with the GOP on Obamacare, calling to avoid premium hikes Greene said she's "not a fan" of Obamacare but complained that her "own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE" if Congress ignores the issue.

Marjorie Taylor Greene just realized her adult children’s insurance premiums would double if the Republican cuts to ACA go through.

She’s broken party lines and is siding with the Dems.

How many more MAGA people are out there like her? Who don’t realize these cuts will financially devastate them?

Poor ventilation in schools increases the risk of buildup of CO2 VOCs mould bacteria and respiratory viruses,
Triggering chronic disease like asthma and leading to acute illness.
These are all airborne-
So monitor air quality
ventilate and
filter air

www.instagram.com/reel/DPWxdWS...

we have insurance companies who will cover it when it's given by tube but not when it's given by mouth 😒

it also hamstrings the use of MMRV for the second dose before the age of 4, which has been permissible (and important IMO with increasing outbreaks, plus varicella is much more effective after two doses).