JrQuepu MD

What a rag.

Two-thirds of National Park Service employees have been furloughed during the ongoing government shutdown, worsening an already severe staffing shortage. With limited personnel remaining, essential maintenance, law enforcement, and visitor services are significantly reduced.

NC legislators shorted medicaid by 300M as of Oct 1 so NC DHHS cut payments by 3-10% across the board.

Many agencies and hospitals cannot stay open with these types of immediate cuts. Meaning it will impact everyone regardless of insurance status.

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes

I know there can be some discrepancies as to where this is enforced, but as of last year noncompetes are not as easy to enforce and may result in fines to the organizations that try to use them. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

Top Infectious Disease News Stories Week of September 27-October 3 This week, there are C diff and hepatitis roundup reports, how COVID-19 has disrupted traditional respiratory virus patterns with summer surges now preceding the typical winter influenza season, a re...

This week: C diff and hepatitis roundups, how COVID-19 has disrupted traditional respiratory virus patterns, a review of a trial comparing dalbavancin with standard intravenous therapy for Staphylococcus aureus, and more.

Billionaires shouldn’t show gratitude to their workers by paying them well. They shouldn’t show gratitude to the infrastructure that allows their success via our collective taxation, but a Black, female reporter who has a successful career that she EARNED should be grateful.
Malignant propaganda.

Call anyway.

Harvard scientists pinpoint how sleep stabilizes memory in fascinating neuroscience breakthrough New research from Harvard scientists suggests that sleep helps the brain strengthen newly learned motor skills by boosting spindle activity in the exact regions involved during learning. The greater t...

www.psypost.org/harvard-scie...

I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE. An interview with Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic House candidate in Illinois, who was violently thrown to the ground twice at a peaceful protest in Illinois on Friday morning.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

A threatened $100,000 fee on H-1B visas verges on the insane. Highly qualified scientists and medical specialists will no longer be able to come to America to fill the needs of tech labs and hospitals - unless the potential employers pay the fee upfront - and that is highly unlikely!

New (preprint): "Greater adherence to a healthful #plantbased diet is associated with lower liver fat and MASLD prevalence." 🥦🫘🫐 #medsky #liverdisease
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Georgia’s TB case numbers are soaring, worrying doctors The disease kills about 1.25 million a year globally. What you need to know.

Speaking of infectious disease....

#Medsky #IDsky #TB #publichealth #tuberculosis #lunghealth

Maybe this is something in the UK? I’ve never heard of it in the US.

For the record I have never advised this and don’t think this was ever common practice. Was confused by the first line of this story.

Ultraprocessed Foods and Health This Medical News article discusses a new American Heart Association science advisory on ultraprocessed foods, cardiometabolic health, and policy recommendations for improving dietary patterns.

A good overview of the available #evidence on ultraprocessed foods. It is unfathomable that the #food industry is allowed to perform such a real-world experiment with hardly any checks and controls. #diet #UPF #health #PoliSky #MedSky

Data needs to drive these decisions.

I’m a former CDC director. I’m deeply concerned about the future of vaccines in the U.S. “I am deeply saddened for the agency I was honored to lead, for colleagues put in harm’s way, and for the quiet heroism of public health workers who are derided for political gain,” Rochelle Walensky ...

We had the worst measles outbreak in 25 years. Now politicians want to dismantle the very programs that prevent epidemics. Without urgent action, “vaccines may soon slip beyond our collective reach.” — Rochelle Walensky, former CDC Director #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #IDSky #NurseSky #PedsSky #SciSky

A whistleblower has revealed that DOGE officials copied the entire Social Security database — containing sensitive information like Social Security numbers and birthdates of over 300 million Americans — to an unsecured cloud server without proper oversight.

“To anybody who is going on shift tonight, or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job, this is for you,” Wyle said. #medsky

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sleep.

If you can only focus on one self-care task: this is the one.

Sleep.

I wonder how many other states could do this?

I can't stop crying. And hate won't solve the problem 😢😢😢 #Hunger #Gaza #Children #Starvation #Medsky

Long ago many political strategists determined that forcefully repeating a statement will convince people it is true.

Advocating for honesty, producing evidence and maintaining integrity doesn’t seem to permeate the constant flood of misinformation.

Check out the free reproductive care conversations training available from the Repro Health Coalition through @amwadoctors.bsky.social and @drsforamerica.bsky.social.
#MedSky #ReproSky

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

Cassidy asks Kennedy to promote vaccines targeting whooping cough after major outbreak BATON ROUGE — Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday that Louisiana is undergoing its worst whooping cough outbreak since 1990 and called on the nation's vaccine-leery health secretary to promote vaccinations.

Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday that Louisiana is undergoing its worst whooping cough outbreak since 1990 and called on the nation's vaccine-leery health secretary to promote vaccinations. https://www.wbrz.com/news/cassidy-asks-kennedy-to-promote-vaccines-targeting-whooping-cough-after-major-outbreak

Such a wast of $10M of taxpayers: totally unacceptable.

As an illustration of incompetence: bad.

As a deliberate action toward restricting reproductive choices: horrific and oppressive.