Reposted by Ann Steck, MDRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 28/03/2025CDC ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging. “The decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” a spokesperson said, echoing a line from a recent editorial RFK Jr. wrote 461085522
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more. 349159263986
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDClaudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book 317422238472
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second. 20245395236864
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/02/2025Joann, the fabrics and crafts retailer that has supplied quilters, seamstresses and school projects for 80 years, announced that it would close down all of its stores in the latest chapter of financial tumult for the company.nytimes.comJoann, 80-Year-Old Crafts and Fabrics Retailer, Will Close All StoresThe announcement that the chain would close all 800 of its stores in 49 states comes after a period of financial turmoil. 4029353
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes recommendations that determine access to vaccines in the US. The ACIP meeting scheduled for next week is now delayed. This is how RFK Jr will administratively destroy vaccination programs. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comA CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponedAn HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled. 21657336
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDLauren @laur705.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So ProPublica Did #ReproSky 🩺 🛟propublica.orgTexas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We DidSince Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal... 215572
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDPestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 21/02/2025This is how ‘Dr.’ Death is going destroy vaccine programs and make vaccines unaffordable to most. “Insurance companies are mandated to cover recommended vaccines; however, if the CDC and ACIP don't make a recommendation for a new vaccine, insurers have the autonomy to decide whether to cover them.”nbcnews.comA CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponedAn HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled. 24441180
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDKen Milne MD @thesgem.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I've been asked by a number of my #MedSky American friends about moving to Canada. dialogue.cpso.on.ca/articles/rem...dialogue.cpso.on.caReminder: American Board-Certified Doctors Exempt from CFPC/RCPSC Certification | Dialogue - CPSO's Publication for Ontario Doctors 0267
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDSalena @salena.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this. 303156733332
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Photo of two boys - one vaccinated against smallpox, the other not - published in 1901 by Dr. Allan Warner. Smallpox killed over half a billion people in the 20th century alone. On 8 May 1980, the WHO announced its eradication, which was achieved through #vaccines, surveillance, and containment. 24982339
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 05/01/2025About a million people die every year due to antimicrobial resistance. Causes: - Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics - 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock - No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics - no new antibiotic classes since 1980 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comAntibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’As superbugs spread across the globe, death rates from antimicrobial resistance are set to double, says England’s former chief medical officer 1322284
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/12/2024I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣 15623481610754
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDNPR @npr.org · 14/12/2024Glenn Miller was the swing era's biggest star. Then, he vanished without a trace.npr.org80 years later, Glenn Miller's sudden disappearance remains unsolvedGlenn Miller was the swing era's biggest star. Then, he vanished without a trace. 391033183
Ann Steck, MD @asteckmd.bsky.social · 14/12/2024thehill.com/policy/healt...thehill.comOhio Senate passes measure forcing hospitals to administer ivermectin, other patient-requested treatmentsThe Ohio state Senate passed a bill earlier this week that will allow patients to force hospitals to administer drugs for off-label use. The passage of the bill comes after a years-long effo… 110
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 06/12/2024If an #H5N1 pandemic starts tomorrow or in three months, there will be little mystery as to how it happened. The conditions are all there. They have been for a while. So in some ways the more interesting question to me at the moment is: Why aren’t we in a pandemic yet? Story here, 🧵 to come: 🧪#IDSkyscience.orgWhy hasn’t the bird flu pandemic started?Some scientists examining mutations found in H5N1 viruses fear major outbreak is imminent but others says pathogen remains unpredictable 641417671
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDAndy Conway Morris @andymoz78.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Talking of Bier, @orthopodreg.bsky.social the story of how he developed spinal anaesthesia is pretty wild A story of cocaine, cigars, and German army helmets. #AnSky #MedSky #HistoryMedSkymedia.tenor.coma baby rhino is playing with snow in a zoo enclosure .Alt: a baby rhino is playing with snow in a zoo enclosure . 33721
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Private insurance defenders, do you really believe that 1/3 of healthcare claims are for unnecessary or fraudulent things? 31845190
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 04/12/2024The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today about Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for young people. This is not a both-sides story. One side is right and the other is dangerously wrong. Nazis were the first people to try to destroy trans health care. @bschillace.brandyschillace.com (1/n)scientificamerican.comThe Forgotten History of the World's First Trans ClinicThe Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology 21637285
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDJack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 03/12/2024The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow about Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care. One topic is likely to take center stage: detransition. The court needs to consider this topic with the nuance it deserves. The latest via my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...open.substack.comHow The Supreme Court Should Think about DetransitionThe court needs to keep in mind that all medical treatments have risks, benefits, and side effects. 7626
Ann Steck, MD @asteckmd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Best of luck! Sending you all the positive vibes. 020
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDPatrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Important to understand the well from which these conspiracies have sprung, we are soon be awash in them once again 👇👇👇 093
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDAlan Drummond MD @dralandrummond.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Here's where the primary care crisis is hitting Ontario hardest Data show millions of Ontarians without family doctors — and many more potentially on the way www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...thetrillium.caHere's where the primary care crisis is hitting Ontario hardestData show millions of Ontarians without family doctors — and many more potentially on the way 85424
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/11/2024It’s a wonderful day to be grateful for vaccines! A reminder the HPV vaccine has nearly completely wiped out cervical cancer in Scotland 27215
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDRichard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 27/11/2024Isn't science amazing...? 0277
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDDrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Ben Stein is a conservative economist. He reshot this scene during Trump 1.0 on behalf of the National Retail Federation to point out how damaging tariffs are. nrf.com/blog/anyone-...nrf.comAnyone know if tariffs work? Anyone … anyone?NRF's new ad campaign features Ben Stein from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." 672072903
Ann Steck, MD @asteckmd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Happy Thanksgiving to you, Mr. Dowd. You are a treasure. 010
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDjosh farkas 💊 @pulmcrit.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Skytorial: Five pearls on olanzapine 😁 Between agitation and nausea/vomiting, olanzapine has a wide range of use. Olanzapine is generally not a front-line agent (e.g., haloperidol or ondansetron often are). But sometimes, it really comes in clutch....media.tenor.coma man in a plaid shirt sits at a picnic table with the words " settle down " on the bottomALT: a man in a plaid shirt sits at a picnic table with the words " settle down " on the bottom 1114246
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Word of the day is ‘sequaciousness’ (16th century): the slavish and reckless following of another person in matters of thought or opinion. 28195271722
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDAmy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Study finds elected Italian female mayors are 3x more likely to experience a violent attack than their male equivalents. Attacks on women in politics are designed as a signal to all women to stay out of politics and public life. @giammacco.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-are-fema...theconversation.comWhy are female politicians more often targeted with violence? New findings confirm depressing suspicionsA study of Italian mayors made it possible to compare the experiences of politicians with identical characteristics other than their gender. 0245
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention 660277848633
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/11/2024 “globally, the most dangerous place for a woman to be was in her home, where the majority of women die at the hands of men” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comHome is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide reportOf the 85,000 women killed by men in 2023, 60% died at the hands of a partner or family member, new UN figures show 512555
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 26/11/2024“Seventy-six per cent of respondents said that they could no longer treat patients in accordance with evidence-based medicine. Twenty-one per cent said that they were either considering leaving the state or already planning to do so; thirteen per cent had decided to retire early.” + 24714
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDOhio Physicians for Reproductive Rights @ohioreprorights.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Check out the #StopProject2025 toolkit at AU.org/project2025au.orgProject 2025: The Christian Nationalist plan to take over AmericaProject 2025 is real. They wrote it down. It has a website. And Project 2025 will affect you, your family, friends and communities. Just look at what’s happening to Gabe and Liz Rutan-Ram. 074
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 25/11/2024Texas teachers are quitting at a rate that’s 25 percent above the national average. In Tennessee, the vacancy rate for all public schools is 5.5 percent, compared to a national average of 4 percent. From @timothynoah.bsky.social November 2023: newrepublic.com/article/1768...newrepublic.comThe Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags. 621005418
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDShematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 21/11/2024How to make friends with a hematologist Chapter 1 1. Order a peripheral smear before they ask 2. Never get a CBC without a diff 3. Stop the heparin before you call for a HIT consult 4. NEVER order MTHFR 5. Order a reticulocyte count before you consult for anemiamedia.tenor.coma man in a striped shirt is talking to another man and says did we just become best friends ?Alt: a man in a striped shirt is talking to another man and says did we just become best friends ? 3834927
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDShematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 20/11/2024We’ve all been under a lot of stress lately. But did you know that stress affects blood coagulation? If you didn’t before prepare to now with another #hemesky #skeetorial 1/media.tenor.coma man says you look pretty stressed in a showtime adAlt: a man says you look pretty stressed in a showtime ad 1926251
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 18/11/2024“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” - James Baldwin 7559689614927
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDMegan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 17/11/2024And yes, this study demonstrated a causal link 15268105
Reposted by Ann Steck, MDMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Naomi Beinart, 16: "We girls woke up to a country that would rather elect a man found liable for sexual abuse than a woman...Where the body I haven’t fully grown into may no longer be under my control. The boys, it seemed to me, just woke up on a Wednesday."nytimes.comOpinion | I’m 16. On Nov. 5 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft.On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality. 3874591929