Dr. Sharon @drsharon.bsky.social · 23/07/2025The 2009 swine flu pandemic showed me how devastating and deadly #influenza can be. I still tell those stories today when I discuss arming our immune systems with updated flu shots. #vaccinessavelives 011
Reposted by Dr. SharonProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2025UPDATED TODAY: If you're looking to get in touch with us about a specific issue related to the Trump administration, we've got a list of the federal agencies/topics our reporters are covering + their secure contact information 👇propublica.orgWhat ProPublica’s Reporters Are Covering During Donald Trump’s Second Presidency — and How to Contact ThemFrom Trump’s relationships with billionaires to immigration, here are some of the issues and topics our reporters are watching during his second presidency. 15624228
Reposted by Dr. SharonProPublica @propublica.org · 23/04/2025NEW: The Trump administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.propublica.orgThe Trump Administration’s War on ChildrenThe administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more. 831396736
Reposted by Dr. SharonGabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNIH cancels its first and largest study centered on womenThe Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings 13026701743
Reposted by Dr. SharonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2025By defying the Supreme Court’s order to return Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, Trump is laying the groundwork to do the same to U.S. citizens. Now is the time to speak out — before there is no one left to speak. We are on a path towards dictatorship. 29952701541
Reposted by Dr. Sharoneileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925. 464228174708
Reposted by Dr. Sharon60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/202560 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5 10522772612830
Reposted by Dr. SharonJace D. Flatt, PhD, MPH (They/He) @jaceflatt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025This is beautiful - as scientists are fired or lost their federal funding, Silenced Stories generates awareness and advocacy. #CantFireScience If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ... silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists @silencedscience.bsky.social 14718
Reposted by Dr. SharonHeidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.docs.google.comLegal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public) 21987504127
Reposted by Dr. SharonCoffeemancer Vanvidum @vanvidum.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The lesson of today is: Never let impostor syndrome hold you back. There's almost no way you're actually less competent than some of the people in charge. 312463496
Reposted by Dr. SharonMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA 708319758473
Reposted by Dr. SharonRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Mission Accomplished 818243
Reposted by Dr. SharonPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 08/03/2025Stand Up for Science Burlington, Vermont 134217742561
Reposted by Dr. SharonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans. "Party of family values." 17276212331
Reposted by Dr. SharonPatrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025You have “good insurance” through your job? Well your pediatrician’s office could fold and the [oncologist, neonatologist, critical care, pediatric surgeon, pulmonologist, infectious diseases, nephrologist, etc] that your child needs may not be there anymore when half their payment base collapses. 8394129
Dr. Sharon @drsharon.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Advocacy tip via AAP President Sue Kressly #AAPAdvocacy #AAPAdCon 051
Dr. Sharon @drsharon.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Kids are 22% of the US population but 100% of the future. - AAP President Sue Kressly #speakupforkids #AAPAdvocacy #AAPAdCon 094
Reposted by Dr. SharonElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/02/2025Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer. 17541781227
Reposted by Dr. SharonChris Carroll, MD @chriscarrollmd.com · 14/02/2025This should really be titled Recognizing Vaccine Preventable Diseases. I think the hardest part is going to be picking these out of the more common diseases we see. Fixed the title and the degrees! #pedsICU 4235
Reposted by Dr. SharonUniversity of Minnesota Infectious Diseases @umn-idim.bsky.social · 13/02/2025A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, is growing, with 24 cases and at least 14 hospitalizations—mainly among children. Low vaccination rates are fueling the crisis. Outbreaks like this will become more common as vaccine misinformation spreads and laws weaken immunization requirements.kffhealthnews.orgMeasles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health NewsWith hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination. 37738
Reposted by Dr. SharonSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 11/02/2025I've met with many cabinet nominees across many admins, and my meeting with RFK Jr. was by far the most troubling. He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health. 1003635899
Reposted by Dr. SharonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2025this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders 34984480610693
Reposted by Dr. SharonThanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Welcome to the Dark Ages. 8526114
Reposted by Dr. SharonDr. MikeMD @pediatricpulse.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Had our first flu death in a previously healthy child. About 24 hour period between feeling ill and death. Every year most of our PICU admissions with influenza are not vaccinated. Don't skip yours. 57527
Reposted by Dr. SharonJulia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death in the US & affects many people at young ages. Cancer trials are often the best hope for survival for people who currently have cancer as well as those who will subsequently develop cancer It is critically important for these trials to continue 16555156
Reposted by Dr. SharonHelen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Pretty slow start to #flu season this year so far. But #CDC reports there seems to be a slight uptick in activity among kids. They are the engines of flu transmission; where they lead, adults will follow. First pediatric flu death of the 2024-25 season has been reported. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv... 210344