Linda Genen, MD MPH

Many of us trained @ hospitals supported by NIH grants. We are losing great minds due to the changes. I know of more than one scientist who is leaving the 🇺🇸 to continue their research in another country. We will look back years later wondering how we fell behind as a world leader in science.

Front page of the July 31, 1965 front page of the New York Times

The front page of the New York Times, July 31, 1965, showing LBJ signing the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965 into law in the presence of Harry Truman.

Love your videos - truly well done. Appreciated your comment on “sleight of hand” with regard to the graph in one of the studies. Not all are aware of the ways to “enhance” the data.

Black text on white background. It reads: With you, for you. WHO remains committed to health for all.

#HealthForAll

For everyone. Everywhere.

Kansas faces largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history: Health officials Kansas is currently facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials. This is an immediate example where we need #CDC to speak publicly, freely. #TB #pulmsky #medsky
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Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.

🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

The CDC’s MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) did not come out last week.

The first time in generations.

Hasn’t come out today and I can almost assure you it will not.

Why? Trump wants it reviewed *by a political appointee*

Regardless of your view of that journal, that is censorship.

BREAKING: My heart

And any faith I had left in our country.

A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.

One more article from @nbcnews.com Sept 2024 more specific to Texas. As a clinician it is heartbreaking to see the numbers rise in infant and maternal mortality as well as preterm birth. We keep slipping backwards.

Clear and Growing Evidence That Dobbs Is Harming Reproductive Health and Freedom

Not only is maternal mortality increasing, infant mortality also increased as seen in the Commonwealth piece above. And @guttmacher.org published a piece May 2024 on the negative impacts. #maternalmortality #maternalhealth

The U.S. Maternal Health Divide: The Limited Maternal Health Services and Worse Outcomes of States Proposing New Abortion Restrictions States banning/restricting abortion have fewer maternity care providers, more maternity care “deserts,” and higher rates of maternal mortality and infant death.

TY for your efforts! The data is out there - in all states with strict antiabortion laws, the maternal mortality increase. Ridiculous to try and hide the data. @commonwealthfund.org published an excellent piece Dec 2022. More data has come out on the topic. #maternalhealth #maternalmortality

EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

YouTube video by The Golden Circle Caroline Kennedy reads her letter to Senators denouncing her “predator” cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Caroline Kennedy, cousin to the current pick for HHS secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, has penned a scathing letter warning senators about her cousin, calling him a "predator."

She also says her father and uncle would be "disgusted" by RFK, Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLx...

Egg prices are way up. Medicaid and cancer research are shut down.

Just what people voted for.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”

"Bad Medicine" by michaelpramirez.com

All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House | CNN Politics The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.

I am in year 2 of a 5yr NIH R01 grant that aims to bring the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social to #LA's underserved patients. It took me 3 years (4 tries) to get this grant. I have research coordinators & investigators whose salaries depend on the grant. I am so angry right now. #medsky

I was a #refugee. English was my 2nd language. I am an #NIH funded #physician-researcher who believes in science & human compassion. I am a #childlesscatlady. I am well aware that I am everything this administration hates, and I have no intention of going quietly into the night. #medsky

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

They’re stopping WIC payments.

WIC provides nutrition (& healthcare) to pregnant women & children under 5.

Despite being massively underutilized, >50% of all US babies rely on WIC.

Every $1 spent on prenatal WIC benefits saves >$3 in healthcare expenses (mostly to taxpayers) in the 1st yr of life

President Trump's federal funding freeze hits Medicaid in Illinois, slated to disrupt vast array of programs The temporary federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB Pritzker's office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people in Illinois in 2...

Journalists around the country begin documenting effects on their states. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...

Caroline Kennedy Urges Senators to Reject RFK Jr. for Health Secretary In a harsh letter to lawmakers considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary, Ms. Kennedy called her cousin a “predator” who led other family members down the path of addiction.

Trust the people closest to someone - they know the truth. Kudos to Caroline Kennedy for speaking out. The unintended consequences of placing someone without experience in this important role will have long lasting detrimental effects on science and medicine not to mention negatively impact PEOPLE.

In 1962 author Roald Dahl's oldest child Olivia was infected with measles.

Days later she died from encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain.

This was one year before the first measles vaccine.

In 1986 he wrote a heartfelt letter to parents about the importance of vaccines.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

Excellent summary of history and future for menopause treatment options. We lost 2 decades of research on the effects of HRT; glad this topic which affects EVERY woman is gaining traction. #MedSky #ObSky #menopause

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