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J Beus, MD

@jbeus.net
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Husband, Father, Clinical Informaticist, Pediatric Hospitalist, Doing my best to care about other people. #vaccineswork #PedsSky #medsky #savethecdc

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Emerging Crises @emergingcrises.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department.”
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RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm...
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
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Tan-Lucien Mohammed, MD, FACR @tlhm-md.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Fridays 😊
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
We stand with Stephen Colbert.
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Jimmy Kimmel Drops F-Bomb In Fiery Instagram Post Ripping CBS For Canceling Colbert—And Fans Are Here For It
We stand with Stephen Colbert.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
There is no greater five alarm fire than this. I don’t know how to break through to Republicans about the impact of ending VICP, but I won’t stop posting about it, and neither should you. Call your elected reps. Write letters. This is a living nightmare.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 14/07/2025
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has derided federal health agencies as being under the thumb of the pharmaceutical industry. But ethicists say the financial ties he and other “Make America Healthy Again” notables have to the U.S. wellness industry raise red flags. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Vested Interests. Influence Muscle. At RFK Jr.’s HHS, It’s Not Pharma. It’s Wellness. - KFF Health News
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lambasted federal agencies he accused of being overly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. But he and other “Make America Healthy Again”...
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Not only did this scammer take $100K in his scam lying to kids, he also destroyed more than $28K of federally-purchased vaccines - taxpayers paid for - when vaccines first became available. It’s not just RFK and it’s not just “skepticism.” Our government is willing to lose money to promote antivaxx.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Senator @campbell4tn.bsky.social is correct. Senator @MarshaBlackburn is lying. Never has cutting $1 Trillion from a program “strengthened” it. She thinks we are all idiots. People will lose coverage. Hospitals will close. All for a tax cut for herself and her donors.
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April Sharp, MD @ansharp.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
We love and appreciate ALL our hospital workers. We can only do what we do together.
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
1/ Your local hospital. Your kid’s checkups. Your parents’ nursing home. They’re all at risk. Congress just passed the largest #Medicaid cuts in U.S. history—$1 trillion over 10 years—and most Americans have no idea how this could affect them, even if they aren't on Medicaid.
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 07/07/2025
Just me and my non-ambiguous feelings about wanting what’s best for kids. Shoutout to Sen. John Cornyn for the inspiration.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Heather Turiello @heatherturiello.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
It’s time for real Christians to get really loud about the rise in fake Christianity.
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Everybody needs sunscreen, including people with dark skin. And we need a lot. Here is a look at what the ingredients in a sunscreen tube do. cen.acs.org/business/con... #chemsky
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What’s in sunscreen, and how does it protect your skin from the sun’s rays?
UV filters help prevent sunburn and cancer, while other ingredients encourage people to slather sunscreen on their skin
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
So glad we all get to experience the Most Ironic Independence Day In American History.
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Infectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
By 2029, 1.22 million healthcare jobs could be lost due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts in the "Big Beautiful Bill." www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
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How Medicaid and SNAP Cutbacks in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Would Trigger Big and Bigger Job Losses Across States
The budget bill recently passed by the House of Representatives reduces federal funding for Medicaid by $863 billion and for SNAP by $295 billion over 10 years.
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Elena Hung (she/her) @elenahung.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Disabled kids like mine rely on Medicaid to survive; this bill cuts Medicaid. I don't know how else to say that medically complex disabled children will die as a result of this bill.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Anti-DEI is about re-segregation and the erasure of Black and Brown people. Every day brings another example of the blatantly racist agenda of this policy. eji.org/news/fearing...
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 29/06/2025
I just voted NO on the motion to proceed with the Washington Republican Tax Bill. Simply put: I cannot support a bill that will cut health care, raise premiums, and kill Georgia jobs. This bill robs from you to give another tax break to big corporations and billionaires.
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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I’m grateful that these people are willing to share their stories, hopefully so that others can avoid their fate. There is a reason that specific infections have been targeted by vaccines. Vaccine-preventable diseases are terrible.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Great Measles 2025 update in NEJM. It is unfortunate we need this but measles is on course to return to endemicity in the United States and Canada. A self inflicted predicament thanks to the spread and rise of anti-vaccine rhetoric. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Measles 2025 | NEJM
In this article on measles, the authors review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and associated illnesses as well as treatment and prevention strategies.
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
1/ The first #ACIP meeting with RFK Jr.’s handpicked members wrapped up yesterday. Over 4,000 tuned in—a level of attention we haven’t seen since the pandemic. And for good reason: these meetings shape vaccine policy, coverage, timing, access and availability. Here's what happened 👇
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This is a great piece by @jakescottmd.bsky.social on the safety of vaccines Share widely!!
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Every medical professional organization needs to condemn the actions this administration has taken with regards to health and science, and especially the replacement of the CDC’s expert vaccine advisory council (who were among the top vaccine experts in the world) with incompetent antivaxx cronies
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Your health should not be tied to your employment. There is no logic in that. And the vast majority of Medicaid enrollees are employed and their employer does not provide them with healthcare!
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Both my patience and the Commerce Committee hearing with RFK Jr. have come to an end. Summary: RFK Jr. said Bill Cassidy lied when Cassidy asserted that RFK Jr. wouldn’t change the membership of ACIP (RFK Jr. fired all members). RFK Jr. doesn’t believe that HHS-funded HIV work saved any lives
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Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The 17 recently dismissed members of ACIP have written a letter do JAMA expressing their concerns about the abrupt dismissal and replacement 2 days later of 8 individuals. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads
In this Viewpoint, former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) caution that the sudden change in the ACIP may reverse the achievements of US immunization policy, includin...
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 16/06/2025
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When Cassidy practiced medicine he fought to vaccinate kids against HepB.  But in a desperate attempt to be re-elected to the senate next year, he chose to betray what he believes and support an opponent of vaccines for HHS.  That will be his legacy.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
And this is a doctor who has done vaccine research. I was a subject in one of his trials (link below) back in the late 90s. His legacy is garbage now. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11335734/
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A randomized trial of alternative two- and three-dose hepatitis B vaccination regimens in adolescents: antibody responses, safety, and immunologic memory - PubMed
. The results of this study show that a 2-dose regimen of Recombivax HB is as immunogenic and induces immunologic memory as effectively as the recommended 3-dose regimen. A regimen of two 10-microg do...
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 15/06/2025
This is Barron and his son, Carlos. Carlos just came home from an exhausting first day of puppy school. Barron is really proud of him. 13/10 Happy Father's Day, Barron
an adult golden retriever smiles wide with his face close to the camera. a puppy golden retriever is asleep on the couch behind him, belly up and with his cheek smooshed up against a pillow
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
"How does it feel to get arrested at 87 years old? He said "I'm just beginning!"
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Legend out protesting today ✊🪧
legend out protesting
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J Beus, MD @jbeus.net · 15/06/2025
Especially when the politics takes over the medicine!!! Not many licensed (or practicing) physicians between those leading HHS, NIH, FDA
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elissaborges.bsky.social @elissaborges.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The East Coast has shown up, 2.4 million and counting, with massive turnouts in small towns across the country. Shoutout to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Ohio for showing up strong!
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I heard this morning that my informatics colleague Dr. Atul Butte passed after a battle with cancer. He was a giant in the field & inspired many of us over his distinguished career. He was a passionate champion of the power of big data & his impact on our field is immeasurable. RIP Atul & thanks.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Thank you to all of our service members and veterans. We appreciate you, your families, and your sacrifices for our country. Wish we were spending millions on you instead of a parade.
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Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The report HHS sent to congress to justify changes in vaccine recommendations for healthy non-elderly & pregnant people has all kinds of misrepresentations/errors as outlined by this report & clearly does not accurately reflect the state of the scientific literature kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Kennedy’s HHS Sent Congress ‘Junk Science’ To Defend Vaccine Changes, Experts Say - KFF Health News
A look inside the Department of Health and Human Services document citing vaccine misinformation that could influence congressional perceptions.
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J Beus, MD @jbeus.net · 14/06/2025
South Carolina is beautiful, has nice people, and great food. If I actually lived here, I would vote for @drannieandrews.com and you should too!
View of a harbor in South Carolina, from a lighthouse.
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Alyson Smith @pedsaly.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
CDC’s new measles checklist for summer camps. Ensure your camper is *fully vaccinated* at least 2 weeks before attending camp. 🏕️
CDC’s measles camp checklist, page 1. Document exceeds Bluesky Alt Text limits - link to full document here
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/downloads/measles-camp-checklist.pdf CDC’s measles camp checklist, page 2. Document exceeds Bluesky Alt Text limits - link to full document here
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
@padilla.senate.gov: "We’re a co-equal branch of government, our job is oversight and accountability... If there's an opportunity for me to ask a question in-person at a press conference in my home state, that's me doing my job."
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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A food shaming campaign - lovely. Truly nothing more American. Can't wait til the influencers pushing this realize half their affiliate codes for protein products are 'ultraprocessed'. www.statnews.com/2025/06/13/u...
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WHO @who.int · 14/06/2025
Today is #WorldBloodDonorDay 🩸 Blood donation is not only a selfless act but also a powerful show of solidarity. When we #GiveBlood, we help ensure a safe, steady blood supply for everyone in need. If you’re eligible, consider becoming a regular, voluntary donor. 🔗 bit.ly/GiveBlood2025
Poster for World Blood Donor Day 2025, featuring a large red blood drop in the center with the message: “14 June 2025, World Blood Donor Day. GIVE BLOOD, GIVE HOPE. TOGETHER WE SAVE LIVES.” Surrounding the blood drop are diverse illustrated characters of all ages and backgrounds, including pregnant women, children, healthcare workers, elderly individuals, and people with disabilities, some donating or receiving blood.
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