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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

"We are bearing witness to what fear can do to the health of a community" A poignant piece @NEJM about the Minneapolis devastation "We care for our patients because they are human beings. Our patients are being harmed. People are dying unnecessarily." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Join me on #GivingTuesday and donate to give.foodbanknyc.org/campaign/736... You can log your donation at www.HCWvsHunger.org - team #KidVengers in our annual friendly competition!

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Donate to FBNYC Giving Tuesday EM General

Every $1 you give for GivingTuesday will provide up to 20 meals for New Yorkers.

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HCWvsHunger @hcwvshunger.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#HCWvsHunger 2025 is here!!! #MedSky, join healthcare workers & others to #FightHunger! 🍎Donate to ANY foodbank or org fighting hunger. Screenshot receipt. 🍎Log it for your team of choice Th 11/27 6p - Tu 12/2 11:59p ET hcwvshunger.org/how-to-donate/ FAQs @ HCWvsHunger.org

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How to contribute

How to Contribute Donate between 6 pm EST on November 27 and 11:59 pm EST December 2, 2025 to an organization of your choice fighting hunger– any amount helps! Feeding America can help you choose l…

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Ann-Marie Brown, PhD-ACPNP @brownam130.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Did you wake up still stuffed with good food?? #HCWvsHunger is here to help those who woke up hungry or unsure how to feed their family today How to help: 🍎 donate to a food charity (look for $ matches! 🍏 log into hcwvshunger.org 🍎 log your MATCHED amount to your favorite team #KidVengers

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Healthcare Workers vs Hunger

Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 26/11/2025

5 years ago I started a team competition on Twitter to raise $ to fight hunger. @tmprowell.bsky.social gave us a hashtag & much needed organization Our team of teen volunteers work wonders in the background & we’ve raised >$3.1 million! Competition starts tomorrow, join us? HCWvsHunger.org

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Healthcare Workers vs Hunger

Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.

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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

🏥🩺🩻The upcoming cuts to Medicaid will strain the healthcare system and other connected social welfare systems. What is your #DisabledRage? You can download, share, and wheat paste this graphic and more. disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/

Graphic by Finnegan Shannon with a white background and black text. Below is a QR code and hashtag #DisabledRage. Text reads, MEDICAID CUTS [arrow] REDUCTION IN HEALTHCARE [arrow] MORE E.R. VISITS AND WORSENING CONDITIONS

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JAMA @jama.com · 15/08/2025

📊 JAMA Data Brief: Despite medical advances, US children's health is worsening with increased mortality and chronic conditions, partly due to inadequate insurance and societal investment. ja.ma/4oA1Ve8

JAMA Data Brief: Bar graph comparing infant mortality rates in the US vs. OECD18 between 2007 and 2022. Mortality rate decreased but remains higher in the US. Causes listed: prematurity, SUID, and other causes.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/06/2025

Incredible turn out for #NoKingsDay. Thank you to everyone speaking up and taking action. Dissent is patriotic!

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Our communities deserve safe, equitable, high-quality healthcare, and #Medicaid supports our most vulnerable. #Communityhealthcenters save lives — and money — generation after generation. Take a moment to send a letter now. #medsky hcadvocacy.quorum.us/campaign/Pro...

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Urge Congress to Protect Medicaid for Patients, Families, and Health Centers

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The administration is working on demolishing AHRQ, the agency whose mission is to improve healthcare quality and safety. www.offmessage.net/p/the-trump-...

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The Trump Administration Goes To War With Health-Care Quality

Inside its plan to destroy a small agency that keeps you safe.

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Our patients persecuted; colleagues and public health institutions under attack. Our field needs to rise up & fight back Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

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Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist

The second Trump administration has released a torrent of executive policies hostile to public health, science, and marginalized populations. We outline th

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A Life In Scrubs @alifeinscrubs.medsky.social · 25/03/2025

A powerful reminder of the deeper purpose behind every clinical encounter 🥹 "Each time we look into the eyes or place our stethoscope on the chest of someone suffering indignities of discrimination, we are affirming their value and importance to our world."

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 11/03/2025

“Eventually no one will have any rights that the state need respect, because the public will have sacrificed them in the name of punishing people it was told did not deserve them.” And at any time, they can change who they decide deserves rights and who doesn’t. No one is safe.

Trump's assault on basic First Amendment principles may begin with Khalil, but it will not end with him. Trump's ultimate target is anyone he finds useful to target. Trump and his advisers simply hope the public is foolish or shortsighted enough to believe that if they are not criminals, or deviants, or terrorists, or foreigners, or traitors, then they have no reason to worry. Eventually no one will have any rights that the state need respect, because the public will have sacrificed them in the name of punishing people it was told did not deserve them.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 13/02/2025

House GOP Leadership just announced they want to cut at least $880 Billion from Medicaid. This webinar covers how to meet with the office of a Senator or Congressperson to advocate for Medicaid. These meetings are a way to take your advocacy to the next level, and are incredibly important.

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How To: Medicaid Congressional Advocacy Webinar | Matthew Cortland

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

✨Please share! My newsletter is out. In this issue: 🤒 Worst Flu season in 15 years 🫀 Mild COVID increases plaque in coronary arteries 🚨 Dangerous D1.1 genotype of H5N1 in Nevada cattle 😿 H5N1 transmission b/w people & cats & much more drruth.substack.com/p/covid-and-... #medsky #IDsky 🛟😷🧪

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COVID & Health news, 2/10/25

Please check out a special issue of my newsletter that I posted on Saturday summarizing most of the actions from the Trump administration last week, including important changes at the NIH, the Treasur...

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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

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Seth Blackshaw @sethblackshaw.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

To my friends and colleagues at UAB, IU, UF, FSU, UL, WashU, OSU, CWRU, etc, etc. Call both your senators and your representative. They listen. Emphasize the direct economic impact of NIH research, and the indirect impacts on pharmaceutical/biotech. Underscore its relevance to national security.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 04/02/2025

2/10 at 4PM ET: Congressional Medicaid Advocacy Webinar MAGA and MAHA are planning massive cuts to Medicaid that would result in catastrophic coverage losses. So we're going to talk about how to advocate for Medicaid with the legislative staff of a Member of Congress or Senator.

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2/10 at 4PM ET: Congressional Medicaid Advocacy Webinar | Matthew Cortland

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

"To condone policies that the profession knows will compromise health—or to remain silent and look away—is to be complicit in putting population health at risk" To every university, every public hospital, every academic society: SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION. #medsky

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How Should Health Care and Public Health Respond to the New US Administration?

This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization, taken so far during the first week of the Trump administration.

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

✨PLEASE SHARE! CDC GUIDELINE ARCHIVES✨ ▶️STI GUIDELINES buff.ly/4jReLT4 buff.ly/3EmjR9B ▶️Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptives buff.ly/3PZzQNf buff.ly/4aKMEko ▶️VACCINE VIS buff.ly/4jJ1603 ▶️Others from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social LGBTQ CDCGuidelines.com #medsky #pedsky #IDsky 🛟🧪

Yellow background. Different CDC websites that have been removed. Some are in black and white. Others are purple or red and green.

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Double Up Food Bucks matches your SNAP EBT dollars so you get twice the fruits and veggies. Now available in more than 25 states, including #NY. Find out more and share widely: doubleupamerica.org #foodinsecurity

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2025

Did you know? In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine. The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Important Covid editorial @science.org by Maria Van Kerkhove www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO @nyclabor.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Physician members of @doctorscouncilseiu.bsky.social, the union representing thousands of frontline doctors across New York City, have provided a 10 day notice to NYC H+H and its private sector affiliates of their intention to commence unfair labor practice strikes beginning Monday, January 13.

A headline reads "Doctors Council Members at Four NYC Health + Hospitals Announce January Strike Amid Ongoing Understaffing Crisis."

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

During the pandemic, I frequently talked about the importance & value of neighborhood pharmacies as trusted messengers. How very disappointing: - ~30% of pharmacies have closed since 2010 - independent pharmacies & those in minority (Black, Latino) neighborhoods are more likely to close

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More US Pharmacies Closed Than Opened In 2018–21; Independent Pharmacies, Those In Black, Latinx Communities Most At Risk | Health Affairs Journal

In recent years, federal and state policy makers have expressed concern about retail pharmacy closures throughout the US. However, there is a dearth of timely information on the extent of such closure...

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Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Just publish paper evaluating effects of vaccination on long COVID risks in children/adolescents during Delta/Omicron periods We found vaccines strongly protected against long COVID-19, and the effect was almost wholly mediated by reduced infection risk www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#GivingTuesday Join Healthcareworkers vs Hunger by donating to any #foodbank and logging your donation at hcwvshunger.org #DocsOfAllTrades (#Family Medicine/#Primary Care) Our family supports www.foodbanknyc.org each year. Every $1 donated pays for five meals in NYC. No one should go hungry.

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Food Bank For New York City | One Mission. Five Boroughs. Feed All.

As the city’s largest hunger-relief organization, our mission is to end hunger by organizing food, information and support for community survival and dignity.

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

#FamilyMedicine sees how food insecurity impacts so many patients in our communities. Please donate to any food bank of your choice today! Log your donation with www.HCWvsHunger.org and support team #DocsofAllTrades

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Healthcare Workers vs Hunger

Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.

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HCWvsHunger @hcwvshunger.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

#HappyThanksgiving! #HCWvsHunger 2024 is off like a 🚀! In the first 4 hrs of competition, #MedSky has raised $112,603 to fight #FoodInsecurity! Here’s the leaderboard as of 11p! Join us! Donate to any food bank or anti-hunger org, screenshot receipt, & log it for a team at HCWvsHunger.org.

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Healthcare Workers vs Hunger 2024 is on! You can help in many ways 🍎 post/repost 🍎 donate to any org fighting hunger & log your donation at HCWvsHunger.org 🍎 invite everyone you know My team is #DocsOfAllTrades but please just donate anyway you can! #MedSky #FamilyMedicine #PrimaryCare

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Healthcare Workers vs Hunger

Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 25/11/2024

According to the USDA, 1 in 5 children in the US are food insecure. Food is medicine and no child should go hungry. Join us in this years #HCWvsHunger to help end hunger AND earn bragging rights for your team 🍎 HCWvsHunger.org

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Healthcare Workers vs Hunger

Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Hey #FamilyMedicine and other #PrimaryCare folks -- do we have a team for @hcwvshunger.bsky.social yet? #HCWvsHunger www.hcwvshunger.org The 2024 contest takes place: 11/28-12/3/2024! Follow us & let’s feed some folks!

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 23/11/2024

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality. Our work in numbers from 2023:

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Franklin Taveras @frank213.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It’s important to know policy advocacy in NYS. #HarmReductionSavesLives

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

New York - we should be next! -->California Sets 15% Target for Primary Care Spending Over Next Decade kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Articles Archive - KFF Health News

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Patients with Type 2 #Diabetes www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Among patients with DM, the incidence of major CV events was significantly lower with intensive tx targeting a SBP <120 than with standard tx targeting a SBP of <140 mm Hg. #MedSky #PrimaryCare

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Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes | NEJM

Effective targets for systolic blood-pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes are unclear. We enrolled patients 50 years of age or older with type 2 diabetes, elevated systolic blood press...

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Some thoughts: 1. Many, many Secs of HHS (including Biden’s) are lawyers 1a. But almost all have had executive experience, including most w/experience overseeing some aspect of a state health system 2. No secretaries of HHS are perfect 2b. But to my knowledge none have been labeled as …

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HCWvsHunger @hcwvshunger.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hey #MedSky #MedTwitter, are you following @hcwvshunger.bsky.social yet? #HCWvsHunger The 2024 contest takes place: 11/28-12/3/2024! Follow us & let’s feed some folks!

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 14/11/2024

Vaccination saves lives. Period.

Graph demonstrating rates of vaccine preventable illness decreasing over time

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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Intro post: I am a Family Physician leader in NYC committed to primary care in underserved communities -- first in the FQHC world and now in Value-Based Care. I believe all patients have a right to quality healthcare, regardless. Hello #MedTwitter #MedSky!

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