Senescent surgeon

this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity

make them shut down the hotline

use all your best Borg jokes

Or maybe he did. And they told him he was insane so he left early.

Haha! Excellent!

😂 Didn't know there were Dad jokes in chemistry.

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Ha! No kidding.

Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

🌟Meet Dr. Annie Andrews🌟 Pediatrician, gun violence prevention advocate & researcher, and former congressional candidate working to protect kids’ futures. Clinical Professor at George Washington University & senior advisor to Everytown for Gun Safety & Moms Demand Action. Learn more: bit.ly/44D59Gn

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...

"The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia, and tried to prevent HIV transmission.

More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost."

projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

Research cuts pose ‘existential threat’ to academic medicine and put nation’s health at risk, new report says | CNN Federal research funding cuts pose an “existential threat” to academic medicine that will have repercussions for patient care in the US, according to a new report from the Association of American Medi...

We have been talking about this for months.

www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/h...

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

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You can support as a patient, a clinician, a scientist or as anyone who has a stake in healthcare.

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I'd follow him anywhere 🐾

YouTube video by Annie Andrews Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"

I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.

Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.

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Rubio: US to begin revoking visas of Chinese students He said the State Department would "work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or ...

The slow death of American higher education. Nobody’s going to travel to study there. The best research will no longer be done there. The best research academics will eventually leave.

Health and freedom We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic.

"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom."
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Fantastic!
#medsky #surgsky

Kennedy, Defending Downsizing, Clashes With Democrats in Tense Hearings

"Mr. Kennedy’s assertion that he has “not fired any working scientists” flies in the face of reality. Hundreds of scientists from NIH, CDC and FDA have lost their jobs as part of his plan to overhaul HHS." #medsky
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The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]

NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.

Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

Guidance on MMR in context of outbreaks.

RFK Jr wants placebo controlled clinical studies for vaccines The post discusses the flawed belief that all vaccine safety must be proven through placebo-controlled studies, as promoted by RFK Jr.

Terrific explainer here on @skepticalraptor.bsky.social's
blog about how vaccines are developed & properly tested--& why placebo-controlled trials to evaluate their effectiveness & safety (a longstanding talking pt by RFK Jr. & antivaxxers) are often HIGHLY unethical AND impractical to run. 🛟medsky

Amazing. I also agreed with his views on gun control a few years ago. Might be the only two things we agree on, though.

For this teacher appreciation week, I’m going to talk a little about graduate medical education.

What is it?

It’s the education of resident and fellow physicians. These trainees have finished medical school & are doctors but need to complete residency +/- fellowship to work in their speciality.

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Nice! I had a view of a neglected courtyard where everyone went to smoke.

Honestly, there will be some physician researchers willing. Generally, studies involving human subjects have required ethical review and approval (often called Institutional Review Boards or IRBs). I don't know if we can count on that anymore.

Vaccine Ingredients: Frequently Asked Questions All vaccines contain antigens. Antigens make vaccines work. They prompt the body to create the immune response needed to protect against infection. Antigens come in several forms. The form used in a v...

In my now daily quest to combat vaccine misinformation and disinformation, I give you this great article from @HealthyChildren. Data matters. Science matters. Disinformation harms children.
#PedSky #MedSky

Yup. Fair points. But it overcomes the serious ethical concerns. And could likely adjust for other lifestyle/healthcare choices if the data was gathered. Actually that might be kind of interesting.