Mia

The stakes for the NIH and US science could not be high-er. It is impossible to overestimate the transformative impact of federal funding on science and medicine. The NIH proudly counts 174 Nobel Prize laureates among its research staff or grantees.& NIH-funded Nobel laureates have achieved groundbreaking discoveries, from the invention of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and the development of CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) gene editing to the identification of hepatitis B and C viruses, telomeres, restriction enzymes, and prions. Their research elucidated fundamental mechanisms that led to lifesaving antiretrovirals, vaccines, statins, and cancer therapies, advancing medical breakthroughs that have benefited every US family, regardless of income or political affiliation. What is at stake is not conceptual or theoretical or ivory tower but instead intimate and personal. This is about the health of your grandmother and grandfather, your mother and father, your sister and brother, your children and grand-children, and your spouse. This is realism, not alarmism.

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My friends Loren and Rochelle. 💔

We are still rejoicing that the beloved MMWR is back to regular weekly cadence. This week's report has two publications - one on the first case of mpox Clade 1b in the Americas, and another on influenza seroprevalence among bovine veterinarians. You can find both here: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.h...

I’m heartbroken and furious in equal measure. He doesn’t know the difference eternally Medicare and Medicaid but is now in charge of both.

He’s at least part beagle. And they think maybe some German shepherd? His mama looks like a bigger than average beagle.

He was called Blue Spruce but we are calling him Blue.

I can’t keep track of the bad stuff but we adopted a rescue puppy and he’s awfully cute.

CDC website is being scrubbed of anything related to STI treatment, HIV prevention, gender care, probably vaccine stuff. Dark dark days. We at work trying to download pdfs and save invaluable clinical resources.

Honestly I’m at a complete loss right now like what the actual fuck they stopped the Medicaid payments to states this AM?!?
But now it’s been put on hold I guess. 🤮

#musselburghhat in Jack O Lantern colorway from @gaugedyeworks

Had a meeting at work yesterday where we talked about what to do if ICE shows up at our clinic (FQHC in MA) and only my hat in progress kept me from crying. Good news: HIPAA >> ICE (for now). #familymed #darktimes #knitting

Went to Bowdoin
1. what was your career goal when you started?
To be a doctor
2. your initial major?
Biochemistry
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
I added Classics (double major 🤓)
4. what do you do now, professionally?
I’m a Family Doctor!

if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?

1. i was interested in genetics but unsure
2. History
3. Never changed
4. Writer/creative writing prof

Gorgeous.

Oh so cute!