Carolyn Barber, MD

NEW: Virginia raccoon goes on drunken liquor-store rampage, falls through the ceiling, downs the whiskey, and passes out in the bathroom.
Authorities report he’s “sober, alive, and reconsidering his life choices.” Pobrecito!🦝🥃 shorturl.at/1mm4R #BlueSky #MedSky #ToxSky #NewsSky #EMSky

cervical cancer.”

“It’s important to emphasize that this [study] had a very, very, very high level of safety in it,” says Mark Einstein, MD Pass along! #NewsSky #ObSky

Single HPV vaccine dose matches protection of 2-dose regimen, new trial shows

BREAKTHROUGH: One HPV vaccine dose works as well as two.

A 20,000-participant RCT showed 97% protection with no safety concerns—a global game-changer for preventing cervical cancer. “We have the evidence and tools to eliminate
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global modeling agency, walked for Hermès, Dries Van Noten & Ralph Lauren…

And today, she’s a multi-millionaire.

Trump is EVIL. —r/t Ed Krassenstein #BlueSky #NewsSky

Trump calls her and her people “garbage,” “lazy,” and “criminals.”

At 7, she survived Female Genital Mutation.
Her two sisters were killed.
Her mother fled with her to the U.S. to escape violence.
Fatima excelled in school, earned scholarships, attended NYU & BU, signed with a top #BlueSky #NewsSky

Hegseth Invoked the ‘Fog of War’ in a Boat Strike. What Does That Mean?

“If you didn’t have good visibility, how did you know it was a threat — and why did you engage?”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u... #Military

Hegseth Invoked the ‘Fog of War’ in a Boat Strike. What Does That Mean?

EXPLOSIVE BOAT STRIKE INCIDENT:
Hegseth blamed the Caribbean strike — including a 2nd hit that killed survivors — on the “fog of war.” The fallout is now intensifying, with lawmakers openly challenging the legality of the operation.

Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan cut through the defense:
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Those Sky-High Bitcoin Prices Everyone Said Were Here to Stay? They Left.

CRYPTO CRASH: Bitcoin was supposed to hit $250K.
Instead, it face-planted from $126K to $82K.
Blame the economy, rate fears, and overleveraged degens getting wiped out.
Crypto wanted independence — got a reality check. 🔥📉

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/t... #BlueSky #NewsSky #EconSky

trafficking and Trump’s stated crusade to stop drug flows and confront Maduro.

Juan Orlando Hernández — convicted in the U.S. of major drug-trafficking charges — walked out of a federal prison after a full pardon.

Trump granted it days after vowing to free him, stunning U.S. officials who spent years on the case — especially given Hernández’s cocaine #BlueSky #NewsSky

Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1....

A U.S. sec of defense posting a meme of a cartoon turtle killing people while under a war-crimes cloud is grotesque, reckless, and beneath the office.

Pete Hegseth has shown exactly who he is — unfit for the job and a danger to the institution he leads. "In the name of God, go." #BlueSky #NewsSky

Interesting—President’s doctor: “Heart: excellent. Abdomen: excellent.” Brain imaging… missing entirely.

Interesting omission, no? 🤔 #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.

NEW: Trump’s tariffs cost importers nearly $90B. Now Costco is suing the government to get those Trump-era duties refunded. When even the bulk-buy kings say the math isn’t mathing… you know it’s real. 💸

www.nbcnews.com/business/bus... #BlueSky #NewsSky #tariffs

National Guard member shot in DC has shown positive signs, West Virginia governor says West Virginia's governor says a National Guard member from his state who was shot last week in an attack in Washington, D.C., remains in serious condition but has shown some positive signs.

BREAKING: Good news out of D.C.: The West Virginia National Guard member shot in last week’s attack is now responding to commands in the hospital — giving a thumbs-up and wiggling his toes, according to Gov. Patrick Morrisey. Praying for continued healing and strength.
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Vaping linked to teen's 'popcorn lung' type injury - BBC News Canadian doctors who treated the teen say the injury is unlike vaping-related illnesses in the US.

Here’s the case and various reports. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
And wallacegraham.com/news/Teen%25...
And pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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there for 30min plus.

What’s Trump trying to hide, and why do we have a president who is SO rude?

Trump said: “I have no idea what part of the body they MRI’d… I aced a cognitive test… you’d be incapable of it,” then insulted a second female reporter and stormed off. Anyone who’s had an MRI knows exactly what’s being scanned—you’re told, positioned, and in

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Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence

Trump just COMMUTED the sentence of David Gentile — a man convicted in a $1.6 BILLION fraud scheme — after less than two weeks in prison. Thousands of victims lost their life savings.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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Outpatient treatment of COVID-19 and incidence of post-COVID-19 condition over 10 months (COVID-OUT): a multicentre, randomised, quadruple-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 trial Outpatient treatment with metformin reduced long COVID incidence by about 41%, with an absolute reduction of 4·1%, compared with placebo. Metformin has clinical benefits when used as outpatient treatm...

drug that’s been used for decades.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #NurseSky #EMSky #PedsSky

Metformin at the time of Covid-19 infection and risk of Long Covid: A Target Trial Emulation Study Background: Our objective was to evaluate metformin prescribed at the time of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the risk of developing Long Covid (LC) in electronic health record data. Methods: We conducted a n...

prior work.

A larger U.S. placebo-controlled RCT (COVID-OUT) previously found metformin reduced long COVID by >40%, rising to 63% when started within 4 days. Effects were consistent across demographics & viral variants, including Omicron.

Metformin is an inexpensive and widely available diabetes

Metformin at the time of Covid-19 infection and risk of Long Covid: A Target Trial Emulation Study Background: Our objective was to evaluate metformin prescribed at the time of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the risk of developing Long Covid (LC) in electronic health record data. Methods: We conducted a n...

🧵New observational study:
Starting metformin within 6 days of COVID was linked to half the long COVID risk compared with patients given other meds (fluvoxamine, fluticasone, ivermectin, montelukast): 4.0% vs 8.5% (aRR 0.47). Small study, but aligns with #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #IDSky #SciSky 1/2

There may not be a safe off-ramp for some taking GLP-1 drugs, study suggests In trial, 82% saw weight rebound and cardiovascular health reverse after withdrawal.

GLP-1 reality check:
82% rebounded (≥25% of what they lost) after stopping tirzepatide — weight, BP, cholesterol, all back up.

And, rebound weight may return higher in fat mass. There’s no clean exit yet…
arstechnica.com/health/2025/... #BlueSky #MedSky #NurseSky #NewsSky #EMSky #SciSky #GISky

Distinct brain alterations and neurodegenerative processes in cognitive impairment associated with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 - Nature Communications Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) have been linked to brain alterations, but association with cognitive problems are not well understood. Here, the authors analyze blood proteins and brain MRI ...

⚠️ Mild COVID, lasting damage: Long COVID w/ cognitive symptoms shows brain atrophy, iron buildup, CSF barrier changes, and injury markers (↑GFAP/NfL)—confirmed twice. Protect your brain. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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largely untested flavor chemicals used in vaping products, experts are calling for stricter regulation and stronger youth education. The warning is clear: sweet-tasting vapor can cause permanent, preventable lung damage.
(Revised tweet from Massimo

irreversible disease scars and blocks the smallest airways, causing lifelong breathing problems. The condition—first seen in workers exposed to the flavoring chemical diacetyl—is now appearing in young vapers inhaling similar compounds found in many e-liquids. With more than 180

Flavored e-cigarettes, marketed to teens with candy-like names, pose serious hidden dangers. A new case of a U.S. teenager developing bronchiolitis obliterans (“popcorn lung”) after three years of secret vaping highlights the risk.) This
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‘Significant Number’ of Airbus Planes Require Critical Software Fix Before They Can Fly Some planes could be temporarily grounded after the airplane maker said solar radiation may corrupt data critical to flight controls.

Thousands of Airbus A320s now need an urgent software fix after solar radiation scrambled cockpit systems. Regulators want updates by Saturday, or planes get grounded. This could hit global flights fast.

www.wsj.com/business/air... #BlueSky #NewsSky #AirSky

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